English Aristocracy. Possibly born in Normandy, France, it is unclear as to whether she was the sister or the daughter of Gerbod the Fleming, Earl of Chester, the hereditary advocate of the Abbey of St. Bertin at St. Omer. She married William I de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She apparently died in childbirth at Castle Acre, Norfolk, England. Her name has also been recorded as Gundreda.
English Aristocracy. Possibly born in Normandy, France, it is unclear as to whether she was the sister or the daughter of Gerbod the Fleming, Earl of Chester, the hereditary advocate of the Abbey of St. Bertin at St. Omer. She married William I de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. She apparently died in childbirth at Castle Acre, Norfolk, England. Her name has also been recorded as Gundreda.
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Translation of the inscription:
"Illustrious branch of Ducal race, once bought into England's Church's balsamic grace,
Pious as Mary and as Martha kind, to generous deeds she gave her virtuous mind.
Though the cold tomb her Martha's part receives, her Mary's better part forever lives.
O Holy Pancras, keep with greater care a mother who has made her sons thy heirs.
On the sixth calends of June's fateful morn, her marble frame, by inward struggles torn,
Freed the pure soul, which upward bent its way to realms of love and seeds of endless joy."
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