Gerard Flaitel

- 1047

• Name	Gerard Flaitel
  Gender	Male
  Died	ca 1047	Normandy, France
  Buried	Abbey of Saint Wandrille, Saint-Wandrille-Rançon, Normandy France
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Flaitel Gerard was a Norman baron with substantial estates in the Pays de Caux, the Hiemois, the Evrecin and Risle valley. In 1035, when Robert I, Duke of Normandy left on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Gerard Flaitel was one of his companions. Duke Robert obtained permission for him and his retinue to continue on to Muslim-controlled Jerusalem. In Turkey Robert paid the required mussella (pilgrim tax). They arrived in time to spend Holy Week in Jerusalem. On their return through Asia Minor, Duke Robert fell ill while they were in Nicaea, and died there about 2 July. As he lay dying Gerard was asked to take possession of a Holy relic Duke Robert acquired in Jerusalem, reputedly a finger-bone of Saint Stephen, and to make a gift of it to the abbey or monastery of his choosing. Gerard returned to Normandy and became a monk at the Abbey of St. Wandrille taking the relic with him. He died after 1047. While the name of his wife (or wives) is not known Gerard Flaitel had the following children: 1. William Flaitel, Bishop of Évreux (d. 1066) 2. Ermengarde, wife of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville 3. Basilla, wife of Ralph de Gacé, son of Robert, Archbishop of Rouen; and second marriage to Hugh de Gournay. 4. Anscherius
  Person ID	I36254	Master File
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2016

  
  

  Children	1. Ermentrude Flaitel,   b. ca 1014, Normandy, France ,   d. ca 1103, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F14961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart