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Princess Matilda PLANTAGENET, Of England

Princess Matilda PLANTAGENET, Of England

Female 1156 - 1189  (~ 33 years)

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  1. 1.  Princess Matilda PLANTAGENET, Of England was born in Jun 1156 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (daughter of King Henry II PLANTAGENET and Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE); died on 28 Jun 1189 in Brunswick, Germany; was buried in Brunswick Cathedral, Brunswick, Germany.

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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  King Henry II PLANTAGENETKing Henry II PLANTAGENET was born on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France (son of Count Geoffrey V "Le Bon" PLANTAGENET and Emporess Maud Matilda ANGEVIN, Queen Of England); died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, Chinon, Indre-Et-Lr, France; was buried on 8 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.

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    • FamilySearch ID: LYD7-TB9
    • Name: Henri COMTE D'ANJOU
    • Name: Henry II CURTMANTLE
    • Occupation: ; King of England
    • Residence: Abad?a de Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , France
    • _UID: 1732A7A23693403A840A0D5C65FAB2F5D278
    • Knighted - by David, King of the Scots: 22 May 1149, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
    • RULED: Between 1154 and 1189, King Of England
    • ACCEDED: 19 Dec 1154, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England
    • Coronation: 19 Dec 1154, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

    Notes:

    Henry was the first of the Plantagenets, the name coming from the fact that he was fond of wearing a spring of the broom-plant in his helmet.

    From Enclopedia Britannica Online, article titled Henry II:

    "by name HENRY OF ANJOU, HENRY PLANTAGENET, HENRY FITZEMPRESS, OR HENRY CURTMANTLE (SHORT MANTLE) duke of Normandy (from 1150), count of Anjou (from 1151), duke of Aquitaine (from 1152), and king of England (from 1154), who greatly expanded his Anglo-French domains and strengthened the royal administration in England. His quarrels with Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, and with members of his family (his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and such sons as Richard the Lion-Heart and John Lackland) ultimately brought about his defeat.

    "Henry II lived in an age of biographers and letter writers of genius. John of Salisbury, Thomas Becket, Giraldus Cambrensis, Walter Map, Peter of Blois, and others knew him well and left their impressions. All agreed on his outstanding ability and striking personality and also recorded his errors and aspects of his character that appear contradictory, whereas modern historians agree upon the difficulty of reconciling its main features. Without deep religious or moral conviction, Henry nevertheless was
    respected by three contemporary saints, Aelred of Rievaulx, Gilbert of Sempringham, and Hugh of Lincoln. Normally an approachable and faithful friend and master, he could behave with unreasonable inhumanity. His conduct and aims were always self-centred, but he was neither a tyrant nor an odious egoist. Both as man and ruler he lacked the stamp of greatness that marked Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror. He seemed also to lack wisdom and serenity; and he had no comprehensive view of the
    country's interest, no ideals of kingship, no sympathetic care for his people. But if his reign is to be judged by its consequences for England, it undoubtedly stands high in importance, and Henry, as its mainspring, appears among the most notable of English kings." Henry II was Count of Anjou (1151-1189) whose family emblem was the 'plantegenet', a yellow flowering broom; Duke of Normandy (1151-1189); Duke of Aquitane (1152-1189) and as King of England (1154-1189), ruled an empire that stretched from the Tweed to the Pyrenees. He was the Founder of the Angevin, or Plantagenet, line. Henry was the first of fourteen hereditary kings, who were later referred to in the history oracles as Plantagenets. He is more commonly known as FitzEmpress, Henry II Curtmantle, King of England.
    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 II maintained control over his possessions until shortly before his death.
    Henry II's judicial and administrative reforms, which increased Royal control and influence at the expense of the Barons, were of great constitutional importance. Henry II Introduced trial by Jury.
    Henry II, by marrying ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE immediately after her divorce from Louis VII, King of France, gained vast territories in France. Henry had lands reaching for 1000 miles, and it was this vast domain, which was called the Angevin Empire.
    In 1153 he invaded England and forced STEPHEN to acknowledge him as his heir. As king he restored order to war-ravaged England, subdued the barons, centralized the power of government in royalty, and strengthened royal courts. Henry's desire to increase royal authority brought him into conflict with THOMAS ?A BECKET, whom he had made (1162) archbishop of Canterbury. The quarrel, which focused largely on the jurisdiction of the church courts, came to a head when Henry issued (1163) the Constitutions of CLARENDON, defining the relationship between church and state, and ended (1170) with Becket's murder, for which Henry was forced by public indignation to do penance. During his reign he gained northern counties from Scotland and increased his French holdings.
    Henry II was also involved in family struggles. Encouraged by their mother and LOUIS VI of France, his three oldest sons, Henry, RICHARD I, and Geoffrey, rebelled (1173-74) against him. The rebellion collapsed, but at the time of Henry's death, Richard and the youngest son, JOHN, were in the course of another rebellion. He was unfortunate in love, relentlessly and romantically pursuing the hand of his wife, Eleanor, who became a selfish spoilt lady, and who turned her sons against their own father. Because of the rebellion by the eldest son, Henry was crushed, and Eleanor was placed under house arrest for fifteen years. The other brothers placed continual pressure on their father, in alliances with the King of France. Henry died a lonely and grief stricken man deserted by all of those he had loved and honored.

    Contemporaries: Louis VII (King of France, 1137-1180), Thomas Beckett (Archbishop of Canterbury), Pope Adrian IV, Frederick I (Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, 1152-1190)
    Henry II, first of the Angevin kings, was one of the most effective of all England's monarchs. He came to the throne amid the anarchy of Stephen's reign and promptly collared his errant barons. He refined Norman government and created a capable, self-standing bureaucracy. His energy was equaled only by his ambition and intelligence. Henry survived wars, rebellion, and controversy to successfully rule one of the Middle Ages' most powerful kingdoms.

    Henry was raised in the French province of Anjou and first visited England in 1142 to defend his mother's claim to the disputed throne of Stephen. His continental possessions were already vast before his coronation: He acquired Normandy and Anjou upon the death of his father in September 1151, and his French holdings more than doubled with his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitane (ex-wife of King Louis VII of France). In accordance with the Treaty of Wallingford, a succession agreement signed by Stephen and Matilda in 1153, Henry was crowned in October 1154. The continental empire ruled by Henry and his sons included the French counties of Brittany, Maine, Poitou, Touraine, Gascony, Anjou, Aquitane, and Normandy. Henry was technically a feudal vassal of the king of France but, in reality, owned more territory and was more powerful than his French lord. Although King John (Henry's son) lost most of the English holdings in France, English kings laid claim to the French throne until the fifteenth century. Henry also extended his territory in the British Isles in two significant ways. First, he retrieved Cumbria and Northumbria form Malcom IV of Scotland and settled the Anglo-Scot border in the North. Secondly, although his success with Welsh campaigns was limited, Henry invaded Ireland and secured an English presence on the island.

    English and Norman barons in Stephen's reign manipulated feudal law to undermine royal authority; Henry instituted many reforms to weaken traditional feudal ties and strengthen his position. Unauthorized castles built during the previous reign were razed. Monetary payments replaced military service as the primary duty of vassals. The Exchequer was revitalized to enforce accurate record keeping and tax collection. Incompetent sheriffs were replaced and the authority of royal courts was expanded. Henry empowered a new social class of government clerks that stabilized procedure - the government could operate effectively in the king's absence and would subsequently prove sufficiently tenacious to survive the reign of incompetent kings. Henry's reforms allowed the emergence of a body of common law to replace the disparate customs of feudal and county courts. Jury trials were initiated to end the old Germanic trials by ordeal or battle. Henry's systematic approach to law provided a common basis for development of royal institutions throughout the entire realm.

    The process of strengthening the royal courts, however, yielded an unexpected controversy. The church courts instituted by William the Conqueror became a safe haven for criminals of varying degree and ability, for one in fifty of the English population qualified as clerics. Henry wished to transfer sentencing in such cases to the royal courts, as church courts merely demoted clerics to laymen. Thomas Beckett, Henry's close friend and chancellor since 1155, was named Archbishop of Canterbury in June 1162 but distanced himself from Henry and vehemently opposed the weakening of church courts. Beckett fled England in 1164, but through the intervention of Pope Adrian IV (the lone English pope), returned in 1170. He greatly angered Henry by opposing the coronation of Prince Henry. Exasperated, Henry hastily and publicly conveyed his desire to be rid of the contentious Archbishop - four ambitious knights took the king at his word and murdered Beckett in his own cathedral on December 29, 1170. Henry endured a rather limited storm of protest over the incident and the controversy passed.

    Henry's plans of dividing his myriad lands and titles evoked treachery from his sons. At the encouragement - and sometimes because of the treatment - of their mother, they rebelled against their father several times, often with Louis VII of France as their accomplice. The deaths of Henry the Young King in 1183 and Geoffrey in 1186 gave no respite from his children's rebellious nature; Richard, with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189 and forced him to accept a humiliating peace. Henry II died two days later, on July 6, 1189.

    A few quotes from historic manuscripts shed a unique light on Henry, Eleanor, and their sons.
    From Sir Winston Churchill Kt, 1675: "Henry II Plantagenet, the very first of that name and race, and the very greatest King that England ever knew, but withal the most unfortunate . . . his death being imputed to those only to whom himself had given life, his ungracious sons. . ."

    From Sir Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England: Concerning endowments of mind, he was of a spirit in the highest degree generous . . . His custom was to be always in action; for which cause, if he had no real wars, he would have feigned . . . To his children he was both indulgent and hard; for out of indulgence he caused his son henry to be crowned King in his own time; and out of hardness he caused his younger sons to rebel against him . . . He married Eleanor, daughter of William Duke of Guienne, late wife of Lewis the Seventh of France.

    Henry married Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France. Eleanor (daughter of Guillaume X Duke Of AQUITAINE, Poitou Guillaume and Elbeanor De CHATELLERAULT) was born in 1121-1122 in Chateau DE Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine; died on 31 Mar 1204 in Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine; was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE was born in 1121-1122 in Chateau DE Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine (daughter of Guillaume X Duke Of AQUITAINE, Poitou Guillaume and Elbeanor De CHATELLERAULT); died on 31 Mar 1204 in Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine; was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France.

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    • Fact 10: They Had 8 Children; Fact 10
    • FamilySearch ID: 9C8T-V1R
    • Name: DETAILLEFER
    • _UID: 485FD2AD6746498BB76C6BACA5826F87FEF2
    • ACCEDED: 12 Dec 1154

    Notes:

    From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article titled Eleanor of Aquitaine:

    "also called ELEANOR OF GUYENNE, French ?EL?EONORE, OR ALI?ENOR, D'AQUITAINE, OR DEGUYENNE, queen consort of both Louis VII of France (in 1137-52) and Henry II of England (in 1152-1204) and mother of Richard I the Lion-Heart and John of England. She was perhaps the most powerful woman in 12th-century Europe.

    "She died in 1204 at the monastery at Fontevrault, Anjou, where she had retired after the campaign at Mirebeau. Her contribution to England extended beyond her own lifetime; after the loss of Normandy (1204), it was her own ancestral lands and not the old Norman territories that remained loyal to England. She has been misjudged by many French historians who have noted only her youthful frivolity, ignoring the tenacity, political wisdom, and energy that characterized the years of her maturity. "She was beautiful and just, imposing and modest, humble and elegant"; and, as the nuns of Fontevrault wrote in their necrology: a queen "who surpassed almost all the queens of the world."ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (1122-1204) was one of the most important rulers of Medieval Europe.

    Many noblewomen in the Middle Ages were well-educated. but Eleanor had the chance to use her education at a time when European politics was dominated by men.

    When she was just fifteen, Eleanor's father died, and she inherited Aquitaine. the largest kingdom in France. That same year she married King Louis VII and became Queen of France. Although still a teenager, Eleanor was an impressive figure--beautiful, very well-educated, and fearlessly independent.
    When Louis went off on the Crusades, she went with him, traveling thousands of miles, much of it through hostile lands.

    But Eleanor and Louis had no male heir, and tensions developed between them. The Pope granted them a divorce when Eleanor was twenty-nine. Within months. Eleanor married Henry Plantagent, her ex-husband's main rival. Two years later Henry became King of England--and Eleanor was a queen again.

    However, Henry soon fell in love with another woman, and Eleanor left England to set up her own court in Aquitaine, which she still ruled. Troubadours from all over France flocked to her palace at Poitiers, where Eleanor acted as patron of the arts. Many of the ideas of chivalry that we associate with the Middle Ages were developed in Eleanor's court..

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    Some say King Lewis carried her into the Holy Land, where she carried herself not very holily, but led a licentious life; and, which is the worst kind of licentiousness, in carnal familiarity with a Turk.

    Birth:
    Some sources states that she was born in 1123.

    Notes:

    Married:
    They may have been married on the 11th of May.

    Children:
    1. Duke Of Brittany Geoffrey Of ENGLAND, Duke Of Brittany died in 1185.
    2. Prince William PLANTAGENET, Of Poiters was born on 17 Aug 1153 in Rouen, Normandie, France; died about Apr 1156 in Willingford Castle, Reading, Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.
    3. Henry Prince Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Mar 1155 in Bermandsey Palace, London, England; died on 11 Jun 1183 in Chcateau DE Mortel, Turenne, Aquitaine; was buried in , Rouen, Normandie.
    4. 1. Princess Matilda PLANTAGENET, Of England was born in Jun 1156 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 28 Jun 1189 in Brunswick, Germany; was buried in Brunswick Cathedral, Brunswick, Germany.
    5. King Richard I "The Lionhearted" Of PLANTAGENET, Of England was born on 8 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 6 Apr 1199 in Killed By Arrow In Battle, Chalus, Limousin, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
    6. Duke Geoffrey PLANTAGENET, Of Brittany was born on 23 Sep 1158 in England; died on 19 Aug 1186 in Paris, France; was buried in Notre Dame, Paris, France.
    7. Philip Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1160 in Of, , , England; died about 1160-1162 in , Infant.
    8. Queen Alianor "Eleanor" PLANTAGENET was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Domfront Castle, Normandy; was christened in in , Domfront, Normandie; died on 25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Burgos, Spain; was buried in Abbey Of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain.
    9. Princess Joan PLANTAGENET, Of Sicily was born in Oct 1165 in Angers Castle, Anjou, France; died on 4 Sep 1199 in Rouen, Normandie, France; was buried in Fontevraud, Anjou, England.
    10. John "Lackland" King Of England PLANTAGENET was born on 24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Count Geoffrey V "Le Bon" PLANTAGENET was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France (son of Foulq (Fulk) "The Young" D'ANJOU, King Of Jerusalem and Countess Ermengarde DU MAINE); died on 7 Sep 1150 in Chateau, Eure-Et-Loire, France.

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    • FamilySearch ID: 9HBT-X6S
    • Name: Le Bon
    • _UID: E35D5492E8104A0E86CB349DB6C840D1271E

    Notes:

    Plantagenet, surname, originally nickname, of the English royal house of Anjou or the Angevin dynasty, founded by Geoffrey IV, count of Anjou (1113-1151), husband of Matilda (1102-1167), daughter of King Henry I of England. The name is derived from the Latin planta ("sprig") and genista ("broom plant"), in reference to the sprig that Geoffrey always wore in his cap. Reigning from 1154 to 1485, the Plantagenet kings, in the main line of descent, were Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II; through the house of Lancaster, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI; and through the house of York, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III.

    Geoffrey married Emporess Maud Matilda ANGEVIN, Queen Of England on 22 May 1127 in , Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Maud (daughter of King Henry I Beauclerc Of Angevin ENGLAND, Of England and Princess Matilda "Atheling" CAENMOR, Of Scotland) was born on 5 Aug 1103 in London, Middlesexshire, England; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Emporess Maud Matilda ANGEVIN, Queen Of England was born on 5 Aug 1103 in London, Middlesexshire, England (daughter of King Henry I Beauclerc Of Angevin ENGLAND, Of England and Princess Matilda "Atheling" CAENMOR, Of Scotland); died on 10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, France.

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    • FamilySearch ID: 9CW3-3SK
    • _UID: AFFDD381E24346B999BDF3FA274503885E10

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 9FM0-NL

    Children:
    1. Agnes PLANTAGENET was born about 1130 in <, Le Mans, Sarthe, France>; died in 1192 in Of, Anyore, , England.
    2. 2. King Henry II PLANTAGENET was born on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, Chinon, Indre-Et-Lr, France; was buried on 8 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
    3. Geoffrey VI "Mantell" PLANTAGENET ;[COUNT OF NANTES] was born on 3 Jun 1134 in , Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; died on 27 Jul 1157 in , Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France; was buried in , Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.
    4. Guillaume PLANTAGENET ;[COUNT OF POITOU] was born on 22 Jul 1136 in , Argentan, Orne, France; died on 30 Jan 1163-1164 in , Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
    5. Emma PLANTAGENET ;[PRINCESS OF WALES] was born about 1138 in Of, , Normandy, France; and died.

  3. 6.  Guillaume X Duke Of AQUITAINE, Poitou Guillaume was born in 1099 in Aquitaine, France (son of Guillaume VII (Ix) Duke Of AQUITAINE and Philippa (Mathilde Or Maude), Countess Of TOULOUSE); died on 19 Apr 1137 in St James At Compostella, Spain.

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    • _UID: 425AF6CE61D84047BAD24D9C036F4DF0446E

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 8XPZ-GR

    Guillaume married Elbeanor De CHATELLERAULT in 1121 in Of, , , France. Elbeanor (daughter of Aimeri I Viscount Of CHATELLERAULT and Dangereuse (Aka) Maubergeonne De L' ISLE BOUCHARD) was born about 1103 in , Chatellerault, Poitou, Aquitaine; died after Mar 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elbeanor De CHATELLERAULT was born about 1103 in , Chatellerault, Poitou, Aquitaine (daughter of Aimeri I Viscount Of CHATELLERAULT and Dangereuse (Aka) Maubergeonne De L' ISLE BOUCHARD); died after Mar 1130.

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    • _UID: B39CA58C8185413B9CF585F420C3249EB1FA

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 8XPZ-HX

    Children:
    1. 3. Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE was born in 1121-1122 in Chateau DE Belin, Bordeaux, Aquitaine; died on 31 Mar 1204 in Poitiers, Poitou, Aquitaine; was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
    2. Guillaume "Le Hardi" D' AQUITAINE was born about 1124 in Of, Aquitaine; died before 9 Apr 1137.
    3. Alix (Pernelle) De POITIERS was born about 1126 in Of, Aquitaine; died after 24 Oct 1153.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Foulq (Fulk) "The Young" D'ANJOU, King Of Jerusalem was born in 1092 in Anjou, France (son of Fulk IV 'The Rude' Of Anjou, Count Of Anjou and Bertrade DE MONTFORT); died on 10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem, Israel, The Holy Land Crusade; was buried in Church Of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel.

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    • Name: The Young
    • _UID: 737F83D6DE71448B8BBA125A789069CE5943

    Notes:

    Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of, medieval Christian state comprising what is now Israel, as well as parts of Jordan and Lebanon, with its capital at Jerusalem. Established at the time of the First Crusade in 1099, it lasted until 1291. When Jerusalem was taken from the Muslims, on July 15, 1099, it became necessary for the Christian conquerors to establish some permanent rule for the Holy City and for such other conquests as Antioch (now Antakya, Turkey) and Edessa (now Sanliurfa, Turkey). They adopted the feudal system of government, the only system they knew well. The French nobleman Godfrey of Bouillon, one of the leaders of the Crusade, was chosen to govern the kingdom as baron and defender of the Holy Sepulchre. The succession thereafter was not elective but hereditary. When Godfrey died, in 1100, he was succeeded by his brother, Baldwin I, who took the title of king and ruled until 1118. He in turn was succeeded by his cousin, Baldwin II, who was followed by his son-in-law, Fulk V the Young, count of Anjou. Under Fulk the kingdom reached the highest point in its development; most of Syria was then also in the hands of the Christians. In 1187 Muslim forces under Sultan Saladin reconquered the city of Jerusalem, but the Latin Kingdom persisted. The Crusaders regained the city in 1228 under Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, who was crowned king of Jerusalem the following year. The Muslims retook Jerusalem in 1244 in the first of a series of victories for Islam that finally, with the reconquest of 'Akko in 1291, brought the Latin Kingdom to an end.

    Foulq married Countess Ermengarde DU MAINE on 11 Jul 1110 in France. Ermengarde (daughter of Elias (Helie) Count Of MAINE and Matilde De CHATEAU DU LOIRE) was born about 1096 in Maine, France; died in 1126 in Maine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Countess Ermengarde DU MAINE was born about 1096 in Maine, France (daughter of Elias (Helie) Count Of MAINE and Matilde De CHATEAU DU LOIRE); died in 1126 in Maine, France.

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    • _UID: 15D8DB70D8964934904FE6F3691D557D33D0

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 9HPW-2K

    Children:
    1. Mathilde D' ANJOU was born about 1104 in Of, Angers, Maine-Et-Loire, France; died in 1154 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
    2. Sibilla D' ANJOU was born about 1105 in Of, , Anjou, France; died in 1165-1167.
    3. Elias D' ANJOU was born about 1111 in Of, , Anjou, France; died on 15 Jan 1151 in St Serge Abbey, Angers, Anjou, France; was buried in L'abbey Des Sergela, Angers, France.
    4. 4. Count Geoffrey V "Le Bon" PLANTAGENET was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France; died on 7 Sep 1150 in Chateau, Eure-Et-Loire, France.

  3. 10.  King Henry I Beauclerc Of Angevin ENGLAND, Of EnglandKing Henry I Beauclerc Of Angevin ENGLAND, Of England was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 5 Aug 1100 in When Crowned, Selby, Yorkshire, England (son of William II "The Conqueror" Of Normandy ANGEVIN, King Of England and Countess Matilda LE CHAUVRE, Queen Of England); died on 1 Dec 1135 in Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, Normandy, France; was buried on 3 Jan 1136 in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: 9CS3-646
    • Name: Henry I
    • TitleOfNobility: Between 1100 and 1135; King of England
    • TitleOfNobility: Between 1106 and 1120; Duke of Normandy

    Notes:

    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 Princess Matilda "Atheling" CAENMOR, Of Scotland on 11 Nov 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Matilda (daughter of King Malcolm "Longneck" III CAENMOR, Scotland and Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND, Qn Of Scotland) was born about 1079-1080 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 1 May 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Jun 1118 in Church Of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Princess Matilda "Atheling" CAENMOR, Of Scotland was born about 1079-1080 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland (daughter of King Malcolm "Longneck" III CAENMOR, Scotland and Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND, Qn Of Scotland); died on 1 May 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Jun 1118 in Church Of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Affiliation: ; House of Dunkeld
    • FamilySearch ID: LY6J-G8R
    • Name: Atheling
    • Name: Eadgyth OF SCOTLAND
    • Name: Edith of Scotland QUEEN MATILDA
    • Name: Good Queen Maud
    • _UID: CF20ECC5DBDD4F96A84B472DFAEEE689FBB7
    • Betrothed at age 13 to Alan Rufus: 1093; Edith's parents betrothed her to Alan Rufus in early 1093. In November on 1093 both of her parents died, before the marriage took place, and Alan ran off with Gunhild of Wessex, daughter of Harold Godwinson. As fate would have it Alan died before that mar
    • Orphaned: Nov 1093; Both of Edith's parents died in November 1093, within 3 days of each other. Orphaned, abandoned by her betrothed, and her family at war with each other, Edith left the monastery and did not return.
    • Princess Edith of Scotland became Queen Matilda of England: 11 Nov 1100, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England; Christened Edith in 1080, she use used the name Edith for the first 20 years of her life. Upon her marriage to King Henry she was crowned Queen and in the investiture ceremony took the Norman name of Matilda.
    • TitleOfNobility: 11 Nov 1100, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Queen consort of England
    • After Her Husband Drowned: Abt 1121, Fontevrault Abbey, France; Became A Nun

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 8XJ0-JL

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1095 in Of, Talby, Yorkshire, England; and died.
    2. Son Prince Of ENGLAND was born in Jul 1101 in Of, , , England; died in 1101-1102.
    3. William "Atheling" Prince Of ENGLAND, Duke Of Normandy was born before 5 Aug 1103 in Of, Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 26 Nov 1119 in At Sea, Barfleur, Manche, France.
    4. 5. Emporess Maud Matilda ANGEVIN, Queen Of England was born on 5 Aug 1103 in London, Middlesexshire, England; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Eure, France.
    5. Richard Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1105 in Of, , , England; died on 26 Sep 1119 in At Sea, Barfleur, Manche, France.

  5. 12.  Guillaume VII (Ix) Duke Of AQUITAINE was born on 22 Oct 1071 in , , Aquitaine, France (son of Guillaume VIII (Guy Geoffroy), Duke Of AQUITAINE and Hildegarde, Princess Of FRANCE); died on 10 Feb 1126-1127 in France.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 276A6C3EDAC44854A91B68DA665E5A30C969

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 9HM1-H1

    Guillaume married Philippa (Mathilde Or Maude), Countess Of TOULOUSE in 1094 in France. Philippa (daughter of Guillaume IV Count Of TOULOUSE and Mathilde Countess Of TOULOUSE) was born about 1073 in , , Toulouse, France; died on 28 Nov 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Philippa (Mathilde Or Maude), Countess Of TOULOUSE was born about 1073 in , , Toulouse, France (daughter of Guillaume IV Count Of TOULOUSE and Mathilde Countess Of TOULOUSE); died on 28 Nov 1117.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: GJNW-V8P
    • _UID: 85EFEC3EB7484E6C83132F5B5AAE842B2E06

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 9HM1-J6

    Children:
    1. Raymond D' AQUITAINE was born about 1097 in Of Poitiers, Poitou; died on 27 Jun 1149.
    2. 6. Guillaume X Duke Of AQUITAINE, Poitou Guillaume was born in 1099 in Aquitaine, France; died on 19 Apr 1137 in St James At Compostella, Spain.
    3. Agnaes (Maud) Princess Of AQUITAINE was born about 1100 in , , Aquitaine, France; and died.
    4. Henri D' AQUITAINE was born about 1101 in Of, Aquitaine; and died.
    5. Adbelahide D' AQUITAINE was born about 1102 in Of, Aquitaine; and died.
    6. Guillaume I Of VALENTINOIS was born about 1106 in Of, Aquitaine; died on 4 Mar 1187.

  7. 14.  Aimeri I Viscount Of CHATELLERAULT was born in 1075 in , Chatellerault, Vienne, France (son of Boson II Viscount Of CHATELLERAULT and Aleanor (Eleanor) De THOUARS); and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: B7491C59862D424DA984CB369C3976659564

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: 9HM4-ZT

    Aimeri married Dangereuse (Aka) Maubergeonne De L' ISLE BOUCHARD. Dangereuse (daughter of Barthelemy De L' ISLE BOUCHARD and Gerberge DE BLAISON) was born in 1079 in Of, , Isle Bouchard, France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Dangereuse (Aka) Maubergeonne De L' ISLE BOUCHARD was born in 1079 in Of, , Isle Bouchard, France (daughter of Barthelemy De L' ISLE BOUCHARD and Gerberge DE BLAISON); and died.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: GJFP-BJ3
    • _UID: 9CE4C9045D9145D89B9A5BA6664EDF2243FF

    Notes:

    Ancestral File Number: VB1B-S6

    Children:
    1. 7. Elbeanor De CHATELLERAULT was born about 1103 in , Chatellerault, Poitou, Aquitaine; died after Mar 1130.