 Ganger Hrolf (Rollo) Turstan I Bigod, son of Hrollager Rognvaldsson More Of Norway and Emina Of Norway.Born ± 885 at of Droge - Aka Hrolf or Robert --------------- see notes, died after 960 at Earl of Orkneys and Maer Norway 920 [inglis family.and Keith .4FBK.ged.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW] He was living in 920. ThisRobert Turstain was the potent baron "Vir nobilis et pr'potens Torstingus" that in 960 gave certain lands to the Abbey of St. Wandrille [or Fonanelle], which Duke Richard I, sanctioned and confirmed by Gerlotte, his wife, daughterof Theobald, Count of Blois and Chartres. Surname: Brico REFN: 8788 HUGH D'AVRANCHES, EARL OF CHESTER The Conqueror and His Companions by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. Rongwald,like the majority of his countrymen and kinsmen, had several children by a favourite slave, whom he had married "more Danico," and Hrolf Turstain, the sonof one of them [I have Hrollaug Rognvaldson as father of Hrolf], having followed his uncle Rollo into Normandy, managed to secure the hand of Gerlotte deBlois, daughter of Thibaut Count of Blois and Chartres, which seems to havebeen the foundation of this branch of the great Norse family in Normandy, andthe stock from which descended the Lords of Briquebec, of Bec-Crispin, of Montfort-sur-Risle, and others who figure as companions of the Conqueror. Married estimated WFT 875-937 to:  Gerlotte De BloisBorn 913 at Tillieres, Normandy, France, died between 950 and 998, 84 or 85 years REFN: 8789 REFN47393 Children: 1. Baron Anslech Turstain De Brioquibec Baron BaronBorn ± 903 at Normandy, -----------------see notes, died estimated WFT 929-1051 at living in 10th cent. [inglis family.and Keith .4FBK.ged.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW] The first son of of RobertTurstain, was Baron of Briquebec in 943, and his grandson William, Baron ofBriquebec, was the first to take the name of Bertrand, from whom descended the Russell family of England, Dukes of Bedford. In the rebellion of Rioulf ofSt. Savour angainst Duke William Longsword, in 933, Baron of Briquebec is metioned by Wace as one of the three Barons who alone remained faithful to theDuke, by rendering him military service at the seige of Rouen; and on the assissination of that Prince he was appointed by the barons of Normandy and Bretagny one of the three guardians to his young son, the Duke Robert, at a crisis which required a rare union of courage , firmness and discretion, and fulfilled his trust during that long and troubling minority with the reputation tohimself and and advantage to his country. It was in the time of Anslech thatthe Castle of Briquebec was first erected, now one of the most beautiful and picturesque ruins in La Manche. Anslech lived to witness the accession of Duke Richard II. 2. Unknown WilliamBorn ± 907 at see notes [inglis family.and Keith .4FBK.ged.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW] Ancestor of the Lords of Bec Crespin, all of whose signatures appear on a charter A.D. 990, to the Abbey of Mount St. Martin. [AKA CrSpon?] 3. Ansfred I Rollosson "The Dane" Of DenmarkBorn 935 at of Tillieres, Normandy, France, died 978, 42 or 43 years REFN: 8787 HUGH D'AVRANCHES, EARL OF CHESTER The Conqueror and His Companions by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. The thirdson of Gerlotte was Ansfrid the Dane, the first Vicomte of the Hiemois, and father of Ansfrid the second, surnamed Goz, above mentioned, whose son Turstain (Thurstan, or Toustain) Goz was the great favourite of Robert Duke of Normandy, the father of the Conqueror, and accompanied him to the Holy Land, and was entrusted to bring back the relics the Duke had obtained from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to present to the Abbey of Cerisi, which he had founded. Revolting against the young Duke William in 1041 (Vide vol. i, p. 21), Turstain was exiled, and his lands confiscated and given by the Duke to his mother, Herleve, wife of Herluin de Conteville. ALIA: Ansfred the DANE/ De GOZ/ I BIGOD | |||