Bertram de Verdun

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Bertram de Verdun was a knight of William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings.

The Verdun family lived in Normandy, and after the norman conquest they got many lands in England. Others sources say Bertram was probably a son of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine. In Domesday Book, Bertram de Verdun hold the land and the manor of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire, held before by countess Goda.

One of his descendant, also called Bertram, lived at time of Henry II. This Bertram built the medieval castle of Alton in 1176 and founded the cistercian abbey of Croxden. Bertram was a deeply religious man accompanying king Henry on his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella in North of Spain. After the John's first expedition to Ireland, Bertram held the town of Dundalk and several castles in Louth.

After Henry’s death Bertram remained an influential figure with Richard I and became his castellan. He went on the Third Crusade with Richard, was governor of Saint-John of Acre, and was killed at Jaffa in 1191.

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Filiation :

• Bertram de Verdun, († v. 1100 ?)
  • Bertram I de Verdun, sheriff of York, († v. 1120)
    • Norman de Verdun, Chamberlain and treasurer of king Henry I of England, († v. 1153)
      • Bertram II de Verdun, crusader and castellan of Richard I of England, ( † 1192)

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References :

- Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines 70A-25, 70A-26, 70A-27.

- The Fortunes of a Norman Family: the de Verduns in England, Ireland & Wales, 1066-1316, by Mark S. HAGGER.

- Cartulary of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey, p.83 - 84.

- Page about the De Verdun family [1]

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