Husband Roger de Mainwaring 1
Born: Abt 1130 - <Warmingham, Cheshire>, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Ellen 1
Born: Abt 1130 - <Warmingham, Cheshire>, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Ralph de Mainwaring 1
AKA: Rafe de Mainwaring
Born: Abt 1155 - <Warmingham, Cheshire>, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Amice , of Chester (Abt 1167- ) 1 2
Marr: 1179 - Warmingham, Cheshire, England
Husband Richard I , Duke of Normandy 3 4 5 6 7
AKA: Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of Normandy, Richard I "the Fearless" Duke of Normandy
Born: 28 Aug 933 - <Fécamp>, Normandy, (France)
Christened:
Died: 20 Nov 996 - Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
Buried: - Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
Father: William I "Longsword" , Duke of Normandy (Abt 0892-0942) 5 8 9
Mother: Sprote , de Bretagne (Abt 0911- ) 5 10
Marriage: 960
Other Spouse: Gunnora , de Crepon (Abt 0936-Abt 1031) 5 11 12
Other Spouse: < > , [Concubine of Richard I] ( - ) 4
Noted events in his life were:
• Named, his father's heir, 29 May 942
Wife Emma , of Paris
Born:
Christened:
Died: Abt 968
Buried:
Father: Hugh Capet, King of France (0941-0996) 13 14
Mother:
Children
Birth Notes: Husband - Richard I , Duke of Normandy
Ancestral Roots has b. abt 933 in Fecamp, France.
Research Notes: Husband - Richard I , Duke of Normandy
From Wikipedia - Richard I, Duke of Normandy : 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 121E-20 (Richard I)
Betrothed about 945 and married 960
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875189 : Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593877269
• Unknown
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 50-13 (Charlemagne) May have died between 788 and 798
From Wikipedia - Hildegard of Vinzgouw : Also http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/de-warenne.htm#name8634 Source: William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey
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29. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 53-25 (Sir Robert de Beaumont).
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31. http://www.familysearch.org, Cit. Date: 18 Jul 2009.
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33. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 53-25 (Robert de Beaumont), 63-25 (Robert de Beaumont).
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40. http://www.familysearch.org, Compact Disc #94 Pin #91443 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer).
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Richard I of Normandy (born 28 August 933 , in Fécamp Normandy , France died November 20 , 996 , in Fécamp) was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996; he is considered the first to actually have held that title. He was called Richard the Fearless (French, Sans Peur).
Birth
He was born to William I of Normandy , ruler of Normandy, and his wife, Sprota . He was still a boy when his father died in 942. His mother was a Breton concubine captured in war and bound to William by a Danish marriage. After William died, Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller; Rodulf of Ivry was their son and Richard's half-brother.
Life
Richard was still a boy when his father died, and so he was powerless to stop Louis IV of France when he seized Normandy. Louis kept him in confinement in his youth at Lâon, but he escaped with the assistance of Osmond de Centville , Bernard de Senlis (who had been a companion of Rollo of Normandy ), Ivo de Bellèsme , and Bernard the Dane (ancestor of families of Harcourt and Beaumont ). In 968, Richard agreed to "commend" himself to Hugh, Count of Paris. He then allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy by 947. He later quarrelled with Ethelred II of England regarding Viking invasions of England because Normandy had been buying up much of the stolen booty.
Richard was bilingual, having been well educated at Bayeux. He was more partial to his Danish subjects than to the French. During his reign, Normandy became completely Gallicized and Christianized. He introduced the feudal system and Normandy became one of the most thoroughly feudalized states on the continent. He carried out a major reorganization of the Norman military system, based on heavy cavalry. He also became guardian of the young Hugh, Count of Paris, on the elder Hugh's death in 956.
Marriages
He married 1st (960) Emma (not to be confused with Emma of France ), daughter of Hugh "The Great" of France , and Hedwiga de Sachsen . They were betrothed when both were very young. She died 19 Mar 968, with no issue.
According to Robert of Torigni , not long after Emma's death, Duke Richard went out hunting and stopped at the house of a local forester. He became enamoured of the forester's wife, Seinfreda, but she being a virtuous woman, suggested he court her unmarried sister, Gunnor , instead. Gunnor became his mistress, and her family rose to prominence. Her brother, Herefast de Crepon , may have been involved in a controversial heresy trial. Gunnor was, like Richard, of Norse descent, being a Dane by blood. Richard finally married her to legitimize their children:
Mistresses
Richard was known to have had several other mistresses and produced children with many of them. Known children are:
Death
He died in Fecamp , France on November 20 , 996 of natural causes.
Research Notes: Wife - Emma , of Paris
Notes: Marriage
Husband Hugh de Lacy 15
AKA: Hugh de Lacy
Born: Abt 1018 - Laci, Normandie, France
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: Abt 1042 - Laci, Normandie, France
Wife Emma , de Bois l'Éveque 16
AKA: Emma de Bois l'Éveque
Born: Abt 1028 - Bois l'Éveque, Normandie, France
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Gilbert , de Bois l'Éveque (Abt 1000- ) 17
Mother:
Children
1 M Ilbert de Lacy 18
AKA: Ilbert de Lacy
Born: Abt 1045 - Laci, Normandie, France
Christened:
Died: Abt 1093 - Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
Buried:
Spouse: Hawise (Abt 1045- ) 19
Marr: Abt 1060 - Laci, Normandie, France
Husband Louis II , King of Germany
Born: Abt 805
Christened:
Died: 8 Sep 876 - Frankfurt, Germany
Buried:
Father: Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks (0778-0840) 20 21 22 23
Mother: Ermengarde , of Hesbaye (Abt 0778-0818) 24 25 26
Marriage:
Wife Emma , de Andech
Born: Abt 805 - Germany
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Guelph I , Count of Altdorf, Duke of Bavaria (Abt 0767-0818) 21 25 27
Mother: Edith von Sachsen (Abt 0774- ) 28
Children
1 M Carloman , King of Bavaria
Born: Abt 821 - Germany
Christened:
Died: 880 - Bavaria, Germany
Buried:
2 M Charles III , Holy Roman Emperor
Born: Abt 823
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Louis II , King of Germany
King of Germany. Louis received Bavaria and the eastern lands of the empire of his grandfather Charlemange when the empire was divided among Louis' brothers.
Research Notes: Wife - Emma , de Andech
Husband Ralph de Gael, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridge 29 30
AKA: Ralph de Gauder
Born:
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Father: Ralph , Seigneur de Gael (Bef 1040-Aft 1095) 31
Mother: Emma FitzOsbern (Abt 1059-Aft 1095) 31
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• Seigneur of Montfort de Gael
Wife Emma 32
Born:
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Father: William Fitz Osbern, Earl of Hereford ( - ) 32
Mother:
Children
1 M Ralph de Gael de Montfort 33
AKA: Ralph of Montfort, Ralph of Gael, Ralph de Waiet Seigneur de Gael de Montfort
Born: Abt 1078 - Montfort, Normandy, France
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Husband
Born:
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Wife Emma , de Brittany 34
AKA: Emma de Brittany
Born: Abt 1025 - Brittany, France
Christened:
Died:
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Other Spouse: Ivo , de Contentin (Abt 1023-Abt 1042) 35
Children
Husband Ivo , de Contentin 35
AKA: Ivo de Contentin, Ivo de Contentin
Born: Abt 1023 - Contentin, Manche, Normandy, France
Christened:
Died: Abt 1042 - Normandy, France
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Emma , de Brittany 34
AKA: Emma de Brittany
Born: Abt 1025 - Brittany, France
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Odard de Dutton 36
AKA: Odard de Dutton
Born: Abt 1046 - Contentin, Manche, Normandy, France
Christened:
Died: Abt 1086 - Dutton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Buried:
Spouse: Alice (Abt 1044- ) 37
Husband Gerold , of Swabia, Count in Linzgau, Prefect in Bavaria 38 39
AKA: Gerold of Vinzgouw, Geroud of Swabia
Born: Abt 725
Christened:
Died: 799
Buried:
Marriage: 727
Wife Emma , of Allemania 40 41 42
Born: Abt 735 - Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia (Germany)
Christened:
Died: Abt 785
Buried:
Father: Hnabi , Duke of Alemannia (Abt 0710-Abt 0788) 43 44 45
Mother: Hereswind ( - ) 46
Other Spouse: Desiderius , King of the Lombards (Abt 0710-0774) 47
Children
1 F Hildegard , of Vinzgouw 48 49 50 51
AKA: Hildegard "the Swabian" of Vinzgau, Hildegarde of Swabia, Hildegarde of Savoy
Born: Abt 758 - Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany)
Christened:
Died: 30 Apr 783 - Thionville, (Moselle, Lorraine), Austrasia (France)
Buried: - Abbaye de St. Arnoul, Metz, (Moselle, Lorraine), Austrasia (France)
Spouse: Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor (0747-0814) 52 53 54 55
Marr: Bef 30 Apr 771 - Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany)
2 M Eric , of Friuli
Born:
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Died: 799 - Trsat, Liburnia (Croatia)
Buried:
3 M Udalrich 38
Born:
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4 M Hadrian , Count of Orléans 56 57 58
AKA: Adrian Count of Orléans, Count Hadrian of Orléans
Born: Abt 756
Christened:
Died: - Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France
Buried:
Spouse: Waldrata (Abt 0758- ) 56 59 60
Research Notes: Husband - Gerold , of Swabia, Count in Linzgau, Prefect in Bavaria
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gerold of Vinzgouw (also Vintzgau or Anglachgau; c. 725 - 799) was an Alamannian nobleman, serving the Frankish King as Margrave of the Avarian March and Prefect of Bavaria . Gerold played a significant role in the integration of Bavaria into the Frankish Kingdom. Being related to the family of the Agilofings , he was appointed Prefect of Bavaria after the deposition of Duke Tassilo III in 788 . In 784 generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch by Gerold and Emma are recorded.
In 799 he fell in a battle against the Avars , a short while after his son Eric was killed by the treachery of the same. He was succeeded by his surviving sons Gerold II and Udalrich I.
Marriage and issue
In 757 , he married Emma of Alamannia (730-789), daughter of Hnabi , Duke of Alamannia . They had the following:
Through Udalrich, Gerold is reckoned as the founder of the family of the Udalrichians.
References
Retrieved from ""
Death Notes: Wife - Emma , of Allemania
Research Notes: Wife - Emma , of Allemania
Hildegard (758 -30 April 783 ) was the daughter of count Gerold of Vinzgouw and Emma of Alamannia, daughter of Hnabi , Duke of Alamannia .
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From Wikipedia - Gerold of Vinzgouw :
"In 757 , [Gerold of Vinzgouw] married Emma of Alamannia (730-789), daughter of Hnabi , Duke of Alamannia . They had the following:
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Husband Ralph de Warenne 61 62
AKA: Ralph de Warren
Born: Abt 998 - France
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William de Warenne (Abt 0950- ) 62
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Emma
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey 61 62
AKA: William de Warren 1st Earl of Surrey
Born: Abt 1055 - <Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, France>
Christened:
Died: 20 Jun 1088 - <Lewes, Sussex, England>
Buried: - Lewes Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England
Spouse: Gundred , Countess of Surrey (Abt 1063-1085) 62 63
Research Notes: Husband - Ralph de Warenne
Research Notes: Wife - Emma
Husband William III Taillefer, Count of Toulouse, Albi and Quercy 64
Born: 975
Christened:
Died: Sep 1037
Buried:
Marriage: Bef 992
Wife Emma , of Provence 65
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1062
Buried:
Children
1 M Pons , Count of Toulouse, Albi and Dijon 66 67
AKA: Pons William Count of Toulouse
Born: Betw 990 and 1020
Christened:
Died: 1060
Buried:
Spouse: Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges (Abt 1000-1071) 68 69 70
Marr: 1045
Research Notes: Husband - William III Taillefer, Count of Toulouse, Albi and Quercy
William III Taillefer (also spelled Tallefer or Tallifer; 975 - September 1037) was the Count of Toulouse , Albi , and Quercy from 972 or 978 to his death. He was the first of the Toulousain branch of his family to bear the title marchio , which he inherited (c.975) from Raymond II of Rouergue .
His parentage has been subject to reevaluation. He has traditionally been called son of Raymond III Pons and Garsinda .[1] However, recent research has revealed that William was instead son of Adelais of Anjou , known to have married a Raymond, "Prince of Gothia ". This discovery has required a complete reevaluation of the succession to the County of Toulouse during this period, and no scholarly consensus has developed.[2]
He and his vassals were notorious usurpers of church property. He stole from the abbey of Lézat , but gave it back between 1015 and 1025. Pope John XIX ordered him to stop his vassals from taking the lands of Moissac , a problem later remedied by his successor, Pons , who gave Moissac to Cluny .
William became the most powerful prince in western Languedoc and he saw the rise of the House of Capet in France and a corresponding decrease in royal authority recognised in the south. He bore the title of marchio prefatus in pago Tholosano: "prefect margrave in the Toulousain country." His influence extended into the Narbonensis and even Provence , on behalf of his wife. His power did not remain undiminished in his own city of Toulouse , where he was forced by a council of local noblemen and clerics to give up dues imposed on the market there.
Before 992, William married Emma , daughter of Rotbold III of Provence . From her he gained titles and lands to Provence. From a prior marriage, he had two sons, Raymond and Hugh, who died young. His eldest son by Emma, Pons , inherited Toulouse and the title of Margrave of Provence. His second son Bertrand became Count of Forcalquier , a Provençal fief. He had two daughters: Rangarda, wife of Peter Raymond of Carcassonne by Emma, and Ildegarda Elisa, wife of Fulk Bertrand of Provence by Emma. He had an illegitimate daughter that married Otto Raymond of L'Isle-Jourdain .
Notes
^ e.g. Lewis, p 341.
^ Some historians have suggested a single additional generation (referred to as Raymond III of Toulouse , his father Raymond Pons being stripped of an ordinal), while others follow the Codice de Roda in giving Raymond Pons a son Raymond who in turn had sons Hugh and Raymond. Identifying the last with the husband of Adelais inserts two generations, making William the great-grandson of Raymond Pons. Yet another reconstruction suggests that Raymond and Garsinda died childless, and that Toulouse passed to kinsman Raymond II of Rouergue , from whom the husband of Adelais would descend. See Martin de Framond, "La succession des comtes de Toulouse autour de l'an mil(940--1030): reconsidérations", Annales du Midi 204 (1993), pp 461--488; Thierry Stasser, "Adélaïde d'Anjou. Sa famille, ses mariages, sa descendance", Le Moyen Age 103,1 (1997): 9-52; FMG for different reconstructions.
Research Notes: Wife - Emma , of Provence
Emma (died 1062) was the daughter of Rotbold III of Provence and Ermengarda. She inherited the title Margrave of Provence from her elder brother William III in 1037 and married William III of Toulouse .
With William, she had four children:
Sources