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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Ric Notes
hardson (2013): “JUDITH OF BRITTANY, married before 1008 (as his 1s t wife)
RICHARD II, Duke of Normandy, 996-1026, son and heir of Richar d I, Count (or
Prince) of the Normans, by his 2nd wife, Gunnor. They h ad three sons, Richard
(III) [Duke of Normandy], Robert (I) Duke of No rmandy], and Guillaume (monk
at Fécamp), and three daughters, Adélaïd e (wife of Renaud, Count of
Burgundy), ___ (wife of Baldwin IV, Coun t of Flanders), and Mathilde. His
wife, Judith, died 28 June 1017, an d was buried in Bernal Abbey. He married
(2nd) probably soon after 101 7 PAPIA ___. They had two sons, Mauger
[Archbishop of Rouen] and Guill aume [Count of Argues]. RICHARD II, Duke of
Normandy, died at Fécamp 2 3 August 1026. Children of Judith of
Brittany, by Duke Richard I I: i. RICHARD III, Duke of Normandy,
1026-1027, son and heir. B y an unknown mistress, he had one illegitimate son,
Nicholas [Abbot o f Saint-Ouen], and ii. one illegitimate daughter, ___
(wife o f Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin). RICHARD III, Duke of Normandy, died 5 (
or 6) August 1027. "At the beginning of Duke William's reign the vic omte of
the Bessin was Rannulf, who was the son of a vicomte named Ans chitil. He
married a daughter of Duke Richard III and was among the de feated rebels at
Val-es-Dunes. None the less, the office continued i n the family, for he was
succeeded by another Rannulf (II) who was est ablished at Avranches before the
Norman conquest, and who survived unt il after April 1089. Moreover, this
second Rannulf married Maud, daugh ter of Richard, vicomte of the Avranchin,
thus linking together two po werful vice-comital dynasties which were later in
turn to determine th e succession of the earldom of Chester.". iii.
ROBERT I, Duke o f Normandy [see next].”
Osbern was the son of Richard Scrob, who arrived in England before the Norman
Conquest of England.[2] Richard's origins are not known for certain, except
that he from France, and may have been a Norman. Richard was the builder of
Richard's Castle in Herefordshire, one of the few castles in England that
predates the Norman Conquest.[3]
Osbern held Richard's Castle at the time of Domesday Book in 1086. His holding
of Richard's Castle as a tenant-in-chief is considered to have made him a
feudal baron.[2] Domesday Book records Osbern as owning lands adjacent to his
father's lands in 1066, while his father was still alive.[3]
Osbern added to the lands he had held in 1066 not only by inheritance from his
father, but also from his marriage, from royal gifts, and by enfeoffment from
other landholders such as the bishop of Worcester and Roger de Montgomery, the
earl of Shrewsbury. His lands in 1086 were situated in Worcestershire,
Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. They were worth over 100
pounds a year.[3]
Osbern served as a royal judge in Worcestershire during the 1080s, and during
the Rebellion of 1088 took the side of the baronial rebels against King
William II. His disaffection from the king was not long-lasting, as he later
served William.[3]
Osbern married Nesta or Nest, the daughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn[4] and
Ealdgyth. Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia.[3]
Osbern and his wife had a son, Hugh fitzOsbern,[2] and a daughter, Nesta (or
perhaps Agnes), who married Bernard de Neufmarché.[4] Osbern perhaps had
another son, Turstin, who is named as the brother of Hugh fitzOsbern in a
charter of Osbern fitzPons.[4]
Osbern's date of death is unknown, occurring sometime after 1088,[3] perhaps
after 1100. His heir was his son, Hugh.[2]