de Gournay, Gerard 1 2a

Birth Name de Gournay, Gerard
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Narrative

Baron of Yarmouth
Gerard de Gournay, Baron of Yarmouth, was a grand Seigncur. He married Edith, daughter of William, Earl of Varenne in France, and 1st Earl of Warren and Surrey, in England, so created by William, the Conqueror, with whom he came to England in 1066. They had five children: Hugues III, Gautier, Anseau, Gonnor and Gundred. He went on the First Crusade and died on the way home on the 8th of May, 1097. Edith, who had accompanied him, was taken back to Normandy by Drogon, a Chevallier and friend of Gerard, who after married her, and they had a son. Drogon had rich manoirs of his own, but Henry I, of England, under pretense of danger to Gerard's children, put senechals in all their manoirs, took their fortresses, and took Gerard's children to himself. Of the above children their daughter, Gundred de Gournay, married Nigel d'Albini, and Gonner.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 469)

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1040 Gournay, France   3
Death        

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Gournay, Hugh III9851074
Mother Flaitel, Basilie Basita10001098-01-16
    Sister     de Gournay, Judith Adela 1008 1099-04-08
         de Gournay, Gerard 1040

Families

Family of de Gournay, Gerard and de Warenne, Edith
Unknown Partner de Warenne, Edith ( * 1084 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Gournay, Hugh I10751155
de Gournay, Gundred1095

Source References

  1. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I5607&style=TABLE
  2. RCKarnes: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I18369 Carrie's Family Tree
      • Source text:

        ID: I18369
        Name: *Gerald DE GOURNAY
        Sex: M
        Birth: 1062 in Aubigny, Calvados, Normandie, France
        Note:
        Baron of Yarmouth
        Gerard de Gournay, Baron of Yarmouth, was a grand Seigncur. He married Edith, daughter of William, Earl of Varenne in France, and 1st Earl of Warren and Surrey, in England, so created by William, the Conqueror, with whom he came to England in 1066. They had five children: Hugues III, Gautier, Anseau, Gonnor and Gundred. He went on the First Crusade and died on the way home on the 8th of May, 1097. Edith, who had accompanied him, was taken back to Normandy by Drogon, a Chevallier and friend of Gerard, who after married her, and they had a son. Drogon had rich manoirs of his own, but Henry I, of England, under pretense of danger to Gerard's children, put senechals in all their manoirs, took their fortresses, and took Gerard's children to himself. Of the above children their daughter, Gundred de Gournay, married Nigel d'Albini, and Gonner.
        (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 469)

         

        Father: *Hugh II DE GOURNAI b: 1026 in Gournay-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime, France
        Mother: Balille DE FLAITEL b: 1030

        Marriage 1 *Edith DE WARREN b: ABT 1060 in Sussex, England
        Children
        *Gonnor DE GOURNAY b: ABT 1080 in Gournay, Normandy, France
        *Gundreda DE GOURNAY b: 1095 in Aubigny, Calvados, Normandie, France

         

      • Citation:

        arciek@juno.com

  3. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I5607&style=TABLE