Richard Goz
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Richard le Goz (died 1082 or after), was a Norman nobleman and supporter of
Norman conquest of England
.
Richard was the son of
war against the Bretons
of 1064-66.
Richard provided 60 ships to support William's 1066
invasion of England but is not among those known to have been present at the Battle of Hastings. Between 1070 and 1079, Richard was involved in a ruling between Raoul Tesson and the Abbey of Fontenay
. Around 1076 he was one of the judges who pronounced an award against Robert Bertram.
Richard married Emma, who is believed to have been the daughter of
Bishop of Bayeux
. Richard and Emma had five known children and probably more:
- Hugh d’Avranches, Earl of Chester and Viscount of Avranches
- Helisende, married to William II, Count of Eu
- Gilbert d'Avranches, Lord of Marcey
- Margaret, married to Ranulf de Briquessart. Their son was Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester
- Judith, married to Battle of Saint-Suzanne).
Richard le Goz died in 1082 and was succeeded by his son Hugh as Viscount of Avranches.
Sources
Keats-Rohan, K, Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166, Vol I. Boydell Press, Suffolk, 1999
Lewis, C. P., Avranches, Hugh d', first earl of Chester (d. 1101), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Douglas, David C., William the Conqueror, University of California Press, 1992