Adeliza de Tosny
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Adeliza de Tosny, daughter of Roger the Spaniard who fought the Moors before crusading had a name, was the first wife of William FitzOsbern, the Conqueror's closest friend, and mother of Emma, the bride of the famous wedding-feast revolt. Standard-bearer stock married to the invasion's chief architect: the Conquest generation at its most concentrated.
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✓ ES/CP: ADELIZA, dau. of Roger I de Tosny (OPEN above); mother of Emma (our line). ⚠ DO-NOT-CONFLATE with IDA DE TOSNY (I100161, 12th century, parentage ~ unwired) - a century apart. Added 14 Sep 2026. || FATHER WIRED 14 Sep 2026: ROGER I DE TOSNY 'the Spaniard' (d. c.1040), crusading in Iberia a half-century before the crusades, standard-bearer stock of Normandy (ES; standard). OPEN above (~ toward Malahulc tradition - note-only). ||27 Oct 2026 - NOTE|| Her father is 'Roger de Tosny' by the Lyre foundation charter of 1046 and Jumieges; Medieval Lands cannot say whether Roger [I] or Roger [II] (see her father's record) and her mother is unknown. Lyre necrology: d. 6 Oct. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Normandy Nobility' ch. Tosny, read in the browser 27 Oct 2026; CP XII/1 'Stafford' p.168 (1953).