Judith D' EVREUX
 Research Notes:
Orderic Vitalis names “Judith” who later married “Rogerii comitis Siciliæ” as the child of “Willermo Rodberti archiepiscopo filio” and his wife. Orderic Vitalis records that “duæ sorores uterinæ Rodberti abbatis [Robert de Grantmesnil, ex-abbot of Ouche] Judith et Emma” had been left “apud Uticum in capella sancti Ebrulfi...sub sacro velamine”, that when they learnt that “Rodbertum fratrem suum” was established in Apulia with “secular power” (“sæculari potentia”) they left for Italy where they both married, Judith marrying “Rogerius Siciliæ comes” and Emma marrying “aliusque comes, cujus nomen no recolo”, dated to [1061/63]. Malaterra records the marriage "apud Sanctum Martinum" of "abbatum Sanctæ Euphemiæ Robertum…Judicta sorore sua" and Count Roger. Left at Troina in Aug 1062 while her husband left to campaign further in Sicily, the citizens of the town attempted to take her hostage. She and her returned husband were besieged for four months. 1
Marriage Information:
Judith married Roger I DE HAUTEVILLE, Count of Sicily, son of Tancred DE HAUTEVILLE, Duca di Apulia, and Frédésende (Fressenda) DE NORMANDIE, in 1061. (Roger I DE HAUTEVILLE was born about 1031 and died on 22 Jun 1101 in Mileto, Provincia di Vibo-Valentia, Calabria, Italy.)
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