Count Geoffrey (Godfrey) de Brionne & d'Eu

   Other names for Geoffrey were Geoffrey Count De Eu & Brienne, Geoffrey De Brienne and Godfrey Count of Eu & Brionne.

  General Notes:

http://washington.ancestryregister.com/BRIONNE00006.htm#i4541

  Research Notes:

There is a fair chance that Godfrey was a son of Richard I by a concubine prior to either of Richard's legitimate weddings.

His birthdate of 953 precedes Richard I's marriages to:
- Emma (pricess of france) 956 - no children
- Gonnor de Crepon 962 - 1st male Richard II born 963.
Richard had at least 2 concubines prior to these marriages.
One source shows the marriage to Gonnor (Gunnora) as being 952 ( age 16)

It is also possible that Godfrey was the son of Gonnor by Richard 9 years prior to their actual wedding which is why the title was passed to the first post marriage male.
"Richard I of Normandy first bedded, and later married Gunnora.Godfrey was son of Richard by Gunnor (not of Crepon - all we know is that she was of danish descent) but born (long) before their marriage."





http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/NorthernEurope/f258.htm#f67894
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/rfc/gw121.htm
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/rfc/gw121.htm#I9374
http://www.flash.net/~barker/html1/d0003/g0000258.htm#I1291
http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/CarolCurrieEddleman/CAROLFAM/d4/i1451883.htm#i1451883
http://www.childsfamily.com/reunion/ps06/ps06_361.htm
http://www.patpnyc.com/conq/eu.shtml
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0068/g0000091.html#I18518

Geoffrey married Alice D'Harcourt. (Alice D'Harcourt was born in 975 and died in 1056.)

Geoffrey next married Hawise (Helois) de Guines, daughter of Sigfried de Guinses and Unknown. (Hawise (Helois) de Guines was born in 958.)