1277594624. Earl Ascelin Gouel &
1277594625. Countess Isabella de Breteuil
~1055,
Ascelin born in Breherval, Normandy, France, s/o §§Seigneur Robert de Breherval &
Dame Hildeburgis de Gallardon.
8/4/1060, Philip I succeeded as King of France.
~1065,
Isabella born in Normandy, France, natural d/o 2555189250. William of
Breteuil & 2555189251. Adeline
de Montfort-sur-Risle.
10/25/1066,
in London, William I [the Conqueror]
crowned King of England.
1083, Ascelin’s father, having returned to Normandy where he became a monk in the abbey of Bec, died
of an illness.
1086,
Ascelin Gouel [de Percheval] held Richmont castle in England of Geffrey, bishop
of Constances. (S) Proceedings – Somerset, V52, 1907, P81.
7/1087, King
William led an expedition against Vexin after attacks by King Philip of France,
capturing Chaumont, Pontoise, and Mantes. Ascelin commanded the Norman forces
at the siege of Mante.
9/26/1087, William Rufus crowned King of England;
succeeding William the Conqueror. His elder brother Robert became Duke of
Normandy.
1088-89,
Robert, count of Meulan, claimed the southeast-Norman frontier castle of
Ivry-la-Bataille in right of his father. The castle was held by William of
Breteuil.
1089,
‘Ascelinus cognomento Goellus’ captured ‘arcem Ibreii’ from ‘Guillelmo
Bretoliensi domino suo’ and surrendered it to Duke Robert fo Normandy, who
resold it back to Guillaume de Breteuil for ‘MD libras’, triggering a lengthy
war.
2/1090,
William of Breteuil defeated by the forces of Roger de Toeni and Ascelin Gouel
in which William and many other nobles were taken captive.
6/1090,
Ascelin released William of Breteuil for a ransom of 3000 livres, and the
agreements that Ascelin would marry his daughter, and Roger de Tony, his
cousin, would be named his heir, and he had to give the castle of Yvery to
Ascelin.
[––Ascelin
& Isabella––]
1090,
Ascelin married Isabella.
1091,
William of Breteuil fortified the monastery of St. Mary, near Yvery. [Roger de
Tony and many other nobles had left on crusade.]
2/1091,
Ascelin Gouel found an ally in Richard de Montfort after his brother Amaury de
Montfort was killed by forces of William
of Breteuil. (S) Robert Curthose, Aird, 2011, P130.
7/1091,
Ascelin Gouel captured the fortified monastery of St. Mary.
1092,
Robert of Belleme arranged a [short-lived] peace agreement
between William de Bretevil and Ascelin Gouel. (S) Sussex County Mag., V11,
1937, P709.
1093-94,
William of Breteuil and Ascelin Gouel continued to wage war.
1094,
William of Breteuil paid 700 livres to King Philip of France for his aid
against Ascelin Gouel. [William also supported by the clergy.]
1095,
William of Breteuil commanded a great force besieged Ascelin Gouel at
Breherval. Robert de Belesme was another commander of the siege forces.
1095, After
a 2-month siege, a peace agreement restored the castle of Yvery to William of
Bretevil [which Ascelin would eventually get in right of his wife]; Ascelin
kept the castle of Breherval.
1097, Duke
Robert of Normandy left on the 1st crusade to the holy lands with
many knights and nobles.
1099, King
William of Rufus of England died. Younger brother Henry rode quickly to London
to be crowned King of England, usurping the possible succession of eldest
brother Duke Robert of Normandy.
8/5/1100, Henry I crowned King of England.
1/12/1102,
William of Breteuil died; buried at the monastery of Lire.
1102,
Ascelin contended with a natural son of William [Eustace de Pacy, married to
Juliane, d/o King Henry of England], as well as his nephews [William de Gauder
– died soon after, and Rainold de Craceio] succession to William’s lands and
titles.
1102, Robert
de Beaumont, earl of mellent, [who had been expeled from England by King Henry]
supported Eustace de Pacy in his succession battle for the Breteuil
inheritance.
1102,
Ascelin Goel; William, count of Evreux; Ralph de Tosny; and Amaury de Montfort
all supported the succession of Rainold de Craceio [Raginald de Grancey] against
Eustace. Ascelin captured Earl Robert’s son Stephen. Then the Earl of Mellent
killed Rainold de Craceio in battle. A peace agreement was finally arranged.
(S) Battle Conference, 1987, P107.
1104-6, King
Henry of England made multiple campaigns in Normandy. William, count of Evreux,
switched allegiance. King Henry captured Robert fitz Hamon; torched Bayeux;
captured Caen, which held the Norman treasury; laid siege to Falaise; and
captured the abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives.
9/23/1106,
Duke Robert of Normandy was captured by his brother King Henry I of England at
the battle of Tinchebrai, Normandy [and was imprisoned for the rest of his
life]. King Henry succeeded as Duke of Normandy; reuniting control as his
father had at the conquest.
8/3/1108, Louis VI crowned King of France.
Bef. 7/1113,
During a visit of King Henry to Normandy, Ascelin Gouel of Yvery witnessed a
royal confirmation to the abbey of Utique.
1116,
‘Hildeburgis mater Goelli de Ibriaco [Ascelin]’ donated property to the abbey
of Saint-Martin de Pontoise with the consent of ‘Goellus … uxoremque suam
Isabel [wife] filiosque suos Willelmum atque Robertum’ [sons].
[Undated],
Ascelin made gifts to Saint Evroul. (S) Battle Conference, 1979, P63.
2/1119,
Asceline with King Henry I in the siege to the castle of Breteuil.
1119,
Ascenlin made Earl of Yvery in Normandy, France, by King Henry I of England;
which included the castles of Ivry, Breval and Anet, and the city of
Saint-Andre [which at one time had been held by his kinsman Richard fitz Herluin,
nephew of the Count of Meulan.]
1119,
Ascelin died. [Ascelin had a violent temper and was known as “Lupus”, the
wolf.]
(S) A
Genealogical History, Burke, 1866, P331. (S) Norman Frontier, Power, 2004,
P207. (S) Peerage of England, Collins, 1812, P323. (S) Foundation for Medieval
Genealogy. (S) Battle Conference, 1987, P106.
Family notes:
1066, §§Seigneur Robert de Breherval in the army of
William the Conqueror.
Bef. 1083, Robert holding the lordships of Kary and
Harpetre, Somerset; and the castle of Yvery by service of 3 knight’s fees.
§§Hildeburgis de Gallardon, d/o §§Seigneur Herve de
Gallardon & Dame Beatrix ?.
..... §§Robert
de Breherval, s/o §§Seigneur Robert d’Ivry & Dame
Albreda of Bayeux [natural] d/o §§Hugues d'Ivry, Bishop of Bayeux.
By 1060, Robert d’Ivry died; Albreda married 2nd
Albert de Cravent.
Child
of Ascelin and ?:
i. Robert Gouel, born ~1080 in Normandy.
1118, Robert
joined the Normandy rebellion against King Henry I of England.
Aft. 1119,
Robert restored to the castle of Ivery by Henry I, King of England and Duke of
Normandy.
1121, Robert
died, succeeded by his brother William.
Children
of Ascelin and Isabella:
ii. William of Yvery (638797312), born 1091-92 in
Normandy. [2nd son.]
iii. John of Harpetre, born ? in England.
John
received the manor of Harpetre from his father.
John
ancestor of the Gournay families.
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