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• Also Known As : Robert I the Magnificent
• Also Known As : Robert II, The Devil
• Occupation: 6th Duke of Normandy
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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Birth:
est date or 1008

Occupation:
Robert contributed to the restoration of Henry King of France to his throne, and received from the gratitude of that monarch, the Vexin, as an additional to his patrimonial domains. In the 8th year of his reign, curiosity or devotn induced him t o undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatiges of the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his consitution he died on his way home.

Family/Spouse: Herleve, of Falaise. Herleve (daughter of Fulbert, of Falaise and Doda, Wife of De Falaise) was born in 1013; died in 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : William I, The Conqueror
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 25 December 1066. He was the illegitimate son of Duke Robert the Devil whom he succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1035. Claiming that his 2nd cousin King Edward the Confessor had bequeathed him the English throne, William invaded England in September 1066, defeating Harold II Godwineson at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. William's coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066. He completed the establishment of feudalism in England, compiling detailed records of land and property in the Domesday Book, and kept the barons firmly under control. He died in Rouen after a fall from his horse and is buried in Caen, France. He was succeeded by his son William II. William's early years were marked by violence and disorder. In 1046 his cousin, Guy of Burgundy, led a revolt which forced the young duke to seek the aid of his overlord, Henry I of France. With Henry's help, William defeated Guy at Val-és-Dunes, and firmly secured control over Normandy. In 1051–52 William and Henry besieged and captured Domfront castle and Alençon in Maine, France. Almost immediately afterwards, William, Count of Arques, rebelled against the duke with the support of Henry I, who was increasingly concerned about Normandy's growing power. William quickly besieged the rebel Arques-la-Bataille castle and it was surrendered to him in 1053. In 1054 Henry I and Geoffrey of Anjou invaded Normandy, but the annihilation of part of their force at Mortimer forced them to withdraw. Their second invasion, in 1057, was defeated at Varaville. In 1051 Edward the Confessor had nominated William as heir to the English throne, but when he died in January 1066 Harold (II) Godwinson was crowned. William immediately began preparations for an invasion of England. On 28 September his forces landed unopposed at Pevensey, Sussex. Harold was in the north of England defeating an invasion led by Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, but immediately marched south to meet William. Their armies clashed in the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. Harold was slain and William achieved a decisive victory. In 1067 William forcibly brought southwest England under his control. In 1068 he marched north and east to establish a number of strategic fortifications. In the summer of 1069 Swein Estrithson of Denmark landed with a considerable force in the Humber and was welcomed by the northern English earls who joined him in expelling the Norman garrison at York. William immediately marched north, destroying everything in his path, and reoccupied York. He undertook a systematic harrying of the north, setting his troops to kill and burn in order to leave nothing that could support future rebellion. The Danish fleet was bought off and departed. In 1072 William led an invasion that forced King Malcolm of Scotland to surrender hostages and swear fealty. In 1073 he was back in France suppressing rebellion in Maine. His regents dealt with a rebellion by the English earls in 1075, and in the latter years of his reign, William twice faced rebellion in Normandy led by his eldest son, Robert (II) Curthose. In 1087 William sacked the French-controlled town of Mantes in the Vexin. In the fighting he suffered a fatal internal injury after being thrown against the pommel of his saddle. He was taken to the priory of Saint-Gervais near Rouen where on 9 September he died.
• To Lady Kathleen: 27 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1035 to 1087; Duke of Normandy
• Occupation: 1066 to 1087; King of England

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Occupation:
Invaded England defeated and killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. The Norman conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by the establishment of feaudalism under which his followers were granted land in return f or pledges of service and loyalty. As King William was noted for his efficient if harsh rule. His administration relied upon Norman and other foreign personnell especially Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book.

William married Matilda, of Flanders in 1053. Matilda (daughter of Count of Flanders Baldwin, V and Princess of France Adela Capet) was born in 1028 in , , Flanders, Belgium; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, , Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Countess of Aumale
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Family/Spouse: Count of Lens Lambert, II. Lambert died in 1054. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : William II, Rufus the Red
• Occupation: King of England reigned 1087 to 1100
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1087, the third son of William (I) the Conqueror. He spent most of his reign attempting to capture Normandy from his brother Robert (II) Curthose , Duke of Normandy. His extortion of money led his barons to revolt. Malcolm III of Scotland twice invades England in 1091 and 1093 before Malcolm is defeated and killed at the Battle of Alnwick. William also had to deal with rebellions in Northumbria and along the Welsh border. He was killed in 1100 while hunting in the New Forest, Hampshire, and was succeeded by his brother Henry I.
• To Lady Kathleen: 28 x great uncle

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Died:
struck in the eye by an arrow and killed while hunting in New Forest

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
• Occupation: 1102; She became a Nun at Cluniac Priory in widowhood

Adela married Count of Blois Stephen Henry, II in 1081. Stephen (son of Count of Blois Theobald, II and Barsende Von Maine) was born in 1045; died on 19 May 1102 in Ramula, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Palstine, Middle East. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Beauclerc, Lion of Justice
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1100. Youngest son of William the Conqueror, he succeeded his brother William II. He won the support of the Saxons by granting them a charter and marrying a Saxon princess, Edith, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. She was known as Matilda after her marriage, a name more acceptable to the Norman Barons than her Saxon name Edith. Henry's daughter was also called Matilda. He was an able administrator, and established a professional bureaucracy and a system of travelling judges. He was called Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests. In 1101 his elder brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, attempted to seize the crown by invading England. However, after the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognise his brother Henry as King and returned to Normandy. They fought again in 1106 at Battle of Tinchebrai at which Robert was captured and Henry became Duke of Normandy as well as King of England. Henry's only legitimate son and heir, William, was drowned in 1120 in wreck of the White Ship and Henry tried to settle the succession on his daughter Matilda and her son Henry (later Henry II). However, Matilda widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, was unpopular when she re-married into the House of Anjou rival of the House of Normandy. The throne was taken by Henry's nephew Stephen, who, towards the end of his reign, agreed to adopt Matilda's son as his heir. Henry died in Normandy in 1135 of food poisoning according to legend from eating a 'surfeit of Lampreys' (an eel type fish). His body was taken to Rouen and then back to England where he was buried in Reading Abbey. The Abbey was subsequently destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries 1536 to 1541. Plans to try and locate his bones have been announced by the same team who found Richard III's remains in Leicester.
• Web Site: Britannia's Site Page about Henry I, Beauclerc - http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon24.html
• Web Site: Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England
• To Lady Kathleen: 26 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1100 to 1135; King of England
• Occupation: 1106 to 1135; Duke of Normandy

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Occupation:
His reign is notable for important legal and administrative reforms, and for the final resolution of the investiture controversy. Abroad, he waged several campaigns in order to consolidate and expand his continental possessions. Was so hated b y his brothers that they vowed to disinherit him. In 1106 he captured Robert and held him until he died. He proved to be a hard but just ruler.

Family/Spouse: Lady Sybil Corbert, of Alcester. Sybil (daughter of Sir Robert Corbert) was born in 1077 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; died after 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Edith Canmore on 11 Nov 1100. Edith (daughter of King of Scotland Malcolm Canmore, III and St. Margaret, of Scotland) was born in 1080 in Dunfermline, , Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 1 May 1118 in Westminster, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Westminister Abbey, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Adeliza, of Leuven on 29 Jan 1121. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabel Beaumont. Isabel (daughter of Earl of Leicester Robert Beaumont, I and Isabel Capet) was born in 1104; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : of Normandy
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Judith married Earl of Huntington Waltheof in 1070. Waltheof (son of Earl of Northumberland Ealred and Aefflaed, of Bamburgh) was born in 1020; died on 31 May 1076 in St. Giles Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Count of Blois, 3rd Count Palatine of Champaigne
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Family/Spouse: Maud, of Carpinthia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Count of Mortain
• Occupation: Duke of Blois
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1135. A grandson of William the Conqueror, he was elected king in 1135, although he had previously recognized Henry I's daughter Matilda as heiress to the throne. Matilda landed in England in 1139, and civil war disrupted the country with fighting between Stephen and forces loyal to Matilda. Stephen was briefly taken prisoner and Matilda declared Queen until she was defeated at the Battle of Farringdon in 1145. In 1153 Stephen acknowledged Matilda's son, Henry II, as his own heir
• To Lady Kathleen: 25 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 1135 to 1144; Duke of Normandy
• Occupation: 1135 to 1154; King of England

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Occupation:
He siezed the throne from Matilda who invaded England in 1139. The civil war that followed proved him a brave soldier but revealed his lack of political sense. In 1152, after much of the country had been ravaged in factional fighting and the roy al administration had broken down, Stephen recognized Matilda's son Henry as heir to the throne.

Stephen married Queen of England Matilda in 1125 in Westminster, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Matilda (daughter of Count of Boulogne Eustance, III and Princess of Scotland Mary) was born in 1104 in Boulogne, , , France; died on 3 May 1152 in Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Earl of Glocester
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Notes:

Birth:
est date

Family/Spouse: Mabel Fitz Hamon. Mabel (daughter of Lord of Glamorgan Robert Fitz Hamon and Sibyl Montgomery) was born in 1090 in , , England, United Kingdom; died in 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Joan
• Occupation: Princess of England
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Elizabeth married Lord of Galloway Fergus in 1124 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom. Fergus (son of Lord of Allerdale Maldred Canmore, I and Ealdgyth, of Northumbria) was born in 1058 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 1161 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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.

Matilda married Count of England Geoffrey Plantagenet, V on 22 May 1128 in LeMans, Normandy, France. Geoffrey (son of King of Jerusalem Fulk Plantagenet, V and Ermengarde, of Maine) was born on 24 Aug 1113; died on 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loir, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
perished in the wreck of the White Ship on 25 November 1120 off the coast of Normandy

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

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Birth:
or 1072

Matilda married King of Scotland David Canmore, I in 1113. David (son of King of Scotland Malcolm Canmore, III and St. Margaret, of Scotland) was born in 1082; died on 24 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Simon Senlis. Simon (son of Landry Senlis) died in 1111 in Charite-Sur-Loir, Nievre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Family/Spouse: Ralph De Toeni, IV. Ralph (son of Ralph De Toeni, III and Isabelle De Montfort) was born in 1069; died in 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]