Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Throndheim

Eystein married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Ivar Earl of Uplands on Yes, date unknown. (son of Halfdan, The Old and dau. of Eystein Glumra) died in 790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of More

Notes:

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Eystein Glumra was Earl of the Upplands.

Eystein married Jutland, Aseda of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of More

Notes:

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Also known as Count Regnvald ("the Rich") and as "The Wise", Earl of North
and South More, of Raumsdale in Norway.{"Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta
Barons," Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, p.201-02, states that he died
about 894. (Rogenwald = Regnvald = Rognald)}

married Hildir, Dau. of RolfNefio on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 912, Rouen Cathedral

Notes:

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Rollo (Robert) was first Duke of Normandy about 911, and abdicated in 927. He was baptised in
912 in the Cathedral of Rouen. A correspondent on Prodigy states he was born about 870 in
Maer, Norway, died 927-32. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 121E-18: "Ganger Rolf, 'the
Viking' (or Rollo), banished from Norway to the Hebrides ca. 876, 890 participated in Viking
attack on Bayeux, where Count Berenger of Bayeux was killed, and his dau. Poppa captured and
taken, 886, by Rollo (now called Count of Rouen) as his 'Danish' wife. Under Treaty of St.
Claire, 911, rec'd the Duchy of Normandy from Charles III, 'the Simple'; d. ca. 927 (Isenburg
says 931), bur. Notre Dame, Rouen." "The Normans in European History," Charles Homer Haskins
(NY: Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1959), p. 28: Rollo was granted Normandy in 911 by King Charles
the Simple of the Franks. Rollo "...was known in the North as Hrolf the Ganger, because he
was so huge that no horse could carry him and he must needs gang afoot. A pirate at home, he
was driven into exile by the anger of King Harold, whereupon he followed his trade in the
Western Isles and in Gaul, and rose to be a great Jarl among his people."

married Valois, Lady Poppa de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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A proposed wife for Turf Einar I is Grelod, dau. of Duncan (Mormaer
Caithness) and wife Gro; Duncan = son of Thorstein "the Red" who is son of
Olaf "the White King" who is son of King Helgi (m. Thora, a Dane) who is
son of King Olaf who is son of Godfrey (King of Heidemark).

I married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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{This line of descent to Matilda d'Avranches who m. Ranulf, Viscount of
Bayeux, is from "Falaise Roll...," M. Jackson Crispin & Leonce Macary
(London: Butler & Tanner, 1938, Table III).}

Hrollager married Emina on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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For William and his ancestry see "Falaise Roll...," M. Jackson Crispin and
Leonce Macary (London: Butler & Tanner, 1938, Table IV at end of volume).
He was murdered on the island of Picquigny in the Somme.

William married Sprota on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Vaudreuil, Asperleng of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married William Count Of Poitou in 935. (son of Mancer, Count of Poitou Elbes and Emliane) was born about 925; died on 3 Apr 963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Gaithness, Grelod of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hrolf married Blois, Gerlotte of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married Crepon, Gonnor de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

I married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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{"The Plantagenet Ancestry,"W.H.Turton (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.100 gives
Raoul's parents as Asperling de Vaudreuil and wife Sporta de Senlis;
Sporta also m. William Longsword, Duke of Normandy, cf. p.6. - see ID1804.}

married Caux, Erneburge de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 53-20: she "b. ca. 945, d. ca. 1004."

Birth:
desc. of Charlemagne

Adelaide married Capet, King of France Hugh on Yes, date unknown. Hugh (son of Hugh, Duke of France Prince and Hatwide Princess of Saxony) was born in 941 in Chartres; died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Audna on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 978; 1st Viscount

Ansfrid married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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{Parents from "The Plantagenet Ancestry," W.H. Turton
(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.10.}

Beatrice married Warenne, Raoul ("Ralph") de on Yes, date unknown. Raoul (son of St-Martin, Gautier de and Gonnor Niece of Duchess) died in 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Archbishop of Rouen

Notes:

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Robert and Herleve had three sons: Richard, Ralph (sire of Gace) and William
(m. 1st the widow of Robert de Grentemesnil by whom he had a daughter who m.
Robert, Count of Sicily, and m. 2nd an unknown wife with whom he had William
and Roger (who came to England in 1066 and became ancestor of the Devereaux,
lord Ferrers of Chartley and earls of Essex).

Family/Spouse: Herleve. Herleve died in 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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From "A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314", by Michael Altschul, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins press, 1965.

   The Clares came to England with the Conqueror. Like many other great families which settled in England after the Conquest, they were related to the dukes of Normandy and had established themselves as important members of the Norman feudal

aristocracy in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. The origin of the family can be traced to Godfrey, eldest of the illegitimate children of Duke Richard I (the Fearless), the Conqueror's great-grandfather. While the Duke granted Godfrey

Brionne, he did not make him a count. Godfrey's comital title derives from the grant of the county of Eu made to him after 996 by his half-brother, Duke Richard II. After Godfrey's death, Eu was given to William, another of Duke Richard I's bastard

sons, and Gilbert, Godfrey's son, was left with only the lordship of Brionne. However, under Duke Robert I, father of William the Conqueror, Gilbert assumed the title of count of Brionne while not relinquishing his claim to Eu. When Count William of Eu

died shortly before 1040, Gilbert assumed the land and title, but he was assassinated in 1040 and his young sons, Richard and Baldwin, were forced to flee Normandy, finding safety at the court of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. When William the Conqueror

married Count Baldwin's daughter, he restored Gilbert's sons to Normandy, although he did not invest them with either Brionne or Eu or a comital title. William granted the lordships of Bienfaite and Orbec to Richard fitz Gilbert, and Le Sap and Meules

to Baldwin. While Gilbert's descendants later pressed a claim for Brionne, it was never restored.

   Richard and Baldwin fitz Gilbert took part in the Norman conquest of England, and both assumed important positions in the Conqueror's reign. Baldwin was made guardian of Exeter in 1068, and appears in the Domesday Book as sheriff of Devon, lord of

Okehampton and numerous other estates in Devon, Dorset, and Somerset. His sons William and Richard were also sheriffs of Devon and participated in the abortive Norman penetration of Carmarthen in the early twelfth century.

   However, the lasting position of the family in England must be credited to Baldwin's brother, Richard fitz Gilbert I. He was regent of England jointly with William de Warenne during the Conqueror's absence in 1075, and he served in various other

important capacities for the King. King William rewarded his cousin well, granting him one of the largest fiefs in the territorial settlement. The lordship centered on Clare (obviously the origin of the Clare family name), Suffolk, which had been an

important stronghold in Anglo-Saxon times. The bulk of Richard fitz Gilbert's estates lay in Suffolk, Essex, Surrey, and Kent, but comprised holdings in various other counties in the southern and eastern parts of the kingdom as well. In addition, King

William arranged for Richard's marriage to Rohese, sister of Walter Giffard, later Earl of Buckingham, and her dowry, consisting of lands in Huntingdon and Hertford, became absorbed in the family inheritance.

   After Richard's death, his extensive properties in Normandy and England were divided between his two eldest sons. The Norman fiefs of Bienfaite and Orbec passed to Roger, while Gilbert, inherited the English honors of Clare and Tonbridge.

- the players -

Richard I, Duke of Normandy, died 996

:

Godfrey of Brionne and Eu died ca 1015

:

Gilbert, count of Brionne died 1040

     :

     -Richard fitz Gilbert (1035-1090) = Rohese de Giffard

          :

          Roger d.s.p. 1130

          Gilbert fitz Richard I(ca1066-1117 ) = Adeliz daughter of Hugh Claremont

          Walter d.s.p.1138

          Richard, abbot of Ely 1100

          Robert d.1136

          Adelice = Walter Tirel

          Rohese = Eudo Dapifer

     -Baldwin fitz Gilbert died 1095

          :

          William d.s.p. 1096

          Robert d.s.p.1101

          Richard d.s.p.1137

While Gilbert fitz Richard I found himself at odds with the Conqueror's successor, William Rufus, he and other members of the family enjoyed great favor with Rufus' successor King Henry I. Some have suggested that Henry's largesse was due to the fact

that Walter Tirel, husband of Richard's daughter Adelize, shot the arrow which slew Rufus. Proof of this is lacking, but with certainty the wealth and position of the Clare family increased rapidly during Henry's reign. One of Rohese Giffards brothers

(Walter) was made Earl of Buckingham and another Bishop of Winchester. Gilbert fitz Richard's brothers were also rewarded: Richard, a monk at Bec, was made abbot of Ely in 1100; Robert was granted the forfeited manors of Ralph Baynard in East Anglia;

Walter, who founded Tintern Abbey in 1131, was given the great lordship of Netherwent with the castle of Striguil in the southern march, territories previously held by Roger, son of William fitz Osborn, Earl of Hereford, who had forfeited them in 1075.

In 1110 Gilbert was granted the lordship of Ceredigion (Cardigan) in southwestern Wales, and immediately embarked upon an intensive campaign to subjagate the area.

- the players -

     Gilbert fitz Richard I (ca1066-1117)=Adeliz d/o Hugh Claremont

          :

          Richard fitz Gilbert II (ante 1100-1136)=Adelize de Chester

          Gilbert b. 1100

          Baldwin d. 1154

          Hervey

          Walter

          Margaret=William de Montifichet

          Alice=Aubrey de Vere

          Rohese=Baderon de Monmouth

After Gilbert fitz Richard I died in 1117, his children continued to profit from royal generosity and favorable connections. His daughters were all married to important barons; William de Montfichet, Lord of Stansted in Essex, the marcher Lord Baderon

de Monmouth, and Aubrey de Vere, Lord of Hedingham in Essex and father of the first Vere Earl of Oxford. Of the five sons, little is known of two: Hervey, whom King Stephen sent on an expedition to Cardigan abt 1140, and Walter, who participated in the

Second Crusade of 1147. Baldwin established himself as an important member of the lesser baronage by obtaining the Lincolnshire barony of Bourne through marriage. Richard fitz Gilbert II, the eldest and heir, was allowed to marry Adeliz, sister of

Ranulf des Gernons, Earl of Chester, thus acquiring lands in Lincoln and Northampton as her marriage portion. He tried to consolidate the gains made by his father in Cardigan, but was killed in an ambush in 1136 and the lordship was soon recovered by

the Welsh.

   Of Gilbert fitz Richard I' sons, Gilbert was the only one to achieve any great prominence, being the founder of the great cadet branch of the family and the father of one of the most famous men in English history. Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare was

high in the favor of Henry I, perhaps because his wife Isabell, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and Earl of Leicester, was one of Henry's favorite mistresses. When Gilbert's uncle Roger died without heirs, Henry granted Gilbert the

lordships of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. When another uncle, Walter, Lord of Netherwent in South Wales, died without issue in 1138, King Richard? gave Gilbert this lordship in addition to the lordship of Pembroke, which had been forfeited by

Arnulf of Montgomery in 1102. Gilbert was also created Earl of Pembroke in 1138. At his death in 1148, he was succeeded by his son Richard fitz Gilbert, aka "Strongbow" who led the Norman invasion of Ireland and obtained the great lordship of Leinster

in 1171.

   Thus, in just two generations, the cadet branch of the Clares became one of the most important families in England.  Strongbow was Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Netherwent, and Lord of Leinster being the most powerful of the marcher and Anglo-Irish

magnates under King Henry II. Strongbow d. in 1176 and son Gilbert d. abt. 1185, ending the male line. In 1189, the inheritance passed to Strongbow's daughter Isabel and her husband, William Marshal.

   Meanwhile, the senior side prospered. After Richard fitz Gilbert II died in 1136, Clare, Tonbridge, and other estates passed to the eldest son Gilbert fitz Richard II, who was created Earl of Hertford by King Stephen. Gilbert died probably unmarried

in 1152, when his younger brother Roger inherited the estates and comital title. Roger resumed the the campaign against the Welsh in Cardigan where, after 8 years, he was defeated in 1165. However, Roger did add some lands and nine knights' fees

through his marriage to Maud, daughter and heir of the Norfolk baron James de St. Hillary. Roger died in 1173 and his widow, Maud, conveyed the remainder of the inheritance to her next husband, William de Aubigny, Earl of Arundel. The Clare estates

along with the earldom passed to Roger's son, Richard, who for the next 4 decades until he died in 1217, was the head of the great house of CLARE, adding immensely to the wealth, prestige, and landed endowment of his line.

   Roger's son Richard, hereinafter Richard de CLARE acquired half of the former honor of Giffard in 1189 when King Richard I, in need of money for the Third Crusade, agreed to divide the Giffard estates between Richard de CLARE and his cousin Isabel,

Strongbow's daughter based on their claims of descendancy to Rohese Giffard. Richard de CLARE obtained Long Crendon in Buckingham, the caput of the Giffard honor in England, associated manors in Buckingham, Cambridge, and Bedfordshire, and 43 knights'

fees, in addition to some former Giffard lands in Normandy. When Richard de CLARE's mother Maud died in 1195, he obtained the honor of St. Hilary. Maud's 2nd husband, William de Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, who had held St. Hilary jure uxoris, d. in 1193,

and despite the fact he had a son and heir, the honor reverted to Maud and after her death escheated to the crown. Richard de CLARE offered 360 and acquired it. The honor later became absorbed into the honor of CLARE and lost its separate identity.

   Richard de CLARE's most important act, however, was his marriage to Amicia, 2nd daughter and eventual sole heir to William Earl of Gloucester. The Gloucester inheritance included the earldom and honor of Gloucester with over 260 knights' fees in

England, along with the important marcher lordships of Glamorgan and Gwynllwg. It was not easy though!! William died 1183, leaving 3 daughters. The eldest, Mabel, married Amaury de Montfort, Count of Evreux, while the second, Amicia married Richard de

CLARE. King Henry II meanwhile arranged the marriage of the youngest Isabel, to his son John, Count of Mortain, in 1189. When John became King in 1199, he divorced Isabel to marry Isabelle of Angoul

married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Corbiel, Germaine de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Her brothers were churchmen - Hugh was Bishop of Bayeux and John was Bishop
of Avranches and then Archbishop of Rouen.

Emma married Crepon, Osbern de on Yes, date unknown. Osbern (son of Crepon, Herfast de) died in 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emme married Beauffou, Richard de on Yes, date unknown. Richard (son of Beauffou, Raoul de) died in 1081. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Possibly sister rather than daughter of Hugh Capet.

of married Regnier, Count of Hainaut IV on Yes, date unknown. IV (son of Regnier, Count of Hainaut III and Dagosbourg, Adele of) died in 1013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

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Sigurd died in the Battle of Clortarf, Ireland. {For this line see the
sometimes unreliable "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P.
Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, pp. 201-02} He is the 7th Earl of Orkney. John
S. Wurts, "Magna Charta," p. 2693, states he is "a descendant of Harold,
Prince of Rogaland, living A.D. 650, and of Auda the Deep-Minded, wife of
Olaf of Dublin, who died in 871.

married Donada on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Osmont married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Surrey

Notes:

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First Earl of Surrey; Companion of William the Conqueror; Lord of Reisgate, Conningsburgh and Bellencombre. Created Earl of Surrey, 1088. Was at Battle of Hastings, 1066. Founded the Cluniac Priory of St. Pancras, Lewes, 1077. Had other grants at
Lewes, Castle Acre in Norfolk, etc. {per "The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England," by John William Clay (London: 1913, p. 236).} The Warenne family originated at Varenne, Seine-Inf., two miles south of Arques on the River
Varenne, and their seat and castle town became Bellencombre to the north {per "Anglo-Norman Families," Publications of the Harleian Society, 1951 (Vol. 103). An ancestry of William, d. 1088, is given in "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr
P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959.} His share of the "spoil" in England following the Conquest included 300 manors and Lewes Castle. He was wounded at the siege of Pevensey and may have died as a
result. William was Count of Warenne in Normandy and is first mentioned regarding the battle of Mortemer in 1054; he attended the Council of Lillebonne where the decision was made to invade England. He was among the powerful Norman barons who
accompanied the Conqueror. In 1067 he was one of the barons entrusted with the government of England in the Conqueror's absence in Normandy. He is buried in the Lewes Chapter House. For a discussion of issues in identifying his ancestry, see
"Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co.), pp. 183-4.

William married Gundrada before 1077. Gundrada died on 27 May 1085. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: 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]

Notes:

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Robert I was Duke 1028-35. His wife is Estrith, sister of Canute the Great
(no issue). Robert was called "Robert the Devil", accused of poisoning his
brother (whom Robert succeeded as Duke); he sheltered the exiled English
princes, Edward and Alfred; he died returning from a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem.

Family/Spouse: Falaise, Herleve of. Herleve was born about 1012; died about 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 2nd Count

married Toeni, Adela (or Godeheut) on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giselbert married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Hereford

Notes:

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"...an intimate friend of William the Conqueror, and the principal agent in preparing for the invasion of England. He was the son of Osbern the seneschal, one of William's guardians during his minority, who had been murdered by the young duke's unruly
barons. Fitz Osbern founded a
monastery at Lire about 1042. He became seneschal to the duke, and urged on the plans for the invasion of England. At the conquest he received the earldom of Hereford with the special duty of pushing into Wales. During William's absence in 1067,
English affairs were left in the hands of Fitz Osbern and of Odo, bishop of Bayeux. Fitz Osbern also acted as William's lieutenant during the rebellions of 1069...was one of the feudal lords of the Welsh marches, and built several castles for the
defense of the border. In 1070 William sent him to assist Queen Matilda in the government of Normandy. But Richilde, widow of Baldwin VI of Flanders, having offered to marry him if he would protect her son Arnulf against Robert the Frisian, Fitz
Osbern accepted the proposal and joined Richilde in Flanders. He was killed, fighting against Robert, near Cassel, in 1071." -Encycl. Brit.,'56, 9:337. He was created Earl of Hereford in 1067. Also see "Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co, 1994),
pp. 41-42. For more information try on the World Wide Web: http://www.castlewales.com/osbern.html

Family/Spouse: Toeni, Adelina ("Alice") de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Montfort, Hugh II de. Hugh (son of Montfort, Hugh I de) died in 1066. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Beatrix m. (2) Manasses Calva Asina.

Family/Spouse: Ebles, Archbishop, Count of Rheims I. I (son of Giselbert Count of Roucy) died on 11 May 1033. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Annointed king at Reims in 1027, he succeeded his father in 1031. "Ancestral
Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 53-22 gives his birth-year. He m. (1) Matilda (or
Maud) Germany who d. 1044.

I married Kiev, Anne of on 20 Jan 1044. Anne (daughter of Yaroslav, Grand Prince of Kiev I and Sweden, Inguigard of) was born in 1024; died after 1075 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Adelaide (also known as Adelisa of France) may be daughter of Robert II and
another wife.

Family/Spouse: Richard, Duke of Normandy III. III (son of Richard, Duke of Normandy II and Brittany, Judith of) died on 6 Sep 1028. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Baldwin, Count of Flanders V in 1028 in Paris, France. V (son of Baldwin, Count of Flanders (the Forester) IV and Luxembourg, Ogive of) was born in 1012; died on 1 Sep 1067 in Lille. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Brusse was Earl of Caithness and Sunderland. {-Carr P. Collins, "Royal
Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons" (Dallas, 1959), p.226, gives his descent
to Robert I, King of Scotland 1306-29.} The name is from the town of Bruis
in France. Brusse was Privy Councillor to King Olaus the Holy, according to
"The Bruce Journal," 1:4, p. 47.

Brusse married Gothland, Ostrida of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1013; Viscount

Notes:

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In May, 2000 there is an Onfroy site on the World Wide Web, not necessarily
related to this person:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/olivier.earlofvere/presentation.html

Viscount married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Surrey

Notes:

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Second Earl of Surrey; at first supported Duke Robert but later supported
Henry I and was at the Battle of Tinchebray; made grants to Lewes Priory
and is buried in the Lewes Chapter House. He was Governor of Rouen in 1135.

Family/Spouse: de Vermandois, Isabel (aka Elizabeth). Isabel (daughter of Crepi, Hugh Magnus de and Vermandois, Adelaide ("Adele") de) was born in 1081; died on 13 Feb 1131. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

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William was described by a Norman monk "as a burly warrior with a harsh

gutteral voice, great in stature but not ungainly" - probably 5'10",

full-fleshed in face, of "russet hair" {-"William the Conqueror...," David

C. Douglas [London, 1966]}.  A primary source by a contemporary is "The

Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy," Ordericus Vitalis, trans.

Thomas Forester (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854).

     ----- Compton's Encyclopedia (America On-Line, 1995):

William I (born 1027, ruled 1066-87), called William the Conqueror, was an

illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy. His mother was a tanner's

daughter. William succeeded his father when he was only 7 years old. At 24 he

had made himself the mightiest feudal lord in all France by various

conquests, but his ambition was not satisfied. He laid plans to become king

of England also.

   William married Matilda, daughter of Baldwin V, count of Flanders, in

1053. She was descended from the old Anglo-Saxon line of kings. Among their

children were four sons: Robert, future duke of Normandy; Richard, who died

as a youth; William Rufus, who succeeded his father as king of England; and

Henry, who succeeded William Rufus. One daughter, Adela, became the mother of

England's King Stephen.

   Edward the Confessor, king of England, was William's cousin. William used

his connection with Flanders to put pressure on Edward to extort a promise

that he would become heir to the English throne. It is probable that Edward

made some kind of pledge to William as early as 1051. Edward died childless

on Jan. 5, 1066. William then claimed the throne on the basis of this

promise. The English, however, chose Harold, earl of Wessex, as their king.

   William prepared a large expedition and set sail for England. On Oct. 14,

1066, he defeated and killed Harold at Hastings in one of the decisive

battles of the world. Then he marched on London, and on Christmas day he was

crowned king.

   After subduing England's powerful earls, William seized their lands for

his Norman nobles and ordered the nobles to build fortified stone castles to

protect their lands. As payment for their fiefs, the nobles supplied the king

with armed knights. French became the language of the king's court and

gradually blended with the Anglo-Saxon tongue.

   William won the loyalty of the mass of the people by wisely retaining the

old Anglo-Saxon laws, courts, and customs with only a few changes. Thus the

principle of self-government, which lies at the root of the political system

of English-speaking peoples, was preserved and strengthened. At the same

time, William taught the English the advantages of a central government

strong enough to control feudal lords.

   Toward the end of his reign, William ordered a great census to be taken of

all the lands and people of England. This survey was called Domesday Book.

Two of the original books may still be seen at the Public Records Office in

London. "So very narrowly did he cause the survey to be made," complained the

old Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, "that there was not a single rood of land, nor an

ox, or a cow, or a pig passed by, and that was not set down in the accounts."

   William was often on the continent dealing with his widespread holdings.

He died there in 1087 from injuries received while warring with Philip I of

France. William was a man of great stature and had a tremendous voice. Such

was the good order he established that, according to a quaint historian of

his time, "any man, who was himself aught, might travel over the kingdom with

a bosom of gold unmolested, and no man durst kill another, however great the

injury he might have received from him." He was succeeded in Normandy by his

eldest son, Robert, and in England by his second son, William II, called

William Rufus.

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Regarding the location of the Battle of Hastings, this site on the World Wide

Web is helpful and provocative: http://www.cablenet.net/pages/book/index.htm#PART57

I married Flanders, Matilda ("Maud") of in 1053 in Eu in Normandy. Matilda (daughter of Baldwin, Count of Flanders V and Adelaide Princess of France) was born in 1032; died on 3 Nov 1083; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Normandy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Adelaide (referred to as de Gand) was Countess of Huntgindon, Northampton
and Aumale. She m. (1) Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu, slain at the siege
of Arques in 1053. She m. (3) Eudes, Count of Champagne and Earl of
Holderness, imprisoned in 1096.
See "Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co., 1994), p. 15.

Adelaide married Boulogne, Count Of Lens Lambert of in 1054. Lambert (son of Eustace, Count of Boulogne I and Louvain, Maud of) died in 1055 in Battle of Lille. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Agnes was kidnapped for Simon to marry by her half-brother, Ralph de Toeni
III de Conches, who received Simon's daughter Isabel in marriage in turn.

Family/Spouse: L'Amaury, Baron of Montfort Simon de Montfort. Simon (son of Amauri, Baronde Montfort II and Bertrade) died in 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Richard was Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy and Lord of Clare of
Tonbridge; Chief Justice of England; kinsman and companion of William the
Conqueror. He founded the House of Clare during the Conquest, and played a
major role in suppressing the revolt of 1075. His wife Rohese Giffard
brought him the great estates of her family. Their son Walter founded
Tintern Abbey. From this couple sprang the great house of Clare.

Richard married Giffard, Rohese on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

II married Crecy, Adelaide de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lady married de Guader, Earl of Norfolk Ralph II in 1075. Ralph (son of The Staller Ralph and Ivry, Emma of) died in 1096. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Gant, Baron of Folkingham Gilbert de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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[AEM appears to have her confused with her daughter-in-law, wife of
Hildouin IV.]

Alix married Hildouin, Count of Rameru III on Yes, date unknown. III (son of Hildouin, Count of Rameru II) died in 1062. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Leader of the 1st Crusade

Notes:

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Hugh Magnus (perhaps title and not a surname) was leader of the first Crusade.
He was Duke of France and Burgundy, Marquis of Orleans, Count of Amiens,
Chaumont, Paris, Vermandois, etc. He and Adele also had Raoul de Vermandois
(d. 1152).

Family/Spouse: Vermandois, Adelaide ("Adele") de. Adelaide (daughter of Herbert, Count de Vermandois IV and Vexin, Adela de) died in 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married William, King of England I in 1053 in Eu in Normandy. I (son of Robert, Duke of Normandy I and Falaise, Herleve of) was born in 1027 in Falaise, Normandy; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Rouen, France; was buried in St. Stephen Abbey, Caen, Normandy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Rognvald was General in the Army of King Olav of Norway. He was "put to
death." He was Earl of Ladoga in Russia.

Family/Spouse: Normandy, Felcia of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Turstain was Viscomte 1035-41.

Turstain married Monterolier, Judith de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Ada founded the Nunnery of Hoddington.
"Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before
1700," Frederick Lewis Weis (7th edition, with additions and corrections by
Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992),
gives the family as shown here.

Ada married Huntingdon, Prince of Scotland Henry de in 1139. Henry (son of David, King of Scots I and Huntingdon, Countess of Huntingdon Maud of) was born in 1114; died on 12 Jun 1152. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Maud, d'Avranches Margaret on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Duke of Normandy

Notes:

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Henry I had 20 or 21 bastard children re: N.E.Hist.Gen.Register 4/1965, pp.95-96. His form of government was "severe and grasping; but he `kept good peace' and honorably distinguished himself among contemporary statesmen in an age when administrative
reform was in the air. He spent more time in Normandy than in England. But he showed admirable judgment in
his choice of subordinates...." -Encyclopedia Britannica (1956 Ed., 11:432). He was King of England, 1100-35, and Duke of Normandy (1106-35); his coronation at Westminster Abbey was on Sunday, 08-05-1100. Thomas B. Costain offers a popular account of
his reign in "The Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949, pp.43-77). The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" described him as the "lion of justice."

I married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 148-23: "The line is in question at this
point. Judith may have been the child of the 1st marriage. ...In fact,
Adelaide may not even have been Lambert's wife."

Judith married Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland II in 1070. II (son of Syward The Saxon Earl and Northumbria, Elfleda of) was born in 1045; died on 31 May 1076 in Winchester, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Garland, Agnes de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl Clare of Tunbridge

Notes:

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Gilbert, heir of Richard his father in England, held his castle of
Tunbridge against William Rufus, but was wounded and captured. {-Encycl.
Brit., 1956, 5:754} He founded the priory of Clare, 1090. For the Clare
family, see on the Web: http://www.castlewales.com/clare.html

Family/Spouse: Clermont, Adelaide de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 3777

Family/Spouse: Montlhery, Count of Roche Guy Le Rouge de Count. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: became a nun

Amice married Beaumont, Robert de on Yes, date unknown. Robert (son of de Beaumont, Count of Meulan Robert and de Vermandois, Isabel (aka Elizabeth)) was born in 1104; died on 5 Apr 1168. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Grantmesnil, Ivo de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Her parents are from "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 246-22.

Marguerita married Creil, Hugh de on Yes, date unknown. Hugh (son of Clermont, Renaud de I and daughter of Ct. Baudouin II) died in 1101. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Warenne, William de. William (son of Warenne, William de and Gundrada) was born in 1071; died on 11 May 1138; was buried in Lewes, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married de Beaumont, Count of Meulan Robert in 1096. Robert (son of Bello-Mont, Roger de and de Meulan, Lady Adelise) was born in 1046; died on 5 Jun 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Robert left Orkney and went to Normandy. Apparently he accompanied William
the Conqueror to England, for the Encyclopedia Britannica (1956, 4:280)
states: "The first Robert de Brus, a follower of William the Conqueror, was
rewarded by the gift of many manors, chiefly in Yorkshire, of which Skelton
was the principal." "The Bruce Journal," Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 47, credits him
with building the castle of la Brusse in Normandy at Brix.

Robert married Brittany, Emma of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Conteville, Emma de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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David m. Maud (dau. of Hugh of Chester) - their descendants include several
kings of Scotland in the late 13th and the 14th centuries. David was
knighted by King Henry II in 1170 and was a Crusader. Their dau. Ada de
Huntingdon m. Sir Henry de Hastings (he d. 1250), son of William de
Hastings and Margaret Bigod (Margaret is dau. of Roger Bigod, Magna Charta
Surety, 1215). Their dau. Margaret of Huntingdon m. 1209 Alan, Lord of
Galloway (d. 1234), hereditary Constable of Scotland.

married Maud, of Chester on 26 Aug 1190. of (daughter of Hugh Earl of Chester and D'Evereux, Bertrade) was born in 1171; died in 1233. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Chester

Notes:

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Ranulph, also styled "de Briquessart," was Vicomte de Bayeux in Normandy;
first cousin and heir to the last Earl (whom he succeeded as Vicomte
d'Avranches, etc.); became Earl of Chester in 1120; Commander of Royal
Forces in Normandy, 1124. {-"The Complete Peerage," London, Vol. 3, pp.
164-5.} He was Vicomte of the Bessin and in 1121 Vicomte also of the
Avranchin. He "held the new Cumbrian gains of the Norman house in a block
of land stretching from Stainmore west to the sea and from Carlisle south
to the Derwent" prior to his accession to the earldom of Chester {-"The
Northerners," J. C. Holt (Oxford: Clarendon, 1961), p. 214}. He is buried
in St. Werburg at Chester, England.

Ranulph married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales," I:11-12,
lists 20 `natural' children of King Henry I; among the youngest is Isabel
(a form of Elizabeth), born of Isabel, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Earl
of Leicester, and wife of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke.

Family/Spouse: Fergus Lord of Galloway. (son of Maldred and Northumberland, Edith of) died on 12 May 1166 in Holyrood Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Gloucester

Notes:

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Robert "of Caen" was also called Robert the Consul; Earl of Gloucester in
1122, founder of the Margam Abbey; his mother is either the king's
mistress, Sibyl Corbet (daughter of Robert Corbet, Burgess of Caen), or
Nesta of Wales, who became wife of Gerald of Windsor.{ref. "Royal
Ancestors...," Collins, p.58} His granddaughter Avisa was the first wife of
King John. The family's story is told by Thomas B. Costain, "The
Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949).

Robert married Hammond, Mabel Fitz about 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Maud was Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland; m. (1) Simon de St.
Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, who died about 1111. Also known
as Maud de Senlis, she brought to her husband David the English earldoms of
Northampton and Huntington.

Family/Spouse: David, King of Scots I. I (son of Canmore, King of Scots Malcolm III and Margaret, Saint of Scotland) was born in 1080; died on 24 May 1153 in Carlisle, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Simon became Earl of Leicester via marriage with Amicia de Beaumont. His
grandson, Simon V de Montfort, b. ca. 1208, played a major role in 13th
century England (see Thomas B. Costain, "The Magnificent Century"
[Doubleday & Co., 1951, pp.152ff.]), and married Eleanor, sister of King
Henry III. Simon III was Seigneur of Montfort-l'Amaury (near Paris).

Simon married Beaumont, Maud de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Earl of Hertford

Notes:

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Richard Fitz Gilbert was the first Earl of Hertford, Lord of Clare. He was
slain by the Welsh as he journeyed to Cardigan. {- Encycl. Brit., 1956}

Family/Spouse: Meschines, Adeliza. Adeliza (daughter of Meschin, Ranulph Le) died in 1128. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Gilbert, second son of his father, inherited Chepstow, with Nether-Gwent,
from his uncle Walter (founder of Tinturn Abbey).{-Encycl. Brit., 1956,
5:755; 17:456.} The earldom was created in 1138 by King Stephen for
Gilbert, "who, after the battle of Lincoln (1141), in which he took part,
joined the party of the empress Matilda and married Henry I's mistress,
Isabel, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, earl of Leicester."

Family/Spouse: Beaumont, Isabel ("Elizabeth") de. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Le married Garland, Count of Rochefort Anselm de on Yes, date unknown. Anselm (son of Garland, William I de) died in 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Parents identified in "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 63-25/6.

Hawise married Robert, Earl of Gloucester William Fitz about 1150. William (son of Henry, Robert Fitz and Hammond, Mabel Fitz) died on 23 Nov 1183. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Crusader

Notes:

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Robert was 3rd Earl of Leicester, Lord of Hinckley, Breteuil and Paci, and
was on the 2nd Crusade in 1179. He died in Greece on his way home from a
pilgrimage. He was also Stewart of England.

Robert married Grantmesnil, Petronella ("Pernel") de about 1155. Petronella (daughter of Grantmesnil, Hugh de II) died on 1 Apr 1212. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Carr P. Collins, Jr., "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons" (Dallas,
1959), p. 129, is uncertain whether Hugh (II) is son of Ivo or of Ivo's
brother, Robert, or whether there were two Hughs (one a son of Ivo and one
a nephew of Ivo), both referred to as Lord High Steward of England.
Adeliza is shown as daughter of Hugh, son of Ivo; Petronella is shown as
daughter of Hugh, son of Robert (Ivo's brother).

Hugh married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"Ancestral Roots..." (7th Edition)(Balt.: Gen. Pub. Co., 1992), Line 246B, p.
212, states that she m. (1) Gilbert Fitz Richard (b. by 1066, d. 1114 or
1117, Lord of Clare, Suffolk & Tonbridge, Kent, son of Richard Fitz
Gilbert... and she m. (2) Robert de Condet (or Cundy)" her step-father!! -
and that she is daughter of Richard FitzGilbert (d. 15 April 1136)(q.v.) and
Adeliz, dau. of Ranulph le Meschin (q.v.). The same source, Line 246, p.
208, gives her ancestry as shown here.

Family/Spouse: Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge. Gilbert (son of Gilbert, Lord Richard Fitz and Giffard, Rohese) died in 1115. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Ada founded the Nunnery of Hoddington.
"Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before
1700," Frederick Lewis Weis (7th edition, with additions and corrections by
Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992),
gives the family as shown here.

Ada married Huntingdon, Prince of Scotland Henry de in 1139. Henry (son of David, King of Scots I and Huntingdon, Countess of Huntingdon Maud of) was born in 1114; died on 12 Jun 1152. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Clare, Earl of Pembroke Gilbert de. Gilbert (son of Clare, Gilbert de Earl Clare of Tunbridge and Clermont, Adelaide de) died on 6 Jan 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 2nd Earl of Leicester

Notes:

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Robert received his father's English fiefs in 1118, becoming Earl of
Leicester; was a chief advisor to King Stephen, but made his peace with
Henry II and became Chief Justiciar of England. "First among the lay nobles
he signed the Constitution of Clarendon, he sought to reconcile Henry and
Archbishop Becket, and was twice in charge of the kingdom during the king's
absences in France. The earl founded the abbey of St. Mary de Pre at
Leicester and other religious houses, and by a charter confirmed the
burgesses of Leicester in the possession of their merchant-guild and
customs." -Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956, 3:275.

Robert married de Waer, Amice de Montfort on Yes, date unknown. Amice (daughter of de Guader, Earl of Norfolk Ralph II and Hereford, Lady Emma of) died after 1168. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"One of King William's most favored companions; had numerous manors at Domesday; md Agnes (1040)(2nd mar. for both...), d. of Waldren de St.Clare." {-"Some Early English Pedigrees," Vernon M. Norr (Arlington, VA, 1968, typescript, p. 34, used at
Library of Congress, 7/89)} Conflicting
accounts of his parentage exist among genealogists; I have used the reasoning given in "The Bruce Journal," Vol. 1, No. 4 (Fall, 1990), p. 46. William built the great Bramber Castle at Stynning, Sussex; he held the "rape of Bramber." Also see the
discussion of his identity in "Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co, 1994), pp. 35-36.

Family/Spouse: Clare, Agnes de St.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Margaret (or Mathilde) is sister of Hughes d'Avranches, First Earl of
Chester (d.1101) - Hughes' son Richard was the second Earl, but died
without issue in 1120 and was succeeded by Margaret's son (the 2nd Earl's
first cousin).

Margaret married Ranulph Vicomte de Bayeux on Yes, date unknown. (son of Ranulph, Vicomte of Bessin I and Normandy, Alice of) died after Apr 1089. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]