Count Gilbert ("Crispin") of Brionne 
Gilbert, known as "Crispin", was born in Normandy, France. "Crispin"'s father was Count Godfrey of Brienne & Eu and his mother is Heloise de Guisnes. His paternal grandparents were Duke Richard ("the Fearless", "Sans Peur") I of Normandy and Gunnora Haraldsdottir de Crepon; his maternal grandfather was Count Sigefred ("Le Danois, the Dane") de Guisnes and his maternal grandmother is Elstrude of Flanders. He had a brother and three sisters, named "le Marischal", Denefacta, Adela and Emma. He had three half-brothers named Gilbert, Rollo and Gilbert FitzGodfrey. He died in 1040.General Notes
Count of Brionne
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"
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0830 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.ABT 0890/0894 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.0870 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0927/0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Nornandie, Neustria
- b.~ 0848 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d.> 0892
- b.ABT 0893/0900 in Normandie, Neustria d.17 Dec 0942/0943 in France
- b.0845 d.28 Jan 0893
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Fecamp, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, France
- b.0815/0817 in Vermandois, Neustria d.0878 in Milan, Italy
- b.ABT 0848/0850 in Vermandois, Neustria d.6 Nov 0902/0920
- b.0815 d.0858
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne d. in Bretagne, Normandy
- b.0815 d.0870
- b.~ 0852 in France
- b.0830 d.0856
- b.0953/0963 in Bec-Crespin, Normandy, France d.1015/1027 in Brionne, Normandy, France
- b.0860 d.0899
- b.0880/0890 in Denmark d.0941/0950 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.0860
- b.0911/0918 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark d.01 Nov 0987 in Jomsburg, Denmark
- b.~ 0800 in Jylland,Denmark
- b.0894 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie, France d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0867 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~ 0950
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.0923 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.ABT 0858/0871 in Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.ABT 0980/1000 in Normandy, France d.1040
- b.0775 d.0810 in Walcheren
- b.0800 d.0844 in Walcheren
- b.ABT 0820/0833 in Friesland, Germany d.0885
- b.~ 0884 in Guisnes, Picardy, France d.0965
- b.0795 in Altdorf, Bavaria d.29 Sep 0855 in Pruem, Rheinland, Prussia
- b.0827/0835 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.08 Aug 0869 in Plaisance, Italy
- b.0795 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.20 Mar 0851
- b.0843/0863 d.26 Oct 0907
- b.~ 0797 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.0865
- b.~ 0836 in Lorraine d.~ 0868
- b.0958/0965 in Guisnes, Picardy, France
- b.ABT 0837/0840 in Flanders, Nord, France d.2 Jan 0878/0879 in Auxerre, France
- b.~ 0863 in Flanders, Nord, France d.10 Sep 0918
- b.~ 0844 in Flandres, Normandie, France d.> 0870
- b.0889/0890 in Flanders, France d.27 Mar 0964
- b.12 May 0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0877 in Wessex, England d.07 Jun 0929 in Flanders, Nord, France
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England
- b.~ 0932 in Flanders, Belgium
- b.ABT 0848/0850 in Vermandois, Neustria d.6 Nov 0902/0920
- b.0884 in Vermandois, Neustria d.23 Feb 0943 in St. Quentin
- b.~ 0852 in France
- b.ABT 0910/0915 in Vermandois, Neustria d.10 Oct 0960 in Bruges, Aquitaine
- b.0860 in Bourgogne, France d.15 Jun 0923 in Soissons, France
- b.~ 0897 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0988
- b.0880 in Vermandois, Neustria d.Mar 0931
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"Crispin" and Gunnora were married in a religious ceremony in England. They had two sons named Baldwin and Gilbert II.
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Children
Seigneur Baldwin FitzGilbert of Meules
Baldwin was born about 1022 in Meules, Normandy, France. He died in 1090.
Seigneur Gilbert II de Tellieres
Gilbert II was born in Tallieres, Normandy, France. He died in 1109 in Tallieres, Normandy, France.
They had a son named Richard FitzGilbert.
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Children
Earl Richard FitzGilbert de Clare
Richard FitzGilbert was born in Bienfaite, Normandy, France. He died in 1090 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England. He was buried in Priory, St Neot's, Huntingdonshire, England.
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