Baudouin de Meules

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Baudouin de Meules (in Normandy ) or Baudouin FitzGilbert (in England; † 1090 ) Seigneur de Meules et du Sap (Normandy), Lord of Okehampton ( Devon ), Sheriff of Devon, was the younger son of Gilbert de Brionne .

biography

After Gilbert de Brionne in 1040 by Robert Giroie and Raoul de Gacé had been killed, his two sons were Richard and Baudouin brought to Flanders and - with the loss of their property in Normandy - the protection of Count Baldwin V assumed. After about 15 years in exile, Richard and Baudouin returned to Normandy, where Duke Wilhelm II transferred several places to them at the request of his father-in-law Baldwin of Flanders: Meules and Le Sap for Baudouin and Bienfaite and Orbec for Richard. Brionne, however, remained in the duke's possession.

Baudouin probably accompanied William in the conquest of England in 1066 and probably also fought in the Battle of Hastings , and as a result received a large number of goods and important tasks in the west of the country. He became Lord of Okehampton and Sheriff of Devon. In 1068 William gave him control of the city of Exeter after an uprising, siege and submission .

progeny

According to one source, his wife Alberada, whose origin is not clear, was perhaps a daughter of Mauger, Viscount des Cotentin , according to another source his wife was named Emma. His children were:

  • Robert († after 1101), Seigneur de Sap et Meules, Castellan of Brionne. He inherited his brother's English property in 1096
  • Guillaume († 1096), successor to Baudouin in England, Lord of Okehampton, Sheriff of Devon 
  • Richard († 1137), Lord of Okehampton 
  • Adele 
  • Emma ∞ Hugues de Waft
  • Mathilde ∞ Guillaume, son of Guimond, Seigneur de Ponts et d ' Avranches

In addition, he had an illegitimate son from an unknown woman:

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordericus Vitalis , Histoire de la Normandie , éd. Guizot, vol. III, livre VIII, p. 298
  2. ↑ See also: Companion of Wilhelm the Conqueror
  3. ^ David C. Douglas , English Historical Documents , Rootledge, 1996, pp. 424-425
  4. ^ Orderic Vital, Historiae ecclesiasticae , libri XIII, Marjorie Chibnall (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1980, p.215
  5. ^ Mathilde et Guillaume appear in a deed of donation from the Mont-Saint-Michel monastery , manuscript 210, Avranches library, folio 84.
personal data
SURNAME Baudouin de Meules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baudouin FitzGilbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Seigneur de Meules et du Sap (Normandy), Lord of Okehampton (Devon) and Sheriff of Devon
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH 1090