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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“BAUDOUIN V de l’Isle, Count/Marquis of Flanders, 1035-1067, Regent of France, 1060-1067, son and heir, born say 1010. He married at Paris 1028 ADÈLE OF FRANCE, daughter of Robert II, King of France, by his 3rd wife, Constance, daughter of Guillaume II, Count of Arles [see FRANCE 2 for her ancestry]. She was born at Ypres probably in 1009. They had two sons, Baldwin (VI) [Count/Marquis of Flanders; Count of Hainault] and Robert "the Frisian" [Count of Flanders], and one daughter, Maud. BAUDOUIN V, Count/Marquis of Flanders, died at Lille 1 Sept. 1067, and was buried in the church of St.-Pierre, Lille. His widow, Adèle, retired to Abbey of Messines near Ypres, where she died 8 Jan. 1079.
Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 31-37. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire de Flandre (1762): 34-42. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 10-11. De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 544 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1027: "Balduinus Pulchra Barba, comes Flandriae, filio suo Balduino, qui postea dictus est Pius, Athelam, filiam Roberti regis Francorum, accipit uxorem. Ex qua nati sunt Balduinus Montensis et Robertus Friso et filia Mathildis, quae postea nupsit Wilhelmo, filio Roberti ducis Normanniae, qui postea in Angliam transfretans eam debellavit."), 555 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1055: "Balduinus, comes Flandriae, cum Godefrido, avunculum suum Fredericum ducem intra Andoverpum obsidet, sed, concurrentibus Lotharingis, ab oppugnatione desistit"), 557 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1060: "Henricus, rex Francorum, obiit. Philippus filius ejus regnavit post eum annis XLIX. Qui cum esset adhuc infantilis aetatis, Balduinus Pius, comes Flandriae, avunculus ejus et tutor, regnum gubernavit, donec rex esset habilis ad regendum."), 558 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1063: "Anno MLXIII, indictione prima, Balduinus, comes Flandriae, et Athela uxor ejus, fundarunt monasterium sancti Salvatoris Eyhamensis juxta Aldenardum."), 560 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1067: "Balduinus Pius, sive Insulanus, comes Flandriae, obiit, et in ecclesia sancti Petri Insulensis spelitur. Cui succedit Balduinus filius ejus, dictus Hannoniensis, ..."). Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 477 (charter of Baudouin, marquis de Flandre, and Adèle his wife dated 1037), 479 (charter of Baudouin, comte des Flamands, dated 1038), 480-481, 483, 487-490, 493, 499-500, 502-503, 511, 513 (charter of Baudouin, comte des Flamands, dated 1063), 514 (charter of Baudouin, prince des Flamands, dated 1064), 515-516, 517 (charter of Baudouin, comte de Flandre, dated 1065), 518-519, 521-522 (charter of Baudouin, comte de Flandre, dated 1067), 670-671, 673 (charter of Baudouin, marquis de Flandre, dated 1056), 674-675 (charter of comte Baudouin dated 1065). Academy 15 (1879): 457-458 (Adèle, Countess of Flanders [Adela Flandrensis Comitissal, styled daughter of Constance, Queen of France [Constantia Regina] in letter of Bishop Ivo dated 1100 regarding the divorce of Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders and his wife, N., daughter of Alan Fergant of Brittany). Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 1(1) (Recueil des Historiens de la France, Obituaires 1) (1902): 307 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "vi id. ganuarius] [8 January] Ob. Adelaidis comitissa.").. Bled Regestes des Èvêques de Thérouanne, 500-1553 1 (1904): 74-75, 77-79. Inventaire-Sommaire des Archives Départementales antérieures à 1790: Nord, Archives Civiles, Série B, Chambre des Comptes de Lille 1 Pt. 2 (1906): 447. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) IX 51, X 61, Teil II X 98,65. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders), 11 (sub France). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.125, X.227-X229. Harper-Bill Anglo-Norman Studies XXI (1999): 145-168.
Child of Count Baudouin V, by Adele of France:
i. MAUD OF FLANDERS, married WILLIAM I the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy [see Line A, Gen. 12; ENGLAND 1].â€
2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“WILLIAM the Conqueror, Duke (or Count) of Normandy, 1035-87, King of England, 1066-87, illegitimate son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, by his mistress, Axlette (or Herleve) [see Appendix, Line A for his ancestry]. He was probably born at Falaise 1027-28. In 1046-7 William's right to be duke was attacked by his cousin, Guy, count of Brionne. Guy and his associates were defeated by an army led by William and the French king Henri I to the south-west of Caen at Val-es-Dunes. In 1049 William joined the French king's campaign against Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou, taking part in the successful siege of the castle of Mouliheme near Angers. He married about 1050 (marriage prohibited 1049, dispensation dated 1059, they being related by near kinship within the 7th degree) MAUD OF FLANDERS, daughter of Baudouin V, Count-Marquis of Flanders, by Adele, daughter of Robert II, King of France [see Appendix, Line B for her ancestry]. They had four sons, Robert Curthose puke of Normandy], Richard, William II Rufus [King of England], and Henry [I] [King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Cotentin], and five daughters, Alice (or Adelise) (nun at St Leger in Preaux), Maud, Constance, Cecily [Abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen], and Adele (wife of Etienne Henri, Count of Blois). In 1051 William visited England and probably received a promise of the English succession from his childless cousin, King Edward the Confessor. According to Norman writers, King Edward's brother-in-law, Harold Godwinesson (later King Harold), who visited the Norman court in 1064 or 1065, swore an oath to support William's claim to the throne of England. However, when King Edward died (5 Jan 1066), Harold was hastily anointed king (6 Jan 1066) and was accepted by the English nobility. On 28 September 1066 William landed at Pevensey with his army and defeated Harold's forces in the Battle of Hastings 14 October 1066. William was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey 25 December 1066 by Aldred, Archbishop of York. He invaded Scotland in 1072 and Wales in 1081. He spent most of his time in Normandy, but returned to England each time when it was absolutely necessary. In 1082 William imprisoned his half-brother, Eudes, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent, on a charge of disloyalty. He was a major patron of monasteries, founding two great abbeys at St Etienne of Caen and Battle, and making donations to a host of other churches. His wife, Maud, died 2 November 1083, and was buried at Sainte-Trinite in Caen. Her tombstone with inscription carved round the edge has survived. In 1085 William brought a large army to meet the threat of an invasion by Canute IV of Denmark, but it never occurred. One of the most important deeds of William in his last years was ordering of economic and tenurial survey of England, the results of which were summarized in the Domesday Book. In the summer of 1086 the Conqueror departed for the continent, where he went on a military expedition to retaliate against an invading French garrison at the border town of Mantes. He was injured while riding a horse and the ailing king was carried back to Rouen and then moved for peace and quiet to the priory of Saint Gervais outside the city. Surrounded by clergy and magnates, he apparently remained lucid until the end, which came on 9 September 1087. His corpse was transported by river and sea to Caen, where he was buried in the Abbey church of Saint-Etienne. [For William the Conqueror's sister, Alice of Normandy, Countess of Aumale, see AUMALE 1; for his half-brother, Robert, Count of Mortain, see MORTAIN 1.]
Morice Memoires pour servir de Preuves à l'Histoire ecclésiastique et civile de Bretagne 1 (1742): 129 (Extract of Chronicle of Robert, Abbot of Mont Saint Michel: "Anno 1083. Obiit Mathildis Regina filia Balduini II. Comitis Flandrensis, uxor Willelmi Regis Anglorum;" "Anno 1087. Obiit Willelmus Rex Anglorum Rotomagi apud S. Gervasium V. idus Septembris [9 September], qui sua magna industria & probitate omnem Angliam sux subdiderat ditioni ..."). Rud Codicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis (1825): 217 (Monachi & alii Quorum in Margine Matyrologii: "V. Id. Sept. [9 Sept.] Ob. Willelmus Rex Anglorurn."). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 2 (1819): 26 (Odonis [Eudes], Bishop of Bayeux, styled "fratris regis" [brother of the king]); 6(2) (1830): 1090-1091 (Robert, Count of Mortain, styled "brother" [fratris] of King William the Conqueror in charter dated 1189). Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams of the Ancient Peerage of England (1826): 297-300. Guizot Hist. des Ducs de Normandie par Guillaume de Jumiège (1826): 295-298 (Guillaume de Jumièges, Histoire des Normands, Liv. VIII, Chap. XXXIV). De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 544 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1027: "Balduinus Pulchra Barba, comes Flandriae, filio suo Balduino, qui postea dictus est Pius, Athelam, filiam Roberti regis Francorum, accipit uxorem. Ex qua nati sunt Balduinus Montensis et Robertus Friso et filia Mathildis, quae postea nupsit Wilhelmo, filio Roberti ducis Normanniae, qui postea in Angliam transfretans eam debellavit."), 552 (Chronicomm Flandriae sub A.D. 1047: "Wilhelmus, dux Normanniae, uxorem duxit Mathildem filiam Balduini comitis Flandriae, quae postea peperit ei Wilhelmum, postmodum regem Angliae."). Bulkeley La Hougue Bie de Hambie 2 (1837): 245-247 (Odonis [Eudes], Bishop of Bayeux styled "brother" [fratris] by King William the Conqueror in charter dated 1074). Duncan Dukes of Normandy (1839). Strickland Lives of the Queens of England 1 (1840): 1-134 (biog. of Matilda of Flanders). Stapleton Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae 2 (1844): xxix-xxx (Alice [Duchess of Burgundy] styled "aunt" [amita] by King William in charter dated 1080). Giles Chronicon Anglia Petriburgense (1845): 45 (sub A.D. 1035: "Robertus dux Norrnanniæ obiit in peregrinatione Jerusolymitana, a camerario suo potionatus: successit filius ejus Willelmus Bastard, annorum septum puer, tutelæ Henrici regis Franciæ commendatus.")."). Le Prévost Notes pour servir à la Topographic et à l’Histoire des Communes du Département de l'Eure (1849): 30-31 (charter dated April 1066 witnessed by William, Duke of Normandy, his wife, Maud, and his "brother" [fratris], Robert). Hardwick Historia Monasterii S. Artgustini Cantuariensis (Rolls Ser.) (1858): 351 (Eudes, Bishop of Bayeux, Earl of Kent styled "fratris" by King William the Conqueror in undated charter). Lépinois & Merlet Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Chartres 3 (1865): 172 (Necrologium B.M. Carnutensis: V Idus Septembris [9 September] - "Obiit Guillelmus, rex Anglorum et dux Normannorum."). Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Siècle (1866): 177-182, 182-183, 284-285. Edwards Liber Monasterii de Hyda (Rolls Ser. 45) (1866): 294-295 (Judith [of Lens], wife of Earl Waltheof, styled "king's kinswoman" [consanguineam regis] [i.e., kinswoman of King William the Conqueror]). Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 575. Freeman Hist. of the Norman Conquest of England (1870-1879). Delisle Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1881): 228 (Orderic Vitalis, Libro Tertio: Adelaide, wife of Robert son of Giroie, styled "kinswoman [consobrina] of King William the Conqueror), 234 (Orderic Vitalis, Libro Tertio: William Fitz Osbern styled "kinsman and steward" [cognatus et Dapifer] of King William the Conqueror), 246-247 (Orderic Vitalis, Libro Sexto: Gulbert [d'Auffay or de Heugleville] styled "kinsman" [consanguineus] of King William the Conqueror, Beatrix, daughter of Christian de Valenciennes, and wife of Gulbert [d'Auffay or de Huegleville], styled "kinswoman" of Queen Maud of Flanders [Mathildis Reginæ consobrina]). Arch. Jour. 41 (1884): 300-312 (author provides conclusive evidence that Gundred, wife of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, was not the daughter of William the Conqueror or his wife, Maud of Flanders). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 1 (1887): 3-5 (seal of King William the Conqueror - Obverse. The king on horseback to the right, in coat of mail and conical helmet and spurred; in his right hand a long lance with three streamers; in his left hand a kite-shaped shield, held by a strap, showing the interior. Horse trappings: a small, plain saddle, and stirrup, breast-band, girth, and head-gear. Legend: + HOC • NORMANNORVM • WILLEMVM • NOSCE • PATRONVM • S[I] between two dotted circles. Reverse. The king, enthroned, with a crown fleury of three tre-foiled points, and loose robe falling in folds between the knees, with arms and feet apparently bare; both arms extended and raised from the elbow; in his right hand a sword erect, in his left hand an orb, surmounted by a tall cross pattée fitchée. Throne without back; cushions on the seat; the base having three small arches, which rest on a plinth also having arches in nearly vertically corresponding positions. Legend: + HOC • ANGLIS • REGE[M • S]IGNO • [FATEARIS • EVNDEM] between two dotted circles. The legends, taken together, form a distich.). Stubbs Willelmi Malmesbiriensis monachi de gestis regum Anglorum (Rolls Series) (1887-9). Merlet & Clerval Un Manuscrit Chartrain tin Xle Siècle (Soc. Arch. d'Eure-et-Loir) (1893): 175 (Necrologium Ecclesiæ Beatæ Marim Carnotensis - "v id. sept. [9 Sept.] Obiit Guillelmus, rex Anglorum et dux Normannorum ..."), 180 (Necrologium Ecclesix Beatx Maria Camotensis - kal. nov. [31 October] Obiit Matildis, Anglorum regina ..."), 184 (Necrologium Ecclesiæ Beatæ Mariæ Carnotensis - "viii id. dec. [6 December] Obiit Adeliza, filia regis Anglorum…"). Bradshaw Statutes of Lincoln Cathedral Pt. 2 (1897): ccxli (obits. in the odd volume of the great Latin Bible: 9 Sept. - "Willelmus Rex Anglorum."). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 421 (Ex Obituario Gemmeticensi: "9 Sept. [Obiit] Guillelmus rex Anglorum major."), 422 (Ex Obituario Gemmeticensi: "1 Nov. [Obiit] Malthildis, regina Anglorum."), 580 (Notæ Monasterii Montis Sancti Michaelis: "9 Sept. [Obiit] Guillelmus, rex Anglorum et dux Normannnorum."), 581 (Notæ Monasterii Montis Sancti Michaelis: "2 Nov. [Obiit] Mathildis, regina Anglorum."). Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d’Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Barret Cartulaire de Marmoutier pour le Perche (Docs. sur la Province du Perche 3rd Ser. 2) (1894): 9-11. Eng. Hist. Rev. 16 (1901): 498-499; 86 (1971): 225-250. Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 2 (1906): 240 (Obituaire of Prieuré de Saint-Nicaise de Meulan: "Guillelmus, rex Anglorum et princeps Normanie, v idus sept [9 Sept.] [1087]."), 660 (Nécrologe of Abbaye de Saint-Jean-en-Vallée: "[3 Nov.] III non. Obiit Matildis, Anglorum regina [1083]."). D.N.B. 21(1909): 293-301 (biog. of William the Conqueror, King of England). Gomme Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1909): 189-191 (sub A.D. 1075 and 1076: Earl Roger [i.e., Roger, Earl of Hereford] styled "kinsman" of King William the Conqueror), 212 (sub A.D. 1096: William [Count] of Eu styled "king's kinsman."). Bishop & Chaplais Facsimiles of English Royal Writs to AD. 1100 (1957). Stenton Bayeux Tapestry (1957). Fauroux Recueil des Actes des Ducs de Normandie de 911 à 1066 (1961). Galbraith Making of Domesday Book (1961). Stenton First Century of English Feudalism, 1066-1166 (1961). Musset Actes de Guillaume le Conquérant et de la Reine Mathilde pour les Abbeyes Caennaises (1967). Barlow Edward the Confessor (1979). Douglas William the Conqueror (1964). Bates Normandy before 1066 (1982). L. Musset "La reine Mathilde et la fondation de la Trinité de Caen (Abbaye aux Dames)" in Mémoire de l’Academie Nationale des Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres de Caen 21 (1984): 191-210. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders), 79 (sub Normandy), 81 (sub England). Wilson Bayeux Tapestry (1985). Chibnall Anglo-Norman England 1066-1166 (1986). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): X.228, XI.415-XI.423, XII.18. Bates William the Conqueror (1989). Fleming Kings & Lords in Conquest England (1991). Van Houts Costa Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni (1992-5). Meyer Culture of Christendom (1993): 140 (Canterbury Obituary Lists: "5 Idus Sept. [9 Sept.] Obiit Willelmus rex Anglorum."), 144 (Canterbury Obituary Lists: "4 Non. Nov. [2 November]. Obiit Matilda regina…"). Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35. Davis & Chibnall Gesta Guillelmi of William of Poitiers (1997). Bickley Regesta Regum Anglo-Normanorum: The Acta of William I 1066-1087 (1998): 49, 342, 381, 466, 885, 893, 920 (instances of Edward the Confessor, King of England, styled "my kinsman" [yneges mines mæg/ cognatus meus/ consanguineus meus" by William the Conqueror, King of England). Harper-Bill Anglo-Norman Studies XXI (1999): 145-168. Bartlett England under the Norman & Angevin Kings 1075-1225 (2000). Roffe Domesday: The Inquest & the Book (2000). Anglo-Norman Studies XXV (2003): 1-18. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped.).
Children of William the Conqueror, by Maud of Flanders:
i. ROBERT (nicknamed “Curthoseâ€), Duke of Normandy, son and heir, born about 1054. He married in Italy in Sept. 1100 SIBYL OF CONVERSANO, daughter of Goffredo (or Geoffroi), Count of Conversano and Brindisi. They had one son, William “Clito†[Count of Flanders]. By an unknown mistress (or mistresses), he had two illegitimate sons, Richard and William (or Guillaume) [lord of Tortosa], and one illegitimate daughter, ___ (wife of Hélie [or Elias] de Saint-Saëns). His wife, Sibyl, died 18 (or 21) March 1103. ROBERT, Duke of Normandy, died in prison at Cardiff 10 (or 11) Feb. 1134, and was buried before the altar in the abbey church of St. Peter, Gloucester. Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de la Morinie 4 (1839): lxxv. Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 576 (Notæ Monasterii Montis Sancti Michaelis: "1 Feb. [Obiit] Robertus, comes Normannorum."), 577 ("18 Mart. [18 March] [Obiit] Sebille, comitissa Normannorum."). Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 2 (1906): 239 (Obituaire of Prieuré de Saint-Nicaise de Meulan: "[Obiit] Sibilla, comitissa Normannie XII kal. apr. [21 March]"). D.N.B. 16 (1909): 1235-1242 (biog. of Robert, Duke of Normandy). Barlow William Rufus (1983): 441-445, Appendix A, Children of William I and Matilda. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 81 (sub England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XI.415, XII.643, XII.643a-XII.643c. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped.). Aird Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy (2011).
ii. RICHARD, 2nd son, born about 1055, died 1069-74. Douglas William the Conqueror (1964): Appendix C, 393. Barlow William Rufus (1983): 441-445, Appendix A, Children of William I and Matilda. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 81 (sub England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XI.418. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped.).
iii. WILLIAM “Rufus,†3rd son, born about 1060. He succeeded his father in 1087 as king of England; Normandy and Maine passed to his elder brother, Robert. He was crowned at Westminster 26 Sept. 1087. From 1096 to 1100 he held the duchy of Normandy in pledge but was never duke. WILLIAM II, King of England, was killed in the New Forest 2 August 1100, being shot by an arrow from his own men in hunting. He was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire. Rud Codicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis (1825): 216 (Monachi & all Quorum in Margine Matyrologii: "Kal. Aug. [1 August]. Ob. Guillelmus Rex Anglorum"). Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Siècle (1866): 182-183, 285-286. Freeman Hist. of the Norman Conquest of England (1870-1879). Lawrie Early Scottish Charters prior to A.D. 1153 (1905): 14 (confirmation charter of King William II dated 1095-1100). D.N.B. 21 (1909): 301-306 (biog. of William II, King of England). Barlow William Rufus (1983). Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 81 (sub England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): Xl.419. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped.).
iv. HENRY, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Cotentin [see below].
v. ALICE (or ADILIDEM, ADILIDE, ADELIZA) OF ENGLAND, nun at St Léger in Preaux. She died in 1073. Green Lives of the Princesses of England 1 (1857): 14-16 (biog. of Adeliza, or Adelaide of England). Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Steele (1866): 177-182, 285-286. Merlet & Clerval Un Manuscrit Chartrain du XIe Siècle (Soc. Arch. d'Eure-et-Loir) (1893): 184 (Necrologium Ecclesiæ Beatæ Mariæ Carnotensis - "viii id. dec. [6 December] Obiit Adeliza, filia regis Anglorum ..."). Barlow William Rufus (1983): 441-445, Appendix A, Children of William I and Matilda. Lasteyrie Etudes sur la Sculpture française au Moyen Age (1902): 7. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 81 (sub England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): Xl.416. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35.
vi. MAUD OF ENGLAND. In 1086 Geoffrey held Hatch Warren, Hampshire of the king for the service which he performed for Maud the king's daughter. She died 26 April, year unknown, Green Lives of the Princesses of England 1 (1857): 16-33 (biog. of Matilda of England). Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Siècle (1866): 177-182, 285-286. Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 2 (1906): 239 (Prieuré de Saint-Nicaise de Meulan: "Ob. Mathildis, filia Willelmi regis Anglorum, vi kal. maii [26 April"). Barlow William Rufus (1983): 441-445, Appendix A, Children of William I and Matilda (author states Maud was not first Abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen as Delisle believed). Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 81 (sub England). Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35.
vii. CONSTANCE OF ENGLAND. She married in 1086 (as his 1st wife) ALAN IV, Count (or Duke) of Brittany, son and heir of Hoe!, Count (or Duke) of Nantes, by Hawise, daughter of Alan III, Count (or Duke) of Brittany. They had no issue. He succeeded his father as Duke in 1084. In 1088 his wife, Countess Constance, confirmed to Quirnperlé Abbey certain domains that her husband previously had given them. His wife, Constance, died 13 August 1090, and was buried in the church of St. Melans near Rhedon in Brittany. He married (2nd) ERMENGARDE OF ANJOU, divorced wife of Guillaume IX, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitou, and daughter of Fulk (or Foulques) IV "le Rechin," Count of Anjou, by his 1st wife, Hildegarde, daughter of Lancelin [II] de Baugency. They had two sons, Conan [III] “le Gros†[Duke of Brittany] [see BRITTANY 3] and Geoffroi, and one daughter, Hawise (wife of Baudouin VII, Count of Flanders). He accompanied Robert, Duke of Normandy, to the Holy Land in 1096. He abdicated in c.1114-16 in favor of his son, Conan, and subsequently became a monk at Redon Abbey. ALAN IV, Count (or Duke) of Brittany, died 13 October 1119. Morice Mémoires pour servir de Preuves à l'Histoire ecclésiastique et civile de Bretagne 1 (1742): 101-103, 453 (charter of Alan, Duke of Brittany to St. Georges Abbey), 463 (Duke Alan and his wife, Constance, listed as witnesses to a charter dated 8 Dec. 1086 of Giron son of Ansketil to Saint-Florent), 464 (charter of Constance, Countess of Brittany, daughter of William King of England to Quimperlé Abbey; charter names her husband, Alan, Duke of Brittany, son of Duke Hoel), 464 (epitaph of Constance, Countess of Brittany found in 1672 which reads: "Concurrente uno Idus Aug. [13 August] Obiit Constantia Britanniae Comitissa Alani Fergens conjux nobilissima, Willielmi Regis Anglorum filia."), 464-465 (charter dated 1089 of Alan, Count of Brittany, son of Count Hoel to Quimperlé Abbey), 465-467 (judgment dated 1089 regarding a difference of the monks of Redon with the chaplains of Count Alan and his wife, Countess Constance), 507 (charter dated 1101 of Alan, Duke of Brittany, his 2nd wife, Ermengarde, and their son, Conan), 525 (charter of Alan, Count of Brittany, and his 2nd wife, Countess Ermengarde, to the nuns of Fontevrault), 527. Green Lives of the Princesses of England 1 (1857): 23-33 (biog. of Constance of England). Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk (1858): 9-12. Jausions Histoire abrégée de la Ville et de l’Abbaye de Redon (1864): 56-60. Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Siècle (1866): 177-182, 221, 285-286. Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 12 (1877): 559 (Ex Chronico Brittanico Altero: sub MLXXXVIII [A.D. 1088]. "Alanus [Fergent] duxit Constantiam filiam Regis Guillelmi Anglorum in uxorem."; sub MXC [A.D. 1090]. "Obiit Constantia Alani conjux nobilissirna sine liberis."; sub MCXIX [A.D. 1119]. "Obiit Alanus Fergent pater Conani."), 562 (Ex Chronico Kemperlegiensi: sub MLXXXVII [A.D. 1087]. "Alanus [Fergent] Hoeli Consulis filius duxit uxorem Constantiam Guillehni Regis Anglorum filiam.", sub MXC [A.D. 1090]. "[Idibus Aug.] [13 Aug.] "Constantia Cornitissa obiit, Regis Anglorum filia."; sub MCXX [A.D. 1120]. "Obiit Alanus Fergant junior filius Hoelis Comitis, III. Idus Octobris [13 Oct.]."). Paris Guillaume de Tyr et ses Continuateurs, Texte français (1880): 2 ("Ermenjart [of Anjou], qui premierement fu femme Guillaume le conte de Poitiers; mès il la leissa contre le comandement de sainte Eglise et de la loi de mariage, et li cuens de Bretaigne la prist et espousa. Si en engendra Conain qui pins fe cuens de Bretaigne, et le clamoit-l'en Conain le Gros."). Bull. & Memoires de la Société Archéologique du Departement d'Ille-et-Vilaine 17 (1885): 44-45 (charter dated 1084 of Count Alan, son of Count Hoel to Quimperlé Abbey), 51-52 (charter dated 1086 of Alan Fergent, Count of Brittany to Saint-Florence Priory), 52-56 (sale of lands by Count Alan to Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé dated before 1088; charter names his parents, Count Hoel and Hadeuguis), 56-67 (charter dated 1089 of Alan, Duke of Brittany, and Constance his wife to Saint-Florent), 59-60 (charter dated 1096 of Alan, Duke of Brittany, son of Duke Hoe!, to Quimperlé Abbey; charter names his uncle [avunculi] Benoit, Bishop of Nantes), 61-69. Barlow William Rufus (1983): 441-445, Appendix A, Children of William I and Matilda. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 81 (sub England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XI.420, XII.40. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped.).
viii. CECILY (or CECILE) OF ENGLAND, Abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen. She died 30 July 1126. Green Lives of the Princesses of England 1 (1857): 1-14 (biog. of Cecilia of England). Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Siècle (1866): 224 ("Abbatissa gregis Cecilia filia regis"). Barlow William Rufus (1983): 441-445, Appendix A, Children of William I and Matilda. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 81 (sub England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XI.417. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 34-35. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 306 (Normandy ped.).
ix. ADELE (or ALA) OF ENGLAND, married ETIENNE HENRI, Count of Blois, Chartres, Chateaudun, Meaux, Provins, Sancerre, and Troyes [see BLOIS 2].â€
RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“ROBERT II nicknamed “the Pious,†King of France, 996-1031, born at Orléans about 970-974. He was named associate-king with his father in Dec. 987, and succeeded his father in 996. He married (1st) before 1 April 988 (date of charter) SUZANNE (or ROZALA) OF ITALY, widow of Arnulf (or Arnoul) II “the Young,†Marquis of Flanders, Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin [died 23 (or 30) March 987-988] [see Appendix, Line B, Gen. 8], and daughter of Berengario (or Berenger) II, King of Italy, by Willa, daughter of Boson, Count of Arles [see Appendix, Line C, Gen. 6 below for her ancestry]. They had no issue. He repudiated the marriage in 991 or 992; she died 13 Dec. 1003, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin in Gand. He married (2nd) in late 996 or early 997 BERTHA OF BURGUNDY, widow of Eudes I, Count of Blois and Chartres (died 12 March 995/6), and daughter of Conrad “le Pacifique,†King of Burgundy transjurane, by Mathilde (or Mahaut), daughter of Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, King of France. They had no issue. A decree against their union was issued by Pope Gregory V at the synod of Pavia in Feb. 997 on grounds of consanguinity; she died 16 January, after 1010). He married (3rd) after Sept. 1001 and before 25 August 1003 CONSTANCE OF PROVENCE, daughter of Guillaume II of Provence, Count of Arles, by Aelis (or Blanche), daughter of Foulques II “le Bon,†Count of Anjou. They had four sons, Hugues II Magnus, Henri (I) [King of France], Robert I [Duke of Burgundy], and Eudes, and two daughters, Hawise (or Advisa/Hadvida/Adelaide) (wife of Renaud, Count of Nevers and Auxerrre) and Adèle (wife of Baudouin V, Count/Marquis of Flanders). ROBERT II, King of France, died Château Melun (Seine-et-Marne) 20 July 1031, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. His widow, Queen Constance, died in Château Melun (Seine-et-Marne) 25 July 1032, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Denis.
Besly Histoire des Comtes de Poictou et Ducs de Guyenne (1647): 365, Preuves (Charter of Bourgueil dated Kal. Martij [1 March] 1028, in the "reign of King Robert in France and his kinsman, Guillaume in Aquitaine" [regnante R. Rotberto in Francia et ejus consobrino Guillelmo in Aquitania]). Anselme Hist. de la Maison Royale de France 6 (1730): 3-21 (sub Anjou). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 15 (1808): 177 (Constance, Queen of France [Constantia Regina] identified as daughter of Blanche, Countess of Arles [Blanca Arelatensis Comitissa], sister of Geoffrey Grisegonelle [Gaufridus Grisgonellus] in letter of Bishop Ivo dated 1100). De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 536 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1002: "Susanna regina, uxor Roberti Francorum regis, obiit, et in Blandinio juxta Amulphum Juniorem, Flandriae comitem, suum priorem maritum, sepelitur. Haec prius dicebatur Rozala, cum esset uxor Arnulphi; post cujus obitum, accepto Roberto rege, Susanna dicta est"). Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS III (1839): 657 (Richeri Hist. Lib. III: "Robertus rex in Aquitania ob nepotem suum Wilelmum obsidione Hildebertum premit" [In 997 King Robert besieged Hildebert in Aquitaine for the sake of his kinsman [nepos] Guillaume V, Duke of Aquitaine]. Champollion-Figeac Documents historiques inédits tirés des collections manuscrites de la Bibliotheque Royale 2 (1843): 20 (Chronicon breve ab Origine Francorum usque ad Ann. 1137: "Duxit autem uxorem Constantiam, filiam Guillelmi comitis Arelatensis, natam de Blanca, sorore Gaufridi comitis Andegavensis; ex qua genuit 4 filios, Hugonem qui cognominatus est Magnus, Henricum, Robertum, Odonem."). Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS V (1844): 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. [950-968]: "Arnulfus junior uxorem duxit filiam Beregeri regis Susannam"), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 988: "Obiit Amulfus iunior."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1003: "Obiit Susanna regina."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1031: "Obiit Rotbertus rex."). Poinsignon Richeri historiarum quatuor libri: Histoire de Richer en quatre livres (1855): 469 ("Sur ces entrefaites, le roi Robert, qui était dans sa dix-neuvième année, dans la fleur de la jeunesse, répudia sa femme Susanne, d'origine italienne, parce qu'elle était trop vieille pour lui."), 503 ("Le roi Robert succède à son pere, et, avec le conseil des siens, épouse Berthe ...."). Lépinois & Merlet Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Chartres 3 (1865): 23 (Chartularium B.M. Camutensis: "XVII Kalendas Februarii [16 January] - Obiit Berta, mater Odonis comitis"), 141 (Necrologium B.M. Carnutensis: "XIII Kalendas Augusti [20 July] - Obiit Rotbertus, rex"). Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimis 1 (1866): 443 (charter of Queen Susanne and her son, Baudouin, dated 1003). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 10 (1874): 365 (Ex Vita S. Bertulfi Abbatis Renticensis: "Post immaturam a Arnulfi Junions Marchionis mortem, cujus avus magnus exstitit Arnulfus, Balduinus filius ejus cum matte Rozala derelictus est parvulus. His enim est qui postea Prolixæ-barbæ dictus est Balduinus, cujus Principis Roberto Regi Francorum nupsit, et Susanna dicta, mutato nomine, Regina regnavit."), 569 (Monitum in Diplomata Roberti Regis: "Nondum certe Constantia Roberto nupserat mense Augusto anno 1001, quo Adalax seu Adalars Comitissa, ejus parens, Monti-majori prædia quædem in valle Ollieria seu Ollierta confert una cum filio suo Willelmo Comite et filia sua Constantia; quæ donatio facta est in mense Augusto, regnante Rodulfo Rege, Indictione XIV; quæ indictio a morte Conradi Regis patris Rodulfi primum occurrit anno 1001."). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1876): 276 (Ex Continuatione Aimoni: "Anno MXXXI Incarn. Dom. obiit Robertus Rex, qui dum viveret, etc."). Academy 15 (1879): 458. Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 114 (seal of King Robert dated c. A.D. 997 - Pointed oval: the king, half-length, full-face, crowned with an open coronet of three fleurs-de-lis, or fleurons, long beard; cloak fastened over the right shoulder, falling in regular plaits over the breast. The hands lifted up from the elbow; in the right hand a short sceptre, topped with a fleur-de-lis; in the left hand an orb. Legend: + ROTBERTVS GR[AC]IA DI FRANCORV REX. This is the earliest example of the occurence of the fleur-de-lis on the seals of the Sovereigns of France.). Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 1(1) (Recueil des Historiens de la France, Obituaires 1) (1902): 267 (Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés: "XIII kal. Aug. [20 July] - Obiit Rotbertus, rex Francorum [1031]."), 267 (Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Pres: "XI kal. Aug. [22 July] - Obiit regina Constancia [1032]"), 322 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "XIII kal. Aug. [20 July] - Ob. Rotbertus, venerande memorie humillimus Francorum rex [1031]"), 348 (Prieuré d'Argenteuil: "VIII kal. Aug. [25 July] - Ob. Constancia regina [1032]"). Chaume Les Origins du Duché de Bourgogne 1 (1925): 536-537 (chart). Newman Catalogue des Actes de Robert II, Roi de France (1937). Strecker Die Lateinischen Dichter des Deutschen Mittelalters (Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Die Ottonenzeit 5(1)) (1937): 299 (Memorial of Queen Susanna). Helgaud of Fleury Vie de Robert le Pieux: Epitoma Vitae Regis Rotberti pii 1 (1965). Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 11 (sub France), 59. Bouchard Sword, Miter, & Cloister (1987). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.18 & X.77. Medieval Prosopography 11 (1990): 1-15. Van Kerrebrouck Les Capétians 987-1328 (2000): 55-64. Settipanni La Noblesse du Midi carolingien (2004): 317. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 310 (France ped.).
Children of King Robert II, by Constance of Provence:
i. HENRI I, King of France [see next].
ii. ADELE OF FRANCE, married BAUDOUIN V, Count/Marquis of Flanders [see Appendix, Line B, Gen. 10].â€
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