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Wife Adelaide Abbess of Gandersheim and Quedlinburg
Born: 1045 - Goslar
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Died: - 11 jan 1096
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Father: Henry III "the Black" Holy Roman Emperor (1017-1056)
Mother: Agnes of Poitou (Abt 1025-1077)
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Source: Wikipedia - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and Agnes of Poitou
Husband Eudes Count of Maurienne and Savoy
AKA: Odo Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Otto Count of Maurienne and Savoy
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Wife Adelaide of Susa, Duchess of Turin
AKA: Alix Duchess of Turin
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1 F Bertha of Savoy
AKA: Bertha of Turin
Born: 21 Sep 1051
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Died: 27 Dec 1087 - Mainz, Germany
Buried: - Speyer Cathedral
Spouse: Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
Marr: 13 Jul 1066 - Trebur
2 M Amadeus II Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Margrave of Susa
AKA: Amadeus I Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Margrave of Susa
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Died: 26 Jan 1080
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Spouse: Jeanne of Geneva ( - )
Marr: Bet 1065 and 1070
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: Wikipedia - Bertha of Savoy
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 274A-22 (Eudes)
Source: Wikipedia - Bertha of Savoy has Adelaide of Susa.
Husband Hugh Capet King of France
AKA: Hugues Capet Duke of the Franks, King of France
Born: After 939 - France
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Died: 24 Oct 996 - Paris, France
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Father: Hugh Magnus Count of Paris ( -0956)
Mother: Hedwig of Saxony ( -After 0958)
Marriage: Bef 969
Wife Adelaide de Poitou
AKA: Alix of Poitou
Born: 945
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Died: 15 Jun 1006
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Father: William I Count of Poitou (III Duke of Aquitaine) (0900-0963)
Mother: Adele de Normandie ( -After 0969)
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1 M Robert II "the Pious" King of France
AKA: Robert Sanctus King of France, Robert Capet Sanctus, King of France
Born: 27 Mar 972 - Orleans, France
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Died: 20 Jul 1031 - Melun, France
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Spouse: Constance of Arles ( -Bet 1032)
Marr: 1003
2 F Hedwig of France
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King of France 987-996. Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 144A-20
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 149-23 (Adelaide of Namur)
2nd wife of Otto II, Count of Chiny Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875360
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875361
From Wikipedia - Ermengarde of Hesbaye : From Wikipedia - William I of Provence : Second wife of William I of Provence. FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #107707 FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #107706 Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872409
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), Line 141-20.
Also Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
From Wikipedia - Hugh Capet :
Hugh Capet[1] (c. 940 - 24 October 996 ) was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V in 987 until his death.
Descent and inheritance
The son of Hugh the Great , Duke of France , and Hedwige of Saxony , daughter of the German king Henry the Fowler , Hugh was born about 940. His paternal family, the Robertians , were powerful landowners in the Île-de-France . His grandfather had been King Robert I and his grandmother Beatrice was a Carolingian, a daughter of Herbert I of Vermandois . King Odo was his great uncle and King Rudolph Odo's son-in-law. Hugh was born into a well-connected and powerful family with many ties to the reigning nobility of Europe.[2] But for all this, Hugh's father was never king. When Rudolph died in 936, Hugh the Great organized the return of Louis d'Outremer , son of Charles the Simple , from his exile at the court of Athelstan of England . Hugh's motives are unknown, but it is presumed that he acted to forestall Rudolph's brother and successor as Duke of Burgundy, Hugh the Black from taking the French throne, or to prevent it from falling into the grasping hands of Herbert II of Vermandois or William Longsword , Count of Rouen .[3]
In 956, Hugh inherited his father's estates and became one of the most powerful nobles in the much-reduced West Frankish kingdom . However, as he was not yet an adult, his uncle Bruno , Archbishop of Cologne , acted as regent . Young Hugh's neighbours made the most of the opportunity. Theobald I of Blois , a former vassal of Hugh the Great, took the counties of Chartres and Châteaudun . Further south, on the border of the kingdom, Fulk II of Anjou , another former client of Hugh the Great, carved out a principality at Hugh's expense and that of the Bretons .[4]...
Election and extent of power
From 978 to 986, Hugh Capet allied himself with the German emperors Otto II and Otto III and with Archbishop Adalberon of Reims to dominate the Carolingian king, Lothair . By 986, he was king in all but name. After Lothair and his son died in early 987, the archbishop of Reims and Gerbert of Aurillac convened an assembly of nobles to elect Hugh Capet as their king....
Dispute with the papacy
Hugh made Arnulf Archbishop of Reims in 988, even though Arnulf was the nephew of the his bitter rival, Charles of Lorraine . Charles thereupon succeeded in capturing Reims and took the archbishop prisoner. Hugh, however, considered Arnulf a turncoat and demanded his deposition by Pope John XV . The turn of events outran the messages, when Hugh captured both Charles and Arnulf and convoked a synod at Reims in June 991, which obediently deposed Arnulf and chose as his successor Gerbert of Aurillac. These proceedings were repudiated by Rome, although a second synod had ratified the decrees issued at Reims. John XV summoned the French bishops to hold an independent synod outside the King's realm, at Aachen , to reconsider the case. When they refused, he called them to Rome, but they protested that the unsettled conditions en route and in Rome made that impossible. The Pope then sent a legate with instructions to call a council of French and German bishops at Mousson , where only the German bishops appeared, the French being stopped on the way by Hugh and Robert.
Through the exertions of the legate, the deposition of Arnulf was finally pronounced illegal. After Hugh's death, Arnulf was released from his imprisonment and soon restored to all his dignities.
Legacy
Hugh Capet died on 24 October 996 in Paris and was interred in the Saint Denis Basilica . His son Robert continued to reign.
Most historians regard the beginnings of modern France with the coronation of Hugh Capet. This is because, as Count of Paris , he made the city his power center. The monarch began a long process of exerting control of the rest of the country from there.
He is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty . The direct Capetians, or the House of Capet , ruled France from 987 to 1328; thereafter, the Kingdom was ruled by collateral branches of the dynasty. All French Kings down to Louis Philippe , and royal pretenders since then, have been members of the dynasty (the Bonapartes styled themselves emperors rather than kings). As of 2007 , the Capetian dynasty is still the head of state in the kingdom of Spain (in the person of the Bourbon Juan Carlos ) and the duchy of Luxembourg , being the oldest continuously reigning dynasty in Europe. Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendent of Hugh Capet.
Marriage and issue
Hugh Capet married Adelaide , daughter of William Towhead , Count of Poitou . Their children are as follows:
A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.[10]
References
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 144A-20
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Husband Geoffrey I Count of Anjou
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Died: 21 Jul 987
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Wife Adelaide of Vermandois
Born: 950
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Died: Bet 975 and 978
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Father: Robert of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux ( -Bet 0967)
Mother: Adelaide of Burgundy (Abt 0918-0967)
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1 F Ermengarde d'Anjou
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Spouse: Conan I Count of Rennes, Duke of Brittany ( -0992)
Marr: 980
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Husband Otto II Count of Chiny
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Died: 28 Mar 1125
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Father: Arnold II Count of Chiny ( -1106)
Mother: Adela de Rameru ( - )
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Wife Adelaide of Namur
Born: 1068
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Died: 1124
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Father: Albert III Count of Namur ( -1102)
Mother: Ida of Saxony ( - )
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1 F Ida of Chiny and Namur
Born: Abt 1083
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Died: Bet 1117 and 1122
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Spouse: Godfrey I of Leuven (Abt 1060-1139)
Marr: Bet 1100 and 1105
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Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 149-23
Husband Richard Duke of Burgundy
Born: Abt 866 - Autun, Burgundy, France
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Died: 921
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Father: Theodore de Autun Count of Autun (Abt 0840-0879)
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Wife Adelaide
Born: Abt 868 - Burgundy, France
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Father: Conrad II Count of Andech (Abt 0826-0881)
Mother: Ermentrude (Abt 0832- )
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1 F Ermengarde
Born: Abt 894 - Burgundy, France
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Spouse: Giselbert Count of Burgundy and Chalons (Abt 0892-0956)
2 F Alice
Born: Abt 892 - Burgundy, France
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Wife Adelaide
Born: Abt 799
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Father: Louis I Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks (0778-0840)
Mother: Ermengarde of Hesbaye (Abt 0778-0818)
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Adelaide, born. ca. 799 . Possible wife of Robert the Strong , possible mother of Odo, Count of Paris and Robert I of France .
Husband William I "the Liberator" of Provence
Born: Abt 950
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Died: After 29 Aug 993
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Marriage: 984
Wife Adelaide "la Blanche" of Anjou
AKA: Adelais of Anjou, Alice of Anjou
Born: Abt 947
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Died: 1026
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Father: Fulk II of Anjou ( -0958)
Mother: Gerberga of Maine ( - )
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1 F Constance of Arles
AKA: Constance of Provence, Gisant of Arles
Born: abt 0986
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Died: Bet 1032 and 1033 - Melun, France
Buried: - Saint-Denis Basilica
Spouse: Robert II "the Pious" King of France (0972-1031)
Marr: 1003
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William I (c. 950 - 993 , after 29 August ), called the Liberator, was Count of Provence from 968 to his abdication. In 975 or 979 , he took the title of marchio or margrave. He is often considered the founder of the county of Provence. He and his elder brother Rotbold II , sons of Boso II of Arles , both carried the title of comes or count concurrently, but it is unknown if they were joint-counts of the whole of Provence or if the region was divided. His brother never bore any other title than count so long as William lived, so the latter seems to have attained a certain supremacy.
In 980 , he was installed as Count of Arles . His sobriquet comes from his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their threat, which had been constant since the establishment of a base at Fraxinet . At the Battle of Tourtour in 973 , with the assistance of the counts of the High Alps and the viscounts of Marseille and Fos , he definitively routed the Saracens , chasing them forever from Provence. He reorganised the region east of the Rhône , which he conquered from the Saracens and which had been given him as a gift from King Conrad of Burgundy . Also by royal consent, he and his descendants controlled the fisc in Provence. With the Isarn, Bishop of Grenoble , he repopulated the Dauphiny and settled an Italian count named Ugo Blavia near Fréjus in 970 in order to bring that land back to cultivation. For all this, he figures prominently in Ralph Glaber 's chronicle with the title of dux and he appears in a charter of 992 as pater patriae .
He donated land to Cluny and retired to become a monk, dying at Avignon , where he was buried in the church of Saint-Croix at Sarrians . He was succeeded as margrave by his brother. His great principality began to diminish soon after his death as the castles of his vassals, which he had kept carefully under ducal control, soon became allods of their possessors.
Marriage and issue
He married 1st Arsenda, daughter of Arnold of Comminges and their son was:
He married 2nd (against papal advice) in 984 , Adelaide of Anjou , daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberga of Maine , and their daughter was:
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From Wikipedia - Adelaide of Anjou :
Adelaide[1] (c. 947 -1026 ),[2] called the White,[3] was the daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberga of Maine . She was therefore the sister of Geoffrey Greymantle . She was married five times to some of France 's most important noblemen.
Her first marriage, probably before 960, was to Stephen, Viscount of Gévaudan . Her second marriage was to Raymond III , Count of Toulouse and Prince of Gothia , in 975. He died in 978.
In 982, she married Louis , the young son of Lothair of France , and the two were jointly crowned Monarchs of Aquitaine on the same day at Brioude . The large difference in age between the spouses was cause for a quick divorce in 984.
She fled then to Arles , where she contracted, against papal advice, a marriage with William I of Provence in 984. She gave him a daughter, Constance of Arles , who later married Robert II of France .
Her final marriage was to Otto-William, Duke of Burgundy .
Notes
^ Variously given as Alice, Adelais, Adalais, or Azalais.
^ Adélaïde Blanche d'Anjou
^ "la Blanche."
Husband Arnoldus of Moselle, Bishop of Metz
Born: Abt 540 - Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
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Died: 601
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Father: Ansbertus of Moselle, Senator of Rome (Abt 0500- )
Mother: Blithilda Princess of Cologne (Bet 0508-0580)
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Wife Adelberg (Bertha) - Princess of Paris
Born: 555
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Died: 610 - Metz, Moselle, [Lorraine], France
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Father: Charibert I King of Paris (0520-0567)
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(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer)
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(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer)
Husband Adelbert Duke of Alsace
Born: Abt 688 - Alsace, France
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Father: Adalric Duke of Alsace (Abt 0645- )
Mother: Berswinde (Abt 0647- )
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1 M Luitfride I Duke of Alsace
Born: Abt 718 - Alsace, France
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Died: 760
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