ID: I006708
Name: Gislebert Crispin , Count of Eu and Brionne 1 2 3
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 989 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France 1 2 3
Death: ABT 1040
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Gilbert, Count of Brionne
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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.

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Father: Count of Brionne Godfrey b: ABT 953 in Fecamp, Normandy, France

Marriage 1 Constance d' Eu b: ABT 1009 in Eu, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
Children
Richard "de Tonbridge" fitz Gilbert b: ABT 1024 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
Seigneur de Cailly Osbern b: ABT 1026 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
Baldwin FitzGilbert , Lord of Muelles b: 1035 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
Gilbert Crispin , Seigneur de Tillieres b: ABT 1037 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
Anne Crispin de Brionne b: ABT 1038 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
Emma Crispin de Brionne b: ABT 1039 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
Robert FitzGilbert , Governor of Brionne b: ABT 1040 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France

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