Gilbert

- 1040

• Name	Gilbert
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E7C9864E6E0944B2919FE3BF02CDBFD223A3
  Death	1040
  Person ID	I713	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Count Godfrey Of Brionne And Eu,   b. Abt 953   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gunnora D'AUNOU   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Richard De CLARE   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Subject: Re: The first Giffards (n part): When Count William of Eu died shortly before 1040, Gilbert did assume the land and title, but he was assassinated in 1040 and his young sons, RICHARD and Baldwin were forced to flee Normandy, finding safety at the court of BALDWIN V, COUNT OF FLANDERS (RIN 2169). When WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR (RIN 798) married COUNT BALDWIN's daughter, he restored Gilbert's sons to Normandy, although he did not invest them with either Brionne or Eu or a comital title. WILLIAM granted the lordships of Bienfaite and Orbec to RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, and Le Sap and Meules to Baldwin. Although Gilbert's descendants later pressed a claim for Brionne, it was never restored. RICHARD and Baldwin ftizGilbert took part in the Norman conquest of England, and both assumed important positions in THE CONQUEROR's reign. --- Michael Altschul *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965, p 18-19