Ernulf de Hesdin | |
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Born | Unknown Probably Hesdin |
Died | 1097-8 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Medieval soldier and landholder. |
Years active | c. 1066–1097 |
Ernulf de Hesdin (died 1097), also transcribed as Arnulf and Ernulphe, was a French knight who took part in the Norman conquest of England and became a major landholder under William the Conqueror and William Rufus, featuring prominently in the Domesday Book. He was disgraced as a suspected rebel and died while taking part in the First Crusade as part of the army of Robert Curthose.