TOENI Adelisa

Female 1064 - Aft 1130  (> 67 years)

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  • Name TOENI Adelisa 
    Birth 1064  Tosny, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1130  Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Adelisa (Alice) was the da. of Robert de Tosny. She m. Roger Bigod, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk (d. 1107).[1]She d. aft 1129. [2]

      Children of Roger Bigod and Alice de Tosny:[3]

      William Bigod dsp bef. 1129
      Humphrey Bigod dsp bef. 1129
      Gunnor Bigod m. (1) Robert fitz Swein of Essex and (2) Haimo de St. Clair
      Matilda Bigod m. William de Albini pincerna
      Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
      Cecilia Bigod m. William de Albini Brito
      Research Notes
      Her brothers Berengar, William and Geoffrey all died without issue, and her elder sister Albreda inherited her fathers lands as well as Berengar's and William's, with her husband Robert de Insula in charge of both honours. On the death of Albreda without issue, Alice was the next heir, which was inherited c. 1130 by her son Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk.[2]

      Sources
      ↑ . F. Wareham,‘Bigod, Roger (I) (d. 1107)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
      ↑ 2.0 2.1 A. F. Wareham, ‘Bigod, Hugh (I), first earl of Norfolk (d. 1176/7)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
      ↑ Keats-Rohan, Katherine Belvoir: The Heirs of Robert and Berengar de Tosny
      Judith Green, (1999) "The Descent of Belvoir", Prosopon Newsletter.
      Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, p.661
      Keats-Rohan, Domesday People, pp.380-381.
      Keats-Rohan, (1998) "Belvoir: The Heirs of Robert and Berengar de Tosny", Prosopon Newsletter.
      Loyd, Anglo-Norman Families, p.104.
      Peter Stewart, bobwolfe website
      Sanders, English Baronies, p.12
    Person ID I60047  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father TOENI Robert   d. Abt 1093 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F347593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BIGOD Roger,   b. Abt 1060, Manche, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Sep 1107, Earsham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 1084 
    Children 
     1. BIGOD Gunnora,   b. Abt 1096, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1137 (Age < 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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