Duke of Normandy William D'Eu I (William de Hieme, Guillaume Poincius, Guillaume D'Hiemois Langschwert, William de Brienne) 
William was born in 0968 in Fecamp, Normandy, France.1 William's father was Duke of Normandy Richard (San Peur, The Fearless) Normandy I and his mother was Emma Comtesse. His paternal grandparents were Duke Guillaume I (Longue Epaee) Normandy and Sprote Adela de Senlis. He had a sister named Beatrice. He was the older of the two children. He had seven half-brothers and nine half-sisters, named Geoffroy, William, Godfrey, The Good, Robert, Geoffrey, Mauger, Sprota, Fredesende, Muriella, Hawise, Pappia, Havlive, Beatrice, Emma and Matilda. He died at the age of 84 on January 2nd, 1052 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.2 Death Notes
D: 2 Jan 1052/53
General Notes
After Godfrey's Count of Eu rebelled c996, William was given the title of Comte d'Eu. He had already been Count of Heimois (or Exmes as it is now known).
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curt_hofemann@yahoo.com:
ID: I03516 William Hieme Count d' Eu
I have seen it written ‘Heimes’ or ‘the Heimois’.
Also from below it appears that EU was originally called ‘Exmes’ and/or ’the Exmesin of Heimois’.
died: (take your choice):
2.I kurz vor (shortly bef) 1040 [Ref: ES III:693]
about 1054 [Ref: David C. Douglas “William the Conqueror”]
Jan 2 year unknown but before wife (d. Jan 26 1057/8) [Ref: CP V:151]
an 2-26 1057/8 [Ref: Moriarty p267]
founded Collegiate Church of Eu [Ref: CP V:151]
received from father the comte of the Exmesin of Hiemois. [Ref: CP V:151]
Comte d'Hiemois, Comte d'Eu [Ref: Leo van de Pas http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/bio/roberteubio.html]
Count of Exmes (later Eu) [Ref: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/james/f030.htm#I1402X2]
Count d'Exmes (Eu), Earl of Arques and Toulouse [Ref: Malinda Thiesse 20 Jul 2002] Note: Earl is an English _only_ title & I am skeptical of his connection to Toulouse in far se France whereas his father was duc d'Normandie in far nw France...
Curt
Lord of Montruel [Ref: Turton] Note: Montreuil?
rebelled against half-brother, Richard II, and was imprisoned at Rouen. After escaping, he submitted to the Duke, was pardoned, and was given the comte of Eu, of which his nephew, Gilbert (ancestor of the family of Clare) had been recently deprived. [Ref: CP V:151] Note: CP has (I believe) confused the chronology. It was William’s brother Godfrey/Godfroi who rebelled & was deprived of Eu. Godfrey’s son (William's nephew) Gilbert/Giselbert ‘Crispin’ did assume the land and title when William died, but he was assassinated in 1040. Note: Gilbert’s date of death from Altschul, ES III:156, Wagner, Watney & Wurts who all say either 1040 or thereabouts seems to confirm the date of death of William per ES III:693 as shortly bef. 1040… Curt
When Godfrey was deprived, Eu was awarded to his brother William, who had been Count of Heimois. [Ref: TAF 28 Mar 2001]
Note: In terms of the death date, I will keep the one I have because Gilbert (who I have as his son-in-law) became Count of Eu and d. 1040; so William had to have died at least a year or two before 1040.
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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.0820 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0872
- b.0852 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0890 in Orkney, Scotland
- b.0834 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.0872 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria
- b.0826 in Norway
- b.0858 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.0834 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
- b.0900 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in Picardy, France
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.0886 in Viking attack at Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.0872 in Evreux, Neustria
- b.0825 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.0877 in Rennes, Bretagne, France
- b.0855
- b.0825 in Brittany, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.0818 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0848 in Milan, Italy
- b.0839 in Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France d.0893 in Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.0812 d.0858
- b.0880 in Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France d.23 Feb 0942 in St. Quentin, Flanders
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- b.0911 in Bretagne
- b.0820 d.15 Sep 0866
- b.0860 d.15 Jun 0923
- b.0802
- b.0897 in Vermandois, Neustria, France d.Mar 0930 in Vermandois, Neustria, France
- b.0835 in Bourges, Berry, France d.0864 in Bourges, Berry, France
- b.0879 in Bourges, Berry, France
- b.0842 in Bourges, Berry, France
- b.0968 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.02 Jan 1052 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France
- b.0933 in Paris, France
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Details of William's family with Leceline de Harcourt
Details of William's family with Beatrice le Goz
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I012011&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clcaldwell&id=I078369&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I12751, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelrneuman&id=I009547
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clcaldwell&id=I078369&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I12751, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelrneuman&id=I009547
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