William FITZ OSBERN, Earl Of Hereford 
William was born before 1030.1 William's father was Osbern De CREPON, Steward Of Normandy and his mother was Emma Abbess Of St. Amand. His paternal grandfather was Herfast; his maternal grandparents were Ralph Count Of Ivry and Albereda. He was an only child. He died in Bavinchoven, Near Camel. He was buried in Abbey Of Cormeilles.1 1 General Notes
[MARSHALL.FTW]
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Sutton, 1982.
Holloway, Naomi D, The Genealogy of Mary Wentworth, Who Became the Wife of
William Brewster, Revised Edition, October 1969. LDS Film#1738313 item#5
Lee, Sidney, ed. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith & Co, 1893.
Moriarty, George Andrews, Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III And Queen
Philippa. Salt Lake: Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, 1985. LDS
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Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1988.
RESEARCH NOTES:
Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings [Ref: Weis AR
#53] in command of the van of the Norman army at Hastings [Ref: Watney #400]
slain Feb 1071/2 at Bavinchoven, near Camel, while fighting for the right
of his 2nd wife, Richilde (widow of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders) to the
regency of Flanders [Ref: Watney #400]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: before 1030 [Ref: Watney #400], parents: [Ref: CP VI p447, Wagner #46,
Watney #400], grandfather: Herfast the Dane, brother of Gunnor [Ref: DNB
v39p130]
SOURCE NOTES:
date: 1071 [Ref: CP VI p449] 20.II 1070/71 [Ref: ES III #695] 20.II 1071 [Ref:
ES III #705] 22.II 1071 [Ref: ES II #5] Feb 22 1071/2 [Ref: Watney #400] Feb
22 1072 [Ref: Watney #967], place: [Ref: Watney #400]
SOURCE NOTES:
place: [Ref: CP VI p449]
Details of William's family with Adelise De TONI
Details of William's family with Richilde Countess Of Hainault
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