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• Name: Constance D'ARLES
• Name: Constance De TOULOUSE
• Name: Constance of Provence
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• Title: 1000; Queen of France
• Title (Nobility): Between 1003 and 1031; Queen consort of The Franks
• Occupation: 1003; Reine des francs

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In 1003 Robert submitted to the pope and married the daughter of the marquis of Provence, Constance of Arles, by whom he had four sons. He recognized Hugh, the eldest of these sons, as his successor. After Hugh's death in 1025, the other sons, aided by their mother, revolted; Robert was still fighting them at the time of his own death.

Constance of Arles (c. 986 - 28 July 1032), also known as Constance of Provence, was a queen consort of France as the third spouse of King Robert II of France.

Life
Born c.?986 Constance was the daughter of William I, count of Provence and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou. She was the half-sister of Count William II of Provence. Constance was married to King Robert, after his divorce from his second wife, Bertha of Burgundy. The marriage was stormy; Bertha's family opposed her, and Constance was despised for importing her Proven?al kinfolk and customs. Robert's friend, Hugh of Beauvais, tried to convince the king to repudiate her in 1007. Possibly at her request twelve knights of her kinsman, Fulk Nerra, then murdered Beauvais.

In 1010 Robert went to Rome, followed by his former wife Bertha, to seek permission to divorce Constance and remarry Bertha. Pope Sergius IV was not about to allow a consanguineous marriage which had been formally condemned by Pope Gregory V and Robert had already repudiated two wives. So the request was denied. After his return according to one source Robert "loved his wife more."

In the famous trial in 1022 of members of the clergy, including Constance's previous confessor Stephen, on charges of heresy Robert had his wife Queen Constance stand at the door to prevent any mob violence. However, as the condemned clerics left the trial the queen "struck out the eye of Stephen... with the staff which she carried". This was seen as Constance venting her frustration at anyone subverting the prestige of the crown.

At Constance's urging, her eldest son Hugh Magnus was crowned co-king alongside his father in 1017. But later Hugh demanded his parents share power with him, and rebelled against his father in 1025. Constance, however, on learning of her son's rebellion was furious with him, rebuking him at every turn. At some point Hugh was reconciled with his parents but shortly thereafter died, probably about age eighteen.

Robert and Constance quarrelled over which of their surviving sons should inherit the throne; Robert favored their second son Henry, while Constance favored their third son, Robert. Despite his mother's protests and her support by several bishops, Henry was crowned in 1027. Constance, however, was not graceful when she didn't get her way. The ailing Fulbert, bishop of Chartres told a colleague that he could attend the ceremony "if he traveled slowly to Reims but he was too frightened of the queen to go at all".

Constance encouraged her sons to rebel, and they began attacking and pillaging the towns and castles belonging to their father. Son Robert attacked Burgundy, the duchy he had been promised but had never received, and Henry seized Dreux. At last King Robert agreed to their demands and peace was made which lasted until the king's death.

King Robert died on 20 July 1031. Soon afterwards Constance was at odds with both her surviving sons. Constance seized her dower lands and refused to surrender them. Henry fled to Normandy, where he received aid, weapons and soldiers from his brother Robert. He returned to besiege his mother at Poissy but Constance escaped to Pontoise. She only surrendered when Henry began the siege of Le Puiset and swore to slaughter all the inhabitants.

Constance died 28 July 1032. and was buried beside her husband Robert at Saint-Denis Basilica.

Constance married Robert II "The Pious", King Of France in 1001. Robert (son of King Hugues CAPET, of France and Adelaide (Aelis) Of Poitou DE POITOU, Princess Of Aquitaine) was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orl?ans, Loiret, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun Castle, Melun, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, ?le-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Henri I
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• TitleOfNobility: Between 1016 and 1032; Duke of Burgundy
• Coronation: 14 May 1027, Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne, France; King Henry I of France
• TitleOfNobility: Between 14 May 1027 and 4 Aug 1060; King of the Franks
• TitleOfNobility: Between 23 May 1059 and 4 Aug 1060; Senior king of the Franks (with Philip I as junior king)

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A member of the House of Capet, Henry was born in Reims, the son of King Robert II (972? 1031) and Constance of Arles (986? 1034). In the early-Capetian tradition, he was crowned King of France at the Cathedral of Reims on 14 May 1027, while his father still lived. He had little influence and power until he became sole ruler on his father's death 4 years later.

The reign of Henry I, like those of his predecessors, was marked by territorial struggles. Initially, he joined his younger brother Robert, with the support of their mother, in a revolt against his father (1025). His mother, however, supported Robert as heir to the old king, on whose death Henry was left to deal with his rebel sibling. In 1032, he placated his brother by giving him the duchy of Burgundy which his father had given him in 1016.

In an early strategic move, Henry came to the rescue of his very young nephew-in-law, the newly appointed Duke William of Normandy (who would go on to become William the Conqueror), to suppress a revolt by William's vassals. In 1047, Henry secured the dukedom for William in their decisive victory over the vassals at the Battle of Val-?s-Dunes near Caen;[5] however, Henry would later support the barons against William until the former's death in 1060.

In 1054, William married Matilda, the daughter of the count of Flanders, which Henry saw as a threat to his throne. In 1054, and again in August 1057, Henry invaded Normandy, but lost twice at the battles of Mortemer and Varaville.

Henry had three meetings with Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor? all at Ivois. In early 1043, he met him to discuss the marriage of the emperor with Agnes of Poitou, the daughter of Henry's vassal.[8] In October 1048, the two Henries met again and signed a treaty of friendship.[9] The final meeting took place in May 1056 and concerned disputes over Theobald III and the County of Blois. The debate over the duchy became so heated that Henry accused the emperor of breach of contract and subsequently left. In 1058, Henry was selling bishoprics and abbacies, ignoring the accusations of simony and tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert. In 1060, Henry rebuilt the Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory just outside Paris. Despite the royal acquisition of a part of the County of Sens in 1055, the loss of Burgundy in 1032 meant that Henry I's twenty-nine-year reign saw feudal power in France reach its pinnacle.

King Henry I died on 4 August 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France, and was interred in the Basilica of St Denis. He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France, and Henry's queen Anne of Kiev ruled as regent. At the time of his death, he was besieging Thimert, which had been occupied by the Normans since 1058.

Henri married Mathilde VON FRIESLAND in 1043 in of Reims, Marne, France. Mathilde was born in 1008 in Reims, Marne, France; died in 1044; was buried in Dom zu Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henri married Duchess/ Anna Agnesa YAROSLAVNA, Of Kiev on 19 May 1051 in Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne, France. Anna (daughter of Yaroslay I, Grand Duke Of Kiev and Ingrid (Ingegerda) OLAFSDOTTER, Princess Of Sweden) was born in 1036 in Of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine; died on 5 Sep 1075 in La Fert?-Alais, Essonne, ?le-de-France, France; was buried after 5 Sep 1075 in La Fert?-Alais, Essonne, ?le-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ad?le of France[a] known also as Adela the Holy or Adela of Messines; (1009 ? 8 January 1079, Messines), she was the Countess of Normandy (January 1027? August 1027), Countess of Flanders (1035? 1067).Ad?le was the second daughter of Robert II (the Pious), and Constance of Arles.[1] In January 1027 she married Richard III, Duke of Normandy.[2] The marriage was short-lived for on 6 August of that same year Richard III suddenly died.[2] Adela then married Baldwin V, Count of Flanders in 1028.[3]

Ad?le's influence lay mainly through her family connections. On the death of her brother, Henry I of France, the guardianship of his seven-year-old son Philip I fell jointly on his widow, Ann of Kiev, and on his brother-in-law, Adela's husband, so that from 1060 to 1067, they were Regents of France.[4Ad?le had a strong interest in Baldwin V's church reforms and was behind her husband's founding of several collegiate churches. Directly or indirectly, she was responsible for establishing the Colleges of Aire (1049), Lille (1050) and Harelbeke (1064) as well as the abbeys of Messines (1057) and Ename (1063). After Baldwin's death in 1067, she went to Rome, took the nun's veil from the hands of Pope Alexander II and retired to the Benedictine convent of Messines, near Ypres. There she later died and was buried at the convent. Honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, her commemoration day is 8 September.[5]


ADELA de France, daughter of ROBERT II King of France & his third wife Constance d'Arles (1009-Messines 8 Jan 1079, bur Messines, Benedictine monastery). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names "filiam Rodberti regis Francorum Adelam" wife of "Balduinum Insulanum"[231]. The Genealogi? Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Alam comitissam Flandrensem" the daughter of King Robert[232]. Corbie was her dowry[233]. The Liber traditionum of Gant Saint-Pierre commemorates the donations of "Baldwinus junior marchysus filius Baldwini marchysi et Odgev? comitiss? cum conjuge sua Adala", undated[234]. She founded the Benedictine monastery at Messines near Ypres. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "VI Id Jan" of "Adelaidis comitissa"[235].
Count Baudouin V & his wife had three children

Adele married Richard III Duke Of NORMANDY in Jan 1026 in Paris, France (Contract-Not Married). Richard (son of Richard II "The Good" Duke Of NORMANDY, 4rd and Judith Of Brittany DE BRETAGNE) was born about 997 in Normandy, France; died on 6 Aug 1028. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adele married Count Baldwin (Baudouin) V FLANDERS in 1028 in Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France. Baldwin (son of Count Baudouin IV "The Bearded" Of FLANDERS and Otgiva DE LUXEMBOURG) was born on 19 Aug 1012 in Bihorel, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France; was christened on 30 Oct 1028; died on 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, France; was buried after 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: King of France, 1060 - 1108
• Name: Le JUSTE
• Name: Philippe I
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• Coronation: 23 May 1059, Marne, Champagne, France
• King of France: 23 May 1059, Reims
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1060 and 1108; King Of The Franks
• Confirmation of Coronation: 25 Dec 1071, Laon, 02408, Aisne, Picardie, France

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Philip I (23 May 1052 ? 29 July 1108), called the Amorous,[1] was King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108.

Philip first married Bertha of Holland in 1072.[6] Although the marriage produced the necessary heir, Philip fell in love with Bertrade de Montfort, the wife of Fulk IV, Count of Anjou. He repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) and married Bertrade on 15 May 1092.[7] In 1094 following the synod of Autun, he was excommunicated by the papal representative, Hugh of Die, for the first time;[7] after a long silence, Pope Urban II repeated the excommunication at the Council of Clermont in November 1095.[8] Several times the ban was lifted as Philip promised to part with Bertrade, but he always returned to her; in 1104 Philip made a public penance and must have kept his involvement with Bertrade discreet.[9] In France, the king was opposed by Bishop Ivo of Chartres, a famous jurist.[10]

Philip's children with Bertha were:

Constance (1078 ? 14 September 1126), married Hugh I of Champagne before 1097[15] and then, after her divorce, to Bohemund I of Antioch in 1106.[16]
Louis VI of France (1 December 1081 ? 1 August 1137).[16]
Henry (1083 ? died young).
Philip's children with Bertrade were:

Philip, Count of Mantes (1093 ? fl. 1123),[17] married Elizabeth, daughter of Guy III of Montlh?ry[18]
Fleury, Seigneur of Nangis (1095 ? July 1119)[19]
Cecile (1097 ? 1145), married Tancred, Prince of Galilee[20] and then, after his death, to Pons of Tripoli.[21]

Philippe married Countess Bertha DE HOLLAND in 1071-1072 in Lle DE France, France. Bertha (daughter of Floris I, Count Of Holland and Gertrud, Princess Of Saxony) was born about 1054 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 15 Oct 1094 in Montreuil-sur-Loir, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Couvent des Hautes Bruy?res, Saint-R?my-l'Honor?, Yvelines, ?le-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philippe married Bertrada DE MONTFORT, Reine des Francs on 15 May 1092 in ?vreux, Eure, Upper Normandy, France. Bertrada was born in 1070 in Montfort, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevrault-L'abbaye, Maine-Et-Loire, Pays De La Loire, France; was buried in 1117 in Abbey of Hautes-Bruy?res, Saint-R?my-l'Honor?, Yvelines, ?le-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hugh I (1053 ? October 18, 1101), called Magnus or the Great, was a younger son of Henry I of France and Anne of Kiev and younger brother of Philip I.

He was in his own right Count of Vermandois, but an ineffectual leader and soldier, great only in his boasting.

Indeed, Steven Runciman is certain that his nickname Magnus (greater or elder), applied to him by William of Tyre, is a copyist's error, and should be Minus (younger), referring to Hugh as younger brother of the King of France.

In early 1096 Hugh and Philip began discussing the First Crusade after news of the Council of Clermont reached them in Paris. Although Philip could not participate, as he had been excommunicated, Hugh was said to have been influenced to join the Crusade after an eclipse of the moon on February 11, 1096.

That summer Hugh's army left France for Italy, where they would cross the Adriatic Sea into territory of the Byzantine Empire, unlike the other Crusader armies who were travelling by land. On the way, many of the soldiers led by fellow Crusader Emicho of Flonheim joined Hugh's army after Emicho was defeated by the Hungarians (under King Coloman I "The Booklover" at Moson fortress), whose land he had been pillaging.

Hugh crossed the Adriatic from Bari in Southern Italy, but many of his ships were destroyed in a storm off the Byzantine port of Dyrrhachium.

Hugh and most of his army was rescued and escorted to Constantinople, where they arrived in November 1096. Prior to his arrival (he would be the first to arrive in Constantinople), Hugh sent an arrogant, insulting letter to Eastern Roman Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, according to the Emperor's biography by his daughter (the Alexiad), demanding that Alexius meet with him:

"Know, O King, that I am King of Kings, and superior to all, who are under the sky. You are now permitted to greet me, on my arrival, and to receive me with magnificence, as befits my nobility."[1]

Alexius was already wary of the armies about to arrive, after the unruly mob led by Peter the Hermit had passed through earlier in the year ("The People's Crusade"). Alexius kept Hugh in custody in a monastery until Hugh swore an oath of vassalage to him.

After the Crusaders had successfully made their way across Seljuk territory and, in 1098, captured Antioch, Hugh (and Baldwin of Hainault were) sent back to Constantinople to appeal for reinforcements from Alexius (Baldwin mysteriously vanishes in an ambush along the way). Alexius was uninterested in sending an expedition to claim the city so late in summer. (This triggers off a series of arguments in Antioch, where Bohemund asserts that Alexius had violated his oath to assist the crusades, and therefore, the city by rights was his. This argument, and an outbreak of typhus, ties up the Crusaders for the remainder of the year.)

Hugh, instead of returning to Antioch to help plan the siege of Jerusalem, went back to France. There he was scorned for not having fulfilled his vow as a Crusader to complete a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and Pope Paschal II threatened to excommunicate him.

Hugh joined the minor Crusade of 1101 ("The Crusade of the Faint-Hearted," alongside William IX of Aquitaine and Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, and accompanied by Ida of Austria, mother of Leopold III of Austria). Half of this army was allowed to set sail from Constantinople for Palestine, while the other half marched overland, reaching Heraclea by September. Hugh was wounded in battle with the Turks (ambushed by Kilij Arslan) in September, and died of his wounds on October 18 in Tarsus. (Their group continued eastward under William of Nevers and Raymond of Toulouse, arriving at Jerusalem in Easter 1102. Kilij Arslan later establishes his capital at Konya after his victories over the "Crusade of the Faint-Hearted.")

Family/Spouse: Adelle (Adelaide) VERMANDOIS. Adelle (daughter of Herbert IV, Count Of Vermandois and Adelle Of Vermandois) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BAUDOUIN de Flandre ([1030]-Hasnon Abbey 17 Jul 1070). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum Haanoniensem, et Robdbertum cognomento postea Iherosolimitanum, et Matilde uxorem Guillelmi regis Anglorum" as the children of "Balduinum Insulanum [et] Adelam"[236]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names (in order) "Balduinum sextum, Robertum cognomento Fresonem, Philippum patrem Guilelmi de Ypra et filias duas Iudith, quam duxit Tostinus comes Nortdanimbronum in Anglia et Mathilda?Normannorum ducissa"[237], which confuses three generations of the family of the counts of Flanders. Baudouin's father sent him to be educated at the court of Emperor Heinrich III, who installed him as count in the march of Antwerp in [1045], although this was taken away in [1050] after his father opposed the emperor[238]. He succeeded in 1055 as BAUDOUIN I Comte de Hainaut, by right of his wife. He succeeded his father in 1067 as BAUDOUIN VI Count of Flanders. The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 1070 of "Baldwinus marchisus, qui Hasnoni sepultus est"[239]. The Annales Elnonenses Maiores record Baudouin's death "XVI Kal Aug" and his burial "Hasnonie"[240]. m (1051) as her second husband, RICHILDE, widow of HERMAN Comte de Hainaut, daughter of --- (-Messines 15 Mar 1087, bur Hanson Abbey). The Annales Elnonenses date the marriage of "Balduinus iunior Adele filius" to 1051 (although it incorrectly names his wife "Iudita"), specifying that thereby "castellum Monz obtinuit", and recording that the marriage was "consensu patris"[241] which presumably refers to Baudouin's own father, maybe indicating that Baudouin was a minor at the time. The difficult question of the parentage of Richilde is discussed fully in the document HAINAUT, which sets out her first husband's family. The Annales Blandinienses record that her husband's uncle Robert, having killed her son Arnoul Count of Flanders, captured his mother "Rikilde"[242]. Richilde married thirdly (1070) as his second wife, Guillaume FitzOsbern Earl of Hereford. The Annals of Winchester record the marriage in 1070 of ?comitissam Flandri?? and ?rex?nepoti suo Willelmo filio Osberni?[243]. William of Malmesbury records that Baudouin I comte de Hainaut entrusted the guardianship of his two sons to "Philip king of France?and to William Fitz-Osberne", adding that the latter "readily undertook the office that he might increase his dignity by a union with Richilda"[244]. The Complete Peerage, citing "Annales Flandri?", states that Richilde was taken in battle where her new husband FitzOsbern was killed[245], but the precise reference has not yet been found to this primary source. The necrology of Li?ge Saint-Lambert records the death "XVII Kal Apr" of "Richildis comitisse"[246]. Count Baudouin VI & his wife had [three] children:
a) ARNOUL de Flandre ([1055]-killed in battle Cassel 22 Feb 1071, bur Saint-Bertin). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Arnulfum et Balduinem" as sons of "Balduinum Haanoniensem [et] Richelde"[247]. "Arnulfum nepotem suum [Robertus filius Balduini comitis Insulani] occiso" is named in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin[248]. He succeeded his father in 1070 as ARNOUL III Count of Flanders, Comte de Hainaut. "Arnulphus comes Flandrensium?cum matre mea Richilde et?fratre meo Balduino et sorore mea Agnete" donated "allodium?Thaviers in pago Hasbanie" to Ardenne Saint-Hubert, for the souls of "patris mei Balduini et comitis Herimanni", by charter dated 1071[249]. His uncle Robert rebelled against Count Arnoul, defeated him at the battle of Cassel where Arnoul was killed, and seized control of Flanders[250]. Arnoul's younger brother Baudouin was left only with the county of Hainaut.
b) BAUDOUIN de Flandre ([1056]-on Crusade 1098, after 8 Jun). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Arnulfum et Balduinem" as sons of "Balduinum Haanoniensem [et] Richelde"[251]. Guibert describes him as "Balduinus comes de Montibus, Roberti Flandrensis comitis iunioris patrui, filius"[252]. "Balduino frater eius [Arnulphum occiso]" is named in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin[253]. He succeeded his brother in 1071 as BAUDOUIN II Comte de Hainaut.
- COMTES DE HAINAUT.
c) [AGNES (-after 1071). "Arnulphus comes Flandrensium?cum matre mea Richilde et?fratre meo Balduino et sorore mea Agnete" donated "allodium?Thaviers in pago Hasbanie" to Ardenne Saint-Hubert, for the souls of "patris mei Balduini et comitis Herimanni", by charter dated 1071[254]. The mention of Comte Herman in this document suggests that Agnes was the same person as the unnamed daughter of "Hermannus filius ducis Thuringie ex Richilde" referred to in the Annales Hanoni?, which specify in a later passage that she became a nun[255]. If this is correct, she was Arnoul's uterine half-sister.]

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• Name: DE NORMANDIE
• Name: Matilda OF FLANDERS
• Religion: ; Roman Catholic
• _UID: 2D374016C68B4B67AD95FF19CA325F70E253
• Title: Between 1066 and 1083; Queen of England
• Title (Nobility): Between 1066 and 1083; Queen Consort of England
• ACCEDED: 11 May 1068, Winchester Cathedral, London, England
• Coronation: 11 May 1068, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Alt. Burial: 3 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

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MATHILDE de Flandre ([1032]-Caen 2 Nov 1083, bur Caen, Abbey of Holy Trinity). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum Haanoniensem, et Robdbertum cognomento postea Iherosolimitanum, et Matilde uxorem Guillelmi regis Anglorum" as the children of "Balduinum Insulanum [et] Adelam"[256]. Her parentage is also stated by Orderic Vitalis[257]. Florence of Worcester records that "comitissa Mahtilda de Normannia" came to England 23 Mar [1068] and was crowned "die Pentecostes [11 May]" by Aldred Archbishop of York[258]. Orderic Vitalis also records that she was crowned queen of England 11 May 1068[259], presumably at Westminster Abbey or Winchester Cathedral although this appears to be unrecorded. Queen Matilda acted as regent in Normandy during her husband's absences in England. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "IV Non Nov" of "Matildis Anglorum regina"[260]. Guillaume de Jumi?ges records the burial of Queen Mathilde on 3 Nov 1081 at Holy Trinity, Caen[261]. Florence of Worcester records the death "IV Non Nov" in [1083] of "regina Mahtilda" in Normandy and her burial at Caen[262]. m (Eu, Cathedral of Notre Dame [1050/52]) GUILLAUME II Duke of Normandy, illegitimate son of ROBERT "le Diable" Duke of Normandy & his mistress Arlette --- (Ch?teau de Falaise, Normandy [1027/8]-Rouen, Priory of St Gervais 9 Sep 1087, bur Caen, Abbey of St Etienne). He succeeded in 1066 as WILLIAM I "the Conqueror" King of England. King William I & his wife had ten children

Family/Spouse: Gherbod Of St. Omer, De Fleming. Gherbod was born between 1020 and 1025 in St. Bertin's Abbey, Flanders, France; died after 1070 in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married William II "The Conqueror" Of Normandy ANGEVIN, King Of England in 1050 in Castle Of, Angi, Normandy, France. William (son of Robert II "The Devil" Of Normandy ANGEVIN, Duke Of Normandy and Herleve (Arlette) Of FALAISE, Officer Of The Household) was born on 14 Oct 1027 in Falaise, Calvados, France; was christened in 1066; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie; was buried on 2 Oct 1087 in Abbey of St. Stephen, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ROBERT ([1035]-13 Oct 1093). The Genealogica Comitum Flandri? Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum Haanoniensem, et Robdbertum cognomento postea Iherosolimitanum, et Matilde uxorem Guillelmi regis Anglorum" as the children of "Balduinum Insulanum [et] Adelam"[269]. He was regent of the county of Holland 1062-1071, during the minority of his stepson. He succeeded his nephew in 1071 as ROBERT I "le Frison" Count of Flanders.

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• TitleOfNobility: ; King of France
• Name: Louis Capet/ Le Gros DE FRANCE
• Name: Louis KING OF THE FRANKS
• Name: Louis VI
• Name: The Fat
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• Courronnement: 3 Aug 1108, Cath?drale d'Orl?ans

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Louis VI, called The Fat (1081-1137), king of France (1108-1137), son and successor of Philip I; he was married to Adelaide of Savoy. Almost his entire reign was spent in subduing the robber barons, who preyed on the environs of Paris but were finally forced to yield to royal authority. For some 20 years during the period from 1109-1135, Louis waged war against Henry I, the Norman king of England, and against Henry's son-in-law, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V; he successfully repelled an invasion by Henry V in 1124. Louis greatly strengthened the royal power in France, granted benefactions to the church and privileges to towns, and became known as the protector of the peasants and as a fearless military leader. He was succeeded on the throne by his son Louis VII.

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Louis VI (late 1081 ? 1 August 1137), called the Fat[1] (French: le Gros) or the Fighter (French: le Batailleur), was King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137.[2]

Louis VI married in 1104: 1) Lucienne de Rochefort ? the marriage was annulled on 23 May 1107 at the Council of Troyes by Pope Paschal II.[21]

He married in 1115: 2) Ad?laide de Maurienne (1092? 1154)[21]

Their children:
Philip (29 August 1116 ? 13 October 1131), King of the Franks (1129? 31), not to be confused with his brother of the same name; he died as a result of a fall from a horse.
Louis VII (1120 ? 18 September 1180), King of the Franks
Henry (1121 ? 13 November 1175), Archbishop of Reims[22]
Hugh (ca 1122 ? died young).
Robert (ca 1123 ? 11 October 1188), count of Dreux[23]
Peter[24] (September 1126 ? 10 April 1183), married Elizabeth, Lady of Courtenay[25]
Constance (ca 1128 ? 16 August 1176), married first Eustace IV, count of Boulogne, and then Raymond V of Toulouse
Philip (c.1132 -1160), Archdeacon of Paris[26]
With Marie de Breuillet, daughter of Renaud de Breuillet de Dourdan,[27] Louis VI was the father of a daughter:

Isabelle (ca 1105 ? before 1175), married (ca. 1119) Guillaume I of Chaumont in 1117[28]

Louis married Lucienne de Rochefort in 1104, and was divorced on 23 May 1107. Lucienne was born in 1088 in Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, ?le-de-France, France; died on 22 Aug 1137 in Beaujeu, Rh?ne, Auvergne-Rh?ne-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Alix (Adbelahide) Countess Of SAVOY, of Maurienne in Apr 1115 in Paris, Seine, Ile-DE-France, France. Alix (daughter of Humbert II Count Of MAURIENNE & SAVOY ;[MARQUIS OF TURIN] and Gisela (Gille) De BOURGOGNE) was born on 18 Nov 1092 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France; died on 25 Nov 1154 in Paris, ?le-de-France, France; was buried in Abbaye DE Montmartre, Savoie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isabel married William II DE WARENNE (WARREN) in France. William (son of William DE WARREN and Gundred Princess Of England) was born about 1065 in Of Sussex, England; died on 11 May 1138 in France; was buried in Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Earl Robert De BEAUMONT. Robert (son of Roger De BEAUMONT and Avelina Or Adelise MEULAN) was born about 1049 in Hastings, Sussex, England; died on 5 Jun 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1063 ?, Normandy, France; Alt. Birth
• Occupation: Princess of England
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• Alt. Death: 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England; Alt. Death

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Died in Childbirth.

According to Magna Charta Sureties (and CP in a way), a daughter of Gherbod the Fleming. According to the Plantagenet Ancestry, a daughter of William the Conquerer and Matilda of Flanders. Discussions in soc.genealogy.medieval illustrates the proof for Gundred being daughter of Matilda, wife of William I, and also the controversy still being debated about her ancestry. I happen to believe that the Lewes Chartulary is not false on the basis that there is no reason for forging a relationship to Queen Maud, but not King William I.

Gundred married William DE WARREN in Normandy, France. William (son of Ralph DE WARREN and Emma) was born about 1055 in Of Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, France; died on 24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England; was buried in Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Adaele married in 1080 in , Breteuil, Eure, France. [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 Concubine Edith Fitzforne SIGULFSON in Associated With Concubine. Edith (daughter of Forne FITZSIGULF, 1st Lord Of Greystoke and Alditha) was born about 1072 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England; died in 1152; was buried in Oseney Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Isabel (Elizabeth) DE BEAUMONT in Associated With Concubine. Isabel (daughter of Earl Robert De BEAUMONT and Isabel (Elizabeth) DE VERMANDOIS) was born about 1096 in Of Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died about 1173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Nesta Verch RHYS, Princess Of Deheubarth in Associated With. Nesta and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Ansfride about 1086 in England. Ansfride and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Henry married Matilda (Maud) HUNTINGTON on 11 Nov 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Matilda (daughter of Waltheof II, Earl Of Northumberland and Judith, Of Boulogne) was born about 1072 in Of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 23 Apr 1130-1131 in Scotland; was buried in Scone, Perthshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Henry married Adelicia, Princess Of Brabant on 29 Jan 1122 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Adelicia (daughter of Godfrey "A La Barbe", Duke Of Lorraine and Clementia, Countess Of Namur) was born about 1094 in Of Brabant, Netherlands; died on 23 Apr 1151 in Affligham, Flanders, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]