The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameGodfrey 
Misc. Notes
Information from, "The History of the Stanhope Family" by Michael Stanhope, 2007. Website as at July 2014:
http://stanhopefamilyhistory.webs.com
Michael writes, “I will later propose that Godfrey was, by an earlier wife, the father of Sitric II. and the Danish chieftains Heriolfr Turstain and Bernard the Dane. This Hrolf's grandson, Crispin de Bec, married, by this analysis, his second-cousin, Heloise de Guines, daughter of the above mentioned Sigfrid de Guines. I suggest that this may be significant in identifying Godfrey as the father of Heriolfr, and Heriolfr as being synonomous with Hrolf, for at this time marriages and tenurial relationships were almost invariably the result of previous family connections. This process kept wealth within a network of closely interconnected families, making marriages between various degrees of cousins commonplace, and the subject of church epistles against them. Another reason for such marriages was to give each family an insurance policy against ducal or monarchial authority, for, if you fell out of favour, powerful family connections might be the means of preserving land and life. They were also the conduit through which individuals advanced in life, with extended family members being expected to assist their kinsfolk to gain important positions or grants of land. In this way, it is best to view these families as members of a kinship group”.
http://stanhopefamilyhistory.webs.com
Michael writes, “I will later propose that Godfrey was, by an earlier wife, the father of Sitric II. and the Danish chieftains Heriolfr Turstain and Bernard the Dane. This Hrolf's grandson, Crispin de Bec, married, by this analysis, his second-cousin, Heloise de Guines, daughter of the above mentioned Sigfrid de Guines. I suggest that this may be significant in identifying Godfrey as the father of Heriolfr, and Heriolfr as being synonomous with Hrolf, for at this time marriages and tenurial relationships were almost invariably the result of previous family connections. This process kept wealth within a network of closely interconnected families, making marriages between various degrees of cousins commonplace, and the subject of church epistles against them. Another reason for such marriages was to give each family an insurance policy against ducal or monarchial authority, for, if you fell out of favour, powerful family connections might be the means of preserving land and life. They were also the conduit through which individuals advanced in life, with extended family members being expected to assist their kinsfolk to gain important positions or grants of land. In this way, it is best to view these families as members of a kinship group”.