Onfroi de Vieilles

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Onfroi (or Umfrid) de Vieilles († around 1050), was the lord of the Honneur de Beaumont , one of the most important group of estates in western Normandy .

biography

Its origin is controversial in science. He was the grandson of Torf (or Turolf), whom some historians equate with Turstin the Rich, Robert the Dane's father-in-law , Count von Évreux , others see as the progenitor of the House of Harcourt . According to both hypotheses, Onfroi is of Scandinavian origin.

In addition to Beaumont, he owned goods scattered throughout Normandy: in the Cotentin , in the Hiémois , in the Pays d'Auge , on the lower reaches of the Seine ( Vatteville-la-Rue ), in Évrecin ( Normanville ) and in the Vexin normand ( Bouafles ). This property comes from assignments from Duke Richard II or from former property of the church. The Honneur de Beaumont, for example, was made up of the assets of Bernay Abbey . The goods around Pont-Audemer, however, came from the legacy of his ancestors.

In 1034, with the support of the Saint-Wandrille Abbey , he founded the Saint-Pierre de Préaux male monastery a few kilometers from Pont-Audemer. It would be more correct to say that he restored an existing but dilapidated abbey to its old state.

During the minority of Duke Wilhelm II , the later conqueror of England, the property of Onfrois was attacked by Roger I. de Tosny , the owner of the Honneur Conches . Around 1040 there was a battle between the two parties, with Onfroi's son Roger de Beaumont on one side and Roger de Tosny on the other. Both Roger de Tosny and his two eldest sons were killed in this battle.

progeny

Onfroi's sons are:

  • Robert, who was murdered by Roger de Clères;
  • Roger de Beaumont called le Barbu ( the bearded ; † 1094), his father's successor.

Other possible children of Onfrois are:

  • Guillaume de Beaumont, monk at Saint-Pierre in Préaux
  • Dumelme de Vieilles, nun in Saint-Léger de Préaux.

See also: House Beaumont

literature

  • Pierre Bauduin : La première Normandie (Xe – XIe siècles). Sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identity et construction d'une principauté. Presses Universitaires de Caen, Caen 2004, ISBN 2-8413-3145-8 ( Also : Caen, Univ. De Caen Basse-Normandie, Diss., 1998).
  • Véronique Goddet Gazeau: Monachisme et aristocratie au XIe siècle. L'exemple de la famille de Beaumont. thèse de doctorat de troisième cycle, Université de Caen, 1986–1987 (dactyl.).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Vieilles is the name of a village that today has become Beaumont-le-Roger part
  2. ^ Pierre Bauduin : La première Normandie (Xe – XIe siècles). Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2004, pp. 216-217. Parmi les autres grands honneurs du Pays d'Ouche, ceux de Breteuil et de Conches
  3. ↑ Wilhelm von Jumièges reports that Turolf was the brother of Turquetils, the first lord of Harcourt , and uncle of Ansketil de Harcourt.
  4. ↑ Véronique Gazeau: monachisme et aristocratie au XIe siècle. L'exemple de la famille de Beaumont. thèse de doctorat de troisième cycle, Université de Caen, 1986-1987 (dactyl.), pp. 67-73. Raoul, the abbot of Bernay, a relative of Onfroi, entrusted him with part of the monastery property between 1027 and 1040. Other families of the 11th century, such as the Bellême family , also strengthened their power through church ownership
  5. ^ Ordericus Vitalis : Histoire de la Normandie. Ed. Guizot, 1826, Volume III, livre VIII, p. 373. Charpillon et Caresme: Dictionnaire historique des communes de l'Eure. Volume I, 1879, Article: Beaumont-le-Roger
personal data
SURNAME Onfroi de Vieilles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Umfrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of the Honors Beaumont
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century or 11th century
DATE OF DEATH around 1050