Gilbert, Count of Brionne

Gilbert de Brionne
Count of Eu1015–1040
PredecessorGeoffrey
SuccessorWilliam I
Bornc. 1000
Died1040
Échauffour, Normandy[1]
FamilyHouse of Normandy/de Clare
IssueRichard Fitz Gilbert
Baldwin FitzGilbert
FatherGeoffrey, Count of Eu
MotherUnknown

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]

  1. ^ David C. Douglas, William the Conqueror (Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964), p. 40
  2. ^ a b c d Robinson, J. A. (1911). Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster: a study of the abbey under Norman rule (No. 3). University Press.
  3. ^ Deck, S. (1954). Le comté d'Eu sous les ducs. In Annales de Normandie (Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 99-116). Université de Caen.
  4. ^ a b c Holt, J. C. (1997). Colonial England, 1066-1215. A&C Black.