William I Count d'Eu and Exmes

  General Notes:

William I was originally Lord of Exmes in the Hemois. He was brother (or half brother) of Godfrey/Geoffrey the Count of Brionne - who was quite powerful in Normandy.

Richard II, the half brother of both of these men, became Duke around 996. William I was given Exmes and Godfrey confirmed in Brionne and Eu. There was a rebellion involving William (and possibly Geoffrey) and William was imprisonned for 5 years, but eventually sought and obtained forgiveness. Subsequently he was made Count d'Eu (1012-1015)in the extreme north east of Normandy (dispossesing his brother Godrey - whose son reobtained Eu a generation later).

William I is sometimes known as the Bastard.

William married Lesceline (Alice) de Harcourt de Turqueville, daughter of Turchetil de Harcourt and Adeline de Montfort. (Lesceline (Alice) de Harcourt de Turqueville was born in 996, died in 1058 and was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives.)