Richgard1
F, b. circa 1050, d. 9 July 1072
| Citations | - [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France.
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Kuno von Lechsgemund1
M, b. circa 1050, d. circa 1092
| Citations | - [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France.
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Mechtild von Horburg1
F, b. circa 1050, d. circa 1094
| Citations | - [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France.
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Ralph de Mortimer1
M, b. circa 1050, d. after 1104
| Note* | | He succeeded his father as Lord of Wigmore befoe 1086 when he islisted in the Domesday Book as tenant in chief in twelve counties,largely in Herefordshire and Shropshire. In 1088 he, with Bernard deNeufmarche and Roger de Lacy, at the head of a large body of English,Norman and Welsh fighting men, attacked Worcester with the intentionof brning the town and pillaging the church. The Bishop's mendefeated them (one account says that the broken troops were'miraculously stricken by the Bishop's curse.' In 1089 he was one ofthe barons of Eastern Normandy who sided with William Rufus againstRobert Curthose, even though he later witnessed with Duke Robert acharter for Jumieges. In 1104 he supported Henry I against DukeRobert. (Complete Peerage, Vol. IX, p. 267-68)1 |
| Marriage* | | Principal=Melisande (?)1 |
| Birth* | circa 1050 | 1 |
| Death* | after 1104 | 1 |
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
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Ermentrude de Bourgogne1
F, b. circa 1050
| Citations | - [S228] CaryAnn Hess (?), CaryAnn Hess, 24743 Sunday Drive, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\DEDAMM~1.GED and imported on 04-04-2002 at 10:25:47..
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Lord Bernard De Neufmarche , Of Brecon1
M, b. circa 1050, d. 1093
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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(?) De Picquigny1
F, b. circa 1050
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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(?) De Briwere1
M, b. circa 1050
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Sherriff Robert De Pitres Of Gloucesterr1
M, b. circa 1050
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Agnes d'Oyly1
F, b. circa 1050
| Citations | - [S231] Unknown author, GEDCOM File C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\ISABEL~1.GED imported on 04-06-2002 at 22:22:48..
- [S232] Unknown author, Constance.-Walter.le.Blount.ancestors.ged.
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Forne Fitz Sigulf1
M, b. 1050, d. 1130
| Citations | - [S231] Unknown author, GEDCOM File C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\ISABEL~1.GED imported on 04-06-2002 at 22:22:48..
- [S232] Unknown author, Constance.-Walter.le.Blount.ancestors.ged.
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Thierry V De Hollande1
M, b. circa 1051, d. 17 June 1091
| Birth* | circa 1051 | 1 |
| Occupation* | | Comte1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1080 | Principal=Oethilde De Saxe1 |
| Death* | 17 June 1091 | 1 |
| Note* | | Profession : Comte de Hollande de 1061 à 1091.1 |
| Citations | - [S216] G. & A. Aurejac (?), G. & A. AUREJAC, Domaine de Canals, La Bouffière, 82800 Bioule, FRANCE, E-Mail : e-mail address as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\AUREJAC4.GED and imported on 02-09-2002 at 11:42:26..
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Robert "Curthose" de Normandie1
M, b. circa 1052, d. circa 10 February 1134
| Birth* | circa 1052 | Normandie, France1 |
| Occupation* | 9 September 1087 | Duc de Normandie1 |
| Anecdote* | 28 September 1106 | deprived of the Dukedom by his brother Henri I after losing the Battle of Tinchebrai in Normandy. Robert was henceforth a prisoner in England for the rest of his life.1 |
| Death* | circa 10 February 1134 | Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales, in captivity1 |
| Citations | - [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p42.
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Patrick de Chaworth1
M, b. circa 1052, d. after 1133
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
- [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Donock Mac Murrough1
M, b. circa 1052
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Philippe I roi de France1
M, b. before 23 May 1052, d. 29 August 1108
| Birth* | before 23 May 1052 | France1,2 |
| Occupation* | c1060-1088 | roi de France2 |
| Marriage* | circa 1072 | Principal=Berthe de Hollande3 |
| Divorce* | 1092 | Principal=Berthe de Hollande2 |
| Death* | 29 August 1108 | Meulan, France1,2 |
| Note* | | At age twenty, Philippe I, King of France, married Bertha of Holland, the step-daughter of his first cousin. This marriage had been arranged to seal the reconciliation between the king and his first cousin, the Count of Flanders. However, it took Bertha about six years before she produced a daughter, Constance, which was not the hoped-for heir. Arnoul, a holy hermit of Saint-Médard in Soissons who was always consulted on family problems, prayed to heaven; however, it still took another three years before the heir, the future King Louis VI, was born. He was followed by three more sons. Twenty years after the marriage, Philippe imprisoned Bertha in comfort in the château at Montreuil-sur-Mer. He then wed the still- married Bertrade de Montfort l'Amauri, wife of the Count of Anjou, and they produced four children. It is lost in time whether she seduced him or he her, but most likely Philippe had an understanding with the Count of Anjou. In any case Betrade was more than willing as she did not want to be "sent away like a whore," as her husband had done to her predecessors. Philippe's remarriage caused a sensation but not disapproval. The only one who caused problems was Yves, bishop of Chartres, who had been appointed by Pope Urban II without consultations with Philippe and this had been resented by the latter. The king had invited all bishops to his second wedding but Yves declined, referring to Philippe as committing bigamy. Although Philippe had married with the blessing of the Archbishop of Reims as well as the Papal legate, Yves wrote to the Pope who then forbade the bishops to crown Bertrade and told Philippe to cease all relations with her or else be excommunicated. Next, Bertha, his first wife, died and Philippe gathered two archbishops and eight bishops in Reims who all confirmed the royal second marriage. The Pope also put pressure on the womanising Count of Anjou who then obediently complained about the king's committing adultery with his wife. In 1096 Philippe pretended to have broken with Bertrade and consequently the excommunication was lifted. However, when it became obvious in 1099 that Bertrade was still with him, the excommunication was renewed. It took until 1105 before peace was restored and from then on Philippe and Bertrade remained together till Philippe died in 1108.2 |
| Citations | - [S143] Www.dcs.hull.ac.uk, online www.dcs.hull.ac.uk.
- [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France.
- [S55] SGCF, Memoires de la Societe Genealogique Canadienne Francaise, 48(3): pp190-216.
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Reginald De Dunstanville1
M, b. 1053
| Citations | - [S231] Unknown author, GEDCOM File C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\ISABEL~1.GED imported on 04-06-2002 at 22:22:48..
- [S232] Unknown author, Constance.-Walter.le.Blount.ancestors.ged.
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Robert De Brus1
M, b. 1053
| Citations | - [S231] Unknown author, GEDCOM File C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\ISABEL~1.GED imported on 04-06-2002 at 22:22:48..
- [S232] Unknown author, Constance.-Walter.le.Blount.ancestors.ged.
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Richard de Normandie1
M, b. before 1054, d. 1075 or 1081
| Citations | - [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p42.
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Cecilia de Normandie1
F, b. circa 1054, d. 3 July 1126
| Citations | - [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p42.
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Agnes de Saint Clair1
F, b. circa 1054
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Lucy de Taillebois1
F, b. 1054, d. 1136
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
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Judith De Lens1
F, b. 1054, d. circa 1086
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
- [S1] Edward Fairchild (?), Edward Fairchild, 4320 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1008, 734-971-2709 as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\FAIRCE7.GED and imported on 03-27-2002 at 23:35:12..
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William I de Warenne1
M, b. before 1055, d. 24 June 1088
| Name Variation | | William de Warren3 |
| Birth* | before 1055 | Bellecombe, Seine-Maritime, France1 |
| Marriage* | before 1077 | Normandie, France, Principal=Gundred1 |
| Death* | 24 June 1088 | during siege Pevensey Castle, England1 |
| Burial* | | Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England3 |
| Note* | | Earl of Surrey
Lewes Castle was built by William de Warenne at the end of the eleventh century. After the Norman invasion in 1066 William de Warenne was given land in Sussex, Surrey, and Norfolk. He built three castles but his chief residence was at Lewes. Lewes Castle was built by William de Warenne soon after the Norman invasion. Most experts say it was originally made of wood but others insist it was flint. It was probably in the early 12th century that a sturdy stone castle was erected.
Some sources say he died at Pevensey.
Ruth Cobb, "'Travellers to the Town," London: The Epworth Press, 1953, pp. 25-26:
The commander of this part of Sussex [around Lewes] appointed by William the Conqueror was one William de Warenne, who had long been high in the Conqueror's favour, having distinguished himself as a warrior in France. A contemporary account says
William de Warenne his own squadron led,
And well sat the helmet on so knightly a head.
....The land over which William de Warenne was given control consisted of the Burgh and the entire Rape of Lewes--about a sixteenth of Sussex. He was also given the land at Castle Acre in Norfolk and at Reigate in Surrey. Later he was to be created Earl of Surrey as a reward for help that he had given in quelling an insurrection of some rebellious barons.
[on p. 30 Cobb refers to him as "dark-haired".]
p. 31: Although it is now a ruin, the castle built by William de Warenne in the centre [of Lewes]--and from where his descendants were to rule until the end of the [14th] century--still seems to dominate the place. The entrance is off the High Street where, in medieval days, a Market Cross once stood. Where there was once a drawbridge, there is now a permanent causeway, and the name 'Castle Ditch' is still in use for the piece of moat that protected it on one side. It is now a narrow thoroughfare.
The entrance arch built by William de Warenne still stands, but in front of it is a magnificent Barbican, one of the finest in England, built in the [14th] century by a later de Warenne. To the left, on its high mound, stands about half of the old keep with two of the towers that were added, still intact, and with windows of a much later date. From the keep, there is a magnificent view down the valley over which the sea once flowed when the castle guarded a port, as well as the heights of the downs on either side.
See notes on his wife Gundrada for Cobb's commentary on his and Gundrada's founding of the Priory at Southover after visiting the monastery at Cluny.
Cobb, p. 54: In the time of William de Warenne, the Priory at Southover, which he had built, must have needed large supplies of food--not only for the members of the community, but also for the many travellers who stayed in the guest house. The low-lying land nearby was not suitable for the growing of corn; a grange or farm elsewhere was a necessity, so one was built on the land that William de Warenne had given to the Priory at Swanborough. The charter says that 'he gave to God and the Abbot of Cluny, five hides and a half of land, and also free fishing in the waters'. This must have been in 1080, for by then the building of the grange had been completed. It is possible that some of the great beams in the barn which are still to be seen at the present farm at Swanborough, may have been put up by the monks who worked there so long ago.1 |
| Note | | Ancient Lineage of Magna Carta Baron: William de Warenne
William the Conqueror was a third or fourth generation Viking whose ancestor was reportedly from Honefoss in what is now Norway, near the Oslofjord. The de Vermandois connection relates to one of the small post-Carolingian Frankish kingdoms along the northern border of present-day France. Princesses from the Frankish kingdom married de Warennes on at least two occasions. Perhaps this was done to placate the fierce Vikings and to enlist their help for defensive purposes. This strategy was used by the King of France who arranged similar marriages for his daughters in 911 when he recognized the Duchy of Normandy under Rollo aka Rolf or Hrolf, an altogether evil king. [1]
The House of Warren can be traced to Hugh of Normandy, born 990, later ordained Bishop of Contances. He married a sister of Gunnora, the wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Rodulf, son to Hugh, a benefactor to the Abbey of La Trinite du Mont, died c1050. He married first Beatrix and secondly Emma. Emma became the mother of his son William created Count de Warenne of Normandy and later first Earl of Surrey. [2]
William de Warenne, son of Rodulf, was born in Normandy and accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066. At the Battle of Hastings, he commanded a detachment and was rewarded with estates and manors in Norfolk becoming the first Earl of Surrey. Before 1070, William de Warenne married Gundred, a lady with disputed parentage since many scholars disbelieve she was the daughter of the Conqueror. Some contend she was the Duke's daughter as proven by her tombstone at St. John's Church, Southover, Lewes: "Within this Pew stands the tombstone of Gundrad, daughter of William the Conqueror, and wife of William, the First Earl of Warren, which having been deposited over her remains in the Chapter-House of Lewes Priory and lately discovered in Iffield Church, was removed to this place at the expense of William Burrell Esq. in 1775 A.D. [3]
Gundred died in childbirth at Castle Acre May 27, 1085, and was buried in the Priory of Lewes in County Sussex. Four of her children matured: William Son & Heir, Reginald, Gundred, and Edith. William, now Earl of Surrey, rebuilt, enlarged, and strengthened Lewes Castle which is now used as the museum of Sussex Archaeological Society. William de Warenne founded Cluniac Priory in 1078, now a ruin, and endowed the chapter house of the Priory. He married secondly a daughter of William, sister of Richard Guet of Montmirail, and died June 24, 1088, from wounds received at the siege of Pevensey. He is buried near Ely Cathedral in East Anglia. [4]4 |
| Citations | - [S212] Robin Penner's Genealogy Database, online http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/index.html, http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/fg05/fg05_381.html.
- [S212] Robin Penner's Genealogy Database, online http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/index.html, http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/fg05/fg05_387.html.
- [S1] Edward Fairchild (?), Edward Fairchild, 4320 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1008, 734-971-2709 as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\FAIRCE7.GED and imported on 03-27-2002 at 23:35:12..
- [S213] World Wide Web Site, online unknown url, http://w3.one.net/~ddoster/ancient_lineaege_of_magna_carta_.htm.
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Thierry II De Haute-Lorraine1
M, b. circa 1055, d. 30 December 1115
| Birth* | circa 1055 | 1 |
| Occupation* | | Duc1 |
| Occupation | | Marquis1 |
| Marriage* | 1079 | 1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1095 | Principal=Gertrude De Flandres1 |
| Death* | 30 December 1115 | 1 |
| Note* | | Décès : peu après le 31 mai 1115 Profession : Duc de Lorraine, nommé Marquis en 1114 par l'Empereur Henri IV.1 |
| Note* | | ABT Fin Mariage: 1115, Principal=Gertrude De Flandres1 |
| Citations | - [S216] G. & A. Aurejac (?), G. & A. AUREJAC, Domaine de Canals, La Bouffière, 82800 Bioule, FRANCE, E-Mail : e-mail address as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\AUREJAC4.GED and imported on 02-09-2002 at 11:42:26..
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Osborn Fitz-Richard Scrob1
M, b. circa 1055, d. circa 1103
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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(?) Gruffydd1
M, b. 1055, d. 1137
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
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Sir Gilla Comghall O'Toole1
M, b. 1055, d. 1119
| Birth* | 1055 | 1 |
| Death* | 1119 | 1 |
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Geoffrey Le Mareschal Or Marshall1
M, b. circa 1056, d. after 1086
| Birth* | circa 1056 | 1 |
| Death* | after 1086 | 1 |
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Guillaume I Cte de Bourgogne1
M, b. before 1057, d. 12 November 1087
| Birth* | before 1057 | 1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1070 | Principal=Stephanie de Longwy4 |
| Death* | 12 November 1087 | 1 |
| Citations | - [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France, count 1057-1087.
- [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France, comte 1026-1057.
- [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France.
- [S172] George Holmes, The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe.
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Hugues de France , Count of Vermandois1
M, b. circa 1057, d. 18 October 1102
| Citations | - [S1] Edward Fairchild (?), Edward Fairchild, 4320 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1008, 734-971-2709 as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\FAIRCE7.GED and imported on 03-27-2002 at 23:35:12..
- [S2] Genealogie et Dynasties Europeennes, online perso.club-internet.fr/anosteo/index.html, Rois de France: Les Capetiens Directs: Ch II.
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Stephanie de Longwy1
F, b. circa 1057, d. after 1092
| Citations | - [S172] George Holmes, The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe.
- [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France.
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Henri De Northeim1
M, b. circa 1057, d. 10 April 1101
| Birth* | circa 1057 | 1 |
| Occupation* | | Comte1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1093 | Principal=Gertrude De Frise Occidentale1 |
| Death* | 10 April 1101 | 1 |
| Note* | | Profession : Comte de Northeim et de Frise.1 |
| Citations | - [S216] G. & A. Aurejac (?), G. & A. AUREJAC, Domaine de Canals, La Bouffière, 82800 Bioule, FRANCE, E-Mail : e-mail address as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\AUREJAC4.GED and imported on 02-09-2002 at 11:42:26..
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Gertrude De Frise Occidentale1
F, b. after 1057, d. 9 December 1117
| Birth* | after 1057 | 1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1093 | Principal=Henri De Northeim1 |
| Marriage* | 1102 | 1 |
| Marriage* | | 1 |
| Death* | 9 December 1117 | 1 |
| Citations | - [S216] G. & A. Aurejac (?), G. & A. AUREJAC, Domaine de Canals, La Bouffière, 82800 Bioule, FRANCE, E-Mail : e-mail address as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\AUREJAC4.GED and imported on 02-09-2002 at 11:42:26..
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Melisande De Montlheri1
F, b. circa 1058, d. 1097
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Count Hugh De Rethel1
M, b. circa 1058, d. circa 1118
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Othon II De Rheineke1
M, b. circa 1059
| Birth* | circa 1059 | 1 |
| Occupation* | | Comte Palatin1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1115 | Principal=Gertrude De Northeim1 |
| Note* | | Profession : Comte.Palatin de Rheineke et de Bontheim.1 |
| Citations | - [S216] G. & A. Aurejac (?), G. & A. AUREJAC, Domaine de Canals, La Bouffière, 82800 Bioule, FRANCE, E-Mail : e-mail address as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\AUREJAC4.GED and imported on 02-09-2002 at 11:42:26..
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Nest Ferch-Gruffydd Ap Griffith1
F, b. circa 1059
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Godefroy I Ct de Brabant1,2
M, b. circa 1060, d. 25 January 1139
| Birth* | circa 1060 | Europe1,2 |
| Occupation* | | comte de Brabant, duc de Basse-Lorraine1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1105 | Europe, Principal=Ida de Chiny1,2 |
| Death* | 25 January 1139 | 1,2 |
| Citations | - [S208] John P. DuLong, Roland-Yves Gagné, Gail F. Moreau, Joseph A. Dubé René Jetté, Table d'ascendance Baillon.
- [S209] Nobility BMD data, Nobility of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Bertha (?)1
F, b. circa 1060
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Ranulph III le Meschines1
M, b. 1060, d. 1128
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
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Adeliza Matilda Taillebois1
F, b. 1060
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
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Adelaide De Lisle1
F, b. 1060
| Citations | - [S231] Unknown author, GEDCOM File C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\ISABEL~1.GED imported on 04-06-2002 at 22:22:48..
- [S232] Unknown author, Constance.-Walter.le.Blount.ancestors.ged.
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Adèle de Normandie1
F, b. circa 1062, d. 8 March 1138
| Name Variation | | Adèle d'Angleterre2 |
| Birth* | circa 1062 | Normandie, France1,3 |
| Marriage* | 1081 | Chartes, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France, Principal=Etienne II Cte de Blois & Chartres1,4 |
| Occupation* | after 1102 | Prioré de Cluniac, Marigney-sur-Loire, dioc. d'Autun, France, soeur5 |
| Death* | 8 March 1138 | Marcigny-sur-Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France1,6 |
| Burial* | | 1 |
| Note* | | Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqueror, was the mother of Stephen, King of England, whose right to the throne derived through her. She was married to Stephen, Count of Meaux en Brie. Upon the death of his father in 1090, her husband succeeded to the counties of Blois and Chartres. She took an active interest in civil and ecclesiastical affairs and was instrumental in rebuilding the cathedral of Chartres in stone. In 1095 Adela became Regent when her husband took part in the first crusade. He had no enthusiasm for this duty but Adela considered that he ought to go, so he went. There was never any nonsense in their household about who made the decisions---she did. Stephen de Blois went together with Adela's brother, Robert, Duke of Normandy. In 1099, Stephen returned to France but was forced by Adela to return to the East to redeem his, according to Adela, 'tarnished' reputation, which he did by being killed in the battle of Ramleh, on 19 May 1102. Adela continued as Regent during the minority of her sons and was increasingly active in public life. Anselm, her guest and teacher in 1097, was often entertained by her during 1103 and 1105. Consequently she affected a temporary reconciliation between him and her brother, King Henry I of England. In 1107 Adela entertained Pope Pascal during Easter and the following year was hostess to Boemund of Antiochia. She made her son Thibaud her successor in 1109 and entered a convent in the diocese of Autun. Here she continued to wield an important influence in public and clerical affairs. She persuaded Thibaut to join her brother, Henri I, against France in 1117 and was a benevolent patroness of churches and monasteries. She died in 1137 and was buried at Caen.1 |
| Citations | - [S153] Leo van de Pas, genealogy research documentation of the ancestors of Marie de France.
- [S208] John P. DuLong, Roland-Yves Gagné, Gail F. Moreau, Joseph A. Dubé René Jetté, Table d'ascendance Baillon.
- [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p51.
- [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p50.
- [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p50-1.
- [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p42.
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Bernard Saint Valerie1
M, b. circa 1062, d. circa 1096
| Birth* | circa 1062 | 1 |
| Death* | circa 1096 | 1 |
| Citations | - [S230] Unknown compiler.
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Gundred1
F, b. circa 1063, d. 27 May 1085
| Name Variation | | Gundred de Normandie , Countess of Surrey, Princess of England2 |
| Birth* | circa 1063 | Normandie, France2 |
| Marriage* | before 1077 | Normandie, France, Principal=William I de Warenne1 |
| Death* | 27 May 1085 | Castle Acre, Norfolk, England, in childbirth1 |
| Burial* | | Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England2 |
| Note* | | Princess of England
Died in childbirth
[William de Warenne] was married to Gundrada, who was once thought to have been a daughter of William the Conqueror. Some authorities are now inclined to think that Gundrada was the Conqueror's stepdaughter, whose mother, Queen Matilda, had been previously married to a nobleman of Flanders. Gundrada's name is spelt in various ways, sometimes without the last 'a', which is the Latin form; occasionally in contemporary documents it is given as Gundred. Both her name and her husband's have survived in Lewes as the names for modern roads....
Cobb, pp. 33-34:
[The Norman women began arriving in England to keep their husbands company.] At last it was decided that Queen Matilda should set an example for the others, and she was certainly in England at the time of her husband's coronation in Westminster Abbey. Then Gundrada, the wife of William de Warenne, came over to settle in Sussex with him. The exact date is not known. Probably it was not until the castle at Lewes was fit for habitation, and fit for the arrival of Gundrada and her ladies, and also when the countryside had settled down under the new administration....
Gundrada would have been only about sixteen when she arrived in Sussex (high-born Norman ladies married young), for she was only thirty-five when she died in 1085. She had five children, two sons and three daughters. Perhaps the eldest, William, who was to succeed his father as Earl of Surrey, was already born when she came to England. It is probable that William de Warenne was considerably older than his wife, for he had fought for Duke William and was high in favour some years before the conquest of these shores.
Cobb, p. 38: [The windows of Lewes Castle] would not have been the glass-filled windows as we know them today, but narrow slits in enormously thick walls. To keep out the wind and the rain, skins were hung across them. In the rooms prepared for the lady of the castle, the windows would have been slightly larger than those in the guardroom below, occupied by the soldiery, and more within range of hostile arrows and other missiles.
Cobb, p. 43: [The monastery at Cluny in France] was one of the most famous of the [Benedictine] houses, and ... probably in 1076 ... two unexpected and distinguished visitors arrived there. They were William and Gundrada de Warenne. They had made the long journey through France and across the sea from the coast of Sussex ... and their visit was to have a far-reaching effect upon the place that had become their home.
William de Warenne must have worked hard and long in organizing the lands under his control, but at the end of ten years he appears to have considered that his house was in order and that he could safely leave it for a while. He may have made short visits to Normandy during the intervening years, but now he intended to be away for a much longer period....So [he] decided to set out on a pilgrimage to Rome, and to take Gundrada with him....They had decided to make the pilgrimage to Rome and for safety's sake the pilgrims travelled in companies, and without money. They stayed overnight at monasteries along the route. By the time that this journey lwas planned Gundrada must have seen something of England besides Sussex, for it is known that she visited Reigate in Surrey, and Castle Acre in Norfolk, where William de Warenne had also built castles
The castle at Reigate was built of stone, but it can never have been as big as Lewes Castle....Only the entrance and some smaller parts of its fortifications still stand. Very little remains of the castle at Castle Acre, but it was evidently of considerable size, standing on a huge earthwork....There is little doubt that Gundrada was often in Norfolk and she was to die at Castle Acre when her fifth child was born....
William and Gundrada were never to reach Rome. When they came to Burgundy they discovered that war was raging between the German King and the Pope, and that it would be dangerous for them to proceed. So they turned aside to visit the monastery of Cluny...and were much impressed...by...the learning, piety, charity, and discipline of the monks. 'We found the charity so great there . . . we began to have love and devotion to that Order, and to that house above all other houses that we have seen.'
William de Warenne had already entertained the desire to found a monastic house near Lewes, but he now decided that it would be a good thing if it were attached to the monastery at Cluny....So while still at Cluny, William sent a letter to the Abbot [Hugh] asking him if he would be willing to send a small band of monks to England to start a foundation of Benedictines [there]. [At first Hugh refused because of the distance and because England was a foreign land; also he and Willam the Conqueror were not on good terms. William de Warenne grew impatient and began looking for another abbot. Perhaps Hugh heard of this, for he changed his mind and sent three or four monks to England.] The original Charter for the new Priory that was sent to Clulny by William de Warenne still exists in a museum in Paris [bearing the signatures of King William, Queen Matilda, and William de Warenne]. This document shows that Gundrada was not able to write herself, for against her name, in the writing of a scribe, she has made a cross, her mark....[probably Gundrada was highly educated to the standard for women of her day, but illiteracy was common. Probably she spoke only French all her life, for she was hardly likely to have had much direct contact with the Saxons of Sussex.]
The Charter says that the foundation was to be 'endowed for the health and souls of William de Warenne and his wife', but further in the deed William de Warenne seems to have thought it necessary to qualify this gift by pronouncing a special curse! It runs thus:
'May God meet those who oppose and destroy these with the sword of anger, fury, and vengeance, and eternal malediction; but may God meet those who preserve and defend them, in peace, grace, and mercy, and eternal salvation. Amen, Amen, Amen.'
[Charter also mentions gifts to be given for the foundation, including 'six ploughs and serfs' and other land in the district. More ploughs and serfs were to be given by Gundrada. A gift of moneyh, fifty English 'soldi', was to be paid to the monastery at Cluny, otherwise the Priory to be founded at Lewes would not come under the jurisdiction of the parent monastery.] Gundrada also seems to have possessed land at Falmer, four miles from Lewes, a gift from her mother; and this later was to be given to the Priory, which in the years to come was to receive many bequests of land and other gifts that added to its wealth. In due time, three monks from Cluny ... arrived in Sussex under the charge of one Don Lanzo, who had been appointed the first Prior at Southover. [Right up to the last moment, Abbot Hugh had delayed his departure.]....
The walls of the Priory at Southover enclosed thirty acres, and within them were a magnificent church, 420 feet long (bigger than Chichester Cathedral), and a fine Chapter House. It was there at their own request that William and Gundrada were buried. They did not live long enough to see the dedication and consecration of the church, whose progress they had watched....William de Warenne was killed at the siege of Pevensey Castle, three years after his wife had died. In a charter he desires to lie where 'his wife lies'.
Three annivesaries were kept each year at the Priory, in honour of the founders, when special alms were given to the poor. At the Hospital of St. James opposite the entrance of the Priory, there lived thirteen poor brethren and sisters, who received an endowment of 16 pounds, 10 shillings, and who had to pray for the souls of the founder and his heirs....
Little is known of William de Warenne's characteristics, save his prowess in arms and powers of administration. But the inscription on Gundrada's tomb shows that she was very devout and, according to one translation,
Through England's Church diffused the purest grace,
As Mary pious and as Martha kind,
In her were faith and charity combined.
Cobb, pp. 63-64: On the morning of October 28th, 1845, some workmen [digging through the priory to build a railroad line] came upon something hard...They brought to the surface from under two slabs of Caen stone two small cists, or chests. The larger measured [2' 11"] long, and [12 1/2"] broad; the other was two inches shorter. The lids of the cists [were made of lead, ornamented with a simple crossed design, and at the head of each a name could be seen: on the larger, WILLELM, and on the other, GUNDRADA. They contained the bones of a man and a woman.] It was a great discovery which had been made on the site of the Chapter House of the Priory of St. Pancras, which had been destroyed at the dissolution of the Monasteries. As it was known that [the couple] had been buried before the altar, there seemed little doubt as to whose remains they were. Some authorities [believe that] the bodies may have been reburied when the Priory was enlarged in the [12th] century, and the Chapter House was built. The lettering on the cists seems to belong to that period. People of [importance at the time] were buried in full-length stone coffins. William and Gundrada probably lay at first before the high altar of the Priory church. [The digging revealed other remains, probably of monks, early Priors, and children, possibly those of the family of the De Warennes and of various laymen. Also found were bones alongside weapons, probably the remains of the dead from the battle of Lewes in 1264. The monks that day had tended the wounded and buried the dead from both sides on the site.]
By a strange coincidence, some little time after the discovery of the two cists, a marble slab, evidently belonging to the original tomb of Gundrada was discovered in the church at the village of Isfield, a few miles away in the Weald. It had become part of a tomb that had been put up to the memory of a cofferer, a kind of steward, in the employment of Henry VIII. No one seems to have bothered to understand the Latin inscription which is included in the design that borders, and goes down the centre of the beautifully cut black marble. It records Gundrada's name and her many virtues, and that she died in childbirth on 'the sixth kalend of June'.
There may have once been a similar tomb for William de Warenne, who had desired to be buried beside his wife. Now once again their remains rest together beneath the slab cut in memory of Gundrada, in a small memorial chapel which has been built to contain them in Southover Church, not far from the few surviving portions of the great Priory.1 |
Eudo de Rie1
M, b. 1063, d. 1088
| Birth* | 1063 | 1 |
| Death* | 1088 | 1 |
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
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Adelle de Vermandois , Countess of Vermandois1
F, b. circa 1065, d. between 28 September 1120 and 1124
| Citations | - [S1] Edward Fairchild (?), Edward Fairchild, 4320 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1008, 734-971-2709 as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\FAIRCE7.GED and imported on 03-27-2002 at 23:35:12..
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William de Warenne Earl of Surrey1,2
M, b. circa 1065, d. 11 May 1138
| Name Variation | | William de Warenne4 |
| Note* | | He was the Earl of Surrey. Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith GenealogyLibrary.com Page 185 NOTE--By the marriage of William, 2nd Earl Warren and the CountessIsabel, every known European line and also those of the Far East fromearliest history were united. Isabel was twice married; first to Robert de Bellomont, Earl ofLiecester, and then to William, 2nd Earl Warren as shown above.Among the American families which descend from one or other of thesemarriages are those of Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Roosevelt, Lee,Dewey, Scott, Emerson, Lowell, Dwight, Treat, Wolcott, Bacon, Ballou,Dimock, Sewall, Leavitt, Bulkeley, Cheney, Maxwell, Peck, Edwards,Huntington, Field, Ellsworth--and many others, for mention of whichthis space is too limited. All of the above are eligible to membership in The Order of the FirstCrusade by right of descent from Hugh the Great, one of the sevengreat leaders who carried the Cross to Jerusalem in 1096. Of the Barons of Runnymede (1215), the descendants of at least a dozenare similarly eligible; also many who trace to the early KnightsGarter, or to certain of the 'Mayflower' passengers. In the Scotch line practically all Campbells in America are descendedfrom Henry, 1st Earl Huntington (8th from Malcolm I), who married AdaWarren, daughter of the 3rd Earl Warren. The greatest of all heritage is the knowledge that, however,lamentable be our own failure to attain the desired results in life,there are behind us those who by sacrifice, suffering and undauntedcourage have not only left their mark on the world of medieval times,but the memory of whose deeds will stand forth as a beacon-light solong as the Christian religion shall endure. Though we cannot attain their heights, yet may we emulate theirexample and keep fresh their memory.4 |
| Nickname | | Warren (?)5 |
| Birth* | circa 1065 | Sussex, England4 |
| Name Variation | | William de Warenne II, Earl of Surrey5 |
| Marriage* | 1117 | Principal=Isabel de Vermandois6 |
| Death* | 11 May 1138 | Chapter House, Lewes Priory, Sussex, England1,2 |
| Burial* | | Priory of Lewes, Lewes, Sussex, England5 |
| Citations | - [S177] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, p 192.
- [S212] Robin Penner's Genealogy Database, online http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/index.html.
- [S212] Robin Penner's Genealogy Database, online http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/index.html, http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/fg05/fg05_381.html.
- [S227] Unknown compiler.
- [S1] Edward Fairchild (?), Edward Fairchild, 4320 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1008, 734-971-2709 as submitted in GEDCOM file C:\TMGW\BACKUPS\FAIRCE7.GED and imported on 03-27-2002 at 23:35:12..
- [S212] Robin Penner's Genealogy Database, online http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/index.html, http://www.altenberg.com/eric/Docs/Genealogy/fg05/fg05_372.html.
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Gilbert de Clare1
M, b. circa 1065, d. circa 1114
| Note* | | Lord of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, and Cardigan, Wales. Hefounded the Priory at Clare in 1090 and was granted the Lordship ofCardigan by Henry I from 1107-1111. Joined the rebellion against KingWilliam Rufus and lost his castle of Tonebruge, dying shortlytheeafter. He was a benefactor of the church.1 |
| Name Variation | | Earl Gilbert Fitz Richard of Clare2 |
| Birth* | circa 1065 | Tonbridge, Kent, England2 |
| Marriage | circa 1100 | Principal=Adeliza De Claremont2 |
| Death* | circa 1114 | St. Noets, England2 |
| Citations | - [S227] Unknown compiler.
- [S230] Unknown compiler.
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