D'EVREUX, Richard
- Born: Abt 986, Rouen, Seine--et-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
- Marriage (1): DE BARCELONA, Godeheut in 1038
- Died: 13 Dec 1067, Eure, Normandie, France aged about 81
General Notes:
Richard "Comte d'Evreux" d'Evreux
Research Notes:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Evreux-32
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Biography
Richard was the 2nd Count of Evreux; Count of Rouen.
He was the founder of the great Norman abbey of St. Sauveur, furnished eighty ships for the invasion of England, and with his son, William, fought by the Conqueror's side at Hastings, "bearing himself gallantly in the battle."
He married Godeheut, relict of Roger de Toeni.[1] They had issue:
Bertha.
Sources
? Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1953, Ed. 2 Vol XII Part 1, FamilySearch p. 757
See also:
The Battle Abbey Roll with Some Accounts of the Norman Lineages, by Duchess of Cleveland, publ. 1889 by John Murray, London, England
Richard married Godeheut DE BARCELONA in 1038. (Godeheut DE BARCELONA was born about 1000 in Tosny or Conches, Eure, Normandy and died after 1077 in Normandie, France.)
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