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• Also Known As : William IX, The Troubadour
• Old Address: He erected the Palace of Poictou
• Occupation: Assisted Philip I of France against William the Conqueror.
• Occupation: Duke of Aqutiane
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Notes:

Died:
After confering large donations on the Church, he died.

Family/Spouse: Philippa Taillefer. Philippa (daughter of Count of Toulouse William Taillefer, IV and Mathilde) was born in 1073; died in 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Family/Spouse: King of Aragon Ramiro Sanchez, II. Ramiro (son of King of Aragon Sancho Ramirez, V and Isabel De Urgel) was born in 1075; died on 16 Aug 1157 in Huesca, , Arag. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Petronilla married Count of Barcelona Raymond Berengar, IV on 11 Aug 1137. Raymond (son of Count of Barcelona Berengar Raymond, III and Countess of Provence Douce Aldonza Milhaud) was born in 1120; died in 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Eleanor married King of England Henry Plantagenet, II in 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France. Henry (son of Count of England Geoffrey Plantagenet, V and Queen of England (disputed) Matilda) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married King of France Louis Capet, VII on 22 Jul 1137 (Annulled) in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France. Louis (son of King of France Louis Capet, VI and Adelaide De Maurienne) was born in 1121; died on 18 Sep 1180 in The Seine, Paris, , , France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Alix

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As : Alfonso II, The Chaste, Alphonso II
• Occupation: King of Aragon in Spain
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Alfonso married Infanta of Castile Sancha on 18 Jan 1174. Sancha (daughter of Emperor of Castile Alfonso Ramundez, VII and Richeza, of Poland) was born on 21 Sep 1154; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Richard I
• Also Known As : Richard I Coeur de Lion
• Also Known As : The Lionhearted
• Stories and Notes: Richard was the third son of Henry II. He twice rebelled against his father before he became King of England in 1189, but based himself in his Duchy in Aquitaine inherited from his mother Eleanor. He spent only six months of his reign in England and spoke only French. He appointed William Longchamp as Chancellor of England during his absence but he was overthrown by Richard’s brother John. Richard acquired a reputation as a leader and warrior becoming known as Richard ‘The Lion Heart’ or ‘Coeur de Lion’. His experience in warfare came from controlling rebellions in Poitou in the 1170s and against his father, Henry II, in 1183. He took up Henry's plans to recover Jerusalem on his accession in 1189 and set out to establish bases for crusades in Sicily in 1190 and Cyprus, which he took in 1191. Engaging in the siege of Acre, which he brought to a swift conclusion, he set off down the coast to Jaffa, conducting a fighting march against Saladin. In the third Crusade 1191–92 he won victories at Cyprus, Acre, and Arsuf (against Saladin), but failed to recover Jerusalem. While returning overland he was captured by the Duke of Austria, who handed him over to the emperor Henry VI. He was held prisoner until a large ransom was raised. On his release he returned briefly to England, where his brother John had been ruling in his stead. His later years were spent in warfare in France, where he was killed by a crossbow bolt while besieging Châlus-Chabrol in 1199. He left no heir.
• To Lady Kathleen: 23 x great uncle
• Occupation: 1189 to 1199; King of England

Notes:

Occupation:
Richard only spend 6 month while he was King in England. He was capture in Austria and was only released by Emporer Henry VI after payment of an enourmous ransom

Richard married Berengia Jimenez on 12 May 1191 in Limassol, , Limassol, Cyprus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Geoffery II
• Occupation: Duke of Brittany

Geoffrey married Constance, of Brittany in 1181. Constance died in 1201. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Princess of England
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Eleanor married King of Castile Alfonso, VIII in 1177 in Burgos Cathedral, Castile, Spain. Alfonso (son of King of Castile Sancho, III) was born on 11 Nov 1155 in Castile, Spain; died on 6 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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.
• Stories and Notes: See Notes
• Stories and Notes: See Notes
• 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.

Family/Spouse: Suzanne De Warenne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Agatha Ferrers. Agatha (daughter of Earl of Derby William Ferrers and Silbil De Braose) was born in 1168 in Charltey, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Queen Consort of England Isabella Taillefer on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, , Aquitaine, France. Isabella (daughter of Count of Angouleme Aymer Taillefer and Alice Courtaney) was born in 1186 in Angouleme, , Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 31 May 1246 in Fonteevrault. Maine-et-Loire, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontevrault, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, , Anjou, , Rhone-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Family/Spouse: Count of Champaigne Henry, I. Henry (son of Count of Blois Theobald, III and Maud, of Carpinthia) was born in 1127; died in 1181. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]