Husband Guigues VIII Comte d'Albon 1 2
AKA: Guigues III Count of Albon
Born: Abt 1068 - <Albon, (Drôme)>, France
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Father: Guigues II d'Albon (Abt 1042- ) 1
Mother:
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Wife Mathilde 1
Born: Abt 1070 - <Albon, (Drôme)>, France
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Died:
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1 F Mathilde Comtesse d'Albon 1 3
AKA: Mahaud d'Albon, Maud Countess of Albon
Born: Abt 1116 - <Albon, (Drôme)>, France
Christened:
Died: After Jan 1145
Buried:
Spouse: Amadeus III Count of Savoy, Maurienne and Turin (Abt 1095-1148) 2
Marr: 1123
Research Notes: Husband - Guigues VIII Comte d'Albon
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 274B-25 (Amadeus III)
Husband Rudolph I King of Burgundy 4
AKA: Rudolf I of Burgundy, Rudolph I of Burgundy
Born: 859
Christened:
Died: 25 Oct 912
Buried:
Father: Conrad II "the Younger" Duke of Transjurane Burgundy ( - ) 5
Mother: Waldrada of Worms (Abt 0801- ) 6
Marriage:
Wife Guilla of Provence 7
Born:
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Died: Bef 924
Buried:
Children
1 M Rudolph II of Burgundy 8
Born:
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Died: 11 Jul 937
Buried:
Spouse: Bertha of Swabia (Abt 0907-After 0966) 9
Marr: 922
Research Notes: Husband - Rudolph I King of Burgundy
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593874484
Research Notes: Wife - Guilla of Provence
From Wikipedia, "Guilla of Provence":
Guilla of Provence or of Burgundy (died before 924) was an early medieval Frankish queen in the Rhone valley.
It is certain that she was first consort of king Rudolf I of Upper Burgundy (who was proclaimed king in 888 and died on 25 October 911) and later, from 912, consort of Hugh of Arles, border count of Provence, who in 926 became king of Northern Italy.
Everything else in her genealogy is more or less uncertain. She is believed to have been a daughter of king Boso of Lower Burgundy (Provence), and she is presumed to have been the mother of king Rudolf II of Upper Burgundy and Italy. These two kinships enjoy some indicative support from near-contemporary sources. The first-mentioned kinship would make her a sibling, at least half-sister, of king Louis III of Italy. The second would mean she were an ancestress of the last independent Burgundian royal house, and through it ancestress of last Ottonian emperors, of the last Carolingian king of France, of a number of dukes of Swabia, of the later Guelph dynasty, and of the Salian Imperial House, as well as of practically all European royal families since High Middle Ages.
Furthermore, genealogies that are regarded mostly as wishful thinking by critical research, have for centuries claimed that:
Guilla's mother was Ermengarde of Italy, one of the heiresses of last Carolingians, who was daughter of Emperor Louis II, king of Italy, and became the last of the wives of king Boso of Lower Burgundy. This, however, is fairly unlikely, as Ermengarde's marriage with king Boso took place in 878, a date when Guilla was likely already born.
Guilla was the only wife of king Rudolf I of Upper Burgundy. This is not certain, as she possibly was yet of an age capable of child-bearing at her marriage in 912 with the count Hugh, the future Italian king; and her first husband, the king Rudolf I, is mentioned as having several children already by 888 (who thus could have been born of an earlier, to us unknown, wife of Rudolf).
Queen Guilla's date of death, after 912 and before 924, is determined because of a charter (expressing her to be dead) dated in 924. After her death, in 926, her widower, Count Hugh, took over the kingdom of Italy from Rudolf II of Burgundy (who was either stepson or own son of Guilla).
Husband Guillaume Baron Montfort 10
Born: Abt 960 - <Évreux, (Eure), Normandy>, France
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Died: 1003
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Wife
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1 M Amauri Seigneur de Montfort 10
AKA: Amaury Seigneur de Montfort, Amauri de Montfort
Born: Abt 1000 - <Évreux, (Eure), Normandy>, France
Christened:
Died: After 4 Feb 1031
Buried:
Spouse: Bertrade de Gometz (Abt 1001- ) 10
Marr: Abt 1022 - Île-de-France, France
Husband Andre I de Rameru and d'Arcis-sur-Aube 11
Born:
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Died: 1118
Buried:
Father: Hilduin III de Rameru Count of Montdidier (Between 1010/1021-Abt 1063) 12 13
Mother: Adèle de Roucy (Abt 1014-Abt 1062) 14 15
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Adele ( - )
Wife Guisemode 16
Born:
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Events
• Founded: Abbey de Bassefontaine, 1143.
Children
1 F Alix de Rameru Dame of Rameru 17
Born:
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Spouse: Erard I Count of Brienne ( -1115) 18
Research Notes: Wife - Guisemode
Second wife of Andre I de Rameru. Widow of Hugue of Pleurs. Was she the mother of Alix de Rameru?
Husband Gunderland Count of Hasbania 19
Born: Abt 732
Christened:
Died: 773
Buried:
Father: Sigrand Count of Hesbania (Abt 0709- )
Mother: Landrade (Abt 0713- )
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
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Died:
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Children
1 M Ingram Count of Hesbaye 20 21
AKA: Ingeramne Duke of Hesbaye, Ingerman Count of Hesbania
Born: Abt 752
Christened:
Died: - <Hesbaye (Belgium)>
Buried:
Spouse: Hedwig of Bavaria ( - )
Research Notes: Husband - Gunderland Count of Hasbania
Possibly not the father of Ingram.
Husband Gundobad King of Burgundy 22
Born:
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Died: 516
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Father: Gondioc King of the Burgundians (Abt 0420-0473) 23 24
Mother: < > [Sister of Ricimer] ( - ) 25
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Wife
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Children
1 M Sigismund of Burgundy 26
Born:
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Died: 524
Buried:
Spouse: Ostrogotha (Abt 0475- ) 27 28
Marr: 494 or 496
2 M Godomar
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Research Notes: Husband - Gundobad King of Burgundy
From Wikipedia - Gondioc :
Gundobad , the son of Gondioc, succeeded Ricimer in 472, but abdicated after the death of his father in the following year as Gondioc was succeeded by his brother Chilperic I . After the death of Chilperic, Burgundy was divided among the sons of Gondioc, Gundobad, Chilperic II of Burgundy , Godomar and Godegisel .
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From Wikipedia - Gundobad :
Gundobad, Patrician of the Western Roman Empire (472 -473 ) also became King of the Burgundians (473 -516 ), after his father Gundioc of Burgundy, though he had to fight off three brothers to seize his title.
When the former Patrician Ricimer , who had been the power behind the throne for the Western Empire , died in 472 , his nephew Gundobad seized the title. With his new power he elevated the current Count of the Domestics, Glycerius , to the position of Western Roman Emperor . Gundobad, however left office in 473, as his father, Gundioc, had died and he had inherited Burgundy along with his three brothers; Godegisel , Chilperic II and Gundomar .
But Gundobad was not content with his fractured portion of Burgundy, and turned against his brothers with hope of control over all the land.
In 486 he killed Gundomar, though little is known of this encounter.
In 493 he turned his sword against Chilperic, and drowned his wife. Gundobad exiled his two daughters, Chroma becoming a nun. The other, Clotilde , was found by the men of Clovis I , King of the Franks , who sent word to Gundobad, asking Clotilde's hand in marriage. Gundobad was too afraid to decline.
Gundobad's battle with Godegisel raged long. Unknowingly, both called upon Clovis trying to persuade him to join forces against the other. Clovis sided with Godegisel, who had offered him his pleasure of tribute and crushed Gundobad's force. Gundobad fled but King Clovis pursued him to Avignon . Gundobad feared the worst with Clovis's mighty army at the gates. But a man of wit called Aridius went from Gundobad to Clovis and charmed him into taking his advice, which was to spare Gundobad but force him into paying a yearly tribute.
Gundobad later broke his promise of tribute as he regained his power and besieged Godegisel, locked up in the city of Vienne . As famine devoured Vienne, Godegisel expelled the common people from the city for fear for himself. An outraged expelled artisan seeking vengeance on Godegisel went to Gundobad, and with his help he navigated the aqueduct and broke into the city. He murdered Godegisel in 501 in an Arian church along with the bishop.
Gundobad was now sole king of Burgundy. He made peace with the Franks, converted to Catholicism , and died peacefully succeeded by his son Sigismund in 516. He also had another son: Godomar . Godomar would succeed his brother after his death in 524.
Husband William de Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey 29 30
AKA: William de Warren 1st Earl of Surrey
Born: Abt 1055 - <Bellencombre, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France>
Christened:
Died: 20 Jun 1088 - <Lewes, Sussex, England>
Buried: - Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England
Father: Ralph de Warenne (Abt 0998- ) 29 30
Mother: Emma ( - )
Marriage:
Wife Gundred Countess of Surrey 29 31
AKA: Gundrada
Born: Abt 1063 - <Flanders (Belgium or France)>
Christened:
Died: 27 May 1085 - Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England
Buried: - Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England
Children
1 M William II de Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey 29 32 33
AKA: William Earl of Warren and Surrey, William Earl Warenne, William Earl of Warenne
Born: Abt 1065 - <Sussex, England>
Christened:
Died: 11 May 1138 - <England>
Buried: - Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England
Spouse: Isabel de Vermandois Countess of Leicester (Abt 1081-1131) 34 35
Marr: After 1118
2 F Edith de Warenne
Born:
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Died:
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3 M Reginald de Warenne
AKA: Reynold de Warenne
Born:
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Died: Bef 1118
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - William de Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey
From Wikipedia - William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey : FamilySearch has b. abt. 1063 in Normandy.
Source: William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey Events
• Made: Duke of Bavaria as Henry VI, 1026.
• Crowned: King of Germany, Easter Day 1028, Cathedra of Aachen.
• Crowned: Holy Roman Emperor, 1046, Rome, (Italy).
From Wikipedia - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor : Source: Wikipedia - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Events
• Named: his father's heir, 29 May 942.
Ancestral Roots has b. abt 933 in Fecamp, France.
From http://cybergata.com/roots/441.htm : First wife of Richard I - Danish wife. Then married Emma. After Emma died about 968, married Gunnora in a Christian marriage to legitimize their children. May have died in Rouen (or buried there?).
FamilySearch and thepeerage.com have b. abt. 963.
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35. Wikipedia.org, Elizabeth of Vermandois.
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39. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 157-21.
40. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 38-24 (Gunnild of Dunbar).
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44. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 38-23.
45. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 38-23 (Waldeve).
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William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, (died 1088 ) was one of the Norman aristocrats who fought at the Battle of Hastings and became great landowners in England .
He was a son of Ralph de Warenne and Emma and a grandnephew of duchess Gunnor , wife of duke Richard I of Normandy . As a young man he helped secure duke William 's hold on Normandy , most notably in the campaigns of 1052 through 1054 which culminated in the Battle of Mortemer [1]. After this battle Roger de Mortemer forfeited most of his lands, and the duke gave them to William[2]. The de Warenne surname derives from the castle of that name on the River Varenne , which flows through the territory William acquired in Upper Normandy[3].
William was one of the nobles who advised duke William when the decision to invade England was being considered. He fought at Hastings[4], and afterwards received the Rape of Lewes in Sussex [5], and subsequently lands in twelve other shires. In addition to the cluster around Lewes, there were clusters around the castles he built at Castle Acre in Norfolk and Conisbrough in Yorkshire. By the time of the Domesday survey he was one of the wealthiest landholders in England.
William was loyal to William II [6], and it was probably in early 1088 that he was created Earl of Surrey [7]. He died shortly afterwards of wounds he received while helping suppress the rebellion of 1088 . At the time of his death, it has been estimated that his wealth was equivalent to £73.9 billion in today's money.
Family
He married twice:
Children of William and Gundred
Birth Notes: Wife - Gundred Countess of Surrey
Research Notes: Wife - Gundred Countess of Surrey
Sister of Gerbod the Fleming, Earl of Chester.
From Wikipedia - Gundred :
Gundred, Countess of Surrey (died May 27 , 1085 ) was probably born in Flanders , sister of Gerbod the Fleming, Earl of Chester .[1]
Gundred married William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (d. June 20 , 1088 ), who rebuilt Lewes Castle , making it his chief residence. In 1078 he and Gundred founded a Cluniac Priory at Southover, adjoining Lewes , where both were buried.[2] [3]
The Countess had died at Castle Acre, Norfolk , one of her husband's estates.
In the course of the centuries which followed both tombstones disappeared from the priory but in 1774 William Burrell, Esq., an antiquary, discovered Gundred's in Isfield Church (seven miles from Lewes), over the remains of Edward Shirley, Esq., (d. 1550), whose father John was Clerk of the Kitchen to King Henry VII , and had it removed on October 2, 1775, to St. John's Church, Southover , the nearest place to its original site, and placed inside and at the south-west corner of the church, where, until 1847, it could be seen on the floor between pews with a very fine inscription detailing its origins etc.
In 1845, during excavations through the Priory grounds for the South Coast Railway, the lead chests containing the remains of the Earl and his Countess were discovered, and deposited temporarily, for the next two years, beneath Gundred's tombstone. In 1847 a Norman Chapel was erected by public subscription, adjoining the present vestry and chancel. Prior to re-interring the remains in this chapel, both cysts were opened to ascertain if there were any contents, which was found to be the case. New cysts were made and used, and the ancient ones preserved and placed in two recessed arches in the southern wall. Gundred's remains in a good state of preservation although the Earl's has lost some lead. Across the upper part of the right arch is the name Gvndrada. Her tombstone is of black marble.[4]
The children of William de Warenne and Gundred were:
Notes
^ She is explicitly so called by Orderic Vitalis , as well as the chronicle of Hyde Abbey. Historically, she has been made a daughter of William the Conqueror by his spouse Matilda of Flanders , (Bannerman, vol.IV, p.207-209; Burke,The Royal Families vol.1, "Descendants of William the Conqueror", p.iv-v & pedigree LXVIII; Burke,The Roll of Battle Abbey, p.106; Barlow, pages 16 and 160) or of Matilda alone (Stapleton), but Waters and Freeman showed that this could not be supported (Waters, Freeman). See Chandler for an extensive discussion.
Husband Henry III "the Black" Holy Roman Emperor 36 37
AKA: Heinrich III Holy Roman Emperor, Henry III "the Pious" Holy Roman Emperor
Born: 29 Oct 1017
Christened:
Died: 5 Oct 1056 - Bodfeld [Königspfalz], Harz, Saxony (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Buried:
Father: Conrad II "the Salic" of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor ( -1039) 38
Mother: Gisele of Swabia (0995-1043) 39
Marriage: - Nijmegen, (Netherlands)
Other Spouse: Agnes of Poitou (Abt 1025-1077) 37 - 21 Nov 1043 - Ingelheim, Besançon
Wife Gunhilda of Denmark
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1038 - Adriatic coast
Buried:
Father: Canute the Great King of Denmark, England and Norway ( - )
Mother: Emma of Normandy ( - )
Children
1 F Beatrice Abbess of Quedlinburg and Gandersheim
Born: 1037
Christened:
Died: 13 Jul 1061
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Henry III "the Black" Holy Roman Emperor
Henry III (29 October 1017 - 5 October 1056 ), called the Black or the Pious, was a member of the Salian Dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors . He was the eldest son of Conrad II of Germany and Gisela of Swabia and his father made him duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI) in 1026, after the death of Duke Henry V . Then, on Easter Day 1028, his father having been crowned Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was elected and crowned King of Germany in the cathedral of Aachen by Pilgrim, Archbishop of Cologne . After the death of Herman IV, Duke of Swabia in 1038, his father gave him that duchy (as Henry I) as well as the kingdom of Burgundy , which Conrad had inherited in 1033. Upon the death of his father on June 4 , 1039 , he became sole ruler of the kingdom and was crowned emperor by Pope Clement II in Rome (1046).
Early life and reign
Henry's first tutor was Bruno , Bishop of Augsburg . On Bruno's death in 1029, Egilbert, Bishop of Freising , was appointed to take his place. In 1033, at the age of sixteen, Henry came of age and Egilbert was compensated for his services. In 1035, Adalbero , Duke of Carinthia , was deposed by Conrad, but Egilbert convinced Henry to refuse this injustice and the princes of Germany, having legally elected Henry, would not recognise the deposition unless their king did also. Henry, in accordance with his promise to Egilbert, did not consent to his father's act and Conrad, stupefied, fell unconscious after many attempts to turn Henry. Upon recovering, Conrad knelt before his son and exacted the desired consent. Egilbert was penalised dearly by the emperor.
In 1036, Henry was married to Gunhilda of Denmark . She was a daughter of Canute the Great , King of Denmark , England , and Norway , by his wife Emma of Normandy . Early on, Henry's father had arranged with Canute to have him rule over some parts of northern Germany (the Kiel ) and in turn to have their children married. The marriage took place in Nijmegen at the earliest legal age.
In 1038, Henry was called to aid his father in Italy (1038) and Gunhilda died on the Adriatic Coast , during the return trip (during the same epidemic in which Herman IV of Swabia died). In 1039, his father, too, died and Henry became sole ruler and imperator in spe. pcnr...
Children
By his first wife, Gunhilda of Denmark , he had:
By his second wife, Agnes , he had:
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Research Notes: Wife - Gunhilda of Denmark
Husband Uchtred Lord of Galloway 40 41
AKA: Uchtred of Galloway
Born: Abt 1118 - <Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland>
Christened:
Died: 22 Sep 1174
Buried:
Father: Fergus Lord of Galloway (Abt 1090-1161) 40 41
Mother: Elizabeth Princess of England (Abt 1095- ) 41 42
Marriage: Abt 1156 - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Wife Gunnild of Dunbar 41 43
Born: Abt 1134 - <Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland>
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Waltheof Lord of Allerdale (Abt 1062-1138) 41 44
Mother: Sigrid (Abt 1075-After 1126) 45 46
Children
1 M Roland Lord of Galloway 41 47
AKA: Roland of Galloway
Born: Abt 1164 - <Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland>
Christened:
Died: 19 Dec 1200 - Northamptonshire, England
Buried: - Abbey of Saint Andrew, Northamptonshire, England
Spouse: Elena de Morville (Abt 1172-1217) 46 48
Husband Richard I Duke of Normandy 49 50 51 52 53
AKA: Richard I "Sans Peur" de Normandie Princeps Nortmannorum, Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of Normandy, Richard I "the Fearless" Duke of Normandy
Born: 28 Aug 933 - <Fécamp>, Normandy, France
Christened:
Died: 20 Nov 996 - Fécamp, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France
Buried: - Fécamp, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France
Father: William I "Longsword" Duke of Normandy (Abt 0892-0942) 51 54 55
Mother: Sprote de Bretagne à la Danoise (Abt 0911-Abt 0972) 51 56 57
Marriage:
Other Spouse: < > [Mistress(es) of Richard I] ( - ) 50
Other Spouse: Emma of Paris ( -Abt 0968) - 960
Wife Gunnora de Crepon 58 59 60 61
AKA: Gonnor de Crepon, Gunnora Duchess of Normandy, Gunnor de Crêpon
Born: Abt 936 - <Normandy, France>
Christened:
Died: Abt 1031 - France
Buried:
Children
1 M Robert II d'Évreux Count of Évreux 62
AKA: Robert de Normandie
Born: Abt 965 - Normandy, France
Christened:
Died: 1037
Buried:
Spouse: Harleve of Rouen (Abt 0968- ) 62 63
2 F Emma Princess of Normandy 64 65
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1052
Buried:
Spouse: Æthelred II "the Redeless" King of England (Abt 0968-1016) 65 66 67
Marr: Abt 1002
Spouse: Canute King of Denmark and England ( - )
Marr: 1017
3 F Hawise de Normandy Countess of Rennes, Duchess of Brittany 68
AKA: Havlive de Normandie
Born: Abt 976 - Normandy, France
Christened:
Died: 21 Feb 1034 - Évreux, (Eure), Normandy, France
Buried:
Spouse: Geoffroi Duc de Bretagne (Abt 0971-1008) 69 70
Marr: 996 - Bretagne [Brittany], France
4 M Richard II Duke of Normandy 71 72 73 74
AKA: Richard II 4th Duc de Normandie, Richard II "the Good" Duke of Normandy
Born: Abt 985 - Normandy, France
Christened:
Died: 28 Aug 1027 - Fécamp, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France
Buried: - Fécamp, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France
Spouse: Judith of Brittany (Abt 0982-1017) 71 75 76
Marr: Abt 996 - Normandy, France
Spouse: Astrid of Denmark ( - )
Marr: 1017
Spouse: Poppa ( - )
Marr: Abt 1024
Birth Notes: Husband - Richard I Duke of Normandy
Research Notes: Husband - Richard I Duke of Normandy
Background Information. 220
Richard Fitz Gilbert, styled from his possession "de Bienfaite," "de Clare" and "de Tonbride," was son of Gilbert, comté de Brionne in Normandy, which Gilbert was son and heir of Godfrey, comté de Brionne, illegitimate son of Richard, Duc de Normandie.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Clare), Vol. III, p. 242
• Background Information. 732
When Richard's father, William Longsword, was assassinated in 942, his Uncle, Bernard the Dane, brought Richard from Bayeyx, age ten years at the time, so that he might be solemnly invested with ducal sword and mantle and to receive homage of the Normans. He received the acknowledgement the Norman chiefs. King Louis captured and imprisoned the young Richard under the pretense of providing Richard with an education at Motleon. Richard, with the help of Osmon the Dane who had accompanied Richard to the king's court, was able to escape and return to Normandy. Louis, with the aid of Hugh the Great, attacked the Normans. The Kings of Denmark came to the assistance of the Normans and Louis was defeated.
Richard married Esmé, daughter of Hugh the Great, who died young and childless. Richard married his mistress, Gunnora, who was said to be the sister of Herfaste, a Dane of noble birth. According to Guillaume de Jumièges, Richard had three sons. One was Richard, the second Duke of Normandy, Robert, who became the Archbishop of Rouen, and Mauger or Maugis, who married in 1012 Germaine, the daughter and heiress of Count Bouchard, and because of this marriage, he became Earl of Corbeil. Richard's daughter, Emma, was twice crowned Queen of England having first married King Ethelred in 1002, and then King Canute. She and Ethelred were the parents of Edward "the Confessor. By her other husband, she mothered King Hardicanute. Richard also was known to have at least three illegitimate children
~The Peshale Family, 870-1913, pg. 30-41, Much of this may be more myth than truth!
• Web Reference: Richard I of Nomandy by Steward Baldwin, whose information is based on hard evidence.
~Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 1:18, 118:23. 119::24, 119A:22, 121E:20 - son of William I "Longsword" and Sporta, m. 1st to Emma, daughter of Hugh Capet, m. 2nd to Gunnora to make his children with her legitimate, 177:3, 184:1, 214:22m 235:19, 250:20
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From Wikipedia - Richard I, Duke of Normandy :
Richard I of Normandy (born 28 August 933 , in Fécamp Normandy , France died November 20 , 996 , in Fécamp) was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996; he is considered the first to actually have held that title. He was called Richard the Fearless (French, Sans Peur).
Birth
He was born to William I of Normandy , ruler of Normandy, and his wife, Sprota . He was still a boy when his father died in 942. His mother was a Breton concubine captured in war and bound to William by a Danish marriage. After William died, Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller; Rodulf of Ivry was their son and Richard's half-brother.
Life
Richard was still a boy when his father died, and so he was powerless to stop Louis IV of France when he seized Normandy. Louis kept him in confinement in his youth at Lâon, but he escaped with the assistance of Osmond de Centville , Bernard de Senlis (who had been a companion of Rollo of Normandy ), Ivo de Bellèsme , and Bernard the Dane (ancestor of families of Harcourt and Beaumont ). In 968, Richard agreed to "commend" himself to Hugh, Count of Paris. He then allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy by 947. He later quarrelled with Ethelred II of England regarding Viking invasions of England because Normandy had been buying up much of the stolen booty.
Richard was bilingual, having been well educated at Bayeux. He was more partial to his Danish subjects than to the French. During his reign, Normandy became completely Gallicized and Christianized. He introduced the feudal system and Normandy became one of the most thoroughly feudalized states on the continent. He carried out a major reorganization of the Norman military system, based on heavy cavalry. He also became guardian of the young Hugh, Count of Paris, on the elder Hugh's death in 956.
Marriages
He married 1st (960) Emma (not to be confused with Emma of France ), daughter of Hugh "The Great" of France , and Hedwiga de Sachsen . They were betrothed when both were very young. She died 19 Mar 968, with no issue.
According to Robert of Torigni , not long after Emma's death, Duke Richard went out hunting and stopped at the house of a local forester. He became enamoured of the forester's wife, Seinfreda, but she being a virtuous woman, suggested he court her unmarried sister, Gunnor , instead. Gunnor became his mistress, and her family rose to prominence. Her brother, Herefast de Crepon , may have been involved in a controversial heresy trial. Gunnor was, like Richard, of Norse descent, being a Dane by blood. Richard finally married her to legitimize their children:
Mistresses
Richard was known to have had several other mistresses and produced children with many of them. Known children are:
Death
He died in Fecamp , France on November 20 , 996 of natural causes.
Research Notes: Wife - Gunnora de Crepon
Herfast de Crepon was her brother.
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From http://cybergata.com/roots/442.htm :
Web Reference: Robert de Torigny and the family of Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy . We don't known the names of her parents, but we do know that she had three sisters and a brother. She was the Mistress of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, as well as being the Grandmother of William the Conqueror The descendants of Gunnor and her siblings had a great impact on English History by being part of the Norman Conquest of England. They were ancestors of the Fitz Osberns, the Montgomerys, the Mortimers, the Warennes, the Giffards and the Beaumonts.
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From Wikipedia - Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy :
Gunnora or Gunnor (c. 936-1031) was the wife and consort of Richard I of Normandy . Her parentage is unknown, earliest sources reporting solely that she was of Danish ancestry and naming siblings including brother Herfast de Crepon who is sometimes erroneously given as her father.
She was living with her sister Seinfreda, the wife of a local forester, when Richard, hunting nearby, heard of the beauty of the forester's wife. He is said to have ordered Seinfreda to come to his bed, but the lady substituted her unmarried sister, Gunnora. Richard, it is said, was pleased that by this subterfuge he had been saved from committing adultery, and the two became lovers. Gunnora long acted as Richard's mistress or wife by more danico , but when Richard was prevented from nominating their son Robert to be Archbishop of Rouen , the two were married, making their children legitimate in the eyes of the church.
Gunnora, both as mistress and duchess, was able to use her influence to see her kin favored, and several of the most prominent Conquest-era Norman magnates, including the Montgomery , Warenne , Mortimer , Vernon/Redvers , and Fitz Osbern families, were descendants of her brother and sisters.
Richard and Gunnora were parents to six children:
Death Notes: Child - Hawise de Normandy Countess of Rennes, Duchess of Brittany
Birth Notes: Child - Richard II Duke of Normandy
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