Seigneur de Montreuïl-Bellay II

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1. BERLAY [II] (-5 Nov [1051/52]). Seigneur de Montreuil. "...Berlai..." subscribed the charter dated 1047 under which "Goffredus comes et uxor mea Agnes" founded Notre-Dame de Saintes and donated numerous properties[536]. The Historia sancti Florentii Salmurensis records the death of "Bellaius dominus Mosterolii castri", his burial in the abbey, and the donation by "huius coniux…Griscia postea Andegavensis comitissa" with the consent of "filiis suis Giraldo, Andegavis in Can Domini…interfecto, et Rainaldo multo post Remensium archiepiscopo"[537]. Although undated, this follows a passage recording an event in 1051. The necrology of the church of Reims records the death "Non Nov" of "Berlaius pater domini Rainoldi archiepiscopi”[538].

[m firstly ---. No proof has been found of this earlier marriage. However, the chronology suggests strongly that Eustachie, assuming that it is confirmed that she was Berlay's daughter, could not have been the daughter of Grace.]

m [secondly] as her first husband, GRACE, daughter of --- (-26 Apr

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). The primary source which confirms her two marriages has not yet been identified. Her origin is not known. However, a clue is provided by a document which recounts the dispute between "Capitulum S. Martini Turonensis" and "Radulphum eiusdem urbis Archiepiscopum", which names "Reginaldi…filii Græciæ" as Thesaurarius of the church of Tours Saint-Martin and "Gaufridi…avunculi Reginaldi Thesaurarii…qui postea Episcopus Andegavensis permansit" as Cantor[539]. She married secondly (before 15 Aug 1052, divorced) as his [second/third] wife, Geoffroy II "Martel" Comte d'Anjou. A charter of Ronceray records that Geoffroy "Martel" failed to restore to the abbey property donated by his mother, but rather gave it to "suis eas concubinis…quam uxoribus…Agneti primo, deinde Grecie, postea Adele comitis filie Odonis, item denuo Grecie, postremo Adelaidi Theutonice"[540]. The reference to “concubinis” suggests some irregularity in one or more of Geoffroy’s marriages, which remains unexplained. The necrology of Angers Cathedral records the death "VII Kal Mai" of "Grecia primus comitissa uxor Gauffridi Martelli postea sanctimonialis"[541]. The necrology of Reims records the death “VII Kal Mai” of “Grecia mater domini Rainaldi archiepiscopi”[542].

 Berlay & his [first] wife had [one possible child]: 

 Berlay & his [second] wife had two children: