Gerard De Gournay 
Gerard was born about 1060 in Gournay, Normandy, France. Gerard's father was Hugh III De Gournay and his mother was Basilie De Flaitel. His paternal grandfather was Hugh II De Gournay; his maternal grandfather was Gerard De Flaitel. He was an only child. He died in 1104 in Holy Land.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Lord Of Yarmouth
ALIA: Gerard /de Gournay/, Seigneur de Gourney-en-Brai
Birth: ABT. 1060 in Gournay, Normandy, France 2
Death: ABT. 1098 in 1st Crusade, , Middle East 2
Event: Ancestor M
Note: Gerard was a witness to the foundation charter of the Nunnery of Holy Trinity at Caen in 1082. He supported William Rufus in his quarrels with his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy. Yet in 1096 he joined Robert on the first crusade. As a result of royal favor, Gerard extended the English estates and even more lands came from a valuable alliance with the Warenne family, his wife Edith being a daughter of William I, Earl of Surrey. He became the lord of a Norfolk barony, which included the chief manor of Caister, and Cautley, Kimberley, Lesingham, Swathing (Hardingham parish), Bedingham and Hingham; and also the manors of Mapledurhan, Oxford and Wendover, Buckinghamshire. In 1104 he returned to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage with his wife and died there. Gerard was a witness to the foundation charter of the Nunnery of Holy Trinity at Caen in 1082. He supported William Rufus in his quarrels with his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy. Yet in 1096 he joined Robert on the first crusade. As a result of royal favor, Gerard extended the English estates and even more lands came from a valuable alliance with the Warenne family, his wife Edith being a daughter of William I, Earl of Surrey. He became the lord of a Norfolk barony, which included the chief manor of Caister, and Cautley, Kimberley, Lesingham, Swathing (Hardingham parish), Bedingham and Hingham; and also the manors of Mapledurhan, Oxford and Wendover, Buckinghamshire. In 1104 he returned to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage with his wife and died there
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0906 in Gournay, France
- b.0936 in Gournay, Normandy, France
- b.Bet 930 and 960 in Gournay, Normandie, France
- b.~ 0998 in Gournay-En-Bray, Normandy, France d.~ 1074
- b.~ 1018 in Gournay-En-Bray, Normandy, France d.< 1093
- b.~ 1060 in Gournay, Normandy, France d.1104 in Holy Land
- b.~ 0985 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1026 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1099
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‌Gerard and Edith were married in a religious ceremony about 1089. They had a son and a daughter, named Hugh and Gundred.
Family Notes
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