- AKA: Anselc de Bastembourg
- 927-942: Co-Secretarii to the Jarl of Normans William Longsword, 2nd Duke of Normandy (893-942)
- 942-951: Co-Regent for the minority of Richard I, Duke of Normandy (933-996)
Anslech Hrolfson de Bricquebec et Bastembourg was born circa 905 in Scandinavia and died before 974 Tillières, Maine-et-Loire, Normandy, France of unspecified causes. He married Helloe Unknown (c925-) 930 JL . He married Gillette Unknown (c925-) 933 JL .
Anslech (active in the 930s and 940s) played a major political role in the first days of the duchy of Normandy, though the sources on him are rather opaque.
Parentage Not Found
No Authoritative sources are found for his parentage, but Anslech is widely believed to be Danish/Norwegian descent and part of the Viking families that invaded Northern France (Normandy) in the 9th century. In 911 the French King established the Duchy of Normandy with their leader Rollo of Normandy (860-932) to establish peace on this front.
Co-Regent of William Longsword
Dudo of Saint-Quentin evoked Anslech as one of the three secretarii to the jarl of the Normans, William I (893-942) (v.927-942).[1] A later source, le Roman de Rou, explains that Anslech supported William when Rioulf began an important rebellion against him.[2]
We see the same figure again in the writings of William of Jumièges. After the assassination of William I, Anslech, Raoul Taisson l'Ancien and Bernard the Dane formed what William of Jumièges called "guardians of the whole duchy of Normandy",[3] awaiting the majority of the new duke Richard I, Duke of Normandy (933-996). In 943, they welcomed the king of the Franks, Louis IV of France to Rouen, who came as overlord to receive the homage of the Norman inhabitants.
Anslech de Briquebec - alias Oslac de Briquebec, a powerful baron, associated with Bernard the Dane in the administration of Normandy - tutor to 'Duke' Richard of Normandy. He married Gillette de Beaumont -unknown pedigree. In the rebellion of Richard de St. Saveur, son of Helgi against 'Duke' William Longsword, in 933, Anslech is mentioned by Wace as one of the three Barons who alone remained faithful to the Duke, his second-cousin, by rendering him military service at the seige of Rouen. Their son was Turstain de Bastembourg, 'père de Guillaume, tige des Bertran' [Gustave Saige, Cartulaire de la seigneurie de Fontenay le Marmion, p. 29, 1895]. 'It is deserving of observation that the senior branch of the family held the extensive barony of Bricquebac in Normandy for eight successive generations. The last died as late as the 14th Century, leaving his large possessions, and the castle of Bricquebec, which one of his early ancestors had built, to his eldest daughter, who carried them by marriage to William Paisnel [Paganel], Baron of Hambie' [Memoirs Chiefly Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Northumberland, Royal Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. ii., pp. 48-50, 1859].[4]
Norman Life
Sources indicate that Anslech was a Norman noble, Danish or Norwegian in origin but always from the old Viking nobility. Later Norman traditions made him son of a supposed nephew of the Norman founder, Rollo, William I's father.[5]
Finally, he is traditionally presented as the founder of the castle of Bricquebec in Cotentin (perhaps at the beginning of the 10th century), from which comes his nickname Anslech of Bricquebec, though this too is an assumption.
Family
No information / citable sources available to validate one or more wives. Geni lists two wives, but offers no proof of relationship.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Turstain de Bastembourg (c945-c992) | 945 | 992 |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Eremburge de Bricquebec (c930-1003) | 945 | 992 | Torf de Harcourt (914-1002) |
Richard de Bricquebec (947-c994) | 947 | 994 | Aubérée |
Catherine de Bricquebec (955-c1002) | 955 | 1002 | Bernard of Argouges (950-?) |
Siblings
Possible Descendants
All the same, his descendants continue to be discussed.
- Montfort Family: A tradition - held since the 17th century, though with no evidence - considers him as the ancestor of the families of Montfort and Bertran via his son Tursten of Bastembourg.[6]
- Beaufort Family: A tradition - held since the 17th century, though with no evidence - considers him as the ancestor of the families of Montfort and Bertran via his son Tursten of Bastembourg.[7]
- Warenne Family Ancestry: Possible ancestor of William de Warenne (c1040-1088), a trusted companion of William the Conqueror.
See Also
- Anslech Bricquebec
- Bricquebec Family
- Warenne Family Ancestry - direct forefather of the famous Warren Family.
- wikipedia:en:Anslech de Bricquebec
- Anslech de Bastenburg - Geni.com
References
- ^ Dudo of Saint-Quentin, De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum, Ed. Jules Lair, Caen, F. Le Blanc-Hardel, 1865, p.220 (writing circa 1000 AD)
- ^ Wace and Benoît de Saint-Maure, Roman de Rou, ed. Le Prévost et Langlois, 1827, p.109
- ^ William of Jumièges, History of the Normans, ed. Guizot, Brière, 1826, Livre IV, p.79 (French translation of Gesta Normannorum ducum written c.1172)
- ^ Stanhope Family history
- ^ (in French) Léchaudé d'Anisy, Recherches sur le Domesday, Le Saulnier, tome 1, 1842, p.244-249
- ^ (in French) Christophe Maneuvrier, Paysages et sociétés rurales au Moyen Âge. Le Pays d’Auge jusqu’à la fin du XIIIe siècle, doctoral thesis, University of Caen, 2000, vol. 1, (dactyl.), p.98. L'asendance douteuse d'Anslech est notamment reprise de Charles de Gerville, « Mémoires sur les anciens châteaux du département de la Manche », Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie, tome 1, 1825, p.247
- ^ (in French) Christophe Maneuvrier, Paysages et sociétés rurales au Moyen Âge. Le Pays d’Auge jusqu’à la fin du XIIIe siècle, doctoral thesis, University of Caen, 2000, vol. 1, (dactyl.), p.98. L'asendance douteuse d'Anslech est notamment reprise de Charles de Gerville, « Mémoires sur les anciens châteaux du département de la Manche », Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie, tome 1, 1825, p.247
Sources
- Dudo of Saint-Quentin, De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum, Ed. Jules Lair, Caen, F. Le Blanc-Hardel, 1865
- William of Jumièges, History of the Normans, ed. Guizot, Brière, 1826, Livre IV, p. 79 (French translation of Gesta Normannorum ducum written c.1172)