de Poitiers, Ranulf I

Male 820 - 866  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  de Poitiers, Ranulf I was born in 820 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 2 Jul 866 in Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in 866 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: Poitou-Charentes, France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: Aquitaine, France; Duke
    • FSID: LBQB-VWT

    Notes:

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramnulf_Ier_de_Poitiers
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulf_I_of_Aquitaine

    Family/Spouse: du Maine, Blichilde. Blichilde (daughter of du Maine, Count Rorgon and de Poitiers, Bilichilde I) was born in 815 in Maine (Historical), France; was christened in 837 in France; died in 865 in France; was buried in 865 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. de Poitiers, Ranulf II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 840 in Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 5 Aug 890 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  de Poitiers, Ranulf II Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ranulf1) was born in 840 in Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 5 Aug 890 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 9HP6-RVT
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 866 and 890; Count of Poitiers
    • Appointments / Titles: 887; Duke of Aquitaine

    Notes:

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramnulf_II_de_Poitiers
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulf_II_of_Aquitaine

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

    Children:
    1. 3. d'Aquitaine, Ebles II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Feb 876 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  d'Aquitaine, Ebles II Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 23 Feb 876 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: The Bastard
    • FSID: 9SJP-9TN
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 890 and 892, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou and Duc d'Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 890 and 892, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou and Duc d'Aquitaine
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 902 and 935, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 928 and 932, Aquitaine, France; Duc d'Aquitaine, Count of Berry, Count of Auvegne and Velay

    Notes:

    Wikipedia -

    Ebalus, or Ebles Manzer, or Manser (c. 870 – 935), was Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine on two occasions: from 890 to 892; and then from 902 until his death in 935 (Poitou) and from 928 until 932 (Aquitaine).

    Early life
    Ebles was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of Aquitaine. "Manzer", or "Mamzer", is a Hebrew word that means bastard, son of a forbidden relationship, although in the case of Ebles it may have been applied to bastardy in general.

    Count of Poitou
    Upon the death of his father (who was poisoned), Ebles assumed his father's mantle and acquired the role of Count of Poitou. But Ebles could not hold on to the title for long. Aymar, a descendant of one of Ramnulf II's predecessors, challenged Ebles' right to rule, as Ebles was merely a bastard son. In 892, Aymar, who was supported by Eudes of France, overthrew Ebles, and Ebles fled to the safety of his father's allies, Count Gerald of Aurillac and William the Pious, count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitaine.[1] William the Pious had taken Ebles under his care and assured the boy's education after the death of Ebles' father.[2]

    Poitiers
    In 902, Ebles, with the assistance of William the Pious, a distant relative, conquered Poitiers while Aymar was away, and reestablished himself in his former position. Charles III, who knew Ebles as a childhood companion, then formally invested Ebles with the title, Count of Poitou. Ebles would hold this title until his death.[2]

    The comital title was the only one to which he ever had legitimate investiture. Ebles allotted the abbey of Saint-Maixent to Savary, Viscount of Thouars, who had been his constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new viscounties in Aulnay and Melle and dissolved the title and position of Viscount of Poitou upon the death of its holder, Maingaud, in 925.

    In 904, he conquered the Limousin.

    French commanders
    In 911 he, with two other French commanders were aligned in opposition to Rollo, a Norwegian invader who had plundered the countryside. Ebles and the other two commanders intended to lead their armies in defense of the city of Chartres. Part of Rollo's army camped on a hill (Mount-Levis) north of the city, while the rest were stationed on the plains outside Chartres.[3]

    Battle
    On 20 July 911, the battle between the French and Danish armies commenced. "Rollo and his forces were shamefully routed, smitten, as the legend tells, with corporeal blindness. A panic assuredly fell upon the heroic commander, a species of mental infirmity discernible in his descendants: the contagious terror unnerved the host. Unpursued, they dispersed and fled without resistance." At the end of the day, 6,800 Danes lay dead on the field of battle.[4]

    Ebles was somewhat slow in arriving at Chartres, so he was unable to "take his due share in the conflict." His victorious partners proudly boasted of their success, and mocked Ebles and his tardy army. To redeem his honor and quiet the ridicule, Ebles accepted a challenge to confront the remnant of the Danish army that remained camped on the Mont-Levis. But instead of driving the Danes away, Ebles' army was defeated soundly. "In the dark of the night, the Northmen, sounding their horns and making a terrible clamour, rushed down the mount and stormed" Ebles camp. Ebles fled and hid in a drum in a fuller's workshop. His cowardice and dishonor was derided in a popular French ballad of the Plantagenet age.[5]

    Duke of Aquitaine
    When Ebles' benefactor, William the Pious, died, William was succeeded as Duke of Aquitaine by William the Younger. In 927, William the Younger died, and he left his title to his brother Acfred; but Acfred did not live even a year. Acfred made Ebles his heir, and in 928 Ebles assumed the titles Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Berry, Count of Auvergne, and Velay.[6]

    In 929, King Rudolph started trying to reduce the power of Ebles. He withdrew from him access to Berry, then in 932 he transferred the titles of Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Auvergne to the Count of Toulouse, Raymond Pons. Moreover, the territory of La Marche, which was under the control of the lord of Charroux, vassal of Ebles, was transformed into an independent county.

    Marriage and issue
    Ebles' first wife was Aremburga, whom he married before 10 October 892.[2] His second wife was Emilienne, whom he married in 911. Following Emilienne's death in 913/915, Ebles remarried to an Adele.[7] Some 19th-century English historians identified Adele with Ælfgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder, [8] known to have married "a prince near the Alps", but there is nothing to support this identification. She has also been called Adela, Alaine, or Aliana.

    Ebalus had one child by Emilienne, and another one by Adele:[9]

    William III of Aquitaine married Gerloc, daughter of Rollo of Normandy
    Ebalus, Bishop of Limoges and Treasurer of St. Hilary of Poitiers.[10]

    geni.com
    Ebles Manzer de Poitiers, duc d'Aquitaine
    Also Known As: "Ebalus", "Eble", "Ebles", "le Bâtard", "the Bastard", "Bekart", "Mamser", "Mancer", "Manzer", "Manser", "Ebles Manzer or Manser", "van Aquitanie"
    Birthdate: February 27, 876
    Birthplace: Poitou-Charentes, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
    Death: May 27, 935 (59)
    Poitou-Charentes, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
    Place of Burial: France
    Immediate Family:

    Son of Ranulf II de Poitiers, Comte de Poitou, Duc d'Aquitaine and NN, Mistress of Rainulfe II

    Husband of Émilienne of Poitou

    Father of
    Guillaume 'Tête d'étoupe' d'Aquitaine, III duc d'Aquitaine, I comte de Poitou

    Half brother of Ranulf III, Count of Poitou
    Occupation: Duc d'Aquitaine 890-892, 902-935 and 927-935, Comte de Poitou, du Limousin et d'Auvergne

    Wikipedia -

    Ebalus, or Ebles Manzer, or Manser (c. 870 – 935), was Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine on two occasions: from 890 to 892; and then from 902 until his death in 935 (Poitou) and from 928 until 932 (Aquitaine).

    Early life
    Ebles was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of Aquitaine. "Manzer", or "Mamzer", is a Hebrew word that means bastard, son of a forbidden relationship, although in the case of Ebles it may have been applied to bastardy in general.

    Count of Poitou
    Upon the death of his father (who was poisoned), Ebles assumed his father's mantle and acquired the role of Count of Poitou. But Ebles could not hold on to the title for long. Aymar, a descendant of one of Ramnulf II's predecessors, challenged Ebles' right to rule, as Ebles was merely a bastard son. In 892, Aymar, who was supported by Eudes of France, overthrew Ebles, and Ebles fled to the safety of his father's allies, Count Gerald of Aurillac and William the Pious, count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitaine.[1] William the Pious had taken Ebles under his care and assured the boy's education after the death of Ebles' father.[2]

    Poitiers
    In 902, Ebles, with the assistance of William the Pious, a distant relative, conquered Poitiers while Aymar was away, and reestablished himself in his former position. Charles III, who knew Ebles as a childhood companion, then formally invested Ebles with the title, Count of Poitou. Ebles would hold this title until his death.[2]

    The comital title was the only one to which he ever had legitimate investiture. Ebles allotted the abbey of Saint-Maixent to Savary, Viscount of Thouars, who had been his constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new viscounties in Aulnay and Melle and dissolved the title and position of Viscount of Poitou upon the death of its holder, Maingaud, in 925.

    In 904, he conquered the Limousin.

    French commanders
    In 911 he, with two other French commanders were aligned in opposition to Rollo, a Norwegian invader who had plundered the countryside. Ebles and the other two commanders intended to lead their armies in defense of the city of Chartres. Part of Rollo's army camped on a hill (Mount-Levis) north of the city, while the rest were stationed on the plains outside Chartres.[3]

    Battle
    On 20 July 911, the battle between the French and Danish armies commenced. "Rollo and his forces were shamefully routed, smitten, as the legend tells, with corporeal blindness. A panic assuredly fell upon the heroic commander, a species of mental infirmity discernible in his descendants: the contagious terror unnerved the host. Unpursued, they dispersed and fled without resistance." At the end of the day, 6,800 Danes lay dead on the field of battle.[4]

    Ebles was somewhat slow in arriving at Chartres, so he was unable to "take his due share in the conflict." His victorious partners proudly boasted of their success, and mocked Ebles and his tardy army. To redeem his honor and quiet the ridicule, Ebles accepted a challenge to confront the remnant of the Danish army that remained camped on the Mont-Levis. But instead of driving the Danes away, Ebles' army was defeated soundly. "In the dark of the night, the Northmen, sounding their horns and making a terrible clamour, rushed down the mount and stormed" Ebles camp. Ebles fled and hid in a drum in a fuller's workshop. His cowardice and dishonor was derided in a popular French ballad of the Plantagenet age.[5]

    Duke of Aquitaine
    When Ebles' benefactor, William the Pious, died, William was succeeded as Duke of Aquitaine by William the Younger. In 927, William the Younger died, and he left his title to his brother Acfred; but Acfred did not live even a year. Acfred made Ebles his heir, and in 928 Ebles assumed the titles Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Berry, Count of Auvergne, and Velay.[6]

    In 929, King Rudolph started trying to reduce the power of Ebles. He withdrew from him access to Berry, then in 932 he transferred the titles of Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Auvergne to the Count of Toulouse, Raymond Pons. Moreover, the territory of La Marche, which was under the control of the lord of Charroux, vassal of Ebles, was transformed into an independent county.

    Marriage and issue
    Ebles' first wife was Aremburga, whom he married before 10 October 892.[2] His second wife was Emilienne, whom he married in 911. Following Emilienne's death in 913/915, Ebles remarried to an Adele.[7] Some 19th-century English historians identified Adele with Ælfgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder, [8] known to have married "a prince near the Alps", but there is nothing to support this identification. She has also been called Adela, Alaine, or Aliana.

    Ebalus had one child by Emilienne, and another one by Adele:[9]

    William III of Aquitaine married Gerloc, daughter of Rollo of Normandy
    Ebalus, Bishop of Limoges and Treasurer of St. Hilary of Poitiers.[10]

    Ebles married du Poitou, Emilienne in 911 in France. Emilienne (daughter of le Pieux, WIlliam and de Provence, Engelberge) was born in 879 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in 935 in Saint-Jean de Montierneuf, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. d'Aquitaine, WIlliam III  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct 915 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 3 Apr 963 in Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried on 5 Apr 963 in Saint Cyprien, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  d'Aquitaine, WIlliam III Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 22 Oct 915 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 3 Apr 963 in Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried on 5 Apr 963 in Saint Cyprien, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: Towhead
    • FSID: LD9Y-C7T
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 935 and 963, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou and Auvergne
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 962 and 963, Aquitaine, France; Duc d'Aquitaine - after restoration

    Notes:

    Wikipedia

    William III (913 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou (as William I) from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chabannes, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and William of Jumièges.

    William was son of Ebalus Manzer[1] and Emilienne. He was born in Poitiers. He claimed the Duchy of Aquitaine from his father's death, but the royal chancery did not recognise his ducal title until the year before his own death.

    Shortly after the death of King Rudolph in 936, he was constrained to cede some land to Hugh the Great by Louis IV. He did it with grace, but his relationship with Hugh thenceforward deteriorated. In 950, Hugh was reconciled with Louis and granted the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. He tried to conquer Aquitaine with Louis's assistance, but William defeated them. Lothair, Louis's successor, feared the power of William. In August 955 he joined Hugh to besiege Poitiers, which resisted successfully. William, however, gave battle and was routed.

    After the death of Hugh, his son Hugh Capet was named duke of Aquitaine, but he never tried to take up his fief, as William reconciled with Lothair.

    He was given the abbey of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, which remained in his house after his death. He also built a library in the palace of Poitiers.

    Family background, marriage and issue

    His father was duke Ebles Manzer, who already was a man in his middle years when he was born in about 913. According to the chronicle of Ademar de Chabannes, William's wife was Geirlaug (French: Gerloc, also known as Adèle), a daughter of Rollo of Normandy. The less reliable Dudo of Saint-Quentin has William rather than Ebles marrying Gerloc, perhaps about 936, in a match that may have been arranged by William I of Normandy.

    With Gerloc, he had at least one child whose filiation is clearly attested:

    William, his successor in Aquitaine. He abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to his son.
    Many[who?] genealogies accept the high likelihood[vague] that they also had a daughter:

    Adelaide, who married Hugh Capet
    But her parentage is not reliably documented of their era and is regarded only as a good possibility by usual modern genealogical literature.

    WIlliam married de Normandie, Adèle on 1 Jan 935 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. Adèle (daughter of Rognvaldsson, Earl Rollo and of Bayeux, Poppa) was born in 911 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was christened in 912 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 14 Oct 962 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; was buried on 14 Oct 962 in Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. d'Aquitaine, Adélaïde  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 30 Oct 1004 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried on 30 Oct 1004 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.


Generation: 5

  1. 5.  d'Aquitaine, Adélaïde Descendancy chart to this point (4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 30 Oct 1004 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried on 30 Oct 1004 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Poitiers (by birth)
    • House: Robertian (by marriage)
    • FSID: M15L-V4Q
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 987 and 996; Queen consort of The Franks

    Notes:

    Adelahide, Adele, or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004),[1] was queen consort of France by marriage to Hugh Capet. Adelaide and Hugh were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France, and Adelaide had some extent of influence over her husband's governance of France.

    Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2]

    In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. The couple were proclaimed as the new monarchs at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. As such, they had become the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.[1] Apparently, Hugh trusted in Adelaide's judgement and allowed her to take part in government. He asked her to negotiate on his behalf with the regent of the Holy Roman Empire, Empress Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to any agreement they reached.[1]

    Adelaide's son, Robert, came into conflict in the late 990's with Gerbert, the Archbishop of Reims. Gerbert took refuge with Otto III, Theophanu's son and the new Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide attempted to recall the former to Reims, but Gerbert resisted this command in a letter dated to the spring of 997.[3]

    Adelaide and Hugh had at least three children that lived to adulthood:

    Hedwig, Countess of Mons (or Hadevide, or Avoise) (c. 969–after 1013), wife of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
    Robert II (972–1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king in 987, in order to consolidate the new dynasty.
    Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970–1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu.
    A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine

    Adélaïde married Capet, Hugues in 968 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Hugues was born on 3 Jul 941 in Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was christened on 3 Jul 941 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; died on 24 Oct 996 in Prasville, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France; was buried on 24 Oct 996 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. de France, Hedwig  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 970 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was christened in 970; died in 1013 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.
    2. 7. de France, King Robert II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; was christened on 27 Apr 972 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 20 Jul 1031 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.


Generation: 6

  1. 6.  de France, Hedwig Descendancy chart to this point (5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 970 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was christened in 970; died in 1013 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Capetian
    • FSID: LD9R-RBH
    • Appointments / Titles: 970; Countess de Dagsbourg
    • Appointments / Titles: 970, Hainaut, Belgium; Countess of Hainaut
    • Appointments / Titles: 970; Princesse de France
    • Appointments / Titles: 996; Countess of Mons

    Notes:

    Hedwig of France (c. 970 – after 1013), also called Avoise, Hadevide or Haltude, was Countess of Mons. She was the daughter of Hugh Capet, the first King of France, and his wife, Queen Adelaide of Aquitaine.

    Family
    In 996 Hedwig married Reginar IV of Hainaut (947–1013). Their children were:

    Reginar V, Count of Mons
    Gisèle (998-1049), who married Wautier III d'Olhain
    Lambert
    Beatrix, who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy
    Ermentrude, died at the age of two or three; buried in the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles, Belgium. The burial came to light during an excavation. A lead cross, inscribed with her name and that of her parents, was found in the tomb.

    Death
    Following the death of her first husband, Hedwig remarried to Hugh de Dagsbourg. She died after 1013.
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    “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
    “HUGUES OF FRANCE nicknamed le Grand or Capet, Duke of France, 960-987, King of France, 987-996, son of Hugues “le Grand,” Duke of France, by his 3rd wife, Hedwig, daughter of Heinrich I, King of Germany, born say 940. He married in the summer of 968 ADELAIDE OF POITOU, daughter of Guillaume I, Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, by Adèle, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. They had one son, Robert II [King of France], and two daughters, Hawise (or Hawidis/Hadwidis/Hathuidis/Hadevidam) (wife of Regnier IV, Count of Hainault) and Gisèle (wife of Hugues I, seigneur of Abbeville, Avoué of Saint-Riquier). He was consecrated King of France at Noyon 1 July 987. HUGUES CAPET, King of France, died at "Les Juifs" near Prasville, Eure-et-Loire 24 October 996, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. His widow, Adélaide, died 15 June 1003-5.
    Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS IX (1851): 366 (Historia Francorum Senonensis: "Secundo anno obiit Hugo Magnus dux Francorum apud Drodingam villam 16. Kal. Iul. [16 June], sepultusque est in basilica beati Dyonisii martiris Parisius. Cui successerunt filii eius, Hugo videlicet, Otto et Heinricus, nati ex filia Odonis regis."), 368 (Historia Francorum Senonensis sub A.D. 998: "Obiit Hugo rex, sepultusque est in basilica beati Dyonisii martiris Parisius."). Acta Sanctorum Octobris 10 (1861): 791-793 (Translatio S. Maglorii et Aliorum Ex tomo III Annalium Ord. S. Benedicti: "Hugone, Francorum duce ... qui etiam cum sua venerabili conjuge, Adelaide nomine, filia Pictavorum comitis, de progenie Caroli Magni ..."). Prou Raoul Glaber - Les cinq Livres de ses Histoires (900-1044) (1886). Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 1(1) (Recueil des Historiens de la France, Obituaires 1) (1902): 319 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "XVII kal. jul. [15 June] - Ob. Adelaidis regina"), 329 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "VIIII Kal. Nov. [24 Oct.] - Ob. Hugo rex [996]"). Lot Sur le Règne de Hugues Capet et la Fin the Xe Siècle (1903). Chaume Les Origins du Daché de Bourgogne 1 (1925): 536-537 (chart). Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Charles 115 (1957): 168-171. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 11 (sub France), 76 (ancestry of Alix de Poitou). Bouchard Sword, Miter, & Cloister (1987). Medieval Prosopography 9 (1988): 1-32. Van Kerrebrouck Les Capétians 987-1328 (2000): 47-55. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 310 (France ped.).”

    Hedwig married de Mons, Régnier IV in 996 in Hainaut, Belgium. Régnier was born on 11 Jan 947 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died in 1013 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in 1013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. de Hainault, Beatrice  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 992 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 11 May 1033 in Maine (Historical), France.

  2. 7.  de France, King Robert II Descendancy chart to this point (5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 23 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; was christened on 27 Apr 972 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 20 Jul 1031 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Capet
    • Nickname: The Pious
    • Nickname: The Wise
    • FSID: LD9R-RB7
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 987 and 996; King of The Franks (co-reign)
    • Life Event: 30 Dec 987, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 996 and 1031; King of the Franks

    Robert married d'Arles, Constance in 1003 in France. Constance (daughter of de Provence, WIlliam I and d'Anjou, Adélaïde) was born in 986 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 25 Jul 1032 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. de France, King Henri I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was christened on 4 May 1008 in Bourgogne, France; died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Loiret, Centre, France; was buried on 10 Aug 1060 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France.


Generation: 7

  1. 8.  de Hainault, Beatrice Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 992 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 11 May 1033 in Maine (Historical), France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LBSF-ZFR

    Notes:

    https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm#BeatriceM1EblesRoucyM2ManassesRameru
    https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfralaoncou.htm#EblesRoucydied1033
    https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/chamdampjo.htm#ManassesCalvaAsinadiedafter1053

    BEATRIX de Hainaut. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Beatricem" as daughter of "Rainero comiti de Hainaco" and his wife Hedwige, naming her husband "Ebalus de Roceio"[162]. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis gives more details, naming "Beatricem" as daughter of "Hadevidem…comitissam Hainonensium" and specifying that she married "Ebalus de Roceio, cuius frater fuit Lebaldus de Malla et soror Iveta comitissa de Roitest" and later "Manasses cui agnomen Calva-asina"[163]. m firstly (divorced before 1021) EBLES [I] Comte de Roucy, son of GISELBERT Comte [de Roucy] & his wife --- (-11 May 1033). Archbishop of Reims 1021. m secondly ([1021]) MANASSES de Ramerupt "Calva-asina", son of HILDUIN [III] de Ramerupt [Montdidier] & his wife ---. Vidame de Reims 1053. !

    Family/Spouse: de Rheims, Archbishop Ebles I. Ebles (son of de Roucy, Giselbert and de Roucy, N.N.) was born in 988 in Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 11 Mar 1033 in Épernay, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France; was buried in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. de Roucy, Countess Isabelle Adélaïde  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jun 1014 in Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 19 Jun 1062 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France.

  2. 9.  de France, King Henri I Descendancy chart to this point (7.Robert6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was christened on 4 May 1008 in Bourgogne, France; died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry, Loiret, Centre, France; was buried on 10 Aug 1060 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Capet
    • FSID: LDW5-66P
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 14 May 1027 and 20 Jul 1081, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; King of France

    Notes:

    Henry I (4 May 1008-4 August 1060) was King of the Franks from 1031 to his death. The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians. This is not entirely agreed upon, however, as other historians regard him as a strong but realistic king, who was forced to conduct a policy mindful of the limitations of the French monarchy.

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

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

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

    In 1051, William married Matilda, the daughter of the count of Flanders, which Henry saw as a threat to his throne. In 1054, and again in 1057, Henry invaded Normandy, but on both occasions he was defeated.

    Henry had three meetings with Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor-all at Ivois. In early 1043, he met him to discuss the marriage of the emperor with Agnes of Poitou, the daughter of Henry's vassal. In October 1048, the two Henries met again and signed a treaty of friendship. The final meeting took place in May 1056 and concerned disputes over Theobald III and County of Blois. The debate over the duchy became so heated that Henry accused the emperor of breach of contract and subsequently left. In 1058, Henry was selling bishoprics and abbacies, ignoring the accusations of simony and tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert. Despite his efforts, Henry I's twenty-nine-year reign saw feudal power in France reach its pinnacle.

    King Henry I died on 4 August 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France, and was interred in Basilica of St Denis. He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France, who was 7 at the time of his death; for six years Henry's queen Anne of Kiev ruled as regent. At the time of his death, he was besieging Thimert, which had been occupied by the Normans since 1058.

    Marriages-
    Henry I was betrothed to Matilda, the daughter of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, but she died prematurely in 1034. Henry then married Matilda of Frisia, but she died in 1044, following a Caesarean section. Casting further afield in search of a third wife, Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051. They had four children:

    1.) Philip I (23 May 1052-30 July 1108).

    2.) Emma (1054-1109).

    3.) Robert (c. 1055-1060).

    4.) Hugh "the Great" of Vermandois (1057-1102).

    Henri married Yaroslavna, Anne on 29 Jan 1051 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Anne (daughter of of Kievian Rus', Grand Prince Yaroslav I and Olafsdotter, Saint Ingrid) was born in 1030 in Kievian Rus' Empire (Historical); died on 5 Sep 1075 in La Forêt, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 5 Sep 1075 in La Forêt, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. de France, King Philippe I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1052 in Champagne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was christened on 23 May 1052 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 23 Jul 1108 in Château De Mun, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 29 Jul 1108 in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France.


Generation: 8

  1. 10.  de Roucy, Countess Isabelle Adélaïde Descendancy chart to this point (8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 2 Jun 1014 in Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 19 Jun 1062 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Roucy, Aisne, Picardie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Roucy
    • Nickname: Alice
    • Nickname: Alice
    • FSID: L7JF-2YC

    Notes:

    Adela had 9 children not the 20 plus here.

    Isabelle married de Montdidier, Count Hilduin IVRamerupt, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Hilduin was born on 22 Jun 1010 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; died on 15 Nov 1063 in Ramerupt, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in Nov 1063 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. de Montdidier, Margaret Marguerite  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1045 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1110 in France.
    2. 13. de Montdidier, Countess Beatrix  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1025 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; died on 16 Feb 1129 in Normandy, France.

  2. 11.  de France, King Philippe I Descendancy chart to this point (9.Henri7, 7.Robert6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 23 May 1052 in Champagne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was christened on 23 May 1052 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 23 Jul 1108 in Château De Mun, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 29 Jul 1108 in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: House of Capet
    • Nickname: "The Fair"
    • FSID: L8WB-MRH
    • Appointments / Titles: 23 May 1059, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
    • Appointments / Titles: 1060, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: 1060, Bourges, Cher, Centre, France; Count
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1060 and 1108; King Of The Franks

    Notes:

    Philip I (23 May 1052-29 July 1108), called the Amorous, was King of the Franks from 1060 to his death. His reign, like that of most of the early Capetians, was extraordinarily long for the time. The monarchy began a modest recovery from the low it reached in the reign of his father and he added to the royal demesne the Vexin and Bourges.

    «b»Biography«/b»
    Philip was born 23 May 1052 at Champagne-et-Fontaine, the son of Henry I and his wife Anne of Kiev. Unusual at the time for Western Europe, his name was of Greek origin, being bestowed upon him by his mother. Although he was crowned king at the age of seven, until age fourteen (1066) his mother acted as regent, the first queen of France ever to do so. Baldwin V of Flanders also acted as co-regent.

    Following the death of Baldwin VI of Flanders, Robert the Frisian seized Flanders. Baldwin's wife, Richilda requested aid from Philip, who defeated Robert at the battle of Cassel in 1071.

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

    Philip appointed Alberic first Constable of France in 1060. A great part of his reign, like his father's, was spent putting down revolts by his power-hungry vassals. In 1077, he made peace with William the Conqueror, who gave up attempting the conquest of Brittany. In 1082, Philip I expanded his demesne with the annexation of the Vexin. Then in 1100, he took control of Bourges.

    It was at the aforementioned Council of Clermont that the First Crusade was launched. Philip at first did not personally support it because of his conflict with Urban II. Philip's brother Hugh of Vermandois, however, was a major participant.

    Philip died in the castle of Melun and was buried per request at the monastery of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire and not in St Denis among his forefathers. He was succeeded by his son, Louis VI, whose succession was, however, not uncontested. According to Abbot Suger:

    "… King Philip daily grew feebler. For after he had abducted the Countess of Anjou, he could achieve nothing worthy of the royal dignity; consumed by desire for the lady he had seized, he gave himself up entirely to the satisfaction of his passion. So he lost interest in the affairs of state and, relaxing too much, took no care for his body, well-made and handsome though it was. The only thing that maintained the strength of the state was the fear and love felt for his son and successor. When he was almost sixty, he ceased to be king, breathing his last breath at the castle of Melun-sur-Seine, in the presence of the future king Louis... They carried the body in a great procession to the noble monastery of St-Benoît-sur-Loire, where King Philip wished to be buried; there are those who say they heard from his own mouth that he deliberately chose not to be buried among his royal ancestors in the church of St. Denis because he had not treated that church as well as they had, and because among so many noble kings his own tomb would not have counted for much."

    «b»Issue«/b»
    Philip's children with Bertha were:

    1.) Constance (1078-14 September 1126), married Hugh I of Champagne before 1097 and then, after her divorce, to Bohemund I of Antioch in 1106.

    2.) Louis VI of France (1 December 1081-1 August 1137).

    3.) Henry (1083-died young).

    Philip's children with Bertrade were:

    1.) Philip, Count of Mantes (1093-1123), married Elizabeth, daughter of Guy III of Montlhéry

    2.) Fleury, Seigneur of Nangis (1095-July 1119)

    3.) Cecile (1097-1145), married Tancred, Prince of Galilee and then, after his death, to Pons of Tripoli.

    Philippe married von Holland, Queen Bertha in 1072. Bertha was born in 1055 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; was christened in 1054; died on 30 Jul 1093 in Montreuil-sur-Loir, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried after 30 Jul 1093 in Priory of Haute-Bruyère, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. de France, King of France Louis VI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was christened on 7 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 1 Aug 1137 in Chateau de Bethisy, Bethisy-Saint-Pierre, Oise, Picardie, France; was buried on 3 Aug 1137 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France.


Generation: 9

  1. 12.  de Montdidier, Margaret Marguerite Descendancy chart to this point (10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 1045 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1110 in France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: GHXK-MHQ
    • Birth: 1045, Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France

    Margaret married de Clermont, Hugh in 1065 in Picardie, France. Hugh was born on 5 Sep 1030 in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; died on 9 Jun 1101 in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; was buried on 9 Jun 1101 in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. de Clermont, Adeliza  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1058 in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; died in 1117 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England.

  2. 13.  de Montdidier, Countess Beatrix Descendancy chart to this point (10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 1025 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardie, France; died on 16 Feb 1129 in Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess Of Perche
    • FSID: LWJP-1HR

    Beatrix married de Perche, Geoffrey II in 1065 in Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France. Geoffrey (son of de Chateaudun, Rotrou I and de Domfront, Adela Adelaide) was born in 1045 in Nogent, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France; died between 8 Oct and 7 Nov 1100 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. de Perche, Maud  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1074 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; died on 28 Jun 1142 in Halton, Cheshire, England.

  3. 14.  de France, King of France Louis VI Descendancy chart to this point (11.Philippe8, 9.Henri7, 7.Robert6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was christened on 7 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 1 Aug 1137 in Chateau de Bethisy, Bethisy-Saint-Pierre, Oise, Picardie, France; was buried on 3 Aug 1137 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • House: Capet
    • Nickname: The Far
    • FSID: MBMH-FJ9
    • Appointments / Titles: 30 Jul 1108, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France

    Louis married de Savoie, Adélaïde on 3 Aug 1115 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Adélaïde was born in 1100 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 18 Nov 1154 in Abbey of Saint-Pierre of Montmartre, Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in 1154 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople Peter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1126 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 10 Apr 1183 in Israel; was buried on 10 Apr 1183 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England.


Generation: 10

  1. 15.  de Clermont, Adeliza Descendancy chart to this point (12.Margaret9, 10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 1058 in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; died in 1117 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Clare
    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Clare
    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Hereford
    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Hereford
    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Pembroke
    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Pembroke
    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Vermandois
    • House: Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
    • Nickname: Alice
    • FSID: LXS5-PVX
    • Birth: 1058, Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France

    Notes:

    Adeliza de Clermont was born circa 1058 at Northamptonshire, England.
    She is the daughter of Hugues, Comte de Clermont and Marguerite de Roucy.
    She married, firstly, Gilbert fitz Richard, son of Richard fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard, circa 1083.
    She married, secondly, Bouchard de Montmorency after 1117.

    Children of Adeliza de Clermont and Gilbert fitz Richard
    1. Alice fitz Gilbert d. 1163
    2. Baldwin fitz Gilbert
    3. Richard fitz Gilbert b. c 1084, d. 15 Apr 1136
    4. Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke b. c 1100, d. 1148

    http://www.thepeerage.com/p15843.htm#i158421

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    “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
    “GILBERT FITZ RICHARD (also styled DE CLARE and DE TONBRIDGE), of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, etc., born before 1066. He succeeded to the English possessions of his father. He married ALICE (or ADELICIA, ADELIZ, ADALICIA, ADELID, HADALAIDIS) DE CLERMONT, daughter of Hugues, seigneur of Clermont, Breuil-le-Vert, Creil, Luzarches, and Mouchy-Saint-Elou, by Marguerite, daughter of Hildouin de Rameru, Count of Montdidier and Roucy [see CLERMONT 1 for her ancestry]. They had four sons, Richard, Gilbert, Walter, and Baldwin, and four daughters, Rohese (or Rose), Avice, Margaret, and Alice. In 1088 he joined the revolt of Eudes, Bishop of Bayeux, and others against King William Rufus in favor of Robert Curthose. He was besieged at Tonbridge, Kent by the king, but wounded and forced to surrender. He was evidently pardoned, as he afterwards witnessed a number of royal charters. He founded the Priory of Clare in 1090. He served in the king's army in 1091. He was involved in a conspiracy with Robert de Mowbray and others to dethrone King William Rufus in 1095 but, joining the king's army, he informed on his fellow conspirators as the army moved to suppress Mowbray. He was once again pardoned, but does not reappear in the king's company. He was granted the lordship of Cardigan, 1107-11, by King Henry I. He raised an army and subdued the region, building castles at Castles of Aberystwyth and Llanbadarn. He was a patron of Bec, granting the collegiate church at Clare to be colonized by Benedictines from the Norman house, confirmed his mother's endowment of St. Neots. He also made grants to Lewes Priory from his Surrey lands and granted the church of Llanbadarn to Gloucester Abbey. At an unknown date, wife, Alice, founded an anniversary at the Priory of Saint-Leu d'Esserent for herself and for her parents, Hugues de Clermont and his wife, Marguerite. GILBERT FITZ RICHARD last appears * Westminster 16 September 1115. The Welsh annals note his death in 1117. His widow, Alice, married (2nd) before 1123 BOUCHARD DE MONTMORENCY. They had one son, Hervé de Montmorency [Constable of Ireland]. In the period, 1136-38, she confirmed in alms to Thorney Abbey, Cambridgshire the gift of a half a yardland and ten acres in Lowick and four yardlands in Rounds made by a certain Tovi.

    Children of Gilbert Fitz Richard, by Alice de Clermont:
    i. RICHARD FITZ GILBERT [see next].
    ii. GILBERT FITZ GILBERT, 1st Earl of Pembroke, married ISABEL OF MEULAN [see PEMBROKE 3].
    iii. BALDWIN FITZ GILBERT, of Bourne, Lincolnshire, married ALINE (or ADELINE) DE ROLLOS [see WAKE 3].
    iv. ROHESE (or ROSE) FITZ GILBERT. She consented to a gift of her mother, Alice, to Thorney Abbey dated c.1136-38. She married BADERON DE MONMOUTH, of Monmouth, Monmouthshire. They had two sons, Gilbert and James, and one probable daughter, Rohese (or Rose) (wife of Hugh de Lacy). He and his wife, Rohese, witnessed a charter of Roger, Earl of Hereford to St. Mary, Monmouth dated 1148-55. In the period, c.1150-60, he granted the monks of Monmouth three forges in his borough of Monmouth on the bank of the Wye in exchange for Hadnock, Monmouthshire. He and his wife, Rohese, granted property to St. Florent Abbey. His wife, Rohese, evidently died before 1166, when Baderon gave a knight's fee to the Hospitallers of Quenington for the soul of his wife, Rohese. BADERON DE MONMOUTH was living in 1169-70.

    Family/Spouse: FitzRichard, Gilbert. Gilbert (son of FitzGilbert, Sir Knight Richard de Clare and Giffard, Rohese) was born in 1066 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1117 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. FitzGilbert, Adeliza de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1091 in Essex, England; was christened in 1092 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died on 1 Nov 1163 in St. Osyth, Essex, England; was buried on 1 Nov 1163 in St. Osyth, Essex, England.

  2. 16.  de Perche, Maud Descendancy chart to this point (13.Beatrix9, 10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 1074 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; died on 28 Jun 1142 in Halton, Cheshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess
    • FSID: LZTD-1WF
    • Death: 11 Jun 1143

    Maud married de Lacy, Lord Robert I in 1095 in Yorkshire, England. Robert (son of de Lacy, Illbert and Hastings, Hawise) was born in 1069 in Halton, Cheshire, England; died in 1129; was buried in 1129. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. de Lacy, Albreda  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 May 1097 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; died in 1166 in Sprotbrough, Yorkshire, England.

  3. 17.  de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople Peter Descendancy chart to this point (14.Louis9, 11.Philippe8, 9.Henri7, 7.Robert6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 11 Sep 1126 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 10 Apr 1183 in Israel; was buried on 10 Apr 1183 in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Empereur de Constantinople
    • Appointments / Titles: Montargis, Loiret, Centre, France; Seigneur (Lord)
    • Appointments / Titles: Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France; Seigneur (Lord)
    • Appointments / Titles: Châteaurenard, Loiret, Centre, France; Seigneur (Lord)
    • House: Capet
    • FSID: GSWG-DB2
    • Military: 1147, Acre, Yerushalayim, Israel; Crusade

    Notes:

    Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

    He was the son of Louis VII of France who took the name of his wife "de Courtenay"-

    PIERRE de France ([1126]-Palestine 10 Mar [1180/10 Apr 1183]). William of Tyre names him as brother of Louis VII King of France, when recording his arrival in Palestine in 1179[406]. He succeeded as Seigneur de Courtenay, by right of his wife. "Petrus regis frater et Curtiniacensis dominus" donated property to the abbey of Fontaine-Jean by charter dated 1170, with the support of "uxor mea Isabel et primogenitus meus Petrus"[407]. The necrology of La Cour-Dieu records the death “VI Id Mar” of “Petrus de Curtiniaco”[408].

    m (before 24 Nov 1160) ELISABETH de Courtenay, daughter and heiress of RENAUD Seigneur de Courtenay & his first wife Helvis de Donjon ([1140/45]-14 Sep after 1205). A Historia Regum Francorum records that "Petrus", son of Louis VI King of France, married "filiam Rainaldi de Curtiniaco cum…terra illius"[249].

    The Continuator of Aimon of Fleury names “Petrus” as sixth son of “rex Ludovicus” and his wife “Adalaidem filiam Humberti comitis de Mauriana”, adding that he married “filiam Rainaldi de Corteniaco” and had his land as there was no other surviving heir (“et terram ipsius habuit cum ea, quia non erat alius hæres superstes”)[250]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "domina de Monte-Argisi fuit soror vel neptis illius [=Guilelmus…archiepiscopus Bituricensis]" as the wife of "Petro de Cortenaio regis Philippi patruo", "Monte-Argisi" being identified as "Montargis, département Loiret" by the editor of the MGH edition[251].

    “Petrus dominus Curtiniaci et uxor mea Elisabeth” confirmed donations made by “antecessorum nostrorum...dominus Milo et filii eius” to Fontaine-Jean abbey by charter dated 24 Nov 1160, witnessed by “Willelmus de Cortiniaco...”[252].

    The 1166/67 Pipe Roll records “filie Regin de Crtinni” in London/Middlesex[253]. As discussed above in the introduction to section showing Elisabeth’s father, it is possible that this entry relates to Elisabeth. “Petrus...Ludovici Francorum regis frater” granted privileges to Montargis, with the consent of “uxoris suæ Helisabeth et Petri filii sui”, by charter dated 1170[254].

    “Petrus regis frater et Curtiniacensis dominus” confirmed donations to Fontaine-Jean abbey, with the consent of “uxor mea Ysabel et primogenitus meus Petrus”, by charter dated 1170, witnessed by “Ex parte domini et pueri...”[255].

    “Petrus de Curtiniaco frater regis” confirmed donations made to Fontaine-Jean abbey by “Guillelmus de Curtiniaco” on leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of “uxoris mei Elisabeth”, by undated charter[256].

    “Petrus frater regis dominus de Monteargi et de Curtiniaco” donated property to Fontaine-Jean abbey on leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of “uxor mea Ysabel et filius meus Petrus”, by charter dated 1179[257].

    “Elisabeth domina de Curteneto mater Petri comitis Nivernensis” donated money to Paris Notre-Dame, for the anniversary of “Petri mariti meio”, and a further donation to the Knights Hospitallers after she died, by charter dated 1189[258]. Bouchet states that Elisabeth confirmed donations to “l’ abbaye des Escharlis” in 1205 “qui est le dernier Acte qu’on touve d’elle”[259]. The necrology of the Eglise Cathédrale de Paris records the death "XVIII Kal Oct" of "Helysabeth mater Petri comitis Autisiodorensis"[260].

    Pierre [I] & his wife had eleven children:

    1. PIERRE [II] de Courtenay ([after 1158]-Epirus after Jun 1219).
    2. daughter .
    3. ALIX de Courtenay ([1160/65]-12 Feb 1218).
    4. EUSTACHIE de Courtenay (-6 Apr after 1235).
    5. CLEMENCE de Courtenay .
    6. ROBERT de Courtenay (-Palestine 5 Oct 1239).
    7. PHILIPPE de Courtenay (-[before Apr 1183]).
    8. --- de Courtenay .
    9. CONSTANCE de Courtenay ([1168]-after 1231).
    10. GUILLAUME de Courtenay (-[Apr 1233/1248], bur Abbaye de Quincey near Langres).
    11. AGNES de Courtenay .

    Peter married de Courtenay, Elizabeth in 1150 in Okehampton, Devon, England. Elizabeth was born in Jul 1127 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; died on 14 Sep 1205 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. de Courtenay, Alice  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1160 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was christened in 1160 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 12 Feb 1218 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 12 Feb 1218 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.


Generation: 11

  1. 18.  FitzGilbert, Adeliza de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (15.Adeliza10, 12.Margaret9, 10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 1 Jan 1091 in Essex, England; was christened in 1092 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died on 1 Nov 1163 in St. Osyth, Essex, England; was buried on 1 Nov 1163 in St. Osyth, Essex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 9CZ7-PW4
    • Religion: Between 1141 and 1163; a Nun at St. Osyth's Priory

    Notes:

    Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors

    Adeliza (Alice) de Clare1,2,3
    Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
    F, #5094, b. circa 1092, d. circa 1163
    Father Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare, Lord of Cardigan & Tonbridge b. b 1066, d. 1117
    Mother Adeliza de Clermont b. c 1074, d. a 1138
    Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne
    Adeliza (Alice) de Clare married Aubrey II de Vere, Sheriff of London & Middlesex, Lord Hedington, son of Aubrey de Vere and Beatrice de Gand.2,3 Adeliza (Alice) de Clare was born circa 1092 at of Essex, England. She died circa 1163.
    Family
    Aubrey II de Vere, Sheriff of London & Middlesex, Lord Hedington b. c 1062, d. 15 May 1141
    Children
    Felice de Vere+
    Robert de Vere, Lord of Drayton & Aldington Manors+
    Rohese de Vere+3 b. c 1109, d. a Oct 1166
    Juliana de Vere+ b. c 1116
    Sir Alberic III de Vere, 1st Earl Oxford, Earl of Essex+ b. 1120, d. 26 Dec 1194
    Alice de Vere+2 b. c 1125, d. a 1185

    Adeliza, daughter of Gilbert fitz Richard of Clare, survived her husband for twenty-two years. For most of that time she was a corrodian at St. Osyth's Priory, Chich, Essex.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Vere_II

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    Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice. She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard

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    Aubrey de Vere was born in 1090.
    He was the son of Aubrey de Vere and Beatrice (?).
    He married Alice fitz Gilbert, daughter of Gilbert fitz Richard and Adeliza de Clermont.

    http://thepeerage.com/p27438.htm#i274379

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    “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
    “WILLIAM DE PERCY, of Topcliffe, Leconfield, and Nafferton, Yorkshire, son and heir. He married (1st) before 1136 ALICE (or ALIZA, ADELIDA, ADELIDIS) DE TONBRIDGE, daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard (also styled de Clare and de Tonbridge), of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, etc., by Alice, daughter of Hugues, seigneur of Clermont, Breuil-le-Vert, Creil, Luzarches, and Mouchy-Saint-Elou [see CLARE 2 for her ancestry]. They had one son, Alan, and two daughters, Maud (wife of William, 3rd Earl of Warwick) and Agnes. By an unknown mistress (or mistresses), he also had three illegitimate sons, William, Walter, and Henry, and two illegitimate daughter, Alice (mistress of Henry du Puiset and later wife of Richard de Moreville) and Emma (wife of William Malebisse). He was present at the Court of King Stephen at Easter 1136. He fought for King Stephen at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. He founded Sallay (or Sawley) Abbey in 1148. His wife, Alice, was living in 1148. He witnessed charters of King Henry II to Nostell Priory before July 1157. He married (2nd) in 1164-66 SIBYL DE VALOINES, widow of Robert de Roos, of Helmsley, Yorkshire (died 1162 or 1163), and daughter of Thebaud de Valoines, of Perham. He was probably the founder of Stainfield Priory, Lincolnshire. He was a benefactor of Byland and Fountains Abbeys and Markby and Shde Priories. He gave the church of Topcliffe, Yorkshire to St. Peter's York for the work of repair and building. WILLIAM DE PERCY was living in the year ending at Michaelmas 1170, and almost certainly in that ending at Michaelmas 1175, when Helte de Boisdele owed 100s. in Lincolnshire for the light of 2 knights' fees which he claimed against him. At his death, he was buried at Fountains Abbey. His widow, Sibyl, married (3rd) about 1182 RALPH D'AUBENEY, of Aubourn and Binbrook, Lincolnshire. RALPH D'AUBENEY died before Michaelmas 1192. His widow, Sibyl, was living in 1212. At her death, she was buried at Nun Appleton Priory, Yorkshire.

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    ADELISA de Clare ([1090/95]-1163). The Liber Vitæ of Thorney abbey lists "…Gilebt fili[us] Ricardi, Ricard fili[us] eius…Aaliz uxor Gilbti filii Ricardi, Comes Gilbt, Galteri…filii sui…Rohais, Auiza, Margareta, Aaliz nate sue…"[2565]. Leland quotes a Vere manuscript which names "Albericus de Ver pater meus…Adeliza filia Gilberti de Clare" and "Adeliza de Estsexa, filia Alberici Ver et Adelizæ" who married "Rogerus filius Richardi, nepos comitis Hugonis Bigot"[2566]. Her birth date range is estimated from the birth of her first known son in [1110]. She became a nun at the Priory of St Osyth. m AUBREY de Vere, son of AUBREY de Vere & his wife Beatrix --- ([before 1090]-London 15 May 1141, bur Colne Priory, Essex).
    [Medieval Lands; see Sources.]

    Family/Spouse: de St. Leger, Sir Geoffrey. Geoffrey was born in 1087 in Fairlight, Sussex, England; died in 1144 in Fairlight, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. de St. Leger, Sir Reginald I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1115 in Wartling, Sussex, England; died in 1176 in Sussex, England.

  2. 19.  de Lacy, Albreda Descendancy chart to this point (16.Maud10, 13.Beatrix9, 10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 22 May 1097 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; died in 1166 in Sprotbrough, Yorkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: L7XR-NJR

    Notes:

    From Life Sketch

    Albreda (Aubrie) DeLisoures (de Lacy) MP
    Birth: 1097
    Pontrefact, Yorkshire, England
    Death: circa 1195 (94-102)
    Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England
    Immediate Family:
    Daughter of Robert de Lacy, Lord of Pontefract and Matilda wife of Robert de Lacy of Pontefract
    Wife of Robert De Lisours
    Mother of Albreda Aubrey

    Siblings: Radulphus 'The Red' de Mitton, Walter de Lacy, Knight Robert De Lacy, Ilbert de Lacy II, 111 Lord of Pontefract Henry de Lacy, Aubrey Lacy

    Albreda married de Lisoures, Robert in 1119 in England. Robert was born in 1097 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1133 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. de Lisoures, Baroness Aubrey  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1142 in Halton, Cheshire, England; died on 6 Oct 1200 in Lewes, Sussex, England.

  3. 20.  de Courtenay, Alice Descendancy chart to this point (17.Peter10, 14.Louis9, 11.Philippe8, 9.Henri7, 7.Robert6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 1160 in Courtenay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; was christened in 1160 in Courtenay, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 12 Feb 1218 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 12 Feb 1218 in Cathédral Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LZ1V-VQ4
    • Occupation: Countess of Angoloume

    Notes:

    Alice was born in 1160, the second eldest daughter and one of the ten children of Peter I of Courtenay and Elisabeth of Courtenay, daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon. Her family was one of the most illustrious in France; and her paternal grandparents were King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.

    In 1178, she married her first husband, Guillaume I, Count of Joigny. The marriage did not produce any children, and they were divorced in 1186.

    Alice married her second husband, Aymer Taillefer in 1186, the same year he succeeded his father, William IV as Count of Angoulême. Sometime in 1188, Alice gave birth to her only child, Isabella of Angoulême, wife of King John of England and later Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_of_Courtenay

    Alice married de Taillefer, Aymar in 1186 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Aymar (son of de Taillefer, WIlliam VI and de Limoges, Emma) was born on 23 Aug 1160 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France; was buried on 16 Jun 1202 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Sep 1188 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was christened in 1188 in France; died on 10 Jun 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.


Generation: 12

  1. 21.  de St. Leger, Sir Reginald I Descendancy chart to this point (18.Adeliza11, 15.Adeliza10, 12.Margaret9, 10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 1115 in Wartling, Sussex, England; died in 1176 in Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: G3L1-RGF

    Notes:

    https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Reginald-de-St-Leger/6000000002233722614?through=347111001190004793

    Reginald married d'Eu, Helisende in 1125 in Wartling, Sussex, England. Helisende (daughter of d'Eu, Henry I and de Sully, Marguerite) was born in 1115 in Ulcombe, Kent, England; died in 1150 in Wartling, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. de St. Leger, Emma  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1138 in Lyonshall, Herefordshire, England; died in 1196 in Lincolnshire, England.

  2. 22.  de Lisoures, Baroness Aubrey Descendancy chart to this point (19.Albreda11, 16.Maud10, 13.Beatrix9, 10.Isabelle8, 8.Beatrice7, 6.Hedwig6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born in 1142 in Halton, Cheshire, England; died on 6 Oct 1200 in Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 9WPR-LNZ

    Notes:

    last Name spelled - Lizours, Lysures Lisours Lisoures

    Aubrey married FitzEustace, Lord Richard on 8 Feb 1142 in Sprotbrough, Yorkshire, England. Richard (son of FitzJohn, Lord Eustace and FitzNigel, Agnes) was born in 1110 in Holton Moor Estate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died in 1161 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. FitzRichard, Sir Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1154 in Warkworth, Northumberland, England; died on 22 Nov 1214 in Warkworth Castle, Warkworth, Northumberland, England.

  3. 23.  de Taillefer, Queen of England Isabelle Descendancy chart to this point (20.Alice11, 17.Peter10, 14.Louis9, 11.Philippe8, 9.Henri7, 7.Robert6, 5.Adélaïde5, 4.WIlliam4, 3.Ebles3, 2.Ranulf2, 1.Ranulf1) was born on 2 Sep 1188 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was christened in 1188 in France; died on 10 Jun 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Burial: Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
    • FSID: MF7F-HQF
    • Life Event: 6 Oct 1200, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England; Crowed Queen Consort of England
    • Appointments / Titles: 18 Jun 1202; Countess of Angoulême
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1229 and 1246; Countess of La Marche
    • Death: 4 Jun 1246, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
    • Burial: Aft 4 Jun 1246, Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

    Notes:

    Wikipedia -

    Isabella Taillifer of Angoulême (French: Isabelle d'Angoulême, IPA; c. 1188-4 June 1246) was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. She was also suo jure Countess of Angoulême from 1202 until 1246.

    She had five children by the king, including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220, Isabella married Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche, by whom she had another nine children.

    Some of her contemporaries, as well as later writers, claim that Isabella formed a conspiracy against King Louis IX of France in 1241, after being publicly snubbed by his mother, Blanche of Castile, for whom she had a deep-seated hatred. In 1244, after the plot had failed, Isabella was accused of attempting to poison the king. To avoid arrest, she sought refuge in Fontevraud Abbey, where she died two years later, but none of this can be confirmed.

    Queen of England
    She was the only daughter and heir of Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême, by Alice of Courtenay, who was sister of Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople and granddaughter of King Louis VI of France.

    Isabella became Countess of Angoulême in her own right on 16 June 1202, by which time she was already queen of England. Her marriage to King John took place on 24 August 1200, in Angoulême, a year after he annulled his first marriage to Isabel of Gloucester. She was crowned queen in an elaborate ceremony on 8 October at Westminster Abbey in London. Isabella was originally betrothed to Hugh IX le Brun, Count of Lusignan, son of the Count of La Marche. As a result of John's temerity in taking her as his second wife, King Philip II of France confiscated all of their French lands, and armed conflict ensued.

    At the time of her marriage to John, the blonde and blue-eyed 12-year-old Isabella was already renowned by some for her beauty and has sometimes been called the Helen of the Middle Ages by historians. Isabella was much younger than her husband and possessed a volatile temper similar to his own. King John was infatuated with his young, beautiful wife; however, his acquisition of her had at least as much to do with spiting his enemies as romantic love. She was already engaged to Hugh IX le Brun when she was taken by John. It was said that he neglected his state affairs to spend time with Isabella, often remaining in bed with her until noon. However, these were rumors spread by John's enemies to discredit him as a weak and grossly irresponsible ruler, given that at the time John was engaging in a desperate war against King Philip of France to hold on to the remaining Plantagenet duchies. The common people began to term her a "siren" or "Messalina", which spoke volumes as to popular opinion. Her mother-in-law, Eleanor of Aquitaine, readily accepted her as John's wife.

    On 1 October 1207 at Winchester Castle, Isabella gave birth to a son and heir who was named Henry after the King's father, Henry II. He was quickly followed by another son, Richard, and three daughters, Joan, Isabel, and Eleanor. All five children survived into adulthood and made illustrious marriages; all but Joan produced offspring of their own.

    Second marriage
    When King John died in October 1216, Isabella's first act was to arrange the speedy coronation of her nine-year-old son at the city of Gloucester on 28 October. As the royal crown had recently been lost in The Wash, along with the rest of King John's treasure, she supplied her own golden circlet to be used in lieu of a crown. The following July, less than a year after his crowning as King Henry III of England, she left him in the care of his regent, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and returned to France to assume control of her inheritance of Angoulême.

    In the spring of 1220, she married Hugh X of Lusignan, "le Brun", Seigneur de Luisignan, Count of La Marche, the son of her former fiancé, Hugh IX, to whom she had been betrothed before her marriage to King John. It had been previously arranged that her eldest daughter Joan should marry Hugh, and the little girl was being brought up at the Lusignan court in preparation for her marriage. Hugh, however, upon seeing Isabella, whose beauty had not diminished, preferred the girl's mother. Joan was provided with another husband, King Alexander II of Scotland, whom she wed in 1221.

    Isabella had married Hugh without the consent of the king's council in England, as was required of a queen dowager. That council had the power not only to assign to her any subsequent husband, but to decide whether she should be allowed to remarry at all. That Isabella flouted its authority moved the council to confiscate her dower lands and to stop the payment of her pension. Isabella and her husband retaliated by threatening to keep Joan, who had been promised in marriage to the King of Scotland, in France. The council first responded by sending furious letters to the Pope, signed in the name of young King Henry, urging him to excommunicate Isabella and her husband, but then decided to come to terms with Isabella, to avoid conflict with the Scottish king, who was eager to receive his bride. Isabella was granted the stannaries in Devon, and the revenue of Aylesbury for a period of four years, in compensation for her confiscated dower lands in Normandy, as well as the £3,000 arrears for her pension.

    Isabella had nine more children by Hugh X. Their eldest son Hugh XI of Lusignan succeeded his father as Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême in 1249.

    Isabella's children from her royal marriage did not join her in Angoulême, remaining in England with their eldest brother Henry III.

    Rebellion and death
    Described by some contemporaries as "vain, capricious, and troublesome," Isabella could not reconcile herself with her less prominent position in France. Though Queen mother of England, Isabella was now mostly regarded as a mere Countess of La Marche and had to give precedence to other women. In 1241, when Isabella and Hugh were summoned to the French court to swear fealty to King Louis IX of France's brother, Alphonse, who had been invested as Count of Poitou, their mother, the Queen Dowager Blanche openly snubbed her. This so infuriated Isabella, who had a deep-seated hatred of Blanche for having fervently supported the French invasion of England during the First Barons' War in May 1216, that she began to actively conspire against King Louis. Isabella and her husband, along with other disgruntled nobles, including her son-in-law Raymond VII of Toulouse, sought to create an English-backed confederacy which united the provinces of the south and west against the French king. She encouraged her son Henry in his invasion of Normandy in 1230, but then did not provide him the support she had promised.

    In 1244, after the confederacy had failed and Hugh had made peace with King Louis, two royal cooks were arrested for attempting to poison the King; upon questioning they confessed to having been in Isabella's pay. Before Isabella could be taken into custody, she fled to Fontevraud Abbey, where she died on 4 June 1246.

    By her own prior arrangement, she was first buried in the Abbey's churchyard, as an act of repentance for her many misdeeds. On a visit to Fontevraud, her son King Henry III of England was shocked to find her buried outside the Abbey and ordered her immediately moved inside. She was finally placed beside Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Afterwards, most of her many Lusignan children, having few prospects in France, set sail for England and the court of Henry, their half-brother.

    Issue
    With King John of England: 5 children, all of whom survived into adulthood, including:

    1.) King Henry III of England (1 October 1207-16 November 1272). Married Eleanor of Provence, by whom he had issue, including his heir, King Edward I of England.

    2.) Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans (5 January 1209-2 April 1272). Married firstly Isabel Marshal, secondly Sanchia of Provence, and thirdly Beatrice of Falkenburg. Had issue.

    3.) Joan (22 July 1210-1238), the wife of King Alexander II of Scotland. Her marriage was childless.

    4.) Isabella (1214-1241), the wife of Emperor Frederick II, by whom she had issue.

    5.) Eleanor (1215-1275), who would marry firstly William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; and secondly Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, by whom she had issue.

    With Hugh X of Lusignan, Count of La Marche: nine children, all of whom survived into adulthood, including:

    1.) Hugh XI of Lusignan (1221-1250), Count of La Marche and Count of Angoulême. Married Yolande de Dreux, Countess of Penthièvre and of Porhoet, by whom he had issue.

    2.) Aymer of Lusignan (1222-1260), Bishop of Winchester

    3.) Agnès de Lusignan (1223-1269). Married William II de Chauvigny (d. 1270), and had issue.

    4.) Alice of Lusignan (1224-9 February 1256). Married John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, by whom she had issue.

    5.) Guy of Lusignan (c. 1225-1264), killed at the Battle of Lewes. (Tufton Beamish maintains that he escaped to France after the Battle of Lewes and died there in 1269).

    6.) Geoffrey of Lusignan (c. 1226-1274). Married in 1259 Jeanne, Viscountess of Châtellerault, by whom he had issue.

    7.) Isabella of Lusignan (c.1226/1227-14 January 1299). Married firstly before 1244 Maurice IV, seigneur de Craon (1224-1250), by whom she had issue; she married secondly, Geoffrey de Rancon.

    8.) William of Lusignan (c. 1228-1296). 1st Earl of Pembroke. Married Joan de Munchensi, by whom he had issue.

    9.) Marguerite de Lusignan (c. 1229-1288). Married firstly in 1243 Raymond VII of Toulouse; secondly c. 1246 Aimery IX de Thouars, Viscount of Thouars and had issue

    Isabelle married de Lusignan, Count Hugh X on 10 May 1220 in France. Hugh was born in Jan 1183 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 5 Jun 1249 in Damietta, Egypt; was buried after 5 Jun 1249 in Abbey of Valence, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. de Lusignan, Alice  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1223 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was christened in 1224 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 9 Feb 1256 in Lewes, Sussex, England; was buried on 14 Feb 1256 in Lewes Priory (Historical), Lewes, Sussex, England.
    2. 27. de Valence, Sir William  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1226 in Valence, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 18 May 1296 in Brabourne, Kent, England; was buried on 18 May 1296 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.

    Isabelle married Plantagenet, King John Lackland of England on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. John (son of Plantagenet, King of England Henry II and of Aquitaine, Queen Eleanor) was born on 31 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House (Historical), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried on 19 Oct 1216 in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. of England, Henry III  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England; was christened after 8 Oct 1207 in Bermondsey, London, England; died on 23 Nov 1272 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England; was buried after 23 Nov 1272 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.