Warren Family History Project

Warren Family History Project;
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The Family of Warenne originated from Normandy France. The de Warenne surname derives from the castle of that name on the River Varenne. which flows through the territory William acquired in Upper Normandy. Ruins of this old 11th Century castle are found today near Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime.

So far I have found no documentation of ancestors for Rodulf I de Warenne. Most genealogies have perpetuated an undocumented referense to Earl William and Walter de St Martin but this appears to be a mistake. Note that most early source docs are written in Latin.

William de Warenne, who crossed with William I. in 1066, was a distant cousin of the Conqueror, his grandmother having been the sister of Gunnora, wife of Richard I. of Normandy.

Ficticious Ancestors:
The following ancestors are believed to be ficticious as I have found no basis in fact for their existence or connection to the Warenne Family:

• Walter (Gautier) de St Martin - Gautier is the French version of Walter. b. c925; of Normandy, France, m. N.N. de Crepon, dau of Herbastus (Herfast) de Crepon.
• Earl William de Warenne - b.c950; of Normandy, France; m.{ N.N. de Torta ) >>> son Roger, S.de Mortimer c.1054.

Genealogy - The House of Warren can be traced to Hugh of Normandy, born 990, later ordained Bishop of Contances. He married a sister of Gunnora, the wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Rodulf, son to Hugh, a benefactor to the Abbey of La Trinite du Mont, died c1050. He married first Beatrix and secondly Emma. Emma became the mother of his son William created Count de Warenne of Normandy and later first Earl of Surrey.

8. Rodulf I de Warenne (Ralph?)

• See also Rudolf de Warenne
• See also Proposed Rudolf de Warenne Peerage
• 998 : Birth (est) - Normandy France.
• 1025 : Marriage to Beatrice de Vascoeuil - Keats-Rohan's suggestion relies on the evidence that Beatrice was the daughter of Tesselin, vicomte of Rouen, in conjunction with Robert de Torigny's statement that a (different) niece of Gunnor married a vicomte of Rouen. But he actually specifies Richard, vicomte of Rouen, who was Tesselin's son. Beatrice, whose mother was almost certainly a sister of Gotmund Rufus de Vascoeuil daughter of Tesselin, Vicomte of Rouen.(f) She was living about 1053.
• 1028 : Child - Rodulf II - Estmated
• 1074 : Death -

9. Rodulf II de Warenne (Ralph?)

• See also Rudolf de Warenne
• See also Proposed Rudolf de Warenne Peerage
• Biography of Rudolf II - Wikipedia Entry.
• 1028: Birth (Est) in Normandy France
• 1044: Marriage to Emma de St Martin (Est)
• 1045: Child - Rudolf III de Warenne - Estimated
• 1046: Child - William de Warenne I - Estimated
• 1070: Murder of Frederick - by Hereward the Wake c. 1070, and as brother of William (See 1071). Hereward was a rebel in England and Mercenary in France. Frederick is listed in the Domesday book holding lands in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk (Domesday, ff.196, ii.465b, 170b, 172b). Another source lists Frederick as the brother of William's wife, Gundred (Orderic Vitalis Vol II, P 219).