Brief Life History of Rohese
When Lady Rohese Giffard was born on 13 April 1034, in Longueville, Seine-et-Marne, France, her father, Gautier ler Giffard Seigneur le Longueville et Bolbec, was 23 and her mother, Ermengarde de Flaitel, was 19. She had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Richard fitzGilbert. She died on 7 January 1113, in Clare, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78, and was buried in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (6)
- Find-a-Grave
- Wikipedia -Rohese Giffard
- Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and his wife Rohais Giffard in British History Online ~https://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/ [See document in the Memories section]
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Name Meaning
Norman, English: (i) relationship name from the Continental Germanic personal name Gifard. (ii) nickname, perhaps sometimes from Old French giffard ‘chubby-cheeked, bloated’.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RoheseGiffardMRichardFitzGilbert as of 1/18/2016 ROHESE Giffard (-after 1113, bur [Colchester]). Guillaume de Jumièges names "Galteri …
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