Torf Harcourt

928 - 1010  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Torf Harcourt
  Nickname	The Rich
  Born	cir 928	Pont-Audemer, Eure, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	1010
  Person ID	I62497	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Bernard Renaud De Harcourt,   b. cir 895, Normandy, France
  Mother	Sporte De Bretagne,   b. 908, Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France ,   d. cir 936  (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F23360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ermengarda De Brioquibec,   b. cir 930, Normandy, France
  Children	1. Tourude De Harcourt,   b. cir 945, Pont-Audemer, Eure, France   2. Turchetil De Harcourt,   b. cir 951, Normandy, France ,   d. cir 1036  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F23359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was a great Norman feudal baron. Probably he was a grandson of one of the viking chiefs of Scandinavia who accompanied Rollo about 900 A.D. in the Norse invasion of northern France where they permanently settled and gave to the country its name "Normandy". Torf possessed numerous lordships in Normandy, being Seigneur de Torville, Torcy, Torny, Torly, du Ponteautord,etc. It has been suggested that he was a son of Bernard the Dane, the most powerful of the feudal nobles of Normandy during the reign of Duke William I. (927-943) and Regent during the minority of Duke Richard I. (943-955); but this claim has not been proved. Some genealogies show his parents as Bernard of Saxony and Spriota de Bourgogne, but this is most certainly fabricated. - Todd Farmerie