Gerard Seigneur de Gournay
- Born: 1037-1060, Gournay-en-Bray, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- Marriage: Aidieve de Warenne
- Died: Abt 1104 about age 67 160
 General Notes:
Turton's Plantagenet Ancestry, says he died in 1037. English Baronies by I.J. Sanders, says he died 1098 in the First Crusade. Weis's Ancestral Roots . . . says he died 1104.
Noted events in his life were:
• From Gen-Medieval Archives: Gournay Family Pedigree. 193
From: royalancestry@msn.com (Douglas Richardson)
Subject: Gournay Family Pedigree
Date: 19 Jan 2003 17:36:28 -0800
Gerard de Gournay, of Caister, Norfolk, seigneur of Gournay-en-Brie, la Ferte-en-Brie, and Gaillefontaine, founder of Lessingham Priory, Norfolk, son and heir. He married before 1091 Aidieve or Ediva de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne, lst Earl of Surrey, by Gundred, sister of Gerbod, Earl of Chester, and daughter of Gerbod. Her maritagium included the manor of Mapledurham, co. Oxford. They had one son, Hugh, and one daughter, Gundred. He and his father witnessed the foundation charter of Holy Trinity Caen in 1082 by King William the Conqueror. In 1090, he stood by William Rufus against Duke Robert, and, on their reconciliation, his allegiance and castles in Normandy were transferred to Duke Robert. He and his mother confirmed all of his father's gifts to the Abbey of Bec. He accompanied Robert, Duke of Normandy, on a crusade in 1096, and was with Bohemond in the advance from Nice in Bythinia. Gerard de Gournay was living in 1104, and is said to have died on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. His widow, Aideve, married (2nd) Drew de Monceaux (living 1131). They had one son, Drew.
[Sources cited: Delisle and Berger, Actes de Henry II vol. 1, no. 325 (mentions wife “Edwa” [recte Ediua] (not seen). Daniel Gurney, Record of the House of Gournay (1858), pp. 22 (chart), 63-72. Bedfordshire Historical Record Society 7 (1922): 153-157; 19 (1937): charts fol. pg. 99. Oxfordshire Record Society 7 (1925): 7-15. Curia Regis Rolls 6 (1932): 272-273. Paget (1957), 266: 1-4 (sub Gurnay); 569:1 (sub Warren).]
Gerard married Aidieve de Warenne, daughter of William de Warenne Earl of Surrey and Warenne and Gundred de Gand. (Aidieve de Warenne was born in 1076-1084 and died after 1104.)
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