Victims of the White Ship disaster

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The White Ship disaster on 25 November 1120 (called 7 kalends of December by Farrer [1] ) claimed the lives of numerous high-ranking people of Norman England.

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Captain and crew

Passengers who died

Approximately 250, including servants and marines. Of these, 140 were knights or noblemen and 18 were noblewomen. [2]

Family of Henry I of England

D'Avranches family

Seigneurs de l'Aigle

  • Gilbert d'Aigle, viscount of Exmes, first cousin of Richard d'Avranches
  • Geoffroy de l'Aigle, son of Gilbert, survived clinging to a rock, but then succumbed to exhaustion
  • Engenulf d'Aigle, son of Gilbert

Royal household

Nobles of England

A number of other nobility of England were on board, although very little is known about them.

Nobles of Normandy

Clergy

Family of the Emperor

The sole survivor

Those who chose to travel on a different ship

References

  1. 1 2 Farrer (1920), p. 89.
  2. "The Wreck of the White Ship". Encyclopædia Britannica Online . Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. Churchill (1956), p. 188.
  4. Colby (1913), p. 52.
  5. Vitalis (1856), p. 40.
  6. Vitalis (1856), p. 41.

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