Gilbert de Brionne | |
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Count of Eu | 1015–1040 |
Predecessor | Geoffrey |
Successor | William I |
Born | c. 1000 |
Died | 1040 Échauffour, Normandy[1] |
Family | House of Normandy/de Clare |
Issue | Richard Fitz Gilbert Baldwin FitzGilbert |
Father | Geoffrey, Count of Eu |
Mother | Unknown |
Gilbert (or Giselbert) de Brionne, Count of Eu and of Brionne (c. 1000 – c. 1040), was an influential nobleman in the Duchy of Normandy in Northern France.[2][3] He was one of the early guardians of Duke William II in his minority, and a first cousin to William's father Duke Robert.[2][4] Had Lord Brionne not been murdered, the senior house of de Clare would probably have been titled de Brionne.[2][4] Lord Brionne was the first to be known by the cognomen Crispin because of his hair style which stood up like the branches of a pine tree.[2][4]