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    William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Breteuil (c. 1011 – 22 February 1071), was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror...
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  • (1058–1066) earldom extinct 1066–1067 William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1067–1071) Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1071–1074) earldom forfeit 1074–1141...
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    Grey family (redirect from House of Grey)
    of the family was Anchetil de Greye, a Norman chevalier and vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the few proven companions of William...
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  • William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of William the Conqueror's closest counsellors. Osbern was the son of Herfast de Crepon and the nephew of Gunnor...
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  • marriage between Emma (daughter of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and Adelissa de Tosny) and Ralph de Guader, Earl of East Anglia in 1075. They married...
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    Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford (died 24 December 1143) (alias Miles of Gloucester) was a great magnate based in the west of England...
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  • Anchetil de Greye (category Year of birth uncertain)
    of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the great magnates of early Norman England. He is regarded as the ancestor of the noble House of Grey...
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  • of fictional fantasy novels featuring a royal bastard, the assassin FitzChivalry 'Fitz' Farseer. Turstin FitzRolf (fl. 1066) William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl...
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    Monmouth Castle (category History of Monmouthshire)
    installed three of his most trusted confidants, Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, Roger of Montgomery, and William FitzOsbern, as the Earls of Chester, Shrewsbury...
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  • of Kiev (d. 1052) William I (the Great), count of Burgundy (d. 1087) William Busac, English nobleman (jure uxoris) (d. 1076) William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl...
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  • 2nd Earl of Hereford (1056 – after 1087), succeeded in 1071 to the earldom of Hereford and the English estate of his father, William Fitz-Osbern. He is...
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    of Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (1176–1220) by his wife Maud de Mandeville (alias Maud FitzGeoffrey), daughter and heiress of Geoffrey Fitz Peter...
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  • Hainaut (c. 1056 – 1098). In 1071 Richilde married thirdly William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (c. 1025 – 1071). Belgium portal Van Droogenbroeck, F....
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  • of Upper Normandy as early as 1074 CE. Roger claimed the castle of Wigmore, Herefordshire that was built by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford....
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  • 22 (killed at the Battle of Cassel): Arnulf III, count of Flanders (House of Flanders) William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford April 17 – Manuel Komnenos...
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  • system. William the Conqueror granted the lordship of the Isle of Wight to his relative and close counsellor William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford in 1066...
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    Harmondsworth (category Districts of the London Borough of Hillingdon)
    1066), the last Anglo-Saxon king of England William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (c. 1020 – 1071), advised King William I to grant Harmondsworth to an...
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    Osbern, later 1st Earl of Hereford (Source: William of Poitiers) (6) Aimeri, Viscount of Thouars a.k.a. Aimery IV (Source: William of Poitiers) (7) Walter...
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    Wigmore Castle (category Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York)
    Norman Conquest, probably c.1070, by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and a close associate of William the Conqueror. It was built on waste ground...
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  • Notes Earl of Hereford (1067) William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford 1067 1072 Died Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford 1072 1074 Forfeit Earl of Kent...
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    battle at the hands of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford. With the Norman invasion of Wales extending westwards, Caradog's area of control moved into...
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    c.1193/1194) │ ├─>Béranger l'Espagnol │ ├─>Adelise │ X William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford │ └─>Berthe († c.1040) In English : Toeny, Tonei, Toeni...
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    Fitzpeter, 1st Earl of Essex (died 1213) Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex (died 1216) William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex...
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    from its foundation in 1067 by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, and completed before his death in 1071. The Earl is known to have built other early...
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  • (1069–1088) Earl of East Anglia Ralph the Staller (1067–1068) Ralph de Gael (1068–1075) Earl of Hereford William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1067–1071)...
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    a cliff overlooking a ford on the River Wye in 1070 by William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, on a wasteland formerly occupied by Browning. The castle...
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    Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (1489–1558) Hon. Sir Richard Devereux (died 1547) Walter Devereux, 2nd Viscount Hereford (1539–1576) (created Earl of Essex...
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  • follower of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford one of the great magnates of early Norman England and one of the very few proven companions of William the...
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  • of William participated including many of the proven Companions of William: Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William William FitzOsbern, 1st...
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    the south, where William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford overran the Kingdom of Gwent before 1070. By 1074 the forces of the Earl of Shrewsbury were ravaging...
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