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Personal data Harlevin de Conteville 

• He was born in the year 1005.
• (Levens event) .Source 1

  Herluin de Conteville (1001–1066[1]), also sometimes listed as Herlevin[citation needed] or Herlwin of Conteville,[2] was the stepfather of William the Conqueror, and the father of Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, both of whom became prominent during William's reign.[3]
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  Conteville and Sainte-Marie Église
  
  No contemporary record provides the parentage for Herluin,[4] although much later sources have assigned him parents (such as the otherwise unknown Jean de Conteville (965) and Harlette de Meulan[citation needed]). Herluin was a lord of moderate income and some land on the south side of the river Seine. He was viscount of Conteville, probably so created by his stepson, and held the honour of Sainte-Marie Église, a portion of the county of Mortain. There he founded the Grestain Abbey around 1050 with his son Robert.[5]
  Herluin's marriage to Herleva
  
  Towards the beginning of the 11th century, Conteville and its dependencies appear to be in the hands of Herluin, who married Herleva, the mistress of Robert I, Duke of Normandy and already mother of William the Bastard, called William the Conqueror later. Herluin and Herleva had two sons and one daughter: Odo or Eudes, who became Bishop of Bayeux, and Robert who became Count of Mortain; both were prominent in the reign of their half-brother William. The daughter, sometimes called Muriel, married Guillaume, Seigneur de la Ferté-Macé.[1] Herluin is said to have loyally borne William's body to his grave at Caen after he died in the burning of Mantes.[6]
  Herluin's marriage to Fredesendis
  
  Herluin later married Fredesendis, who is named as a benefactor[7] of the Grestain Abbey, and as Herluin's wife[1] in the confirmation charter of the abbey, dated 1189. The abbey was founded by Herluin himself around 1050,[7] in hopes of achieving a cure to his leprosy or some similar disease.[citation needed] Herluin and Fredesendis had two sons: Raoul de Conteville (d. aft. 1089), who later held land in Somerset and Devon,[1] and Jean de Conteville. Little is known of the sons of his second marriage

• He died in the year 1066, he was 61 years old.
• A child of Jean de Conteville and Harlette van Meulan
• This information was last updated on November 9, 2012.

Household of Harlevin de Conteville

(1) He is married to Herleva Arlette.

They got married in the year 1031, he was 26 years old.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Adelaide de Conteville  
2. Emma de Conteville  
3. Muriël de Conteville  
4. Odo van Bayeux  1036-1097
5. Robert van Mortain  1040-1095 

(2) He is married to Fredesindis.

They got married after 1050.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Jean de Conteville  
2. Raoul de Conteville  > 1050-> 1089

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