Gunnora d' Aunou

Abt 984 - ?

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Gunnora d' Aunou
  Born	Abt 984	France
  Gender	Female
  Tree top	Y
  Died	?
  Notes	The following is an extract from an email corrrespondence: Re: Gunnora d'Aunou • To: MEDIEV-L@raven.cc.ku.edu • Subject: Re: Gunnora d'Aunou • From: Robert Helmerichs • Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 20:21:57 -0500 Lipschutz@aol.com wrote: ----- The mother of Richard Fitz Gilbert is unknown to the authorities I checked, but plugging the name into a search engine immediately disclosed a raft of probably phony data about her, to wit: Gunnora d'Aunou (Anjou?) born Abt 0984 Of France father: *Herbastus (Herfast) de Crepon Prince of Denmark born (estimated 0945) mother: *Cyrid Queen of Sweden siblings: *Aveline (Wevia) (Duceline) de Crepon born 974 Longueville, Normandy, France; Died: France *Senfrie (Sainfrie) De Crepon Born: Abt 970 Of,France *Sibell De Crepon born (estimated 0973) spouse: *Gilbert "Crispin" Count of Brionne born about 0979 Normandy, France, died 1023 France children: *Richard "de Tonbridge" "de Clare" Fitzgilbert * etc, etc, Leonard Lipschutz ----- That's an interesting series of names -- because Gunnor, consort of Richard I of Normandy, had a raft of ill-attested sisters from whom the entire post-conquest Norman nobility later claimed descent, including Sainsfreda, Wevia, and Duvelina; the Giffard/Clare family is supposedly descended from Wevia. The Aunou family is alleged to have derived from another, unnamed sister. For all this, see Elisabeth M. C. van Houts, "Robert of Torigni as Genealogist," in Studies in Medieval Historry Presented to R. Allen Brown, ed. Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher J. Holdsworth and Janet Nelson (Woodbridge: Boydell, 1990), 215-233, who largely accepts this genealogy, although it is quite controversial (some historians believe that the nobles invented these "sisters of Gunnor" to tie themselves to the ducal family). It sounds like somebody was looking at Gunnor's alleged genealogy and conflated it with her sister's purported posterity. Rob ___________________________________________________________ Robert Helmerichs: http://www.rob-helmerichs.com/ The Haskins Society: http://www.haskins.cornell.edu Norman Bibliography: [inactive] www1.minn.net/~rob/Normandy The Planctus for William Longsword: http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/Planctus
  Person ID	I3548	Roy~Royes | Hougham
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2004

  
  

  Family	Gilbert, Comte de Brionne           b. 979           d. Abt 1040  (Age 61 years)
  Children	+ 1. Baldwin, Comte de Brionne           b. Abt 1020, Brionne, Normandy, France           d. 1090, Okehampton, Devon, England  (Age ~ 70 years) ▸ Albreda Goz, d' Avranches   2. Richard FitzGilbert, Earl of Clare           b. Abt 1035, Bienfaite, Normandy, France           d. Bef Apr 1088, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England  (Age ~ 53 years)   3. Lord Gilbert de Tellieres           b. Abt 1038, Normandy, France           d. Aft 1058, Normandy, France  (Age ~ 21 years)   4. Elisie Hesillia, Crispin           b. Abt 1041           d. Abt 1086  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F1045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 984 - France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set