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Name | Nigel II de St. Sauveur | |
Suffix | Vicomes at Mont-St.-Michel | |
Birth | 995 | |
Gender | Male | |
Fact | 1026 | Mont-St.-Michel, Pontorson, Manche, Normandy, France ![]() |
A Confirmation Charter that confirms a historical (1026) charter Original in archives Cartulary fo. 20 Trans Vol. II fo. 209 702. Charter of Richard (II) duke and prince of the Normans. Seeking to escape the pains of hell, and obtain the joys of paradise, after the death of his body, hedelivers to Mont-St.-Michel, and the breathern there serving God as monks, the abbey of St. Pair (Sanctus Paternus) in the Cotentin etc. etc. (lands in Normandy specified) and the land of Peter the monk in the island of Gersoi, ... also a certain vill in the Bessin, Versum by name .... Moreover he confirms his mother's gift to Britavilla, of which she made offering to Mont St.-Michel for her weal and that of his father and of himself and his brothers, and which was of her dower ..... (privileges of the abbey defined). All this he delivers to God and St. Michael for the redemption of his soul, for the weal of [those of] his father, mother, and wife, his son Richard and his other sons, by whose consent etc. [as in Gonnor's charter]. [Signa] Richard comitis Richardi filii ejus Roberti filii ejus. ********************************************************* Details of original charter above & confirmed later by: ********************************************************* Ego Maugisus sancte Abrincatensis ecclesie episcopus hanc donationis cartulam manu propria voluntarie confirmo. I Maugisus Abrincatensis holy church of this charter of gift with his own readily confirm. ********************************************************** Testes [Witnesses to the Confirmation Charter]: Robertus archiepiscopus: Robert archbishop Hugo episcopus Ebroicensis: Hugh the Bishop of Avranches Herbertus episcopus Luxoviensis: Herbert the Bishop of Luxoviensis Niellus vicecomes: Nigel (Niel) Sheriff Tursten vicecomes: Thurstan Sheriff Alveredus vicecomes: Alvered, Sheriff Walterius vicecomes: Walter, Sheriff Richardus vicecomes: Richard, Sheriff Guimundus vicecomes: Wimund, Sheriff Herbertus: Herbert Osbernus frater comitisse: Osbern brother of the Countessa Hunfredus frater ejus: Humfrey his brother Roscelinus: Roscelin Normannus Silveron: Norman Silveron Bernardus filius ejus: Bernardus brother of Norman Silveron Osbernus filius Arfast: Osbern son of Arfast Ranulfus frater ejus: Ralph brother of Osbern son of Arfast Hugo clericus: Hugh, cleric et multi alii: and many others Source: Calendar of documents preserved in France: illustrative of the ..., Volume 1 edited by John Horace Round pg. 250 https://books.google.com/books?id=4KMUAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_&8203;ge_&8203;summary_&8203;r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false | ||
Fact | 1040 | Abby of Jumieges ![]() |
16. Extrait d'une charte accordee a Robert, Abbe de Jumieges, par Guillaume, Comte de Talou, et souscrite par Neel le vicomte. ... Signum Malgeri arciepiscopi Willelmi, comitis Northmannorum Willelmi, magistri comitis Nigelli vicecomitis Tursteni vicecomitis Rodberti clerici Willelmi, Arcacensis comitis Godefredi vicecomitis Rodgerii filii Rodulfi Wimundi [Wimund le Goz II because not called vicecomitis] Aldulfi Bracce Normanni Berle [cette souscription est en partie dechiree sur la charte originale. Je l'ai retablie a Paide du Cartulaire en papier de I'abb. de Jumieges, f. 24, n. 17. Lanberti filii Ricardi source: Histoire du château et des sires de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte suivie de ... By Léopold Delisle pg. 18 | ||
Death | aft.1066 | |
Person ID | I105553942 | St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database |
Last Modified | 22 May 2020 |
Father | Roger de St. Sauveur, b. 955 d. 1026 (Age 71 years) | |
Relationship | Birth | |
Family ID | F399625 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Adele d'Eu | |||||||||
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Family ID | F399626 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
Last Modified | 13 Sep 2021 |
Documents | ![]() | Documents (Log in) |
Reference | Suzanne St. John. "Nigel II de St. Sauveur, Vicomes at Mont-St.-Michel". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105553942&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 25, 2025). |
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