Anchetil De Harcourt 
Anchetil was born about 0991 in Normandy, France. Anchetil's father was Turquetil de Neufmarche and his mother was Adeline de Montfort. His paternal grandparents were Torf De Tourville and Ertemberge de Bricanbert Bartram. He was an only child. He died in 1060 in Normandy, France.General Notes
Seigneur de Harcourt , Baron de Harcourt
First to assume the name Harcourt
Variously spelt Anchetill,Anchitil,Ancytel,Anquetil,etc.
Means Divine Cauldron
From G.A. LaRoque. "Hist. Geneal Maison de Harcourt"
Errand is mentioned by LaRoque,the French historian of this great house,
which reads " sire de Herevourt was there also,riding a very swift horse".
They are supported in this conclusion by Le Prevost, as he favors Anchetil,
the father of Errand. The burden of opinion is, however, against this eminent historian. Turquetil,signeur de Turqueville, and de Tanqueraye, about 1001, appears in several chapters concerning the abbeys of Fecamp and Bernay.
He was Lord of Neufmarche-en-Lions, governor of the boy Duke, William and was treacherously assassinated between 1035 and1040 by hirelings of Raoul de Gace. Turquetil was the second son of Torf the Rich,the son of bernard the Dane.which latter was governor and regent of Normandy in 912, from wom descended the sires de Beaumont, comes deMeulent, the barons of Cacelles and Saint-Pare, the lords of Gournay and Milly,the barons of Neubourg,the vicomtes of Evereux, the Earls of Leicester, and many other noble French and English houses.Turquetil married Anceline,sister of Toustain,seigneur de Montfort-sur Risle,and had issue,Anchetil and Walter de Lescelina who married Beatrice, abbess of Montivilliers,natural daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, as well as Leceline de Turqueville , the wife of William, comte (later d'Eu), an illegitimate son on the same Duke. Anchetil was the first to assume the name of Harcourt from the bourg of Harcourt, near Brionne, and married Eve de Boessey-le-Chapell, by whom he had seven sons and one daughter.
The eldest was Errand, who predeceased his father and was succeeded by Robert as head of the house.Jean,Arnoul,Gervais,Yves and Renauld were the other sons. Errand de Harcourt commanded the archers of Val de Ruel at the battle of Hastings, but returned to Normandy in 1078 and died soon after. His younger brother,Robert, who accompanied him to the conquest was the anchestor of this distinguished familySeigneur de Harcourt , Baron de Harcourt
First to assume the name Harcourt
Variously spelt Anchetill,Anchitil,Ancytel,Anquetil,etc.
Means Divine Cauldron[ag721.ged]
Seigneur de Harcourt , Baron de Harcourt
First to assume the name Harcourt
Variously spelt Anchetill,Anchitil,Ancytel,Anquetil,etc.
Means Divine Cauldron
From G.A. LaRoque. "Hist. Geneal Maison de Harcourt"
Errand is mentioned by LaRoque,the French historian of this great house,
which reads " sire de Herevourt was there also,riding a very swift horse".
They are supported in this conclusion by Le Prevost, as he favors Anchetil,
the father of Errand. The burden of opinion is, however, against this eminent historian. Turquetil,signeur de Turqueville, and de Tanqueraye, about 1001, appears in several chapters concerning the abbeys of Fecamp and Bernay.
He was Lord of Neufmarche-en-Lions, governor of the boy Duke, William and was treacherously assassinated between 1035 and1040 by hirelings of Raoul de Gace. Turquetil was the second son of Torf the Rich,the son of bernard the Dane.which latter was governor and regent of Normandy in 912, from wom descended the sires de Beaumont, comes deMeulent, the barons of Cacelles and Saint-Pare, the lords of Gournay and Milly,the barons of Neubourg,the vicomtes of Evereux, the Earls of Leicester, and many other noble French and English houses.Turquetil married Anceline,sister of Toustain,seigneur de Montfort-sur Risle,and had issue,Anchetil and Walter de Lescelina who married Beatrice, abbess of Montivilliers,natural daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, as well as Leceline de Turqueville , the wife of William, comte (later d'Eu), an illegitimate son on the same Duke. Anchetil was the first to assume the name of Harcourt from the bourg of Harcourt, near Brionne, and married Eve de Boessey-le-Chapell, by whom he had seven sons and one daughter.
The eldest was Errand, who predeceased his father and was succeeded by Robert as head of the house.Jean,Arnoul,Gervais,Yves and Renauld were the other sons. Errand de Harcourt commanded the archers of Val de Ruel at the battle of Hastings, but returned to Normandy in 1078 and died soon after. His younger brother,Robert, who accompanied him to the conquest was the anchestor of this distinguished familySeigneur de Harcourt , Baron de Harcourt
First to assume the name Harcourt
Variously spelt Anchetill,Anchitil,Ancytel,Anquetil,etc.
Means Divine Cauldron
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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.~ 0860 in Saxony or Maer, Norway d.~ 0950 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0901 d.~ 0970
- b.0857 in Bretagne, France d.0890
- b.~ 0880 in Normandy, France d.~ 0936 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0855 in Bretagne, France
- b.~ 0928 in Normandy, France d.1013 in Normandy, France
- b.0951 in Normandy, France d.1040 in Murdered at Normandy, France
- b.~ 0865
- b.~ 0887
- b.0930 in Normandy, France d.1001 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0991 in Normandy, France d.1060 in Normandy, France
- b.0953 in Normandy, France d.1030 in Normandy, France
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Anchetil and Eva de Boessey were married in a religious ceremony about 1027. They had a son named Robert.
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Children
Robert De Harcourt
Robert was born in 1037 in Normandy, France. He died about 1129 in Normandy, France.
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