Eustace (II) de Fiennes

Lord of Fiennes

Lambert calls him “Eustace the Old” (Eustacius Senex).

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: after 1141.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Conon de Fiennes.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:167) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 460).

Mother: Gila.

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (p. 460).

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Lambert of Ardres (chapter 40), writing about 1200, gives information about Eustace’s sons.)

Eustace (III) de Fiennes married Margaret de Guines.

Enguerrand (I) de Fiennes (died 1218) married Sybil de Tingry.

Gilbert of Blequin.

Ralph de Fiennes married Adélaïde de Champagne.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “EUSTACHE (II) de Fiennes” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

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

Lambert of Ardres. The History of The Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres. (Leah Shopkow trans.) (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007).

Lambert of Ardres. Historia Comitum Ghisnensium (MGH SS 24).