Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam FitzOsbern DE BRÉTEUIL 1st Earl Of Hereford, 28G Grandfather
FatherOsbern DE CREPON (~1000-~1040)
MotherEmma Of Ivry (~1008-)
Spouses
1Alice DE TOENI, 28G Grandmother
FatherRoger DE TOENI (~990-1040)
MotherGodeheut BORRELL (~995->1077)
ChildrenEmma (~1082->1095)
Web Notes notes for William FitzOsbern DE BRÉTEUIL 1st Earl Of Hereford
William fitz Osbern, steward to William the Conqueror; fought at Hastings, 1066; received large estates in England; made earl of Hereford shortly after 1066; killed at the battle of Cassel, Feb 1071.160
Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (53:25), William FitzOsborne was a companion of WILLIAM THE CONQUERER at Hastings 1066. Also mentioned (163:23). Pages 104-105 of John Davies', "A History of Wales" credits him as the author of the destruction of the 700 year old Welsh kingdom of Gwent. As his son was imprisoned for treason in 1075, he had no successor as Earl of Hereford.
Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (53:25), William FitzOsborne was a companion of WILLIAM THE CONQUERER at Hastings 1066. Also mentioned (163:23). Pages 104-105 of John Davies', "A History of Wales" credits him as the author of the destruction of the 700 year old Welsh kingdom of Gwent. As his son was imprisoned for treason in 1075, he had no successor as Earl of Hereford.