Alan Rufus
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Alan Rufus, alternatively Alanus Rufus, Alan ar Rouz, Alain le Roux or Alan the Red, 1st Lord of Richmond, was a Breton nobleman, kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conqu
Richmond Castle first built by Alan Rufus
Edith the Fair
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Edith the Fair, also known as Edith Swanneck, was one of the wealthiest magnates in England on the eve of the Norman Conquest and may also have been the first wife of King Harold Godwinson. "Swanneck"
Alan Rufus
…as a tenant of Edith the Fair. Alan's early acquisitions in England included many land titles that had been in the possession of King Harold's wife Edith the Fair, including all but one of her holdings in Cambridgeshire.) Alan later favored Almer by giving him two additional manors. In 1067, Alan witnessed a…
Edith identifies Harold's body (from François Guizot's History of France)