Richer de l’Aigle

Events

Date of Birth: unknown

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 18 November 1085.

Place of Death: Sainte-Suzanne (killed during a seige).

The date and place are given by Cawley. Thompson (p. 180) gives November 1084.

Place of Burial: Monastery of St Sulpice-sur-Risle.

The place is given by Thompson (p. 182).

Relationships

Father: Engenulf de l’Aigle (killed in battle at Hastings, 17 October 1066).

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 86) and by Thompson (p. 180).

Mother: Richerada.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 86) and by Thompson (p. 182).

Spouse: Judith d’Avranches.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 81) and by Thompson (p. 180).

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.)

Gilbert (died about 1118) married Juliane du Perche.

Engenulf.

Mathilde married (1) Robert de Mowbray, earl administrator of Northumbria; married (2) Nele de Albini.

other sons and daughters.

References

Cawley, Charles. RICHER de Laigle in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Thompson, Kathleen. "The Lords of Laigle: Ambition and Insecurity on the Borders of Normandy" in Anglo-Norman Studies XVIII (1996) pp. 177-199.