Adeliza de Tosny

Events

Date of Birth: about 1030 or 1035.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Stewart.

Date of Death: 5 October, probably 1066 or 1067.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Stewart.

Place of Burial: Notre-Dame de Lyre abbey.

The place is given by Stewart.

Relationships

Father: Roger I “Hispanicus”, lord of Tosny.

This relationship is given by Stewart.

Mother: Godehildis.

This relationship is given by Stewart.

Spouse: William fitz Osbern. Married about 1045 or 1050.

This relationship is given by Lewis (ODNB) and by Stewart.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

William de Breteuil married Adeline de Montfort-sur-Risle.

Roger de Breteuil, earl of Hereford.

Rodulf. A monk at Cormeilles.

Emma married Ralph de Gael.

References

Cawley, Charles. “ADELISE” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Lewis, C.P. “William fitz Osbern, earl (d. 1071)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Stewart, Peter. “Origin and early generations of the Tosny Family” (July 2009; rev. March 2012).