William II, Count of Eu

illiam II, Count of Eu. "By his wife Countess Lescelina he [William I] had three sons Robert (1), William, and Hugh, the later Bishop of Lisieux. After some years William, called Busac, wished to claim the duchy for himself and began to stick out his neck against the duke with threats and aggression. But the powerful duke [Duke William], who did not wish to yield to his pressure, gathered an army and laid siege to the fortress of Eu until his surrender, whereafter he forced the rebel William, his kinsman, into exile. The latter sought refuge with Henry, King of the French, and tearfully told him what had happened to him. The king received him benevolently, since after all William was of noble origin and an excellent soldier; and because he took pity on the man's misery he gave him the County of Soissons (2) together with a noble wife. Thereafter she bore the happy exile illustrious offspring, who hold the honour of their father to this day. With the sons of disorder thus having been banned or slain, all of Normandy came to rest in the shelter of quiet peace."

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(1) Footnote: "Count William of Eu [II] attested ducal charters until 1047/8, when his brother Robert is mentioned as successor, from 1051 onwards called Count of Eu." (p. 128) -------------------------
(2) Footnote: "William Busac married Adelaide, daughter of Count Rainold of Soissons before 1057. He was Count of Soissons from after 1057 till 1076 X 1082. Their son Rainold attested royal charters as Count of Soissons in 1082 and 1084. Their sons Manasses, Bishop of Soissons, and John, Count of Soissons, are mentioned by Guibert of Nogent." (p.128)

Houts, Elisabeth M. C. Van, Ed. and Translated by,The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumiéges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni, Volume II, pgs. 128-129, Clarendon Press, Oxford: 1995.

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illiam II, Count of Eu. "By his wife Countess Lescelina he [William I] had three sons Robert (1), William, and Hugh, the later Bishop of Lisieux. After some years William, called Busac, wished to claim the duchy for himself and began to stick out his neck against the duke with threats and aggression. But the powerful duke [Duke William], who did not wish to yield to his pressure, gathered an army and laid siege to the fortress of Eu until his surrender, whereafter he forced the rebel William, his kinsman, into exile.	The latter sought refuge with Henry, King of the French, and tearfully told him what had happened to him. The king received him benevolently, since after all William was of noble origin and an excellent soldier; and because he took pity on the man's misery he gave him the County of Soissons (2) together with a noble wife. Thereafter she bore the happy exile illustrious offspring, who hold the honour of their father to this day. With the sons of disorder thus having been banned or slain, all of Normandy came to rest in the shelter of quiet peace."
------------------------- (1) Footnote: "Count William of Eu [II] attested ducal charters until 1047/8, when his brother Robert is mentioned as successor, from 1051 onwards called Count of Eu." (p. 128)	------------------------- (2) Footnote: "William Busac married Adelaide, daughter of Count Rainold of Soissons before 1057. He was Count of Soissons from after 1057 till 1076 X 1082. Their son Rainold attested royal charters as Count of Soissons in 1082 and 1084. Their sons Manasses, Bishop of Soissons, and John, Count of Soissons, are mentioned by Guibert of Nogent." (p.128)
Houts, Elisabeth M. C. Van, Ed. and Translated by,The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumiéges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni, Volume II, pgs. 128-129, Clarendon Press, Oxford: 1995.
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