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WALERAN de Meulan Count of Meulan

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GALERAN [III] de Meulan, son of HUGUES [I] Comte de Meulan & his wife --- de Valois (-8 Dec 1069). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Waleranni comitis [Mellentini]" as son of "filia Gauterus Albus de Albamarla"[1674]. Yves de Chartres names "Gualterius Albus" as father of "matrem Gualeranni comitis"[1675]. Comte de Meulan. Guillaume of Jumièges recounts that "comitibus Hugone...Cenomanensi ac Waleranno Mellendesi" were among those who joined the army of Eudes Comte de Blois in attempting to capture the château de Tillières {Verneuil, Eure} from Richard II Duke of Normandy, and that Hugues escaped after hiding in a sheep's stable and disguising himself as a shepherd before regaining Le Mans, an event dated to the early 1000s[1676]. "Gualerannus, Mellentis castri comes" donated a family of servants to "Sancti Petri Gisecii…Carnotensis", by undated charter, signed by "Gualeranni comitis, Hugonis primogeniti, coniugis Adelidis, Gualeranni filii, Fulcoisi filii, Teduini vicecomitis…"[1677]. “…Walterius comes Pontisariensis, Willelmus comes Corboilensis, Ivo comes Bellomontensis, Walerannus comes Melledensis” are named among those present at the opening of the reliquary of Saint-Denis, dated 9 Jun 1053[1678].

m firstly (before 1015) ODA, daughter of ---. “Hugo comes Mellenti” founded the monastery of St Cosmus and St Damian, for the souls of “conjugis…Adelidis…genitoris mei comitis Galeranni atque Odæ genetricis meæ”, by charter dated 1067[1679]. 1030.

m secondly ADELAIS, daughter of --- (-31 May ----). She had previously been his concubine. "Vualeranni comitis, Hugonis filii eius, Adilais uxoris eius" subscribed a charter dated to before 1031 recording a donation to Jumièges[1680]. 1031/36, 1066. "Gualerannus, Mellentis castri comes" donated a family of servants to "Sancti Petri Gisecii…Carnotensis", by undated charter, signed by "Gualeranni comitis, Hugonis primogeniti, coniugis Adelidis, Gualeranni filii, Fulcoisi filii, Teduini vicecomitis…"[1681].

Galéran [III] & his first wife had two children:

1. HUGUES [III] de Meulan (-15 Oct 1081).
2. ADELINE de Meulan (-8 Apr 1081, bur Abbaye du Bec).

Galéran [III] & his [first/second] wife had [two] children:
3. DODA de Meulan .
4. [--- . The parentage of this person is indicated by the Chronicon Beccensis Abbatiæ which records that "Willermus, nobili Normannorum prosapia originem...in...castro super Rislam...Monsfortis...pater eius Turstinus, mater...Albereda...Rogerii de Bello Monte patris Roberti comitis Mellenti ex uxore neptis" succeeded as third abbot of Bec[1699]. It is not known whether he/she was the same person as one of the other brothers or sisters of Adeline who are named in this section.]


Galéran [III] & his second wife had two children:

5. GALERAN de Meulan .
6. FOULQUES de Meulan