CRÉPON Wevia

Abt 0954 - 1037  (83 years)

• Name	CRÉPON Wevia
  Birth	Abt 0954	Longueville, Normandy, France
  Gender	Female
  Death	07 Mar 1037	France
  Notes	As to her first name, some books (below) name her Avelina. According to contemporary research, her name was Wevia. Name: Avelina /De CREPON/ Name: Duvelina // [1] Robert of Torigni calls her Weva; The Complete Peerage, Vol II, 386, note (a) states she was Avelina. Both were names of sisters of Gunnora, but it remains uncertain which was which. Also, Europäische Stammtäfeln II, 695 calls her Weva. Marriage Osbern de Bolebec married Avelina, third sister of Gunnora Duchess of Normandy.[2] ...Gunnora had a bevy of younger sisters whom she promoted by marrying them to the sons of great Norman houses who were in ward to the Duke (Richard, Duke of Normandy) and in this way the third sister, Avelina, was given in marriage to Osbern de Bolebec Lord of Longueville by whom she had Walter Giffard the first and Godfrey father of William d Arques.[3] Sources ↑ Source: #S38 Page: 184-1, Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Edition: 7th ed. Abbreviation: Ancestral Roots, 7th ed. Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Editor: Sheppard Jr., Walter Lee Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1992 ↑ The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, p. 396, accessed 2015-05-08, amb ↑ Collections for a History of Staffordshire, pp. 4-5, accessed 2014-05-08, amb See also: Chart for Giffard of Halsbury, The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 (Google eBook). College of Arms (Great Britain). For the author, by H. S. Eland, 1895 - Devon (England) - 899 pages The Giffards Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 5 (Google eBook). William Salt Archaeological Society, 1902 - Staffordshire (England). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Google eBook). The Society, 1921 - New England. Wikipedia entry for Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville Source: #S-2093685953: ancestry.com tree Source S-2024265482: Title: Royal and Noble Genealogical Data: Author: Brian Tompsett: Publication: Copyright 1994-2001, Version March 25, 2001 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~medieval/gunnor.htm http://www.geneajourney.com/giffrd.html#daubolb - accessed 7 Aug 2014 Todd Farmerie, citing Torigny's signed MS which sorts out the sisters.
  Person ID	I59176	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	CRÉPON Unknown,   b. Abt 0920, Denmark
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BOLEBEC Osbert,   b. Abt 0952, Normandy, France d. 1035, Longueville-Sur-Scie, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	0976
  Children	1. BOLEBEC Osbern,   b. Normandy, France d. Bef 1096, Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. BOLEBEC Beatrix,   b. Abt 0976, France d. 1020, France (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. GIFFARD Walter,   b. Abt 1010, France d. Abt 1084 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026