Gilbert de L'Aigle

GILBERT de Laigle

FR: “25 Février 1092, Gilbert de l’Aigle est assassin par 15 chevaliers du Perche, entre Sainte-Scholasse et Moulins-la Marche à 3 lienes de Mortagne.”
EN: “February 25, 1092, Gilbert de l’Aigle was assassinated by 15 knights of Perche, between Sainte-Scholasse and Moulins-la Marche, 3 links from Mortagne.”
Source: Lange, Grégoire Jacques. (1833). Éphémérides normandes, ou, Recueil chronologique, historique et monumental sur la Normandie, Tome 1, p. 134.
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Fn 106 – "Gilbert buried Richer and Gilbert de l'Aigle on 21 Nov 1085 and 28 Feb 1091, respectively. OV iv. 50, 202."
Note There are variations as to the day of his death in various accounts. This oddity probably occurs depending on how legible the original manuscript was when transcribed. The year of death was probably 1092, adjusted relative to the old church calendar.
Source; North, William, ed. (2010). The Haskins Society: Journal Studies in Medieval History, Vol. 21, 2009, pp. 99-100.

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Gilbert de l’Aigle (died 1092) Viscount de Hiemois (Exmes), was commanded by Robert III duke of Normandy to perform military service "because he was conspicuously courageous" and rewarded him with the castle of Exmes, which was immediately besieged by Robert de Bellême, and so continued the feud with the Belleme’s. He launched an attack on the castle of Sainte-Suzanne to avenge the death of his brother, Richer. He was, not long after, killed as he was returning home from a visit to Sainte Scholasse, where he had halted at Moulins-la-Marche to pay his respects to Duda, daughter of Waleran, Earl of Meulent, and second wife of William de Moulins, lord of that castle, and leaving towards evening unarmed and attended only by his esquires, was seen and pursued by Gerrard Chevreuil and Robert de Ferrers, with some thirteen men-at-arms of the Corbonnais, who endeavoured to take him alive. He spurred his horse to a gallop, but was overtaken and wounded in the side by one of their spears so badly that he died the same day, and on the morrow, which was bissextile-day (29th of February, 1092), he was buried at St. Sulpice, by the side of his parents, amid universal sorrow, Gilbert, Bishop of Evreux, and Serlo, Abbot of St. Evroult, officiating. Orderic said of Gilbert that his death, "was deservedly regretted by his acquaintance for the many virtues with which he was endowed. In person he was strong, handsome, and active; a faithful observer of the divine laws, courteous and humble with men of religion, prudent and eloquent in worldly affairs, and gentle and liberal in all his conduct." Gilbert "Aquila" is recounted in Rudyard Kipling's "Puck of Pook's Hill."

From Medlands:

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GILBERT de Laigle (-Moulins-la-Marche [1092], bur Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle). Son of Egenulf according to Orderic Vitalis, who also says that Robert III Duke of Normandy often commanded him to perform military service "because he was conspicuously courageous" and rewarded him with the castle of Exmes, which was immediately besieged by Robert de Bellême[2796]. "Richer de Aquila son of Ingenulf de Aquila" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Evroul by charter dated to [1099] (although this date is incorrect if the date of his death is as shown above), witnessed by "…Gilleberto et Roberto fratribus meis…"[2797]. Orderic Vitalis records that in Jan 1086 “Guillelmus de Warenna et Baldricus de Chitreio Nicolai filius, atque Gislebertus de Aquila”, wanting to avenge the death of “Richerii fratris sui” [Richer de Laigle], unsuccessfully attacked the besiegers of the castle of Sainte-Suzanne[2798]. Orderic Vitalis records that Duke Robert granted “castrum de Eximiis” [Exmes] to “Gisleberto Ingenulfi de Aquila filio” as reward for loyal services, dated to 1091, that “Robertus Bellesmensis” unsuccessfully besieged the castle, that the following year Gilbert visited “Molinis...cum Duda eiusdem castri domina” where he was attacked and killed, and buried the next day “ad Sanctum Sulpicium”[2799].