Osbert Giffard 
Osbert was born about 1042 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Osbert's father was Walter I Giffard and his mother was Ermentrude De Flaitel. His paternal grandfather was Walter De Bolbec; his maternal grandfather was Gerard De Flaitel. He had three brothers and two sisters, named William, Walter, Berenger, Rohese and Adelaide.General Notes
Sources: Norr, p72; NEHGR 75/57-63; Falaise Roll; Ayers, p409, 410.
Roll: Osberne Giffard. Followed William the Conqueror to England.
NEHGR: Osberne (Osbert) Giffard, died about 1086. With his brother
Walter he assumed the name of Gyfffarde. Was at Hastings with Duke
William and received vast grants of land in Gloucestershire. He settled at
Brimesfield.
Norr: Osbert Gifford, born about 1042, Lord of Brimfield, Gloucesteshire.
Domesday tenant in 1086. Died by 1095.
Ayers: Osbern Giffard (qui venit ad conquestum Angliae), Lord of Winterburn,
Wiltshire, and Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, in 1086.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0970 in Longueville, Normandie
- b.~ 0970 d.> 1048
- b.~ 0917 in Denmark d.0979 in France
- b.~ 0974 in Longueville, Normandie
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1084 in France
- b.~ 1042 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 0985 in Longueville, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1014 in Normandy, France
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He had a biological son named Helias.
Family Notes
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