Fulbert Of Falaise THE TANNER 0978 5826

Fulbert Of Falaise THE TANNER Sex: Male

Birth Date	0978 Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Death Date	1017 Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
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Fulbert Of Falaise Notes:
Notes:	Occupation: a local tanner at Falaise
Notes:	Fulbert "The Tanner" de Falaise is William the Conqueror, King of Englands grandfather. Fulbert of Falaise (birth: 970, Falais, France, death: 1017, Normandy, France) aka Fulbert de Tonnerre, was the father of Herleva, mother of the illegitimate William the Conqueror, the 11th-century Duke of Normandy and King of England. Fulbert has traditionally been held to be a tanner, but recent study of early sources questions this, proposing that his trade involved preparing corpses for burial and that he might even have been an embalmer or apothecary. Those theories also have been presented that Fulbert himself may have been married to Doada a member of the Scottish Clan Beaton, whose clan were well famed for being physicians, morticians and apothecaries (uisge-beatha Aqua vitae. If so he may have come by his occupation through marriage. Yet another variation of this story presents Fulbert as a member of the family of the Counts de Tonnerre, hence accounting for his surname Tanner; but this translation is incorrect. The French word, "Tonnerre", translates into English as "Thunder". Truly, the French word for "tanner" is "tanneur". During the seige of AlenÃ§on (1051-2) William was taunted by his enemies for his connection to the tanners daughter and reeking of the scent of the tannery. After the birth of William, Fulbert was appointed the Dukes chamberlain. Contemporary practice made the chamberlain one of the persons responsible for burials.
Notes:	Indirect evidence makes it unlikely Fulbert occupied such a lowly social status as a mere tanner, but rather was a member of the burgher class. His daughter Herleva was accepted by the Count of Flanders as a proper guardian for his own daughter, something unlikely were she born to a tradesman, while similarly the actions of two apparent sons of Fulbert in attesting documents for their underage nephew suggests a higher social status than a tradesmans sons would hold

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Doda of Falaise Sex: Female

Birth Date	0980
Death Date	1003
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Doda of Falaise Notes:	Duxia was born 984 in Falaise, Normandie, France. She married Fulbert de FALAISE on 1005 in Falaise, Normandie, France.
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b.0985
d.

b.0998
d.1085

Herleva Of Falaise "ARLETTE"

b.1003
d.1050

Doda of Falaise

Herluin

1 Muriel de Conteville b.1004

Hamon de Mascy 1st Baron of Dunham Massey b.1056

II Hamon de Massey Baron of Dunham Massey b.1100

III Hamon de Massey SIR b.1129

Reynald Of Falaise LORD OF CROY

b.1008
d.1059

Doda of Falaise

Osbern Of Falaise Steward of Normandy

b.1012
d.1040

Doda of Falaise

Walter Of Falaise Chamberlain of Normandy

b.1014
d.1035

Doda of Falaise

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