Eremburga of Mortain (Eremburge de Mortain) was the second wife of Count

Roger I of Sicily Roger I ( it, Ruggero I, Arabic: ''رُجار'', ''Rujār''; Maltese: ''Ruġġieru'', – 22 June 1101), nicknamed Roger Bosso and The Great, was a Norman nobleman who became the first Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. He was a member of the H ...

and thus the second Sicilian countess. She is very obscure and details of her life are almost unknown to us today. Calabria, trifollaro di ruggieri I d'altavilla, 1072-1101

Calabria, trifollaro di ruggieri I d'altavilla, 1072-1101

Her father was either

William, Count of Mortain William of Mortain (bef. 1084–aft. 1140) was Count of Mortain and the 3rd Earl of Cornwall. Life William was the son of Robert, Count of Mortain, the half-brother of William I of England and Maud de Montgomery, daughter of Roger de Montgomerie, ...

or Robert d'Eu, and if he was Eremburga's father, then her mother was called Beatrix. Roger married Eremburga in 1077 and she bore him several daughters and one son. Sources about her children give much contradictory information. Eremburga's children were: *Matilda, wife of Count Ranulf II of Alife and mother of Robert *Flandina, wife of

Henry del Vasto Henry del Vasto (Italia: ''Enrico del Vasto''), died before 1141 was a son of Manfred del Vasto, margrave of Western Liguria, and brother of Adelaide, countess of Sicily (1089–1117) and Jerusalem (1112–1117) and of Boniface, margrave of ...

, whose sister

Adelaide del Vasto Adelaide del Vasto (Adelasia, Azalaïs) ( – 16 April 1118) was countess of Sicily as the third spouse of Roger I of Sicily, and Queen consort of Jerusalem by marriage to Baldwin I of Jerusalem. She served as regent of Sicily during the minor ...

married Roger after Eremburga's death *Constance (Matilda), wife of

Conrad II of Italy Conrad II of Italy, also known as Conrad (III) (12 February 1074 – 27 July 1101), was the Duke of Lower Lorraine (1076–1087), King of Germany (1087–1098) and King of Italy (1093–1098). He was the second son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry&nbs ...

*Judith, who founded a Cluniac abbey at

Sciacca Sciacca (; Greek language, Greek: ; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has vi ...

Mauger, Count of Troina Mauger was the third eldest and probably eldest legitimate son of Roger I of Sicily. He was the son of his second wife, Eremburga of Mortain. His father made him count of Troina, but little else of him is known. He died after 1098, but when is uncer ...

Son of Flandina was Count . It is possible that

Felicia of Sicily Felicia of SicilyShe’s called ''Felícia'' in Hungarian. (c. 1078—c. 1102) is a name used for one Queen consort of Hungary and Croatia. She was daughter of Count Roger I of Sicily and his second wife, Eremburga of Mortain. She is also called ...

, mother of

Stephen II of Hungary Stephen II ( hu, II István; hr, Stjepan II; sk, Štefan II; 1101 – early 1131), King of Hungary and Croatia, ruled from 1116 until 1131. His father, King Coloman, had him crowned as a child, thus denying the crown to his uncle Álmos. I ...

, was Eremburga's daughter, Norwich, John Julius (1992). ''The Normans in Sicily''. Penguin Books. . and

Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa Geoffrey or Godfrey was the second eldest son of Roger I of Sicily. He was probably a bastard, like his elder brother Jordan, but he may have been a legitimate son by either Judith of Évreux or Eremburga of Mortain. Either way, he stood no chance ...

was maybe Eremburga's son. Another possible Eremburga's child was Princess Muriel. According to

Goffredo Malaterra Gaufredo (or Geoffrey, or Goffredo) Malaterra ( la, Gaufridus Malaterra) was an eleventh-century Benedictine monk and historian, possibly of Norman origin. He travelled to the southern Italian peninsula, passing some time in Apulia before entering ...

, Eremburga died in 1089.

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