Thurstan (Toustien) le Goz , Viscount of Hiemes 
Thurstan (Toustien) le was born about 0979 in Normandy, France. Thurstan (Toustien) le's father was Ansfred II Onfror le Goz. He had a sister named Beatrice le. He was the older of the two children. Thurstan (Toustien) le is no longer alive.General Notes
HUGH D'AVRANCHES, EARL OF CHESTER
The Conqueror and His Companions
by J.R. PlanchÈ, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.
The third son of Gerlotte was Ansfrid the Dane, the first Vicomte of the Hiemois, and father of Ansfrid the second, surnamed Goz, above mentioned, whose son Turstain (Thurstan, or Toustain) Goz was the great favourite of Robert Duke of Normandy, the father of the Conqueror, and accompanied him to the Holy Land, and was entrusted to bring back the relics the Duke had obtained from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to present to the Abbey of Cerisi, which he had founded. Revolting against the young Duke William in 1041 (Vide vol. i, p. 21), Turstain was exiled, and his lands confiscated and given by the Duke to his mother, Herleve, wife of Herluin de Conteville.
Thurstan (Toustien) le and Judith de were married in a religious ceremony about 1014. They had two sons named Richard le Goz Viscount d' and Robert.
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Children
Richard le Goz Viscount d' Avranches
Richard le Goz Viscount d' was born about 1008 in Avranches, Normandy, France. He died after 1084.
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