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| Name |
Robert Fitzwimarc |
| Birth |
1007 |
Moyaux, Calvados, Normandy, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1071 |
Essex, England |
| Person ID |
I70806 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
Ansfrid The Steward Of Normandy, b. Abt 977, Moyaux, Calvados, Normandy, France d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
Wimarc, b. Abt 980, Normandy, France d. Deceased, Abbey Of Montivilliers, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy |
| Family ID |
F30992 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- The following is a post to SGM, 21 Jul 2003, by Chris Phillips:
From: Chris Phillips (cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk)
Subject: Re: Matilda a dau of Adam fitz Swain
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2003-07-21 00:32:14 PST
Jay wrote:
[I wrote]
> > Swein/Suen of Essex was the son of Robert fitz Wimarc [Keats-Rohan, Domesday
> > People p. 424].
> Thanks Chris!!1 And a fitz patronymic as well so I get two ancestors
> for the price of one!!!! Love two-fers
Actually, this is a rare example of a matronymic, as discussed by Keats-Rohan in the introduction to Domesday People (p. 19). Apparently, J. H. Round originally pointed out that "Wimarc" was a woman (as stated explicitly by William of Poitiers), but suggested that her name indicated she was a Breton (in "Feudal England", pp. 256, 257). But Keats-Rohan points to statements by Vita AEdwardi Regis that Robert was a kinsman of Edward the Confessor, and by William of Poitiers that he was related to William the Conqueror. She suggests that as he was identified by his mother, she "was surely a high-born Norman", related to the ducal house.
She goes on to cite references from charters of the abbey of Montivilliers, near Le Havre, which mention a nun Vuimardis/Wimardis, widow of Ansfrid the steward, and her apparent son Robert de Moyaux (Calvados, cant. Lisieux-1, who gave land formerly held by Ansfrid.
Chris Phillips
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