General Notes

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Turchetil,III Baron De Tourville, Seigneur De Tourville and De Tanqueray.
were Murdered along with three other governor's of the young William futu
re King of England.
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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. The burden of opinion is, however, against this eminent historia
n. Turquetil, seigneur De Turqueville, and De Tanqueraye, about 1001, appe
ars in several charters concerning the abbeys of Fecamp and Bernay. He w
as lord of Neufmarche-en-Lions, governor of the boy duke, William, and w
as treacherously assassinated between 1035 and 1040 by hirelings of Rao
ul De Gace. Turquetil was the second son of Torf, the son of Bernard the D
ane, which latter was governor and regent of Normandy in 912, from whom de
scended the sires De Beaumont, comtes De Meulent, the barons of Cacelles a
nd Saint-Pare, the lords of Gournay and Milly, the barons of Neubourg, t
he vicomtes of Evereux, the Earls of Leicester, and many other noble Fren
ch and English houses.
Turquetil married Anceline, sister of Toustain, seigneur De Montfort-sur-R
isle, and had issue:
Anchetil, and
Walter De Lescelina who married Beatrice, abbess of Montivilliers, natur
al daughter of Robert I., Duke of Normandy, as well as
Leceline De Turqueville, the wife of William, comte d'Exmes (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 his father, and was succeeded by Ro
bert as head of the house. Jean, Arnoul, Gervais, Yves, and Renauld were t
he other sons. Errand De Harcourt commanded the archers of Val De Ru
el at the battle of Hastings, but returned to Normandy in 1078 and probab
ly died soon after. His younger brother, Robert, who accompanied him to t
he conquest, was the ancestor of this distinguished family."[small file HU
NT.FTW]
Turchetil,III Baron De Tourville, Seigneur De Tourville and De Tanqueray.
were Murdered along with three other governor's of the young William futu
re King of England.
####
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. The burden of opinion is, however, against this eminent historia
n. Turquetil, seigneur De Turqueville, and De Tanqueraye, about 1001, appe
ars in several charters concerning the abbeys of Fecamp and Bernay. He w
as lord of Neufmarche-en-Lions, governor of the boy duke, William, and w
as treacherously assassinated be