Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameEmma FitzOsbern 
[54, Her brother Roger and her husband Ralph de Gael's articles], [60, Leicester art, Vol VII, p.521 seq], [60, Norfolk article, Vol IX, p. 574], [60, Hereford article, Vol VI, p. 449], [80, Father, Willelm filius Osberni, pp. 487-8], [119, Her husband, Radulph Guader, p. 999]
[54, Her brother Roger and her husband Ralph de Gael's articles], [60, Leicester art, Vol VII, p.521 seq], [60, Norfolk article, Vol IX, p. 574], [60, Hereford article, Vol VI, p. 449], [80, Father, Willelm filius Osberni, pp. 487-8], [119, Her husband, Radulph Guader, p. 999]Deathbef Jul 1098, On a crusade to Holy Land
FatherWilliam FitzOsbern Earl of Hereford (ca1027-1071)
MotherAlice de Toni (ca1032-1066)
Spouses
Notes for Emma FitzOsbern
Not strictly an heir, though thought to be one for Poyntz of Cowdray. But the lines of her brothers were debarred from their inheritances, so either they were illegitimate offspring or they offended the king mightily. Eventually the main Norman estates of Fitz Osbern came to Emma’s children and through them to the earls of Leicester.
L W Vernon Harcourt says in his book “The Stewards of England”:
“Practically speaking, Amicia was the heiress of William Fitz-Osbern:---[Itta (or Amicia)] nupsit Roberto comities comitis Legrecestrie, filio Roberti comitis Mellenti. Unde factum est ut Lire, Glos, Britolium at plurimam partae terrae quam Willelmus filius Osberni avus (sic) uxories suae habuerat in Normannia, post mortem Willelmi de Britolio avunculi uxoris suae, idem comes haberet.” (Continuator of William of Jumieges, Duchesne, p. 300.)
This implies that practically speaking, Emma too was William Fitz Osbern’s heir.
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L W Vernon Harcourt says in his book “The Stewards of England”:
“Practically speaking, Amicia was the heiress of William Fitz-Osbern:---[Itta (or Amicia)] nupsit Roberto comities comitis Legrecestrie, filio Roberti comitis Mellenti. Unde factum est ut Lire, Glos, Britolium at plurimam partae terrae quam Willelmus filius Osberni avus (sic) uxories suae habuerat in Normannia, post mortem Willelmi de Britolio avunculi uxoris suae, idem comes haberet.” (Continuator of William of Jumieges, Duchesne, p. 300.)
This implies that practically speaking, Emma too was William Fitz Osbern’s heir.
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