Born ‎± 1030 at Mons, Hainault, Belgium, died ‎ Mar 15, 1086/87 at Abbey of Hasnon, Belgium‎, approximately 56 years

He [William FitzOsbern] married, 2ndly shortly before his death, Richilde, widow of Baldwin (VI), COUNT OF FLANDERS, and previously, as is stated, of Herman, COUNT OF HAINAULT, daughter and heir of the Count of Egisheim [Alsace]. The Earl died as aforesaid in 1071, and was buried in the Abbey of Cormeilles, which he had also founded. His widow appears to have died 15 March 1086/7. She was buried with her 2nd husband in the Abbey of Hasnon, which they had founded. [Complete Peerage VI:447-9, XIV:380, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Born ‎± 1015 at Hainault, Belgium, died ‎before 1055‎

Hermann, last Count of Hainault of his line; leaving a daughter Gertrude, Benedictine Nun, and a son Roger, Bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne. [Burke's Peerage]

Born ‎ 1030 at Flanders now Belgium, died ‎ Jul 7, 1070 at Abbey of Hasnon, Belgium‎, 39 or 40 years

Born ‎ 1030 at Poitiers, Poitou, France, died ‎ /71 at Battle of Cassel, Flanders (killed)‎, -960 or -959 years, buried ‎ at Abbey of Cormeilles, Normandy, France, ‎1st marriage to: Alice (Adelise) de Toeni, ‎2nd marriage to: Richilde Countess of "@N23693@" Hainault

Alice [de Toeni] married William fitz Osbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, of the creation made shortly after the Conquest. [Burke's Peerage]

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William Fitz Osbern, a Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, 1066, Earl of Hereford. [Ancestral Roots]

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EARLDOM OF HEREFORD (I)

WILLIAM FITZOSBERN, SEIGNEUR DE BRETEUIL, son and heir of Osbern, steward of Normandy, by Emma, daughter of Ralph, COUNT OF IVRY (g), took a leading part in the events leading up to and in the Battle of Hastings. He was thereafter rewarded with great estates in England, namely, the Isle of Wight arid the County of Hereford, becoming EARL OF HEREFORD. He divided Herefordshire into casteleries, and attracted many knights to his service by liberal pay, even making a special law that none should pay for any offence more than 7 shillings. He was in command of the army during William's absence in 1067, and his representative in the north. In 1068 he was in Normandy with the Duke, and in 1068/9 was governor of York. To him (in 1070) is credited the searching of the monastefies in England for treasure deposited there. In 1070, or early in 1071, he was sent to Normandy to assist Queen Maud in the administration of the Duchy, and so became involved in the troubles in Flanders, where the Queen was supporting her nephew Arnolf's succession to his grandfather, Baldwin, Count of Flanders. The Earl joined Philip of France with 10 knights only and went off to Flanders, where he was killed, 18 February 1070/1.

He married, 1stly, Adelise, daughter of Roger DE TONI, standard-bearer of Normandy. She died 5 October 1070? and was burried in the Abbey of Lire, which her husband had founded. He married, 2ndly shortly before his death, Richilde, widow of Baldwin (VI), COUNT OF FLANDERS, and previously, as is stated, of Herman, COUNT OF HAINAULT, daughter and heir of the Count of Egisheim [Alsace]. The Earl died as aforesaid in 1071, and was buried in the Abbey of Cormeilles, which he had also founded. His widow appears to have died 15 March 1086/7. She was buried with her 2nd husband in the Abbey of Hasnon, which they had founded. [Complete Peerage VI:447-9, XIV:380, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(g) Ralph, Count of Ivry, was (on the mother's side) brother of the half blood to Duke Richard I.

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The following additional information on William FitzOsbern was provided in a post-em by Curt Hofemann:

Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings [Ref: Weis AR7 53:25]
in command of the van of the Norman army at Hastings [Ref: Watney p400]

Fitzosbern, William, earl of Hereford (d. 1071). Norman lord. Closely associated, as lord of Breteuil, with William I in Normandy, he was granted earldom of Hereford (1067) after the Norman conquest. He extended Norman influence westwards and built strong castles at Wigmore, Clifford, Ewyas Harold, Monmouth and Chepstow. The Hereford charter, the model for numerous charters granted to Welsh boroughs, was based on that of Breteuil. [Ref: Dict of Brit History, pg 139]

FitzOsbern, Earl William. Also Earl of Hereford. Son of Osbern Sieward of Normandy; brother of Osbern, Bishop of Exeter. Married Adeline, sister of Ralph de Tosny. Large estates in west and Isle of Wight, broken up when his son, Roger, rebelled. Regent, with Odo of Bayeux, 1067. [Ref: Domesday Online]

FitzOsbern, William, 1st Earl Of Hereford, Seigneur De Br