Individual Details

Roger I DE TOENI

(Abt 990 - 1038)

Roger was one of the first to dispute the succession of the base-born William to the ducal throne of Normandy, and who, with his two sons Halbert and Elinance, was slain in a conflict with Roger de Beaumont. You have beard of him before as the messenger of the Duke to the French King with the disastrous tidings of the battle of Mortemer. He had hoped to carve out with his sword a dominion for himself, as Rollo had done in Normandy and Robert Guiscard in Sicily; but gained nothing by his enterprise except an empty name --- being afterwards distinguished from other members of his family as Roger of Spain.

Events

BirthAbt 990Tosni, Eure, France
Death1038
Burial31 May 1038Conches, Seine-Et-Marne, France

Families

SpouseGodeheut BORRELL (995 - 1077)
ChildRalph III DE TOENI (1029 - 1101)
ChildAdelise DE TOENI (1035 - )
FatherRalph II DE TOENI (970 - 1015)
SiblingRobert I DE TOENI (1009 - 1088)