Count of Eu Geoffrey de Brionne

Count of Eu Geoffrey de Brionne

Male 962 - 1010  (48 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Count of Eu Geoffrey de Brionne was born in 962 (son of 3rd Duke of Normandy Lord Richard de Normandy, I); died in 1010.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Hood
    • Name: Godfrey

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Illegitimate son of Duke Richard I of Normandy, by an unnamed concubine

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Aubree Archearius de Brionne was born in 980 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1026 in Normandy, France.
    2. Count de Brionne and Eu Gilbert 'Crispin' de Brionne was born about 1000; died about 1040 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  3rd Duke of Normandy Lord Richard de Normandy, I was born on 28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (son of 2nd Duke of Normandy Guillaume de Normandy, I and Sporta Adela Of Senlis de Bretagne); died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_Normandy
    • Name: the Fearless Count
    • Occupation: In lieu of building up the Norman Empire by expansion, he stabilized the realm, and united his followers into a cohesive and formidable principality
    • _MILT: He allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy

    Children:
    1. 1. Count of Eu Geoffrey de Brionne was born in 962; died in 1010.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  2nd Duke of Normandy Guillaume de Normandy, I was born on 28 Aug 893 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (son of 1st Duke of Normandy (The Viking of Normandy) Robert Rognvaldsson, I and Poppa de Bayeaux); died on 17 Dec 942 in Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: William Longsword

    Notes:

    Died:
    Island Picquigny, Somme River

    Guillaume married Sporta Adela Of Senlis de BretagneNormandy, France. Sporta (daughter of Count of Vermandois and Meaux Herbert de Vermandois, II and Princess Adela - Hildebrante - Liegarde Robertien Capet de Neustria) was born on 28 Aug 911 in Bretagne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 12 Dec 940 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sporta Adela Of Senlis de Bretagne was born on 28 Aug 911 in Bretagne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France (daughter of Count of Vermandois and Meaux Herbert de Vermandois, II and Princess Adela - Hildebrante - Liegarde Robertien Capet de Neustria); died on 12 Dec 940 in Normandy, France.
    Children:
    1. 2. 3rd Duke of Normandy Lord Richard de Normandy, I was born on 28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  1st Duke of Normandy (The Viking of Normandy) Robert Rognvaldsson, I was born in 846 in Nord-Trondelag, Norway; was christened in Christian (son of Jarl of More Rognvald Eysteinsson, son of Countess More Ragnhild Hrolfsdatter); died on 17 Dec 932 in Normandy, France; was buried in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Rollo
    • Religion: Norse Gods

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Rouen Cathedral

    Died:
    as Rollo's death drew near, he went mad and had a hundred Christian prisoners beheaded in front of him in honour of the gods whom he had worshipped

    Robert married Poppa de Bayeaux about 893 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Poppa was born in 872 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 938 in Notre Dame du Charmaix, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Poppa de Bayeaux was born in 872 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 938 in Notre Dame du Charmaix, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Castle St Cler

    Children:
    1. 4. 2nd Duke of Normandy Guillaume de Normandy, I was born on 28 Aug 893 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 17 Dec 942 in Normandy, France.

  3. 10.  Count of Vermandois and Meaux Herbert de Vermandois, II was born on 23 Feb 884 in France (son of Herbert Senlis de Vermandois, I and Beatrice 'Bertha' de Morvois); died on 23 Feb 943 in Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: He was the first to exercise power over the territory that became the province of Champagne
    • Religion: Lay Abbott at the Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vermandois)

    Died:
    (St Quentin)

    Herbert married Princess Adela - Hildebrante - Liegarde Robertien Capet de Neustria about 907 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Princess (daughter of Marquis Fortes de Marvois - King of France Robert Capet, I and Queen of France Beatrice Adelaide de Vermandois) was born in 895 in France; died on 10 Oct 958 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Princess Adela - Hildebrante - Liegarde Robertien Capet de Neustria was born in 895 in France (daughter of Marquis Fortes de Marvois - King of France Robert Capet, I and Queen of France Beatrice Adelaide de Vermandois); died on 10 Oct 958 in France.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vermandois)

    Died:
    (Vermandois)

    Children:
    1. 5. Sporta Adela Of Senlis de Bretagne was born on 28 Aug 911 in Bretagne, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 12 Dec 940 in Normandy, France.
    2. Count of Meaux and Troyes Robert de Vermandois was born in 920 in Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died about 967 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France.