Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Emma Fitz Osbern Death: After 1096 in Holy Land
  2. William Fitz Osbern, Seigneur De Breteuil Death: 14 Mar 1104 in Bec
  3. Gilbert Fitz Osbern, Bishop Of Evreux Death: 29 Aug 1112 in Evreux Cathedral
  4. Roger De BRETEUIL, Earl Of Hereford Birth: 2

Marriage:
Bibliography
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Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
before 1030 [Ref: Watney WALLOP #400],
parents:
[Ref: CP VI p447, Farmerie Gunnor, Keats-Rohan DP p487, Searle PredatoryKinship p259, Wagner PedigreeProgress #46, Watney WALLOP #400],
father:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p510, Foss Judges p264],
grandfather:
[Ref: Foss Judges p264]
Herfast the Dane, brother of Gunnor [Ref: DNB v39p130]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VI p448 (with corr in XIV p380)]
1071 [Ref: CP VI p449, Keats-Rohan DP p487, Sanders Baronies p35]
20.II 1070/71 [Ref: ES III.4 #695]
20.II 1071 [Ref: ES III.4 #705]
20.XI 1170/71 [Ref: ES I.2 #236 (with corr in XIX)]
22 Feb 1071/2 [Ref: Watney WALLOP #400]
22 Feb 1072 [Ref: Watney WALLOP #967]
22.II 1071 [Ref: ES II #5],
place:
Bavinchoven, near Camel [Ref: Watney WALLOP #400]
Flanders [Ref: CP VI p448, ES I.2 #236 (with corr in XIX)]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP VI p449, Keats-Rohan DP p487]
Sources with Information about marriage to Adelise De TONI
date:
abt 1050 [Ref: Watney WALLOP #400, Watney WALLOP #967]
first marriage of William [Ref: CP VI p448, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p510, ES III.4 #695, Foss Judges p265],
names:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p354, HenryII godeh000 12/31/2007, Keats-Rohan DP p338, Madan Gresleys p223, Searle PredatoryKinship p262],
child:
[Ref: CP VI p449, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p510, ES III.4 #695, Keats-Rohan DP p212, Keats-Rohan DP p487, Searle PredatoryKinship p259, Watney WALLOP #400]
Sources with Information about marriage to Richilde Countess Of Hainault
date:
1070 [Ref: ES II #5]
after 1070 [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p124]
second marriage of William [Ref: Foss Judges p265]
shortly before 1071 [Ref: Weis AR7 #163]
third marriage of Richilde [Ref: CP VI p448]
um 1070 [Ref: ES III.4 #695]
um 1170 [Ref: ES I.2 #236 (with corr in XIX)],
names:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p510, Watney WALLOP #400]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Hereford, of Earldom cr 1067 [Ref: CP VI p447]
1st Earl of Hereford [Ref: CP VII p530 (with corr in XIV p429), ES I.2 #236 (with corr in XIX)]
Earl of Hereford [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p64, Weis AR7 #163]
Seigneur of Breteuil and Pacy, Eure [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p487]

Steward of Normandy; described as "daipfer' in two charters [Ref: CP VI p447(f) (with corr in XIV p380)]

1066: one of the most important of the Conqueror's followers in 1066 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p487]

Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings [Ref: Weis AR7 #53]

in command of the van of the Norman army at Hastings [Ref: Watney WALLOP #400]

1067: Earl of Hereford [Ref: ES I.2 #236 (with corr in XIX)]

built the castle of Clifford [Ref: Sanders Baronies p35]

built the castle of Chepstow [Ref: Sanders Baronies p110]

held the barony of Wigmore prior to Domesday; these lands were in the hands of Ralph de Mortimer when Domesday Book was compiled [Ref: Sanders Baronies p98]

1071: summoned, as regent of Normandy, by Philip of France to the assistance of Arnold of Flanders; he was accompanied by a small following of only ten knights and was killed at the battle of Cassel [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p487]

slain Feb 1071/2 at Bavinchoven, near Camel, while fighting for the right of his 2nd wife, Richilde (widow of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders) to the regency of Flanders [Ref: Watney WALLOP #400]

Richard de REVIERS identified as a newphew and heir in the Isle of Wight, in a genealogia fundatoris of Carisbrook abbey; most of the statements in this item are errors, but a relationship has been seen between the Vernon family and William fitz Osbern [Ref: Keats-Rohan RobertTorigny p26]

founder of the monasteries of Cormeilles and Lyre [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p487]



Pedigree of William Fitz Osbern, Earl Of Hereford
                   /-----(Unk) Forquelar Of Cirques
          /-----Herfast
 /-----Osbern De Crepon, Steward Of Normandy
William Fitz Osbern, Earl Of Hereford
|                  /-----Asperlang
|         /-----Ralph Count Of Ivry
|        |         \-----Espriota
 \-----Emma Abbess Of St. Amand
          \-----Albereda



Descendants of William Fitz Osbern, Earl Of Hereford
1. William Fitz Osbern, Earl Of Hereford m1. Adelise De TONI m2. Richilde Countess Of Hainault
m. Adelise De TONI father: Roger I De TOENI mother: Godehildie
m. Richilde Countess Of Hainault father: Gerhard II Count Of Egisheim mother: Berta

2nd generation

2. Emma Fitz Osbern m. Ralph De Gael De Montfort, Earl Of Norfolk
m. Ralph De Gael De Montfort, Earl Of Norfolk father: Ralph De Gael, Earl Of Norfolk mother: Getha
3. William Fitz Osbern, Seigneur De Breteuil m1. Adeline De Montfort m2.
m. Adeline De Montfort father: Hugh De Montfort, Baron Of Haughley
5. Roger De BRETEUIL, Earl Of Hereford m.

3rd generation

6. Ralph De MONTFORT, Seigneur Of Montfort-Gael m.
9. Eustace I De PACY, Lord Of Breteuil And Pacy m. Juliane
m. Juliane father: Henry I Beauclerc King Of England mother: Ansfrid
10. Isabel De BETREUIL m. Ancelin GOEL
m. Ancelin GOEL father: Robert De IVRY mother: Hildeburge De GALLARDON
11. Reginald De BRETEUIL m. Emelline De BALLON
m. Emelline De BALLON father: Hamelin De BALLON, Lord Of Abergavenny mother: Agnes

4th generation

14. Amicia De Gael m1. Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester m2. Alberic I De DAMMARTIN
m. Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester father: Sir Robert De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester mother: Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
m. Alberic I De DAMMARTIN father: Odo De DAMMARTIN mother: Basilia De St CLAIR
15. Philip De MONTAUBAN m.
20. William LOVEL, Lord Of Ivry And Brival m. Maud De BEAUMONT
m. Maud De BEAUMONT father: Sir Robert De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester mother: Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
22. Reginald De BALLON m.

5th generation

26. Sir Robert De BEAUMONT, Earl Of Leicester m. Petronilla De GRANTMESNIL
m. Petronilla De GRANTMESNIL father: William De GRANTMESNIL
27. Margaret De BEAUMONT m. Ralph V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
m. Ralph V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead father: Roger III De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead mother: Ida (Gertrude) Of Hainault
28. Hawise DeBEAUMONT m. William Meullant FITZ ROBERT, Earl Of Gloucester
m. William Meullant FITZ ROBERT, Earl Of Gloucester father: Robert The Consul De CAEN, Earl Of Gloucester mother: Maud FITZ HAMOND
29. Elizabeth De BEAUMONT m1. Simon II De St. LIZ, Earl Of Huntingdon m2. Gervase PAYNEL, Baron Of Dudley
m. Simon II De St. LIZ, Earl Of Huntingdon father: Simon De St. LIZ, Earl Of Huntingdon mother: Maud Of Huntingdon
m. Gervase PAYNEL, Baron Of Dudley father: Ralph PAYNEL, Baron Of Dudley mother: (Unk Dau) De FERRERS
34. Oliver De MONTFORT m. Joan Of Porhoet
m. Joan Of Porhoet father: Eudo Count Of Porhoet mother: Margaret
37. William De IVRY m. Isabel
m. Isabel
40. John De BALLON, Baron Of Much Marcle m1. Maud m2. Margery
m. Maud
m. Margery