• Thumbnail for Montbray
    Montbray (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃bʁɛ]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. The village has an ancient château...
    2 KB (110 words) - 01:17, 3 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Geoffrey de Montbray
    Geoffrey de Montbray (Montbrai, Mowbray) (died 1093), bishop of Coutances (Latin: Constantiensis), also known as Geoffrey of Coutances, was a Norman nobleman...
    8 KB (1,013 words) - 16:15, 4 August 2023
  • and nephew of Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of Coutances. The family name, Mowbray, is an Anglicisation derived from Montbray in Manche, Normandy. Robert...
    7 KB (917 words) - 23:19, 5 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for House of Mowbray
    from Montbray in Normandy and founded by Roger de Mowbray, son of Nigel d'Aubigny. Following the Norman conquest of England, Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop...
    15 KB (1,212 words) - 16:18, 4 August 2023
  • the lands awarded to his father by Henry I both in Normandy including Montbray, from which he would adopt his surname, as well as the substantial holdings...
    8 KB (849 words) - 10:50, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Saltford Manor House
    built on an estate owned at the time of the Domesday Book by Geoffrey de Montbray the Bishop of Coutances. It is contemporary with nearby Horton Court which...
    6 KB (610 words) - 02:26, 30 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Kensington
    hundred granted by King William the Conqueror (1066–1089) to Geoffrey de Montbray (or Mowbray), Bishop of Coutances in Normandy, one of his inner circle...
    20 KB (2,048 words) - 01:29, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for William the Conqueror
    in Norwich Castle by the combined efforts of Odo of Bayeux, Geoffrey de Montbray, Richard fitzGilbert, and William de Warenne. Ralph eventually left Norwich...
    100 KB (13,439 words) - 08:57, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coutances Cathedral
    died shortly afterward, but the work was carried forward by Geoffrey de Montbray, his successor as bishop, appointed in 1048. Geoffrey was on good terms...
    10 KB (993 words) - 21:52, 25 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Typology (theology)
    terminology has expanded into the secular sphere; for example, "Geoffrey de Montbray (d.1093), Bishop of Coutances, a right-hand man of William the Conqueror...
    25 KB (3,239 words) - 06:33, 16 January 2024