Fulbert of Falaise1 multiple relationships.. Morin and Eastman lines. closest is 27th great grandfatherb. circa 978, #26798
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Fulbert of Falaise1 multiple relationships.. Morin and Eastman lines. closest is 27th great grandfather| Name Variation | Fulbert of Falaise was also found as Fulbert de Falaise.2 Map of France showing Falaise. |
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| Birth | circa 978 | Fulbert was born circa 978 at Falaise, Calvados, Frnace.1,3 |
| 990 | He was Danish and his occupation was a tanner.2 From Wikipedia: Fulbert of Falaise (fl. 11th century) was the father of Herleva, mother of the illegitimate William the Conqueror, the 11th-century Duke of Normandy and King of England. Fulbert has traditionally been held to be a tanner, based on translations of Orderic Vitalis' additions to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum. He writes that during the seige of Alençon (1051-2), the natives had been mutilated by William after they called him a pelliciarius (pelterer), because his mother's kinsmen had been pollinctores (corpse preparers). One later poetic source interpreted the occupation to be that of tailor, but in part due to flawed transcripts of the original, many historians have concluded he was a tanner. Others have favored a more literal reading, that Herleva's family had been undertakers or embalmers. Orderic also added to the Gesta that Fulbert served as Duke's chamberlain (cubicularii ducis). It has been suggested that this occurred after William's birth. Perhaps linking Orderic's two additions, contemporary practice made the chamberlain one of the persons responsible for burials. |
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| Marriage | Fulbert of Falaise married Princess Doda of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm II King of Scotland.1 In addition to the children followed further they had a son, Reynold, Lord of Cory,bca 1008 in Falaise, France |
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| "The trade of Herleve's father," says the most
recent writer on the subject, "seems to be agreed on at all hands. He
was a burgess of Falaise, and a tanner." [Freeman; History of the
Norman Conquest, vol. ii. p. 61I] Why particularly a tanner, I am at a loss to discover. By the Norman chroniclers he is called in Latin Pelletarius and Pelleciarius [Guill. de Jumièges, "Parentes matris ejus, pelliciarii existiterant" whence the modern word pelisse, from the French pelice, pelisson] and in French Pelletier and Parmentier , never by any authority Tanneur or Coriarius. Pelletier signifies a furrier, skinner, or fellmonger, and Parmeniier a tailor. [Permentarius seu Parmentarias ex Paramentarius qui vestes parat, id est ornat nostris olim Parmentier qui hodie, tailleur d'habits. Ducange in voce. "Parmentier, or taylor," Cotgrave. One MS. reads "Pantonnier," which is simply an abusive epithet, signifying "a lewd, stubborn, saucy knave." Ibid.] Now the insult offered to William (The Conqueror) at Alencon, where a skin was hung out and beaten to the cry of "La Pel, la Pel al Parmentier," in allusion to his maternal origin, is more applicable to the trade of a dealer in furs or leather than to a tanner. The vendor of furs must have been of some importance in those days, when garments lined or trimmed with fur were worn by both sexes and all classes; from the princely ermine, the sumptuous sable, the vair and minie-vair of the nobility to the humble budge or lambskin of the citizen or artizan. Leather must also have been in great demand, for not only were leathern jackets and leggings worn by workmen, but archers and the common soldiery were equipped with "leathern Jaques"; that is, coats made of what is called "jacked leather," and the Anglo-Saxons we find wearing helmets made of the same material. The furrier, skinner, or leather-seller would then, as in the present day, not only sell the materials but the robes, mantles, or vestments, the jaques, or coats of which they were made, or with which they were lined and ornamented, and "Parmentier" (tailor) would be considered probably in the eleventh century a more contemptuous allusion to the maternal descent of the chivalrous young duke than "Pelletier," furrier, or skinner. It is true that at Falaise there were in former times many tanneries, of which only three of importance remained in 1830 (Galeron,"Histoire de Falaise," p. 121).4 |
| Family | **Princess Doda of Scotland | b. circa 980 |
| Children | 1. | **Arlette of Falaise+ b. c 1003, d. c 10501,5 |
| 2. | **Gautier de Falaise, Uncle of William the Conqueror+ |
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