Family/Spouse: Burgundy, Adelaide of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Countess of Chalons

Family/Spouse: Geoffrey, Count of Anjou I. I (son of Fulk, Count of Anjou II and Gatinais, Gerberga of The) died on 21 Jul 987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ermengarde married Conan, Count of Rennes I in 980. I (son of Berrenger, Count of Rennes Juhael) died in 992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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She founded the abbey of Bernay in Normandy about 1026 per one source.

Judith married Richard, Duke of Normandy II in 1000. II (son of Richard, Duke of Normandy I of Normandy and Crepon, Gonnor de) died on 28 Aug 1026. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adelaide Princess of France. (daughter of Robert, King of France II and Taillefer, of Provence Constance de) was born in 1009; died on 8 Jan 1079 in Messinesmonastre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Robert I was Duke 1028-35. His wife is Estrith, sister of Canute the Great
(no issue). Robert was called "Robert the Devil", accused of poisoning his
brother (whom Robert succeeded as Duke); he sheltered the exiled English
princes, Edward and Alfred; he died returning from a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem.

Family/Spouse: Falaise, Herleve of. Herleve was born about 1012; died about 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Parents from Carr P. Collins, Jr., "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons"
(Dallas: 1959), p. 262." Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 132A-24 states
Alice is dau. of Richard III by an unknown mistress.

Alice married Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin I on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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William was described by a Norman monk "as a burly warrior with a harsh

gutteral voice, great in stature but not ungainly" - probably 5'10",

full-fleshed in face, of "russet hair" {-"William the Conqueror...," David

C. Douglas [London, 1966]}.  A primary source by a contemporary is "The

Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy," Ordericus Vitalis, trans.

Thomas Forester (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854).

     ----- Compton's Encyclopedia (America On-Line, 1995):

William I (born 1027, ruled 1066-87), called William the Conqueror, was an

illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy. His mother was a tanner's

daughter. William succeeded his father when he was only 7 years old. At 24 he

had made himself the mightiest feudal lord in all France by various

conquests, but his ambition was not satisfied. He laid plans to become king

of England also.

   William married Matilda, daughter of Baldwin V, count of Flanders, in

1053. She was descended from the old Anglo-Saxon line of kings. Among their

children were four sons: Robert, future duke of Normandy; Richard, who died

as a youth; William Rufus, who succeeded his father as king of England; and

Henry, who succeeded William Rufus. One daughter, Adela, became the mother of

England's King Stephen.

   Edward the Confessor, king of England, was William's cousin. William used

his connection with Flanders to put pressure on Edward to extort a promise

that he would become heir to the English throne. It is probable that Edward

made some kind of pledge to William as early as 1051. Edward died childless

on Jan. 5, 1066. William then claimed the throne on the basis of this

promise. The English, however, chose Harold, earl of Wessex, as their king.

   William prepared a large expedition and set sail for England. On Oct. 14,

1066, he defeated and killed Harold at Hastings in one of the decisive

battles of the world. Then he marched on London, and on Christmas day he was

crowned king.

   After subduing England's powerful earls, William seized their lands for

his Norman nobles and ordered the nobles to build fortified stone castles to

protect their lands. As payment for their fiefs, the nobles supplied the king

with armed knights. French became the language of the king's court and

gradually blended with the Anglo-Saxon tongue.

   William won the loyalty of the mass of the people by wisely retaining the

old Anglo-Saxon laws, courts, and customs with only a few changes. Thus the

principle of self-government, which lies at the root of the political system

of English-speaking peoples, was preserved and strengthened. At the same

time, William taught the English the advantages of a central government

strong enough to control feudal lords.

   Toward the end of his reign, William ordered a great census to be taken of

all the lands and people of England. This survey was called Domesday Book.

Two of the original books may still be seen at the Public Records Office in

London. "So very narrowly did he cause the survey to be made," complained the

old Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, "that there was not a single rood of land, nor an

ox, or a cow, or a pig passed by, and that was not set down in the accounts."

   William was often on the continent dealing with his widespread holdings.

He died there in 1087 from injuries received while warring with Philip I of

France. William was a man of great stature and had a tremendous voice. Such

was the good order he established that, according to a quaint historian of

his time, "any man, who was himself aught, might travel over the kingdom with

a bosom of gold unmolested, and no man durst kill another, however great the

injury he might have received from him." He was succeeded in Normandy by his

eldest son, Robert, and in England by his second son, William II, called

William Rufus.

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Regarding the location of the Battle of Hastings, this site on the World Wide

Web is helpful and provocative: http://www.cablenet.net/pages/book/index.htm#PART57

I married Flanders, Matilda ("Maud") of in 1053 in Eu in Normandy. Matilda (daughter of Baldwin, Count of Flanders V and Adelaide Princess of France) was born in 1032; died on 3 Nov 1083; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Normandy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Adelaide (referred to as de Gand) was Countess of Huntgindon, Northampton
and Aumale. She m. (1) Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu, slain at the siege
of Arques in 1053. She m. (3) Eudes, Count of Champagne and Earl of
Holderness, imprisoned in 1096.
See "Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co., 1994), p. 15.

Adelaide married Boulogne, Count Of Lens Lambert of in 1054. Lambert (son of Eustace, Count of Boulogne I and Louvain, Maud of) died in 1055 in Battle of Lille. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Maud, d'Avranches Margaret on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Duke of Normandy

Notes:

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Henry I had 20 or 21 bastard children re: N.E.Hist.Gen.Register 4/1965, pp.95-96. His form of government was "severe and grasping; but he `kept good peace' and honorably distinguished himself among contemporary statesmen in an age when administrative
reform was in the air. He spent more time in Normandy than in England. But he showed admirable judgment in
his choice of subordinates...." -Encyclopedia Britannica (1956 Ed., 11:432). He was King of England, 1100-35, and Duke of Normandy (1106-35); his coronation at Westminster Abbey was on Sunday, 08-05-1100. Thomas B. Costain offers a popular account of
his reign in "The Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949, pp.43-77). The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" described him as the "lion of justice."

I married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 148-23: "The line is in question at this
point. Judith may have been the child of the 1st marriage. ...In fact,
Adelaide may not even have been Lambert's wife."

Judith married Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland II in 1070. II (son of Syward The Saxon Earl and Northumbria, Elfleda of) was born in 1045; died on 31 May 1076 in Winchester, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Chester

Notes:

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Ranulph, also styled "de Briquessart," was Vicomte de Bayeux in Normandy;
first cousin and heir to the last Earl (whom he succeeded as Vicomte
d'Avranches, etc.); became Earl of Chester in 1120; Commander of Royal
Forces in Normandy, 1124. {-"The Complete Peerage," London, Vol. 3, pp.
164-5.} He was Vicomte of the Bessin and in 1121 Vicomte also of the
Avranchin. He "held the new Cumbrian gains of the Norman house in a block
of land stretching from Stainmore west to the sea and from Carlisle south
to the Derwent" prior to his accession to the earldom of Chester {-"The
Northerners," J. C. Holt (Oxford: Clarendon, 1961), p. 214}. He is buried
in St. Werburg at Chester, England.

Ranulph married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales," I:11-12,
lists 20 `natural' children of King Henry I; among the youngest is Isabel
(a form of Elizabeth), born of Isabel, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Earl
of Leicester, and wife of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke.

Family/Spouse: Fergus Lord of Galloway. (son of Maldred and Northumberland, Edith of) died on 12 May 1166 in Holyrood Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Gloucester

Notes:

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Robert "of Caen" was also called Robert the Consul; Earl of Gloucester in
1122, founder of the Margam Abbey; his mother is either the king's
mistress, Sibyl Corbet (daughter of Robert Corbet, Burgess of Caen), or
Nesta of Wales, who became wife of Gerald of Windsor.{ref. "Royal
Ancestors...," Collins, p.58} His granddaughter Avisa was the first wife of
King John. The family's story is told by Thomas B. Costain, "The
Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949).

Robert married Hammond, Mabel Fitz about 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Maud was Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland; m. (1) Simon de St.
Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, who died about 1111. Also known
as Maud de Senlis, she brought to her husband David the English earldoms of
Northampton and Huntington.

Family/Spouse: David, King of Scots I. I (son of Canmore, King of Scots Malcolm III and Margaret, Saint of Scotland) was born in 1080; died on 24 May 1153 in Carlisle, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: de Clare, Richard Fitz Gilbert Earl of Hertford. Richard (son of Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge and Clermont, Adelaide de) died on 15 Apr 1136 in near Abergavenny; was buried in Gloucester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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William, grandson of King Henry II, was Lord of Glamorgan and Cardiff Castle
and 2nd Earl of Gloucester (succeeding his father).

William married Beaumont, Hawise de about 1150. Hawise (daughter of Beaumont, Robert de and de Waer, Amice de Montfort) died on 24 Apr 1197. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cousin of the King

Notes:

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Maud founded the Repton Priory in Derbyshire in 1172.

Maud married Gernon, Earl of Chester Ranulph de about 1141. Ranulph (son of Taillebois, Ivo and Malet, Lucia) was born in 1100; died on 16 Dec 1153; was buried in Chester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland; founder of the Abbey of Holmcultram.
King David I resigned the earldom of Huntingdon to Henry in 1136. Henry
resigned this earldom in 1139 to become Earl of Northumberland.

Henry married Warenne, Ada de in 1139. Ada (daughter of Warenne, William de and de Vermandois, Isabel (aka Elizabeth)) died in 1178. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Hertford

Notes:

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Roger "was constantly fighting the Welsh for his family possessions in
Wales and quarreled with Becket over Tunbridge castle" {Encycl.Brit.,
1956, 5:755}. He is known as "the Good Earl."

Family/Spouse: Hilary, Maud St.. Maud (daughter of De St.hilaire, James de Harcourt and Aveline) died in 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amicia married Clare, Richard de Earl on Yes, date unknown. Richard (son of Clare, Roger de Earl of Hertford and Hilary, Maud St.) was born in 1162; died in Oct 1217. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Hugh was sixth Earl of Chester and Vicomte of Avranchin and the Bessin
(1153-81). He was in rebellion against King Henry II and taken prisoner at
Alnwick 13 July 1174, but was restored in January, 1177.

married D'Evereux, Bertrade in 1169. Bertrade (daughter of de Montfort, Count of Evreux Simon III and Beaumont, Maud de) was born in 1155; died in 1227. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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David m. Maud (dau. of Hugh of Chester) - their descendants include several
kings of Scotland in the late 13th and the 14th centuries. David was
knighted by King Henry II in 1170 and was a Crusader. Their dau. Ada de
Huntingdon m. Sir Henry de Hastings (he d. 1250), son of William de
Hastings and Margaret Bigod (Margaret is dau. of Roger Bigod, Magna Charta
Surety, 1215). Their dau. Margaret of Huntingdon m. 1209 Alan, Lord of
Galloway (d. 1234), hereditary Constable of Scotland.

married Maud, of Chester on 26 Aug 1190. of (daughter of Hugh Earl of Chester and D'Evereux, Bertrade) was born in 1171; died in 1233. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Richard, Magna Charta Surety with his son (Sir Gilbert), was 4th Earl of
Hertford, 3rd Earl of Clare, and Earl of Gloucester via his marriage - thus
establishing the greatness of the house of Clare. Ernst-Friedrich
Kraentzler, "The Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet and Cecily de Neville...,"
(Salt Lake City: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978), p. 28, states Richard
was born about 1162 and is "of Tunbridge, Kent", and died 12-30-1218.

Died:
Possibly in Nov. 1217

Richard married Meullent, C'tess of Gloucester Amicia on Yes, date unknown. Amicia (daughter of Robert, Earl of Gloucester William Fitz and Beaumont, Hawise de) was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; died on 1 Jan 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Neil

Notes:

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Nigel was Regent of Scotland and Guardian of Alexander III. It is not
known if his father's wife is mother of Nigel. {Scots Peerage, II:422-23}

married Stewart, Margaret on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Gilbert became 4th Earl of Clare in 1217 and Earl of Gloucester in early
1218. He also held the lordship of Glamorgan in right of his mother. Thus
the house of Clare became preeminent among the barons. Gilbert was a Magna
Charta Surety!

Sir married Marshall, Isabella on 9 Oct 1217. Isabella (daughter of Marshal, Sir William The and Clare, Isabel de) was born in 1203 in Pembroke, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Beckhampstead, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

of married David Earl of Huntingdon on 26 Aug 1190. (son of Huntingdon, Prince of Scotland Henry de and Warenne, Ada de) was born about 1144 in Jerdelay; died on 17 Jun 1219 in Yardley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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{Either Isabel - this person or her husband's grandmother - are supposed to
be daughter of King William the Lion of Scotland - per Carr P. Collins,
"Royal Ancestors...", p. 226. But see comment for the other Isabel, ID6004
- this is the line accepted by AEM. "The Bruce Journal," I:1, p. 10 agrees
with the line shown here, and states that Isabel was co-heir with her
brother, John the Scot, Earl of Chester.}

Isabel married Bruce, Robert Baron of Annandale on Yes, date unknown. Robert (son of Bruce, Baron of Annandale William and Christina) died in 1245. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Gilbert became 4th Earl of Clare in 1217 and Earl of Gloucester in early
1218. He also held the lordship of Glamorgan in right of his mother. Thus
the house of Clare became preeminent among the barons. Gilbert was a Magna
Charta Surety!

Sir married Marshall, Isabella on 9 Oct 1217. Isabella (daughter of Marshal, Sir William The and Clare, Isabel de) was born in 1203 in Pembroke, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Beckhampstead, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Also known as Margaret. She m. (1) Adam de Kilconquhar who died in the Holy
Land in 1271 or 1272.

Marjorie married Bruce, Lord of Annandale Robert in 1271. Robert (son of Bruce, Robert and Clare, Isabel) was born in Jul 1243 in Writtle; died on 14 Jun 1304. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 252-28 says she was living in 1264.

Isabel married Bruce, Robert in May 1240. Robert (son of Bruce, Robert Baron of Annandale and Huntingdon, Isabel of) was born in 1210; died on 31 Mar 1295 in Lochmaben Castle; was buried on 17 Apr 1295 in Gisburne Priory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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{Either Isabel - this person or her husband's grandmother - are supposed to
be daughter of King William the Lion of Scotland - per Carr P. Collins,
"Royal Ancestors...", p. 226. But see comment for the other Isabel, ID6004
- this is the line accepted by AEM. "The Bruce Journal," I:1, p. 10 agrees
with the line shown here, and states that Isabel was co-heir with her
brother, John the Scot, Earl of Chester.}

Isabel married Bruce, Robert Baron of Annandale on Yes, date unknown. Robert (son of Bruce, Baron of Annandale William and Christina) died in 1245. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lord of Annandale

Notes:

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Robert, 5th Lord of Annandale, was Regent of Scotland. He forfeited the
Crown of Scotland by refusing to do homage to King Edward I of England. He
is called "The Competitor." In 1291 he unsuccessfully competed with John
Baliol for the crown of Scotland.

Robert married Clare, Isabel in May 1240. Isabel (daughter of Clare, Sir Gilbert de Earl and Marshall, Isabella) was born on 2 Nov 1226; died in 1264. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]