“ID: I014018
Name: Gui I , Count of Ponthieu 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1032 in Abbeville, Ponthieu, Normandy, France 1 2
Death: 31 OCT 1101 1 2
Note:
Harold Godwinson, or Harold II of England was shipwrecked at Ponthieu, Normandy in 1064 and taken captive by Guy (or Wido according to the Bayeux Tapestry) who was the then Count of Ponthieu. It is alleged that William (Duke of Normandy - later William I of England) discovering that Harold had been taken captive, sent messengers ordering Count Guy to hand over his prisoner. William then forced Harold to swear to support his claim to the throne, only revealing after the event that the box on which Harold had made his oath contained holy relics, making the promise especially binding.

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Father: Hughes II, Count de Ponthieu b: ABT 1000 in Abbeville, Ponthieu, Normandy, France
Mother: Berthe d'Aumale b: 1005 in Aumule, Seine-Inférieure, Normandy, France

Marriage 1 Ada d' Amiens b: ABT 1035 in Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France
Children
Agnes de Ponthieu b: ABT 1055 in Abbeville, Ponthieu, Normandy, France
Gui II , Count of Ponthieu b: ABT 1053 in Abbeville, Ponthieu, Normandy, France

Sources:
Title: Sibyl de Valoines.ged
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: 13 Feb 2005
Title: Hugh II.ged
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: 13 Feb 2005
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