Born about in Denmark
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Avelina Duceline (DeCrepon) Crepon, Gunnora (Unknown) de Normandie, Herfast (Crépon) de Crépon, Duvelina (Crépon) de Pont Audemer, Senfrie (Crépon) de Crépon and Wevia (Crépon) de Bolebec
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
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Biography
Name
The family was not actually called Crépon. But the usual processes of creative genealogy has given Gunnor a made-up father with his son's name Herfast and the surname of his grandson Osbern de Crépon.
Birth
Estimated date based on his being purportedly the father of Gunnor de Crépon.
This family is presumably of Viking origin[1], and has been stated as from Denmark or possibly Sweden.
Issue
- The following are siblings or half/step siblings:
Research Notes
The problem we have here is that we don't know Gunnor's parents, but we do know her brothers and sisters, and the connection is significant. But they could be half-sibs, and if so, we don't know which parent they share.
Sources
- ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2022, Family of Gunnora.
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Unmerged matches › Herfast De Crepon (0890-0981) › Herbastus (DeCrepon) Crepon (-1031)
Rejected matches › Harald Blåtand (Gormsson) Gormsen VIII (bef.0925-bef.0988) › Gorm den Gamle Hardeknudsson (abt.0800-abt.0958) › Herfast (Crépon) de Crépon (abt.0940-1005) › Gunnora (Unknown) de Normandie (abt.0936-abt.1031)
Unknown is 27 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 36 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 22 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 36 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 27 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 33 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 25 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 21 degrees from Isaac Newton, 31 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 30 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 27 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Categories: Estimated Birth Date
The Dutches says the following on pages 120 - 121.
Describing in relation to the Giffard family That Walter, Berenenger and Osberne 'were the sons of Osberne Baron of Bolbec who descend from Aveline , one of the sisters of Gunnor Duchess of Normandy, and thus the kinsmen of their sovereign 'both owing a common ancestor in the forester of Equiqueville the father of Gunnor and her sisters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Vaast-d%27%C3%89quiqueville
Battle Abbey, Cleveland, C.L.W.P. and PIMS - University of Toronto (1889). The Battle Abbey roll, with some account of the Norman lineages. [online] Internet Archive. London : J. Murray. Available at: https://archive.org/details/battleabbeyrollw02battuoft/page/122/mode/2up?q=giffard [Accessed 18 Apr. 2021].
Given the fact that Sainsfrida (Senfrie) is said to have had a relationship with a Touroude, Forestier dé Saint Vaast d'Equiqueville and the union provided a daughter Josceline whom went onto marrying Roger de Montgomerie.
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