Gherbod the Fleming of St. Omer Earl of Chester 
Gherbod the Fleming of was born about 1030 in Flanders. He was an only child. He died in Flanders.General Notes
!The Roll of Battle Abbey says William the Conqueror was Gundred's father instead of Gherbod.
FOSTER LINE - 26th ggrandfather
!Advocate of the abbey of St. Bestin, at St. Omer. His liaison with Matilda of Flanders, prior to her marriage to William, produced Gundred. [Magna Charta Barons, p. 80]
!A valiant Fleming who was an Earl of Chester prior to the Conqueror's invasion. He soon departed into Flanders, where he was detained a prisoner and in his place in Chester, the Conqueror put his nephew Hugh d'Aurange/Hugh Lupus. [The Bruces and the Cumyns, p. 512]
This source says he was a son of Queen Matilda during a clandestine marriage prior to her marriage to William. William's treatment of him following the invasion would more likely support that he was a former lover of Queen Matilda. [Falaise Roll, p. 52]
Hereditary Advocate of St. Butin at St. Omer; Earl of Chester; father of Gundred who m. William I de Warenne. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2958]
‌Gherbod the Fleming of and Countess Of Flanders- Queen of England were married in a religious ceremony.
Sources/Citations
The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, Fourth Edition, Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 80, The Bruces and the Comyns @ p. 512, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 52, Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors @ Chart 2958, The Roll of Battle Abbey
The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, Fourth Edition, Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 80, The Bruces and the Comyns @ p. 512, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 52, Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors @ Chart 2958, The Roll of Battle Abbey
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