VIELLES, Humphrey de

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• Name	VIELLES, Humphrey de
  Birth	980	Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Sep 1044	Préaux, Aisne, Picardie, France
  Burial	Oct 1044	Préaux, Indre, Centre, France
  WAC	15 Dec 1921
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  Father	HARCOURT, Tourude de ,   b. Abt 940, Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, Franced. Préaux, Aisne, Picardie, France
  Mother	CREPON, Wevia Duceline de ,   b. Abt 942, Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, Franced. Abt 1002, France (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Abt 979	France
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 22 Jun 1962, ARIZO.
  Family ID	F32341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAIE, Aubrey de La ,   b. 984, Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, Franced. 20 Sep 1045, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1010	France
  Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
  + 1. BEAUMONT, Seigneur Roger de ,   b. 10 Oct 1022, Beauchamp, Mande, Basse Normandie, France Beauchamp, Mande, Basse Normandie, Franced. 29 Nov 1094, Préaux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 72 years)   2. VIELLES, Dunelme de ,   b. 1022, Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France   3. BEAUMONT, Robert ,   b. Abt 1011, Beaumont, Allier, Auvergne, France Beaumont, Allier, Auvergne, France   4. VIELLES, William de ,   b. 1020, Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, Franced. 1094, Préaux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F32799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Humphrey (or Honfroy, Onfroi or Umfrid) de Vieilles[1] (died c. 1050) was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy[2] and the founder of the House of Beaumont. He was married to Albreda or Alberée de la Haye Auberie. His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. As reported by later Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni, he was son of Thorold de Pont-Audemer and grandson of a Torf, from whose name derived that of the village of Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer.[3] Humphrey's mother, according to Robert of Torigni, was Duvelina, sister of Gunnora, concubine of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Thus Humphrey and his Beaumont descendants were kinsmen of the Norman Dukes and other members of the early Anglo-Norman nobility similarly descended from Gunnora's kindred. Besides Beaumont-le-Roger, he had lands dispersed through the whole of Normandy, in Cotentin, in Hiémois, in the Pays d'Auge, in Basse Seine (Vatteville-la-Rue), in Évrecin (Normanville) and in Vexin normand (Bouafles). These lands originated in the favour of the dukes Richard II and Robert II, from confiscated church lands. The "honneur" of Beaumont was, for example, constituted from the remains of the lands of the abbey of Bernay.[4] On the other hand, the possessions around Pont-Audemer came to him by family inheritance. In 1034, he 'founded' (or, rather, restored) the monastery at Préaux, a few kilometres from Pont-Audemer, with monks from the Saint-Wandrille. During the minority of Duke William the Bastard, Roger I of Tosny, holder of the "honneur" of Conches, attacked Humphrey's domains. But around 1040, Humphrey's son, Roger de Beaumont, met and defeated Roger in battle, during which Roger of Tosny was killed. Humphrey (or Honfroy, Onfroi or Umfrid) de Vieilles[1] (died c. 1050) was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy[2] and the founder of the House of Beaumont. He was married to Albreda or Alberée de la Haye Auberie. His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. As reported by later Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni, he was son of Thorold de Pont-Audemer and grandson of a Torf, from whose name derived that of the village of Tourville sur Pont Audemer.[3] Humphrey's mother, according to Robert of Torigni, was Duvelina, sister of Gunnora, concubine of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Thus Humphrey and his Beaumont descendants were kinsmen of the Norman Dukes and other members of the early Anglo-Norman nobility similarly descended from Gunnora's kindred. Besides Beaumont-le-Roger, he had lands dispersed through the whole of Normandy, in Cotentin, in Hiémois, in the Pays d'Auge, in Basse Seine (Vatteville-la-Rue), in Évrecin (Normanville) and in Vexin normand (Bouafles). These lands originated in the favour of the dukes Richard II and Robert II, from confiscated church lands. The "honneur" of Beaumont was, for example, constituted from the remains of the lands of the abbey of Bernay.[4] On the other hand, the possessions around Pont-Audemer came to him by family inheritance. In 1034, he 'founded' (or, rather, restored) the monastery at Préaux, a few kilometres from Pont-Audemer, with monks from the Saint-Wandrille. During the minority of Duke William the Bastard, Roger I of Tosny, holder of the "honneur" of Conches, attacked Humphrey's domains. But around 1040, Humphrey's son, Roger de Beumont, met and defeated Roger in battle, during which Roger was killed. Contents [hide] 1 Family and descendants 2 Notes and references 3 Sources 4 External links [edit] Family and descendants Basse-Normandie flag.svg Normandy portal His known children by his wife Albreda or Alberée de la Haye Auberie: Robert, the elder, assassinated by Roger de Clères[5] after 1066 and buried at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux; Roger de Beaumont, known as le Barbe († 1094), who succeeded his father. Dunelma (perhaps a corrupted form of Duvelina, the name of her grandmother) sister of Roger of Beaumont and mother of a daughter who was a Nun at Saint-Léger de Préaux One other possible child : Guillaume de Beaumont, Monk at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux [edit] Notes and references ^ Vieilles is the name of a former village, now merged with Beaumont-le-Roger ^ Pierre Bauduin, La première Normandie (Xe-XIe siècles), Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2004, p.216-217. Among the other grands honneurs of the Pays d'Ouche, were those of Breteuil and of Conches ^ Robert of Torigni relates that Thorold was brother of Turquetil, the father of Harcourt family founder Ansketil de Harcourt. ^ Veronica Gazeau, Monachisme et aristocratie au XIe siècle : l'exemple de la famille de Beaumont,, PhD thesis, University of Caen, 1986-1987 (dactyl.), p.67-73. The abbot of Bernay, Raoul, parent of Humphrey, would have entrusted to him between 1027 and 1040, part of the heritage of his monastery. Like other lords of the beginning of the 11th century, like the family of Bellême, he increased the family's power by recovering or winning of ecclesiastical lands ^ Orderic Vitalis, History of Normandy, Éd. Guizot, 1826, vol. III, livre VIII, p. 373. Charpillon et Caresme, Dictionnaire historique des communes de l'Eure, vol I, 1879, art. Beaumont-le-Roger [edit] Sources (French) Pierre Bauduin, La première Normandie (Xe-XIe siècles), Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2004 (French) Véronique Gazeau, Monachisme et aristocratie au XIe siècle : l'exemple de la famille de Beaumont, doctoral thesis, Université de Caen, 1986-1987 (dactyl.) Seigneurs de Beaumont-le-Roger on Medieval Lands [edit] External links Onfroi de Pont-Audemer (995-1044) on Familypedia Humphrey (or Onfroi or Umfrid) of Vieilles (died c. 1050) was the first holder of the "grand honneur" of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy and the founder of the House of Beaumont. His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. He was the grandson of Torf (or Turolf), who some historians identify with Turstin le Riche, the father-in-law of Robert the Dane, and by others with an ancestor of the lords of Harcourt. Whichever is the better hypothesis, we can be sure Humphrey descended from a Scandinavian Viking family. Besides Beaumont-le-Roger, he had lands dispersed through the whole of Normandy, in Cotentin, in Hiémois, in the Pays d'Auge, in Basse Seine (Vatteville-la-Rue), in Évrecin (Normanville) and in Vexin normand (Bouafles). These lands originated in the favor of the dukes Richard II and Robert II, from confiscated church lands. The "honneur" of Beaumont was, for example, constituted from the remains of the lands of the abbey of Bernay. On the other hand, the possessions around Pont-Audemer came to him by family inheritance. In 1034, he 'founded' (or, rather, restored) the monastery at Préaux, a few kilometers from Pont-Audemer, with monks from the Saint-Wandrille. During the minority of Duke William the Bastard, Roger I of Tosny, holder of the "honneur" of Conches, attacked Humphrey's domains. But around 1040, Humphrey's son, Roger de Beaumont, met and defeated Roger in battle, during which Roger was killed.