Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert of Exeter 
Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert of was born in 1039 in Exeter,Devonshire,England. Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert of's father was Gilbert Crispin I Count of Brionne and his mother was Harlette De FALAISE. His paternal grandfather was Godfrey, Count of Brienne Eu; his maternal grandparents are Fulbert the Tanner de Falaise and Doda De Falaise. He had nine half-brothers and ten half-sisters, named Baldwin, Richard "De Tonbridge" "De Clare", Guillaume I De, WILLIAM I The Conqueror', King of, Eudes \ Odo Bishop Of, Robert Count De, Odo, Robert Count De, Richard, Adailaeide, Adelaide (Adeliza), Adbelahide De, Godiva of, Muriel, Emma De, Daughter, Mathilde, Muriel and Emma. He died at the age of 51 in 1090.General Notes
Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert, of Brionis or Moels, 2nd son, a follower of theConqueror, called Vicecomes, and Baldwin of Exetor. He was Seigneur deMeules and du Sap, in Normandy. After the death of his father, who wasmurdered by the son of Giroie, he and his brother Richard, who wasancestor of the de Clares, took refuge at the court of the Duke ofFlanders. Duke William afterwards restored to Baldwin his estates ofMeules and Sap, and to Richard FitzGilbert his estates of Bienfaite andOrbec, portions of their father's lands. Baldwin received from theConqueror some 150 lordships in Devonshire, Hemington and Parlock andApley in Somerset, and Iwerne in Dorset. Okehampton was the capital seatof his barony. He was Sheriff of Dorset 1080-1086 probably until hisdeath. (After the Conquest the sheriffs were still the King'srepresentatives in the county. As the King was nearly absolute, thesheriff was very powerful. The sheriff had important duties: 1. Finance.He farmed the shire at a fixed sum a year. 2. Justice. He was the King'srepresentative in the shire court, and he sat there as president, or as aroyal judge. 3. War. It was the duty of the sheriff to summon the forcesof the county. The great lords led their own retainers, but the sheriffled all the rest of the troops.--Montague's Elements of EnglishConstitutional History. E. E. W. Very different from modern sheriffs.This was from a textbook at Washington University.) In Domesday Book heis called Baldwin of Exeter, or Baldwin, the Sheriff. He married Emma orAlbreda, niece of the Conqueror. He died 1090. They had Robert, Richardand William.
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- b.28 Aug 0933 in Of,,Normandy,France d.20 Nov 0996 in ,Fecamp,Seine-Inferieure,France
- b.~ 0848 in Of, Vermandois, Neustria d.0902 in MURDERED
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- b.~ 0936 in Normandy,France d.21 Feb 1033/1034 in France
- b.~ 0916 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.0998 in Of,,Normandy,France d.1050
- b.1039 in Exeter,Devonshire,England d.1090
- b.0885 in Sweden
- b.0903 in Sweden d.0985 in Fyrisval Sweden
- b.0886 in Uppsala
- b.~ 0936
- b.0910 in Denmark d.01 Nov 0987 in Jomsborg
- b.~ 0947 in Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
- b.0905 in Sweden
- b.~ 0978 in of, Falaise, Normandie
- b.~ 0890 in in Danmark d.~ 0945 in in Gormshoj,Jellinge,Vejle,Danmark
- b.0910 in Denmark d.01 Nov 0987 in Jomsborg
- b.~ 0890 in Denmark d.0935 in Jellinge,Vejle,Denmark
- b.0947 d.18 Sep 1000
- b.0885 in Sweden
- b.0905 in Sweden
- b.0886 in Uppsala
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050 in Caen,France
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- b.0932 in Scotland d.0995 in murdered by his men,Iona,Argyllshire
- b.~ 0954 in Scotland d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle,Angus,Scotland
- b.0936 in Scotland
- b.~ 0980 in of, Falaise, Normandie
- b.0962 in Fordoun,Kincardineshire,Scotland
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