Normandy, Alice of
1. Normandy, Alice of (daughter of Richard, Duke of Normandy III and Adelaide Princess of France). Notes:
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Parents from Carr P. Collins, Jr., "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons"
(Dallas: 1959), p. 262." Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 132A-24 states
Alice is dau. of Richard III by an unknown mistress.Alice married Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin I on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Ranulph Vicomte de Bayeux died after Apr 1089.
2. Richard, Duke of Normandy III (son of Richard, Duke of Normandy II and Brittany, Judith of); died on 6 Sep 1028. III + Adelaide Princess of France. (daughter of Robert, King of France II and Taillefer, of Provence Constance de) was born in 1009; died on 8 Jan 1079 in Messinesmonastre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Adelaide Princess of France was born in 1009 (daughter of Robert, King of France II and Taillefer, of Provence Constance de); died on 8 Jan 1079 in Messinesmonastre. Notes:
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Adelaide (also known as Adelisa of France) may be daughter of Robert II and
another wife.Notes:
Married:
her first of twoChildren:
Generation: 3
4. Richard, Duke of Normandy II (son of Richard, Duke of Normandy I of Normandy and Crepon, Gonnor de); died on 28 Aug 1026. II married Brittany, Judith of in 1000. Judith (daughter of Conan, Count of Rennes I and Anjou, Ermengarde of) was born in 982; died in 1017. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Brittany, Judith of was born in 982 (daughter of Conan, Count of Rennes I and Anjou, Ermengarde of); died in 1017. Notes:
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She founded the abbey of Bernay in Normandy about 1026 per one source.Children:
- 2. Richard, Duke of Normandy III died on 6 Sep 1028.
- Robert, Duke of Normandy I was born about 1008; died on 22 Jul 1035 in Bythinian Nicaea.
6. Robert, King of France II was born on 27 Mar 970 in Orleans (son of Capet, King of France Hugh and Poitou, Adelaide of); died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan; was buried in St. Denis. Notes:
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Robert was educated at Rheims under Gerbert (later Pope Silvester II). "As
the ideal of mediaeval Christianity he won his surname of `Pious' by his
humility and charity, but he also possessed some of the qualities of a
soldier and a statesman." Crowned in 12-987, he became sole king on his
father's death in 996. Marriage irregularities led to his excommunication
by Pope Gregory V.{-Encycl.Brit.,`56,19:347}
"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 101-21 gives his birth year as 985.II married Taillefer, of Provence Constance de in 1002. Constance (daughter of William, Count of Toulouse III and d'Anjou, Blanche) was born in 986; died on 25 Jul 1032. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Taillefer, of Provence Constance de was born in 986 (daughter of William, Count of Toulouse III and d'Anjou, Blanche); died on 25 Jul 1032. Notes:
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For an extended discussion of the puzzle of her parentage, see "England
Under the Angevin Kings," Kate Norgate (N.Y.: Haskel House, 1969), Vol. 1,
pp. 190ff.Notes:
Married:
his third wifeChildren:
- Henry, King of France I was born in 1006; died on 24 Aug 1060 in Vitry-aux Loges; was buried in St. Denis.
- 3. Adelaide Princess of France was born in 1009; died on 8 Jan 1079 in Messinesmonastre.
Generation: 4
8. Richard, Duke of Normandy I of Normandy (son of Longsword, Duke of Normandy William and Sprota); died in 996. I married Crepon, Gonnor de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Crepon, Gonnor de (daughter of Herfastus, Sire de Crepon). Notes:
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Several sources, i.e. John S. Wurts ("Magna Charta" (Philadelphia:
Brookfield, 1945), p. 164, state that she is daughter of Harald Blaatand,
King of Denmark, who died in 981. It is known that she was "of Danish
extraction."Children:
- Normandy, Beatrice of
- 4. Richard, Duke of Normandy II died on 28 Aug 1026.
- Robert, Count ofEvreaux died in 1037.
10. Conan, Count of Rennes I (son of Berrenger, Count of Rennes Juhael); died in 992. Notes:
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Conan "le Tort" took Nantes in 990; descends from a Conan known as Cynan
Medriadog, Prince of Albaine and Powys, who died in 421 (m.388 Dareara,
sister of St. Patrick & dau. of Calphurnius) - the legends also have Cynan
leaving to found a colony in Armorica, France in 384. Legend also traces
Conan's line from ancient Welsh "kings." As Count of Rennes he subdued the
entire province and his son and successor, Geoffrey, was first to assume
the title "Duke of Brittany." The dukes were crowned at Rennes.I married Anjou, Ermengarde of in 980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Anjou, Ermengarde of (daughter of Geoffrey, Count of Anjou I and Vermandois, Adelaide of). Children:
- 5. Brittany, Judith of was born in 982; died in 1017.
12. Capet, King of France Hugh was born in 941 in Chartres (son of Hugh, Duke of France Prince and Hatwide Princess of Saxony); died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres. Notes:
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Eldest son of Hugh the Great, he was a founder of the Capetian House and
lay abbot of the Abbeys of St. Martin of Tours and of St. Denis. His
surname "Capet" may derive from his abbot's cape. He was elected king by
the assembly of Senlis, but he secured the succession for his descendants
by suspending the feudal right of election. He is buried in front of the
altar in the Basilica of the Trinity at St. Denis, France. {Born in winter
of 941 per "Ancestral Roots..." [Balt., 1992] 53-20.}Hugh married Poitou, Adelaide of on Yes, date unknown. Adelaide (daughter of William Count Of Poitou and Adele) was born in 945; died in 1004. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Poitou, Adelaide of was born in 945 (daughter of William Count Of Poitou and Adele); died in 1004. Notes:
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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 53-20: she "b. ca. 945, d. ca. 1004."
Birth:
desc. of CharlemagneChildren:
- Hedwig, of France died after 1013.
- 6. Robert, King of France II was born on 27 Mar 970 in Orleans; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan; was buried in St. Denis.
14. William, Count of Toulouse III was born in 947 (son of Raymond, Duke of Aquitaine III and Tuscany, Bertha of); died in Sep 1037. III + d'Anjou, Blanche. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. d'Anjou, Blanche (daughter of Fulk, Count of Anjou II and Gatinais, Gerberga of The). Notes:
Married:
his first wifeChildren:
- 7. Taillefer, of Provence Constance de was born in 986; died on 25 Jul 1032.