Gilbert "Crispin" Count De Brionne^[1]

1000 - 1040  (40 years)

• Name	Gilbert "Crispin" Count De Brionne
  Nickname	Crispin
  Birth	1000	Brienne, Rance, Normandy, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	1040
  Person ID	I3379	Master
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Count Geoffrey "Crispin" deEu deBrionne DeNormandy,   b. 953, Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France d. 28 Aug 1026, Fecamp, Normandie, France (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Geoffrey Countess Brionne,   b. 958, , Normandy, France d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gunnora D'aunou,   b. Abt 984, , , , France
  Marriage	, , , England
  Children	1. Baldwin Fitzgilbert,   b. Abt 1022, Meules, Normandy, France d. 1090 (Age 68 years) + 2. Richard Fitzgilbert,   b. 1024, Bienfaite, Normandy, France d. 1090, Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F8743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2019

  
  

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• Notes

  Gilbert (or Giselbert) de Brionne, Count of Eu and of Brionne (c. 1000 – c. 1040), was an influential nobleman in the Duchy of Normandy in Northern France. He was one of the early guardians of Duke William II in his minority, and a first cousin to William's father Duke Robert. Had Lord Brionne not been murdered, the senior house of de Clare would probably have been titled de Brionne. Lord Brionne was the first to be known by the cognomen Crispin because of his hair style which stood up like the branches of a pine tree. Gilbert de Brionne was son of Geoffrey, Count of Eu (otherwise cited as 'Godfrey'), who was an illegitimate child of Richard I of Normandy. He inherited Brionne, becoming one of the most powerful landowners in Normandy. Gilbert was a generous benefactor to Bec Abbey founded by his former knight Herluin in 1031. When Robert I died in 1035, his illegitimate son William inherited his father's title and several powerful nobles, including Gilbert of Brionne, Osbern the Seneschal and Alan of Brittany, became William's guardians. A number of Norman barons, including Ralph de Gacé, refused to accept William as their leader. In 1040 an attempt was made to kill William but the plot failed. Gilbert however was murdered while he was peaceably riding near Eschafour. It is believed two of his killers were Ralph of Wacy and Robert de Vitot. This appears to have been an act of vengeance for the wrongs inflicted upon the orphan children of Giroie by Gilbert, and it is not clear what Ralph de Gacé had to do in the business. Fearing they might meet their father's fate, Gilbert's sons Richard and Baldwin were conveyed by their friends to the court of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. Gilbert's children would accompany Duke William on his conquest of England and his descendants would become one of the most powerful noble families in the British isles. They would rule over vast lands in modern-day Ireland, Scotland, and England and become powerful Marcher Lords. The name of the wife of Gilbert de Brionne is not known; however, they were known to have the following children: Sir Richard fitz Gilbert (Richard de Clare) (bef. 1035 – c. 1090), m. Rohese Giffard (1034 – aft. 1113), daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville[9] Baldwin FitzGilbert (d. 1090)[5] William (died after 29 August 1060) Adela (died August 1092), m. Neel II, Viscount of Cotentin (fr) Emma, m. Hugh de Waft[10] Hesilia, m. William Malet, Honour of Eye[11] Through his eldest son, Gilbert was ancestor of the English house of de Clare, of the Barons FitzWalter, and the Earls of Gloucester and Hertford. After Gilbert's death, his uncle William I became Count of Eu whereas Brionne reverted to duke. Gilbert and an unknown woman had the following children: Osbern of Cailly (c. 1020 – c. 1090), m. Hildeburge of Beaudemont[b]

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).