• 2nd Earl of Hereford (1056 – after 1087), succeeded in 1071 to the earldom of Hereford and the English estate of his father, William Fitz-Osbern. He is...
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    named to earldoms – fitzOsbern to Hereford (or Wessex) and Odo to Kent. Although he put two Normans in overall charge, he retained many of the native English...
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  • 1st Earl of Hereford (1020–1071), a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror Pain fitzJohn before 1100 – 10 July 1137 William FitzRalph...
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    Osbern, later 1st Earl of Hereford (Source: William of Poitiers) (6) Aimeri, Viscount of Thouars a.k.a. Aimery IV (Source: William of Poitiers) (7) Walter...
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    Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford (died 24 December 1143) (alias Miles of Gloucester) was a great magnate based in the west of England...
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    2nd Earl of Hereford in 1239, whose father Henry had married Maud, sister of the sixth earl. All three of the Earldoms of Hereford, Northampton and of Essex...
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    under the instruction of the Norman Lord William FitzOsbern. Originally known as Striguil, it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built in the Welsh...
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    1st Viscount Hereford (1489–1558) Hon. Sir Richard Devereux (died 1547) Walter Devereux, 2nd Viscount Hereford (1539–1576) (created Earl of Essex in 1572)...
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    married, in 1075 at the manor of Exning, Cambridgeshire, Emma, only daughter of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and his first wife Alice (or Adelise/Adelissa)...
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    Grey family (redirect from House of Grey)
    of the family was Anchetil de Greye, a Norman chevalier and vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the few proven companions of William...
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