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Emma OF NORFOLK (1059?-1096?)
Name: | Emma OF NORFOLK 1 |
Sex: | Female |
Father: | William FITZ OSBERN (1020?-1071) |
Mother: | - |
Individual Events and Attributes
Birth | 1059 (app) | Breteuil in Normandy |
Occupation | Countess of Norfolk | |
Death | 1096 (app) (age 36-37) | Palestine |
Additional Information
Death | in the course of the First Crusade |
Marriage
Spouse | Ralph DE GAEL (bef1042-1096?) | |
Children | Ralph DE GAEL DE MONTFORT ( - ) | |
Marriage | 1074 (app) (age 14-15) |
Individual Note
Emma de Guader was the wife of Ralph de Guader and the daughter of William Fitz-Osbern, who, as the Lord of Breteuil and later 1st Earl of Hereford (Fourth Creation), was a cousin and close adviser of William the Conqueror.[1] William's opposition to their marriage led to the unsuccessful Revolt of the Earls.
Emma was born to William Fitz-Osbern and his wife Adeliza, the daughter of Roger I of Tosny and his wife Adelaide (descendant from the County of Barcelona). She was born in or around 1059 in Breteuil in Normandy.[2] In 1075, Emma, Countess of Norfolk defended Norwich Castle when it was under siege. She eventually negotiated safe passage for herself and her troops in exchange for her castle.[3] Emma died some time after 1096 on the road to Palestine during the First Crusade with her husband.[2] Emma's daughter, Amice, married Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
SOURCES:
1 The History of England, Vol. I by David Hume
2 a b Lady Anne's Family Tree: Fi
3 Salmonson, Jessica Amanda (1991) The Encyclopedia of Amazons. Paragon House; p. 81 ISBN 1-55778-420-52
Sources
1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 62, 53-25. |
2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_de_Guader,_Countess_of_Norfolk. |