• Source: Breteuil, Eure

Breteuil (French pronunciation: [bʁətœj]), also known as Breteuil-sur-Iton ("Breteuil-on-Iton"), is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Cintray and La Guéroulde were merged into Breteuil.




History


During the Middle Ages, Breteuil was the seat of a lordship in the duchy of Normandy. Its lord William FitzOsbern was a companion of William during his conquest of England in 1066. His son William of Breteuil served as a Benedictine abbot before inheriting Breteuil and was later canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. His illegitimate son Eustace of Breteuil married Juliane de Fontevrault, the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England, who feuded with her father and eventually lost control of the lordship.




Population






See also


Communes of the Eure department




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Eure
• Arondisemen Évreux
• Cuverville, Eure
• Routot
• La Haye-de-Routot
• Le Landin
• La Trinité-de-Thouberville
• Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville
• Arondisemen Bernay
• Arondisemen Les Andelys
• Breteuil, Eure
• Breteuil
• Henry I of England
• Cintray, Eure
• Achille Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
• Les Baux-de-Breteuil
• William of Breteuil
• Harcourt, Eure
• Siege of Breteuil
• Cormeilles, Eure