* indicates people in recorded history
Alaric the Norman of Ewyas, a mercenary born in Englelond
Simeon “the Brave” d’Évreux, bastard son of Archbishop Robert de Rouen, and cousin to William of Normandie; and Julienne, “the Fair,” Alaric’s parents
Rannulf, Alaric’s younger brother
Leota, niece of Harold Godwinson, married to Rannulf
Goda, Leota’s nurse
Edo de Lens, Gilbert “the Monkman” fitz Gilbert, Johan de Vaux, Roderick d’Ivry, Alaric’s boyhood friends
Marguerite d’Hesdins, a widowed noblewoman, later Alaric’s mistress
Pierre, a Norman priest and scribe, serving Alaric’s family
* Osbern “the Pentecost” d’Eu, Norman castellan of Ewyas during King Edward’s reign
Genevieve Elysia de Fontenay, privately known as Elise, a Norman countess; kin of King Philip of Francia and Count Eustace II de Boulogne
Marie de Mortemer, Elise’s younger sister
Hortense de Tourny, their aunt
* Guillaume d’Arques, son of Duke Richard II of Normandie and uncle to Duke William of Normandie, Elise’s titular guardian
* Walter Arquesson, Guillaume’s son
Philip, King of the Franks
Thierry de Châlons, King Philip’s advisor
Juhel de Ponthieu, abbot of Clarion in Normandie, kin of Elise
Roland de Rennes, a count of Brittany, who fostered with Elise’s family
Tristan de Vannes, Bertrand the Stammerer, Giles, and Yves, Roland de Rennes’ companions
* William of Normandie, duke of Normandie, later king of Englelond (1066–1087), known later as “William the Bastard,” and “William the Conqueror”
* Guillaume Malet, a Norman with an English mother, thought to have lived in Englelond prior to the invasion
* Eustace II count of Boulogne also known as Eustace aux Gernons, Elise’s uncle
Brian “le Dogue” Dubec, Eustace’s henchman
Dreux Marchand de Ville, Alaric’s best friend, later aligned with Bishop Odo
* Alain le Roux, also known as Alan the Red and Rufus, son of a count of Brittany
* Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, half brother of Duke William, later earl of Kent
* Robert de Mortain, half brother of Duke William
* Matilda of Flanders, William’s wife, duchess of Normandie and queen of Englelond
* Guillaume fitz Osbern, Duke William’s seneschal, later earl of Hereford
* Guillaume d’Évreux, son of Count Richard d’Évreux and cousin of Duke William, later Count of Évreux
* Hewisa de Nevers, wife of Guillaume d’Évreux
* Henri de Beaumont, Norman follower of William of Normandie
Picot de Cussy, one of William’s commanders
Richard de Rupierre, a knight and commander, later aligned with Bishop Odo
* Harold Godwinson, King of Englelond, Jan 6, 1066 to October 14, 1066
* Edgar the Atheling, the last surviving heir to the Wessex royal house of Cerdic, grandson of King Edmund Ironside, and nephew of King Edward the Confessor
* Agatha of Wessex, mother of Edgar the Atheling and Margaret of Wessex
* Malcolm III “Canmore” king of Scotia
Clare of Wolenbroth, daughter of an English thegn
Derrick, a Mercian monk from Burton Abbey
Frigga, a former abbess living in Needwood Forest
Herluin “the mute” de Lessay, a Norman monk
Jeoffroi d’Ardain, an elderly captain of Alaric’s garrison
Serilda, Frigga’s granddaughter