Count Gilbert (Crispin) de Brienne

• General Notes
  • Gislebert, surnamed Crispin, Earl of Brion, in Normandy, whose eldest son [was] Richard FitzGilbert. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 118, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
    
    ---
    
    Gilbert, Count of Brionne
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
    Gilbert/Giselbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne and Eu, (ca. 1002-1040), the great progenitor of the illustrious house of Clare, of the Barons Fitz Walter, and the Earls of Gloucester and Hertford was the son of an illegitimate child of Richard the Fearless and inherited Brionne, becoming one of the most powerful landowners in Normandy. He married Gunnora d'Aunou, He had children by his wife and a mistress.
    
    (prob) Esilia Crispin, (b. ca. 1028), (d. ca. 1072). m. William Malet, Seigneur of Graville, (ca. 1042).
    Sir Richard Fitz Gilbert (b. ca. 1035).
    Baldwin de Clare.
    
    When Robert I, Duke of Normandy died in 1035 his illegitimate son William inherited his father's title. Several leading Normans, including Gilbert of Brionne, Osbern the Seneschal and Alan of Brittany, became William's guardians.
    
    A number of Norman barons including Raoul de Gacé would not accept an illegitimate son as their leader. In 1040 an attempt was made to kill William but the plot failed. Gilbert however was murdered while he was peaceably riding near Eschafour. It is believed two of his killers were Ralph of Wacy and Robert de Vitot. This appears to have been an act of vengeance for wrongs inflicted upon the orphan children of Giroie by Gilbert, and it is not clear what Raoul de Gacé had to do in the business. Fearing they might meet their father's fate, his sons Richard and his brother Baldwin were conveyed by their friends to the court of Baldwin, Count of Flanders.
    
    Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%2C_Count_of_Brionne"
    

Click here for details of Crispin's family with Constance d'Eu

Click here for details of Crispin's family with Gunnora d'Aunou

¹ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I006708
Source/Citation http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1564109&id=I29706

---

This page is within a frameset. View the entire genealogy report of de Brienne families, or surname index of de Brienne pedigrees or report summary de Brienne heritage from 'The Skaggs-Files'.
Genealogy Charts.

---

Copyright © 2007 GenoPro Inc. All rights reserved.