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Herluin de Conteville (1001–1066) was the stepfather of William the Conqueror and the father of Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, both of whom...

of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, born to Herleva's marriage to Herluin de Conteville. Herleva's background and the circumstances of William's...

Erluin, also found in the forms Erluinus, Erlwin, Eorlewinus, Herluin, and Harlewin, is a medieval name, composed of the Germanic elements erl, meaning...

Herluin otherwise Hellouin (995/997 – 26 August 1078) was a knight at the court of Gilbert of Brionne and subsequently a Benedictine monk. He founded...

from the Scandinavian root, bekkr. The abbey was founded in 1034 by Saint Herluin, whose life was written by Gilbert Crispin, Abbot of Westminster, formerly...

Arnulf captured the castle of Montreuil-sur-Mer, expelling Herluin, after which Herluin and William cooperated to retake the castle. William was excommunicated...

replaced Jean-Paul Vittecoq in 2014. Bec Abbey was founded in 1034 by Herluin, who was a knight at the court of Brionne and a Benedictine. Near to the...

housekeeper Diota and Torold's fellow squire Ninian. In "The Holy Thief", Prior Herluin and Brother Tutilo, a novice, arrive at Shrewsbury unexpectedly from Ramsey...

member of the ducal household, but did not marry Robert. She later married Herluin de Conteville, with whom she had two sons – Odo of Bayeux and Count Robert...

called by his faithful Herluin, who was a victim of a serious revolt. While the two were riding, they were ambushed near Bayeux. Herluin was killed, but Louis...

The Abbey was founded in 1050 by Herluin de Conteville and his wife Arlette, mother of William the Conqueror. Herluin, a victim of leprosy, was said to...

from the now reviving Ramsey Abbey arrive in February 1145. Sub-prior Herluin and young Brother Tutilo request alms and aid in restoring their abbey...

landholders in his half-brother's new Kingdom of England. Robert was the son of Herluin de Conteville and Herleva of Falaise and brother of Odo of Bayeux. Robert...

Gilbert was a generous benefactor to Bec Abbey founded by his former knight Herluin in 1031. When Robert I died in 1035, his illegitimate son William inherited...

crusade. Odo was the son of William the Conqueror's mother Herleva and Herluin de Conteville. Count Robert of Mortain was his younger brother. There is...

Bertram. Richard married Emma, who is believed to have been the daughter of Herluin de Conteville and Herleva (mistress of Robert I of Normandy and mother...

of Yemen and Tihamah (b. 966) Conrad of Pfullingen, archbishop of Trier Herluin de Conteville, Norman nobleman (b. 1001) Kraft of Meissen (or Crafto),...

elected as Bec's abbot following the death of its founder, the warrior-monk Herluin. He was blessed as abbot by Gilbert d'Arques, Bishop of Évreux, on 22 February...

before 1086 by Robert, Earl of Morteton; priory founded before/c.1243 by Herluin; dissolved 1414; granted to Dean and Chapter of Chichester; granted to...

lived at Bec in absolute seclusion. Lanfranc was then persuaded by Abbot Herluin to open a school at Bec to relieve the monastery's poverty. From the first...