William de Tracy Lord of Bradninch 
William de was born in 1088 in Tracy Castle,near Vire,Caen,Normandy. William de's father was "Beauclerc", King Of England Henry I and his mother is Gieva de Tracy. His paternal grandparents were "The Conqueror" King of England William I and Countess Of Flanders- Queen of England Maud. He had twenty-eight half-brothers and 47 half-sisters, and also a half-sibling of unknown gender, named William Atheling Prince of, 'Atheling' Duke of Normandy, Richard Prince of, Prince England, Robert De Caen Earl, William Of, Reginald Dunstanville FitzRoy Earl of, William, Robert de Caen the Consul, Robert de Caen Earl of, Henry, Henry, Robert, Prince England, Richard Of, Fulk Of, William II De, Robert, Fitzroy, Henry Fitz, Henry, Earl Gloucster, Robert de Caen of, Prince England, Prince England, Prince England, of Caen, William De, Elizabeth Of, Matilda Aethelic Princess of, Elizabeth Princess of, (Maud) Empress of England, Matilda (Maud), Sibylla, Emma Bastard Of England, Constance, Alice (Aline), Fitzroy, Rohese, Princess England, Princess England, Constance of, Gundred Rohesia Princess of, Sibyl Elizabeth Of, Elizabeth, Alice, Constance, Isabel, Isabel Hedwig Of, Emma, Juliana, Elizabeth Joan, Maud, Mabel, Juliane Of, Emme of, Mathilda or Maud, Maud Of, Alice De, Princess England, Countess of Per, Princess England, Matilda (Maude) Dutchess of, Princess England, Vicountess of England, (Aline) of England, Eustacia, N.N., Constance Maud Viscountess of, Alice Aline, Sibyl Elizabeth De, Alix, Eustacia Of, Elizabeth, Dau 2 Of Henry I and Richard. He died at the age of 48 in 1136 in of Bradninch,Devon,England.General Notes
Illegitimate son of Henry I by unknown mistress; father of William de Tracy. [Royal Descents, p. 396]
NEWLIN, FOSTER, WAITE LINES - 25th ggrandfather
A natural son of Henry I was called William de Tracy, probably because he was born in that castle. [Falaise Roll, p. 109]
b. aft 1090, d. shortly aft. 1135; by unknown wife had Eva/Emma who m.c. 1165 Gervase de Courtenay. [Ancestral Roots, p. 26]
Lord of Bradninch, Devon; father of Sir William de Tracy (one of the 4 murderers of Thomas a Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury); natural son of Henry I by unknown mistress; b. aft 1090, almost certainly being younger than his half bro. Robert de Caen, Earl of Gloucester; granted during his father's lifetime the escheated estates of William Capra in Devonshire including the barony of Bradninch, co. Devon. By an unknown wife, William de Tracy had two identifiable children: Sir William and a dau. who m. Gervase de Courtenay. [Ancestral Roots, p. 113, 180]
Son of Henry I 'Beauclerc' of England and a concubine; father of:
1. Grace who m. John de Sudley
2. William who m. ?? Pomeroy
[Carrie Holbrook, <familygirlsza@cox.net, 7 feb 2002]
Son of Gleva de Tracy and Henry I 'Beauclerc' of England; father of:
1. Grace who m. John de Sudeley
2. William who m. ?? de la Pomerai
[Gary Lewis <gnl1@ix.netcom.com, 21 Dec 2001]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandy France d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandy, France
- b.0963 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy d.1026 in Fecamp,Normandy,France
- b.~ 0936 in Normandy France d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.0927 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.27 Jun 0992
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France Brittany d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0960 in Anjou France d.27 Jun 0992
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, France
- b.~ 0978 in Falaise, Cavados, France
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050 in Caen,France
- b.0980 in Falaise,Calvados,France d.Bet 1003 and 1060
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Angers,Maine-et-Loire,Rouen,France
- b.~ 0941 in Flanders, France d.30 Mar 0987
- b.0968 in Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.~ 0961 in Italy d.26 Jan 1002/1003 in Flanders Gent, Belgium died in child birth
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.1004 in Of Flanders, France d.21 Feb 1029/1030 in Flanders, France
- b.1032 in Flanders d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.0939 in First Capetian king d.24 Oct 0996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1034 in Meulum
- b.~ 0950 in Germany d.1004
- b.1003 in Nevers, Nierre, France Countess of Aux d.1079 in Monastere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0947 in Provence,France d.0992 in Avignon,France
- b.0986 in Arles,Toulouse,France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulun,France
- b.0948 in Anjou,France d.1026
- b.1088 in Tracy Castle,near Vire,Caen,Normandy d.1136 in of Bradninch,Devon,England
- b.1068 in of Barnstaple, Devonshire, England
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Sources/Citations
The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States @ p. 396, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 109, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition @ p. 26, 113, 180
The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States @ p. 396, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 109, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition @ p. 26, 113, 180
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