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Grestain Abbey (or
Grestein Abbey, French:
Abbaye Notre-Dame de
Grestain) was an 11th-Century
Benedictine monastery near the town of Fatouville-Grestain...
- Ferté-Macé.
According to
Robert of Torigni,
Herleva was
buried at the
abbey of
Grestain,
which was
founded by
Herluin and
their son
Robert around 1050. This would...
- Fatouville-
Grestain is a
commune in the Eure
department in the
Normandy region in
northern France.
Communes of the Eure
department Article on the medieval...
- Sainte-Mère-Église, a
portion of the
county of Mortain.
There he
founded Grestain Abbey around 1050 with his son Robert. No
contemporary record provides...
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Vicomte of Conteville,
along with his wife
Herleva and Robert,
founded Grestain Abbey.
Around 1049 his
brother Duke
William made him
Count of Mortain,...
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Cormeilles Drucourt Duranville Épaignes Épreville-en-Lieuvin Fatouville-
Grestain Le
Favril Fiquefleur-Équainville
Folleville Fontaine-la-Louvet Fort-Moville...
- Étréville Éturqueraye Évreuxpref Ézy-sur-Eure
Fains Farceaux Fatouville-
Grestain Fauville Faverolles-la-Campagne Le
Favril Ferrières-Haut-Clocher Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire...
- Steinfurt, Stein-Wingert -sten, -stein -stain, -étan in
Northern French Grestain,
Roche Gélétan, Étaimpuis,
Estaimpuis (Dutch Steenput) *thurpa- "farm,...
- Étréville Éturqueraye Évreuxpref Ézy-sur-Eure
Fains Farceaux Fatouville-
Grestain Fauville Faverolles-la-Campagne Le
Favril Ferrières-Haut-Clocher Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire...
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Norse steinn or Old
English stān,
meaning "stone".
Examples would be:
Grestain (combined with the Old
English grēat,
meaning "big"), Étainhus (Stone house)...
