 Bef 1084 - 1140 (56 years)
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| Name |
William De Mortaigne |
| Birth |
Bef 1084 |
Mortagne-Au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1140 |
Bermondsey, London, England (As A Cluniac Monk) [2] |
| Person ID |
I70596 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
Count Robert De Mortaigne, b. Abt 1037, Mortagne-Au-Perche, Orne, Normandy, France d. 8 Dec 1090, Abbey Of St. Grestain, Normandy, France (Age 53 years) |
| Mother |
Maude De Montgomery, b. Abt 1041, St-Germain-DE-Montgomery, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 1107, Abbey Of St. Grestain, Normandy, France (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1058 |
1st Wife [3] |
| Family ID |
F22869 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- EARLDOM of CORNWALL
William de Mortain, Earl of Cornwall, also Count of Mortain, son and heir. He appears to have been b. before 1084, and to have coveted the Earldom of Kent, held by his uncle, Eudes (1067-97), and, being disappointed thereof, to have rebelled, with Robert de Belleme, against the King in Normandy, in an endeavor to recover that Duchy for Robert, the King's elder brother. They were defeated and taken prisoners, 24 Apr 1106, at Tinchebray, when, being attainted, his honours became forfeited. He m. Adilidis. After many years' imprisonment, he became a Cluniac monk, in 1140, at Bermondsey, where he d., probably sp. [Complete Peerage, III:418-9]
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| Sources |
- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:694B (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, III:428-9 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, III:428 (Reliability: 3).
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