Breteuil | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Breteuil (Eure).svg |
Arrondissement: | Bernay |
Canton: | Breteuil |
Insee: | 27112 |
Postal Code: | 27160 |
Demonym: | Bretoliens |
Mayor: | Gérard Chéron[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Normandie Sud Eure |
Coordinates: | 48.8369°N 0.9147°W |
Elevation M: | 179 |
Elevation Min M: | 157 |
Elevation Max M: | 197 |
Area Km2: | 55.05 |
Breteuil (in French pronounced as /bʁətœj/), also known as Breteuil-sur-Iton ("Breteuil-on-Iton"), is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2016, the former communes Cintray and La Guéroulde were merged into Breteuil.[2]
During the Middle Ages, Breteuil was the seat of a lordship in the duchy of Normandy. Its lord William FitzOsbern was a companion of William during his conquest of England in 1066. His son William of Breteuil served as a Benedictine abbot before inheriting Breteuil and was later canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. His illegitimate son Eustace of Breteuil married Juliane de Fontevrault, the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England, who feuded with her father and eventually lost control of the lordship.