Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Hereford

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"...an intimate friend of William the Conqueror, and the principal agent in preparing for the invasion of England. He was the son of Osbern the seneschal, one of William's guardians during his minority, who had been murdered by the young duke's unruly
barons. Fitz Osbern founded a
monastery at Lire about 1042. He became seneschal to the duke, and urged on the plans for the invasion of England. At the conquest he received the earldom of Hereford with the special duty of pushing into Wales. During William's absence in 1067,
English affairs were left in the hands of Fitz Osbern and of Odo, bishop of Bayeux. Fitz Osbern also acted as William's lieutenant during the rebellions of 1069...was one of the feudal lords of the Welsh marches, and built several castles for the
defense of the border. In 1070 William sent him to assist Queen Matilda in the government of Normandy. But Richilde, widow of Baldwin VI of Flanders, having offered to marry him if he would protect her son Arnulf against Robert the Frisian, Fitz
Osbern accepted the proposal and joined Richilde in Flanders. He was killed, fighting against Robert, near Cassel, in 1071." -Encycl. Brit.,'56, 9:337. He was created Earl of Hereford in 1067. Also see "Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co, 1994),
pp. 41-42. For more information try on the World Wide Web: http://www.castlewales.com/osbern.html

Family/Spouse: Toeni, Adelina ("Alice") de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
his first

1. Hereford, Lady Emma of

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Osbern "the Steward" was prominent in the reign of Duke Robert I; his
father, Herfast, was brother of Robert I's wife, Gunnor.

Osbern married Aka Alberade de Bayeux?, Emma on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her brothers were churchmen - Hugh was Bishop of Bayeux and John was Bishop
of Avranches and then Archbishop of Rouen.

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Herfast and his son and grandson are from "Falaise Roll..." (Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994).

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{"The Plantagenet Ancestry,"W.H.Turton (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.100 gives
Raoul's parents as Asperling de Vaudreuil and wife Sporta de Senlis;
Sporta also m. William Longsword, Duke of Normandy, cf. p.6. - see ID1804.}

married Caux, Erneburge de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: dau. of Canville de Caux

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The Forester of Argues. {For line see "Interpolation of Jumieges," Robert
de Torigny, and "The Genealogist," New Series, 37:57.}

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For William and his ancestry see "Falaise Roll...," M. Jackson Crispin and
Leonce Macary (London: Butler & Tanner, 1938, Table IV at end of volume).
He was murdered on the island of Picquigny in the Somme.

William + Vaudreuil, Asperleng of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Asperleng is possibly the father (!) of Count Raoul.

Notes:

Married:
perhaps not married