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NORMANDY, Robert I Magnificent

NORMANDY, Robert I Magnificent

Male 1000 - 1035  (35 years)

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  1. 1.  NORMANDY, Robert I MagnificentNORMANDY, Robert I Magnificent was born on 22 Jun 1000 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 2 Jul 1035.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey

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

    Children:
    1. 2. WILLIAM, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
    2. 3. OF NORMANDY, Adelaide  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Normandy, France; died in 1065 in Marcigny, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.

    Robert married DEFALAISE, Harlette in 1023 in Graz-Umgebung, Steiermark, Austria. Harlette was born in 1003; died in 1050 in Mortain, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

    Children:
    1. 3. OF NORMANDY, Adelaide  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Normandy, France; died in 1065 in Marcigny, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  WILLIAM, IWILLIAM, I Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: King of England
    • Name: William the Conqueror

    Notes:

    A minor at the time of the death of his father duke Robert on a pilgrimage in 1035, William's early years as duke were spent surviving the dangerous period of his minority and solidifying his position within Normandy. He obtained the crown of England by his victory over Harold II in the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066. At his death in 1087, his eldest son Robert received Normandy, his second surviving son William received England, and his youngest son Henry (who eventually obtained both England and Normandy) received money.

    I married COUNTESS OF FLANDERS, Matilda in 1050 in Castle of Angi, France. Matilda (daughter of FLANDERS, Baldwin V of and FRANCE, Adela of, daughter of FRANCE, Adela of) was born on 24 Nov 1031; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Bickleigh, Devon, England; was buried in Bickleigh, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. HENRY, King of England I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 4 Jan 1136 in Berkshire, England.
    2. 5. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

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

    Children:
    1. 6. SURREY, Gundred  Descendancy chart to this point died on 27 May 1085; was buried .

  2. 3.  OF NORMANDY, AdelaideOF NORMANDY, Adelaide Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born in Normandy, France; died in 1065 in Marcigny, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Alice of Normandy
    • Birth: 1027, Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
    • Death: Bef 1090, Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France

    Adelaide married LENS, Lambert II of in 1053 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Lambert (son of BOULOGNE, Count of Boulogne Eustace I Count of and LEUVEN, Matilda of) was born in 992 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 19 Jun 1054. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. OF LENS, Judith  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died after 1086.

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

    Children:
    1. 8. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  HENRY, King of England IHENRY, King of England I Descendancy chart to this point (2.I2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 4 Jan 1136 in Berkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 28 GGF
    • Name: Henry Beauclerc
    • Royalty & Nobility: Between 1100 and 1136; King of England and Duke of the Normans

    Notes:

    Considered by contemporaries to be a harsh but effective ruler, Henry skilfully manipulated the barons in England and Normandy. In England, he drew on the existing Anglo-Saxon system of justice, local government and taxation, but also strengthened it with additional institutions, including the royal exchequer and itinerant justices. Normandy was also governed through a growing system of justices and an exchequer. Many of the officials who ran Henry's system were "new men" of obscure backgrounds rather than from families of high status, who rose through the ranks as administrators. Henry encouraged ecclesiastical reform, but became embroiled in a serious dispute in 1101 with Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury,

    Family/Spouse: PRINCESS OF SCOTLAND, Matilda. Matilda (daughter of SCOTLAND, Malcolm III of and SCOTLAND, Margaret of) was born in 1088; died on 1 May 1118; was buried in May 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. MATILDA, Empress  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1102 in Middlesex, England; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

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

    Children:
    1. 10. ROY, Robert Fitz  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1100; died on 31 Oct 1147.
    2. 11. ROY, Reginald fitz  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1110 in Dénestanville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 1 Jul 1175.

  2. 5.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.I2, 1.Robert1)

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

    Children:
    1. 12. OF BLOIS, Stephen  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1092; died on 25 Oct 1154.

  3. 6.  SURREY, Gundred Descendancy chart to this point (2.I2, 1.Robert1) died on 27 May 1085; was buried .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 29 GGM
    • Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Surrey

    Family/Spouse: DE WARENNE, William I. William (son of Living and Living) died in 1088. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. DE WARREN, William II  Descendancy chart to this point died on 11 May 1138.

  4. 7.  OF LENS, JudithOF LENS, Judith Descendancy chart to this point (3.Adelaide2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1054 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died after 1086.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Books About: The Winter Mantle by Elizabeth Chadwick
    • Differentiator: Niece of William the Conqueror
    • Relation to Me: 27 GGM
    • Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Huntingdon

    Notes:

    Judith founded Elstow Abbey in Bedfordshire around 1078. She also founded churches at Kempston and Hitchin. She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at:

    Earls Barton, Northamptonshire
    Great Doddington, Northamptonshire
    Grendon, Northamptonshire
    Ashby Folville, Leicestershire
    Lowesby, Leicestershire
    Merton, Oxfordshire
    Piddington, Oxfordshire
    Potton, Bedfordshire
    Sawtry, Huntingdonshire

    The parish of Sawtry Judith in Huntingdonshire is named after the Countess.

    In 1075, Judith's husband Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. It was the last serious act of resistance against the Norman conquest of England. Judith betrayed Waltheof to her uncle, who had Waltheof beheaded on 31 May 1076.

    Family/Spouse: NORTHUMBERLAND, Waltheof. Waltheof (son of SIWARD and Living) was born in 1050 in Northumberland, England; died on 31 May 1076. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. DE HUNTINGDON, Adelisa  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1085 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died after 1126.
    2. 15. MAUDE, Countess of Huntingdon Queen  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1074; died in 1130 in Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in 1130 in Perthshire, Scotland.

  5. 8.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (3.Adelaide2, 1.Robert1)


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  MATILDA, EmpressMATILDA, Empress Descendancy chart to this point (4.I3, 2.I2, 1.Robert1) was born on 5 Aug 1102 in Middlesex, England; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Books About: Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick
    • Differentiator: Claimant to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy.
    • Relation to Me: 27 GGM
    • Name: Matilda Maud Empress Of GERMANY
    • Birth: 7 Feb 1102
    • Royalty & Nobility: Between 7 Jan 1114 and 23 May 1125; Holy Roman Empress; German Queen; Queen of Italy
    • Death: 10 Sep 1167

    Notes:

    The daughter of King Henry I of England, she moved to Germany as a child when she married the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. She travelled with her husband into Italy in 1116, was controversially crowned in St. Peter's Basilica, and acted as the imperial regent in Italy. Matilda and Henry had no children, and when Henry died in 1125, the crown was claimed by Lothair II, one of his political enemies.

    On Henry V's death, Matilda was recalled to Normandy by her father, who arranged for her to marry Geoffrey of Anjou to form an alliance to protect his southern borders. Henry I had no further legitimate children and nominated Matilda as his heir, making his court swear an oath of loyalty to her and her successors, but the decision was not popular in the Anglo-Norman court. Henry died in 1135 but Matilda and Geoffrey faced opposition from the Norman barons and were unable to pursue their claims. The throne was instead taken by Matilda's cousin Stephen of Blois, who enjoyed the backing of the English Church.

    In 1139 Matilda crossed to England to take the kingdom by force, supported by her half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, and her uncle, King David I of Scotland, while Geoffrey focused on conquering Normandy. Matilda's forces captured Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, but the Empress's attempt to be crowned at Westminster collapsed in the face of bitter opposition from the London crowds. As a result of this retreat, Matilda was never formally declared Queen of England, and was instead titled the Lady of the English.

    The war degenerated into a stalemate, with Matilda controlling much of the south-west of England, and Stephen the south-east and the Midlands. Large parts of the rest of the country were in the hands of local, independent barons. Matilda returned to Normandy, now in the hands of her husband, in 1148, leaving her eldest son to continue the campaign in England; he eventually succeeded to the throne as Henry II in 1154.

    Empress married PLANTAGENET, Count of Anjou Geoffroy V on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Geoffroy (son of ANJOU, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine Foulques V le Jeune Count of and DU MAINE, Ermengarde) was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 7 Sep 1151 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. HENRY, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
    2. 17. PLANTAGENET, Guillaume  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jul 1136 in Argentan, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 30 Jan 1163 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    3. 18. PLANTAGENET, Geoffrey VI Mantell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jun 1134 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 27 Jul 1157 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France.

  2. 10.  ROY, Robert FitzROY, Robert Fitz Descendancy chart to this point (4.I3, 2.I2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1100; died on 31 Oct 1147.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 29 GGF
    • Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Gloucester
    • Name: Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen, Robert Consul

    Notes:

    Illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. He was the half-brother of the Empress Matilda, and her chief military supporter during the civil war known as The Anarchy, in which she vied with Stephen of Blois for the throne of England.

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

    Children:
    1. 19. GLOUCESTOR, Maude of  Descendancy chart to this point died on 29 Jul 1189.

  3. 11.  ROY, Reginald fitz Descendancy chart to this point (4.I3, 2.I2, 1.Robert1) was born about 1110 in Dénestanville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 1 Jul 1175.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Earl of Cornwall
    • Name: Reginald de Mortain; Reginald de Dunstanville; Reginald FitzHenry; Rainald

    Notes:

    Birth:
    illegitimate son of Henry I through Sybil Corbet

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

    Children:
    1. 20. REGINALD, Maud fitz  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1143 in Dunstanville, Kent, England.

  4. 12.  OF BLOIS, Stephen Descendancy chart to this point (5.Living3, 2.I2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1092; died on 25 Oct 1154.

  5. 13.  DE WARREN, William IIDE WARREN, William II Descendancy chart to this point (6.Gundred3, 2.I2, 1.Robert1) died on 11 May 1138.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 28 GGF
    • Royalty & Nobility: 2nd Earl of Surrey
    • Name: More often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey.

    Notes:

    His father, the 1st Earl, was one of the Conqueror's most trusted and most rewarded barons who, at his death in 1088, was the 3rd or 4th richest magnate in England. In 1088 William II inherited his father's lands in England and his Norman estates including the castles of Mortemer and Bellencombre in Haute-Normandy.

    Family/Spouse: VERMANDOIS, Elizabeth of. Elizabeth (daughter of VERMANDOIS, Hugh I of and VERMANDOIS, Adelaide of, daughter of HUGH, I) was born in 1085; died in 1131. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. DE WARENNE, William III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1119; died on 6 Jan 1148 in Leodicia, Turkey.
    2. 22. DE WARENNE, Ada  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1120; died in 1178.

  6. 14.  DE HUNTINGDON, AdelisaDE HUNTINGDON, Adelisa Descendancy chart to this point (7.Judith3, 3.Adelaide2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1085 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died after 1126.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Alice of Northumberland

    Adelisa married DE TOENI, Ralph in 1103. Ralph (son of DE TOENI, Ralph and MONTFORD, Isabel) was born in 1079 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1126 in Conches, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. DE TOENI, Roger  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1104; died between 1157 and 1162.
    2. 24. DE TOENI, Simon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1106 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.
    3. 25. DE TOENI, Isabel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1108 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.
    4. 26. DE TOENI, Hugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1110 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.
    5. 27. DE TOENI, Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1118 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.

  7. 15.  MAUDE, Countess of Huntingdon QueenMAUDE, Countess of Huntingdon Queen Descendancy chart to this point (7.Judith3, 3.Adelaide2, 1.Robert1) was born in 1074; died in 1130 in Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in 1130 in Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 27 GGM
    • Royalty & Nobility: Queen Consort of Scotland
    • Name: Queen Matilda

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Scone Abbey

    Died:
    buried at Scone Abbey

    Queen married SCOTLAND, King David I of in 1113. King (son of SCOTLAND, Malcolm III of and SCOTLAND, Margaret of) was born in 1084; died on 24 May 1153. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. SCOTLAND, Heir apparent to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also the 3rd Earl of Northumberland and the 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. Henry of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1114; died on 12 Jun 1152.
    2. 29. MALCOLM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1113; died in died young.
    3. 30. CLARICIA  Descendancy chart to this point died in died unmarried.
    4. 31. HODIERNA  Descendancy chart to this point died in died young and unmarried.

    Queen married DE SENSLIS, Simon in 1090. Simon died about 1111. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. LIZ, Simon of St  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1098; died in 1153.
    2. 33. MELROSE, Saint Waltheof of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1095; died in 1159.
    3. 34. LIZ, Matilda of St  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1140.


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