Isabella d’Avranches

   Another name for Isabella is Isabelle Loup.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ⁷³²
One of the younger sons of Rainaud de Corbeil was Gilbert de Corbeil, whose, son Robert, was the first of the Peshales. Guilbert de Corbeil married Isabella Loup, daughter of Richard d'Avrances, a Norman nobleman in high favour with Duke William. Isabella Loup's brother, Hugh Loup, became the first of the Norman Earls of Chester, and was known as Hugh Lupus, or Hugh the Wolf.

Robert de Corbeil, later known as Robert de Peshale, is described in and old deed as the son of Guilbert de Corbeil and Isabella, his wife. "Omnib: p'sentib. & futur. Salut. -Sciatis me Rob'tum de Stadforde dedisse & hac Carta mea p'senti confirmasse Rob'to Filo Bilb'ti de Corbeil & Isabelle ux. me & haeredib: suis totam istam terram meam & Maneri de Peshale, etc. tenend. de me p. feod. I Mil. dat 6 Cal Jan. A Incarn. 1068. Testib. W. de Eaton. R. de Weston, etc." [From the Peshall MS. History.]

The Pershall Family, A.D. 871-1913, pp. 46 & 49

Isabella married Gilbert de Corbeil, son of Renaud de Corbeil and Unknown.⁷³² (Gilbert de Corbeil was born about 1050.)