Emma Fitzosbern Countess East Anglia -1096

On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 38] defeated the English army of King Harold II of England [aged 44] at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars [aged 42], [her future husband] Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia [aged 24], Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 51], [her father] William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford [aged 46], Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, [her uncle] Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 26], Hugh Grandesmil [aged 34], Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 35] and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.

King Harold II of England was killed. Earl Wessex, Earl Hereford extinct.

Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent [aged 31] was killed. Earl Kent extinct.

His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia [aged 34] and Engenulphe Aigle [aged 56] were killed.

On 20th February 1071 Battle of Cassel was fought between uncle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders [aged 38] and nephew Arnulf III Count Flanders [aged 16], supported by his mother Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainaut and Philip I King of the Franks [aged 18], over the succession of Flanders.

Arnulf III Count Flanders was killed. His brother Baldwin [aged 15] succeeded II Count Hainaut. Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders was appointed I Count Flanders.

[her father] William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford [aged 51] was killed. His son Roger succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford.

Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 56] and his son Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne fought for Robert. During the battle Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainaut were captured, and subsequently exchanged for each other.

In 1075 three Earls joined in rebellion against King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 47]. The three Earls were: [her brother] Roger de Breteuil Fitzosbern 2nd Earl Hereford, [her husband] Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia [aged 33] and Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon. The ostensible cause of their rebellion was William's the marriage of Emma Fitzosbern Countess East Anglia, daughter of [her father] William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford, with Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia. Possibly to do with she being Norman and he being British/English.

Roger de Breteuil Fitzosbern 2nd Earl Hereford forfeit Earl Hereford and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Flowers of History. 1075. Queen Edith [aged 49] died on the fifth of April. The same year, king William [aged 47] gave the daughter of William, the son of Osbert, to earl Radolph [aged 33], as his wife, and gave him also the government of Norfolk and Suffolk. This Radolph was of British extraction, on his mother's side, and his father was an Englishman. He was born in Norfolk, and there he celebrated his marriage, which was the cause of destruction to many persons. At that wedding there were present earl Roger and earl Waltheof; and many bishops and abbots; and they took counsel how to expel king William from his kingdom. And this speedily became known to the king, who was in Normandy, and immediately the king returned to England, and took Waltheof, and Roger, who was his own kinsman, and threw them into prison. As to the rest who were present at the wedding, he deferred his determination.