Humphrey de Vieilles

Onfroi (or Umfrid ) de Vieilles († 1050 ), Lord of Honneur de Beaumont, one of the most important group of goods in the western Normandy was.

Biography

Its origin is controversial in science. He was the grandson of peat (or Turolf ), equate to some historians with Turstin the rich man, the father of Robert the Dane, Count of Évreux, others see as the progenitor of the house of Harcourt. After two hypotheses Onfroi is of Scandinavian origin.

In addition to Beaumont he possessed over the entire Normandy scattered goods: in the Cotentin, in Hiémois, in the Pays d'Auge, in the lower reaches of the Seine ( Vatteville -la -Rue ), in Évrecin ( Normanville ) and in the Vexin normand ( Bouafles ). This property comes from allocations of Duke Richard II or even from former property of the church. The Honneur de Beaumont, for example, consisted of the assets of the Abbey of Bernay. The goods around Pont- Audemer, however, came from the inheritance of his ancestors.

In 1034 he founded a few kilometers from Pont- Audemer, with the support of the Abbey of Saint - wall groove the monastery of Saint- Pierre de Préaux. It is more correct to say that he took an existing but dilapidated Abbey again in its old state would be.

During the minority of Duke William II, the future conqueror of England, the goods Onfrois of Roger I de Tosny, the owner of Honneur Conches were attacked. Around 1040, there was between the two parties to the slaughter, on the one side stood Onfrois son of Roger de Beaumont, on the other Roger de Tosny. In this battle, both Roger de Tosny and his two eldest sons were killed.

Progeny

Sons Onfrois are:

Robert, who was killed by Roger de Clères;
Called Roger de Beaumont le Barbu ( the Bearded, † 1094 ), the successor of his father.

Other possible children Onfrois are:

Guillaume de Beaumont, a monk at Saint- Pierre in Préaux
Dumelme de Vieilles, nun at Saint -Léger de Préaux.