Anchitel de Harcourt
- Born: Abt 991, Harcourt, Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France
- Marriage: Eve de Bossey la Chastel
- Died: Abt 1024, France about age 33
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 927
Anchitel, the eldest son of Turchetil, was the first who took the surname of Harcourt, and by his wife, Eve de Boessey, Lady of Boessey la Chastel, had seven sons and one daughter. They were:
Errand, or Anguerrand de Harcourt, who married Emma d'Estouteville, was commander of the archers of Val de Ruel in the descent of William the Conqueror upon England, 1066, and returned to his native country after that Prince's coronation.
Robert de Harcourt, second son, named "the Strong" was the ancestor of the Earls of Harcourt.
John de Harcourt, the thrid son.
Arnold de Harcourt, fourth son, was sent for to England from Normandy by William the Conqueror, A. D. 1068, to assist against the Danes, by whom he was slain in an engagement.
Gervase de Harcourt, fifth son
Ivo de Harcourt, sixth son
Renauld de Harcourt, seventh son
Agnes, the wife of ______de Formeville.
~Collins's Peerage of England, Vol. IV, pp. 430-431
Anchitel married Eve de Bossey la Chastel. (Eve de Bossey la Chastel was born about 1005 in Normandy, France.)
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