Gunnora Bigod

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 1137.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Keats-Rohan (2002, p. 174).

Relationships

Father: Roger (I) Bigod.

This relationship is given by Amt (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (2002, p. 174), and by Wareham (p. 230).

(probable) Mother: Alice de Tosny.

It is not entirely clear whether Gunnor’s mother was Alice or a previous wife of Roger. Wareham (p. 230) shows her mother as a previous wife (Adelaide), but Keats-Rohan (1999, p. 396) states that "it is fairly clear" that Roger was married only once, to Adelisa de Tosny. In Domesday Descendants (p. 174) Keats-Rohan gives Adelisa de Tosny as Gunnor's mother.

Spouse: Robert fitz Swein of Essex (died about 1140).

This relationship is given by Amt (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (2002, p. 174), and by Wareham (p. 230).

Spouse: Haimo de St Clair.

This relationship is given by Keats-Rohan (2002, p. 174).

Children (by Robert):

Henry de Essex married Cecily.

Children (by Haimo):

Hubert.

References

Amt, Emilie. “Essex, Henry of (d. after 1163)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

DeAragon, RaGena C. “Essex, Agnes of (b. 1151, d. in or after 1206)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Domesday People (1999).

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

Wareham, Andrew. "The Motives and Politics of the Bigod Family, c. 1066-1177" in Anglo-Norman Studies XVI (1993) pp. 223-242.