Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameRobert Count Of Eu, 29G Grandfather
FatherWilliam Count Of Heismes & Eu (~978-~1057)
MotherLesceline DE HARCOURT (~990-~1057)
Web Notes notes for Robert Count Of Eu
Fought at the battle of Hastings, 1066; landowner in England, 1086. Ancestor of the Counts of Eu.152
About 1015 two illegitimate sons of Duke Richard I, Godfrey and William, became counts, the latter being count of Eu; and after their deaths, Gilbert of Brionne, the son of Godfrey, was a count, whilst William's son, Robert, was before 1047 recognized as count of Eu.152
He is listed in the DOMESDAY BOOK as a Sussex landholder. Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (EU, p.152) says and that he and ROGER DE MORTREMER commanded the Norman army at the battle of Mortremer in 1053/4. He was given estates, including the honour of Hastings, in England by WILLIAM THE CONQUERER. In 1069 he and Robert, Count of Mortain, defeated the Danish invaders in Lincolnshire. along with many other Norman lords, in 1089, he deserted Duke Robert of Normandy and placed his castles at the disposal of King William Rufus.
About 1015 two illegitimate sons of Duke Richard I, Godfrey and William, became counts, the latter being count of Eu; and after their deaths, Gilbert of Brionne, the son of Godfrey, was a count, whilst William's son, Robert, was before 1047 recognized as count of Eu.152
He is listed in the DOMESDAY BOOK as a Sussex landholder. Cockayne's "Complete Peerage" (EU, p.152) says and that he and ROGER DE MORTREMER commanded the Norman army at the battle of Mortremer in 1053/4. He was given estates, including the honour of Hastings, in England by WILLIAM THE CONQUERER. In 1069 he and Robert, Count of Mortain, defeated the Danish invaders in Lincolnshire. along with many other Norman lords, in 1089, he deserted Duke Robert of Normandy and placed his castles at the disposal of King William Rufus.