Torf, Seigneur de Torville, was a
Norman
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* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries
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baron
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. His parentage is unknown.
Born in the early 10th century, he possessed numerous lordships in
Normandy
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, including Seigneur de Torville, Torcy, Torny, Torly, and de Ponteautorf.
Torf's children included:
*
Turold de Pont-Audemer, Sire de
Ponteaudemer, married Duvelina
* Turchetil, Seigneur de
Turqueville
* William de Torville
References
Sources
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French barons
10th-century Normans
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