Gilbert, count of Brionne

Events

Date of Birth: between 979 and 1000.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: about March 1040.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Godefroy, count of Eu and of Brionne.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (4:308), by van Houts (XII:221), and by Altschul.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare married Rohese.

Guillaume de Brionne.

Baudouin de Brionne (died 1090) married Alberade.

Adela married Neel, viscount.

References

Altschul, Michael. A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares 1217-1314 (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1965).

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

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Van Houts, Elisabeth. “Robert of Torigni as Genealogist” in History and Family Traditions in England and the Continent: 1000-1200 (Ashgate, 1999).