Baroness Emma Fitzosborne Breteuil of GAEL

Abt 1059 - Aft 1097   

• Prefix	Baroness
  Born	Abt 1059	Breteuil, Normandy, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Title (Facts Pg	Baroness of Gael
  Name	Emma Fitzosborne
  Name	Emma Fitzosborne Breteuil
  Died	Aft 1096  [1]
  Age	~ 38 years
  Notes	SOURCES: LDS FHL # (familysearch.org) "Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. Jacquier , H.R. Moser , L. Orlandini, O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, A.Terlinden , L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron, R. Dewkinandan, C. Donadello) http://geneastar.org.[royalty.FTW] SOURCES: LDS FHL # (familysearch.org) "Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. Jacquier , H.R. Moser , L. Orlandini, O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, A.Terlinden , L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron, R. Dewkinandan, C. Donadello) http://geneastar.org. m. Ralf; mother of Ralf de Waiet; sister to Roger, Earl of Hereford; cous in of William the Conqueror. [Genealogical Sketch] WAITE LINE Eldest dau. of William FitzOsbern and Adelina de Toeni; m. Ralph, Earl o f Norfolk. [Falaise Roll, p. 42] Dau. of William Fitz Osborne and Adeliza Toeni; m. Ralph Gael; mothero f Amice Gael who m. Robert Beaumont. [WFT Vol 1 Ped 986] The most memorable event in the Revolt of the Earls in 1075 was the defen ce of Norwich by Ralf's new bride, Emma, where she withstood siege for th ree months after her husband had left to seek aid from the Danes. The fle et of 200 ships arrived too late to lift the siege. Of the Earls, Ralf ma de it to his Breton holdings to be joined by his wife, and there he continued his fight again st the Normans. His punishment was losing all right to is Englishlands . [Conquest & Resistance, England: 1066-88 1 _UID 77B3C338772DFD4A99E1648C79BCB5E448D7 m. Ralf; mother of Ralf de Waiet; sister to Roger, Earl of Hereford; cous in of William the Conqueror. [Genealogical Sketch] WAITE LINE Eldest dau. of William FitzOsbern and Adelina de Toeni; m. Ralph, Earl o f Norfolk. [Falaise Roll, p. 42] Dau. of William Fitz Osborne and Adeliza Toeni; m. Ralph Gael; mothero f Amice Gael who m. Robert Beaumont. [WFT Vol 1 Ped 986] The most memorable event in the Revolt of the Earls in 1075 was the defen ce of Norwich by Ralf's new bride, Emma, where she withstood siege for th ree months after her husband had left to seek aid from the Danes. The fle et of 200 ships arrived too late to lift the siege. Of the Earls, Ralf ma de it to his Breton holdings to be joined by his wife, and there he continued his fight again st the Normans. His punishment was losing all right to is Englishlands . [Conquest & Resistance, England: 1066-88 "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists
  Person ID	I68788	voyer_7_28_2008
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Earl William Fitzosberne of HEREFORD,   b. Abt 1033, Of, Poitiers, Poitou, France ,   d. 20 Feb 1070/71, Flanders, Belgium, Netherlands    (~ 38 years)
  Mother	Countess Adeliza De TOENI of HEREFORD,   b. Abt 1035, Conches, Normandy, France ,   d. 1066, Normandy, France    (~ 31 years)
  Family ID	F63274	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Earl Rudulf (Ralph) II De Gael of NORFOLK,   b. 1040, Gael, Brittany, France ,   d. 1095, Jerusalem, Israel    (55 years)
  Married	1075	Exning, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
  Children	+ 1. Countess Amice De (Uta) De Waiet of LEICESTER,  b. 1080,
  Family ID	F28392	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Born - Abt 1059 - Breteuil, Normandy, France Married - 1075 - Exning, Suffolk, England, Great Britain  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S283] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Fre.