VEXIN Gauthier

Male Abt 0944 - Bef 1017  (< 72 years)

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  • Name VEXIN Gauthier 
    Birth Abt 0944  Vexin, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1017  Valois, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 944 Birth and Parents
      Gautier (Walter) IIJ, son of Gautier (Walter) I, was born about 944. [1]

      Gaugthier (II) "le Blanc", was son of Gauthier (I) Comte d'Amiens and his [first/second] wife [Eva---/Adela ---] [2]

      Marriage
      He married Adele. [1]

      Walter II, "The White", married Adela [3]

      He married Adela. "Walterius comes" donated property "prope nostrum castellum…Medanta" to "Carnotensi monasterio Sancti Petri", for the soul of "coniugis mee Adelidis filiorumque meorum", by charter to [1006], signed by "Walterii comitis, Rodulfi filii eius, Drogonis filii eius…". [2]

      Gauthier was previously connected to Adele de Senlis as his wife. While it is clear that his wife's name as Adele, no evidence has been found that his wife was Adele de Senlis, and therefore she has been disconnected as his wife.

      Lands
      He was Count of Amiens, Valois, and t4he Vexin. [1]

      Gautier II le Blanc was comte de Vexin et d'Amiens, [4]

      975 Charter
      "Wauterii comitis, Walterii et Radulfi filiorum eius" subscribed a charter dated 975 under which "Hugo Francorum dux" restored the abbey of Saint-Jean to the abbey of Sainte-Croix d'Orléans[23]. [2]

      987 Charter
      A charter of "Hugo…Francorum rex" confirming the privileges of the monastery of Corvey dated 987 is subscribed by "Walteri comitis Ambianensis ac filiorum eius Walteri, Gotfredi, Rodulfi"[24]. Comte de Mantes. [2]

      1006 Charter
      "Walterius comes" donated property "prope nostrum castellum…Medanta" to "Carnotensi monasterio Sancti Petri", for the soul of "coniugis mee Adelidis filiorumque meorum", by charter to [1006], signed by "Walterii comitis, Rodulfi filii eius, Drogonis filii eiu. Comte d'Amiens et du Vexin. [2]

      1008 Castle of Crespy in Valois
      Walter II, "The White", Count of Vexin, Valois, and Amiens; built the Castle of Crespy in Valois, [3]

      1008 Monastery of St. Arnulf, Valois
      Walter II was founder of Monastery of St Arunulf, Valois, 1008. [3]

      1017 Death
      He died after 1017. [2]

      He died perhaps 1017/1024. [1]

      Issue
      Named by a source

      Comte Gauthier [II] & his wife had four children:

      [Vexin-7|Raoul de Mantes]] (-1060) is named in the 1006 charter.. "Walterius comes" donated property "prope nostrum castellum…Medanta" to "Carnotensi monasterio Sancti Petri", for the soul of "coniugis mee Adelidis filiorumque meorum", by charter to [1006], signed by "Walterii comitis, Rodulfi filii eius, Drogonis filii eius…"[27]. Comte de Valois et d'Amiens. [2]
      Dreux/Drogo. He was the father of Dreux (Drogo), Count of the Vexin, d. 1035. [1] He was the father of Drogo (or Dreux, Drew), Count of Mantes, the vexin and Amiens, France. [4] Dreux [Drogo] de Mantes (-[13 Aug] [1035]) is named in 1006 Charrter: "Walterius comes" donated property "prope nostrum castellum…Medanta" to "Carnotensi monasterio Sancti Petri", for the soul of "coniugis mee Adelidis filiorumque meorum", by charter to [1006], signed by "Walterii comitis, Rodulfi filii eius, Drogonis filii eius…". He succeeded his father as Comte de Mantes. Comte d'Amiens. [2]
      Foulques de Mantes . Robert II King of France confirmed to the abbot of Saint-Germain and Saint-Vincent that he had forced “noster comes Drogo...cum duobus fratribus Fulcone...et Rodulfo necnon uxore cum filiis supramemorati Drogonis” to renounce rights to revenue from “in villa...Domni Martini...” to Saint-Germain-des-Prés by charter dated [1 Jan/1 Mar]1031. [2]
      daughter . The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to the mother of "Waleranni comitis [Mellentini]" as daughter of "Gauterus Albus de Albamarla"[51]. Yves de Chartres names "Gualterius Albus" as father of "matrem Gualeranni comitis"[52]. m HUGUES Comte de Meulan, son of GALERAN [II] Comte de Meulan & his wife --- (-after 25 Aug 1005). [2]
      Other

      Walter (de Gouy) Gouy III
      Adèle (Vexin) de Meulan
      Sprotte (de Crepy) Crépy
      Sources
      ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700. Eighth Edition. Baltmore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2006. Gautier is #19 in Line 250, p. 237.
      ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Cawley, Charles: Medieval Lands. Gauthier II Comte d'Amiens et du Vexin Accessed 24 November 2022
      ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999; Page: 2757
      ↑ 4.0 4.1 Carl Boyer III. Medieval English Ancestors of Certailn Americans. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2001. Drogo is #1 on page 80.
      See also:

      The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968; Page: 112
    Person ID I59154  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father VEXIN Gauthier,   b. Abt 0925, Vexin, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 0987, Castle Crespy, Valois, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother ANJOU Adele,   b. Abt 0920, Anjou, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1026, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 106 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F26305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Children 
     1. VEXIN Raoul,   b. Aft 0989, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1060, Oise, Picardy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 69 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F347359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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