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Baron of Chilham Richard Fitzjohn

Male 1186 - 1270  (84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Baron of Chilham Richard Fitzjohn was born in 1186 in Chilham Castle, Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom (son of King of England John Plantagenet and Suzanne De Warenne); died on 6 Aug 1270.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Richard Fitzroy, Richard of Dover
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Richard married Rohsia, of Dover in 1207 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Rohsia (daughter of Robert, of Dover and Isabel De Briwere) was born in 1188 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; died in 1232 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Richard De Chilham was born in 1215 in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; died on 6 Aug 1270 in Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, Africa.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  King of England John PlantagenetKing of England John Plantagenet was born on 24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom (son of King of England Henry Plantagenet, II and Princess of Aquitaine Eleanor); died on 18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : John Lackland (nickname)
    • Occupation: King of England Reigned 1199 to 1216.
    • Stories and Notes: His concessions did not buy peace for long and the Barons War continued. The barons sought French aid and Prince Louis of France landed in England supported by attacks from the North by Alexander II of Scotland. John fled and according to legend lost most of his baggage and the crown jewels when crossing the tidal estuaries of the Wash. He became ill with dysentery and died at Newark Castle in October 1216.
    • Stories and Notes: His repressive policies and ruthless taxation to fund the warin France brought him into conflict with his barons which became known as the Barons War. In 1215 rebel baron leaders marched on London where they were welcomed by an increasing band of defectors from John’s royalist supporters. Their demands were drawn up in a document which became the known as the Magna Carta. John sort peace and met them at Runnymede where on 15th June 1215 he agreed to their demands and sealed the Magna Carta. It was a remarkable document which set limits on the powers of the king, laid out the feudal obligations of the barons, confirmed the liberties of the Church, and granted rights to all freemen of the realm and their heirs for ever. It was the first written constitution.
    • Stories and Notes: John was nicknamed Lackland, probably because, as the youngest of Henry II's five sons, it was difficult to find a portion of his father's French possessions for him to inherit. He was acting king from 1189 during his brother Richard the Lion-Heart's absence on the Third Crusade. The legend of Robin Hood dates from this time in which John is portrayed as Bad King John. He was involved in intrigues against his absent brother, but became king in 1199 when Richard was killed in battle in France.
    • Stories and Notes: Most of his reign was dominated by war with France. Following the peace treaty of Le Goulet there was a brief peace, but fighting resumed again in 1202. John had lost Normandy and almost all the other English possessions in France to Philip II of France by 1204. He spent the next decade trying to regain these without success and was finally defeated by Philip Augustus at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. He was also in conflict with the Church. In 1205 he disputed the pope's choice of Stephen Langton as archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope Innocent III placed England under an interdict, suspending all religious services, including baptisms, marriages, and burials. John retaliated by seizing church revenues, and in 1209 was excommunicated. Eventually, John submitted, accepting the papal nominee, and agreed to hold the kingdom as a fief of the papacy; an annual monetary tribute was paid to the popes for the next 150 years by successive English monarchs.
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    • To Lady Kathleen: 22 x great grandfather

    Notes:

    Stories and Notes:
    His reign saw renewal of war with Phillip II Augustus of France to whom he has lost several continental possesions including Normandy by 1205.

    Stories and Notes:
    Forced to signed Magna Carta on June 15, 1215 at Runnymede After he came into conflict with his Barons.

    Died:
    His later repudiation of the charter led to the first barons war 1215-17 during which John died.

    John married Suzanne De Warenne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Suzanne De Warenne (daughter of Earl of Surrey Hamelin Plantagenet and Isabella De Warenne).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. 1. Baron of Chilham Richard Fitzjohn was born in 1186 in Chilham Castle, Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; died on 6 Aug 1270.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  King of England Henry Plantagenet, IIKing of England Henry Plantagenet, II was born on 25 Mar 1133 in LeMans, Normandy, France (son of Count of England Geoffrey Plantagenet, V and Queen of England (disputed) Matilda); died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon / Saumur, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Curtmantle, Fitzempress
    • Occupation: Duke of Normandy
    • Stories and Notes: King of England 1154–89. The son of Matilda and Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, he succeeded King Stephen (c. 1097–1154). He curbed the power of the barons, but his attempt to bring the church courts under control was abandoned after the murder of Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. The English conquest of Ireland began during Henry's reign. On several occasions his sons rebelled, notably 1173–74. Henry was succeeded by his son Richard (I) the Lionheart. Henry was lord of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and Count of Anjou, Brittany, Poitou, Normandy, Maine, and Gascony. He claimed Aquitaine through marriage to the heiress Eleanor in 1152. Henry's many French possessions caused him to live for more than half his reign outside England. This made it essential for him to establish a judicial and administrative system which would work during his absence. His chancellor and friend, Becket, was persuaded to become archbishop of Canterbury in 1162 in the hope that he would help the king curb the power of the ecclesiastical courts. However, once consecrated, Becket felt bound to defend church privileges, and he was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral 1170 by four knights of the king's household. In 1171 Henry invaded Ireland and received homage from the King of Leinster. In 1174 his three sons Henry, Richard and Geoffrey led an unsuccessful rebellion against their father.
    • Stories and Notes: Movie Title: Becket Starring: Richard Burton as Thomas a Becket and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II Released: 1964 Production: Paramount
    • To Lady Kathleen: 23 x great grandfather
    • Occupation: 1154 to 1189; King of England

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    First of the Angevin kings. He ruled an empire that stretched from the Tweed to the Pyrenees. In spite of frequent hostitilties with the French King his own family and rebellious Barons (culminating in the great revolt of 1173-74) and hisquarre l with Thomas Becket, Henry maintained control over his possessions until shortly before his death. His judicial andadministrative reforms which increased Royal control and influence at the expense of the Barons were of great constitutional impo rtance. Introduced trial by Jury.

    Henry married Princess of Aquitaine Eleanor in 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France. Eleanor (daughter of Duke of Aquitaine William, X and Eleanor De Rochefoucauld) was born in 1122 in Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France; died on 1 Apr 1204 in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Princess of Aquitaine Eleanor was born in 1122 in Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France (daughter of Duke of Aquitaine William, X and Eleanor De Rochefoucauld); died on 1 Apr 1204 in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Princess, Queen of France, Queen of England, Countess of Saintonge, Angoumois, Limousin, Auvergne, Bordeaux, Agen.
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. King of England Richard Plantagenet, I, the lionhearted was born on 8 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 6 Apr 1199 in Chalus, Aquitaine, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France.
    2. Duke of Brittany Geoffrey Plantagenet, II was born in 1158; died in 1186.
    3. Henry Plantagenet was born about 1160; died about 1220.
    4. Princess of England Eleanor Plantagenet was born in 1162 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in 1214 in , , , Spain.
    5. 2. King of England John Plantagenet was born on 24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom; died on 18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France.

  3. 6.  Earl of Surrey Hamelin Plantagenet (son of Count of England Geoffrey Plantagenet, V and Adelaide, of Angers); died on 7 May 1202.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Assumed the name Warren as well
    • Occupation: 5th Earl of Surrey
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Hamelin married Isabella De Warenne in 1163. Isabella (daughter of Earl of Surrey William De Warenne and Ala Talvas) was born in 1136; died on 12 Jul 1203. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Isabella De Warenne was born in 1136 (daughter of Earl of Surrey William De Warenne and Ala Talvas); died on 12 Jul 1203.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Isabel
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. Ida Plantagenet
    2. 3. Suzanne De Warenne


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Count of England Geoffrey Plantagenet, V was born on 24 Aug 1113 (son of King of Jerusalem Fulk Plantagenet, V and Ermengarde, of Maine); died on 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loir, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Geoffrey V, The Fair
    • Occupation: Count of Anjou & Maine & Duke of Normandy 1144-1150.
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Geoffrey married Queen of England (disputed) Matilda on 22 May 1128 in LeMans, Normandy, France. Matilda (daughter of King of England Henry, I and Edith Canmore) was born in 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Queen of England (disputed) MatildaQueen of England (disputed) Matilda was born in 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom (daughter of King of England Henry, I and Edith Canmore); died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Matilda the Empress
    • To Lady Kathleen: 24 x great grandmother
    • Occupation: 1141 - 1148; Queen of England (disputed)

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    She was designated Henry's heir, and at his death in 1135, Stephen siezed the throne and Matilda invaded England in 1139 inuagurating a period of inconclusive civil war. She and the second husband Geoffrey captured normandy and in 1152 the Treat y of Wallingford recognised Henry as Stephen's heir.

    Children:
    1. 4. King of England Henry Plantagenet, II was born on 25 Mar 1133 in LeMans, Normandy, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon / Saumur, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France.

  3. 10.  Duke of Aquitaine William, X was born in 1099 in Toulouse, France (son of Duke of Aquitaine William, IX and Philippa Taillefer); died on 9 Apr 1137 in St. Jacques-de-Compostelle, Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : William X, The Toulousan
    • Occupation: Duke of Aqutaine
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Notes:

    Died:
    while making a religious pilgrimage, died suddenly of food
    poisoning

    William married Eleanor De Rochefoucauld in 1121. Eleanor (daughter of Viscount of Chatellerhault Aimery De Rochefoucauld, I and Dangereuse Bouchard) was born in 1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France; died in 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Eleanor De Rochefoucauld was born in 1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France (daughter of Viscount of Chatellerhault Aimery De Rochefoucauld, I and Dangereuse Bouchard); died in 1130.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Aenor I
    • Occupation: Viscount of Chatellerault
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. 5. Princess of Aquitaine Eleanor was born in 1122 in Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France; died on 1 Apr 1204 in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France.
    2. Petronella, of Aquitaine was born in 1125; died on 24 Oct 1153.

  5. 12.  Count of England Geoffrey Plantagenet, V was born on 24 Aug 1113 (son of King of Jerusalem Fulk Plantagenet, V and Ermengarde, of Maine); died on 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loir, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As : Geoffrey V, The Fair
    • Occupation: Count of Anjou & Maine & Duke of Normandy 1144-1150.
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Geoffrey married Adelaide, of Angers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Adelaide, of Angers

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. 6. Earl of Surrey Hamelin Plantagenet died on 7 May 1202.

  7. 14.  Earl of Surrey William De Warenne was born in 1119 (son of Earl of Surrey William De Warenne and Isabel Capet); died in 1148 in Laodicea, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Palstine, Middle East.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 3rd Earl of Surrey
    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was a crusader who died in the Holy Land

    William married Ala Talvas. Ala (daughter of Count of Ponthieu William Talvas and Ela Capet) died on 10 Oct 1174. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Ala Talvas (daughter of Count of Ponthieu William Talvas and Ela Capet); died on 10 Oct 1174.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

    Children:
    1. 7. Isabella De Warenne was born in 1136; died on 12 Jul 1203.