BOLEBEC Osbert

Abt 0952 - 1035  (83 years)

• Name	BOLEBEC Osbert
  Birth	Abt 0952	Normandy, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	1035	Longueville-Sur-Scie, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France
  Notes	Osbern de Bolebec, a noble Norman Lord of Longueville in Normandy (living in the time of Duke Robert the Magnificent or the Devil who was the father of William the Conqueror), married probably in the last years of the tenth or the early years of the eleventh century Avelina, third sister of Gunnora who was the second wife of Richard, Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996.[1] Birth ABT. 940—970, Collections for a History of Staffordshire states he was "quite young" when he married Avelina. So 940 seems too early. amb Place: Longueville, Normandy, France Marriage and Issue Osbern de Bolebec married Avelina third sister of Gunnora Duchess of Normandy.[2] ...Gunnora had a bevy of younger sisters whom she promoted by marrying them to the sons of great Norman houses who were in ward to the Duke (Richard, Duke of Normandy) and in this way the third sister, Avelina, was given in marriage to Osbern de Bolebec Lord of Longueville by whom she had Walter Giffard the first and Godfrey father of William d Arques.[3][4] Son Osberne Bolebec Gyffarde[5] Thoughts Regarding Osbert's Wife According to the early writings of Robert de Torigny, one of Gunnora's sisters married Osbern de Bolebec, another married an unidentified forester of St. Vaast d'Equiqueville, and another married Torulf/Thorold of Pont-Audemer. Contemporary theory places Wevia as the wife of Osbern de Bolebec, Senfria as the wife of the unknown forester, and Duvelina as wife of Torulf/Thorold. Additionally, it is also believed that Torigny at times, inadvertently compressed two generations of the same given name into one generation, and Moriarty also appears to have picked up this error in his article, Sargent-Gifford, in NEHGR. He shows Osbern de Bolebec and Avelina, sister to Duchess Gunnora, but making him contemporary with Duke Robert of Normandy, which is clearly a generation later than a sister of Gunnora. Thus, contemporary theory is that there were actually two successive de Bolebec generations named Osbern. This generational implausibility also appears in Ancestral Roots, which states that Walter Giffard, brother of Osbern Giffard, was a son of Osbern de Bolebec and Duvelina (a difference of opinion per which sister of Gunnora married which individual as mentioned above), which Walter was a companion of Duke William at the battle of Hastings. Thus, it is presumed that Osbern Giffard and Walter Giffard, brothers, were grandsons, not sons, of the first Osbern de Bolebec who married Wevia, and that the missing generation is another Osbern de Bolebec, who was the father of Walter and Osbern Giffard.[6] Sources ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 75 p. 59-60, accessed 2014-05-08, amb ↑ The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, p. 396, accessed 2015-05-08, amb ↑ Collections for a History of Staffordshire, pp. 4-5, accessed 2014-05-08, amb ↑ An Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk, pp. 38-39. (Google eBook). George Munford. J. R. Smith, 1858. Accessed 2014-05-09, amb ↑ John Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, pp. 206-207. Published 1833. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Sep 17, 2008, retrieved 2014-08-01, amb ↑ http://www.geneajourney.com/giffrd.html#notea - accessed 7 Aug 2014 See also: Chart for Giffard of Halsbury, The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Google eBook). College of Arms (Great Britain). For the author, by H. S. Eland, 1895 - Devon (England) - 899 pages The Giffards Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 5 (Google eBook). William Salt Archaeological Society, 1902 - Staffordshire (England). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 75 (Google eBook). The Society, 1921 - New England. Title confirmed in Wikipedia entry for Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville accessed by Varnell-40 15:55, 26 March 2015 (EDT). http://origines.server101.com/origines/6576.htm Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  Person ID	I59177	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	BOLEBEC Geoffrey,   b. Abt 0925, Normandy, France
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	ARQUES Beatrice,   b. Abt 0930
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CRÉPON Wevia,   b. Abt 0954, Longueville, Normandy, France d. 07 Mar 1037, France (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	0976
  Children	1. BOLEBEC Osbern,   b. Normandy, France d. Bef 1096, Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. BOLEBEC Beatrix,   b. Abt 0976, France d. 1020, France (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. GIFFARD Walter,   b. Abt 1010, France d. Abt 1084 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026