Henry (died 1140), count of Eu, lord of Hastings

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 12 July 1140.

Place of Death: Fécamp.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (5:156) and by Père Anselme (2:495). The date and place are given by Keats-Rohan (p. 227).

Place of Burial: the Abbey of Foucarmont.

The place is given by the Complete Peerage (5:156) and by Père Anselme (2:495).

Relationships

Father: William, count of Eu, lord of Hastings.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:155), by Keats-Rohan (p. 227), and by Power.

Mother: Beatrice, sister of Roger de Builly, lord of Tickhill.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:155). Père Anselme (2:495) gives Helisende de Chester as William’s wife. Power gives Beatrice as Roger's daughter.

Spouse: Maud (died in or before 1109).

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:155) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 227).

Spouse: Hermentrude.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:156) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 227).

Spouse: Marguerite de Sully (died about 1145), daughter of Guillaume de Champagne.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (5:156), by Keats-Rohan (p. 227), and by Père Anselme (2:495).

Children:

(Complete source citations for the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. The children below are given by Power.)

John (died 26 June 1170), count of Eu, married Alice, daughter of William d’Aubigny, earl of Arundel.

Stephen

a son

Matilda (buried 30 July 1153).

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).

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) Volume 5.

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

Power, Daniel. The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. (Cambridge University Press, 2004).