See also
| Husband: | Richard + of GOZ (1025-1066) | |
| Wife: | Emma + of CONTEVILLE (1043-1068) | |
| Children: | Hugh + of AVRANCHES (1047-1101) | |
| Margaret +* of AVRANCHES (1054-1084) | ||
| Name: | Richard + of GOZ | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Toustien + of GOZ (989-1041) | |
| Mother: | Judith + of MANTANOLIER (994-1014) | |
| Birth | 1025 | Avranches, Normandy, France |
| Occupation | Viscount of Avranches | |
| Death | 1066 (age 40-41) | Avranches, Normandy, France |
| Name: | Emma + of CONTEVILLE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Robert I * + (1000-1035) | |
| Mother: | Herleva * + of FALAISE (1003-1078) | |
| Birth | 1043 | Conteville, Calvados, Basse-Normandy, France |
| Death | 1068 (age 24-25) | Avranches, Normandy, France |
| Name: | Hugh + of AVRANCHES | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Nickname: | The Fat or The Wolf | |
| Spouse 1: | Ermentrude of CLAREMONT (1055- ) | |
| Birth | 1047 | Avranches, Normandy, France |
| Occupation | Earl of Chester | |
| Title | frm 1070 to 1101 (age 22-54) | Earl of Chester |
| Death | 27 Jul 1101 (age 53-54) | St. Werburg's Abbey, Cheshire, England |
| Burial | Chester Abbey, Chester, Cheshire, England | |
Spouse: Ranulf +* of BRIQUESSART
| Name: | Margaret +* of AVRANCHES | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Ranulf +* of BRIQUESSART (1050-1129) | |
| Birth | 1054 | Avranches, Normandy, France |
| Death | 1084 (age 29-30) | Normandy, France |
His ancestry is certainly Scandinavian . His father Thorstein Goz , Viscount, active between 1015 and 1040 , and his grandfather is deemed a Ansfridus Danus (Ansfroi Danish) .
The Duke William the Bastard (later the Conqueror) assigned by the Viscount of Avranches , before 1046 . For C. Warren Hollister, only after the fall of William Werlenc to 1055-56 Richard receives this territory . Richard may be then lord of Creully . He sees himself as entrusted with the castle of St. James de Beuvron , built by Duke William, shortly after the war against the Britons of 1064 .
Some lists, Richard Goz was among the companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 . It is not her young son Hugh who is the "Viscount Hugues" sending thirty ships join the fleet of William the Conqueror .
Between 1070 and 1079, Richard was involved in a decision between Raoul Tesson and the Fontenay Abbey . By 1076, it is one of the judges who pronounced a sentence against Robert Bertram .
Richard Goz died in 1082 .
[ edit ] Family and descendants
He married Emma some whose identity is uncertain, perhaps the daughter of Herluin Conteville and to Herlev , and sister of Robert of Mortain .
Hugo Wolf († 1101 ), Earl of Chester ;
Gilbert of Avranches, Lord of Marcey ;
Matilda or Maud, married Ranulf, Viscount of Bessin;
Judith, who married Richer de l'Aigle
several other girls.