Herluin, Viscount of Conteville

1001 - 1066  (65 years)

• Name	Herluin
  Birth	About 1001	Normandy, France   [1]
  Death	About 1066  [1]
  Burial	About 1066	Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France Grestain Abbey was officially closed in 1757 on the orders of the bishop. The church buildings were demolished around 1766 and the rest of abbey destroyed in 1790; of these buildings, only a few ruins remain, integrated into the Château de La Pommeraye (a private property): a defensive wall, a 13th-Century portal, an 18th-Century manor with a 13th-Century floor, and remains of the church.    [1]
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Herluin, Viscount of Conteville,   b. About 1001, Normandy, France d. About 1066  (Age 65 years) ▻ Herleva de Falaise,  m. 1028 to 1033 + 2. Oda de Conteville,   b. Abt 0994 ▻ Waleran III de Meulan, Comte de Meulan
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Baldwin   (Grandfather)
  Person ID, Branch	I3620	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	John of Tonsburgh, Earl of Comwyn, Baron of Tonsburgh
  Family ID	F2998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Herleva de Falaise,   b. About 1012   d. About 1050 (Age 38 years)  Other Partners: Robert I, Duke of Normandy
  Marriage	1028 to 1033  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Robert I, Duke of Normandy, asked Herluin to marry Herleve if he didn't return from the Holy Land, which he didn't.
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 27 years - She : ~ 16 years.
  Children	2 sons and 4 daughters
  1. Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent,   b. Abt 1030   d. Feb 1097, Palermo, Sicily (Age 67 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall,   b. 1031, Normandy, France d. 1095 (Age 64 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Maud de Montgomery  m. Before 1066     3. daughter  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Muriel   bur. Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Isabella  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   6. Emma de Conteville  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Richard le Goz d'Avranches, Vicomte d'Avranches
  Family ID	F2771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Herluin, Viscount of Conteville(1001 – 1066) 2John of Tonsburgh, Earl of Comwyn, Baron of Tonsburgh 4Baldwin 5 3 6 7

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1001 - Normandy, France Burial - About 1066 - Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968). [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).