Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Normandy
• FSID: 28YJ-Z4N
• Religion: 989; Archbishop of Rouen
• Appointments / Titles: Between 996 and 1037; Count of Évreux

Notes:

Life
Robert was a son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy and his second wife, Gunnor.[1] He was a younger brother of duke Richard II and uncle of duke Robert I.[1] He had been appointed Archbishop of Rouen by his father c. 989–990 and had been given the countship of Évreux at the same time.[2] Robert was well aware he was destined for the church and seemingly accepted his role as both archbishop and count willingly.[3] But he had always been involved in Norman politics and was a powerful adherent of the Norman dukes.[4] Robert had proved himself a powerful ecclesiastical ally of his father, Richard I, as well as his brother, Richard II, and at the latter's death effectively became the senior male adviser to the ducal clan.[5] But his nephew Richard III had a turbulent and short reign of just over a year and when replaced by his brother Robert I, as Duke of Normandy, the prelate Robert had a great deal of trouble restraining the new duke.[6] In 1028 he found himself besieged and then banished by his young nephew.[6] Duke Robert I then besieged Hugh d'Ivry, Bishop of Bayeux who, along with Archbishop Robert had apparently questioned his authority as duke.[7] From exile in France, Archbishop Robert excommunicated his nephew Duke Robert and placed Normandy under an interdict.[7]

The Archbishop and Duke finally came to terms and to facilitate the lifting of the interdict and excommunication, Duke Robert restored the Archbishop to his see, to his countship of Evereux, and returned all his properties.[8] To further illustrate his change of heart towards the church, Duke Robert restored property that he or his vassals had confiscated, and by 1034 had returned all church properties including those taken from Fécamp Abbey.[8] By 1033 Duke Robert was mounting a major campaign against his double cousin Alan III, Duke of Brittany.[9] He and Alan had been raiding back and forth but finally a peace was negotiated between them by the returned Archbishop Robert, their mutual uncle.[9]

In his last years Robert, realizing his past mistakes, began giving freely to the poor and undertook to rebuild the cathedral church at Rouen.[10] In 1035 Duke Robert had decided on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.[11] After making his illegitimate son William his heir and arranging for the archbishop to watch over and protect young William, Duke Robert set out on his pilgrimage never to return to Normandy.[11] Archbishop Robert fulfilled his promise and effectively ruled Normandy as regent for William[11] until Robert's death in 1037, which almost immediately caused an increase in lawlessness in Normandy.[12] His title of Archbishop of Rouen was succeeded by his nephew, Mauger.[13]

Orderic Vitalis relates of a richly illustrated great psalter given to Archbishop Robert by his sister Queen Emma, wife of king Æthelred.[14] In a catalog of books in the Cathedral of Rouen created during the twelfth century, a reference was found to a particular book, the Benedictionarius Roberti archiepiscopi, which was given to the church of Rouen by Archbishop Robert of Normandy.[b][15] Since that time it became the property of the city of Rouen, where it is preserved (No. 27) as the Benedictional of Æthelgar, possibly for the prayers it contained at the end for the coronation of the Anglo-Saxon kings and queens.[c][16]

Robert was the recipient of two epistolary poems from Warner of Rouen, who describes himself as the bishop's "servant" (famulus).[17]

Family
Robert married Herlevea,[1] and they had several children including the following:

Richard, Count of Évreux (d. 1067)[1]
Ralph d'Évreux, Seigneur of Gacé.[1] He married Basilla Flaitel, daughter of Gerard Flaitel. They had one son, Robert d'Évreux, who died without heirs. Basilla married secondly, Hugh de Gournay.[18]
William d'Évreux,[1][d][19] married Hawise de Échauffour, daughter of Giroie, Lord of Échauffour, and had a daughter, Judith d'Évreux, who married Roger I of Sicily.[20][e][21]

Robert married de Rouen, Herlève in 984 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. Herlève was born in 968 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 21 Feb 1034 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried after 21 Feb 1034 in Abbey of St Grestain, Grestain, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Évreux
• FSID: GHXD-WF2

Notes:

William d'Évreux
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William was a son of Robert II Archbishop of Rouen and Count of Évreux and Herlevea. As a member of the comital dynasty of Évreux, he was probably a supporter of Duke William during his consolidation of control in Normandy. He may also have been a member of the clergy as later generations of Devereux were hereditary chaplains to King Henry and King Stephen, and identified as members of the early form of the Exchequer in Normandy.[a] The Devereux family had lands at Lieuvin and Baiocasino in the pays d'Auge.[b]

William married, c. 1040, Hawisa d'Échauffour, widow of Robert de Grandmesnil and daughter of Giroie, Lord of Échauffour and Gisle de Montfort-sur-Risle.[c] Orderic Vitalis names her, gives her parentage, her two husbands and seven children: six by her first marriage, one by her second to William. Hawise eventually retired to become a nun at Montivilliers along with two of Judith's half-sisters. Together William and Hawisa had a daughter:

Judith d'Évreux († 1076), married Roger I of Sicily
The Devereux family in England which gave rise to the Viscounts of Hereford claims descent from the Norman family of d'Évreux. As William d'Évreux's older siblings are well documented to have had no surviving male heirs, William provides the only potential source of this connection. One source claims that William, by an unidentified woman, was the father of:

William Devereux, he married Helewysa de Lacy
Roger Devereux
Notes
Gilbert Devereux was precentor of Rouen Cathedral, chaplain to Henry I, and treasurer of Normandy. He died in the mid-1120's, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William Devereux. William retired from the court to become Prior of Sainte-Barbe in 1128, and was followed by his brother, Robert Devereux, who was treasurer into Stephen's reign. Gilbert had 5 sons all of whom were involved with the treasury, and two followed their brother to Saint-Barbe.
Lands here were granted to the Priory of Sainte-Barbe by William Devereux for the soul of his father, Gilbert, before 1133, and the grant was confirmed by King Stephen in 1137. These lands were in the same region as d'Evreux's brother, Ralph de Gacé, Sire de Gace.
The necrology of the monastery of Ouche records the death "10 May" of "Haudvisa mater Hugonis de Grentesmesnil".

William married de Echafour, Hawise in 1040. Hawise (daughter of de Echafour, Giroie and de Bastembourg, Gisela) was born in 1007 in Échauffour, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1070 in Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Earl of Roumare
• Nickname: The Fortunate
• FSID: LDL4-HYW

Notes:

geni.com

Gautier Walter Evreux (d'Evreux)
Also Known As: "Walter", "De Ewrus", "Evereux", "of Rosmar", "Walter "the Fortunate" d'Evreux"
Birthdate: 1033
Birthplace: Rosmar, Normandy, France
Death: 1070 (36-37)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Father of
Gerold Le Gros;
Ala d'Evereaux;
Robert d'Evreux (le Devereux) and
Philippa d'Evereux

Walter married de Ewrus, Philippa in 1055 in France. Philippa was born in 1037 in Roumare, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1066 in Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G84M-ZV4

Family/Spouse: de Longchamp, Eloise. Eloise was born in 1064 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England; died in DECEASED in Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L786-G4G

Ala married Giffard, Elias I in 1099 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Elias (son of Giffard, Osberne de Arques) was born in 1062 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1121 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]