Lord William Of Whittington PEVERELL 
William Of Whittington was born in 1050 in Normandy. France. William Of Whittington's father was King William I The Conqueror "The Bastard" Duke of Normandy OF ENGLAND and his mother was Adeliza. His paternal grandparents were Robert I "The Magnificent" "The Devil" DUKE OF NORMANDY and Herleva DE FAILAISE. He had two half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Henry I "Beauclerc" "The Good Scholar", William II, Adela Of England, Gundred, Alveva and Maud Margaret.General Notes
in 1136, Gruffydd ap Rhys, under attack in Gower, hurried intoNorth wales to obtain assistance from his brothers-in-law. Hiswife, meanwhile, "Like an Amazon and a second Penthesilea",Commanded his followers in the south. She was slain in battle byMaurice of London, Lord of Kidwelly. Morgan, one of her youthfulsons, perished with her, and the second, Maelgwn, was takenprisoner. But Owain and Cadwaladr, sons of Gruffydd Ap Cynan,now came down from the north, destroyed Aberstwith Castle, andin the second week of Oct. they fought along with Gruffydd ApRhys a great battle near Aberteivi(Cardigan), in which thry wona decided victory over Stephen, constable of Aberteivi and "Allthe Flemings, all the marchers, and all the French from Aberneddto Aberteivi"
Daughter of the royal house of Gwynedd and the royal house ofthe Scandinavians of Dublin.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0900 d.0942
- b.0933 in Normandy, France d.0996 in Poisoned by the Count of Flanders
- b.0911
- b.0962
- b.0906
- b.0946 d.1031
- d.1035
- b.0910
- b.0937 d.0992
- b.0915 in Bretagne, France
- b.0982 d.1017
- b.0930 in Anjou, France d.0986 in Battle
- b.0952
- b.0934 d.0985
- b.1024 in Normandy. France d.09 Sep 1087 in Rouen. France
- b.0978 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in Failaise, France
- b.0985 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1050 in Normandy. France
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