William Fitzosbern

Abt 1023 - 1071  (48 years)

• Name	William Fitzosbern
  Birth	Abt 1023	Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  FSID	K417-PHT
  Death	20 Feb 1071	Flanders, Belgium
  Person ID	I7378	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Osbern Cripon, The Steward The Seneschal ,   b. Abt 1000, Picardie, France d. 1040, Midi-Pyrénées, France (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emma Ivry,   b. Abt 1008, Ivry, France d. Bef 1034, France (Age < 25 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1029	France
  Family ID	F4427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelisa Toeni,   b. Abt 1024, Normandie, France d. Abt 1066, Normandie, France (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1042
  Children	+ 1. Emma Fitzosbern,   b. Abt 1059, Normandie, France d. Aft 1095, Jerusalem, Israel (Age > 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  William became a close friend of his kinsman William the Conqueror and, a t t h e C o u ncil of Lillebonne, urged the Norman barons to invade England. H e p l a y e d a leading part in the events leading up to, as well as during, t h e B a t t le of Hastings. According to Norman chroniclers, FitzOsbern led t h e r i g h t-wing of the forces at the Battle of Hastings. FitzOsbern was one of William's senior administrators and worked on his b e h a l f i n Normandy and Flanders. In England he was one of the first Norm a n s t o b e g ranted an Earldom, part of which became the Earldom of Heref o r d .