Lord Huston de Saint-Omer

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• Residence: Saint-Omer, France

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Lord de Saint-Omer
b. c. 1080
d. c. 1150
m. ___
Geoffrey
Odo (Eudo) (Eudes)
LORD_____DE SAINT-OMER, 1080-1150 was the feudal lord of the Artois (Agincourt) region's fife of St. Omer. The suzeraine (superior feudal lord) was Count William Clito of Flanders. Lord de Saint-Omer had two sons, Godfrey (born 1100) and a younger son named ) Odo (Eudes). Godfrey and Hugh des Payen were the two founders of the "Templers" in 1119.
Guillaume de St. Omer, son of Lord Huston de St. Omer’s son Odo de Saint-Amand (see below) became the 8th Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

Some documents give the Lord de Saint Omer's name as Huston de Saint-Omer and a date of birth of about 1045, however 1080 seems the more likely date. Godfrey appears to have been born "Geoffrey" and changed his name to Godfrey - JPD 1997
Source: Daspit, Patrick, Coteau de France (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, August 1999), www.fluckers.com/family/daspit/

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Godfrey de Saint-Omer was born in 1100 in Saint-Omer, France.
2. Odo de Saint-Omer was born in 1110 in Saint-Omer, France; died in 1180.