Adalhard von Metz Count of Metz and Moselle, II

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Matfried I Metzgau

Family/Spouse: Landsind de Moselle. Landsind (daughter of Radalds, Earl) was born in 850 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; died in 923 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adalbert married Luitgard, Countess of Luxembourg about 940 in Metz, France. Luitgard (daughter of Count Palantine of Luxembourg Wigeric, Count of the Bidgau and Countess of France Cunigunda, Princess of France) was born in 915 in Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France; died on 8 Apr 960 in Nordgau, Thueringen, Germany; was buried in Egmond aan den Hoef, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matfried married Mlle d'Eiffel about 933 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Mlle was born about 920 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; died in 1003 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Richard I Gerhard von Metz

Family/Spouse: Bertha. Bertha was born about 940 in Luxembourg; died in 999 in Nordgau, Thueringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Adalbert II de Metz
• Birth: Abt 960, Metz, Nievre, Bourgogne, France
• Death: 25 Dec 1033, Bouzonville, Loiret, Centre, France

Adalbert married Judith von Ohningen Comtesse Konradiner in 980 in Longueville, Normandy, France. Judith (daughter of Cuno II von Öhningen and Richilda von Alemana) was born in 968 in Öhningen, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died in 1032 in Bouzonville, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was buried in Bouzonville, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hildegarde de Metz

Hildegarde married Fulk III "The Black", Count of Anjou in 1001 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. Fulk (son of Geoffrey, Count of Anjou I and Adelaide de Vermandois, son of Geoffrey "Greymantle" d'Anjou and Adelaide de Vermandois) was born on 21 Jun 972 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 21 Jun 1040 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was buried in Beaulieu-les-Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Gerhard II de Metz

Gerard married Gisele Egisheim, Countess Alsace in 1000 in Longueville, Normandy, France. Gisele was born in 985 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; died in 1046 in Bouzonville, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was buried in Bouzonville, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ermengarde married Robert I "The Old" Capet, Duke of Burgundy about 1048 in France. Robert (son of King of France Robert II "The Pious" Capet and of Toulouse Constance d'Arles) was born about 1011 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France; died on 21 Mar 1076 in Fleury-Sur-Ouche, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was buried in St Seine Abbey, Semur. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ermengarde married Count of the Gatinais Aubri Geoffrey, Cunt of the Gatinals about 1035 in France. Aubri (son of Count of the Gatinais Geoffrey III "Ferreol" and Beatrice de Macon) was born about 1000 in Chateau Landon, Seine-et-Marne, France; died on 1 Apr 1046 in Jerusalem. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Angers Abbey, Angers, Anjou, France

Family/Spouse: Comtesse de Bourgogne Agnes de Macon. Agnes (daughter of Otto, King of Lombardy I and of Rheims Ermentrude de Roucy) was born in 995 in of Bourgogne, France; died on 10 Nov 1068. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gunnora married Gilbert de Clare, Count of Brionne in 1021 in Tillieres, Eure, France. Gilbert (son of Geoffrey, Count of Brionne and Hawise de Guines) was born in 1000 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 24 Nov 1040 in Eschafour,, Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gilbert de Bec,, Seigneur de Tillieres et Bec. Gilbert was born about 990 in Tillières, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; died in 1046 in Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adelaide married Otto, King of Lombardy I before 1016. Otto (son of King of Italy, Marquis of Ivrea Adalbert and Countess of Burgundy Gerberge) was born in 966 in Ivrea, Torino, Piemonte, Italy; died on 21 Sep 1026 in Dijon, Cantal, Auvergne, France; was buried in Dijon, Cantal, Auvergne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gerard married of Namur Hedwig about 1043 in Alsace, France. Hedwig (daughter of Count of Namur I Albert and Princess of France Ermengarde (Adelaide)) was born about 1010 in of Namur, Belgium; died in 1075/1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adalbert married Clemence de Foix in 1030 in Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. Clemence (daughter of Bernardo Roger de Foix, Count of Foix I and Garsinda de Bigorre) was born in 1015 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France; died in Apr 1035 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hildegard married Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers William VIII (Guillaume) about 1069. William (son of Count of Aquitaine William VII "The Great" and Comtesse de Bourgogne Agnes de Macon) was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1086 in Chateau de Chize, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fulk married Hildegard de Beaugency in 1070 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France. Hildegard was born in 1044 in Beaugency, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 14 Feb 1116 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fulk married Bertrade de Montfort about 1077. Bertrade (daughter of Simon de Montfort, Seigneur de Montfort and Agnès d'Évreux) was born in May 1059 in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Saint-Remy-l'Honore, des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fulk married in 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1030, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England

Notes:

also Sheriff of Devon

Family/Spouse: Rohese Giffard. Rohese (daughter of Count of Longueville Walter Giffard and Ermentrude (Ermengarde) Fleitel) was born about 1035 in Longueville, Normandy, France; died after 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baldwin de Brionis, who, for the distinguished part he had in the Conquest, obtained from King William the Barony of Okehampton, the custody of the co. of Devon, and the government of the castle of Exeter in fee. He m. Albreda, dau. of Richard, surnamed Gos, Count of Avranche, and had, with other issue,
I. Richard, surnamed de Redvers.
II. Robert, governor of Brione.
I. Emma, m. 1st to William Avenal, and 2ndly, to William de Abrincis.

[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]

Family/Spouse: Albreda d'Avranches. Albreda was born about 1020 in Avranches, Normandy, France; died in Okehampton, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma. Emma was born about 1030 in Brionne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esilia married William Malet about 1041 in Normandy, France. William (son of Earl of Mercia III Ælfgar and Alversa Malet) was born in 1014 in Graville, Normandy, France; died about 1071. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married Eva de Montfort in 1074 in France. Eva (daughter of Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort I and Bertrade de Gometz) was born in 1045 in Isle, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died after 1086 in France. [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: 30 Jun 1109, Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France

Stephanie married William I "The Great", Count of Burgundy and Macon before 1060 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. William (son of Renaud, Count of Burgundy I and Countess of Burgundy Alice (Adelaide) de Normandie) was born on 14 Oct 1020 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 12 Nov 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was buried in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Assisted Philip I of France against William the Conqueror. He erected the Palace of Poictou, and, after conferring large donations on the Church, died.

The dates and name are unclear. Some label him as William VII.

William married Philippa de Toulouse in 1094 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France. Philippa (daughter of William, Count of Toulouse Margrave of Provence and Duke of Narbonne IV and Emma de Mortain) was born on 22 Oct 1073 in Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France; died on 28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ermengard d'Anjou in 1088. Ermengard (daughter of Fulk IV "The Rude" d'Anjou, Count of Anjou and Hildegard de Beaugency) was born on 18 Mar 1066 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France; died on 1 Jun 1147 in Acquitaine, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ermengard married Duke of Aquitaine William IX "The Troubadour" in 1088. William (son of Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers William VIII (Guillaume) and of Burgundy Hildegard) was born on 22 Oct 1071 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 10 Feb 1126 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Duke of Brittany Alan IV Fergant. Alan died on 13 Oct 1119. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Became King of Jerusalem 1131 on the death of his 2nd Father-in-Law.

Fulk married Princess of Jerusalem Melisende de Rethel on 2 Jun 1129 in Jerusalem, Palestine. Melisende (daughter of Baldwin de Rethel, King of Jerusalem II and Morphia) was born about 1110 in Jerusalem, Palestine; died on 11 Sep 1161 in Nablus, Israel; was buried in Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fulk married of Maine Ermengarde de la Fletche on 11 Jul 1110 in France. Ermengarde (daughter of Count of Maine Baldwin II de la Fletche and of Chateau du Loire Mathilda) was born about 1096 in Maine, France; died in 15 January or 12 October 1126 in Maine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rohese married Eudo de Rie about 1088. Eudo (son of Baron de Rie Hubert de St Clair and Albreda De Preaux) was born in 1047 in Ryes near Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France; died after 12 Jul 1080 in Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Heir in England; granted Cardigan in Wales.

Lord of Tunbridge, founded Priory of Clare, Lord of Cardigan

Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all his father's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon the point of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and saved his royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellion in the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. Hem. In 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue, Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert de Tonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by his eldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]

Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl of Pembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard, Earls of Buckingham]

Gilbert married Adeliza (Alice) de Clermont about 1086. Adeliza (daughter of Count of Clermont Hugh de Clermont and Margaret de Roucy) was born about 1072 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married William d'Avranches, Baron of Okehampton in 1065 in Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. William (son of Guillaume d'Avranches and Beatrice de Buillt) was born in 1037 in Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1087 in Okehampton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guillaume d'Arques. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beatrice married Sheriff of Lincoln Thorold de Taillebois about 1065 in of Lincolnshire, England. Thorold was born about 1040 in of Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wolfric de Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Runcorn. Wolfric (son of Ivo, Vicomte de Cotentin and Emma) was born in 1055 in Cotentin, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1100 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. [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]

Notes:

The sources conflict on who was Gisele's father. Some show Otto William of Burgundy, grandson of Gerbega; another shows William I of Burgundy. I have picked the Stammtafeln version.

Gisela married Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Marquis of Turin Humbert II de Maurienne in 1090 in Savoy, France. Humbert (son of Count of Savoy Amadeus (Amadeo) de Maurienne, II and Joan de Geneva) was born about 1062 in of Savoie, France; died on 17 Oct 1103; was buried on 19 Oct 1103. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gisela married Marquess of Montferrat Renier in 1105 in Bourgogne, Marne, France. Renier was born about 1084 in of Bourgogne, France; died in May 1135. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married Duke of Burgundy Eudes I "The Red" Borel de Bourgogne in 1077/1098 in Burgundy, France. Eudes (son of Duke of Burgundy Henry Capet and Countess of Barcelona Sibylle) was born in 1058 in Burgandy, France; died on 23 Mar 1103 in Tarsus, Cilicia, Asia Minor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Murdered

Stephen married of Lorraine Beatrix about 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sibylla married Duke of Burgundy Eudes I "The Red" Borel de Bourgogne in 1080. Eudes (son of Duke of Burgundy Henry Capet and Countess of Barcelona Sibylle) was born in 1058 in Burgandy, France; died on 23 Mar 1103 in Tarsus, Cilicia, Asia Minor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married Countess of Castile Urraca in 1087 in Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Urraca (daughter of King of Castile and Leon Alfonso VI "The Brave" and of Burgundy Constance Capet) was born in Apr 1079 in Castile, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain; died on 8 Mar 1126 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla-Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ermentrude married Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry about 1089. 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]

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• Name: Ida Clementia
• Death: 1133, Nottinghamshire, England

Ida married Robert, Count of Flanders II in 1096 in Flanders, Belgium, Netherlands. Robert (son of Robert, Count of Flanders and Artois I and Gertrud Wettin) was born in 1065 in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium; died on 5 Oct 1111 in Brie, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burke says he died in 1156. Some call him William VIII.

William married Eleanor Chatellerault de Rochefoucald in 1112/1134. Eleanor was born in 1103; died after 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 8 Mar 1159; Abbey of Fontevraud, Aquitaine, France

Notes:

Died:
Abbey of Fontevraud, Aquitaine, France

Agnes married King of Aragon Ramiro "The Monk", II in 1134 in Spain. Ramiro (son of King of Aragon and Navarre Sancho Ramirez Aragon and Felicia de Roucy) was born on 24 Apr 1075 in Huesca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain; died on 16 Aug 1157 in San Pedro Monastery, Jaca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain; was buried in Huesca, Provincia de Huesca, Aragon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Princess of England Maud. Maud (daughter of King of England Henry I "Beauclerc" and Sibyl Corbet) was born in 1102 in England; died on 10 Sep 1166 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amalric married Agnes Courtenay in 1157. Agnes (daughter of Joscelin III Courtenay) was born about 1136 in Edessa, Syria; died about Sep 1184. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amalric married Maria Comnena on 29 Aug 1167 in Tyre. Maria was born about 1150; died in 1208. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Philippa de Perche. Philippa (daughter of Rotrou II "The Great" de Perche and Matilda) was born in 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sibylla married Duke of Alsace, Count of Flanders III Thierry about 1134. III (son of Duke of Alsace-Lorraine II Thierry and Gertrude De Flanders) was born about 1099 in Alsace, France; died on 17 Jan 1167/68. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sibylla married Count of Flanders William Clito in 1123. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Duke of Normandy William (Ætheling) Adelin. William (son of King of England Henry I "Beauclerc" and Princess of Scotland Matilda (Edith) mac Maíl Coluim) was born before 5 Aug 1103 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England; died on 25 Nov 1120 in White Ship, English Channel near Barfleur, Normandy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burke says the marriage was 3 Apr 1127. The name Plantagenet, according to Rapin, came from when Fulk the Great being stung from remorse for some wicked action, in order to atone for it, went a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and was scourged before the Holy Sepulcher with broom twigs. Earlier authorities say it was because Geoffrey bore a branch of yellow broom (Planta-genistae) in his helm.

Duke of Normandy 1144-1150.

Geoffrey IV, also called GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, byname GEOFFREY THE FAIR, French GEOFFROI PLANTAGENET, or GEOFFROI le BEL (b. Aug. 24, 1113--d. Sept. 7, 1151, Le Mans, Maine [France]), count of Anjou (1131-51), Maine, and Touraine and ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of England through his marriage, in June 1128, to Matilda (q.v.), daughter of Henry I of England. On Henry's death (1135), Geoffrey claimed the duchy of Normandy; he finally conquered it in 1144 and ruled there as duke until he gave it to his son Henry (later King Henry II of England) in 1150.

Geoffrey was popular with the Normans, but he had to suppress a rebellion of malcontent Angevin nobles. After a short war with Louis VII of France, Geoffrey signed a treaty (August 1151) by which he surrendered the whole of Norman Vexin (the border area between Normandy and Isle-de-France) to Louis. [Encyclopedia Britannica CD '97]

Geoffrey married of Angers Adelaide about 1128. Adelaide was born in 1112. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Geoffrey married Princess of England Matilda Normandy on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou, France. Matilda (daughter of King of England Henry I "Beauclerc" and Princess of Scotland Matilda (Edith) mac Maíl Coluim) was born on 5 Aug 1102 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 10 Sep 1167; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married William de Mandeville about 1083 in England. William (son of Geoffrey de Mandeville and Adeliza de Balts) was born about 1058 in Great Waltham, Essex, England; died about 1130 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Lord Great Chamberlain of England Aubrey II de Vere about 1108 in Suffolk, England. Aubrey (son of Lord of Cheniston Alberic (Aubrey) de Vere and Countess of Ghisnes Beatrice (Beatrix)) was born about 1080 in Hedingham, Essex, England; died on 15 May 1141 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Braintree District, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Geoffrey St. Leger in 1112 in Fairlight, Sussex, England. Geoffrey (son of William St. Leger and Cecilla De Romney) was born in 1087 in Fairlight, Sussex, England; died in 1144 in Fairlight, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lord of Cardigan in Wales

Richard de Clare first bore the title of Earl of Hertford and, being one of those who, by power of the sword, entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories as also of divers castles in those parts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, in which he was unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt and soon after fell in an engagement with the Welsh. His lordship in 1124 removed the monks out of his castle at Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, and bestowed upon them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho, with a doe every year out of his part at Hunedene. He m. Alice, sister of Ranulph, 2nd Earl of Chester, and had issue, Gilbert, his successor, with two other sons, and a dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-ap-Griffith, Prince of North Wales. His lordship d. 1139 and was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]

Richard de Clare first bore the title of Earl of Hertford and, being one of those who, by power of the sword, entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories as also of divers castles in those parts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, in which he was unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt and soon after fell in an engagement with the Welsh. His lordship in 1124 removed the monks out of his castle at Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, and bestowed upon them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho, with a doe every year out of his part at Hunedene. He m. Alice, sister of Ranulph, 2nd Earl of Chester, and had issue, Gilbert, his successor, with two other sons, and a dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-ap-Griffith, Prince of North Wales. His lordship d. 1139 and was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]

Died:
Age: 46

Richard married Alice de Meschines about 1115. Alice (daughter of Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester and Lucy de Taillebois) was born about 1094 in Gernons Castle, Normandy, France; died in 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lord of Deeping and Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Baldwin married Heiress of Bourne, Deeping and Skellingthorpe Adeline de Rollos about 1113. Adeline was born in 1092 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married William de Montfitchet about 1111 in of Suffolk, England. William was born about 1091 in Essex, Cambridge, England; died in 1156 in London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rohese married Baderon FitzWilliam, Lord of Monmouth II after 1130 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. Baderon (son of William FitzBaderon, Lord of Monmouth and Hawise) was born about 1100 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales; died in 1176 in Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont before 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. 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]

Family/Spouse: Geoffrey de Say. Geoffrey (son of William de Say and Agnes de Grandmesnil) was born about 1088 in Sawbridgeworth, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert de Abrincis, who, upon the resignation of his uncle, Richard de Redvers, obtained a grant of the Barony of Okehampton, the office of hereditary sheriff of Devon, and the government of Exeter Castle. He m. a dau. of Godwyn Dole, and left an only dau. and heiress, Maud de Abrincis. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]

Family/Spouse: Emma Geldwin de Dol. Emma was born in 1080 in Dol De Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; died in Nov 1097 in Okehampton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maud de Monville. Maud (daughter of Nele de Monville and Heiress of Folkstone Emma d'Arques) was born about 1095 in Folkstone, Kent, 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]

Adélaïde married Constable of France Matthieu de Montmorenci in 1141 in Savoie, France. Matthieu was born about 1190. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adélaïde married King of France Louis VI "The Fat" Capet on 3 Aug 1115 in Paris, Seine, France. Louis (son of King of France Philip I "The Fair" Capet and Countess of Holland Bertha) was born in 1081 in Herbst, France; died on 1 Aug 1137 in Bethizy Castle, Paris, Seine, France; was buried in St Denis, Seine-Saint-Deni, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amadeus married Mahaut (Mafalda Matilda) d'Albon in 1123. Mahaut died after 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Maud de Turenne in 1103/1135 in Bourgogne, Marne, France. Maud (daughter of Viscount of Turenne I Boso and Gerberge de Terrasson) was born about 1090 in of Mayenne, France; died after 1162 in Beaune, Cote-d'Or, France. [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]

Notes:

Died:
Abbey de Perseigne, Le Mans, France

Family/Spouse: Count of Alencon and Ponthieu William Talvas, Count of Ponthieu III. William (son of 3rd Earl Shrewsbury Count of Ponthieu, Alecon, and Montreuil Robert de Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury II and Agnes de Ponthieu) was born about 1093 in Alençon, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 30 Jun 1171. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helie married Count of Ponthieu III William in 1115. III was born about 1095; died on 20 Jun 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helie married Bertrand de Toulouse, Count of Toulouse in Jun 1095. Bertrand died in 1112. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Returning from an expedition against Almohad possession, he died.

Alfonso married Berenguela Raimundo on 17 Nov 1128 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla-Leon, Spain. Berenguela (daughter of Ramon Berenguer, Count of Barcelona III and Countess of Provence Douce, heiress of Provence) was born on 3 Feb 1113 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; died on 15 Jan 1149 in Palencia, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfonso married of Poland Richeza Piast in Jul 1152 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. Richeza was born in 1140 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland; died on 16 Jun 1185 in Palencia, Leon, Castilla-Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Eleanor married King of France Louis VII "The Younger" Capet on 22 Jul 1137 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France, and was divorced in 1152. Louis (son of King of France Louis VI "The Fat" Capet and Countess of Savoy Adélaïde de Maurienne) was born in 1120 in Fontainebleau, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Notre Dame de Barbeau, Fontainebleau, France; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married King of England Henry II "Curtmantlel" Plantagenet on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France. Henry (son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou V and Princess of England Matilda Normandy) was born on 25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Normandy, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Castle Chinon, Saumer, Indre Et Loire, France; was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1134, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
• Birth: 29 Jun 1135, Huesca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
• Death: 17 Oct 1174, Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain
• Death: 17 Oct 1174, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Petronilla married Ramon Berenguer, Count of Barcelona IV on 11 Aug 1137 in Huesca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Ramon (son of Ramon Berenguer, Count of Barcelona III and Countess of Provence Douce, heiress of Provence) was born on 4 Apr 1113 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; died on 6 Aug 1162 in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy; was buried in Ripoll, Provincia de Girona, Cataluna, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Acre, Palestine

Sibylla married Count of Jaffa and Ascalon Guilhem Longa-Espia de Montferrat in 1176. Guilhem (son of Marquess of Montferrat Guillaume V de Montferrat and of Austria Jutta von Babenberg) was born about 1142; died in Jun 1177 in Ashkelon, Israel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sibylla married King of Jerusalem Guy de Lusignan in 1180. Guy (son of Hugh VIII de Lusignan and Bourgogne de Rancon) was born about 1150 in Lusignan, Poitou, France; died on 18 Jul 1194 in Cyprus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabella married of Montferrat Conrad on 24 Nov 1190. Conrad was born about 1145; died on 28 Apr 1192. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Count of Champagne Henry II de Blois. Henry (son of Count of Champagne and Brie Henry I "The Liberal" de Blois and of France Marie Capet) was born on 29 Jul 1166; died on 10 Sep 1197. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabella married of Toron Humphrey IV de Toron in Nov 1183 in Karak, Jordan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: King of Jerusalem Amalric II de Lusignan. Amalric (son of Hugh VIII de Lusignan and Bourgogne de Rancon) was born in 1145; died on 1 Apr 1205. [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]

Notes:

Assumed the name of Warren and became the Earl of Surrey, Vicomte of
Touraine. (See Early Yorkshire Charters Vol viii pp 20-24 for
daughters' details).

Hameline Plantagenet, natural brother to King Henry II, likewise obtained, jure uxoris, the Earldom of Surrey, and assumed the surname and arms of de Warren. This nobleman bore one of the three swords at the second coronation of Richard I, and in the 6th of the same reign [1195], he was with that king in his army in Normandy. He d. 7 May 1202, four years after the countess, having had issue, William, Adela, Maud, another dau. who m. Gilbert de Aquila, Isabel, and Margaret. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 569, Warren, Earls of Surrey]

From 'An Illustrated Account of Conisbrough' by Robert Allen Marsh
1163 Hamelin Plantagenet, son of Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou, and half-brother of King Henry 2nd became the 5th Earl on his marriage to the widowed Isabel. It is accepted that he built the Castle Keep on the site of an earlier wooden stronghold c.1180-90, and probably the curtain wall soon afterwards. Isabel and Hamelin made an endowment of 50/- a year for a priest and a chapel within the castle 1189. Hamelin's nephew, King John, issued a charter at Conisbrough in 1201 and may have lodged in the Keep. Hamelin was one of a number of treasurers responsible for raising 70,000 marks of silver to affect the release of King Richard who had been imprisoned in Austria on his return from the Holy Land. Hamelin himself contributed 40.8.7d. He died in 1201 and was buried at Lewes.

Hamelin married Countess of Surrey Isabel de Warenne in Apr 1164 in Surrey, England. Isabel (daughter of 3rd Earl of Surrey William III de Warenne and Adela d'Alencon) was born in 1137 in Surrey, England; died on 13 Jul 1199 in Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reigned 1154-1189. He ruled an empire that stretched from the Tweed to the Pyrenees. In spite of frequent hostilities with the French King his own family and rebellious Barons (culminating in the great revolt of 1173-74) and his quarrel with Thomas Becket, Henry maintained control over his possessions until shortly before his death. His judicial and administrative reforms which increased Royal control and influence at the expense of the Barons were of great constitutional importance. Introduced trial by Jury. Duke of Normandy.

Henry II was born at Le Mans in 1133. He was the eldest son of the Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, by her second marriage to Geoffrey the Fair of Anjou. His parents' marriage was tempestuous, and both parties were glad when politics brought a separation, with Matilda going to England to fight King Stephen, and Geoffrey of Normandy to win a heritage for young Henry.

He first came to England at the age of nine when his mother made her dramatic escape from Oxford where she was besieged by Stephen, across the ice and snow, dressed all in white, to welcome him at Wallingford. His next visit, when he was fourteen, showed his character: he recruited a small army of mercenaries to cross over and fight Stephen in England, but failed so miserably in the execution of his plans that he ended up borrowing money from Stephen to get back home. A third expedition, two years later, was almost as great a failure. Henry was not a soldier, his were skills of administration and diplomacy; warfare bored and sometimes frightened him. For the meanwhile he now concentrated on Normandy, of which his father had made him joint ruler. In 1151, the year of his father's death, he went to Paris to do homage to Louis VII for his duchy. There he met Queen Eleanor, and she fell in love with him.

Henry was by no means averse. To steal a king's wife does a great deal for the ego of a young duke; he was as lusty as she, and late in their lives he was still ardently wenching with 'the fair Rosamund' Clifford, and less salubrious girls with names like 'Bellebelle'; finally, she would bring with her the rich Duchy of Aquitaine, which she held in her own right. With this territory added to those he hoped to inherit and win, his boundaries would be Scotland in the north, and the Pyrenees in the south.

Henry was, apart from his prospects, a 'catch' for any woman. He was intelligent, had learned Latin and could read and possibly write; immensely strong and vigorous, a sportsman and hard rider who loved travel; emotional and passionate, prone to tears and incredible rages; carelessly but richly dressed, worried enough in later life to conceal his baldness by careful arrangement of his hair, and very concerned not to grow fat.

But now he was in the prime of youth, and in 1153, when he landed with a large force in Bristol, the world was ready to be won. He quickly gained control of the West Country and moved up to Wallingford for a crucial battle with Stephen. This was avoided, however, because in the preparations for the battle Henry fell from his horse three times, a bad omen. Henry himself was not superstitious -- he was the reverse, a cheerful blasphemer -- but he disliked battles and when his anxious advisers urged him to heed the omen, he willingly agreed to parley privately with Stephen. The conference was a strange occasion: there were only two of them there, at the narrowest point of the Thames, with Henry on one bank and Stephen on the other. None the less, they seem to have come to an agreement to take negotiations further.

That summer Stephen's son died mysteriously, and Eleanor bore Henry an heir (about the same time as an English whore Hikenai produced his faithful bastard Geoffrey). The omens clearly showed what was soon confirmed between the two -- that when Stephen died, Henry should rule in his place. A year later Stephen did die, and in December 1154, Henry and Eleanor were crowned in London.

Henry was only 21, but he soon showed his worth, destroying unlicensed castles, and dispersing the foreign mercenaries. He gave even-handed justice, showing himself firm, but not unduly harsh. A country racked by civil war sighed with relief. Only two major difficulties appeared: first Henry's failure in his two Welsh campaigns in 1157 and 1165, when guerilla tactics utterly defeated and on the first occasion nearly killed him; second was the reversal of his friendship for Becket when he changed from being Chancellor to Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162.

The quarrel with Becket was linked with the King's determination to continue his grandfather's reform of the administration of justice in the country. He was anxious for a uniform pattern, operated by royal justices, to control the corrupt, ill-administered and unequal local systems operated by barons and churchmen. At Clarendon in 1166 and Northampton in 1176, he got his council's agreement to a series of measures which established circuits of royal justices dealing with the widest range of criminal activities. The method of operation was novel, too, relying on a sworn jury of inquest of twelve men. Though not like a modern jury, in that they were witnesses rather than assessors, the assize juries were the ancestors of the modern English legal system.

Henry traveled constantly, and much of the time in his Continental territories, for there were constant rebellions to deal with, usually inspired or encouraged by Louis of France. Henry was determined to keep the integrity of his empire, and to pass it on as a unity. To do this was no small task, but in 1169 Henry held a conference with the King of France which he hoped would achieve his objectives: he himself again did homage for Normandy, his eldest son Henry did homage for Anjou, Maine and Brittany, and Richard for Aquitaine. The next year he had young Henry crowned in his own lifetime. If anything could preserve the succession, surely this would, yet, in fact, it brought all the troubles in the world onto Henry's head, for he had given his sons paper domains, and had no intention that they should rule his empire. Yet a man with a title does not rest until he has that title's power.

Late in 1171 Henry had a pleasant interlude in Ireland - escaping from the world's condemnation for the murder of Becket. He spent Christmas at Dublin in a palace built for him out of wattles by the Irish.

Meanwhile, Eleanor had been intriguing with her sons, urging them to revolt and demand their rights. Early in 1173 they trooped off to the French court, and with Louis joined in an attack on Normandy. Henry clamped Eleanor into prison and went off to meet the new threat. Whilst he was busy meeting this, England was invaded from Flanders and Scotland, and more barons who fancied a return of the warlord days of Stephen broke into revolt.

Plainly it was St. Thomas's revenge, and there was no hope of dealing with the situation without expiation. In July 1174 Henry returned to England, and went in pilgrim's dress to Canterbury. Through the town he walked barefoot, leaving a trail of blood on the flinty stones, and went to keep his vigil of a day and a night by the tomb, not even coming out to relive himself. As he knelt, the assembled bishops and all the monks of Christchurch came to scourge him -- each giving him three strokes, but some with bitterness in their hearts laying on with five.

It was worth it though, for the very morning his vigil ended Henry was brought the news that the King of Scotland had been captured. He moved quickly northwards, receiving rebels' submission all the time. He met up with Geoffrey who had fought valiantly for him, and commented, 'My other sons have proved themselves bastards, this one alone is my true and legitimate son.'

Returning to France, he quickly came to an agreement with Louis and his three rebel sons, giving each a substantial income, though still no share of power.

Richard set to work reducing the Duchy of Aquitaine to order, and quickly proved himself an able general who performed tremendous feats, such as capturing a fully manned and provisioned castle with three walls and moats to defend it. But the people were less easy to subdue - they loved war for its own sake as their poet-leader, Bertrand de Born, shows well in his works: '. . . I love to see amidst the meadows tents and pavilions spread; and it gives me great joy to see drawn up on the field knights and horses in battle array; and it delights me when the scouts scatter people and herds in their path; and my heart is filled with gladness when I see strong castles besieged, and the stockades broken and overwhelmed, and the warriors on the bank, girt about by fosses, with a line of strong stakes, interlaced . . . Maces, swords, helms of different hues, shields that will be riven and shattered as soon as the fight begins; and many vassals struck down together; and the horses of the dead and wounded roving at random. And when battle is joined, let all men of good lineage think of naught but the breaking of heads and arms: I tell you I find no such savor in food or in wine or in sleep as in hearing the shout "On! On!" from both sides, and the neighing of steeds that have lost their riders, and the cries of "Help! Help!"; and in seeing men great and small go down on the grass beyond the fosses; in seeing at last the dead, with the pennoned stumps of lances still in their sides.'

These robust knights were actively encouraged by the young King Henry. He was handsome, charming and beloved of all, but also feckless and thoughtless -- far keener on tournaments and frivolity than the serious business of government. Then in the middle of his new rebellion he caught dysentery and shortly died. His devoted followers were thunderstruck --one young lad actually pined to death -- and the rebellion fizzled out.

The young king was dead, but Henry, wary of previous errors, was not going to rush into making a new one. He called his favorite youngest son, John, to his side and ordered Richard to give his duchy into his brother's hands. Richard -- his mother's favorite -- had made Aquitaine his home and worked hard to establish his control there; he refused to give his mother's land to anyone, unless it were back to Eleanor herself.

Henry packed John off to Ireland (which he speedily turned against himself) whilst he arranged to get Eleanor out of her prison and bring her to Aquitaine to receive back the duchy. Meanwhile the new King of France, Philip, was planning to renew the attack on English territories, all the while the three, Henry, Richard, and Philip, were supposed to be planning a joint crusade.

In 1188 Henry, already ill with the abscessed anal fistula that was to cause him such an agonizing death, refused point blank to recognize Richard as his heir. The crazy project for substituting John was at the root of it all, though Henry may have deluded himself into thinking he was playing his usual canny hand.

But diplomacy was giving way to the Greekest of tragedies. In June 1189, Philip and Richard advanced on Henry at his birthplace in Le Mans, and he was forced to withdraw with a small company of knights, showering curses on God. Instead of going to the safety of Normandy, he rode hard, his usual long distance, deep into Anjou. This worsened his physical condition and, in high fever, he made no effort to call up forces to his aid. Forced to meet Philip and Richard, he was so ill he had to be held on his horse whilst he deliriously mumbled his abject agreement to their every condition for peace.

Back in bed after his last conference he was brought the news that John, for whom he had suffered all this, had joined the rebels' side. Two sons-- both rebels -- were dead, two sons -- both rebels -- lived, and it was his bastard Geoffrey who now tended him in his last sickness. There was not even a bishop in his suite to give him the last rites. Over and again he cried out in agony "Shame! shame on a vanquished king!"

After his death the servants plundered him, leaving him in a shirt and drawers. When the marshal came to arrange the burial he had to scratch around for garments in which to dress the body. A bit of threadbare gold edging from a cloak was put around Henry's head to represent his sovereignty.

And yet Henry had foreseen it all. According to Gerald of Wales, he had long before ordered a fresco for one of his rooms at Winchester: the picture showed an eagle being pecked by three eaglets, and a fourth perched on his head, ready to peck out his eyes when the time should come. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes and Noble Books, New York, 1995]

Henry married Duchess of Aquitaine Eleanor on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France. 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]

Family/Spouse: Rosamond de Clifford. Rosamond (daughter of Walter I de Clifford and Margaret de Toeni) was born in 1136 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1176 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1106, Rycott, Oxford, England
• Death: 16 Sep 1144, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
• Death: 16 Sep 1144, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England; Age: 38

Notes:

Constable of the Tower of London

English Anarchy and Geoffrey de Mandeville - Scourge of the Fens

Geoffrey de Mandeville was the Earl of Essex in the time of King Stephen (1135-1154). He is famous for his treachery and violence around the time of the civil war waged between Stephen and Henry I's daughter, the empress Matilda. As we shall see, his ability to wreak havoc and suffering was to be felt heavily by the people of Cambridgeshire.

The civil war of 1139-1153 is characterized by the greed and ruthlessness of many knights and gentry who declared themselves to be allied to either Stephen or Matilda but proceeded to wage war on whoever they could gain most from whether it helped either of the main protagonists or not. Stephen, King Henry I's nephew, had opportunistically seized the throne immediately after Henry died with the help of his brother, the powerful bishop of Winchester. Henry had persuaded his barons to swear an oath in support of Matilda, his only surviving legitimate heir. However, Matilda had spent most of her life in far away Germany, she was a poor diplomat, was married to an Angevin (an unpopular alliance as far as both the English and the Normans were concerned) and she was a woman. It wasn't a hard decision for many of the barons to renege on their oath in support of Matilda and support Stephen instead. Stephen might have avoided much bloodshed during his reign had he not made a big mistake in the way he dealt with Roger, bishop of Salisbury whom he suspected, perhaps not unreasonably, of being in league with the empress. Roger had experienced a meteoric rise in fortune during the reign of Henry. Henry, if one historian is to be believed, had discovered Roger in France where he had been impressed at the speed at which the clergyman could read a mass. Henry appointed him as chancellor and as bishop of Salisbury and quickly elevated him to justiciar - making him the second most powerful man in England after himself. During Stephen's reign, Roger had established a powerful dynasty with his son as chancellor, his nephew Nigel as bishop of Ely and another nephew as bishop of Lincoln, all of whom were building or strengthening and garrisoning their own castles and ostentatiously taking large retinues of armed men about with them wherever they went. Stephen used a street brawl involving Salisbury's men as an excuse to seize Salisbury, his son and the bishop of Lincoln and chase Nigel of Ely to Devizes. After three days siege, Nigel was betrayed by Salisbury's mistress who feared for the safety of her husband and son. The king now had all the castles of Salisbury's family and had badly abused the legates in his custody. This action proved to be disastrous for Stephen. The church was appalled at the way in which Stephen had treated the clergymen. The king found many of his supporters switching to Matilda's side, including his own brother, the bishop of Winchester.

Stephen was a fearsome soldier. His chivalry and misplaced generosity, however, could be said to have been excessive and detrimental to his cause. His downfall at the battle of Lincoln in 1141 can be attributed to behavior which was typical of him. Towards the end of 1140 one of Matilda's supporters, Annul, the earl of Chester seized the castle of Lincoln. Instead of attempting to punish Rannulf, Stephen gave him the castle plus the city of Lincoln, plus a number of other castles. It was complaints of harsh treatment by the citizens of Lincoln which caused Stephen to rush to the city to sort Rannulf out. However Rannulf had slipped away to get reinforcements among the desperate knights who had lost everything they possessed fighting for the Empress.

The battle of Lincoln took place on the 2nd of February 1141. The kings forces easily defeated scouts sent by the earl to impede his progress and gained a good tactical position. Obeying his fatally chivalrous nature, Stephen took his men from easily defendable high ground to a marshy plane by the city of Lincoln to meet the earl's rabble for a fair fight. His cavalry failed to ward off frenzied attacks of the disinherited knights who had nothing to lose and everything to fight for. Stephen fought fiercely until both his sword and axe were broken and eventually was forced to surrender to Robert of Gloucester when he was knocked down by a flying stone.

Stephen's cause was now left in the hands of his shrewd queen, also called Matilda. She stood her own Cambridgeshire estates as collateral for a loan from the London justiciar, Gervase of Cornhill. She repurchased the support of Geoffrey de Mandeville who had transferred his allegiance to the empress when things started to go wrong for Stephen. She also won back the support of Stephen's brother, the bishop of Winchester whose support Stephen had lost after he miss-handled dealing with Roger of Salisbury.

In November of 1141 Stephen was released in exchange for Robert of Gloucester, an important ally of the empress who had been captured by royalist forces whilst fleeing a defeat at Winchester. Unchastened by his experience with the earl of Chester, he heaped rewards and privileges on the treacherous Geoffrey de Mandeville on top of the payment already made to him by the queen. De Mandeville became sheriff and justiciar in three separate counties. He was made constable of 'The Tower' - a role which effectively put him in charge of London but in which he evidently earned the loathing of the people of that city. The proof of the Londoners' hatred of de Mandeville exists in a document which points to his ultimate treason (that is, before he turned into a sadistic monster of the fens). He changed his allegiance back to the empress, drawing up a charter in which he dictates that she should make no peace with the burgesses of London without his consent 'because they are his mortal foes'. He continued to attend court and feign friendship with the king even though it was generally known that he was in league with the Stephen's enemies. Eventually his arrogance was too much for the royalists and he was arrested suddenly in St. Albans in 1143. As punishment for treason he was given the choice of execution or giving up the Tower and his castles in Essex. He chose life and vengeance - on the people of Cambridgeshire!

De Mandeville fled to the marshy swamps of the fens with an army of mercenaries and ruffians. He seized and occupied Ely, using it as a fortress and drove the monks out of Ramsey Abbey and used it as a headquarters for his mob. From here he plundered, ransacked, and burnt property. He employed every type of torture conceivable to extract crippling ransom from anyone unfortunate enough to fall into his hands. Cambridge itself was ransacked and burnt. No one, regardless of age, sex or profession was safe. Over a stretch of twenty or thirty miles of countryside there was not an ox or plough to be seen. A serious famine resulted to add to the already enormous death toll. Stephen was unable to get an army through the impenetrable fens to rid the area of the evil earl leaving de Mandeville free to carry on at will. Fortunately, however, de Mandeville was hit by an arrow whilst attacking Burwell Castle in August 1144 and died soon afterwards.

The earl of Chester was arrested for treason two years later and on his release after surrendering his castles, plunged into an similar orgy of ferocious brutality. Scores of lesser barons and free lances around the country waged horror upon anyone they felt they could extract plunder from.

The anarchy slowly abated over several painful years. Two factors helped bring back order. Firstly, the Angevin cause was fading. Stephen cut Matilda off from her Gloucestershire strongholds with a success at Farringdon in 1145 and effectively ended the Angevin threat for the rest of his reign. Secondly, the fall of Edessa in 1144 eventually led to the second crusade which gained momentum in 1146 when Louis VII of France and emperor Conrad III took the cross. Many lawless Anglo-Norman noblemen took leave from their bloody work in England to slaughter and get slaughtered in the Holy Land.

Factual information in this article was obtained from 'Domesday Book to Magna Carta' by A.L. Poole, published by Oxford University Press, ISBN0-19-285287-6.

Buried:
Temple Church

Died:
Age: 38

Geoffrey married Rohese de Vere in 1129 in England. Rohese (daughter of Lord Great Chamberlain of England Aubrey II de Vere and Alice FitzGilbert de Clare) was born in 1110 in Hedingham, Essex, England; died on 21 Oct 1166 in Bedford Castle, Meppelshall, Bedfordshire, England; was buried in Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beatrice married Hugh Talbot in 1132 in Rickling, Essex, England. Hugh was born about 1085 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beatrice married William de Say about 1125. William (son of Geoffrey de Say and Hawise de Clare) was born about 1106 in Saye, Normandy, France; died in 1144. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1089, Hedingham, Essex, England
• Birth: 1103, Hedingham, Essex, England
• Death: Aft Sep 1166

Rohese married Earl of Essex Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex in 1129 in England. Geoffrey (son of William de Mandeville and Margaret de Rie) was born in 1092 in Great Waltham, Essex, England; died on 14 Sep 1144 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England; was buried in London, Greater London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Payne (Pagan) Beauchamp. Payne (son of Robert Beauchamp) was born about 1085 in of Essex and Bedfordshire, England; died on 7 May 1157 in Bedford Castle, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Juliana married 1st Earl of Norfolk Hugh Bigod about 1133 in Marriage was annulled. Hugh (son of Earl of East Anglia Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Toeni) was born about 1095 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England; died about 1177 in Thetford Church, Norfolk, England; was buried in Thetford Church, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roger de Glandville. Roger (son of Hervey de Glanville and Matilda de Salt-les-Dames) was born about 1111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walkelin Maminot. Walkelin was born about 1111 in West Greenwich, Kent, England; died in 1182. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

AUBREY DE VERE
First Earl of Oxford; Count of Guines; d 1194

... eldest surviving son of the above Aubrey, whom he succeeded in 1141. Having married Beatrice, daughter of Henry, castel Ian of Bourbourg, and heiress of her maternal grandfather, Manasses, count of Guines, Aubrey, on the latter's death (? 1139), became Count of Guines in her right (ib. pp. 189, 397; Stapleton, Archaeologia, xxxi. 216 sq.), and is so styled in a charter of the abbot of St. Edmund's (Cott. Chart. xxi. 6). It was also as count before his father's death that he executed the charter to Hatfield Priory quoted by Morant (Essex, ii. 506). In his 'Historiab Comitum Ardensium' (Pertz, vol. xxiv.), Lambert of Ardres, as the writer has shown (Academy, 28 May 1892), speaks of Aubrey as 'Albericus Aper' in his account of the comte of Guines. He was divorced by the Countess Beatrice, who then married Baldwin of Ardres, the claimant to the comte , about 1145 (Geoffrey de Mandeville, p. 189).
Meanwhile he had joined his brother-in-law, Earl Geoffrey, in intriguing with the Empress Maud (ib. p. 178), and, through his influence, obtained from her at Oxford in 1142 a remarkable charter, granting him lands and dignities, including an earldom, either of Cambridge, or, if that was impossible, of Oxford, Berkshire, Wiltshire, or Dorset, which charter her son Henry confirmed (ib. pp. 179-88). The title he adopted was that of Oxford, and in January 1156 Henry II by a fresh charter granted him its 'third penny' as earl (ib. p. 239). In 1166 he made a return of his knights' fees (Lib. Rub. p. 352). He is said to have founded the priories at Hedingham and at Ickleton, Cambridgeshire.

By his second wife, Euphemia Cantelupe, he seems to have had no issue, but by the third, Lucy, daughter of Henry of Essex, he left at his death in 1194 (Rot. Pip. 7 Ric. I) Aubrey, second earl, and Robert, third earl of Oxford [q. v.]

[Pipe Roll of 1130 (Record Comm.); Sarum Charters and Documents, Giraldus Cambrensis, William of Malmesbury, Matt. Paris, Liber Rubeus Scaccarii (all in Rolls Series); Madox's Baronia Anglica; Archaeologia; Morant's History of Essex; Pertz's Monuments; Foss's Judges of England; Dugdale's Monasticon; Round's Geoffrey de Mandeville and Feudal England; Academy, 28 May 1892; Cotton Charters; Pipe Rolls.] J.H.R.

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

Alice married 1st Baron of Warkworth Roger FitzRichard before 1176. Roger (son of Lord Baron Halton Richard FitzEustace Clavering and Jane Bigod) was born about 1141 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died in 1178 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, is likewise said to have born the title of Earl of Clare. In the 3rd Henry II, this nobleman obtaining from the king all the lands in Wales which he could win, marched into Cardigan with a great army and fortified divers castles thereabouts. In the 9th of the same reign, we find him summoned by the celebrated Thomas-E homage to the prelate for his castle of Tonebruge; which at the command of the king he refused, alleging that holding it by military service it belonged rather to the crown than to the church. His lordship m. Maude (who m. after his decease William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel), dau. of James de St. Hillary, by whom he had a son, Richard, his successor. This earl who, from his munificence to the church and his numerous acts of piety, was called the Good, d. in 1173, and was s. by his son, Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]

Roger married Maud de St. Hilaire about 1152 in Field Dalling, Norfolk, England. Maud (daughter of James de St. Hilaire and Aveline Canmore) was born about 1132 in Burkenham, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Dec 1193 in Field Dalling, Walsingham, Norfolk, England; was buried in Priory of Great, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Age: 27

Adeliza married 4th Baron Percy William de Percy in 1134. William (son of 3rd Baron Percy William de Percy and Alice de Ros) was born in 1112 in Topcliffe, North Riding, Yorkshire, England; died in Apr 1175 in Salley Abbey, Craven, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rohese married Earl of Lincoln Gilbert de Gand about 1145 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England. Gilbert (son of Earl Lincoln Walter de Gaunt and Matilda (Maud) de Brittany) was born about 1120 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1156. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William II de Busli. William (son of William I de Busli and Hawise Espec) was born in 1090 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England; died in 1164. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married Aveline de Lucy in 1153 in of Normandy, France. Aveline (daughter of Richard de Lucy and Rohaise de Foliot) was born about 1114 in Luce, Near Maine, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rohese married Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath 4th Baron Lacy about 1163. Hugh (son of Gilbert de Lacy and Agnes de Gaunt) was born in Apr 1135 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England; died on 25 Jul 1186 in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland; was buried in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lord of Leinster 1171.

See also: http://www.castlewales.com/strngbow.html
and http://www.castlewales.com/is_clare.html

Richard married Eve (Aoife) MacMurrough on 26 Aug 1171 in Waterford. Eve (daughter of King of Leinster Diarmait MacMurchada and More O'Toole) was born about 1141 in Ireland; died after 1186 in Waterford, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Beatrice de Mandeville about 1125. Beatrice (daughter of William de Mandeville and Margaret de Rie) was born in 1105 in Mandeville, Normandy, France; died on 19 Apr 1197 in Rickling, Essex, England; was buried in Walden Abbey, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maud de Abrincis m. 1st, --- Deincourt, by whom she had a dau., Hawise, m. to Sir Reginald de Courtenay. Maud m. 2ndly, Robert FitzEdith, natural son of King Henry I, and had another dau., Matilda, m. to William de Courtenay, brother of Sir Reginald. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 140, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon]

Note Burke's newest Peerage (1999 - not extinct) has a different story to tell. Maud (Matilda) married Reginald (Renaud) and Hawise married the son (also name Reginald or Renaud). No mention is made of who married Renaud I's brother William. Plus Maud de Abrincis is name "Maud D'Avranches". Plus Hawise is dau of de Coucy - not Deincourt. (note - Plantagenet ancestry also has Deincourt). I am going with the newest Burke (1999).

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

Margery married Gilbert de Venables in 1105 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England. Gilbert (son of Gilbert de Venables) was born in 1085 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1130 in Venables, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [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]

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]

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]

Beatrix married Humbert III de Savoy in 1175. Humbert (son of Count of Savoy and Maurienne Amadeus III de Savoy and Mahaut (Mafalda Matilda) d'Albon) was born on 4 Aug 1136 in Aveillave, Savoy, France; died on 4 Mar 1189 in Cyprus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beatrx de Chalons. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philip married Princess of Byzantine Empire Irene Angelina on 25 May 1197. Irene (daughter of Emperor of Byzantine Empire Isaac II Angelos and Irena Comnenus) was born in 1184 in Constantinople, Turkey; died on 27 Aug 1208. [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]

Humbert married Beatrix de Macon in 1175. Beatrix (daughter of Count of Macon and Vienne I Gerard and of Salins Maurette) was born about 1160; died on 8 Apr 1230. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

II married Marie de Champagne about 1145 in Burgundy, France. Marie (daughter of Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald IV de Blois and Princess of Carinthia Mathilde von Sponheim) was born about 1129 in Champagne, France; died on 17 Aug 1190 in Fonterault, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]