where was he born?
Thierville near Le Bec-Hellouin, in the Risle River valley.
Theobald of Bec
Theobald's family was from the area around Thierville near Le Bec-Hellouin, in the Risle River valley. T
who is theobald of bec? He was a Norman archbishop of Canterbury. who did he serve? King Stephen of England when was he appointed as archbishop of canterbury? 1138
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Theobald of Bec [SEP] Family and background
Theobald's family was from the area around Thierville near Le Bec-Hellouin, in the Risle River valley. The modern historian Frank Barlow speculates that Theobald may have been a distant relative of his successor as archbishop, Thomas Becket, as Becket's family came from the same part of Normandy. The exact date of Theobald's birth is unknown; the only clue to his age is that when he died in 1161 contemporaries considered him an old man, suggesting a birth date of perhaps around 1090 to one modern historian. His father was supposedly a knight, but no contemporary reference gives his name. His brother Walter also became a priest, and later a bishop.