Early career in Ireland
Belonging to a family which took its name fromLater career in Ireland
After the accession ofLiterary references
The story of John de Courcy's defeat of the French champion, and his winning the privilege to remain covered in the presence of the King, appears in Chapter 12 ofGenealogy
Family tree I
________________________________________ , , , , Baudri the German Vigor =niece of Godfrey (?) of Brionn , , ________________________________________________________________________________________________ , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Nicholas Fulk Robert Richard Baudri Vigor Elizabeth daughters de Bacqueville de Alnou de Courcy of Neville of Bocquence of Apulia =Fulk of Bonneval ''issue'' ''issue'' =Hebrea ''issue'' ''issue'' , , Richard =Wandelmode , __________________________, , , , , , , Robert Richard William, died c. 1130. =Rohesia de Grandesmil =Emma de Falise , , , , William Robert, died c. 1151. , , ''de Courcy'' ''de Courcy'' ''of France'' ''of England and Ireland''Family tree II
Notes
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