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Personal data Richard van Évreux 

  • He was born in the year 1005 in Rouen.
  • (Geschiedenis) .Source 1
    Richard van Évreux (Rouen, ca. 1005 - 13 december 1067) was een Normandisch edelman en adviseur van Willem de Veroveraar.

    Richard kreeg in 1026 Douvrend van zijn vader Robert de Deen, die dat wederrechtelijk aan het bezit van de kerk had onttrokken. In 1037 volgde hij zijn vader op als graaf van Évreux en een jaar later schonk hij de molen van Évreux aan de abdij van Jumièges. Zijn broer Rudolf wist in 1040 de voogd van de nog minderjarige Willem de Veroveraar te laten vermoorden. Rudolf en Richard kregen hierdoor een machtige positie in Normandië. De broers versloegen vooral uit eigenbelang Willems tegenstanders, waaronder de familie van Tosny, en verwierven veel van hun bezittingen. Richard schonk de kerk van Gravigny aan de Sainte-Trinité te Rouen en stichtte de Sint Salvator abdij in Évreux. Ook werd hij een belangrijke adviseur van Willem de Veroveraar. In 1066 nam hij wegens zijn leeftijd niet deel aan de slag bij Hastings maar hij was wel een belangrijke financier van de expeditie die hij met 80 schepen ondersteunde. Richard werd begraven in de abdij van Fontenelle.
  • (Levens event) .Source 2
    Richard, Count of Évreux († 1067) was a powerful member of the Norman aristocracy during the early and later reign of William, Duke of Normandy.
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    Life

    Richard was the eldest son of Robert II Archbishop of Rouen and Count of Évreux and Herleva.[1] Richard, son of the Archbishop Robert, donated a mill at Evreux to the abbey of Jumièges by charter dated [26 Mar 1038/14 Apr 1039]. He is mentioned in a charter of King William I confirming Richard as having been a benefactor to that abbey.[2] Richard and his wife, Godechildis, founded Saint-Sauveur d´Evreux.[3] He, as Count of Evreux, donated the church of Gravigny to Sainte-Trinité de Rouen, dated [1052/66]. Richard donated the tithe of a town to the abbey of Saint-Taurin.[4]

    Some scholars report him as taking part in the battle of Hastings on 14 Oct 1066, but it is unlikely due to his advanced age and death the next year. His son, William is recognized as having represented the family at Hastings and contributed 80 ships to the invasion of England in 1066 as Count of Évreux.[5] Richard died in 1067.[1]
    Family

    Richard married after 1040 as her second husband, Godehildis, widow of Roger de Conches who is also known as Roger I of Tosny.
  • He died on December 13, 1067, he was 62 years old.
  • A child of Robert "de Deen" van Évreux and Herleva
  • This information was last updated on November 14, 2012.

Household of Richard van Évreux

He is married to Godehildis.

They got married after 1040.Source 1


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    1. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_%C3%89vreux
    2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard,_Count_of_%C3%89vreux
    

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