Brian fitz Count (also Brian of Wallingford) was descended from the Breton ducal house, and became an Anglo-Norman noble, holding the lordships of Wallingford...
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upon his abdication as duke in 1112. He had two illegitimate sons: Brian Fitzcount - held the lordships of Wallingford and Abergavenny. Was a favourite...
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half-brother Robert of Gloucester, her cousin Stephen of Blois and Brian Fitz Count. In 1108, Henry left Matilda and William Adelin in the care of Anselm...
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p. 20. Sanders, p.7, Barony of Miles of Gloucester: "In (1140/2) Brian FitzCount was allowed to enfeoff Miles (of Gloucester) with the castle and honour...
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He returned to the borders of Wales via Hereford in the company of Brian Fitz Count, but on their separating, Richard ignored warnings of the danger and...
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1126, when Waleran was moved to Wallingford Castle and the custody of Brian fitzCount. Pain was one of Henry's "new men", who owed their positions and wealth...
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Oxford itself—was at Wallingford Castle, held by her close supporter Brian Fitz Count. Stephen's army approached Oxford in late September 1142, and according...
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siege in Oxford Castle. The Empress sent a messenger from there to Brian Fitzcount, Lord of Wallingford. The messenger was Renaud Bourchier, whose horse...
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_the_other_daughter_of_Hamelin_de_Ballon Round, J. Horace (1885). "Fitzcount, Brian" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol...
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so he planned an orderly withdrawal. Earl Reginald of Cornwall and Brian fitz Count led an advance guard composed of crack troops designed to protect Empress...
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