Bernard de Neufmarché

Bernard led the Norman invasion and conquest of the Welsh kingdom of Brychneiniog.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

(probable) Place of Birth: the castle of Le Neufmarché-en-Lion, Normandy .

The place is given by Maund (ODNB).

Date of Death: between 1121 and 1125.

The date range is given by Maund (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Geoffroi de Neufmarché.

This relationship is given by Maund (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 616).

Mother: Ada de Heugleville.

This relationship is given by Maund (ODNB) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 616).

Spouse: Nest (Agnes), daughter of Osbern fitz Richard.

This relationship is given by Maund (ODNB), by Rees (p. 172), and by Keats-Rohan (p. 616).

Children:

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

Philip, who died before his father.

Sibylle de Neufmarché married Miles of Gloucester.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Bernard de Neufmarché” in Medieval Lands.

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).

Maund, K.L. “Neufmarché, Bernard de (d. 1121x5?)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Rees, W. "The Medieval Lordship of Brecon", Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmordorion (1915-16), 165-225.