Countess Matilda LE CHAUVRE, Queen Of England

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• Clan: ; House of Flanders (father); House of Capet (mother)
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• Royal House: ; Capet (by her mother)
• Name: DE NORMANDIE
• Name: Matilda OF FLANDERS
• Religion: ; Roman Catholic
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• 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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• 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]

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William married Isabel (Elizabeth) DE VERMANDOIS in France. Isabel (daughter of Count Hugues "Le Grand" DE FRANCE and Adelle (Adelaide) VERMANDOIS) was born about 1085 in Of Valois, France; died on 13 Feb 1131 in France; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• TitleOfNobility: ; 1st Earl Of Gloucester
• TitleOfNobility: ; Baron of Okehampton
• TitleOfNobility: ; Lord of Okehampton
• Name: Robert (Earl Of Gloucester) DE CAEN
• Name: Robert FITZROY
• Name: Robert FITZROY
• Name: Robert Rufus
• Name: The King's Son
• Occupation: ; Consul
• Reference Number: ems-jw
• MilitaryService: 1119; and fought in the Battle of Bremule where his father defeated Louis VI of France
• MilitaryService: 1122; and led a force to capture Brionne Castle held by rebels in Normandy

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Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 ? 31 October 1147) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen, Robert Consul) was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. He was the half-brother of the Empress Matilda, and her chief military supporter during the civil war known as The Anarchy, in which she vied with Stephen of Blois for the throne of England.
Robert was probably the eldest of Henry's many illegitimate children. He was born before his father's accession to the English throne, either during the reign of his grandfather William the Conqueror or his uncle William Rufus. He is sometimes and erroneously designated as a son of Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last king of Deheubarth, although his mother has been identified as a member of "the Gay or Gayt family of north Oxfordshire", possibly a daughter of Rainald Gay (fl. 1086) of Hampton Gay and Northbrook Gay in Oxfordshire. Rainald had known issue Robert Gay of Hampton (died c. 1138) and Stephen Gay of Northbrook (died after 1154). A number of Oxfordshire women feature as the mothers of Robert's siblings.

Robert may have been a native of Caen or he may have been only Constable and Governor of that city, jure uxoris.

Robert's father had contracted him in marriage to Mabel FitzHamon, daughter and heir of Robert Fitzhamon, but the marriage was not solemnized until June 1119 at Lisieux. His wife brought him the substantial honours of Gloucester in England and Glamorgan in Wales, and the honours of Sainte-Scholasse-sur-Sarthe and ?vrecy in Normandy, as well as Creully. After the White Ship disaster late in 1120, and probably because of this marriage, in 1121 or 1122 his father created him Earl of Gloucester.

Family
Robert and his wife Mabel FitzHamon married in 1119, and they had seven children:
1. William FitzRobert (c.1121 ? 1183): succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Gloucester
2. Roger FitzRobert (c. 1123 ? 1179): Bishop of Worcester
3. Hamon FitzRobert, knight (c. 1124 ? 1159): killed at the siege of Toulouse.
4. Richard FitzRobert, Lord of Creully (c. 1125 ? 1175): succeeded his mother as Sire de Creully.
5. Matilda FitzRobert (c. 1126 ? 1189): married in 1143 Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester.
6. Mabel FitzRobert: married Aubrey de Vere
7. Philip FitzRobert, Lord of Cricklade (c. 1130 ? 1148)

He also had four illegitimate children:
1. Richard FitzRobert (died 1142): Bishop of Bayeux [mother: Isabel de Douvres, sister of Richard de Douvres, bishop of Bayeux (1107? 1133)]
2. Robert FitzRobert (died 1170): Castellan of Gloucester, married in 1147 Hawise de Reviers (daughter of Baldwin de Reviers, 1st Earl of Devon and his first wife Adelisa), had daughter Mabel FitzRobert (married firstly Jordan de Chambernon and secondly William de Soliers)
3. Mabel FitzRobert: married Gruffud, Lord of Senghenydd, son of Ifor Bach.
4. Thomas FitzRobert

Relationship with King Stephen
There is evidence in the contemporary source, the Gesta Stephani, that Robert was proposed by some as a candidate for the throne, but his illegitimacy ruled him out:
"Among others came Robert, Earl of Gloucester, son of King Henry, but a bastard, a man of proved talent and admirable wisdom. When he was advised, as the story went, to claim the throne on his father's death, deterred by sounder advice he by no means assented, saying it was fairer to yield it to his sister's son (the future Henry II of England), than presumptuously to arrogate it to himself."
This suggestion cannot have led to any idea that he and Stephen were rivals for the Crown, as Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1136 referred to Robert as one of the 'pillars' of the new King's rule.
The capture of King Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln on 2 February 1141 gave the Empress Matilda the upper hand in her battle for the throne, but by alienating the citizens of London she failed to be crowned Queen. Her forces were defeated at the Rout of Winchester on 14 September 1141, and Robert of Gloucester was captured nearby at Stockbridge.
The two prisoners, King Stephen and Robert of Gloucester, were then exchanged, but by freeing Stephen, the Empress Matilda had given up her best chance of becoming queen. She later returned to France, where she died in 1167, though her son succeeded Stephen as King Henry II in 1154.

Robert of Gloucester died in 1147 at Bristol Castle, where he had previously imprisoned King Stephen, and was buried at St James' Priory, Bristol, which he had founded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert,_1st_Earl_of_Gloucester

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT FITZ ROY, in right of his wife, of Gloucester, Bristol, Tewkesbury, and Cardiff, seigneur of Creully in Calvados, and Torigny in Manche, Normandy, illegitimate son, probably born about 1090. He witnessed charters of his father the king from about April 1113. He fought at the Battle of Br?mul? in 1119, where his father, King Henry I, defeated King Louis VI of France. He married before 1122 MABEL FITZ ROBERT, daughter and heiress of Robert Fitz Hamon, of Gloucester, Bristol, Tewkesbury, and Cardiff, seigneur of Creully in Calvados, and Torigny in Manche, Normandy, hereditary Governor of Caen, by Sybil, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury. They had six sons, William [Earl of Gloucester], Philip, Hamon, Roger [Bishop of Worcester], Richard [seigneur of Creully], and Robert, and two daughters, Maud and Mabel. By an unknown mistress, he also had an illegitimate son, Richard [Bishop of Bayeux]. He was created Earl of Gloucester between June and September 1122. In 1123 he brought a force to assist in the capture of Brionne Castle, which was held by rebellious Norman barons. In 1126 he had the custody of his uncle, Robert, Duke of Normandy, as a prisoner at Bristol, and later at Cardiff. The same year he secured a working relationship with the Welsh-dominated church of south Wales, under its aggressive bishop, Urban. In 1127 he did homage to the Empress Maud, recognizing her as his father's successor in the kingdom. In 1130 he sanctioned the foundation of Neath Abbey. In 1133, following the death of Richard, Bishop of Bayeux, he was sent by his father to Bayeux to enquire as to the fees and services due to the see by its barons, knights, and vavasours. He was present at his father's death at Lions-le-For?t in Dec. 1135, and had 60,000 livres from him, apparently as executor. On Stephen's subsequent accession to the English throne and his recognition as Duke by the Normans, Robert gave up Falaise to his agents, but removed his father's treasure. In March 1136 he returned to England, and after Easter did homage for his English lands. About this time or in the following year he founded St. James's Priory at Bristol. In 1137 he accompanied Stephen to Normandy, but they quarrelled, and next year his English and Welsh estates were forfeited. Thereupon he prepared for war with Stephen and took up the cause of his half-sister, Maud, in Normandy. In Sept. 1139 he landed in England with Maud and took her to Arundel Castle, and became her commander-in-chief in the civil war that ensued. His first significant campaign, once the empress was established in England, was directed at the city of Worcester, which he sacked 7 November 1139. In May 1140 he was delegated by his sister to negotiate at Bath with the king' envoys, but nothing came of the meeting. Later in 1140 he and the Earl of Warwick led a successful raid on Nottingham. In 1141 he and his son-in-law, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, recruited a large army, including a force of Welsh under the kings of Glamorgan and Gwynedd. Their army encountered the king's army near Lincoln and dispersed it, capturing the king himself. The king was removed to Gloucester and then to Bristol, Earl Robert's principal English castle. He subsequently accompanied Maud in her progress to Winchester and London, and when the citizens drove her out, he fled with her to Oxford. He was captured at Stockbridge 14 Sept. 1141, and taken prisoner to Rochester. Shortly afterwards, he was exchanged for King Stephen. In June 1142 Maud sent him over to her husband, Geoffrey of Anjou, to urge him to invade England; Geoffrey declined to help until he had conquered Normandy, whereupon Robert joined him in the campaign. Sometime between 1141-3, probably in June 1142, he signed a treaty friendship with Miles, Earl of Hereford, by which the two men agreed to support each other, especially in the war between King Stephen and Empress Maud. In 1143 he defeated King Stephen at Wilton. In 1144 he blockaded Malmesbury, Stephen refusing to battle; but Maud's party was so much reduced that Stephen was able to take Faringdon, which Robert had fortified. He witnessed a charter of Henry d'Oilly in the period, 1144-47. In the spring of 1147 he took Henry, Maud's son, back to Wareham and sent him over to Anjou. In his last year, probably on his deathbed, he made moves to assist the Cistercians, who were attempting to set up a house in upland Glamorgan; the resultant abbey of Margam counted him as its founder. ROBERT FITZ ROY, 1st Earl of Gloucester, died at Bristol 31 October 1147, and was buried in the Priory church of St. James, BristoL His widow, Mabel, Countess of Gloucester, died 29 Sept. 1157.

Robert married Maud (Mabel) FITZHAMON, Countess Of Glo in Jun 1119 in Lisieux, Calvados, Duchy of Normandy, France. Maud (daughter of Lord Robert FITZHAMON, of Gloucester and Glamorgan and Sybil DE MONTGOMERY) was born in 1090 in Of, Gloucestershire, England; died on 29 Sep 1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried after 29 Sep 1157 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Matilda AVRANCHES, Heiress Of Okehampton about 1162 in England. Matilda (daughter of Robert D'AVRANCHES and Baroness Hawise DE DOL) was born about 1115 in Okehampton, Devonshire, England; died on 21 Sep 1173 in Okehampton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Alexander, I. Alexander and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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Ancestral File Number: 9T9Q-00

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• Name: Atheling
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Cause of death - drowned in the White Ship

William married Isabelle D' ANJOU in Jun 1119 in Lisieux, Normandy. Isabelle (daughter of Rene D'ANJOU, KING OF NAPLES, SICILY, AND JERUSALEM , DUKE OF ANJOU, I, "The Good King Rene" and Isabella Duchess of LORRAINE, Queen consort of Naples) was born on 3 Jul 1423 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; died between 1433 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Maud married Count Geoffrey V "Le Bon" PLANTAGENET on 22 May 1127 in , Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Geoffrey (son of Foulq (Fulk) "The Young" D'ANJOU, King Of Jerusalem and Countess Ermengarde DU MAINE) was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France; died on 7 Sep 1150 in Chateau, Eure-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ada married Henry, Prince Of Scotland in 1134-1139 in France. Henry (son of David I "The Saint", King Of Scotland and Matilda (Maud) HUNTINGTON) was born about 1114-1119 in Scotland; died on 12 Jun 1152 in Scotland; was buried in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Adelia DE TALVAS (VALVACE). Adelia (daughter of William VALVACE and Alice DE BOURGOGNE) was born about 1110 in Of Sussex, England; died in 1174. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: ; Castellan of Gloucester

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT FITZ ROBERT, of Conarton (in Gwithian), Cornwell, Castellan of Gloucester, younger son. He married HAWISE DE REDVERS, daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon. They had one daughter, Mabel. Sometime in the period, 1141-61, he and his wife, Hawise, made a gift to Quarr Abbey. Sometime in the period, 1147-71, he witnessed a charter of his brother, Earl William, at Bristol to Gilbert Fitz John. Sometime in the period, 1147-50, probably before March 1148/9, he witnessed a treaty between his brother, Earl William, and Roger, Earl of Hereford. Sometime in the period, c. 1147-8, he witnessed a charter of his mother, Countess Mabel, and his brother, Earl William, announcing restorations made to Jocelin, Bishop of Salisbury. In 1154, as Robert son of the Earl of Gloucester, he conveyed to Richard the butler the manor of Conarton (in Gwithian), Cornwall for a payment 400 marks of silver and a silk cloth, and to his wife, "Harvisa" a palfrey. ROBERT FITZ ROBERT (or FITZ COUNT) died in 1170. In the period, c.1193-1211, his widow, Hawise de Redvers, gave the manors of Fleet and Ibberton, Dorset to her grandson, Jordan de Champernoun.
Madox Formulare Anglicanum (1702): 3-4 (charter of Hawise de Rivers daughter of Earl Baldwin). Pole Colls. towards a Desc. of Devon (1791): 422-423. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 1097-1098. Pertz Chronica et Annales avi Salici (Monumenta Germani? Historica, Scriptores 6) (1844): 519 (Roberti de Monte Cronica [Robert de Torigni]) sub 1170 - "Mortuo Roberto filio Roberti comitis Gloecestrie"). C.P. 5 (1926): 686, footnote b (sub Gloucester). Collectanea Archaeologica 1 (1862): 263-284. Patterson Earldom of Gloucester Charters (1973): 63, 97-98, 155-156 (Robert and his brother, William styled "my sons" [filii mei] by their mother, Countess Mabel). Bearman Charters of the Redvers family and the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Soc. n.s. 37) (1994). Fizzard Plympton Priory (2008): 93n. (Hawise de Redvers was "benefactor of Quarr, Christchurch, Hartland Abbey in Devon, and the Knights Hospitallers."). Cornwall Rec. Office: Messrs Harvey and Co, Hay, H/236 (available at available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp)."

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Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, Vol. 2 pg 124; Vol. 3 pg 85/87
... of Conarton (in Gwithian), Cornwell, Castellan of Gloucester, younger son {most sources list him as an illegitimate son of Isabel de Douvres}

Sometime in the period, 1141-61, he and his wife, Hawise, made a gift to Quarr Abbey. Sometime in the period, 1147-71, he witnessed a charter of his brother, Earl William, at Bristol to Gilbert Fitz John. Sometime in the period, 1147-50, probably before March 1148/9, he witnessed a treaty between his brother, Earl William, and Roger, Earl of Hereford. Sometime in the period, c. 1147-8, he witnessed a charter of his mother, Countess Mabel, had his brother, Earl William, announcing restorations made to Jocelin, Bishop of Salisbury. In 1154, as Robert son of the Earl of Gloucester, he conveyed to Richard the butler of the manor of Conarton (in Gwithian), Cornwall for a payment of 400 marks of silever and a silk cloth, and to his wife, "Harvisa" a palfrey.

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Foundation of Medieval Genealogy:
ROBERT FitzRobert (-1170). The 1155 Pipe Roll records "Rob. fil. Com. Gloecestr." in Somerset. Named in charters in [1160], and addressed as Castellan of Gloucester. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1170 of "Roberto filio Roberti comitis Gloecestri?".

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Wiki (March 2015):
Robert FitzRobert of Ilchester (died before 1157), married Hawise de Redvers, by whom he had a daughter Mabel who in her turn married Jordan de Cambernon.

Robert married Hawise DE REDVERS before Jun 1141 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Hawise was born about 1126 in Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England; died about 1215 in Isle of Wight, England; was buried in Quarr Old Abbey, Isle of Wight, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name Suffix: [BISHOP OF WORCE
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• Name: Mafonache
• Name: William Fitzrobert MEULLENT
• Reference Number: ems-jw
• He served as Governor of Wareham and looked after the baronial estates when his father: Oct 1141; fell into the hands of partisans at Winchester and was exchanged for King Stephen.
• He overthrew Henry de Tracy at Castle Cary.: 1147
• TitleOfNobility: Between 31 Oct 1147 and 23 Nov 1183; 2nd Earl of Gloucester (Predecessor: Sir Robert de Caen; Successor: John de Mortain)
• He made an alliance with Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, by which they agreed: 1154; to aid each other against all men except Henry II of England.
• He and his wife and son were captured by the Welsh Lord of Senghenydd, Ifor Bach: 1158; ("Ivor the Little") and carried away into the woods, where they were held as prisoners until he redressed Ivor's grievances.

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Seal to Parents: 23 OCT 1936
Name Suffix: [Earl of Glouces
Ancestral File Number: V9V7-D7

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

William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (23 November 1116 ? 23 November 1183) was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon and nephew of Empress Matilda.
William FitzRobert was the son of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, during whose reign William was born. Thus William was a nephew of the Empress Maud and a cousin of King Stephen, the principal combatants of the English Anarchy period. It also meant that William is the great-grandson of the famed William the Conqueror.

Early career
In October 1141, William looked after the Baronial estates, when his father fell into the hands of partisans at Winchester. His father was exchanged for King Stephen, and during his father's absence in Normandy in 1144 he served as Governor of Wareham. In 1147, he overthrew Henry de Tracy at Castle Cary.

In 1154 he made an alliance with Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, by which they agreed to aid each other against all men except Henry II of England.

FitzRobert granted Neath, a town in Glamorgan, a charter. He was Lord of the manor of Glamorgan, as well as Caerleon, residing chiefly at Cardiff Castle. It was there that in 1158 he and his wife and son were captured by the Welsh Lord of Senghenydd, Ifor Bach ("Ivor the Little") and carried away into the woods, where they were held as prisoners until the Earl redressed Ivor's grievances.

Relationship with King Henry II
In 1173 the earl took the King's part against his sons, but thereafter he appears to have fallen under suspicion, for the following year he submitted to the King, and in 1175 surrendered to him Bristol Castle. Because his only son and heir Robert died in 1166, Earl William made John, the younger son of King Henry II, heir to his earldom, in conformity with the King's promise that John should marry one of the Earl's daughters, if the Church would allow it, they being related in the third degree.

Earl William was present in March 1177 when the King arbitrated between the Kings of Castile and Navarre, and in 1178, he witnessed Henry's charter to Waltham Abbey. But during the King's struggles with his sons, when he imprisoned a number of magnates of whose loyalty he was doubtful, Earl William was among them.

Family and children
He was married to Hawise de Beaumont of Leicester, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester and Amica de Gael and had children:
1. Robert fitz William (1151, Cardiff, Glamorganshire ? 1166, Cardiff, Glamorganshire).
2. Mabel fitz William, married Amaury V de Montfort, her son Amaury briefly being Earl of Gloucester
3. Amice fitz William, d. 1220. Married Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, their descendants eventually inherited the Earldom of Gloucester.
4. Isabel, Countess of Gloucester. She was married three times:
- John of England
- Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, Earl of Gloucester
- Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent

The earl died in 1183; his wife Hawise survived him. Since their only son, Robert, predeceased his father, their daughters became co-heirs to the feudal barony of Gloucester.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fitz_Robert,_2nd_Earl_of_Gloucester

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Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, Vol. 1 pg 43, 247, Vol. 2 pg 180, 514; Vol. 3 pg 88/558; Vol. 4 pg 559
2nd Earl of Gloucester, lord of Glamorgan and Caerleon, seigneur of Torigny in Manche, Normandy, etc., Governor of Wareham Castle, 1144, son and heir. They had one son, Robert (living c.1170), and three daughters, Mabel, Amice, and Isabel.

In 1128 he witnessed an agreement between his father and the Abbot of Fecamp. In 1141 he served as surety for his father, then a prisoner at Rochester. In 1147 he overthrew Henry de Tracy at Castle Cary. Sometime in the period, 1147-50, probably before March 1148/9, he signed a treaty with Roger, Earl of Hereford, by which William agreed t hold faith and give aid to Roger as his man, against all men except their lord, Henry; William promised aid especially for the purpose of disinherity Gilbert de Lacy. Sometime in the period, 1147-83, he granted Margam Abbey land in Margam, in echange for the land of Baldwin the Harper of Newborough. Sometime in the period, 1147-83, he gave to the church and monks of St. Giles, Little Malvern, Worcestershire ten acres in the forest of Malvern with appurtenances in the said forest for inclosure and cultivation. In 1148 he gave a confirmation to Gloucester jointly with his mother. In 1153 he was one of the witnesses to the agreement between King Stephen and Henry, Duke of Normandy [afterwards King Henry II]; he also witnessed a charter of Duke Henry dated at Bristol.

In 1158 he and his wife and son Robert were captured at Cardiff Castle by Ivor the Little and carried into the woods, where they were held as prisoners until the earl redressed Ivor's grievances.

He witnessed a charter of his father-in-law, Robert, Earl of Leicester, dated c.1150-60. He founded Keynsham Priory in Somerset in 1169, and was a benefactor to many other religious foundations. About 1170 he granted his son, Robert, land in Margam, which Robert thereupon gave to Abbot Conan and the convent. In 1173 he took the king's part against his sons, and later that year went to the help of the king's forces at the Battle of Fornham. In 1174 he submitted to the king, and in 1175 he surrendered Bristol Castle to him. In 1178 he witnessed King Henry's charter to Waltham Abbey. In 1183 the king imprisoned a number of magnates of whose loyalty he was doubtful, including Earl William, About 1183 Earl William granted Walter Lageles land which his father held, for an annual rent of eight shillings. About 1183 he granted Kenaithur son of Herbert son of Godwinet and his brothers the lands of Keleculam and Treikik.

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Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
WILLIAM FitzRobert, son of ROBERT Fitzroy Earl of Gloucester & his wife Mabel [Matilda or Sibylle] FitzRobert (23 Nov [1112]-23 Nov 1183, bur Keynsham Abbey, Somerset). His birth date is confirmed by the Annals of Waverley which record the death "in nocte Sancti Clementis" in 1183 of "Willelmus comes Glocestri?", specifying that it was the same day he was born. The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey records that "comes Willielmus filius et h?res eiusdem" succeeded on the death of Robert Earl of Gloucester. He witnessed an agreement in 1128. He was imprisoned with his father at Rochester in Oct 1141 by the forces of King Stephen. Governor of Wareham 1144, during his father's absence in Normandy. He succeeded his father in 1147 as Earl of Gloucester. The Gesta Stephani Regis records that "Willelmus filius suus?senior??tate" succeeded as Earl of Gloucester on the death of his father, dated from the context to [1147]. The Annals of Margan record that "comes Gloucestri? Willelmus?et comitissa Hawysia" were captured "in castello Cardivi?" by the Welsh in 1158. "Willielmus comes Glouc." donated "ecclesia de Eltham" to Rochester, for the souls of "Roberti filii mei...Hawyse comitisse uxoris mee et liberorum...meorum", by undated charter, confirmed by charter dated 8 Dec 1314. On his death, King Henry II took the honour of Gloucester and the Earldom into his own hands. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1183 of "Guillermus comes Gloecestri?" leaving three daughters as his heirs. The Annals of Margan record the death "IX Kal Dec" in 1183 of "Willelmus comes Gloucestri?". The Obituary of Lyre records the death 23 Nov of "Willelmus comes Glocestri?". The Annals of Waverley record the death "in nocte Sancti Clementis" in 1183 of "Willelmus comes Glocestri?", specifying that it was the same day he was born. The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey records the death in 1183 of "comes Willielmus Gloucestri?" and his burial "apud Kenisham". The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "23 Nov" of "Willelmus comes Glocestri?".
m ([1150]) HAVISE de Beaumont, daughter of ROBERT de Beaumont[-le-Roger] Earl of Leicester & his wife Amice de Ga?l et de Montfort ([after 1120]-24 Apr or 25 May 1197). The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey records that "comes Willielmus" married "Hawisia filia comitis Leicestri?"[1741]. The Annals of Margan record that "comes Gloucestri? Willelmus?et comitissa Hawysia" were captured "in castello Cardivi?" by the Welsh in 1158[1742]. "Willielmus comes Glouc." donated "ecclesia de Eltham" to Rochester, for the souls of "Roberti filii mei...Hawyse comitisse uxoris mee et liberorum...meorum", by undated charter, confirmed by charter dated 8 Dec 1314[1743]. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death "25 May" of "Hawis comitissa Gloecestr?"[1744]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the death "VIII Kal Mai" in 1197 of "Hawisa comitissa Glocestri?"[1745].

Earl William & his wife had four children:
1. ROBERT (Cardiff [1150]-Cardiff 1166, bur Keynsham Abbey, Somerset). ...
2. MABEL (-1198). ...
3. AMICE (-1 Jan 1225). ...
4. ISABEL [Avise] ([before 1176]-14 Oct or [18 Nov] 1217, bur Canterbury Cathedral Church). ...

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#WilliamFitzRobertdied1183

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William married Hawise Mabel Avis BEAUMONT, [Countess] about 1150 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Hawise (daughter of Robert DE BEAUMONT, 2nd Earl of Leicester and Amice GAEL DE MONTFORT) was born about 1129 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 24 Apr 1197 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in 1197 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 49D5237F50394AC3AB9EC7D9D888BC288383
• Alt. Birth: Bef 1134, Little Dunmow, Essex, England

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Name Suffix: [Countess of Che
Ancestral File Number: V9V7-JW

Maud married William "Le Breton" De ALBINI, Lord Of Belvoir about 1140 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. William was born in 1113 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England; died in 1168 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married Ranulph "De Gernon" MESCHINES, 4th Earl Of Chester about 1141 in Gloucestershire, England. Ranulph was born in 1099 in Guernon Castle, Normandy, France; died on 16 Dec 1153 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in St Werburgh, Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christian married Sir William II Eaton FITZALAN, Baron Of Oswestry about 1135 in 1st Wife. William (son of Alain (Alan) Fitzflaald Baron Of Salop Of DOL and Adeliza De HESDIN) was born about 1105 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England; was christened in in Also Of, Dol, Normandy France; died in 1160 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England; was buried in Sheriff Of Shropshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4965FF497FEC4F3393E0BAF18BFABCABED21

Notes:

That Robert, a little known son of the Earl of Gloucester was even married, is revealed in a charter dated between June 1141 and 1161, probably before Oct 1147, in which Hawise, daughter of Earl Baldwin de Redvers, made a gift to Quarr Abbey jointly with her husband, Robert, son of the Earl of Gloucester. CP, 5: 686 states Robert was a natural son of Earl Robert and that he was named c1160 in a charter and is addressed in a writ from King Henry II as Castellan of Gloucester. [Ronny Bodine, SGM, 18 Feb 1999]

Note: The marriage took place before the charter, which was June 1141 - Oct 1147 (probably).

Robert married Hawise De REVIERS before Jun 1141. Hawise was born about 1126 in Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mabel married Aubrey De VERE in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Aubrey died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mabel married in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Phillip married Sedzilia De BERKELEY about 1155 in England. Sedzilia was born about 1135 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1192 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name Suffix: [Lord of Cruelly
Ancestral File Number: V9V7-K3

Family/Spouse: Mathilde De ST. CLAIR. Mathilde was born about 1135; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maud FITZROY
• _UID: 056FBF22A4034F41BA4D5B8FFBECAE8D9F9E

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Maud married Renaud Seigneur DE COURTENAY, Of Sutton after 1172 in 2ND Wife, No Issue. Renaud (son of Renaud (Reginald) Seigneur De COURTENAY, Sire and Hawise (Or Hedwig) De DU DON JON) was born in 1125 in Courtenay, Montargis, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 27 Sep 1194 in Okehampton, Devon, England; was buried in 1194 in Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

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.

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

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Beatrice married William De La BRUER (BRIWERE) in 1174. William was born in 1145 in Stoke, Devonshire, England; died about 1230 in Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ancestral File Number: 18GK-RL2

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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.

Family/Spouse: Ida DE TOSNY, Countess of Norfolk. Ida was born in 1156 in Norwich, Norfolk, England; died on 7 Mar 1226 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England; was buried in Mar 1226 in Body Lost Or Destroyed. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Rosamund DE CLIFFORD in Not Married. Rosamund was born about 1136 in Clifford Castle, Hay, Herefordshire, England; died about 1176 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; was buried about 1176 in Godstow Nunnery, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Annabel Concubine 3 BALLIOL. Annabel was born about 1153; died on 31 Mar 1204. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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