The Gesta says that he discovered that his family's lands had been taken over by the Normans and his brother killed with his head then placed on a spike at the gate to his house.
A Gesta di que descubriu que as terras da súa familia foran tomadas polos normandos e que o seu irmán fora matado e logo a súa cabeza fora posta nunha pica diante a porta da súa casa.