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World," was the long-time mistress of King Henry II of England.

The daughter of Walter Clifford (who assumed the surname after taking possession of Clifford Castle on the river Wye), she first met the king when her father performed some service for him in the course of Henry's campaigning in Wales.

Children?
The association may not have turned into a sexual relationship immediately, and historians are divided, with some believing she bore him no children and others believing she was the mother of two of Henry's favorite illegitimate sons: Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151-1212), Archbishop of York, and William Longsword (1176-1226), Earl of Salisbury.

Most historians who stuck to the facts, instead of the legends, said Rosamund had borne Henry one child but could not say who that was or when. Some modern writers, including Alison Weir, are of the opinion that Rosamund had no children but do not make clear whether they mean she never gave birth to one at all or merely not to one that survived.

Some facts: Henry met Rosamund in about 1166, when she was still a child, and their liaison lasted until 1176. Geoffrey of York was born (in about 1151) before Henry married Eleanor. So Geoffrey was as old as Rosamund was and could not be her son. He was almost certainly the son of Ykenai, who some writers have said was a low-class prostitute. That seems to be an error though, based on the remarks Henry's advisors made about her when he insisted on recognizing Geoffrey as his son when he became king of England -- they were apparently talking about her manner rather than her birth, because there are records of dealings with some of her family real estate years later.

Some authors, including Amy Kelly, Marion Meade, and Desmond Seward, believe William of Salisbury was born around the same time as Geoffrey of York, which would make him too old to be Rosamund's child, too. Other authorities believe William was born around 1176, which would fit better with his being married in 1198 and dying in 1226. Rosamund's affair with Henry did not become public knowledge until 1174, and William's name has not been found in any records before about 1188, so it is possible William was Rosamund's son and that his existence was kept quiet, just as she herself stayed quietly out of sight; it is even possible that William's birth was what shattered Rosamund's health, so that she went into Godstow in 1176 and died within months. That would make many of the pieces of the puzzle fit together.

Other stories
Not much is known about Rosamund, but she is discussed in books about Eleanor of Aquitaine, several of which have been written (or reissued) since the 1970s, as the developing field of women's studies has generated public interest in the part individual women played in history, and as modern research tools have made old data more accessible to writers.

The legends concerning Rosamund's life abound, but few hard facts are available. The story that she was poisoned by Henry's jealous wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is certainly untrue, and so is the tale that Henry constructed the hunting lodge at Woodstock for her and surrounded it with a garden that was a labyrinth ("Rosamund's Bower," which was pulled down when Blenheim Palace was built nearby). During the Elizabethan era, the stories gained popularity, but the Ballad of Fair Rosamund by Thomas Delaney and the Complaint of Rosamund by Samuel Daniel (1592) are both purely fictional.

Another point on which the authorities differ is whether Rosamund stayed quietly in seclusion at Woodstock while Henry was back and forth to his continental possessions (in which case they could not have spent more than about a quarter of the time between 1166 and 1176 together) or whether she traveled with him as a member of his household. The two points on which everyone seems to agree are that Rosamund, who came into Henry's life just as Eleanor lost the ability to bear children, was Eleanor's exact opposite and that Rosamund really was the love of Henry's life.

Death and thereafter
Henry's liaison with Rosamund continued until she retired to the nunnery at Godstow (in 1176) shortly before her death, and in 1174 it had become public knowledge.

Henry and Rosamund's family paid for her tomb in the choir of the convent's church and an endowment for it to be tended by the nuns, and it became a popular local shrine until 1191 (two years after Henry died). That was when St. Hugh of Avalon, Bishop of Lincoln, happened to visit Godstow and saw Rosumund's tomb right in front of the high altar and with flowers and candles on it showing people were still praying there: Calling Rosamund a harlot, he ordered her remains removed from the church, so her tomb was moved outside of the abbey church itself to the cemetery at the nuns' chapter house next to it, where it could still be visited until it was destroyed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII of England. 1173 - 1223 William de Longespee 50 50 Sources:

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      Title: Gary Boyd Roberts  1027 Raoul de Toeni 1077 - 1157 Sybil Corbet 80 80 the daughter of Robert Corbet
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 460)

Lady Sybilla Corbet of Alcester was born in 1077 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. She married Herbert FitzHerbert, son of Herbert "the Chamberlain" of Winchester and Emma de Blois. She died after 1157 and was also known as Adela (or Lucia) Corbet. Sybil was definitely mother of Sybil and Rainald, possibly also of William and Rohese. Some sources suggest that there was another daughter by this relationship, Gundred, but it appears that she was thought as such because she was a sister of Reginald de Dunstanville but it appears that that was another person of that name who was not related to this family.
(Wikipedia)
 1085 Sibyl of Falaise 1120 Gundred Rohesia of England 1144 Henry de la Pomerai 1144 Henry de la Pomerai 1050 - 1121 Robert Corbet 71 71 1050 Elizabeth de Montfort Maud le Boteler Sources:

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English nobleman, was the son and heir of Gunselm de Badlesmere (died 1301), and fought in the English army both in France and Scotland during the later years of the reign of Edward I of England.
In 1307 he became governor of Bristol Castle. Edward II appointed him steward of his household. Badlesmere made a compact with some other noblemen to gain supreme influence in the royal council. Although very hostile to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, Badlesmere helped to make peace between the king and the earl in 1318, and was a member of the middle party which detested alike Edward's minions, like the Despensers, and his violent enemies like Lancaster.
The king's conduct, however, drew him to the side of the earl, and he had already joined Edward's enemies when, in October 1321, his wife, Margaret de Clare, refused to admit Queen Isabella to her husband's castle at Leeds in Kent. The king assaulted and captured the castle, seized and imprisoned Lady Badlesmere, and civil war began.
After the defeat of the Earl of Lancaster at the Battle of Boroughbridge, Badlesmere was captured and hanged at Canterbury on April 14, 1322. His son and heir, Giles, died without children in 1338.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

BARTHOLOMEW DE BADLESMERE who was 26 years old at his father's death; 3 Edward II obtained a grant of the castle and manor of Chilham (Chetham?) in Kent; also had a grant of other manors and the castle of Ledes in Kent; summoned to Parliament as a baron 3 to 14 Edward II; joined the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and, upon the defeat of the latter at Borough Bridge, was taken prisoner and hanged at Canterbury 1321; married Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, second son of Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and Julian, daughter of Sir Maurice FitzMaurice, Lord Justice of Ireland (Complete Peer.). His wife was widow of Gilbert de Umfreville.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 152)
 1280 - 1333 Margaret de Clare 53 53 1320 - 1347 Margaret de Badlesmere 27 27 1304 - 1363 Margery de Baddlesmere 59 59 1244 - 1301 Gunceline de Badlesmere 57 57 GUNCELINE DE BADLESMERE, a great rebel to Henry III, for which he was excommunicated but afterwards, returning to his obedience, was constituted Justice of Chester and so continued to 9 Edward I (1281); served in the wars of Gasgoigne and Wales; died 29 Edward I (1301), being then seized of the manor of Badlesmere; married Joan, daughter of Ralph Fitz Bernard, Lord of Kingsdowne, Kent, and heiress of Thomas, Lord Fitz Bernard.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 152)
 1270 - 1306 Maud de Badlesmere 36 36 1255 Joan de Badlesmere He [John de Northwode] married (query about 1275) Joan DE BADLESMERE (h). He died 26 May 1319, and his widow 2 June following; they were buried in Minster church.

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(h) Called in NGR. lady of the manors of Horton near Canterbury and Bewsfield (otherwise Whitfield) near Dover. These appear in her Inq.p.m. Hasted says she was daughter of Guncelin (Joscelin) de Badlesmere, who gave these manors with her in free marriage to John de Northwode. No deed of such gift has been found, but John was said to hold 10 marks rents in Harrietsham of the gift of Guncelin. Her age would make it likely that Joan was sister, not daughter, of Guncelin.
 1231 - 1248 Bartholomew de Badlesmere 17 17 1205 Gunceline de Badlesmere 1205 Peyferer 1170 Fulk Peyferer 1208 Ralph FitzBernard 1210 Joan Aquillion 1233 Bona Fitzbernard 1223 Roger de Northwood 1254 John de Northwood 1276 Matilda de Clare 1250 - 1286 Maurice Fitzmaurice 36 36 1250 - 1291 Emmeline Longespee 41 41 1190 - 1257 Maurice Fitzgerald 67 67 MAURICE FITZGERALD, second Baron of Offaly, who succeeded his father by the mandatory letter of King Henry III, dated 26 Nov., 1216, and was put in possession of his father's lands; 1229 constituted Lord Justice of Ireland and, going to assist the King with great power beyond sea, was on his return made Lord Justice 2 Sep., 1232; in 1216 he introduced into Ireland the order of the Franciscans; in 1229 that of the Dominicans; two years after built the Franciscan Abbey of Youghal; a distinguished soldier; married Juliana, daughter of John de Cogan, Lord Justice of Ireland 124
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 179)
 1195 - 1257 Juliana de Cogan 62 62 1150 - 1202 Gerald Fitzmaurice 52 52 GERALD FITZMAURICE who was summoned to Parliament as Baron Offaly in 1205 and died the same year; with his brother Alexander in the engagement in 1173 fought by his father, Earl Strongbow, Raymond le Grosse and Miles Cogan against O'Connor, King of Connaught; Chief Justice of Ireland; married Katherine, daughter of Hamo de Valois, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in 1197.
(Fenwick Allied Ancestry, page 179)
 1155 - 1226 Eva de Bermingham 71 71 1100 - 1177 Maurice Fitzgerald de Wyndsore 77 77 1115 Alice de Montgomery 1070 - 1136 Geraldus Fitzwalter de Wyndsore 66 66 # Note:

    Gerald Fitz Walter; Constable of Pembroke Castle by 1092, when he held off a Welsh attack; commanded troops against native Welsh in SW Wales 1095; travelled to Ireland 1100 to seek the hand in marriage of King Murrogh's daughter for his overlord Arnulf de Montgomery; on Arnulf's disgrace 1102 was made full Keeper of Pembroke Castle by Henry I. [Burke's Peerage]

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Granted Mulsford, Berks. by Henry I; Constable of Pembroke Castle, 1108

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Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 1679
Text: Gerald FitzWalter

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 178-2 1073 - 1163 Nest verch Deheubarth Rhys 90 90 # Note:

    Nest (who also [in addition to Gerald fitz Walter] had by Stephen, Constable of Cardigan, a son (Robert fitz Stephen) and by Henry I another son (Henry, killed 1158, father of Meiler fitz Henry), daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, Prince of South Wales. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1679]

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He [Gerald de Windsor] married Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, PRINCE OF SOUTH WALES (e). The date of his death is not known, presumably before 1136. [Complete Peerage X:10-11, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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    (e) In 1106, when Owen ap Cadugan carried her off, two of her sons and a daughter by Gerald de Windsor were taken with her, the sons being returned later to their father. By Stephen, constable of Cardigan (query after Gerald's death), Nest bore a son, Robert FitzStephen, and by Henry I a son Henry (killed 1158), father of Meiler FitzHenry, which Robert and Meiler were later brothers-in-arms of the Geraldines in Ireland.

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Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 496, 1679

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 33a-23

Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: X:11 1037 - 1103 Walter Fitzotho de Wyndsore 66 66 1051 Gladys verch Rhywallon 1035 - 1093 Rhys ap Tewdwr 58 58 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rhys ap Tewdwr (before 1065 – 1093) was a Prince of Deheubarth in south-west Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great. He was born in the area which is now Carmarthenshire and died at the battle of Brecon in April 1093.

Rhys ap Tewdwr claimed the throne of Deheubarth following the death of his second cousin Rhys ab Owain in battle against Caradog ap Gruffydd in 1078.

He was a grandson of Cadell ab Einion ab Owain ab Hywel Dda, and a great-grandson of the Einon ab Owain ap Hywel Dda, who fell in 984.[1] He married Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon daughter of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of the Mathrafal dynasty of Powys, by whom he had four sons, Gruffudd, Hywel ap Rhys, Goronwy and Cadwgan, and a daughter Nest.

In 1081 Caradog ap Gruffydd invaded Deheubarth and drove Rhys to seek sanctuary in the St David's Cathedral.

Rhys however made an alliance with Gruffydd ap Cynan who was seeking to regain the throne of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, and at the Battle of Mynydd Carn in the same year they defeated and killed Caradog ap Gruffydd and his allies Trahaearn ap Caradog of Gwynedd and Meilyr ap Rhiwallon.

The same year William the Conqueror visited Deheubarth, ostensibly on a pilgrimage to St David's, but with a major show of power as well, traversing the width of southern Wales, and it seems likely he came to an arrangement with Rhys, whereby Rhys paid him homage and was confirmed in possession of Deheubarth. Rhys paid William £40 a year for his kingdom, ensuring good future relations with William that lasted until the end of his lifetime. Rhys was content as the arrangement meant that he only had to deal with the jealousy of his fellow Welsh princes.

In 1088 Cadwgan ap Bleddyn of Powys attacked Deheubarth and forced Rhys to flee to Ireland. However Rhys returned later the same year with a fleet from Ireland and defeated the men of Powys in a battle in which two of Cadwgan's brothers, Madog and Rhiryd, were killed.

In 1091 he faced another challenge in the form of an attempt to put Gruffydd, the son of Maredudd ab Owain, on the throne of Deheubarth. Rhys was able to defeat the rebels in a battle at St. Dogmaels, killing Gruffydd.

Rhys was able to withstand the increasing Norman pressure following the end of William's reign in 1087 until 1093, when he was killed at Brecon by the Normans led by Bernard de Neufmarche.

Rhys's son Gruffydd inherited some of Deheubarth, but Rhys's death led to the Normans taking over much of the kingdom, with Gruffydd being left to rule a much smaller area.

Rhys's daughter, Nest, was a legendary beauty, as her abduction from her husband's castle at Cenarth Bychan started a civil war.

Owain Tudur and James A. Garfield[citation needed] were among those who claimed descent from Rhys ap Tewdwr.

Footnotes

   1. ^ A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, Volume 2

References

    * The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, University of Wales Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
    * Remfry, P.M., A Political Chronology of Wales 1066 to 1282 (ISBN 1-899376-46-1)
    * A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, Volume 2, John Edward Lloyd, 1911
 1076 Lafracoth O'Brien 1048 - 1119 Murcratal O'Brien 71 71 1052 - 1098 Dubhebathleigh of Ossory 46 46 1124 - 1218 Robert de Bermingham 94 94 1104 Piers de Bermingham 1080 William de Bermingham 1169 John de Cogan Marie de Prindergast Richard de Cogan Basilie de Riddlesford William de Cogan D. 1152 Milo de Cogan Christiana Pagnel 1140 - 1226 Walter de Riddlesford 86 86 1140 Amabilis Fitzhenry 1105 - 1157 Henry Fitzhenry 52 52 1200 - 1251 Gerald de Prindergast 51 51 1216 - 1260 Stephen Longespee 44 44 1216 - 1276 Emmeline de Riddlesford 60 60 He [Hugh de Lacy] married, 2ndly, Emeline, daughter and coheir of Walter DE RIDELISFORD, lord of Bray, by Annora. He died shortly before 26 December 1242 and was buried in the convent of the Franciscan Friars at Carrickfergus. Emeline, who had no issue by Hugh, married, between 8 February 1242/3 and 14 December 1244, Stephen LONGESPEE, sometime Seneschal of Gascony and Justiciar of Ireland, who died before her. She was living, 18 May 1275, and died shortly before 19 July 1276.
[Complete Peerage XII/2:168-71 1246 Ela Longespee 1179 - 1261 Ela D'Everaux 82 82 1200 - 1249 William de Longespee 49 49 1208 - 1266 Ida Longspee 58 58 1113 - 1190 Walter Fitzrichard de Clifford 77 77 Walter, having obtained Clifford Castle, in Herefordshire, with his wife Margaret, dau. of Ralph de Toney, a descendant from William FitzOsborn, Earl of Hereford, by whom the castle was erected, assumed thence his surname and became Walter de Clifford. This feudal lord who was in influence in the reign of Henry II, left at his decease two sons and two daus., viz., Walter, his heir, Richard, Rosamond, and Lucia. Walter de Clifford was s. by his elder son, Walter de Clifford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 122, Clifford, Earls of Cumberland and Barons Clifford]
 1118 - 1185 Margaret de Toeni 67 67 1145 - 1213 Richard de Clifford 68 68 1104 - 1158 Roger de Toeni 54 54 1145 - 1196 William D'Everaux 51 51 1158 - 1232 Eleanor de Vitrei 74 74 1120 - 1168 Patrick D'Everaux 48 48 1120 - 1174 Adela de Talvas 54 54 1100 - 1147 Walter FitzEdward d'Everaux 47 47 # Abbrev: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori"
Title: Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (P.O. Box 577, Bayview, Idaho 83803)
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Her sources included, but may not be limited to: Burke's Landed Gentry, Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage, Burke's Peerage of American Presidents, Debrett's Peerage, Oxford histories & "numerous othe r reference works"

very good to excellent, although she has a tendency to follow Burke's

Hardcopy notes of Lori Garner Elmore.
Text: Walter of Salisbury, no parents shown
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Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances:
Arnaud-Bellee, 1978: Edward de Salisbury or Saresbury, lord of Chittern (Wiltshire), is often considered like a son of William d'Evreux, earl of Rosmare or Roumare and companion of William the Conqueror. He possessed very important lands at Salisbury and other areas. He wore the banner of Henry I at the Battle of Bremule where he fought against King Louis VI of France (20 August 1119). Besides his daughter Maud, he had a son, Walter (died 1147). Edward died 1130.

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EDWARD OF SALISBURY, styled also Edward the Sheriff, whose parentage is unknown (b), was born ante 1060, it is said in England. He was sheriff of Wiltshire so early as February 1080/1. In 1086 he held in chief 33 manors in Wilts, as well as smaller estates in Surrey, Hants, Dorset, Somerset, Middlesex, Bucks, Oxfordshire and Herts, being styled in D.B. "Edwardus Sarisburiensis." He survived the Conqueror. He m. Unknown of whom nothing is known (e). [Complete Peerage XI:373-4, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

[b] According to the Book of Lacock, he was the son of Walter le Ewrus, Earl of Rosmar, a fictitious person, and brother of Gerold, Earl of Rosmar, born in Normandy before the Conquest (Dugdale, Mon., Vol. vi, p. 501). The nickname "le Ewrus" [=I'heureux, or the fortunate) was converted into "de Evreux" by later writers, with the result that the family has been given the name of Devereux and has been tacked on to the Norman Counts of Evreux (see the tabular pedigree given by Planché, Journal of the Brit. Arch. Ass., Vol. i, p. 39; cf. Appendix G to this volume). For the exposure of this mistake see Herald and Genealogist, Vol. iv, p. 149. "Rosmar" is an error for Roumare (Normandy), which was not a comté (cf. ante, Vol. vii, sub Lincoln); but the statement that Edward was brother of Gerold de Roumare, though apparently accepted by Nichols, Arch. Inst., Salisbury Vol., 1849, p. 213, and in the 1st edition of this work, is baseless.

(e) By her he had issue, besides his son and heir, a daughter Maud, who m. Humphrey de Bohun II, at the instance (it is said) of William II.
 1072 - 1130 Maud FitzHubert 58 58 Matilda FitzEdward 1093 - 1142 Mahaut de Evereux 49 49 # Note:

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    Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances:
    Arnaud-Bellee, 1978: Humphrey married Maud (Mathilda or Mahaut, who died 1142), daughter of Edward de Salisbury, between 1087 and 1100. The dowry gave him important estates in the Wiltshire area and the barony of Trowbridge. This was the first of a series of marriages which benefitted the Bohons. They had a daughter, Maud, and a son, Humphrey III.

 1033 Walter de Evereux from: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Webpage on Rootsweb.com by Jim Weber, November 11, 2004
@http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I02690

Walter, according to CP, is a ficticious person, said to be Count of Evreux, based on a misinterpretation of "l'heureux" meaning "the lucky", also said to be "Earl of Rosmare" which is a misspelling of Roumare in Normandy. First of all the Normans had Counts, not Earls, and also the fiefdom of Roumare had no Count. I include this line only because it is included in some old genealogy lines.

Todd Farmerie, in his only comment on the Brian Walls pedigree for the Devereux family, stated that Edward Salisbury's father was Walter de Salisbury (not Walter le Ewrus, Earl of Rosmar), and that some well meaning genealogist decided Walter was of Evreux (ie. d'Evreux). This is probably true. However some of the later descendants of this pedigree (at least by the time of John 1st Baron Devereux of Lyonshall, d. 22 Feb 1392/3), according to reliable sources such as CP, BP, AR, etc., were known as "Devereux" (an obvious derivitive name of "d'Evreux"). Of course they may not be descendants of Walter of Salisbury (maybe of some other Walter who was associated with Evreux) or the "well meaning genealogist" was not a modern person, but someone of the 13th or 14th century, when the people known as "Devereux" existed.

I maybe should separate Walter de Salisbury from Walter le Ewrus, Earl of Rosmar, as Walter de Salisbury is a "proven" father of Edward, while the existence of Walter le Ewrus is in doubt. Although CP, in its description, above, of Walter who was not from "Evreux", but from Roumare, gives him some substance.

The name Walter de Salisbury (father of Edward of Salisbury) sounds Norman, but there were Normans in England before the conquest.
 1038 Philippa Walter de Evereux 1062 - 1133 Patrick de Chaworth 71 71 1093 - 1155 Patrick de Chaworth 62 62 1125 - 1173 Robert de Vitrei 48 48 1127 Emma de Dinan 1045 - 1086 Ralph FitzHubert 41 41 1019 Hubert de Corcun 1100 - 1173 William FitzGerald de Windsor 73 73 1088 - 1126 Ralph de Toeni 38 38 1303 - 1365 Idonea Clifford 62 62 1313 - 1356 Elizabeth Baddlesmere 43 43 1234 - 1310 Joan FitzBernard 76 76 1090 Hadewise de Windsor 1133 - 1189 Henry Plantagenet 56 56 Ruled 1154-1189

Henry II Plantagenet (March 25, 1133 - July 6, 1189), was Duke of Anjou and King of England (1154 - 1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. His soubriquets include "Curt Mantle" (because of the practical short cloaks he wore), "Fitz Empress," and sometimes "The Lion of Justice," which had been used for his grandfather Henry I. He would be known as the first of the Angevin Kings.

Following the disastrous reign of King Stephen, Henry's reign was one of efficient consolidation. Henry II is regarded as England's greatest medieval king.

He was born on March 5, 1133, to the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey the Fair, Duke of Anjou.

He was brought up in Anjou and visited England in 1142 to help his mother in her disputed claim to the English throne and Anjou on the continent; his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152 added her land holdings to his, including vast areas such as Touraine, Aquitaine, and Gascony. He was thus effectively more powerful than the king of France with an empire that stretched from Solway Firth almost to the Mediterranean and from the Somme to the Pyrenees. As king, he would make Ireland a part of his vast domain. He also was in lively communication with the Emperor of Byzantium Manuel I Comnenus.

In August 1152 Henry, who had been fighting Eleanor's ex-husband Louis VII of France and his allies, rushed back to her, and they spent several months together. Around the end of November 1152 they parted: Henry went to spend some weeks with his mother and then sailed for England, arriving on 6 January 1153. Some historians believe that the couple's first child, William, Count of Poitiers, was born in 1152. It is possible that this was why Henry came home at that time, and the progress they made through Eleanor's lands was to mark the birth of the new heir -- that is, that their stated purpose of "introducing the new count" to the people meant Count William, not Count Henry. Others think William was born in 1153, and point out that Henry might still have been there nine months before William was born.

During Stephen's reign, the barons had subverted feudal legislation to undermine the monarch's grip on the realm; Henry saw it as his first task to reverse this shift in power. Castles which had been built without authorisation during Stephen's reign, for example, were torn down, and an early form of taxation replaced military service as the primary duty of vassals. Record-keeping was dramatically improved in order to streamline this taxation.

Henry II established courts in various parts of the country and was the first king to grant magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown. Under his reign, the first written legal textbook was produced, proving the basis of what today is referred to as Common Law. By the Assize of Clarendon (1166), trial by jury became the norm. Since the Norman Conquest, jury trials had been largely replaced by trial by ordeal and "wager of battel" (which was not abolished in England until 1819). This was one of Henry's major contributions to the social history of England. As a consequence of the improvements in the legal system, the power of church courts waned. The church, not unnaturally, opposed this, and its most vehement spokesman was Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, formerly a close friend of Henry's and his chancellor. Henry had appointed Becket to the archbishopric precisely because he wanted to avoid conflict.

The conflict with Becket effectively began with a dispute over whether clergy who had committed a secular offence could be tried by the secular courts. Henry attempted to subdue Becket and his fellow churchmen by making them swear to obey the "customs of the realm", but there was controversy over what constituted these customs, and the church was reluctant to submit. Becket left England in 1164 to solicit personally the support of the Pope in Rome and the king of France, where he stayed for a time. After a reconciliation between Henry and Thomas in Normandy in 1170, he returned to England. Becket again confronted Henry, this time over the coronation of Prince Henry (see below). The much-quoted words of Henry II echo down the centuries: "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?" Four of his knights took their king literally (as he may have intended for them to do, although he later denied it) and travelled immediately to England, where they assassinated Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170.

William, Count of Poitiers, had died in infancy. In 1170, Henry and Eleanor's fifteen-year-old son Henry was crowned king, but he never actually ruled and is not counted as a monarch of England; he is now known as Henry the Young King to distinguish him from his nephew Henry III of England.

Henry and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, had five sons and three daughters. (Henry also had some ten children by at least four other women, and Eleanor had several of those children reared in the royal nursery with her own children; some remained members of the household in adulthood.) His attempts to wrest control of her lands from her (and her heir Richard) led to confrontation between Henry on the one side and his wife and legitimate sons on the other.

Henry's notorious liaison with Rosamund Clifford, the "fair Rosamund" of legend, is thought to have begun in 1165, during one of his Welsh campaigns, and continued until her death in 1176. However, it was not until 1174, at around the time of his break with Eleanor, that Henry acknowledged Rosamund as his mistress. Almost simultaneously, he began negotiating to divorce Eleanor and marry Alice, daughter of King Louis VII of France, who was already betrothed to his son, Richard. His affair with her continued for some years, and, unlike Rosamund Clifford, Alice is believed to have given birth to several of his illegitimate children.

Henry II's attempt to divide his titles amongst his sons but keep the power associated with them provoked them into trying to take control of the lands assigned to them, which amounted to treason, at least in Henry's eyes. Henry was fortunate to have on his side a knight who was both loyal and unbeatable in battle: William Marshal; Henry's illegitimate son Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151-1212), Archbishop of York, also stood by him the whole time and was the only son with Henry when he died.

When Henry's legitimate sons rebelled against him, they often had the help of King Louis VII of France. The death of Henry the Young King, in 1183, was followed by the death of the next in line to the throne, Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany who was trampled to death by a horse in 1186. His third son, Richard the Lionheart, with the assistance of Philippe II Auguste, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189; Henry died at the Chateau Chinon on July 7, 1189 and was entombed in Fontevraud Abbey, near Chinon and Saumur in the Anjou Region that today is part of France.

Richard the Lionheart then became king of England. He was followed by King John, the youngest son of Henry II, laying aside the claims of Geoffrey's son, Arthur, and daughter, Eleanor.

Fiction

The treasons associated with the succession were the main theme of the play The Lion in Winter, which was made into a film starring Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn. Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John were also the subject of the BBC2 series The Devil's Crown and the 1978 book of the same title, written by Richard Barber and published as a guide to the tv series, which starred Brian Cox and Jane Lapotaire as Henry and Eleanor.





Henry II (March 25, 1133 - July 6, 1189), ruled as Duke of Anjou and as King of England (1154 - 1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. His soubriquets include "Curt Mantle" (because of the practical short cloaks he wore), "Fitz Empress," and sometimes "The Lion of Justice," which had also applied to his grandfather Henry I. He ranks as the first of the Plantagenet or Angevin Kings.

Following the disastrous reign of King Stephen, Henry's reign saw efficient consolidation. Henry II has acquired a reputation as England's greatest medieval king.

He was born on March 5, 1133, to the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey the Fair, Duke of Anjou.

Brought up in Anjou, he visited England in 1149 to help his mother in her disputed claim to the English throne.

Prior to coming to the throne he already controlled Normandy and Anjou on the continent; his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152 added her land holdings to his, including vast areas such as Touraine, Aquitaine, and Gascony. He thus effectively became more powerful than the king of France -- with an empire that stretched from the Solway Firth almost to the Mediterranean and from the Somme to the Pyrenees. As king, he would make Ireland a part of his vast domain. He also maintained lively communication with the Emperor of Byzantium Manuel I Comnenus.

In August 1152 Henry, previously occupied in fighting Eleanor's ex-husband Louis VII of France and his allies, rushed back to her, and they spent several months together. Around the end of November 1152 they parted: Henry went to spend some weeks with his mother and then sailed for England, arriving on 6 January 1153. Some historians believe that the couple's first child, William, Count of Poitiers, was born in 1152. Possibly Henry returned to his wife at that time for the birth, and the progress they made through Eleanor's lands marked the birth of the new heir -- with their stated purpose of "introducing the new count" to the people referring to Count William, not to Count Henry. Other historians date William's birth to 1153, and point out that Henry might still have been there nine months before William was born.

During Stephen's reign the barons had subverted the state of affairs to undermine the monarch's grip on the realm; Henry II saw it as his first task to reverse this shift in power. For example, Henry had castles which the barons had built without authorisation during Stephen's reign torn down, and scutage, a fee paid by vassals in lieu of military service, became by 1159 a central feature of the king's military system. Record-keeping improved dramatically in order to streamline this taxation.

Henry II established courts in various parts of England, and first instituted the royal pracice of granting magistrates the power to render legal decisions on a wide range of civil matters in the name of the Crown. His reign saw the production of the first written legal textbook, providing the basis of today's "Common Law".

By the Assize of Clarendon (1166), trial by jury became the norm. Since the Norman Conquest, jury trials had been largely replaced by trial by ordeal and "wager of battel" (which English law did not abolish until 1819). This reform proved one of Henry's major contributions to the social history of England. As a consequence of the improvements in the legal system, the power of church courts waned. The church, not unnaturally, opposed this, and found its most vehement spokesman in Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, formerly a close friend of Henry's, and his Chancellor. Henry had appointed Becket to the archbishopric precisely because he wanted to avoid conflict.

The conflict with Becket effectively began with a dispute over whether the secular courts could try clergy who had committed a secular offence. Henry attempted to subdue Becket and his fellow churchmen by making them swear to obey the "customs of the realm", but controversy ensued over what constituted these customs, and the church proved reluctant to submit. Becket left England in 1164 to solicit in person the support of the Pope in Rome and of King Louis VII of France, where he stayed for a time. After a reconciliation between Henry and Thomas in Normandy in 1170, he returned to England. Becket again confronted Henry, this time over the coronation of Prince Henry (see below). The much-quoted words of Henry II echo down the centuries: "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?" Four of his knights took their king literally (as he may have intended for them to do, although he later denied it) and travelled immediately to England, where they assassinated Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170.

As part of his penance for the death of Becket, Henry agreed to send money to the Crusader states in Palestine, which the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar would guard until such time as Henry arrived to make use of it on pilgrimage or crusade. Henry delayed his crusade for many years, and in the end never went at all, despite a visit to him by Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem in 1184 and being offered the crown of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Henry's eldest son, William, Count of Poitiers, had died in infancy. In 1170, Henry and Eleanor's fifteen-year-old son, Henry, was crowned king, but he never actually ruled and does not figure in the list of the monarchs of England; he became known as Henry the Young King to distinguish him from his nephew Henry III of England.

Henry and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, had five sons and three daughters. (Henry also had some ten children by at least four other women, and Eleanor had several of those children reared in the royal nursery with her own children; some remained members of the household in adulthood.) Henry's attempts to wrest control of her lands from Eleanor (and from her heir Richard) led to confrontations between Henry on the one side and his wife and legitimate sons on the other.

Henry's notorious liaison with Rosamund Clifford, the "fair Rosamund" of legend, probably began in 1165, during one of his Welsh campaigns, and continued until her death in 1176. However, it was not until 1174, at around the time of his break with Eleanor, that Henry acknowledged Rosamund as his mistress. Almost simultaneously, he began negotiating to divorce Eleanor and marry Alice, daughter of King Louis VII of France and already betrothed to Henry's son, Richard. Henry's affair with Alice continued for some years, and, unlike Rosamund Clifford, Alice allegedly gave birth to several of Henry's illegitimate children.

Henry II's attempt to divide his titles amongst his sons but keep the power associated with them provoked them into trying to take control of the lands assigned to them, which amounted to treason, at least in Henry's eyes. Henry had the good fortune to have on his side a knight both loyal and unbeatable in battle: William Marshal; Henry's illegitimate son Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151-1212), Archbishop of York, also stood by him the whole time and alone among his sons attended on Henry's death-bed.

When Henry's legitimate sons rebelled against him, they often had the help of King Louis VII of France. Henry the Young King died in 1183. A horse tramnpled to death another son, Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany (1158 - 1186). Henry's third son, Richard the Lionheart (1157 - 1199), with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and defeated Henry on July 4, 1189; Henry died at the Chateau Chinon on July 6, 1189 and lies entombed in Fontevraud Abbey, near Chinon and Saumur in the Anjou Region of present-day France.

Richard the Lionheart then became king of England. He was followed by King John, the youngest son of Henry II, laying aside the claims of Geoffrey's children Arthur of Brittany and Eleanor.
Fiction
The treasons associated with the royal/ducal succession formed the main theme of the play The Lion in Winter, which also served as the basis of a film starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn. In 2003, a mini-series with Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close in the leading roles reprised the story and its title.

Henry II and his sons King Richard and King John also provided the subjects of the BBC2 television series The Devil's Crown and the 1978 book of the same title, written by Richard Barber and published as a guide to the broadcast series, which starred Brian Cox as Henry and Jane Lapotaire as Eleanor. 1095 - 1167 Elizabeth of Normandy 72 72 1150 - 1221 Walter De Clifford 71 71 1069 - 1135 Henry England 66 66 Henry I (of England) (1068-1135), third Norman king of England (1100-1135), fourth son of William the Conqueror. Henry was born in Selby. Because his father, who died in 1087, left him no land, Henry made several unsuccessful attempts to gain territories on the Continent. On the death of his brother William II in 1100, Henry took advantage of the absence of another brother—Robert, who had a prior claim to the throne—to seize the royal treasury and have himself crowned king at Westminster. Henry subsequently secured his position with the nobles and with the church by issuing a charter of liberties that acknowledged the feudal rights of the nobles and the rights of the church. In 1101 Robert, who was duke of Normandy, invaded England, but Henry persuaded him to withdraw by promising him a pension and military aid on the Continent. In 1102 Henry put down a revolt of nobles, who subsequently took refuge in Normandy (Normandie), where they were aided by Robert. By defeating Robert at Tinchebray, France, in 1106, Henry won Normandy. During the rest of his reign, however, he constantly had to put down uprisings that threatened his rule in Normandy. The conflict between Henry and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, over the question of lay investiture (the appointment of church officials by the king), was settled in 1107 by a compromise that left the king with substantial control in the matter.

Because he had no surviving male heir, Henry was forced to designate his daughter Matilda as his heiress. After his death on December 1, 1135, at Lyons-la-Fôret, Normandy, however, Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois, usurped the throne, plunging the country into a protracted civil war that ended only with the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, in 1154.

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Henry I (c.1068 - December 1, 1135), called Henry Beauclerk or Henry Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests, was the youngest son of William the Conqueror. He reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135, succeeding his brother, William II Rufus. He was also known by the nickname "Lion of Justice". His reign is noted for his limitations on the power of the crown, his improvements in the machinery of government, his reuniting of the dominions of his father, and his controversial decision to name his daughter as his heir.

Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. As the youngest son of the family, he was most likely expected to become a bishop and was given extensive schooling for a young nobleman of that time period. He was probably the first Norman ruler to be fluent in English.

His father William, upon his death in 1087, bequeathed his dominions to his sons in the following manner:

Robert received the Duchy of Normandy
William received the Kingdom of England
Henry received 5000 pounds of silver
It is reported that he prophesied that Henry would eventually get everything his father had (Cross, 1917).

The two older brothers made an agreement that if either died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother. When William II died in 1100, however, Robert was returning from the First Crusade. His absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Henry to seize the keys of the royal hoard at Winchester. He was accepted as king by the leading barons and was crowned three days later on August 5 at Westminster. He immediately secured his position among the nobles by issuing the Charter of Liberties, which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta.

On November 11, 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling, the marriage united the Norman line with old English line of kings. The marriage greatly displeased the Norman barons, however, and as a concession to their sensibilities, Edith changed her named to Matilda upon becoming queen.

The following year in 1101, Robert Curthose attempted to seize back the crown by an invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognize Henry as king of England and return peacefully to Normandy, upon receipt of an annual sum of 2000 marks, which Henry proceeded to pay.

In 1105, to eliminate the continuing threat from Robert, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel. In 1106, he decisively defeated his brother's Norman army at Tinchebray. He imprisoned his brother and appropriated the Duchy of Normandy as a possession of England, thus reuniting his father's dominions.

As king, Henry carried out social and judicial reforms, including:

issuing the Charter of Liberties
restoring laws of King Edward the Confessor.
He had two children by Matilda before her death in 1118: Maud, born February 1102, and William Adelin, born November 1103. On January 29, 1121, he married Adeliza, daughter of Godfrey, Count of Louvain, but there were no children from this marriage. He also holds the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with a provisional total of twenty-five. One of his illegitimate daughters, Sybilla, married King Alexander I of Scotland.

However, his only legitimate son William Adelin perished in the wreck of the White Ship, on November 25, 1120, off the coast of Normandy. Also among the dead were Henry's illegitimate son Richard and illegitimate daughter Matilda, Countess of Perche, as well as a niece, Lucia de Blois.



Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Matilda, widow of Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir.

Henry died of food poisoning from eating foul lampreys in December, 1135, at St. Denis le Fermont in Normandy and was buried at Reading Abbey.



Although Henry's barons had sworn allegiance to his daughter Matilda as their queen, Matilda's sex and her remarriage to the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry's nephew Stephen of Boulogne to come to England and claim the throne with popular support.

The struggle between Matilda and Stephen resulted in a long civil war known as the Anarchy. The dispute was eventually settled by Stephen's naming of Matilda's son, Henry, as his heir in 1153.

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    Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded as highly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born after the conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to the throne. He was not an attractive proposition: he was dissolute to a degree, producing at least a score of bastards; but far worse he was prone to sadistic cruelty---on one occasion, for example, personally punishing a rebellious burgher by throwing him from the walls of his town.

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    At the death of William the Conqueror, Henry was left no lands, merely 5,000 pounds of silver. With these he bought lands from his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, only to see them taken back again a few years later by Robert, in unholy alliance with his brother William Rufus.

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    Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he found numerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of their king. He formed alliances with some of these, notably with the important de Clare family. He and some of the de Clares were with William Rufus on his last hunting expedition, and it is thought that the king's death was the result of Henry's plotting.

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    Certainly he moved fast to take advantage of it; leaving Rufus's body unattended in the woods, he swooped down on Winchester to take control of the treasury. Two days later he was in Westminster, being crowned by the Bishop of London. His speed is understandable when one realises that his elder brother, Robert [Curthose], was returning from the crusade, and claimed, with good reason, to be the true heir.

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    Henry showed great good sense in his first actions as King. He arrested Ranulph Flambard, William's tax-gatherer, and recalled Anselm, the exiled Archbishop. Furthermore, he issued a Charter of Liberties which promised speedy redress of grievances, and a return to the good government of the Conqueror. Putting aside for the moment his many mistresses, he married the sister of the King of Scots, who was descended from the royal line of Wessex; and lest the Norman barons should think him too pro-English in this action, he changed her name from Edith to Matilda. No one could claim that he did not aim to please.

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In 1101 Robert Curthose invaded, but Henry met him at Alton, and persuaded him to go away again by promising him an annuity of £2,000. He had no intention of keeping up the payments, but the problem was temporarily solved.

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    He now felt strong enough to move against dissident barons who might give trouble in the future. Chief amongst these was the vicious Robert of Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom Henry had known for many years as a dangerous troublemaker. He set up a number of charges against him in the king's court, making it plain that if he appeared for trial he would be convicted and imprisoned. Thus Robert and his colleagues were forced into rebellion at a time not of their own choosing, were easily defeated and sent scuttling back to Normandy.

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    In Normandy Robert Curthose began to wreak his wrath on all connected with his brother, thus giving Henry an excellent chance to retaliate with charges of misgovernment and invade. He made two expeditions in 1104-5, before the great expedition of 1106 on which Robert was defeated at the hour-long battle of Tinchebrai, on the anniversary of Hastings. No one had expected such an easy victory, but Henry took advantage of the state of shock resulting from the battle to annex Normandy. Robert was imprisoned (in some comfort, it be said); he lived on for 28 more years, ending up in Cardiff castle whiling away the long hours learning Welsh. His son William Clito remained a free agent, to plague Henry for most of the rest of his reign.

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    In England the struggle with Anselm over the homage of bishops ran its course until the settlement of 1107. In matters of secular government life was more simple: Henry had found a brilliant administrator, Roger of Salisbury, to act as Justiciar for him. Roger had an inventive mind, a keen grasp of affairs, and the ability to single out young men of promise. He quickly built up a highly efficient team of administrators, and established new routines and forms of organisation within which they could work. To him we owe the Exchequer and its recording system of the Pipe Rolls, the circuits of royal justiciars spreading the king's peace, and the attempts at codification of law. Henry's good relationships with his barons, and with the burgeoning new towns owed much to skilful administration. Certainly he was able to gain a larger and more reliable revenue this way than by the crude extortion his brother had used.

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    In 1120 came the tragedy of the White Ship. The court was returning to England, and the finest ship in the land was filled with its young men, including Henry's son and heir William. Riotously drunk, they tried to go faster and faster, when suddenly the ship foundered. All hands except a butcher of Rouen were lost, and England was without an heir.

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    Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to the Emperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed. But in 1125 her husband died, and Henry brought her home and forced the barons to swear fealty to her---though they did not like the prospect of a woman ruler. Henry then married her to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Normans' traditional enemy, and the barons were less happy---especially when the newly-weds had a terrible row, and Geoffrey ordered her out of his lands. In 1131 Henry, absolutely determined, forced the barons to swear fealty once more, and the fact that they did so is testimoney of his controlling power. Matilda and Geoffrey were reunited, and in 1133 she produced a son whom she named for his grandfather. If only Henry could live on until his grandson was old enough to rule, all would be well.

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    But in 1135, against doctor's orders, he ate a hearty meal of lampreys, got acute indigestion, which turned into fever, and died. He was buried at his abbey in Reading---some said in a silver coffin, for which there was an unsuccessful search at the Dissolution. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995]

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Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
Page: 161-9

Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
Page: Henry I

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 262-27, 33a-23 1123 - 1185 Robert of France 62 62 Count of Dreux
Count of Perche
He was the fifth son of Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne. Through his mother he was related to the Carolingians.
In 1137 he received the County of Dreux as an appanage from his father. He held this title until 1184 when he granted it to his son Robert II.
In 1139 he married Agnes de Garlande. By his second marriage in 1145 to Harvise d'Évreux, he became Count of Perche. By this third marriage to Agnes de Baudemont in 1152, he received the County of Braine-sur-Vesle, and the lordships of Fère-en-Tardenois, Pontarcy, Nesle, Longueville, Quincy-en-Tardenois, Savigny, and Baudemont.
Robert I participated in the Second Crusade and was at the Siege of Damascus in 1148. In 1158 he fought against the English and participated in the Siege of Séez in 1154.
(Wikipedia)
 1057 Maud de Hesdin 1109 Constance of England 1305 - 1345 Robert de Clifford 40 40 1295 Roger de Clifford 1307 - 1382 Margaret Clifford 75 75 1243 - 1282 Roger de Clifford 39 39 1234 - 1291 Isabelle de Vipont 57 57 1178 - 1236 Sibil de Ewyas 58 58 1189 - 1231 Roger de Clifford 42 42 1210 - 1301 Isabella Fitzgeoffrey 91 91 1210 - 1264 Robert de Vipont 54 54 1194 John de Vipont 1158 - 1227 Robert de Vipont 69 69 lord of Appleby, Westmorland; Sheriff of Caen, & many English counties, & for 24 yers Sheriff of Westmorland; entrusted w/ education & custody of King's son Richard, afterwards Earl of Cornwall; had custody of castles of Windsor, Bowes, Salisbury, & Carlisle
 1160 - 1240 Idonea Busli 80 80 1130 Maud de Morville 1125 - 1202 William de Vipont 77 77 1145 - 1213 John Busli 68 68 1145 Cicely de Bussey 1216 Sybil Ferrers 1230 - 1271 Thomas FitzGerald 41 41 1314 Giles de Badlesmere 1110 - 1175 Reginald de Dunstanville 65 65 His mother was Sibyl Corbet, the wife of Herbert Fitz Herbert.
He was an illegitimate son of Henry I of England and Lady Sybilla Corbet.
Reginald had been invested with the Earldom of Cornwall by King Stephen of England, but having afterwards taken up the cause of the Empress Matilda, his sister, he forfeited his lands and honours. Possibly during 1173 he grants a charter to his free bugesses of Triueru, and he addresses his meetings at Truro to All men both Cornish and English suggesting a continuing differentiation.
Also he had illegitimate children:
Henry FitzCount, Sheriff of Cornwall, Earl of Cornwall (d. 1222).
William FitzCount.
(Wikipedia)
 1310 - 1366 Maud de Badlesmere 56 56 1141 Lucia de Clifford 1220 - 1333 Idonea de Vipont 113 113 1202 Christian de Vipont 1100 - 1160 William de Vipont 60 60 1105 Mathilde de Saint Andrew 1075 Robert de Vipont 1088 Maud de Curveville 1125 Robert Veteriponte 1050 William de Vieuxpont 1116 - 1179 Richard Busli 63 63 1116 Emma 1091 - 1162 Jordan Busli 71 71 1063 Ernald Busli 1060 - 1115 William Busli 55 55 1090 - 1164 William de Bussey 74 74 1125 Rose Roesia de FitzBaldwin Clare 1065 Hawise Espec 1035 - 1086 William Espec 51 51 1088 Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare Baldwin Fitz Gilbert/de Clare (brother of 1st Earl of Pembroke of the 1138 creation and son of Gilbert, feudal Lord of Clare, Suffolk and Cardigan, whose father Richard was son of the Count of Brionne, of an illegitimate line of the Dukes of
Normandy). [Burke's Peerage]
 1092 Adeline de Rollos 1114 Emma FitzGilbert de Clare 1060 Richard de Rollos 1075 Godiva d' Envermeu 1030 Richard de Rollos 1004 - 1080 Hereward Mercia 76 76 Hereward, Mercian Thegn, who led the Anglo-Saxon resistence to William I (The Conqueror) 1071 and who apparently got back his pre-conquest lands at Witham, Barholm, and Rippingale about the time of the Domesday Suvey 1086. [Burke's Peerage]

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Harold de Wake or Herwaldus or Hewaldus, as it is observed by Dr. Patrick, was the first who gave rise to the name of Wake, and was surnamed de Wake or le Wake. He was one of the bravest heroes of his age and country, whose actions are celebrated by Ingulphus; and was the last who submitted to William, the Conqueror.

Sources for Wake and Stuteville Descendents:
Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, pp. 563, 433, 372, 278, 447, 598.
Burke's Royal Families of England, Scotland and Waies, pp. xxxiv-v-vi,
Part 2, p. vi.
Lipscomb's History and Atiquities of Buckinghamshire, Vol. 4, pp. 125/6.
Metcalf's Visitation of Northamptonshire, pp. 52/3.
Bank's Dormant and Extinct Baronage, Vol. 3, pp. 174/5, 440/1.
Clutterbuck's History of Hertfordshire, Vol. 3, pp. 287/8.

 1014 - 1085 Torfrida de Arles 71 71 1035 Hugh d' Envermeu 1035 Thurfrida Mercia 1025 Leofric Mercia 1110 Mathilde d'Evereaux 1083 Morgan de Chaworth 1084 Robert de Chaworth 1085 Hugh de Chaworth 1095 Pagen de Chaworth 1100 Cecily de Chaworth 1035 - 1096 Hugh de Chaworth 61 61 1012 Payne de Freteval 1015 Adierne de Montdoubleau 0972 - 1050 Nivelon de Freteval 78 78 0987 Ermentrude 1020 Ernald de Freteval 1015 Foucher de Freteval 0982 - 1057 Odo de Montdoubleau 75 75 0990 Placentia de Montoire 0955 - 1030 Hughes de Montdoubleau 75 75 0960 Adela de Bezai 0930 Fouchier de Bezai 0940 Hildegarde 0960 Niehard de Montoire 1038 Hereward of Mercia 0997 Tewdwr ap Cadell D. 1179 Robert de Montgomery Robert de Montgomerie ('de Mundegumri')

1st of Eaglesham

Robert married Marjory FitzAlan, the daughter of Walter FitzAlan, First hereditary High Steward of Scotland. He became the First Earl of Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland after receiving those lands as dowry from Walter. He died in 1178.
 1110 Stephen Montgomery 1010 Trustin FitzRou 1227 Joan de Badlesmere 1181 - 1256 Bartholomew de Badlesmere 75 75 1185 1145 Bartholomew de Badlesmere 1149 1175 - 1214 Thomas FitzBernard 39 39 1179 Alice de Jarpenville 1150 - 1184 Thomas FitzBernard 34 34 1156 Eugene Picot 1155 William de Jarpenville 1159 Aubrey de Rumenel 1129 David de Rumenel 1126 - 1168 Maud d'Evereux 42 42 1228 Idoine de Vipont 1230 Robert de Vipont 1232 Margaret de Vipont 1066 Reginald Devereux of Salisbury 1060 William of Salisbury 1062 Heloise of Salisbury 1065 Gerald Le Gros of Salisbury 1015 William d'Evereux 1072 Hywel ap Rhys 1075 Gwenllian ferch Rhys 1076 Gwladus Ddu ferch Rhys 1077 Efa ferch Rhys 1079 Arden ferch Rhys 1084 Llywelyn Ddiriaid ap Rhys 1123 - 1152 Hawise d' Evreux 29 29 1176 - 1213 Thomas FitzGerald de Windsor 37 37 1172 William FitzGerald de Windsor 1174 John FitzGerald de Windsor 1180 Alexander FitzGerald de Windsor 1081 - 1157 Gruffydd ap Rhys 76 76 0963 Cadell ap Einion 0978 Eleanor ferch Gwerystan 1050 Ellinor ferch Tewdwr 1000 Gwenllian ferch Gwyn 0969 Gwyn ap Rhytherch 1066 Tewdwr Mawr ap Rhys 1075 Margred verch Rhys 1000 - 1070 Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn 70 70 1042 Sionet ap Rhiwalon 1156 Alain de Vitre 1154 Andre de Vitre 1130 Etheldreda de Port 1116 Ralph de Picot 1154 Alice de Picot 1085 Roger de Picot 1058 - 1094 Robert FitzPicot de Say 36 36 King William sought aggressive types for the office of sheriff whoseambitions were consisten t with his. Those willing to squeeze the peasantsto their maximum were the best qualified i n William's eyes. He institutedthe practice of selling the office to the highest bidder. Thi s broughtforth evil men willing to pay exorbitant prices for the office and thenwilling to d o whatever it took to recoup their investment. . . No onespoke out for the peasantry becaus e their only representative to the kingwas the very sheriffs embezzling them. The most notori ous was Picot,Sheriff of Cambridgeshire. . . . Monks describe him as:

"a hungry lion, a prowling wolf, a crafty fox, a filthy swine, a dogwithout shame, who stuffe d his belly like an insatiable beast as thoughthe whole country were a single corpse."

Note: I assume that the above quote refers to Robert Fitz Picot, since hewas in Camberidgeshi re at the time of William the Conqueror.

King William sought aggressive types for the office of sheriff whoseambitions were consisten t with his. Those willing to squeeze the peasantsto their maximum were the best qualified i n William's eyes. He institutedthe practice of selling the office to the highest bidder. Thi s broughtforth evil men willing to pay exorbitant prices for the office and thenwilling to d o whatever it took to recoup their investment. . . No onespoke out for the peasantry becaus e their only representative to the kingwas the very sheriffs embezzling them. The most notori ous was Picot,Sheriff of Cambridgeshire. . . . Monks describe him as:

"a hungry lion, a prowling wolf, a crafty fox, a filthy swine, a dogwithout shame, who stuffe d his belly like an insatiable beast as thoughthe whole country were a single corpse."

Note: I assume that the above quote refers to Robert Fitz Picot, since hewas in Camberidgeshi re at the time of William the Conqueror. 1060 1087 Henry de Say 1100 - 1161 Robert de Vitrei 61 61 1100 - 1161 Emma de la Guerche 61 61 1181 - 1244 Walter de Riddlesford 63 63 de Cogan Sources:

   1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
      Abbrev: Turton
      Author: William Henry Turton
      Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968,
      originally 1928  de Windsor de Windsor Angharad Fitz- Walter David Fitz- Gerald William Fitz-Walter de Windsor Walter de Windsor Robert de Windsor Maurice de Windsor Reinal de Windsor 1085 Delicia de Windsor D. 1078 Dominus Otho de Windsor Sources:

   1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
      Abbrev: Turton
      Author: William Henry Turton
      Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968,
      originally 1928
   2. Title: Ancestors of Paul McBride
      Abbrev: McBride
      Publication: On Line, http://www.tiac.net/users/pmcbride/genweb.html, 1999  Otterus di Gherardini Sources:

   1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
      Abbrev: Turton
      Author: William Henry Turton
      Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968,
      originally 1928
   2. Title: Ancestors of Paul McBride
      Abbrev: McBride
      Publication: On Line, http://www.tiac.net/users/pmcbride/genweb.html, 1999  0970 Cosmus di Gherardini D. 1205 Fulk Painel Sources:

   1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
      Abbrev: Turton
      Author: William Henry Turton
      Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968,
      originally 1928  Aude William Paganel Sources:

   1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
      Abbrev: Turton
      Author: William Henry Turton
      Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968,
      originally 1928  Juliana de Bampton D. 1136 Robert de Bampton Sources:

   1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
      Abbrev: Turton
      Author: William Henry Turton
      Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968,
      originally 1928  D. 1080 Walter de Dovai Sources:

   1. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry
      Abbrev: Turton
      Author: William Henry Turton
      Publication: Genealogical Publishing Company, London, England, 1968,
      originally 1928  Emma Philip Pendergrast Maud Quincy D. 1164 Maurice Pendergrast 1116 Basilia de Clare D. 1086 Tairrdelbach mac Teige O'Brien # Note: John E. Morby, The Wordsworth Handbook of Kings & Queens, Wordsw orth Reference, 1994, p.76.
# Event: High King of Ireland Acceded BET 1072 AND 1086  D. 1098 Dirborgaill ingen Taidg Teige O'Brien D. 1027 Tadg mac Gilla Patriac of Osraige Dermot of Osraige D. 0996 Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada of Osraige D. 0977 Donnchad mac Cellaig of Osraige Aoife of Desi Muman D. 0908 Cellach mac Cerbaill of Osraige D. 0966 Faelan mac Cormaic of Desi Muman Domnall mac Faelin D. 0920 Cormac mac Mothla of Desi Muman Mothla of Desi Muman Raudri of Desi Muman Cormac of Desi Muman Domnall of Desi Muman Dunchad of Desi Muman Bregdolb of Desi Muman Cummascach of Desi Muman D. 0632 Cobtach of Desi Muman Aed of Desi Muman Fintan of Desi Muman Mac Laisre of Desi Muman Cainnech of Desi Muman D. 0484 Erebran of Desi Muman Nia of Desi Muman Brion of Deisi Eogan Brecc of Deisi Art Core of Deisi Mes Corp Mes Gregra Corp Cairpre Rigronn 0117 Fiacha Suighde D. 1021 Maclmuir ingen Olafr of Dublin 1073 - 1163 Nest verch Deheubarth Rhys 90 90 # Note:

    Nest (who also [in addition to Gerald fitz Walter] had by Stephen, Constable of Cardigan, a son (Robert fitz Stephen) and by Henry I another son (Henry, killed 1158, father of Meiler fitz Henry), daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, Prince of South Wales. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1679]

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He [Gerald de Windsor] married Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr, PRINCE OF SOUTH WALES (e). The date of his death is not known, presumably before 1136. [Complete Peerage X:10-11, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

# Note:

    (e) In 1106, when Owen ap Cadugan carried her off, two of her sons and a daughter by Gerald de Windsor were taken with her, the sons being returned later to their father. By Stephen, constable of Cardigan (query after Gerald's death), Nest bore a son, Robert FitzStephen, and by Henry I a son Henry (killed 1158), father of Meiler FitzHenry, which Robert and Meiler were later brothers-in-arms of the Geraldines in Ireland.

# Note:

Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 496, 1679

Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 33a-23

Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: X:11 0930 Rhydderch ap Elgan 1000 Gollwyn Fawr ap Gwyn 0900 Elgan Wefl Hwch ap Cynan 0870 Cynan ap Arthafad 0830 Arthafad ab Iop 0800 Lop ap Dei 0770 Dei ap Llywri 0730 Llywri ap Cynan 0700 Cynan Cylched ap Tryffin Farfog 0430 - 0467 Tryffin ap Owain 37 37 0448 Gwledyr verch Clydwyn 0400 - 0421 Clydwyn of Dyfed & Isles of Man ap Ednyfed 21 21 0382 - 0410 Ednyfed ab Anhun Dunawd 28 28 1072 Hawise de Windsor 1127 - 1197 Robert de Quincy 70 70 Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.