NameRichard 'le Goz' D' AVRANCHES Viscount Of Avranches, 27G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for Richard 'le Goz' D' AVRANCHES Viscount Of Avranches
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (132A:25), (132B:25). Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Chester, p.164). According to the "Dictionary of National Biography", in the article on Hugh of Avaranches, Earl of Chester, Richard's father, THURSTAN (TOUSTEIN) was unfaithful to DUKE WILLIAM [of Normandy] in 1040 and helped HENRY, KING OF FRANCE in his invasion of
Normandy. Richard remained loyal and made his father's peace with the duke. Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (295:33).