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Birth:          ABT  990 of Tosni, France
Death:          Mar 1039 
Burial:         31 Mar 1039 Conches, Seine-et-Marne, France

Notes
wife could be Godehut (Godehilde) Borrell?
m c 1038/9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_I_of_Tosny
Roger I of Tosny or Roger of Hispania[1] (d. ca. 1040) was a Norman nobleman of the 
House of Tosny who took part in the Reconquista of Iberia.
Career[edit]

Roger was the son of Raoul I of Tosny, seigneur de Conches.[2] In 1013, Roger and 
his father Raoul guarded the castle at Tillières for Richard II, Duke of Normandy.[3] A 
few years later, for an unknown reason, the pair were forced into exile. While his 
father gained a reputation for himself in Apulia, Roger did the same in fighting the 
Muslims in Iberia.[3] The small Christian states of Northern Iberia welcomed volunteers 
and adventurers who they could use to mount a strong force for the Reconquista. 
Roger was summoned by Ermesinde of Carcassonne, regent-countess of Barcelona 
after the death of her husband Ramon Borrell, to help her against the Muslim threat to 
her power. Roger rushed to help, marrying Ermesende's daughter,[4] terrorising the 
Saracens and capturing several towns and castles. Adémar de Chabannes gives an 
echo of the more or less legendary deeds of Roger in Iberia. He gained the nickname 
Mangeur de Maures (Moor-Eater). Adémar recounts that Roger took his captured 
Saracens each day and, in front of them, cut one of their number in two, boiling the 
first half and giving it to the other Muslims to eat, and pretending to take the other 
half into his own tent for him and his companions to eat. Then Roger allowed some of 
these prisoners to escape, to spread these horrific rumours.[5]

Before 1024, Roger and his father gained permission from Richard II to return to 
Normandy, and Raoul died soon afterwards.

Roger de Tosny founded Conches-en-Ouche. He built its church of Sainte-Foy[6] 
(before 1026) then the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Castillon (c. 1035) where monks from 
Fécamp Abbey were installed. This monastery was one of the first baronial foundations 
in Normandy[7] The foundation charter reveals that the lord of Tosny gave it a small 
possession around Conches and his forest.

In 1035, Robert I's death began a troubled period in the duchy of Normandy. Civil 
wars multiplied and Roger (whose relations with his neighbours was already 
argumentative) was one of the main players in them. According to the Norman 
chroniclers,[8] the lord of Tosny refused to serve the new duke, the future William the 
Conqueror, due to his being a bastard. He especially took advantage of the weakness 
of the duke's power by ravaging his neighbours' lands, notably those of Humphrey of 
Vieilles. Humphrey sent his son Roger to face Roger of Tosny, and around 1040 the 
latter was killed in battle, and his two eldest sons[9] died a few weeks later of their 
wounds.

Peace was re-established between the Tosny family and the neighbouring families. 
The widow Gotelina/Godehildis was forced to marry Richard, Count of Évreux.

Family and descendants[edit]

Only one wife of Roger of Tosny is known by name, his widow Godehildis who married 
Richard, Count of Évreux after Roger's death. It is unclear if this is his only wife.[3] 
Children:
Helbert, died 1040 with his father
Helinand, died May 1039 in Conches
Vuazo
Raoul II of Tosny, successor of his father
Robert of Tosny, lord of Stafford
Béranger l'Espagnol,
Adelise, married Guillaume Fils Osbern
Berthe, married Guy de Laval

Parents
DE TOSNY Ralph II (Rodulf) (BEF  970 - AFT 1015)
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Siblings
DE TOSNY (DE TOENI) Roger "the Spaniard" (ABT  990 - Mar 1039)

Marriage To ____ Adela (or Godeheut) ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Adela (or Godeheut) 
DE TOSNY Ralph (Raoul II) (ABT 1029 - 9 Apr 1102)
DE TOSNY Alice (Adelise) (ABT 1035 - )
DE TOSNY [CHG TO DE STAFFORD] Robert (ABT 1039 - ABT 1100)

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