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REFN: NR4939 Nickname: Van VaanderenNickname: Countess Of Flanders Name Suffix: Queen Of England REFN: NR4939 Nickname: Van VaanderenNickname: Countess Of Flanders Name Suffix: Queen Of England

Matlida married William, I "The Conqueror" King of England of Normandy in 1053 in Nottingham, England. William (son of Robert, I "The Devil" Duke of Normandy Duke of Normandy and Herleve de Falaise) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matlida married Gerbod de St. Omer Flanders, Count in 1050 in Normandy, France. Gerbod was born in 1025 in Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William I King of England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Stephen-Henry, II "Henry" Count of Blois. Stephen-Henry (son of Theobald, III Count of Blois Meaux and Troyes and Gersende Maine) was born in 1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 19 May 1102 in Jerusalem, Holy Land. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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REFN: NR5408 Nickname: Henry Beauclerc Plantagenet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England Henry I, King of England Henry I, (b. 1069), one of the greatest kings of England, ascendedthethrone on 5 Aug. 1100 , and ruled until his death on 1 Dec. 1135.Thethird son of William I, he succeeded his oldest brother, WilliamII,who died under suspicious circumstances while hunting withHenry.Henry 'soldier brother Robert I (c.1054-1134), duke ofNormandy,invaded (1101)England but was defeated at Tinchebrai, Franceand wasforced to recognize Henry as king. Subsequently, Henry seized(1106)Normandy as well. Henry imprisoned Robert and he remained inprisonuntil his death in 1134 In his coronation charter (1100) Henry promised to remedy theallegedmisrule of William II; this document was the first Englishroyalcharter of liberties, the ancestor of Magna Carta (12 15). Thekingexploited his resources as feudal suzerain; yet in his reignoccurredthe beginning of the transformation of feudalism by thecommutation ofpersonal to financial service. The creation of theoffice of justiciarand of the royal exchequer also constituted thefirst appearance ofspecialization in English government. Royal justicewas brought to thelocal level by itinerant judges, and control overthe kingdom wasstrengthened. He once issued a charter of liberties of great importance,conciliatinghis English subjects in order to gain their support inhis strugglewith the Norman nobles, whose power he steadily opposed.This charterlater served as the basis for the Magna Carta. Although many barons objected to the severity of his rule, Henrygavepeace, security, and stability to his country. He quarreled withthechurch over the lay investiture of clergy, forcing the archbishopofCanterbury, Saint Anselm, into exile for a time. This issuewassettled(1107), however, by a compromise that served as the patternforlater resolution of the Investiture Controversy in Europe.DuringHenry's reign England participated increasingly in Continentalintellectual life. His was also the first post-Conquest reignnotedfor patronage of learning and of secular officials. REFN: NR5408 Nickname: Henry Beauclerc Plantagenet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England Henry I, King of England Henry I, (b. 1069), one of the greatest kings of England, ascendedthethrone on 5 Aug. 1100 , and ruled until his death on 1 Dec. 1135.Thethird son of William I, he succeeded his oldest brother, WilliamII,who died under suspicious circumstances while hunting withHenry.Henry 'soldier brother Robert I (c.1054-1134), duke ofNormandy,invaded (1101)England but was defeated at Tinchebrai, Franceand wasforced to recognize Henry as king. Subsequently, Henry seized(1106)Normandy as well. Henry imprisoned Robert and he remained inprisonuntil his death in 1134 In his coronation charter (1100) Henry promised to remedy theallegedmisrule of William II; this document was the first Englishroyalcharter of liberties, the ancestor of Magna Carta (12 15). Thekingexploited his resources as feudal suzerain; yet in his reignoccurredthe beginning of the transformation of feudalism by thecommutation ofpersonal to financial service. The creation of theoffice of justiciarand of the royal exchequer also constituted thefirst appearance ofspecialization in English government. Royal justicewas brought to thelocal level by itinerant judges, and control overthe kingdom wasstrengthened. He once issued a charter of liberties of great importance,conciliatinghis English subjects in order to gain their support inhis strugglewith the Norman nobles, whose power he steadily opposed.This charterlater served as the basis for the Magna Carta. Although many barons objected to the severity of his rule, Henrygavepeace, security, and stability to his country. He quarreled withthechurch over the lay investiture of clergy, forcing the archbishopofCanterbury, Saint Anselm, into exile for a time. This issuewassettled(1107), however, by a compromise that served as the patternforlater resolution of the Investiture Controversy in Europe.DuringHenry's reign England participated increasingly in Continentalintellectual life. His was also the first post-Conquest reignnotedfor patronage of learning and of secular officials.

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Interred: Chapter House, Lewes, Sussex At one time it was thought that Gundred was the Daughter of Williamthe Conqueror. This has since been disproved. REFN: NR5417 Nickname: Gundrada DE ST. OMER Name Suffix: Princessof England and COUNTESS OF SURREY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundred REFN: NR5417 Nickname: Gundrada DE ST. OMER Name Suffix: Princessof England and COUNTESS OF SURREY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundred

Family/Spouse: Stephen II Count of Blois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William de Warren. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Matilda Atheling Princess of Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adelisa de Louvain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theobald married Matilda, of Carinthia in 1123 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. Matilda (daughter of Engelbert Duke of Carinthia and Utta of Passau, daughter of Engelbert, II Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona and Uta of Passau) was born on 2 Apr 1099 in Kaernten, Austria; died on 13 Dec 1160 in Fontevraud Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Milo, I "the Great" Lord of Montlhéry. Milo (son of Guy I, 2nd Lord of Montlhéry and Hodierne de Gometz) was born in 1035 in Donzy, Nievre, Bourgogne, France; died in 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Matilda of Boulogne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabel de Vermandois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Geoffrey, II "Martel" Count of Anjou. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fergus Lord of Galloway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maud Fitzhammon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1 NAME Adele (Queen Consort France) Champagne /Queen Consort of France/ 2 SOUR S21

Family/Spouse: Louis Capet, VII King of the Franks and Du France. Louis (son of Louis, VI "the Fat" King of France and Adelaide, of Maurienne Queen Consort of France) was born in 1120 in Fontainebleu, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, France; was buried in Saint Denis Basilica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Marie, Princess of France Countess of Champagne in 1164. Marie (daughter of Louis Capet, VII King of the Franks and Du France and Eleanor, Duchess & Queen of Aquitaine) was born in 1145 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 11 Mar 1198 in Grey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Odo II Duke of Burgundy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theobald married Alix, Princess of France in 1164. Alix (daughter of Louis Capet, VII King of the Franks and Du France and Eleanor, Duchess & Queen of Aquitaine) was born in 1151; died in 1197. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alix of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louis VII King of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Matthew Count of Boulogne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adelia de Talvas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William I King of Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Prince of Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William de Lancaster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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REFN: NR4971 [bernhard1c.ged] Data for the family of Henry II, King of England and Eleanore, QueenofEngland, is taken from a GS Archive Record submitted by Rosalia E.A.Kelsch Est., Salt Lake City, Utah, which lists: - Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 41, 120; - Dict. of Nat. Biog. Eng. Pub. A. v.17, p. 175-178; v.26, p. 1-12; - Royal Dau. of Eng. Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 57; - Kings of Eng., Eng. 176, p. 59-97; - Tab. Souv. Gen., France 22, Tab. 39; - More on reverse side of Archive Record.Henry II (ofEngland)(1133-1189), king of England (1154-1189), first monarch of thehouseof Anjou, or Plantagenet, an important administrative reformer,whowas one of the most powerful European rulers of his time. Born March 5, 1133, at Le Mans, France, Henry became duke ofNormandyin 1151. The following year, on the death of his father, heinheritedthe Angevin territories in France. By his marriage in 1152 toEleanorof Aquitaine, Henry added vast territories in southwesternFrance tohis possessions. Henry claimed the English kingship throughhismother, Matilda. She had been designated the heiress of Henry Ibuthad been deprived of the succession by her cousin, Stephen ofBlois,who made himself king. In 1153 Henry defeated Stephen's armiesinEngland and compelled the king to choose him as his successor;onStephen's death, the following year, Henry became king. Duringthefirst few years of his reign Henry quelled the disorders thathaddeveloped during Stephen's reign, regained the northern countiesofEngland, which had previously been ceded to Scotland, andconqueredNorth Wales. In 1171-1172 he began the Norman conquest ofIreland andin 1174 forced William the Lion, king of the Scots, torecognize himas overlord. In 1164 Henry became involved in a quarrel with Thomas à Becket,whomhe had appointed archbishop of Canterbury. By the ConstitutionsofClarendon, the king decreed that priests accused of crimes shouldbetried in royal courts; Becket claimed that such cases shouldbehandled by ecclesiastical courts, and the controversy thatfollowedended in 1170 with Becket's murder by four of Henry'sknights.Widespread indignation over the murder forced the king torescind hisdecree and recognize Becket as a martyr. Although he failed to subject the church to his courts,Henry'sjudicial reforms were of lasting significance. In Englandheestablished a centralized system of justice accessible to allfreemenand administered by judges who traveled around the country atregularintervals. He also began the process of replacing the old trialbyordeal with modern court procedures. From the beginning of his reign, Henry was involved in conflictwithLouis VII, king of France, and later with Louis's successor,PhilipII, over the French provinces that Henry claimed. A successionofrebellions against Henry, headed by his sons and furthered byPhilipII and by Eleanor of Aquitaine, began in 1173 and continueduntil hisdeath at Chinon, France, on July 6, 1189. Henry was succeededby hisson Richard I, called Richard the Lion-Hearted. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE "Henry II (of England)," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. Allrightsreserved. English King Henry II, one of the most powerful rulers of histime,made lasting changes to Britain's judicial system. In the late12thcentury he established a centralized system of justice andbeganimplementing modern court procedures. A quarrel between Henry IIandArchbishop of Canterbury Thomas à Becket over the jurisdictionofroyal courts resulted in the murder of Becket by four ofHenry'sknights and Becket's subsequent martyrdom. REFN: NR4971 [bernhard1c.ged] Data for the family of Henry II, King of England and Eleanore, QueenofEngland, is taken from a GS Archive Record submitted by Rosalia E.A.Kelsch Est., Salt Lake City, Utah, which lists: - Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 41, 120; - Dict. of Nat. Biog. Eng. Pub. A. v.17, p. 175-178; v.26, p. 1-12; - Royal Dau. of Eng. Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 57; - Kings of Eng., Eng. 176, p. 59-97; - Tab. Souv. Gen., France 22, Tab. 39; - More on reverse side of Archive Record.Henry II (ofEngland)(1133-1189), king of England (1154-1189), first monarch of thehouseof Anjou, or Plantagenet, an important administrative reformer,whowas one of the most powerful European rulers of his time. Born March 5, 1133, at Le Mans, France, Henry became duke ofNormandyin 1151. The following year, on the death of his father, heinheritedthe Angevin territories in France. By his marriage in 1152 toEleanorof Aquitaine, Henry added vast territories in southwesternFrance tohis possessions. Henry claimed the English kingship throughhismother, Matilda. She had been designated the heiress of Henry Ibuthad been deprived of the succession by her cousin, Stephen ofBlois,who made himself king. In 1153 Henry defeated Stephen's armiesinEngland and compelled the king to choose him as his successor;onStephen's death, the following year, Henry became king. Duringthefirst few years of his reign Henry quelled the disorders thathaddeveloped during Stephen's reign, regained the northern countiesofEngland, which had previously been ceded to Scotland, andconqueredNorth Wales. In 1171-1172 he began the Norman conquest ofIreland andin 1174 forced William the Lion, king of the Scots, torecognize himas overlord. In 1164 Henry became involved in a quarrel with Thomas à Becket,whomhe had appointed archbishop of Canterbury. By the ConstitutionsofClarendon, the king decreed that priests accused of crimes shouldbetried in royal courts; Becket claimed that such cases shouldbehandled by ecclesiastical courts, and the controversy thatfollowedended in 1170 with Becket's murder by four of Henry'sknights.Widespread indignation over the murder forced the king torescind hisdecree and recognize Becket as a martyr. Although he failed to subject the church to his courts,Henry'sjudicial reforms were of lasting significance. In Englandheestablished a centralized system of justice accessible to allfreemenand administered by judges who traveled around the country atregularintervals. He also began the process of replacing the old trialbyordeal with modern court procedures. From the beginning of his reign, Henry was involved in conflictwithLouis VII, king of France, and later with Louis's successor,PhilipII, over the French provinces that Henry claimed. A successionofrebellions against Henry, headed by his sons and furthered byPhilipII and by Eleanor of Aquitaine, began in 1173 and continueduntil hisdeath at Chinon, France, on July 6, 1189. Henry was succeededby hisson Richard I, called Richard the Lion-Hearted. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE "Henry II (of England)," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. Allrightsreserved. English King Henry II, one of the most powerful rulers of histime,made lasting changes to Britain's judicial system. In the late12thcentury he established a centralized system of justice andbeganimplementing modern court procedures. A quarrel between Henry IIandArchbishop of Canterbury Thomas à Becket over the jurisdictionofroyal courts resulted in the murder of Becket by four ofHenry'sknights and Becket's subsequent martyrdom. REFN: NR4971 [bernhard1c.ged] Data for the family of Henry II, King of England and Eleanore, QueenofEngland, is taken from a GS Archive Record submitted by Rosalia E.A.Kelsch Est., Salt Lake City, Utah, which lists: - Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 41, 120; - Dict. of Nat. Biog. Eng. Pub. A. v.17, p. 175-178; v.26, p. 1-12; - Royal Dau. of Eng. Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 57; - Kings of Eng., Eng. 176, p. 59-97; - Tab. Souv. Gen., France 22, Tab. 39; - More on reverse side of Archive Record.Henry II (ofEngland)(1133-1189), king of England (1154-1189), first monarch of thehouseof Anjou, or Plantagenet, an important administrative reformer,whowas one of the most powerful European rulers of his time. Born March 5, 1133, at Le Mans, France, Henry became duke ofNormandyin 1151. The following year, on the death of his father, heinheritedthe Angevin territories in France. By his marriage in 1152 toEleanorof Aquitaine, Henry added vast territories in southwesternFrance tohis possessions. Henry claimed the English kingship throughhismother, Matilda. She had been designated the heiress of Henry Ibuthad been deprived of the succession by her cousin, Stephen ofBlois,who made himself king. In 1153 Henry defeated Stephen's armiesinEngland and compelled the king to choose him as his successor;onStephen's death, the following year, Henry became king. Duringthefirst few years of his reign Henry quelled the disorders thathaddeveloped during Stephen's reign, regained the northern countiesofEngland, which had previously been ceded to Scotland, andconqueredNorth Wales. In 1171-1172 he began the Norman conquest ofIreland andin 1174 forced William the Lion, king of the Scots, torecognize himas overlord. In 1164 Henry became involved in a quarrel with Thomas à Becket,whomhe had appointed archbishop of Canterbury. By the ConstitutionsofClarendon, the king decreed that priests accused of crimes shouldbetried in royal courts; Becket claimed that such cases shouldbehandled by ecclesiastical courts, and the controversy thatfollowedended in 1170 with Becket's murder by four of Henry'sknights.Widespread indignation over the murder forced the king torescind hisdecree and recognize Becket as a martyr. Although he failed to subject the church to his courts,Henry'sjudicial reforms were of lasting significance. In Englandheestablished a centralized system of justice accessible to allfreemenand administered by judges who traveled around the country atregularintervals. He also began the process of replacing the old trialbyordeal with modern court procedures. From the beginning of his reign, Henry was involved in conflictwithLouis VII, king of France, and later with Louis's successor,PhilipII, over the French provinces that Henry claimed. A successionofrebellions against Henry, headed by his sons and furthered byPhilipII and by Eleanor of Aquitaine, began in 1173 and continueduntil hisdeath at Chinon, France, on July 6, 1189. Henry was succeededby hisson Richard I, called Richard the Lion-Hearted. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE "Henry II (of England)," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. Allrightsreserved. English King Henry II, one of the most powerful rulers of histime,made lasting changes to Britain's judicial system. In the late12thcentury he established a centralized system of justice andbeganimplementing modern court procedures. A quarrel between Henry IIandArchbishop of Canterbury Thomas à Becket over the jurisdictionofroyal courts resulted in the murder of Becket by four ofHenry'sknights and Becket's subsequent martyrdom. REFN: NR4971 [bernhard1c.ged] Data for the family of Henry II, King of England and Eleanore, QueenofEngland, is taken from a GS Archive Record submitted by Rosalia E.A.Kelsch Est., Salt Lake City, Utah, which lists: - Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 41, 120; - Dict. of Nat. Biog. Eng. Pub. A. v.17, p. 175-178; v.26, p. 1-12; - Royal Dau. of Eng. Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 57; - Kings of Eng., Eng. 176, p. 59-97; - Tab. Souv. Gen., France 22, Tab. 39; - More on reverse side of Archive Record.Henry II (ofEngland)(1133-1189), king of England (1154-1189), first monarch of thehouseof Anjou, or Plantagenet, an important administrative reformer,whowas one of the most powerful European rulers of his time. Born March 5, 1133, at Le Mans, France, Henry became duke ofNormandyin 1151. The following year, on the death of his father, heinheritedthe Angevin territories in France. By his marriage in 1152 toEleanorof Aquitaine, Henry added vast territories in southwesternFrance tohis possessions. Henry claimed the English kingship throughhismother, Matilda. She had been designated the heiress of Henry Ibuthad been deprived of the succession by her cousin, Stephen ofBlois,who made himself king. In 1153 Henry defeated Stephen's armiesinEngland and compelled the king to choose him as his successor;onStephen's death, the following year, Henry became king. Duringthefirst few years of his reign Henry quelled the disorders thathaddeveloped during Stephen's reign, regained the northern countiesofEngland, which had previously been ceded to Scotland, andconqueredNorth Wales. In 1171-1172 he began the Norman conquest ofIreland andin 1174 forced William the Lion, king of the Scots, torecognize himas overlord. In 1164 Henry became involved in a quarrel with Thomas à Becket,whomhe had appointed archbishop of Canterbury. By the ConstitutionsofClarendon, the king decreed that priests accused of crimes shouldbetried in royal courts; Becket claimed that such cases shouldbehandled by ecclesiastical courts, and the controversy thatfollowedended in 1170 with Becket's murder by four of Henry'sknights.Widespread indignation over the murder forced the king torescind hisdecree and recognize Becket as a martyr. Although he failed to subject the church to his courts,Henry'sjudicial reforms were of lasting significance. In Englandheestablished a centralized system of justice accessible to allfreemenand administered by judges who traveled around the country atregularintervals. He also began the process of replacing the old trialbyordeal with modern court procedures. From the beginning of his reign, Henry was involved in conflictwithLouis VII, king of France, and later with Louis's successor,PhilipII, over the French provinces that Henry claimed. A successionofrebellions against Henry, headed by his sons and furthered byPhilipII and by Eleanor of Aquitaine, began in 1173 and continueduntil hisdeath at Chinon, France, on July 6, 1189. Henry was succeededby hisson Richard I, called Richard the Lion-Hearted. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE "Henry II (of England)," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. Allrightsreserved. English King Henry II, one of the most powerful rulers of histime,made lasting changes to Britain's judicial system. In the late12thcentury he established a centralized system of justice andbeganimplementing modern court procedures. A quarrel between Henry IIandArchbishop of Canterbury Thomas à Becket over the jurisdictionofroyal courts resulted in the murder of Becket by four ofHenry'sknights and Becket's subsequent martyrdom.

Henry married Eleanor, Duchess & Queen of Aquitaine on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France. Eleanor (daughter of William, X Duke of Aquitaine and Eleanor de Chatellerault, Duchess of Aquitaine) was born in 1123 in Chateau DE Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine; died on 31 Mar 1204; was buried in Fontevrault, Fontevrault L'AB, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ida de Tosny. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gunnild of Dunbar. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ranulph "de Gernon" de Meschines. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]