Emma de Guader | |
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Countess of Norfolk, Lady of Gaël and Montfort (Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort). | |
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Born | Emma de Breteuil c. 1059 |
Died | 1099 |
Nationality | English |
Spouse | Ralph de Gael |
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Occupation | Countess, lady, revolutionary, crusader |
Emma Fitz-Osborn or Emma de Breteuil, and later Emma de Guader (died after 1096), was a Norman noblewoman, the wife of Ralph de Guader and the daughter of William FitzOsbern, Lord of Breteuil and later first Earl of Hereford of a new creation, who was a cousin and close adviser of William the Conqueror.[1] William's opposition to their marriage led to the unsuccessful Revolt of the Earls.