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Female Rohese Giffard Click to view Rohese Giffard in the family tree

Rohese was born in 1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France.  Rohese's father was Baron Walter ("The Elder") Giffard and her mother was Agnes Ermentrude Fleitel.  Her paternal grandparents were Osbern de Bolebec and Duchess Avelina Aveline deCrepon; her maternal grandparents were Gerard deFlaitel and Herleve D'Evreux. She had three brothers and a sister, named Walter Giffard II Earl of, Walter II, Elias I and Adelaide.  She was the oldest of the five children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named "The Elder" and Beatrice.  She died at the age of 56 in 1090.


Rohese's first family with Earl Richard deTonbridge Fitz Gilbert

‌Rohese and Richard deTonbridge were married in a religious ceremony about 1054 in , , England.  They had three sons and three daughters, named Richard Fitz Richard, Robert Fitz Richard, Gilbert Fitz Richard, Agnes, Rohese and Lady de Clare.


Rohese's second family with Ralph deTellieres

They had a son named Robert.

1 The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 @ 153-1
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ 177a-7

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