Geoffrey DE LA BRUER

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CONFLICT: Not sure I have the correct lineage. Father could have been Reginald De La Bruer, Earl of Cornwall, or Rainald de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall. dl

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

1. Lord William DE LA BRUER was born about 1233 in France; and died.

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BIOGRAPHY: Henry FitzCount did not succeed his father's Earldom of Cornwall because he was illegitimate. However, he became Governor of Porchester Castle in 1211, and in 1215 was appointed Sheriff of Cornwall, Constable of Launceston Castle, and Warden of the Stannaries (tin Mines). Also in 1215, King John gave him the farm of Cornwall until the realm should be at peace. This grant did not confer the earldom on him, but left him to administer the county in time of civil war. It was renewed by Henry III in 1217. In 1222 Henry resigned the county to the king, took the cross, and died as a Crusader. www.my-ged.com, howery2 gedcom: pg 16319.

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AKA Reginald FITZ ROY. Aka Rainald Born out of wedlock between 1100 and 1115. Miltary/Fought: between 1137 and 1138. Anjou forces raided Normandy. "Baldwin (de Redvers, 6553) joined in Geoffrey's (d'Anjou/Plantagenet's) attacks on Normandy. 'Two chroniclers single him out (with Reginald de Dunstanville and Stephen de Mandeville) as one who brought havoc to the Cotentin, and who 'by his pillaging raids ... carried everything away without pity; creating disorder everywhere, he made himself a terror to all" (Earldom of Devon Charters.). Circa 1140 Property: Tintagel castle writing of castles springing up in Cornwall in Stephen's time: "But most famous of all is the fabled castle of Arthur and Mark, Tintagel, buttressed by the promontory rock and girdled by the ocean itself. It was begun abt 1140 by Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, another of Henry I's illegitimate sons, and another half-brother of Matilda's" (F.E. Halliday, A History of Cornwall (No place: Duckworth, 1959; 2nd ed 1975). Hereinafter cited as Cornwall.). In 1140 Earl of Cornwall; created by King Stephen. Married Mabel (----) c 1139, Cornwall (Halliday, Cornwall.); "Reginald was also the newly acquired son-in-law of Wm Fitz Richard, the formidable Lord of Cardinham, whom Stephen had appointed his lieutenant of the county." doesn't give wife's name. Before 1175 Mistress Douglas Richardson posted, "Beatrice "de Valle," wife of William Briwerre appears to have been the daughter of Hubert de Vaux and his wife, Grace. At least that is the implication of various pieces of evidence which I have assembled over the years. Before she married William Briwerre, she was mistress of Reynold Fitz Roy (or de Mortain), Earl of Cornwall, by whom she had a son, Henry Fitz Count." Died in 1175 (Earldom of Devon Charters.) (Given-Wilson, Royal Bastards.).

Reginald married Beatrice (Mabel) FITZRICHARD in 1135. Beatrice (daughter of William FITZRICHARD, Lord Cardinand) was born in 1114 in Cardinan, Cornwall, England; died in 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Henry I
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1100 and 1135; King of England
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1106 and 1120; Duke of Normandy

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BIOGRAPHY: Reigned 1100-1135, Duke of Normandy 1106-1135. His reign is notable for important legal and administrative reforms, and for the final resolution of the investiture controversy. Abroad, he waged several campaigns in order to consolidate and expand his continental possessions. Was so hated by his brothers that they vowed to disinherit him. In 1106 he captured Robert and held him til he died. He proved to be a hard but just ruler. He apparently died from over eating Lampreys.

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 realises 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. 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 Bell?me, 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 organisation 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 testimoney 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 Sybilla CORBET in 1092 in Concubine. Sybilla (daughter of Sir Robert CORBET) was born about 1082 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England; died about 1156. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sybilla married King Henry I "Beauclerc" of England, son of King William de Normandie "the Conqueror" and Matilda van Vlaanderen, About 1092. (King Henry I "Beauclerc" of England was born in Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, baptized on 5 Aug 1100, died on 11 Dec 1135 in Gisors, St. denis, Seine-St. denis, France and was buried on 4 Jan 1136 in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berks, England.) The cause of death was Apparently died from over eating Lampreys, or of food poisoning.

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