Feastday: July 14
Death: 1130
Benedictine abbot of Breteuil, neai Beauvais, France. He rebuilt the monastery after it had been nearly destroyed by the Normans.
William of Breteuil was Benedictine abbot of Breteuil, near Beauvais, France. He rebuilt the monastery after it had been nearly destroyed by the Normans.
He was the eldest son of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford. He was held captive and tortured by Ascelin Gouel, Sire d'Yvry, until he finally granted his daughter Isabella de Breteuil's hand in marriage to him.
Issue
Both of William's children were illegitimate
- Eustace de Breteuil, married Juliane FitzRoy
- Isabel de Breteuil, married Ascelin Gouel d'Yvry
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