General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> /Torfus/
REFN: 3453AN
Alias:<ALIA> The /Rich/
REFN: P3454
Torf (Torfin) Karlsefine De Harcourt wandered later in life. Went to Green
land, married his second wife there about 1007, Gudrida. He sailed to Vine
land in 1007 where Gudrida gave birth to the first Viking child in Vinelan
d, after three years he returned to Greenland where he died.
AKA: Torf the Rich
There is a detailed pedigree of the Harcourt Family of Normandy in Table X
I. in Crispin and Macary, and also pages 14 and 93-94. Refer to Burke, p
g. 261-262.
The following material from Crispin and Macary (pg. 14) was derived fr
om G. A. La Roque,
"Hist. Geneal. Maison De Harcourt" and other sources:
"Errand De Harcourt. This family is one of the most illustrious in both Fr
ance and England. Errand is mentioned by La Roque, the French histori
an of this great house, Pere Anselm, and other genealogists, as the person
age referred to by Wace which reads "sire De Herervourt was there also, ri
ding a very swift horse." They are supported in this conclusion by Le Prev
ost, as he favors Anchetil, the father of Errand, or Robert, his younger b
rother.
he burden of opinion is, however, against this eminent historian. Turqueti
l, seigneur De Turqueville, and De Tanqueraye, about 1001, appears in seve
ral charters concerning the abbeys of Fecamp and Bernay. He was lord of Ne
ufmarche-en-Lions, governor of the boy duke, William, and was treacherous
ly assassinated between 1035 and 1040 by hirelings of Raoul De Gace.
Turquetil was the second son of Torf, the son of Bernard the Dane, which l
atter was governor and regent of Normandy in 912, from whom descended t
he sires De Beaumont, comtes De Meulent, the barons of Cacelles and Saint-
Pare, the lords of Gournay and Milly, the barons of Neubourg, the vicomt
es of Evereux, the Earls of Leicester, and many other noble French and Eng
lish houses.
Turquetil married Anceline, sister of Toustain, seigneur De Montfort-sur-R
isle, and had issue: Anchetil, and Walter De Lescelina who married Beatric
e, abbess of Montivilliers, natural daughter of Robert I., Duke of Normand
y, as well as Leceline De Turqueville, the wife of William, comte d'Exm
es (later(d'Eu), an illegitimate son on the same duke.
Anchetil was the first to assume the name of Harcourt from the bourg of Ha
rcourt, near Brionne, and married Eve De Boessey-le-Chapel, by whom he h
ad seven sons and one daughter. The eldest was Errand, who predeceased h
is father, and was succeeded by Robert as head of the house. Jean, Arnou
l, Gervais, Yves, and Renauld were the other sons. Errand De Harcourt comm
anded the archers of Val De Ruel at the battle of Hastings, but return
ed to Normandy in 1078 and probably died soon after. His younger brothe
r, Robert, who accompanied him to the conquest, was the ancestor of this d
istinguished family."
governor and regent of Normandy in 912[small file HUNT.FTW]
There is a detailed pedigree of the Harcourt Family of Normandy in Table X
I. in Crispin and Macary, and also pages 14 and 93-94. Refer to Burke, p
g. 261-262.
The following material from Crispin and Macary (pg. 14) was derived fr
om G. A. La Roque,
"Hist. Geneal. Maison De Harcourt" and other sources:
"Errand De Harcourt. This family is one of the most illustrious in both Fr
ance and England. Errand is mentioned by La Roque, the French histori
an of this great house, Pere Anselm, and other genealogists, as the person
age referred to by Wace which reads "sire De Herervourt was there also, ri
ding a very swift horse." They are supported in this conclusion by Le Prev
ost, as he favors Anchetil, the father of Errand, or Robert, his younger b
rother.
he burden of opinion is, however, against this eminent historian. Turqueti
l, seigneur De Turqueville, and De Tanqueraye, about 1001, appears in seve
ral charters concerning the abbeys of Fecamp and Bernay. He was lord of Ne
ufmarche-en-Lions, governor of the boy duke, Wil