Gerard Flaitel

Gerard Flaitel († ) was a Norman knight and a 'most powerful lord in Normandy at the time of the Richards' according to Orderic Vitalis.

Life Gerard was a Norman baron with substantial estates in the Pays de Caux, the Hiemois, the Evrecin and Risle valley. He was a vassal of William of Talou in Arques.

In 1035, when Robert I, Duke of Normandy left on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Gerard Flaitel was one of his companions. In the spring of 1035 the group left Normandy probably taking the favored route through the Danube river basin to Constantinople. Duke Robert obtained permission for him and his retinue to continue on to Muslim-controlled Jerusalem.

Family While the name of his wife (or wives) is not known Gerard Flaitel had at least the following children:

William Flaitel, Bishop of Évreux († 1066). Ermengarde, wife of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville. Anscherius