Bernard 'The Dane' HARCOURT 
Bernard 'The Dane' was born about 0860 in Harcourt, Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France. Bernard 'The Dane''s father was Bruno Duke of SAXON-ENGERN and his mother was Hasala of the SAXONS. His paternal grandparents were Bruno I BRUNSBERGE-BY-HOXTER and Miss ASSEBURG; his maternal grandparents were Wittekind of the SAXONS and Geva EYSTEINSDOTTIR. He was an only child. He died in 0955.General Notes
Bernard was a nobleman of Saxony and was the first of the ancient and knightly family that made a considerable figure in England. They seem to have been oriinally seated at Poonstock, and it was still the head of their barony in the reign of King John till they exchanged it for other lands. Bernard, Lord of Harcourt, Carleville and Beaufidel in Normandy, was a noble man of royal blood of Saxony. Bernard acquired the above lordships in Normandy, when in 911 Rollo 'the Dane' was granted land by the Franks and founded Normandy in France. Bernard 'the Dane' was the most powerful of the feudal nobles of Normandy during the reign of Duke William I (927-943) and regent during the minority of Duke Richard I. (www.indixie.com/genealogy/newberry/datafile/descendants_of_bernard-the_dane_harcourt.htm)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0726 in Engern
- b.~ 0756
- b.~ 0696 in Lower Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0726 in Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0860 in Harcourt, Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.0955
- b.0710 in Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0732 in Saxony, Germany d.0807 in Engern
- b.~ 0730
- b.~ 0705
- b.0736 in Vestfold. Norway
- b.~ 0720
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They had a son named Torf 'The Rich' de.
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Children
Torf 'The Rich' de HARCOURT
Torf 'The Rich' de was born about 0913 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.