Osbern the Steward Steward or Seneschal [63389]

   Cause of his death was murdered.

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbern_the_Steward


Osbern the Steward, known in French as Osbern de Crépon († about 1040), was the Steward of two Dukes of Normandy and the father of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford , one of William the Conqueror 's closest counsellors

  Medical Notes:

The young Duke William, known later as William the Conqueror, was in danger, as other members of the ducal family were trying to assassinate him to regain power in the duchy, and the Norman barons were rebelling. Osbern was murdered at Le Vaudreuil in the winter of 1040-1041, while protecting the young Duke in the child's bedroom. According to Guillaume de Jumièges , his throat was cut by William, son of Roger I of Montgomery. Barnon de Glos-la-Ferrières avenged the death of his lord by killing the murderer

Osbern married Emma of Ivry [63391] [MRIN: 551618530], daughter of Rodulf (Raoul) of Ivry Count of Ivry [3590] and Aubrée of Canville [63393].