Gherbod Of St. Omer, De Fleming

1025 - Aft 1070  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Gherbod Of St. Omer
  Suffix	De Fleming
  Birth	Between 1020 and 1025	St. Bertin's Abbey, Flanders, France
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A6C07F8D0AA447D5B18A8C241B298B9B9164
  Death	Aft 1070	Chester, Cheshire, England
  Person ID	I24	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	Countess Matilda LE CHAUVRE, Queen Of England,   b. 24 Nov 1031, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, France (Age 51 years)
  Children	1. Gundred Princess Of England,   b. Abt 1063, Normandy, France d. 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 22 years)
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Gherbod was the very first Earl of Chester after the conquest. He is also the father of Gundred, wife of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. Gherbod, a Fleming, Avoue of the Abbey of St. Bertin, received, on the dismemberment of Mercia, early in 1070, a large portion of that district, together with the city of Chester, the said portion being formed into a County Palatine (under the name of Cheshire) whereby he became Earl of Chester. He returned shortly afterwards, to his native country, where he was taken prisoner at the battle of Cassel, 1071, and kept captive for a long period, never coming back to England. [Complete Peerage III:164]