Duke of Saxony Hermann "Conrad I" Billung

Notes:

Burke says he was Conrad I, le Pacifique, Roi de Bourgogne Transjurane.

Hermann married of Westerbourg Hildegardis about 934 in Bavaria. Hildegardis was born about 918 in Westerbourg, Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Suanehild married Margrave of Miessen Thietmar before 977 in Saxony. Thietmar (son of of Nordmark Christian) was born about 940 in Ostmark, Germany; died on 3 Jul 978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Suanehild married Margrave of Meissen I Ekkehard after 978 in Saxony. I (son of Gunter von Merseburg and Queen of Czechia Dubravka (Dobrava)) was born about 948 in Germany; died on 30 Apr 1002 in Pohlde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mathilde married Count Verdun Godfrey D'Ardenne Bidgau after 964 in Ardenne, France. Godfrey (son of Count of Ardennes Gonzelon and Voda) was born about 932 in Verdun, Meuse, France; died on 4 Sep 1005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mathilde married Baldwin, Count of Flanders III before 960 in Flanders, Belgium. Baldwin (son of Count of Flanders Arnulf I "The Great" and Alix de Vermandois) was born about 940; died on 1 Nov 962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bernard married Hildegarde about 988 in Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bayern. Hildegarde was born about 958; died on 3 Oct 1011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oda married Wilhelm III von Weimar about 987 in Germany. Wilhelm (son of Wilhelm II von Weimar) was born about 968 in Weimar, Germany; died on 16 Apr 1039. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gonselon married Ermengarde about 1011 in Lorraine, France. Ermengarde was born about 990 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gonselon married Princess of Italy Urracca about 994 in Lorraine, France. Urracca was born about 965 in Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bonne married Duke of Lorraine Charles about 980 in Lorraine, France. Charles (son of Louis IV "Transmarinus" and Gerberga of Saxony) was born before 953 in of Laon, Aisne, France; died on 21 May 993 in Kerker, Orleans, France; was buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arnulf married of Italy Rosele of Italy in 968. Rosele (daughter of King of Italy, Marquis of Ivrea II Berenger and of Tuscany Willa) was born in 955 in Ivrea, Torino, Piemonte, Italy; died on 26 Jan 1003 in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried in Ghent, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married Elika von Schweinfurt about 1020 in Schweinfurt, Stadt Schweinfurt, Bayern, Germany. Elika (daughter of Margrave of Schweinfurt Henry and of Gleiberg Gerberge) was born in 1000 in Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany; died on 29 Jun 1059 in Schweinfurt, Stadt Schweinfurt, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Bernard von Haldensleben about 1009 in Germany. Bernard (son of of Nordgau I Bernard) was born about 985 in Haldensleben, Germany; died in 1044/1051. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Regilinde married Count of Namur II Albert about 1015 in Namur, France. II (son of Count of Namur I Albert and Princess of France Ermengarde (Adelaide)) was born about 999 in Namur, Belgium; died about 1063. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oda married Count of Louvain Lambert III "Baudry" about 1020 in Lorraine, France. Lambert (son of Count of Louvain Lambert II "The Bearded" and Gerberge de Lorraine) was born about 991 in of Lorraine, France; died on 21 Sep 1062; was buried in 1062 in Cloister Of, St. Gertrud, Nivelles, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gerberge married Count of Louvain Lambert II "The Bearded" about 994. Lambert (son of Count of Hainault III Rainer and Countess of Equisheim Adele (Alice)) was born in 954 in Louvain, Brabrant, Belgium; died in 1015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ermengarde married Count of Namur I Albert about 990 in Lorraine, France. I (son of Count of Lomme I Robert and Ermengarde Lotharingia) was born about 968 in Namur, Belgium; died in 1011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married of Luxemburg Otgive de Luxembourg about 1012. Otgive (daughter of Count of Luxembourg I Frederic and of Gleiberg Ermentrude) was born on 4 Sep 1000 in Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 21 Nov 1030 in Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married Eleanora de Normandy in 1031. Eleanora was born about 1012; died after 1071 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Geertruida von Sachsen
• Death: 4 Aug 1113, Kassel, Stadt Kassel, Hessen, Germany

Gertrud married Robert, Count of Flanders and Artois I in 1063 in Flanders, Belgium. Robert (son of Baldwin V "The Pious", Count of Flanders and Adèle Capet, Princess of France) was born on 22 Jul 1035 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 13 Oct 1093 in Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrud married Count of Holland Floris, Count of Holland I about 1050 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Floris (son of Dirk, Count of Holland III and Princess of Germany Othelindis) was born about 1017 in Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; died on 28 Jun 1061 in Nederhemert, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands; was buried in Egmond aan den Hoef, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ordulf married Princess of Norway Ulfhild about 1042 in Saxony. Ulfhild (daughter of King of Norway Olav II Haraldsson and Princess of Sweden Astrid) was born about 1024 in Denmark; died on 24 Apr 1070. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Count of Namur III Albert about 1066 in Chiny, Luxem., Belgium. III (son of Count of Namur II Albert and Regilinde de Lorraine) was born about 1020 in of Namur, Belgium; died on 22 Jun 1102. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

III married Ida Billung about 1066 in Chiny, Luxem., Belgium. Ida (daughter of Duke of Saxony II Bernard and Elika von Schweinfurt) was born about 1024 in Saxony, Germany; died in Namur, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married Countess of Beteau Adele (Alix) about 1060 in Brabant, Lorraine, France. Adele (daughter of Eberhard de Beteau) was born about 1033 in of Brabant, Louvaine, France; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lambert married Oda de Lorraine about 1020 in Lorraine, France. Oda (daughter of Duke of Lorraine Gonselon I "Le Grand" d'Ardenne and Princess of Italy Urracca) was born about 1000 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: I Eustace. I was born about 1004 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1047 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married Regilinde de Lorraine about 1015 in Namur, France. Regilinde (daughter of Duke of Lorraine Gonselon I "Le Grand" d'Ardenne and Ermengarde) was born about 998 in Lorraine, France; died on 15 Nov 1064. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hedwig married Count of Alsace-Lorraine Gerard, Count of Metz and Chatenois Duke of Lorraine I about 1043 in Alsace, France. Gerard (son of Count of Metz II Gerhard and Countess of Alsace Gisela, son of Gerard II von Metz and Gisele Egisheim, Countess Alsace) was born in 1010 in Vosges, Lorraine, France; died on 4 Apr 1070 in Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France; was buried in Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Entered into hostilities with Emperor Otho II and acquired from that
monarch Valenciennes and the Isles of Zealand. He subsequently further increased his territories by another rich accession, that of the citadel of Ghent.

Baldwin married Adèle Capet, Princess of France in 1028 in Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France. Adèle (daughter of King of France Robert II "The Pious" Capet and of Toulouse Constance d'Arles) was born in 1009 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France; died on 8 Jan 1078 in Monastere de Lordre de St Benoist, Messines, France; was buried in Mesen, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ermengade married Adalbert de Gand in 1021 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Adalbert (son of I Arnulf de Gand and Lietgarde De Cleves) was born about 1004 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium; died in 1032 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry in 1095 in Alsace, France. II (son of Count of Alsace-Lorraine Gerard, Count of Metz and Chatenois Duke of Lorraine I and of Namur Hedwig) was born about 1044 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 23 Jan 1115. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Leuven Henry III de Leuven. Henry (son of Count of Leuven Henry de Leuven, Count of Lorraine II and Adele, Countess Beteau) died in 1095 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Drowned in Marne River

Robert married Ida De Namur in 1096 in Flanders, Belgium, Netherlands. Ida (daughter of William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon and Stephanie de Longwy) was born in 1073 in Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 22 Nov 1117 in Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Step daughter of Robert the Frisian.

Bertha married King of France Philip I "The Fair" Capet in 1072. Philip (son of Henry Capet, King of France I and Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna Princess of Kyiv) was born on 23 May 1052 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in St-Benoit-sur-Lo, Loiret, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Magnus married Princess of Hungary Sophia (Zsofia) about 1071 in Germany. Sophia (daughter of King of Hungary I Bela and Princess of Poland Rixa) was born about 1043 in of Esztergom, Hungary; died on 18 Jun 1095. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Countess of Luxembourg Ermisende Luxembourg about 1110 in Belgium. Ermisende (daughter of Count of Luxembourg I Konrad and Clemence de Poitou) was born in 1084 in Trier, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany; died on 24 Jun 1143 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married Count of Formbach Frederick about 1055 in Germany. Frederick (son of Dietmar von Quinziggau) was born about 1020 in of Formbach, Germany; died in 1059. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Countess of Luxembourg Ermisende Luxembourg about 1110 in Belgium. Ermisende (daughter of Count of Luxembourg I Konrad and Clemence de Poitou) was born in 1084 in Trier, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany; died on 24 Jun 1143 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mahaut married Walchelinde de Ferrieres about 1035. Walchelinde was born about 1010 in Of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England; died in 1089. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Baldwin, Count of Hainaut II in 1084. Baldwin (son of Count of Flanders Baldwin VI "The Good" and Countess of Hainault and Namur Richilda) was born in 1056 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died after 8 Jun 1098 in Antalya, Antalya, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married Countess of Beteau Adele (Alix) about 1060 in Brabant, Lorraine, France. Adele (daughter of Eberhard de Beteau) was born about 1033 in of Brabant, Louvaine, France; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Conqueror and His Companions
by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874........

He was the son of Eustace I and Mahaut, daughter of Lambert the Bearded, Count of Louvain, and succeeded his father in or about 1047, being distinguished from him, who was called "l'oeil" (" with the eye") by the sobriquet of "aux Grenons," or "Als Gernons" ("with the whiskers"), the origin of the modern name of Algernon.

In 1050 he married Goda, daughter of Ethelred II, King of England, and widow of Gauthier, Count of Mantes, and in the following year, in the month of September, crossed the Channel from Wissant to Dover, on a visit to his brother-in-law, King Edward the Confessor, who was then at Gloucester. Returning via Canterbury and Dover, one of his attendants killed an inhabitant of the latter place, who had refused him a lodging, and was himself slain by a townsman, who avenged the deed.

The brawl soon swelled into a tumult. The English flew to arms, and attacked the Count and his followers, who fought for their lives, and, fearfully outnumbered, were at length compelled to flee for them. Roger of Wendover says this incident occurred on his first landing at Dover, and that the Count and his followers in their wrath slew a great number of men and women, and trod the children under their horses' feet. William of Malmesbury, who lays the scene at Canterbury, says that Eustace, on hearing of the murder of his servant, proceeded with all his retinue to avenge it, and killed the perpetrator of the crime and eighteen others; that the citizens, flying to arms, he lost twenty-one of his people, and had multitudes wounded (Roger of Wendover says he lost eighty men), himself and one companion with difficulty making their escape in the confusion. King Edward, on hearing from Eustace his account of the circumstances, sent for Earl Godwin, and ordered him to march with sufficient forces into Kent and punish the offenders. The Saxon Earl, jealous of the favour constantly shown to the Normans by King Edward, remonstrated, and subsequently taking up arms, demanded that the Count and Ins followers should be delivered up to him for trial, the affair resulting, after much altercation, in the banishment of Godwin and his family.

Much obloquy has been heaped upon Eustace for his conduct upon this occasion; but large allowance must be made for the bias of the English against the Normans, and save and except the main facts of the affray, the versions of it are too conflicting to enable us at the present day to come to any definite conclusion on the subject.

Returned to his dominions, Count Eustace, in 1053, gave an asylum to William Count of Talou and his family, who had been expelled from Normandy by Duke William, and in 1054 he succeeded his brother Lambert, the second husband of the Duke's sister, in the lordship of Lens, according to the same law which gave the county of Champagne to Thibaut, Count of Blois and Chartres, to the exclusion of Odo, the only child of Lambert being an infant in her cradle.

About the same period the Countess Goda died, whether without issue by Eustace is not satisfactorily settled, and in 1056, after escorting Pope Victor II to Rome from the Council of Cologne, he returned through Lower Lorraine, and paid a visit to its Duke, Geoffrey the Bearded, at Bouillon, where he saw and was captivated by the charms of the Duke's daughter, Ida, and received her hand in marriage, with the castle of Bouillon for her dowry. The nuptials were celebrated at Cambrai in December, 1057, and the second of their three sons was the famous "Godfrey of Bouillon," King of Jerusalem, born in 1060.

In 1066, Count Eustace was one of the French nobles who joined the army of the Conqueror, and of whose presence in the great conflict there can be no doubt. He is not only expressly named by William of Poitiers, and the author of the Latin poem of the battle of Hastings, but his conduct in the fight is particularly described, and he is also personally depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, the almost obliterated name of "Eustatius" over the figure having been detected by that accurate and excellent artist, the late Mr. Stothard.

Wace simply mentions a "Wiestace d'Abevile," in which Monsieur le Prévostt and Mr. Taylor hessssiitate to recognize the Count offf Boulogne,,, inn presence of the fact that both the Counts of Ponthieu and the Counts of Boulogne were occasionally called "of Abbeville." Without, however, contesting this point, there is evidence enough that Eustace II fought at Senlac, where at some period of the action he was grievously wounded. He is said to have advised William at a critical moment to retreat, and not rush upon certain death, counsel which the Conqueror was the last man to listen to. The stratagem of the feigned flight is also said to have been suggested by him, and on the Duke's second horse being killed under him, he dismounted and offered him his own. As darkness fell upon the fatal field, the headlong pursuit of the Normans led to a disaster which might have turned the scale in favour of the English. Unacquainted with the ground, a considerable body of the Norman cavalry, galloping down the north side of the hill of Senlac, suddenly found themselves floundering in a morass, and the flying foe, perceiving their hapless condition, turned upon them and slew the greater number.

The Norman panegyrist of the Conqueror tells us that Count Eustace, imagining that the English had been strongly reinforced, rode back with fifty knights to William, and again advised him to retreat, when at the moment he was speaking he was struck by some one between the shoulder-blades with such violence that the blood gushed from his mouth and nostrils, and he was borne from the field in a dying state. How and by whom such a blow -- a blow which Orderic says was heard -- could be struck at that moment upon that spot, even in the darkness, without the dealer of it being detected, I am at a loss to imagine. The enemy had been driven from that portion of the ground, and Eustace, with fifty knights at his back, was speaking confidentially to the Duke, who was certainly not without his own officers and attendants. They were both on horseback too, and so heavy a blow between the shoulder-blades could only have been dealt with a mace by a mounted man, or by one on foot with the long-handled axe of a Saxon soldier, and in neither case without observation, as the assailant must have been close to him, and could not have escaped instant death. Remember, it was on the summit of the hill, in the open air, with the sky for a background, and the darkness must have been Egyptian if the erect form of a man could escape the observation of so many surrounding friends and followers. If there be any truth in the story, the incident occurred at an earlier period, during the confusion of the fight, in the midst of the mélée, and not at the e e e e e e e e e time stated by ththe w writeter.r.

I have dwelt upon this point because it will be found of importance hereafter.

That Count Eustace was rewarded for his services, whatever they may have been, for they are not particularized, by large grants of land in England there can be little doubt, but he speedily forfeited them by his attempt, in 1067, to seize Dover Castle, at the instigation of the disaffected men of Kent, during William's absence in Normandy; and though many manors were probably restored to him on his subsequent reconciliation with the Conqueror, they cannot at present be distinguished from those which were added to them at a later period, or might have been acquired by his son, Eustace III, who is the tenant recorded in Domesday, and at the time of its compilation was about twenty-seven. The attempt on Dover failed, through the loyalty of the royal garrison and the personal hostility to Eustace entertained by the townsmen from the recollection of the fatal affray in 1051. A vigorous sally on the besiegers compelled them to retreat, and a report that Bishop Odo was advancing with a large force, created a panic that sent them flying in confusion back to their ships, which few of them reached in safety, many being slain, and more taken prisoners, amongst whom William of Poitiers mentions a young nephew of Eustace, of whose name or subsequent fate we have no information.

Eustace himself contrived to escape to his own country, but on the King's return to England in 1068, the Count of Boulogne was outlawed, and his honours and lands in this country forfeited. By what means he regained the favour and friendship of the Conqueror is unknown. William seems never to have thoroughly trusted him, as he took hostages for his good behaviour before the expedition to Hastings, and now, after this overt act of treason, the avowed object of which was to deprive him of his hardly won crown, forgiveness was out of the question, except from motives of that crafty policy which was throughout his life the sole guide of the Conqueror's conduct. What those motives were on this occasion must be left to conjecture, but Eustace was a dangerous neighbour, and owed fealty to Philip l King of France, as well as to William 1, King of England. It was at the instigation of the former over-lord that he had broken with the latter and allied himself with the Kentish insurgents, and William may have thought no price too dear to secure at least his neutrality in prospect of a war with France.

In 1071 he espoused the cause of Richilde and her son, Baldwin, Count of Flanders, and in the February of that year defeated their competitor, Robert the Frison, at Montcassel, and, pursuing him to St. Omer, took him prisoner. On regaining his liberty some few months afterwards, Robert in his turn defeated Eustace, and took him prisoner at the battle of Broqueroie.

Godfrey, the brother of Eustace, Chancellor of France and Bishop of Paris, ransomed him, and Robert, to obtain his alliance, ceded to him the Forest of Bethlo and the Castle of Sperli.

Various dates have been given of his death. One writer placing it in 1065, in which case he could not have fought at Senlac. The "Art de Vérifier les Dates," which denies this and also ttttthe date of 1080,,,,,, givenn by another author, prolongs las existence to 1093; but no authority is quoted, and the probability is in favour of 1080, as the late Sir Henry Ellis cites a charter in winch Ida, the second wife of this Eustace, is described as a widow in 1081. The point is of great importance, because if he did not die till 1093, he must have been the Count Eustace of Boulogne who was implicated in the rebellion against Rufus in 1088 (as stated by the compilers of the great work above mentioned), and also the Count Eustace of Domesday, which I think it is perfectly clear he was not.

The author of "Carmen de Bello," said to have been Guy, Bishop of Amiens, recounts with great gusto a barbarous outrage committed by Eustace and three other knights -- namely, Walter Giffard, Hugh de Montfort, and some one he calls "the heir of Ponthieu" [" Pontivi nobilis hæres"], on the still breathing but mortally-wounded Harold, who, pierced through the right eye by a falling arrow, had sunk in agony at the foot of his standard. One knight thrust his lance through the shield of the dying King, and stabbed him in the breast; another assailant finished the work by striking off his head with his sword: but even this vengeance was not enough; a third pierced the dead body and scattered about the entrails; the fourth coming, it would seem, too late for any more efficient share in the deed, cut off the king's leg as he lay dead!

Mr. Freeman, while reprobating in a proper spirit this "inglorious exploit," accepts it as a matter of fact, though it is not alluded to by any other contemporary, and is partially contradicted by their accounts of the death of Harold.

I place no faith in it whatever. William of Poitiers is silent altogether on the subject; Orderic simply says, "Harold was slain in the first onset." From Wace we receive the earliest account of the fall of the arrow, of Harold's attempting to extract it, and breaking the shaft; of his leaning for support, in his agony, on his shield, and being attacked by two knights, one of wbom struck him down by a blow on the head, and the other, as he attempted to regain his footing, severely wounded him in the thigh, which was cut to the bone; but he honestly adds that by whose arm he was slain he knew not, and never heard. The Bayeux Tapestry corroborates this account. Harold is first depicted with the fatal arrow in his eye, and then prostrate in front of a knight who, as he is attempting to rise (the action is unmistakable) is dealing him a blow on the thigh with his long Norman sword.

William of Malmesbury says that Harold fell from having his brain pierced with an arrow from a distance, and that one of the soldiers with a sword gashed his thigh as he lay prostrate, for which shameful and cowardly action he was branded with ignominy by William and dismissed the service.

Who was this nameless soldier? Certainly not one of the noble and distinguished warriors on whom the Latin libeller has flung his wretched calumnies. Who was the heir of Ponthieu he speaks of? Mr. Freeman says: "Nor are we amazed to find the son of Guy of Ponthieu foremost in showing despite to the man who had once been his father's prisoner." Why? -- what had Harold done to injure Guy of Ponthieu? He was the injured, not the offender! Guy I, Count of Ponthieu, who arrested Harold when thrown upon his coast in 1062, had succeeded his brother Enguerrand II, who was slain before Arques in 1053, and died circa 1100, leaving by his wife Ada, who died before him, an only child, Agnes, married to Robert de Belesme. He is said to have had a son named lvo, whom he had associated with himself in the government, but the boy as well as his inother preceded him to the grave, and the heir of Ponthieu in 1066 was, if not this young lvo -- in which case I give the Bishop joy of his great nephew -- no other than the Bishop himself ! As regards the person who is the especial subject of this memoir, the "cowardly" Eustace Count of Boulogne -- his share in the brutality, whatever it was, can only be brought home to him by some more credible witness than a romancer, who tells us that Duke William slew two thousand English at the battle of Hastings with his own hand ! I have already expressed my doubts about the period of the battle when Eustace received the terrible blow in the back, which caused the blood to burst from his mouth and nostrils and, according to Orderic, to be "borne from the field in a dying state."

If this incident occurred in the heat and confusion of the fight -- and otherwise it appears impossible -- Eustace was not present at the fall of Harold. Under any circumstances, if he were, and had been guilty of one of the dastardly acts the Bishop celebrates, the detestation, deserved or not, which the English seem to have held him in, would have caused them to spread the scandal far and wide. When it is proved to me that an heir to the County of Ponthieu was in the battle, I will reconsider the evidence against the Count of Boulogne.

II married Princess of England Goda (Godgifu) about 1050. Goda (daughter of King of England Æthelred II "The Unready" and of Normandy Emma) was born about 1009 in Wessex, England; died before 1056 in Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

III married Ida Billung about 1066 in Chiny, Luxem., Belgium. Ida (daughter of Duke of Saxony II Bernard and Elika von Schweinfurt) was born about 1024 in Saxony, Germany; died in Namur, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married of Burgundy Ermentrude de Burgundy about 1089. Ermentrude (daughter of William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon and Stephanie de Longwy) was born in 1055 in Rheim, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 8 Mar 1105 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married Gertrude De Flanders in 1095 in Alsace, France. Gertrude (daughter of Robert, Count of Flanders and Artois I and Gertrud Wettin) was born in 1064 in Flanders, Belgium; died in 1117 in Lorraine, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married Countess of Formbach Hedwige about 1080 in Lorraine, France. Hedwige (daughter of Count of Formbach Frederick and Gertrude von Haldensleben) was born about 1060; died about 1085. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beatrix married Count of Burgundy and Macon Stephen de Macon about 1087. Stephen (son of William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon and Stephanie de Longwy) was born about 1065 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; died on 27 May 1102 in during the Crusades, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 13 Oct 1093, Kassel, Stadt Kassel, Hessen, Germany

Robert married Gertrud Wettin in 1063 in Flanders, Belgium. Gertrud (daughter of Duke of Saxony II Bernard and Elika von Schweinfurt) was born in 1028 in Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany; died on 4 Aug 1113 in Kassel, Kassel, Hesse, Germany; was buried in Veurne, Arrondissement Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Count of Hainault 1051-1070.

Baldwin married Countess of Hainault and Namur Richilda in 1055 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. Richilda (daughter of Count of Mons Renier and Maud) was born in 1030 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 18 Mar 1086 in Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married William I "The Conqueror", King of England in 1053 in Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France. William (son of 6th Duke of Normandy Robert I "The Magnificent", 5th Duke of Normandy and Officer of the Household Hariette de Falaise) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Priory of St. Gervais, Rouen, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Duke of Bavaria IV Welf about 1071 in Bavaria. IV (son of Duke of Bavaria II Azo and Duchess of Bavaria Cunigunde) was born about 1040 in Bavaria; died on 6 Nov 1101. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

3123-p15(k5): 10177-p30:


Died:
Aalst Sint-Pieter, Ghent, Belgium

Ralph married of Luxembourg Gisele about 1046 in Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Gisele was born about 1028 in Flanders, Belgium; was buried in St Peters, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ralph married Gisele de Luxembourg in 1046 in Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Gisele was born in 1028 in Flanders, Belgium; died in 1058 in Chapel St Lawrence, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

III married Sibylla d'Anjou about 1134. Sibylla (daughter of Fulk V "The Younger" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem and of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche) was born in 1112 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1165 in Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethany, Palastine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Suanhilde. Suanhilde died in 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adelaide married Duke of Lorraine I Simon about 1107 in Nancy, France. I (son of Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry and Countess of Formbach Hedwige) was born in 1076 in Lorraine, France; died on 19 Apr 1138; was buried in Sturzelbronu, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married of Rochefort Lucienne in 1104. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Countess of Savoy Adélaïde de Maurienne on 3 Aug 1115 in Paris, Seine, France. Adélaïde (daughter of Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Marquis of Turin Humbert II de Maurienne and Countess of Burgundy-Ivrea Gisela Burgundy) was born about 1092 in Savoy, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Montmartre Abbey, Paris, France; was buried in Montmartre Abbey, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Constance married Count of Blois Hugo (Hugh), I in 1104. Hugo (son of Count of Blois and Champagne III Theobald and of Maine Garsende) was born about 1048 in Blois, France; died in 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pétronille d Alsace. Pétronille was born about 1082 in Lorraine, France; died on 23 May 1144 in RijnsburgKatwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wulfhilda married Duke of Bavaria I Heinrich about 1099 in Germany. I (son of Duke of Bavaria IV Welf and Countess of Northumbria Judith (Fausta)) was born about 1074 in Bavaria; died on 13 Dec 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Baldwin IV "Le Bâtisseur" Count of Hainaut about 1140 in Namur, Belgium. Baldwin (son of Baldwin, Count of Hainaut III and Yolande von Guelders) was born in 1108 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 8 Nov 1171 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in St. Waldthud Abbey, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hedwige married Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry about 1080 in Lorraine, France. II (son of Count of Alsace-Lorraine Gerard, Count of Metz and Chatenois Duke of Lorraine I and of Namur Hedwig) was born about 1044 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 23 Jan 1115. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Baldwin IV "Le Bâtisseur" Count of Hainaut about 1140 in Namur, Belgium. Baldwin (son of Baldwin, Count of Hainaut III and Yolande von Guelders) was born in 1108 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 8 Nov 1171 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in St. Waldthud Abbey, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Bertha Roberts about 1061 in of Normandy, France. Bertha was born about 1040 in of Gostenois, Normandy, France; died in Darley, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married Yolande von Guelders in 1107. Yolande (daughter of Count of Guelders Gerald (Gerhard) (Gueldres) de Wasseberg, I and Clemence de Poitou) was born in 1089 in Wassenberg, Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; died on 10 Nov 1110 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Seigneur de Marl Thomas de Courcy about 1098 in Boves, Somme, France. Thomas (son of Count d'Amiens Enguerrand I de Courcy and Comtesse de Roucy Ade de Marle) was born about 1082 in Boves, Somme, France; died in 1131. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Baldwin, Count of Hainaut II in 1084. Baldwin (son of Count of Flanders Baldwin VI "The Good" and Countess of Hainault and Namur Richilda) was born in 1056 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died after 8 Jun 1098 in Antalya, Antalya, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Countess of Luxembourg Ermisende Luxembourg about 1110 in Belgium. Ermisende (daughter of Count of Luxembourg I Konrad and Clemence de Poitou) was born in 1084 in Trier, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany; died on 24 Jun 1143 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mahaut married Walchelinde de Ferrieres about 1035. Walchelinde was born about 1010 in Of Tutbury, Staffordshire, England; died in 1089. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

III married Sibylla d'Anjou about 1134. Sibylla (daughter of Fulk V "The Younger" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem and of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche) was born in 1112 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1165 in Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethany, Palastine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Suanhilde. Suanhilde died in 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Adelaide de Leuven about 1107 in Nancy, France. Adelaide (daughter of Count of Leuven Henry III de Leuven and Gertrude De Flanders) was born about 1089 in France; died about 1158. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Poncette de Treves in 1088/1140. Poncette was born about 1090 in Treves, France; died about 1156. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

III married of Lorraine Agathe about 1130. Agathe (daughter of Duke of Lorraine I Simon and Adelaide de Leuven) was born about 1120; died after 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Count of Blois Hugo (Hugh), I about 1110. Hugo (son of Count of Blois and Champagne III Theobald and of Maine Garsende) was born about 1048 in Blois, France; died in 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Abbey des Ayes, France

Clemence-Marguerite married Guigues IV d'Albon in 1132. Guigues was born about 1095; died on 28 Jun 1142 in La Buissaire, France; was buried in Notre Dame de Grenoble, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry in 1095 in Alsace, France. II (son of Count of Alsace-Lorraine Gerard, Count of Metz and Chatenois Duke of Lorraine I and of Namur Hedwig) was born about 1044 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 23 Jan 1115. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Leuven Henry III de Leuven. Henry (son of Count of Leuven Henry de Leuven, Count of Lorraine II and Adele, Countess Beteau) died in 1095 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Drowned in Marne River

Robert married Ida De Namur in 1096 in Flanders, Belgium, Netherlands. Ida (daughter of William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon and Stephanie de Longwy) was born in 1073 in Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 22 Nov 1117 in Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married Alix (Ida) de Louvain in 1084. Alix (daughter of Count of Lorraine II Henri and Countess of Beteau Adele (Alix)) was born in Mar 1062 in Leuven, Brabant, Flanders, Belgium; died in Apr 1139 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Became a Nun at Cluniac Priory in widowhood.

Adela married Count of Blois Stephen Henry II (Etienne Henri) "The Sage" about 1081 in Chartres Cathedral, France. Stephen (son of Count of Blois and Champagne III Theobald and of Maine Garsende) was born about 1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died on 19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CHAPTER II: THE FAMILY OF THE CONQUEROR
The Conqueror and His Companions
by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874........

I introduce here the few observations I have to make on the uncertain and disputed points in the history of William the Conqueror, his queen and family, to which I alluded at the commencement of the former chapter, in lieu of placing them as an appendix at the end of the volume, as they principally turn on questions of date, and those who care to discuss them would naturally desire to do so before passing to other subjects. The less curious reader can "skip and go on."

The first and most important date open to controversy is that of the birth of William-most important because it affects all the rest...

The latest investigators place it in 1027 or 1028, and one (Mons. Deville) endeavours to fix it exactly to the month of June or of July in the former year.

Were it a question of only a few weeks or a few months I should not have thought it necessary to moot it here; but it is one of years, and of much more consequence than it appears at first sight.

The calculations of the upholders of the dates 1027-28 are founded on:

1. The contract of marriage of Duke Richard II and Judith, the parents of Robert, said to be dated in 1008. According to this date, Robert being their second son, would hardly have been born before 1010, and could be only seventeen or eighteen at the birth of William, and consequently his passion for Herleve was that of a boy of sixteen or seventeen at the utmost.

2. A charter granted by Robert previous to his departure on pilgrimage to Jerusalem dated in the ides of January, 1035, and as it is agreed on all hands that William was between seven and eight years old when his father left Normandy, that would place his birth in 1027-28.

3. The cartulary recently discovered at Falaise recording William's birth and baptism therein 1027.

4. The statement of Guillaume de Jumièges that William was not quiteeeeee sixty at his death iiin 1087.

A sort of collateral substantiation of the date of the pilgrimage I find also in the story told by the author of the "Gesta Consulum Andegavensium," of the meeing of Duke Robert with Fulk Nera, Count of Anjou, at Constantinople in 1035, and their travelling thence to the Holy Land together, escorted by some merchants of Antioch, who had offered to be their guides. Robert becoming fatigued was carried in a litter by four Moors. A Norman pilgrim returning from Jerusalem, meeting his sovereign with this equipage, asked if he had any message to send to his friends. "Tell them," said the Duke, "that thou sawest me borne to Paradise by four devils." But it is to be observed that Fulk was also a pilgrim to the Holy Land in 1028, and that the compiler of "L'Art de Vérifierrr lesssss Dates" remarks that the work I have quoted "ne mérititite ppp papass beaucouppp de créance."""""""""

On the other hand we have also to consider the statement of William himself, who, according to Orderic, declared on his death-bed that he was sixty-four, which would make him born in 1023; that he was eight years old when his father went into what he calls voluntary exile, and that he had ruled the duchy fifty-six years, thus placing the death of Robert in 1031. That date is supported by the perfectly independent testimony of the Saxon Chronicle, which becomes more trustworthy in the eleventh century, wherein we read, "A 1031. . . . and Robert, Earl of Normandy, went to Jerusalem and there died, and William, who was afterwards king in England, succeeded to Normandy, though he was but a child." The words I have printed in italics, however, detract from the value of the evidence; as they must have been written at least thirty-five years after the event, and perhaps much later.

The Peterborough and Canterbury chronicles follow the Saxon, and Roger of Wendover and Matthew of Westminster are merely copyists of the earlier writers.

I have seen too many errors in the dates of charters and other MSS., arising from clerical or typographical carelessness, to pin my faith upon any copy, printed or other, even when the original document is undoubtedly genuine, and therefore hesitate to accept the date accorded to the contract of marriage of Richard and Judith, particularly as there are several obvious inaccuracies in the copy printed in Martene (Thesaurus Novus Anecdotorum, vol. i.).

Judith was the only child of Conan le Tort, Count of Rennes, by his second wife Ermengarde, daughter of Geoffrey Grisegonelle, married according to the "Chroniques de Mont St. Michel" in 9 70. Conan was slain at the battle of Conquereux in 992. Now, if these dates can be at all relied on, what age was Judith likely to be in 1008, if not married till then? At what period of the two-and-twenty years of her parents' married life was she born? If in the ordinary course of nature, she must have been five- or six-and-thirty in 1008!

Judith died in 1017, the mother of five children: Richard, Robert, Guillaume, Alix (also called Judith), and Eleanore; and if only married in 1008 her eldest son Richard could scarcely have been born before 1009, and Robert, as already remarked, 1010. Whether Guillaume or Alix was their third child is uncertain, but before 1025 Alix was the wife of Renaud, son of Otto-Guillaume, Count of Burgundy, who, having fallen into the power of Hugues, Bishop of Auxerre and Count of Chalons, was strictly confined in prison by that prelate. Richard II, Duke of Normandy, thereupon sent his sons, Richard and Robert, with an army to relieve their brother-in-law, and Count Hugues was compelled to present himself with a saddle on his back (the usual custom at that period) and crave mercy at the hands of the sons of the Duke of Normandy.

Now, doubting that young warriors were mere boys of fifteen and sixteen years of age in 1025 (Richard, the eldest, dying in 1027, and leaving a natural son named Nicholas, who was Abbot of St. Ouen in 1042), I cannot bring myself to believe in the "extreme youth" of Robert, as pointed out by Mons. Deville, and without presuming to fix an exact date, believe that both Richard and Robert were nearly of full age at the death of their father, whether that event occurred in 1026 or 1027.

Leaving, therefore, the precise period of the birth of William the Conqueror still undecided, the weight of evidence inclining rather to 1027, let us hasten to the consideration of the equally vexed question concerning the number and ages of his family, consisting undoubtedly of four sons, and presumably of five or six daughters. [Freeman: Nor. Con., vol. v. [. 468, note4.]

Notwithstanding the various and conflicting dates suggested for the marriage of William and Matilda, ranging from 1047 to 1053, I think we may consider it sufficiently proved that it was solemnized at the close of 1053 or beginning of 1054, and that Robert, their first child, was born in the course of the latter year.

Their second child I take to have been Adeliza, eldest daughter, born apparently in 1055, being seven years old in 1062, when betrothed to Harold, and dead before 1066, as her decease was the undeniable answer of the Saxon king to one of William's charges of broken faith.

Cecilia must have been the third child, as she was clearly born in 1056, dedicated to the service of God by her father and mother at the consecration of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Caen, 18th June, 1066, was elected abbess on the death of Matilda, the first abbess, in 1112, and died on the 30th of July, 1125, in the seventieth year of her age.

The fourth child appears to have been Richard, born 1057-58, who, with his younger brother, William (fifth child), born 1060, witnessed the consecration of the Church of the Holy Trinity at Caen in 1066.

Richard was killed in the New Forest by accident during the reign of his father in England; and his brother William, surnamed Rufus, who succeeded the Conqueror as King of England, met his death, as is well known, A.D. 1100, in the same forest, doomed apparently to be fatal to the progeny of the heartless despot who had sacrificed to his passion for the chase the homes and hearths of thousands of his unfortunate subjects.

The sixth child I take to be Constance, born in 1061, married to Alain, Duke of Brittany, in 1086, and who died, poisoned by her own servants, according to some writers, on the 13th of August, 1094, at the early age of thirty-three.

Mrs. Green, notwithstanding she places her birth "most likely about 1057," subsequently tells us, upon the authority of no less than four chronicles, that she died in 1094 " when she had scarcely attained her thirty-third year." If the latter statement is to be depended upon, she must have been born in 1061, and the probabilities are all in favour of that date. Miss Strickland, by a curious inadvertency, makes Constance die some years before her mother, "after seven years' unfruitful marriage." The marriage having taken place three years after her mother's death!

The seventh child I believe to have been Adela, born circa 1062, married, at Chartres in 1080, to Stephen, Count of Blois and Chartres, and deceased in 1137, in tbe seventy-fourth year of her age.

Agatha, believed by Mrs. Green to be also Matilda, whose name appears in Domesday, the eighth and last child born in Normandy, circa 1064, was promised to Edwin, the Saxon Earl of Chester, in 1067, when only three years old, and after his death contracted to Alfonso 1, King of Castile and Galicia. She died on her journey to Spain, having, as the story goes, prayed she might not live to be married, and by unceasing genuflections caused a horny substance to form on her knees.

More incredible is the sentimental account of "blighted hopes" and "crushed affections" indulged in by Mrs. Green, as the child was but three years old when she first saw the "fair-haired Saxon," seven when her "lover" was murdered, and scarcely fifteen when she was contracted to Alfonso; for she must have been dead in 1080, as in that year the Castilian monarch married the daughter of the Duke of Burgundy.

This is of course according to my calculation, which I by no means presume to be irrefutable, and also applies solely to Agatha, leaving it to others to identify her with Matilda "filiae regis," whose chamberlain (Geoffrey) held lands in Hampshire of the King for service rendered to his said daughter. That there was a Matilda, daughter of King William, is undeniable, not only from the entry in Domesday, but from her being named with her sisters Adelaide and Constance in an encyclical letter to the nuns of the Holy Trinity at Caen in 1112. But as the survey was only begun in 1085, and completed in 1086, it will be difficult, I think, to prove that Agatha, who must have been dead in 1080, was the same daughter as Matilda, supposed to be living five or six years later.

Henry, afterwards King Henry 1, the youngest of the whole family, was the only child born in England, and the date of his birth is generally acknowledged to be 1068, his mother having come over from Normandy for her coronation in that year. Now let us see when it would be possible that a tenth child, if not a twin, could have been born to William by his duchess, and of sufficient age to have a chamberlain appointed to her before 1085.

Robert, born 1054.
Adeliza, born 1055; dead before 1066.
Cecilia, born 1058.
Richard, born 1057-58.
William, born 1060.
Constance, born 1061.
Adela, born 1062.
Agatha, born 1064; dead before 1080.
Henry, born 1068.

The ingenious theory that Matilda was no other than the mysterious Gundrada, the former name being simply a translation of the latter, is negatived by the fact that Gundrada died wife of William de Warren in 1085, while the survey was in the course of compilation. That one daughter should have been named after her mother is most natural. That the King had a daughter so named, and that she was apparently living in 1085, must be conceded; but that she was the same person as Agatha "the inexorable logic of facts" positively contradicts. There is just the possibility of its being Constance, who survived her mother, and was married to Alain, Duke of Brittany, as before stated, in 1086. She is said to have been the favourite daughter and companion of Queen Matilda, and for nearly six years the only princess at Court. At the period of her niother's death she would have been twenty-three, and previous to her marriage would no doubt have had a chamberlain and other officers appointed for her service. That she was ever called Matilda there is no evidence yet discovered; but there is no daughter of Matilda's more likely to have been so. But then we have to get over the awkward fact of Matilda and Constance being separately named in the encyclical letter of 1112. ["Matildem Anglorum reginam, nostri cnobii fondatricem, Adelidem, Mathildem Constantiam, filias ejus." Also in the Bouleau des Morts of the same Abbey we read: Ç "Orate pro nostria Mathilde Regina etttt Wiiiiillielmoooo ejus filio atque pro filiabus ejus Adelide, Mathilde, Constancia." -- Recherches sur le Domesday, p. 234.] Matilda is consequently, as Mr. Freeman truly describes her, "without a history." The vexed question of Gundrada will be discussed in the chapter comprising the biography of her husband, William, Earl of Warren and Surrey, and in connection with it the presumed widowhood of Matilda of Flanders, and her passion for Brihtric Meaw.

Robert married of Conversano Sybil in 1071/1104. Sybil was born in 1050/1070; died in 1071/1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Henry I (of England) (1068-1135), third Norman king of England (1100-1135), fourth son of William the Conqueror. Henry was born in Selby. Because his father, who died in 1087, left him no land, Henry made several unsuccessful attempts to gain territories on the Continent. On the death of his brother William II in 1100, Henry took advantage of the absence of another brother-Robert, who had a prior claim to the throne-to seize the royal treasury and have himself crowned king at Westminster. Henry subsequently secured his position with the nobles and with the church by issuing a charter of liberties that acknowledged the feudal rights of the nobles and the rights of the church. In 1101 Robert, who was duke of Normandy, invaded England, but Henry persuaded him to withdraw by promising him a pension and military aid on the Continent. In 1102 Henry put down a revolt of nobles, who subsequently took refuge in Normandy (Normandie), where they were aided by Robert. By defeating Robert at Tinchebray, France, in 1106, Henry won Normandy. During the rest of his reign, however, he constantly had to put down uprisings that threatened his rule in Normandy. The conflict between Henry and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, over the question of lay investiture (the appointment of church officials by the king), was settled in 1107 by a compromise that left the king with substantial control in the matter.

Because he had no surviving male heir, Henry was forced to designate his daughter Matilda as his heiress. After his death on December 1, 1135, at Lyons-la-Faret, Normandy, however, Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois, usurped the throne, plunging the country into a protracted civil war that ended only with the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, in 1154.

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Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded as highly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born after the conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to the throne. He was not an attractive proposition: he was dissolute to a degree, producing at least a score of bastards; but far worse he was prone to sadistic cruelty---on one occasion, for example, personally punishing a rebellious burgher by throwing him from the walls of his town.

At the death of William the Conqueror, Henry was left no lands, merely 5,000 pounds of silver. With these he bought lands from his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, only to see them taken back again a few years later by Robert, in unholy alliance with his brother William Rufus.

Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he found numerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of their king. He formed alliances with some of these, notably with the important de Clare family. He and some of the de Clares were with William Rufus on his last hunting expedition, and it is thought that the king's death was the result of Henry's plotting.

Certainly he moved fast to take advantage of it; leaving Rufus's body unattended in the woods, he swooped down on Winchester to take control of the treasury. Two days later he was in Westminster, being crowned by the Bishop of London. His speed is understandable when one realizes that his elder brother, Robert [Curthose], was returning from the crusade, and claimed, with good reason, to be the true heir.

Henry showed great good sense in his first actions as King. He arrested Ranulph Flambard, William's tax-gatherer, and recalled Anselm, the exiled Archbishop. Furthermore, he issued a Charter of Liberties which promised speedy redress of grievances, and a return to the good government of the Conqueror. Putting aside for the moment his many mistresses, he married the sister of the King of Scots, who was descended from the royal line of Wessex; and lest the Norman barons should think him too pro-English in this action, he changed her name from Edith to Matilda. No one could claim that he did not aim to please.

In 1101 Robert Curthose invaded, but Henry met him at Alton, and persuaded him to go away again by promising him an annuity of 2000 pounds. He had no intention of keeping up the payments, but the problem was temporarily solved.

He now felt strong enough to move against dissident barons who might give trouble in the future. Chief amongst these was the vicious Robert of Belleme, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom Henry had known for many years as a dangerous troublemaker. He set up a number of charges against him in the king's court, making it plain that if he appeared for trial he would be convicted and imprisoned. Thus Robert and his colleagues were forced into rebellion at a time not of their own choosing, were easily defeated and sent scuttling back to Normandy.

In Normandy Robert Curthose began to wreak his wrath on all connected with his brother, thus giving Henry an excellent chance to retaliate with charges of misgovernment and invade. He made two expeditions in 1104-5, before the great expedition of 1106 on which Robert was defeated at the hour-long battle of Tinchebrai, on the anniversary of Hastings. No one had expected such an easy victory, but Henry took advantage of the state of shock resulting from the battle to annex Normandy. Robert was imprisoned (in some comfort, it be said); he lived on for 28 more years, ending up in Cardiff castle whiling away the long hours learning Welsh. His son William Clito remained a free agent, to plague Henry for most of the rest of his reign.

In England the struggle with Anselm over the homage of bishops ran its course until the settlement of 1107. In matters of secular government life was more simple: Henry had found a brilliant administrator, Roger of Salisbury, to act as Justiciar for him. Roger had an inventive mind, a keen grasp of affairs, and the ability to single out young men of promise. He quickly built up a highly efficient team of administrators, and established new routines and forms of organization within which they could work. To him we owe the Exchequer and its recording system of the Pipe Rolls, the circuits of royal justiciars spreading the king's peace, and the attempts at codification of law. Henry's good relationships with his barons, and with the burgeoning new towns owed much to skilful administration. Certainly he was able to gain a larger and more reliable revenue this way than by the crude extortion his brother had used.

In 1120 came the tragedy of the White Ship. The court was returning to England, and the finest ship in the land was filled with its young men, including Henry's son and heir William. Riotously drunk, they tried to go faster and faster, when suddenly the ship foundered. All hands except a butcher of Rouen were lost, and England was without an heir.

Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to the Emperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed. But in 1125 her husband died, and Henry brought her home and forced the barons to swear fealty to her---though they did not like the prospect of a woman ruler. Henry then married her to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Normans' traditional enemy, and the barons were less happy---especially when the newly-weds had a terrible row, and Geoffrey ordered her out of his lands. In 1131 Henry, absolutely determined, forced the barons to swear fealty once more, and the fact that they did so is testimony of his controlling power. Matilda and Geoffrey were reunited, and in 1133 she produced a son whom she named for his grandfather. If only Henry could live on until his grandson was old enough to rule, all would be well.

But in 1135, against doctor's orders, he ate a hearty meal of lampreys, got acute indigestion, which turned into fever, and died. He was buried at his abbey in Reading---some said in a silver coffin, for which there was an unsuccessful search at the Dissolution. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes and Noble Books, New York, 1995]

Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded as highly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born after the conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to the throne. He was not an attractive proposition: he was dissolute to a degree, producing at least a score of bastards; but far worse he was prone to sadistic cruelty---on one occasion, for example, personally punishing a rebellious burgher by throwing him from the walls of his town.

At the death of William the Conqueror, Henry was left no lands, merely 5,000 pounds of silver. With these he bought lands from his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, only to see them taken back again a few years later by Robert, in unholy alliance with his brother William Rufus.

Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he found numerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of their king. He formed alliances with some of these, notably with the important de Clare family. He and some of the de Clares were with William Rufus on his last hunting expedition, and it is thought that the king's death was the result of Henry's plotting.

Certainly he moved fast to take advantage of it; leaving Rufus's body unattended in the woods, he swooped down on Winchester to take control of the treasury. Two days later he was in Westminster, being crowned by the Bishop of London. His speed is understandable when one realizes that his elder brother, Robert [Curthose], was returning from the crusade, and claimed, with good reason, to be the true heir.

Henry showed great good sense in his first actions as King. He arrested Ranulph Flambard, William's tax-gatherer, and recalled Anselm, the exiled Archbishop. Furthermore, he issued a Charter of Liberties which promised speedy redress of grievances, and a return to the good government of the Conqueror. Putting aside for the moment his many mistresses, he married the sister of the King of Scots, who was descended from the royal line of Wessex; and lest the Norman barons should think him too pro-English in this action, he changed her name from Edith to Matilda. No one could claim that he did not aim to please.

In 1101 Robert Curthose invaded, but Henry met him at Alton, and persuaded him to go away again by promising him an annuity of 2,000 pounds. He had no intention of keeping up the payments, but the problem was temporarily solved.

He now felt strong enough to move against dissident barons who might give trouble in the future. Chief amongst these was the vicious Robert of BellÃssme, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom Henry hhhhhad known for manyy yearrssss asss aaa dangerous troublemaker. He set up a number of charges against him in the king's court, making it plain that if he appeared for trial he would be convicted and imprisoned. Thus Robert and his colleagues were forced into rebellion at a time not of their own choosing, were easily defeated and sent scuttling back to Normandy.

In Normandy Robert Curthose began to wreak his wrath on all connected with his brother, thus giving Henry an excellent chance to retaliate with charges of misgovernment and invade. He made two expeditions in 1104-5, before the great expedition of 1106 on which Robert was defeated at the hour-long battle of Tinchebrai, on the anniversary of Hastings. No one had expected such an easy victory, but Henry took advantage of the state of shock resulting from the battle to annex Normandy. Robert was imprisoned (in some comfort, it be said); he lived on for 28 more years, ending up in Cardiff castle whiling away the long hours learning Welsh. His son William Clito remained a free agent, to plague Henry for most of the rest of his reign.

In England the struggle with Anselm over the homage of bishops ran its course until the settlement of 1107. In matters of secular government life was more simple: Henry had found a brilliant administrator, Roger of Salisbury, to act as Justiciar for him. Roger had an inventive mind, a keen grasp of affairs, and the ability to single out young men of promise. He quickly built up a highly efficient team of administrators, and established new routines and forms of organization within which they could work. To him we owe the Exchequer and its recording system of the Pipe Rolls, the circuits of royal justiciars spreading the king's peace, and the attempts at codification of law. Henry's good relationships with his barons, and with the burgeoning new towns owed much to skilful administration. Certainly he was able to gain a larger and more reliable revenue this way than by the crude extortion his brother had used.

In 1120 came the tragedy of the White Ship. The court was returning to England, and the finest ship in the land was filled with its young men, including Henry's son and heir William. Riotously drunk, they tried to go faster and faster, when suddenly the ship foundered. All hands except a butcher of Rouen were lost, and England was without an heir.

Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to the Emperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed. But in 1125 her husband died, and Henry brought her home and forced the barons to swear fealty to her---though they did not like the prospect of a woman ruler. Henry then married her to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Normans' traditional enemy, and the barons were less happy---especially when the newly-weds had a terrible row, and Geoffrey ordered her out of his lands. In 1131 Henry, absolutely determined, forced the barons to swear fealty once more, and the fact that they did so is testimony of his controlling power. Matilda and Geoffrey were reunited, and in 1133 she produced a son whom she named for his grandfather. If only Henry could live on until his grandson was old enough to rule, all would be well.

But in 1135, against doctor's orders, he ate a hearty meal of lampreys, got acute indigestion, which turned into fever, and died. He was buried at his abbey in Reading---some said in a silver coffin, for which there was an unsuccessful search at the Dissolution. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995]

Henry married Adeliza de Leuven on 2 Feb 1121 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. Adeliza (daughter of Count of Leuven and Brussels, Landgraves of Brabant Godfrey de Leuven, Duke of Lorraine I and of Chiny Ida) was born about 1094 in Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; died on 23 Apr 1151 in Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Ansfride about 1089. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Nest verch Rhys about 1090. Nest (daughter of King of Deheubarth Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr and Gwladus verch Rhiwallon) was born about 1073 in Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Caemarvonshire, Wales; died about 1163. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Sibyl Corbet about 1089. Sibyl (daughter of Burgess of Caen Robert Corbet) was born about 1077 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England; died after 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont about 1119. Isabel (daughter of 1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, Count Meulan I and Isabel (Elizabeth ) de Vermandois) was born in 1098 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 6 Jan 1147 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Edith FitzForne about 1089. Edith (daughter of 1st Lord of Greystoke Forne FitzSigulf) was born about 1072 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England; died in 1152 in Oseney Abby, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Princess of Scotland Matilda (Edith) mac Maíl Coluim on 11 Nov 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Matilda (daughter of King of Scots Malcolm III "Canmore" mac Dhonnchaidh and Margaret "of Scotland" Ætheling) was born about 1080 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 1 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It was thought that Matilda (Gundred) married William de Warren, 1st Earl of Surrey. That has since been disproved. For details see "Early
Yorkshire Charters" by C. T. Clay or "tudes sur Quelques Points de
l'Histoire de Guillame le Conqurant" by H. Prentout described under
Surrey in "The Complete Peerage" by G.E. Gibbs.

I married Wulfhilda von Saxony about 1099 in Germany. Wulfhilda (daughter of Duke of Saxony Magnus and Princess of Hungary Sophia (Zsofia)) was born about 1075 in Saxony, Germany; died on 29 Dec 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Friend and companion of William the Conqueror.
He was made Lord of Folkinghan, Lincolnshire & held 172 English manors.

Gilbert married Alice de Montfort about 1070 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Alice (daughter of Hugh de Montfort and Alice de Beauffoe) was born about 1052 in Montfort-sur-Risle, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Marie de Blois in 1160. Marie (daughter of King of England Stephen de Blois and Countess of Boulogne Matilda de Talvas) was born about 1136 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died on 25 Jul 1182 in Convent of St Austrebert, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marguerite married Baldwin, Count of Hainaut V in 1169. Baldwin (son of Baldwin IV "Le Bâtisseur" Count of Hainaut and Alix de Namur) was born in 1150 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Vermandois Raoul I de Vermandois. Raoul (son of Hugh "The Great" Capet, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois) was born in 1085; died on 14 Oct 1152. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agathe married Count of Burgundy and Macon III Rainald about 1130. III (son of Count of Burgundy and Macon Stephen de Macon and of Lorraine Beatrix) was born about 1090; died after 22 Jan 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Bertha von Hohenstaufen about 1110 in France. Bertha (daughter of Duke of Swabia Frederick II von Hohenstaufen and of Bavaria Judith) was born about 1123 in Swabia, Germany; died on 25 Mar 1195. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Oliphant in 1159 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland. Mary (daughter of David Oliphant, Justiciar of Scotland) was born in 1139 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland; died after 1204 in Moray, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Duchess of Aquitaine Eleanor on 22 Jul 1137 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France, and was divorced in 1152. Eleanor (daughter of Duke of Aquitaine William X "The Toulousan" and Eleanor Chatellerault de Rochefoucald) was born about 1122 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France; died on 31 Mar 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Poitiers, France; was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Adele de Blois on 18 Oct 1160. Adele (daughter of Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois and Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim) was born about 1140 in Blois, Loire-et-Cher, France; died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, Seine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Constance Burgundy before 18 Nov 1153. Constance (daughter of Emperor of All the Spains Alfonso VII Burgundy and Berenguela Raimundo) was born in 1141 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; died on 4 Oct 1160 in Ile De La Cite, Paris, Ile-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Elizabeth about 1150. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Hawise d'Evereaux in 1144 in Reims, Marne, France. Hawise (daughter of Sheriff of Wiltshire Walter FitzEdward d'Evereaux and Sibyl de Chaworth) was born in 1123 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died in 1152 in Braine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Agnes de Baudement in 1152 in Ende, France. Agnes (daughter of Guy de Vaudemont and Alice (Adelaide)) was born about 1130 in France; died on 11 Jul 1218 in France; was buried in St Ived Abbey, Braine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Countess of Rochefort Agnes after 1141 in Reims, Marne, France. Agnes was born about 1125. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sophia von der Rheineck. Sophia (daughter of Otto I von der Rheineck and Gertrude of Nordheim von Nordheim) was born about 1115 in Rheineck, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died on 26 Sep 1176 in Jerusalem, Israel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Duke of Swabia Frederick II von Hohenstaufen about 1120 in Germany. Frederick (son of Duke of Swabia Frederick I von Büren and Princess of Germany Agnes) was born in 1090 in Swabia, Germany; died on 6 Apr 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre in 1169. Marguerite (daughter of Duke of Alsace, Count of Flanders III Thierry and Sibylla d'Anjou) was born in 1135 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 15 Nov 1194 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Bruges, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agnes married Seigneur de Mar Raoul I de Courcy about 1163 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. Raoul (son of Enguerrand II de Courcy and Agnes de Beaugency) was born about 1139 in Boves, Somme, France; died on 1 Nov 1191 in Siege of Acre, Palestine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Adelaide de Leuven about 1107 in Nancy, France. Adelaide (daughter of Count of Leuven Henry III de Leuven and Gertrude De Flanders) was born about 1089 in France; died about 1158. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre in 1169. Marguerite (daughter of Duke of Alsace, Count of Flanders III Thierry and Sibylla d'Anjou) was born in 1135 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 15 Nov 1194 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Bruges, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agnes married Seigneur de Mar Raoul I de Courcy about 1163 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. Raoul (son of Enguerrand II de Courcy and Agnes de Beaugency) was born about 1139 in Boves, Somme, France; died on 1 Nov 1191 in Siege of Acre, Palestine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Raphe de Foleschamp. Raphe was born in 1060 in of Tideswell, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gundreda married Baron of Ixwort Robert "The Admiral" Blount in 1154 in Ixworth, Suffolk, England. Robert (son of Ralph Guisnes and Rosella de St. Pol) was born in 1029 in Guisness, Picardy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married Alix de Namur about 1140 in Namur, Belgium. Alix (daughter of Count of Namur I Godfrey and Countess of Luxembourg Ermisende Luxembourg) was born in 1117 in Namur, Namur, Belgium; died on 31 Jul 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Baldwin married Yolande von Guelders in 1107. Yolande (daughter of Count of Guelders Gerald (Gerhard) (Gueldres) de Wasseberg, I and Clemence de Poitou) was born in 1089 in Wassenberg, Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; died on 10 Nov 1110 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married Seigneur de Marl Thomas de Courcy about 1098 in Boves, Somme, France. Thomas (son of Count d'Amiens Enguerrand I de Courcy and Comtesse de Roucy Ade de Marle) was born about 1082 in Boves, Somme, France; died in 1131. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Baldwin IV "Le Bâtisseur" Count of Hainaut about 1140 in Namur, Belgium. Baldwin (son of Baldwin, Count of Hainaut III and Yolande von Guelders) was born in 1108 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 8 Nov 1171 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in St. Waldthud Abbey, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Bertha Roberts about 1061 in of Normandy, France. Bertha was born about 1040 in of Gostenois, Normandy, France; died in Darley, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Marie de Blois in 1160. Marie (daughter of King of England Stephen de Blois and Countess of Boulogne Matilda de Talvas) was born about 1136 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died on 25 Jul 1182 in Convent of St Austrebert, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marguerite married Baldwin, Count of Hainaut V in 1169. Baldwin (son of Baldwin IV "Le Bâtisseur" Count of Hainaut and Alix de Namur) was born in 1150 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Mons, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Vermandois Raoul I de Vermandois. Raoul (son of Hugh "The Great" Capet, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois) was born in 1085; died on 14 Oct 1152. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agathe married Count of Burgundy and Macon III Rainald about 1130. III (son of Count of Burgundy and Macon Stephen de Macon and of Lorraine Beatrix) was born about 1090; died after 22 Jan 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Bertha von Hohenstaufen about 1110 in France. Bertha (daughter of Duke of Swabia Frederick II von Hohenstaufen and of Bavaria Judith) was born about 1123 in Swabia, Germany; died on 25 Mar 1195. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married of Salins Maurette in 1119/1167. Maurette (daughter of III Walter) died on 15 Sep 1184. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Judith d'Alsace. Judith (daughter of Count of Boulogne Matthew d'Alsace and Marie de Blois) was born about 1155 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I "Barbarossa" von Hohenstaufen on 9 Jun 1156 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. Frederick (son of Duke of Swabia Frederick II von Hohenstaufen and of Bavaria Judith) was born in 1122 in Waiblingen, Germany; died on 10 Jun 1190. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

III married Sibylla d'Anjou about 1134. Sibylla (daughter of Fulk V "The Younger" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem and of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche) was born in 1112 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1165 in Abbey of St. Lazarus, Bethany, Palastine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Suanhilde. Suanhilde died in 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adelaide married Duke of Lorraine I Simon about 1107 in Nancy, France. I (son of Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry and Countess of Formbach Hedwige) was born in 1076 in Lorraine, France; died on 19 Apr 1138; was buried in Sturzelbronu, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thibaud IV
• Birth: Abt 1088, of Blois, Loir-et-cher, France
• Death: 8 Jan 1152

Theobald married Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim in 1123 in Blois, Loir-et-cher, France. Mathilde (daughter of Duke of Carinthia, Margrave of Istre II Engelbert and Utha von Passau) was born in 1097 in Karnten, Austria; died on 13 Dec 1160 in Fontrevault, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Earl of Chester Richard d'Avranches. Richard (son of Earl of Chester Hugh "Lupus" d'Avranches and Countess Of Chester Ermentrude de Clermont) was born about 1094; died on 25 Nov 1120 in Drowned in wreck of the White Ship near Barfleur, Manche, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Vermandois Raoul I de Vermandois. Raoul (son of Hugh "The Great" Capet, Duke of France and Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois) was born in 1085; died on 14 Oct 1152. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01397

Reigned 1135-1154. He seized the throne from Matilda who invaded England in 1139. The civil war that followed proved him a brave soldier but revealed his lack of political sense. In 1152, after much of the country had been ravaged in factional fighting and the royal administration had broken down, Stephen recognized Matilda's son Henry as heir to the throne. Duke of Normandy 1135-1144, deposed. Duke of Blois, Count of Mortain, Count of Boulogne.

Stephen married Countess of Boulogne Matilda de Talvas in 1125 in Westminster, London, England. Matilda (daughter of Count of Boulogne and Lens Eustace III de Talvas and Princess of Scotland Mary mac Maíl Coluim) was born about 1105 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 3 May 1152 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Agnes de Sully. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Conqueror and His Companions
by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874........

Son of Etienne II, Comte de Champagne and Brie, by Adele, supposed to have been a daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy, but by which of his wives or mistresses has not been ascertained. Now if such were the fact, Odo was the nephew of Duke Robert, the father of the Conqueror, and consequently first cousin of the latter and of his sister Adelaide or Adeliza, as far as blood was concerned. A marriage with her, therefore, would have been within the prohibited degrees so rigidly construed by the Church of Rome. William of Jumiegrave;ges, who styles him Count of Champagne, says he was nearly allied to King William by consanguinity, being grandson of Maud, daughter to Richard I, Duke of Normandy, wife of Odo, Earl of Blois and Chartres. This assertion is still more unfortunate, for Maud died childless, and Etienne, the father of our Odo, was the son of the Count of Blois' second wife Ermengarde, daughter of Robert I, Count of Auvergne, whom he married in 1020. I therefore deny the maternal descent of Odo from any near relation of William, Duke of Normandy, of whom he has been set down as a kinsman on the above authority only.

Dugdale, who appears to have been perfectly bewildered respecting him, has printed in his Monasticon two accounts, one from the Book of Meaux, an abbey in Holderness, and the other from the Register of Fountains Abbey, which is nearly verbatim, but in one or two instances more explicit.

The story as told in them is as follows: Odo having killed a magnate of his own country, took refuge in the dominions of his kinsman, William, Duke of Normandy, who gave him, through the intercession of the Archbishop of Rouen, his sister for wife, and subsequently bestowed upon him the island (according to the Book of Meaux), the county (according to the Register of Fountains), of Holderness. To the same Archbishop, not named, he is said to have been indebted for the grant of the county "comitatum" (the Register of Fountains reads "civitatem") of Albemarle on condition that he should attend the primate in any expedition with ten knights, and bear his standard before him.

The author of L'Art de Vérifier les Dates, and Père Anselm follow this s s s s s s s s s account, b bubut spepecicify the Archbishop as Jean de Bayeux, who entertained a great friendship for Odo, and, with the consent of the Chapter, bestowed upon him the lands of Aumale on the above-named condition.

Now let us see what light the crucial test of dates flings upon these statements. Etienne, the father of Odo, could not have been born earlier than 1021, and would have been about sixteen or seventeen when he succeeded his father in 1037 as Comte de Champagne and Brie. Allowing that he married before he was of full age, say 1040, Odo must have been a mere child at his death in 1047/8, when he was immediately dispossessed of his inheritance by his uncle, Thibaut III, legally, it would appear, according to the law at that period, which, if the heir to the lordship was not of sufficient age to receive investiture by the ceremony of girding with the sword, authorized the nearest in blood of full age to claim the succession. Sharp practice, it may be said, but still the law, and one, it may be worth remarking, which would justify the rebellions against William in the first years of his rule had he even been legitimate.

At what time Odo took refuge in the Court of William, Duke of Normandy, is not stated, but he must have been a most precocious young swashbuckler if he killed "a magnate of his own country" before he entered his teens, and the loss of his estates would have been quite sufficient to have caused him at a later period to seek his fortune elsewhere, without having killed anyone fairly or foully.

At the time of the invasion of England Odo would have been about five-and-twenty, and what more likely than, having nothing to lose and everything to gain, he should eagerly have volunteered his services to William? But if we are to believe that Odo was indebted to Jean de Bayeux for the hand of his wife and the lands of Aumale, how could he be the "Sire d'Aubemare" who fought at Senlac in 1066, when the said Jean de Bayeux was not elevated to the primacy till after the death of Archbishop Maurilius in 1067?

The labours of Mr. Stapleton before alluded to, and those of the authors of Recherches sur le Domesday, enable us to solve the riddle in the most satisfactory manner. The old Norman Chroniclers state clearly enough that Odo de Champagne was the husband of the Conqueror's sister, though differing as to the fact of her being of the whole or the half blood, but not one of them had the kindness to inform us, if they knew, that the lady had been twice previously married, and had left issue by each husband.

The facts of the case, which have been elicited from the records of the Church of St. Martin d'Auchi (de Alceio), commonly called of Aumale, from its vicinity to the town of that name, are as follows: In or about the year 1000 a castle was built on the river Eu, now known as the Bresle, at the point where it divides the provinces of Normandy and Picardy, by a certain Guerinfroi (Guerinfrides), who also, in 1027, founded in its neighbourhood the Abbey of St. Martin d'Auchi. This Guerinfroi, who was Sire d'Aumale (not Count, as he has been incorrectly called), had an only daughter named Berta, who became the wife of Hugh II, Comte de Ponthieu, and mother by him of Enguerrand, or Ingleram, Sire d'Aumale in right of his mother, who married Adelaide, sister of the Conqueror, and was killed in an ambush at St. Aubin, near Arques, in 1053, leaving an only daughter, named Adelaide after her mother, and having settled on his wife the lands of Aumale in dower. The widow of Enguerrand, being still young, married secondly, and in the first year of her widowhood, Lambert, Count of Lens, in Artois, and brother of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and had by him a daughter, named Judith, whose hand was given by her uncle, William the Conqueror, to Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland. Count Lambert could scarcely have seen the birth of his child, for he was killed at Lille the following year, in a battle between Baldwin, Count of Flanders, and the Emperor Henry III. A widow for the second time, and still in the prime of life, she married, thirdly, Odo of Champagne, by whom she was the mother of Stephen, who, on the death of his elder sister Adelaide, became the first Comte d'Aumale, or Earl of Albemarle, the Seigneurie having been made a Comte by King William, but upon what occasion and at what time we have no evidence.

The name of Adeliza with the title of "Comitissa de Albemarle" occurs in Domesday, but not that of Odo, which first appears in connection with English transactions in 1088 (1st of William Rufus), when Count Odo and his son Stephen gave the manor and church of Hornsea, in the wapentake of Holderness, to the Abbey of St. Mary of York.

This latter fact also leads to the correction of Orderic Vital's assertion, that King William granted the earldom of Holderness to Odo of Champagne at the same time that he distributed cities and counties with great honours and domains among other lords who had assisted him in the Conquest, viz, in 1070. In the first place, Holderness was not an earldom; and in the second, as late as the completion of Domesday, A.D. 1086, the whole district so named was still part of the honour of Drogo de Brevere, a Fleming who had fought for William at Senlac, and received the greater part of the territory of Holderness amongst other portions of the spoil.

The gift of the lands (Dugdale says, of the city) of Aumale to Odo by the Archbishop of Rouen has also to be explained, for as Jean de Bayeux, if it were he, as stated by the author of L'Art de Vérifier les Dates,,,, wassss not advanced to the primacy before 1067, such donatiooon coouuld not have been made previous to the invasion of England, at which period, and as late as 1086, the city and Castle of Aumale, with such lands as had not been given to the church of Auchi, were in possession of Adeliza, as Lady or Countess of Aumale, the wife, or if she were deceased, the stepdaughter of that very Odo.

It depends therefore entirely upon the date of Odo's marriage, whether it was he who, in 1066, was the "Sire d'Aubemare" (in right of his wife) alluded to by the rhyming chronicler as a combatant in the great battle. The evidence brought to light by the industry of Mr. Stapleton, and published by him in the 23rd vol. of the Archaeologia, supplemented by his letter to the late Sir Charles G. Young, Garter-King-of-Arms, and communicated by the latter to the Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol. vi. p. 265, and also set forth by Mr. Stapleton in his notes on the Norman rolls of the Exchequer, has been epitomized by the authors of Recherches sur le Domesday, published in 1842, and it is singular, therefore, that the information of the triple marriage of the Countess of Ponthieu should have escaped the vigilance of Mr. Freeman, who has been led by Mr. Stapleton into the serious error which his later discoveries allowed him to correct, of making Odo the husband of the younger Adelaide, who at the time the record was written had succeeded, as daughter and sole heir of Count Enguerrand, to the "Suzeraineté""" offfff Aumale.....

Whether the expatriated Count of Champagne fleshed his maiden sword at Senlac or not, he appears to have made no mark either for good or for evil in the annals of this country till, misled by ambition, he was induced to join in the conspiracy the collapse of which has given him an unenviable reputation in them.

History is quite silent about him until after the death of the Conqueror, when we are told that Odo found himself embarrassed by his position as a feudatory of William Rufus in England and of Robert Court-heuse in Normandy. He owed allegiance to each; but how could he serve two masters who were at war with one another? He decided in favour of Rufus, and received an English garrison in his Castle of Aumale, which, in conjunction with his son Stephen, he enlarged and strengthened, at the expense of the royal treasury, on the invasion of Normandy by the Red King in 1090.

Five years afterwards, however, he joined in a conspiracy with Robert de Mowbray, William d'Eu, and other disaffected nobles, to depose Rufus and place his own son Stephen d'Aumale upon the throne.

The conspiracy failing in consequence of timely warning having been given to the King, Odo and his son were both arrested, the former thrown into a prison, from which he never emerged alive, and the latter condemned to have his eyes put out; but the piteous prayers of his wife and family, to say nothing of the payment of a considerable sum of money, obtained a remission of his sentence and restoration to liberty. How long Odo lingered in his dungeon is unknown. The exact date of his death is as uncertain as nearly every other part of his history, but it is presumed to have taken place in 1108.

Dugdale says, "the lordships whereof he was possessed, as appears by the Conqueror's Survey, were only these," and he then enumerates certain manors, which, in "the Conqueror's Survey," are distinctly set down as held by Adeliza, Countess of Albemarle, Odo's name, as I have previously stated, not occurring in a single instance throughout the work; but Holderness, he adds, "was not given him till after that Survey." There he is right, as we shall find in the following notice of Drogo de Brevere.

Family/Spouse: Amice de Gael. Amice (daughter of Lord of Montfort Ralph de Gael and Emma Avice de Vermandois) was born in 1108 in Montford de Gael, Brittany, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[From Burke's Peerage-see source for details]

An undoubted Earl of Gloucester, perhaps the first authentic one, at any rate after the Conquest, is Robert FitzHamon's son-in-law, another Robert, who was an illegitimate son of Henry I and was so created 1122. The Earldom passed to his eldest son, William FitzRobert, and from him to John, later King John and husband from 1189 to 1199 (when he divorced her) of Isabel, the youngest of William FitzRobert's three daughters. On John's coming to the throne the title did not merge in the Crown for it was not his in his own right but in right of his wife.

Robert married Maud FitzHamon about 1115 in Gloucestershire, England. Maud (daughter of Earl of Gloucester Robert FitzHamon and Sybil de Montgomery) was born about 1094 in Gloucestershire, England; died in 1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not shown in The Complete Peerage, but shown in Weir as having an unknown mother.

Joan married of Galloway Fergus in 1112/1160. Fergus was born in 1092/1139; died on 12 May 1161 in Holyrood Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Brittany III Conan. III (son of Duke of Brittany Alan IV Fergant and Ermengard d'Anjou) was born before 1112; died in 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: King of Scotland Alexander I "The Fierce" mac Maíl Coluim. Alexander (son of King of Scots Malcolm III "Canmore" mac Dhonnchaidh and Margaret "of Scotland" Ætheling) was born about 1080 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 23 Apr 1124 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reginald had been invested with the Earldom of Cornwall by King Stephen of England, but having afterwards taken up the cause of the Empress Matilda, his sister, he forfeited his lands and honours. Around 1173 he granted a charter to his free bugesses of Triueru, and he addressed his meetings at Truro to All men both Cornish and English suggesting a continuing differentiation.

Family/Spouse: Beatrice de Mortaigne. Beatrice (daughter of Earl of East Cornwall William de Mortaigne and Isabel FitzRichard) was born in 1114 in Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married Rotrou II "The Great" de Perche in 1103. Rotrou (son of Count of Perche and Mortaigne Geoffrey II de Perche and Beatrice de Montdidier) was born in 1089; died on 8 May 1144 in Siege of Rouen, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was designated Henry's heir, and on his death (1135), Stephen seized the throne and Matilda invaded England (1139) inaugurating a period of inconclusive civil war. She and her second husband (Geoffrey) captured Normandy and in 1152 the Treaty of Wallingford recognized Henry as Stephen's heir.

Burke says she was betrothed in her eighth year (1119) to Henry.

MATILDA (1102-1167), empress, was the daughter of Henry I of England by his first marriage. She was betrothed in 1109 and married in 1114 to the German emperor Henry V. When her husband died (1125) leaving her childless, her father, whose only surviving legitimate child she then was, persuaded his reluctant barons to accept her, on oath, as his successor (Jan. 1, 1127). The novel prospect of a female ruler was itself unwelcome; Matilda's 17-year absence in Germany (where she was not unpopular) and her apparent arrogance estranged her from her father's subjects. Difficulties also might result from her remarriage to provide for the succession. Her marriage in 1128 to Geoffrey Plantagenet, heir to Anjou and Maine (designed by Henry I, like her first marriage, for political ends), whose father, Count Fulk, departed immediately after the ceremony to become the consort of Melisende of Jerusalem, flouted the barons' stipulation that she should not marry outside England without their consent, and was unpopular in Normandy and England. On Henry I's death, his nephew Stephen by prompt action secured England and was recognized by Pope Innocent II. Matilda and Geoffrey, however, made some headway in Normandy. Matilda's subsequent challenge to Stephen's position in England mainly depended on the support of her half-brother Earl Robert of Gloucester. After the defeat and capture of Stephen at Lincoln (Feb. 1141), Matilda was elected "lady of the English" and would have been queen could she have proceeded to coronation, but active support for her cause still came mainly from the western counties. Her chance of consolidating her precarious victory was swiftly destroyed by a reaction imitated by her tactless handling of London. After her defeat at Winchester in Sept. 1141, her supporters, slowly reduced by death and defection, maintained a stubborn defense until Earl Robert died (1147) and Matilda retired (1148) to Normandy, of which her husband had gained possession. She continued to interest herself in the government of the territories of her eldest son, the future Henry II of England. Her career was not entirely unsuccessful: all the subsequent monarchs of England have been her descendants, not Stephen's. She died in Normandy on Sept. 10, 1167.

Died:
Abbey of Notre Dame de Pres, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Matilda married Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou V on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou, France. Geoffrey (son of Fulk V "The Younger" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem and of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche) was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 7 Sep 1151 in Château-du-Loir, Eure-et-Loire, Normandy, France; was buried in St Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married Holy Roman Emperor V Henry on 7 Jan 1113 in Mainz, Germany. V (son of Holy Roman Emperor IV Heinrich and Bertha de Savoy) was born on 11 Aug 1086; died on 23 May 1125 in Utrecht. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William "The Atheling"
• Birth: 5 Aug 1103, Winchester, Hampshire, England
• Death: 25 Nov 1120

Family/Spouse: Matilda d'Anjou. Matilda (daughter of Fulk V "The Younger" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem and of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche) was born in 1111; died in 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Duke of Swabia Frederick II von Hohenstaufen about 1120 in Germany. Frederick (son of Duke of Swabia Frederick I von Büren and Princess of Germany Agnes) was born in 1090 in Swabia, Germany; died on 6 Apr 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Matilda (Maud) de Brittany about 1116 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Matilda (daughter of I Stephen de Brittany and Hawise) was born about 1086 in Brittany, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

AFN 9HQJ-F2:

Family/Spouse: Ivo Grentemaisnel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: 2nd Baron Percy Alan de Percy. Alan (son of 1st Baron Percy William de Percy and Emma de Porte) was born in 1069 in Perci-en-Auge, Low Normandy, France; died in 1135; was buried in Whitby, North Riding, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adeline de Meulent. Adeline was born about 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert de Latham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

242-p277:
244-1-p440:
505-v5-p484:
550-v2-p303:
758-v5-p123:
809-v1-p229:
1976-p106:
3123-p31(e2-f1)

Robert married Alice Pagnel about 1108 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Alice was born about 1087 in Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Gunnora de Gourey about 1112 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Gunnora was born about 1094 in Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married Duke of Brabant I Henry in 1179. I (son of Count of Leuven and Brussels, Landgraves of Brabant III Godfrey and of Limburg Margaret) was born in 1165 in Leuven, Brabant, Flanders, Belgium; died on 5 Sep 1235 in Colonge, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Auxonne and Traves Stephen (Etienne) de Macon, II. Stephen (son of Count of Macon and Auxonne William (Guillaume) de Macon, III and Poncette de Treves) was born about 1122 in France; died after 21 Jul 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabella married King of France Philip II Augustus Capet on 28 Apr 1180 in Bapaume, Normandy, France. Philip (son of King of France Louis VII "The Younger" Capet and Adele de Blois) was born on 21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, France; died on 14 Jul 1223 in Mantes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Yolande married Emperor of Constantinople Peter (Pierre) Courtenay, II on 1 Jul 1193 in Soissons, Aisne, Ille-de-France, France. Peter (son of Emperor of Constantinople Pierre II Capet and Elizabeth) was born in 1155 in Courtenay, Galinois, France; died in Jun 1219 in Epirus, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Adrianople

Baldwin married Marie de Champagne on 6 Jun 1186. Marie (daughter of Count of Champagne and Brie Henry I "The Liberal" de Blois and of France Marie Capet) was born about 1174 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 9 Aug 1204 in Acre, Northern District, Israel; was buried in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Duke of Burgundy III Hugh about 1165 in Lorraine, France. III (son of Duke of Burgundy II Eudes and Marie de Champagne) was born about 1148 in of Burgundy, France; died on 25 Aug 1192 in Tyrus, Jerusalem. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Margaret Bruce in 1188 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland. Margaret was born in 1169 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland; died in 1188 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Count of Blois Theobald V "The Good" de Blois in 1164. Theobald (son of Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois and Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim) was born in 1127 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died in 1190. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Champagne and Brie Henry I "The Liberal" de Blois. Henry (son of Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois and Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim) was born in 1126 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France; died on 17 Mar 1181 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philip married Isabella d'Hainaut on 28 Apr 1180 in Bapaume, Normandy, France. Isabella (daughter of Baldwin, Count of Hainaut V and of Flanders Marguerite I de Flandre) was born on 5 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 15 Mar 1190 in Paris, Paris, Ile-De-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: King of England Richard I Plantagenet. Richard (son of King of England Henry II "Curtmantlel" Plantagenet and Duchess of Aquitaine Eleanor) was born on 8 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England; died on 6 Apr 1199 in Chalus, Limousin, France; was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alys married Count of Ponthieu William IV Talvas on 20 Aug 1195. William (son of Count of Ponthieu and Montreuil John I Talvas and Beatrice de St. Pol) was born in 1179; died on 4 Oct 1221. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Acre, Palestine

Family/Spouse: Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou. Henry Plantagenet. Henry (son of King of England Henry II "Curtmantlel" Plantagenet and Duchess of Aquitaine Eleanor) was born on 28 Feb 1154/55 in Bermondsey Palace, Surrey, England; died on 11 Jun 1183 in Martel Castle, Turenne, France; was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alix married Count of Angoulême Aymer Taillefer about 1180. Aymer (son of Count of Angoulême William V Taillefer and Marguerite de Turenne) died in 1202. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]