Waleran, count of Meulan

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1068.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Herrick (p. 83), citing work by Émile Houth.

Relationships

Father: Hugues (I), count of Meulan.

This relationship is given by Depoin (p. 307), by Bauduin, and by Herrick (although her chart on p. 85 has a misplaced line). Cawley states that Hugues was the son of Galeran (Waleran), who was the son of another Galeran.

Mother: Alix, sister (or possibly daughter) of Count Walter II the White of the Vexin.

This relationship is given by Herrick (p. 86).

Spouse: Oda. Probably married about 1017.

This relationship is given by Depoin (p. 311), by Bauduin, and by Herrick (p. 85, p. 88). Oda had died by 1033. Herrick notes that "In the world of internet genealogy, Oda is reputed to have been the sister of Herluin de Conteville, stepfather of William the Conqueror, although no evidence from contemporary source supports this identification. Oda's background instead remains entirely obscure, and too little is known of Herluin's family to shed light on the matter. Certainly, Waleran and his children frequented the Norman court, but a connection to the Conqueror's mother and half-brothers is not necessarily at the root of this tendency."

Spouse: Adelais. Married by 1033.

This relationship is given by Depoin (p. 311), by Bauduin, and by Herrick (p. 85).

Children (by Oda):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Hugues (III) (died 15 October 1081), count of Meulan, married Adelais.

Adeline (died 8 April 1081) married Roger de Beaumont-le-Roger.

Children (by either Oda or Adelais):

Doda married Guillaume, lord of Moulins-la-Marche.

Children (by Adelais):

Galeran.

Foulques.

References

Bauduin, Pierrre. La première Normandie (X^e - XI^e siècles) (2004).

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).

Depoin, Joseph. Cartulaire de l’Abbaye de St. Martin de Pointoise(1895).

Herrick, Samantha Kahn. "Between Neighbors and Saints: Waleran I of Meulan and the Allegiance of Lesser Lords in the Eleventh-Century" in The Haskins Society Journal: Studies in Medieval History Volume 20 (2008) pp. 78-93.