The Families of Our Ancient Wives and Mothers: SPROTE de BOURGOGNE

SPROTE de BOURGOGNE, Princess of Bourgogne was born ca 0904 at Senlis, Oise France. Her father was Herbert I de Vermandois, Count of Senlis. Her mother was Bertha de Morvais, Comtesse de Vermandois. Sprote married Bernard the Dane, Prince of Denmark at Pont Audemer Normandy ca 0920. She died ca 0936 at age 32.

SHE BECAME THE WIFE OF

BERNARD ‘le Danois’ de HARCOURTde Pont Audemer. He was born ca 0880 in Denmark. His parents are not documented. He was about forty years old when he married 16 year old Sprote de Bourgogne ca 0820 in France. He was deceased by 0960.

Bernard the Dane was a Viking jarl (earl) of Danish origins. He had put himself in the service of Rollo the Viking (who was installed at the mouth of the Seine) at some point before the year 0911. Bernard converted to Christianity at Rouen ca 0912 and, shortly afterward, received from Rollo the county of Pont Audemer in Roumois (which was later renamed ‘Harcourt’). He is believed to have been the ancestor of two great Anglo-Norman families, the Beaumonts and the Harcourts.

AT LEAST ONE CHILD WAS BORN TO THE MARRIAGE

TORF de HARCOURTwas born ca 0920 at Pont Audemer in Normandy. His father was Bernard the Dane. His mother was Sprote de Bourgogne de Harcourt. He married Ertemberge de Brioquibec. He died ca 1010.

SPROTE’S FATHER AND GRANDFATHERS

HERBERT/HERIBERT I de VERMANDOIS, Count of Meaux, Count of Soisson. He was born ca 848/850. His father was Pepin II de Vermandois. His mother was Lieutgardes de Troyes. He married Bertha de Morvais. He died ca 0907

Count Herbert was the son of Pepin of Vermandois. He became count of Soissons before 0889. A contemporary of Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, he had the advantage of being a Carolingian aristocrat. He was a great-grandson of Pepin of Italy (a son of Charlemagne). Herbert controlled both St. Quentin and Peronne. His activities in the upper Somme river valley, such as the capture and murder of his brother Raoul in 896, may have caused Baldwin II to have him assassinated in the year 0907.

PEPIN II QUENTIN, Count Vermandois, Lord of Senlis and San Quentin. He was born ca 0817. His father was Bernard, King of Italy. His mother was Cunigunda of Laon. He married a Lady of the Vexin family. He died ca 0848 at Milan, Lombardy Italy

BERNARD, King of Italy. He was born ca 797 in Italy. His father was Pepin, King of Italy…..His mother is not identified (one of several mistresses). He married Cunigunda of Laon. He died on April 07, 0818 at Aachen (modern day Germany).

Bernard plotted against his uncle, Emperor Louis the Pious, when Louis made Bernard a vassal of his cousin Lothair. When his plot was discovered, Louis had him blinded, a procedure which killed him

PEPIN was the second son of Charlemagne. His mother was Hildegard of Vinzgau. He was born ‘Carlomon, but was rechristened with the royal name ‘Pepin’ when he was a young child. He

was made King of Italy after his father’s conquest of the Lombards in 781 and was crowned by Pope Hadrian with the Iron Crown of Lombardy.

He was active as ruler of Lombardy and worked to expand the Frankish empire. In 0791, he marched a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia while his father marched along the Danube (river) into Avars territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in 792. Pepin and Duke Eric of Friuli continued to assault the Avars’ ring shaped strongholds. The great Ring of The Avars, the capital fortress was taken twice. The booty was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign rules, including Offa of Mercia.

CHARLEMAGNE, King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, Holy Roman Emperor. He was born on April 2, 0742. His father was Pepin the Short. His mother was Bertrada of Laon. He married 1/Desiderata of the Lombards (770-771) 2/Hildegarde of the Vinzgau (771-783) 3/Fastrada (783-794) and 4/ Luitgard (794-800). There were also numerous mistresses and concubines…..He died on January 28, 0814 at Aachen of Pleurisy at age 72.

Charlemagne’s exact birthplace is unknown, although historians have suggested Liege in present-day Belgium and Aachen in modern-day Germany as possible locations. Little is known about his childhood and education, although as an adult, he displayed a talent for languages and could speak Latin and understand Greek, among other languages.  Einhard, a Frankish scholar and contemporary of Charlemagne, wrote a biography of the emperor after his death. In the work, titled Vita Karoli Magni (Life of Charles the Great), he described Charlemagne as “broad and strong in the form of his body and exceptionally tall without, however, exceeding an appropriate measure. His appearance was impressive whether he was sitting or standing despite having a neck that was fat and too short, and a large belly.”

Once in power, Charlemagne sought to unite all the Germanic peoples into one kingdom, and convert his subjects to Christianity. In order to carry out this mission, he spent the majority of his reign engaged in military campaigns. Soon after becoming king, he conquered the Lombards (present-day northern Italy), the Avars (in modern-day Austria and Hungary) and Bavaria.

In his role as a zealous defender of Christianity, Charlemagne gave money and land to the Christian church and protected the popes. As a way to acknowledge Charlemagne’s power and reinforce his relationship with the church, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

PEPIN THE SHORT, King of the Franks was born ca 0714 at Jupile, near the city of Liege in modern Belgium. His father was Charles Martel. His mother was Rotrude of Treves. He married Bertrada of Laon ca 0750. He died ca 768

Pepin the Short was the first of the Carolingians to become a king. The younger son of the Frankish prince, Pepin upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he received from the mons of Basilica of St Denis.

Succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace in 0741, Pepin the Short reigned over Francia jointly with his elder brother, Carloman. Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy and Provence, while Carloman established himself in Austrasia, Alemannia and Thuringia.

The brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons and the Alemanni in the early years of their reigns. In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead King of the Franks.

CHARLES MARTEL, Duke and Prince of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace. He was born ca 0688 at Herstal in Belgium. His father was Pepin of Herstal. His mother was Alpaida of Aupoi. He married Rotrude of Aupoi. He died on October 22, 0741

Charles Martel was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as Mayor of the Palace, was the defacto rules of Francia from 718 until his death. He successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics. Continuing and building on his father’s work, he restored centralized government in Francia and Began the series of Military that re-established the Franks as the undisputed masters of all Gaul.

PEPIN OF HERSTAL, Duke and Prince of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace for Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy. He was born ca 0635 at Herstal in Liege Belgium. His father was Ansegisus von Metz. His mother was Begga von Metz. He married 2/Alphaide of Aupoi. He died ca 0704

The son of the powerful Frankish statesman, Pepin worked to establish his family, (the Pippinids) as the strongest in France. He was able to realise his dreams by becoming Mayor of the Palace in 680. Pepin subsequently embarked on several wars to expand his power. He united all the

Frankish realms by the conquests of Neustria and Burgundy in 1687. In foreign conflicts, Pepin increased the power of the Franks by his subjugation of Alemanni the Frisians and the Franconians. He also began the process of evangelization in Germany.

Under Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace was the manager of the household of the Frankish kings and wielded real and effective power to make decisions affecting the kingdom. The office existed from the sixth century and during the seventh it evolved into the power behind the throne in the northeastern kingdom of Austrasia. In 0751, the mayor of the palace, Pepin the Short, orchestrated the deposition of the king, Childeric III, and was crowned in his place.

ANSEGISEL von METZ was born ca 0606. His father was Arnulf van Metz. His mother was Doda van Andenne. He married Begga van Herstal. Several death dates are noted for him

Ansegisel served King Sigebert III of Austrasia from 634 until 656. Through his son, Pepin of Herstal, Ansegisel’s descendants would eventually become Frankish Kings and rule over the Carolingian empire.

Saint ARNULF van METZ, Bishop of Metz, was born ca 0582 near Nancy in Lorraine. His father’s name is not proven. His mother’s name is not proven. He married Doda van Andenne ca 0596. He died ca 0640 and was later canonized. Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian (Merovingian) court under Theudebert II. He distinguished himself both as a military commander and in the civil administration; at one time he had under his care six distinct provinces. 

In later life, Arnulf was tormented by the violence that surrounded him and feared that he had played a role in the wars and murders that plagued the ruling families. Obsessed by these sins, Arnulf went to a bridge over the Moselle river. There he took off his bishop’s ring and threw it into the river, praying to God to give him a sign of absolution by returning the ring to him. Many penitent years later, a fisherman brought to the bishop’s kitchen a fish in the stomach of which was found the bishop’s ring. Arnulf repaid the sign of God by immediately retiring as bishop and becoming a hermit for the remainder of his life.

SPROTE’S PATERNAL GRANDMOTHERS

The mother of Herbert I de Vermandois was LIEUTGARDES de TROYES. She was born ca 0865. Her father was Adaleme de Troyes. Her mother was Ermengarde. She married Pepin de Vermandois. She died ca 0901 at age 36.

The mother of Pepin II Quentin, 1st Count Vermandois was CUNIGUNDA OF LAON, Princess Kunigunde of Italy.  She was born ca 797 at Bohain en Vermandois Aisne Picardy.  Her father was Heribert de Tolosa. Her mother may have been Cunigonde de Spolete. She married Pepin II Quentin. She died on June 05, 0836 at Milan Lombardia Italy at age 39.

The mother of King Bernard of Italy is not documented.

The mother of Pepin, King of Italy was HILDEGARD de SWABIA and VINZGAU.  She was born ca 0754. Her father was Gerold Count of Kraichgau.  Her mother was Emma of Allemania.  She married Charlemagne ca 771 and bore nine of his 18 children. Hildegard died on 30 April 0783 from the after effects of her last childbirth. She was buried on May 1, 0783 in the Abbey_of_Saint-Arnoulda. She was 29 years of age.

An intense physical relationship between the spouses was demonstrated by the fact that, during her 12 years of marriage, Hildegard had 8 pregnancies (including one set of twins) and remarkably chronicles never mentioned either miscarriages or stillbirths. She accompanied Charlemagne on many of his military campaigns: she gave birth to her second child and first daughter, Adelaide, during the siege of Pavia, capital of the kingdom of the Lombards. (September 773/June 774), but the child died during the return journey to France. In 778, Hildegard accompanied her husband as far as Aquitaine, where she gave birth to twins Louis and Lothair.  In 780/781 she traveled with Charlemagne and four of their children to Rome, where the sons Louis and Carloman (renamed Pepin) were appointed sub-kings of Aquitaine and Italy, respectively. This contributed to the strengthening of the alliance between the Carolingians and the Papacy.

BERTRADA OF LAON, Queen of the Franks was born between 0710 and 0727. Her father was Charibert of Laon…..Her mother was Bertrada of Prum. She married Pepin the Short ca 0741. She died on July 12, 0873 and is buried at Saint Denis Basilica

Pepin and Bertrada became King and Queen of the Franks in 0751, following Pepin’s successful coup against the Frankish Merovingian monarchs. After Pepin’s death in 768, Bertrada lost her title as Queen of the Franks when Charlemagne and Carloman inherited the two halves of Pepin’s kingdom. Bertrada stayed at the court and often tried to stop arguments between the two brothers. Some historians credit Bertrada’s support for her elder son Charlemagne over her younger son Carloman and her diplomatic skills for Charlemagne’s early success. Although her influence over Charlemagne may have diminished in time, she lived at his court, and, according to Einhard their relationship was excellent. Bertrada recommended that Charlemagne set aside his legal wife, Himiltrude and marry Desiderata of the Lombards. He did so but soon divorced her and married Hildegarde. Einhard claims this was the only episode that ever strained the relations between mother and son.

The mother of Pepin the Short was ROTRUDE OF HESBAY (aka Rotrude of Treves). She was born ca 0694. Her father may have been Lambert of Hesbaye. Her mother may have been Chrotlind.  She married Charles Martel. She died ca 0724 in Picardy at age 30.

The mother of Charles Martel was ALPAIDE de AUPAIS SACHSEN.She was born ca 0654 at Heristal in Liege Belgium. Her father was Hugobert von Ectmach, Comte Palatin.  Her mother may have been Adele de Poitiers. She was a concubine of Pepin of Herstal….. She died December 6, 714 at Orplegrand Monastery at Brabant Vosges France.

The mother of Pepin of Herstal was Saint BEGGA von HERSTAL. She was born ca 0615. Her father was Pepin of Landen. Her mother was Ida of Nivelles. She married Ansegisel von Metz. She died ca 693.

On the death of her husband in 691 in a hunting accident, BEGGA took the veil and made a pilgrimage to Rome. Returning, she founded seven churches and a convent at Andenne, near Namur, Belgium. The first nuns came from Nivelles and introduced Irish monastic customs. Begga’s remains are preserved at Andenne; her vita was written in the late 11th century. She is invoked for the cure of hernias and of infants’ diseases.

The mother of Ansegisel was DODA. She was born ca 0584.  Her father is not identified.  Her mother is not identified. She married Arnulf van Metz ca 0596. Her death date is not documented.

The mother of Arnulf van Metz is not identified.

SPROTE’S MATERNAL LINES

The mother of Sprote de Bourgogne was BERTHA de MORVAIS ,Comtesse de Vermandois.  She was born on August 30, 0845 at Bohain, Aisne, Picardy France. Her father was Guerri I de Morvais.  Her mother was Eva of Roussillon, Countess Morvais. She married Herbert I de Vermandois ca 0879. She died on June 15, 0916

The father of Bertha de Morvais was GUERRI I de MORVAIS, Count Morvais. He was born ca 0821 at Morvais. His father was Witithin de Morvais.  His mother was Geva von Jutland.  He married Eva of Roussillon. He died ca August 25, 0886.

The Father of Guerri I de Morvais was WITITHIN de MORVAIS. He was born ca 795. His father was Robert II de Hesbaye. His mother was Theodorata von Sachsen.  He married Geva von Jutland. He ca 0837

The father of Witithin de Morvais was RUTPERT/ROBERT II de HESBAYE,  Count of Worms, Count of Hesbaye. He was born ca 0770 at Worms in the Rhineland Palintinate. His father was Theuringbert of Wormsgau. His mother was   Ermentrude, Countess Auxerre. He married Theodorata von Sachsen.He died on July 12, 0807

Rutpert/Robert II was a Frankish nobleman who was count of Worms, Germany and County of Hesbaye around the year 0800.He is the earliest-known male-line ancestor of the French royal family called the Capetians.

The father of Rutpert/Robert II was THEURINGBERT de WORMSGAU. He was born ca 0735….. His father was Rutpert Wormsgau I. His mother was Williswint von Wormsgau. He married Ermentrude, Lady Rhinegau, Countess Auxerre. He died on June 1, 0770.

The father of Theuringbert de Wormsgau was RUTPERT I, Count von Wormsgau.  He was born ca 0689 at Worms in Rhineland-Platz Germany.  His father was Lantbertus II of Neustria. His mother was Clothilde de Franks-Merovingian. He married Willkiswint von Wormsgau. He died ca 0764.

The father of Rutpert I was LANTBERTUS II of NEUSTRIA.  He was born ca 0670. His father was Robert Crodobertus, Count Palatine de Neustria, His mother as Doda Lietwin de Poitiers ….. He married Clothilde de Franks-Merovingian. He died ca 0741

The father of Lantbertus II of Neustria was ROBERT CRODOBERTUS, Count Palatine de Neustria. He was born ca 0620 in Neustria.  His father was Erlebert de Therouanne Robertoss.  His mother’s name is not documented. He married Doda Lietwin de Poitiers. He died ca 0678

The father of Robert Crodobertus was ERLEBERT DE THEROUANNE ROBERTOSS.  He was born ca 0595. His father’s name is not documented. His mother’s name is not is documented.  He married Theodora Sancy de Salzburg.  He died ca 0675

THE MOTHER OF Bertha de Morvais was EVA of ROUSSILLON, Comtess de Morvais. She was born ca 0825. Her father was Gerard II Roussillon.  Her mother was Berthe of Tours. She married Guerri I de Morvais. She died ca 862 at age 37

The mother of EVA of ROUSSILLON was BERTHE OF TOURS. She was born ca 0800 at Tours in Centre France.  Her father was Hugh the Timid, Comte de Tours. Her mother was Ava/Bava de Morvais. She married Gerard II Roussillon. She died ca 0871

The mother of Berthe of Tours was AVA/BAVA de MORVAIS, Comtesse de Sundgau, Comtesse de Tours. She was born ca 0769 at Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Her father was Gerard Fezensac Count of Paris. Her mother was Rotrude Martel. She married Gerard II Roussillon. She died ca 0839.

The mother of Ava/Bava was ROTRUDE MARTEL. She was born ca 0745. Her father was Carlomon Martel. Her mother was Alard d’Austrasia. She married Gerard Fezensac, Count of Paris. Her death date is not documented.

The mother of Rotrude Martel was ALARD d’AUSTRASIA. She was born ca 0725.  Her father was Alard le Senechal of Austrasia.  Her mother is not identified.  She married Carlomon Martel (son of Charles Martel). She died ca 0755.

The mother of ALARD d’ AUSTRASIA is not documented.

Some notes

December 2018

Hello, my Newberries –
Yes, I am fully aware that knowing we are descended from Kings and other illustrious beings and $5.00 will probably get us a decent cup of coffee somewhere! I have to say, though,  that I’ve had fun digging for these treasures online. I hope you enjoy my work and that it makes you curious enough to dig for more about these very real people who lived their lives so long ago.

The Families of our Ancient Wives and Mothers series  begins with Sprote de Bourgogne and ends with Matilda de Glastonia because the information becomes either sketchy or non-existent at that point in time. In fact, the surnames of the next six more contemporary wives are not documented at all. The marriage records of these couples may – or may not – have been lost during the destruction of church records in the reign of Henry VIII.

Some interesting reading via Google:

The Beaumonts in History AD 850-1850 by W Edward T Beaumont, J.P.

The Vikings available at History on the Net

Rollo the Viking

A Timeline of Scandinavian History centering on the Viking Age

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The Families of our Ancient Wives and Mothers: MATILDA de GLASTONIA

 Matilda de Glastonia was born ca 1146 at Yarcombe in Devonshire, England ….. Her father was Robert de Glastonia, Lord of Poorstock ….. Her mother was Azilia ….. She married Roger de Newburgh ca 1170 ….. Her death date is not documented.

SHE MARRIED

Roger de Newbourg ….. He was born ca 1135 at Le Neubourg in Normandy ….. His father was Robert I de Neubourg ….. His mother was Godehildis de Toeni ….. He married Matilda de Glastonia ca 1170 ….. He died ca 1192 in England and is buried at Bindon Abbey

Roger de Newburgh was born about 1135, probably in Pont Audemer, Normandy.  He settled at Winfrith in Dorsetshire, England. Bartlett says he inherited the manor at Winfrith from his father along with extensive estates. In 1172, Roger de Newburgh and his wife Matilda founded the Cistercian Abbey (monastery) of Bindon in Dorsetshire which they endowed with lands, as appears by their charter of that year. It is there that they and some ten generations of their descendants are entombed. Roger died about 1192.

THEY HAD AT LEAST ONE CHILD

Robert de Newburgh born ca 1175

THE PATERNAL LINES

Matilda’s FATHER was ROBERT de GLASTONIA ….. Title: Lord of Poorstock ….. He was born ca 1100 ….. His father was William de Glastonia ….. His mother was Matilda ….. He married Alice de Percy ….. He died ca 1166

The father of Robert de Glastonia was WILLIAM de GLASTONIA ….. He was born ca 1075 ….. His father’s first name is not documented ….. His mother was Alice de Percy ….. He married Matilda ….. His death year is not documented.

There is virtually nothing about him online and what exists is unclear.

The MOTHER of Robert de Glastonia was MATILDA …. Her birth date is not documented ….. The name of her father is not documented….. The name of her mother is not documented ….. She married Robert de Glastonia, Lord of Poorstock ….. Her death year is not documented.

It is impossible to determine who she was with no surname documented. Some hotly disputed sources claim that she was of the Arundel family.

The mother of William de Glastonia was ALICE de PERCY ….. Her birth year is not documented ….. Her father was Gerbert de Percy ….. Her mother was Maud de Arundel ….. She married Robert de Glastonia, Lord of Poorstock ….. Her death year is not documented

Alice de Percy, Heiress of Broomfield: Alice was the daughter of Gerbert de Percy, Lord of Poorstock and Maud Arundel. Alice succeeded to Manor of Broomfield from right of her mother and father.  Alice passed it to Robert de Glastonie her husband; their daughter Maud was wife of Roger de Newburgh and carried Broomfield to him.  Roger passed back to Maud who held it in King John’s reign as a widow (1199-1216). Maud passed it to her son Robert de Newburgh who gave it his sister Margaret in fee, (wife of William Belet) where the mesne lordship remained until it left the family.

The mother of Alice de Percy was MAUD ARUNDEL …… She was born ca 1179 ….. Her father was Robert de Arundel ….. The name of her mother is not documented ….. She married Gerbert de Percy Lord of Poorstock ….. Her death year is not documented

The mother of MAUD ARUNDEL is not documented.

THE MATERNAL LINES

Matilda’s MOTHER was AZILIA ….. Her birth year is not documented ….. Her father’s name is not documented …..Her mother’s name is not documented ….. She married Robert de Glastonia, Lord of Poorstock ….. Her birth year is not documented.

Sadly, with no surnames for her parents documented, it is not possible to proceed.

The Families of our Ancient Wives and Mothers: GODEHILDIS de TOENI

Godehildis de Toeni was born ca 1110 at St Alban in Hertforshire, England …..Her father was Ralph VI de Toeni de Conches ….. Her mother was Adelise of Northumbria ….. She married Robert de Neubourg ca 1127 ….. She died ca 1143 at age 33.

SHE MARRIED

Robert de Neubourg ….. He was born ca 1099/1101 in Normandy ….. His father was Henry de Beaumont, 1^st English Earl Warrick …..  His mother was Marguerite du Perche  ….. He married Godehildis de Toeni ….. He died ca 1158 in Normandy.  

Robert was the fourth son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick. He inherited his father’s Normandy lands, holding Neubourg from Waleran de Beaumont, (1st Earl of Worcester, a Beaumont family cousin), as Comte de Meulan). Robert was Sire du Ponteaudemer and acquired other lands at Winfrith, Dorsetshire England. He took part in the Norman rebellion of 1118–1119, against Henry I of England, around William Clito. The immediate issue was a conflict with his feudal overlord, Waleran. He rebelled for a short time only, having being burnt out of Neubourg. It was only in the early 1140s that Robert and Waleran resolved their difficulties formally. Later he served as steward, justiciar and seneschal of Normandy under Henry II of England.

THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED

Henry de Newburgh born ca 1130 in Warwickshire England

Roger de Newburgh born ca 1135

Raoul/Richard de Beaumont born c 1137

THE PATERNAL LINES

RALPH IV de TOSNY was born ca 1078, in either Normandy or England. He was the son of Ralph II and Isabelle de Montfort. He crossed from Normandy to England in 1103 and was ‘graciously received’ by William II and was given his father’s lands (his elder brother and the heir was deceased by then).He and Adelisa of Huntington were married ca 1103. They had five children including our Godeheut de Tosny de Neubourg whom we can probably assume was born during or after 1103. His wife’s income of 613 pounds per annum made him one of the most powerful barons in England and Normandy. He was a staunch royalist and on September 28, 1106, he fought for Henry I at the key Battle of Tinchebray.

 RALPH III de TOSNY was born ca 1029, probably in Normandy. From 1054, he was the Gonfalonier (Standard Bearer) of Normandy. This became an hereditary position for the Tosny family. In 1054, he took part in William’s victory over the French at Mortemer and was sent by the Duke to deliver the news to the King of France. In 1060, he was banished from Normandy and deprived of his lands. In 1063 he was forgiven and had his lands restored. He was one of the few men proven to have fought with the William’s army in October 1066 at the Battle of Hastings in the invasion of England. In 1080, he went on pilgrimage to Spain (route to Santiago de Compostella). In 1086, at or about the time of Doomsday survey of landowners in England was carried out on the orders of William the Conqueror, William gave Ralph II estates in Berkshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hereford, Hertfordshire and Worcestershire along with the Castle of Ciifford (which belonged to someone else at the time).  He married Isabelle de Montfort ca 1080 (b1058-d1147). Three children are noted for them, including Ralph III. His death date is documented as April 9, 1102 at Conches in Normandy.

ROGER I de TOSNY (de Espana)was born ca 990. He was the son of Ralph I and an unnamed wife. He joined his father in guarding the castle at Tilleries for Richard II, Duke of Normandy. Exiled along with his father, He went on crusade against the Moors in Spain during the years 1015 and 1018 at the request of Countess Ermensinde Borrell de Barcelona.  He may or may not have married Estefania de Barcelona ca 1018 (her daughter), but had apparently abandoned her by 1024 when he had returned to Normandy and married a second time to Godehaut (surname unknown) with whom he had eight children, including Ralph II born ca 1029. He died on May 31, 1040. (Note that Estefania would have been 6 years old in 1018.)

RALPH II (Aka Raoul) de TOSNY was born before 0970. He was the son of Ralph/Raoul and an unknown woman. He served as a standard bearer of Normandy in a campaign in Burgundy. In 1013,  he and his sons, Ralph/Raoul and Roger, guarded the castle at Tillieres for Richard II, Duke of Normandy. having been exiled for unknown reasons, he went to Apulia, Italy ca 1015 and took part in the Siege of Solerno. At some point before 1024, he sought and gained permission from Duke Richard II to return to Normandy. He died in 1040. Two marriages are noted for this man but the wives’ names are not named in the most reliable source that I have found.

RALPH I de TOSNY, Seigneur de Tosny was born ca 0930 at Tosny in Upper Normandy. He was the son of Hughes I de Calvacamp and Haldruc de Therouanne. He married Helene de Bayeux (b1942). He died ca 0975.

HUGH/HUGUES I de CALVACAMP was the father of Ralph I, Seigneur de Tosny.  He was born ca 0890 in Dieppe, Normandy. His father was Malahule Hadrick Eysteinsson. His mother was Dame Maud de Boulogne. He married He died ca 0980 at Conches, Normandy

MALAHULE HADRICK EYSTEINSSON was the father of Hugues I de Calvacamp. He was born ca 0845 at Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. His father was Eystein Ivarssaon of More Uppland Norway. His mother was Ascrida Rognvaldsdatter. He married Dame Maud de Flanders. He died ca 0912 in Norway.

EYSTEIN IVARSSAON was the father of Malahule Hadrick Eysteinsson.  Title: Jarl of the Upplands (aka the Clatterer). He was born ca 0810 at Nord-Trondelag, Norway. His father was Ivar Halfdansson, Jarl of the Uplands. His mother was Euphritta(surname unknown) He married 1/ our ancestress Ascrida Ragnvaldsdottir ca 0846 and 2/ Jocunda Huntlofsdottir ca 0862. He died ca 870 at Nord-Trondelag, Norway.

Eystein Glumra (“Eystein the Noisy” or “Eystein the Clatterer”);  also known as Eystein Ivarsson, was reputedly a petty king on the west coast of Norway, during the 9th Century.

IVAR HALFDANSSON was the father of Eystein Ivarssaon. Title: Jarl of the Uplands (Opplendingejarl).  He was born ca 0780 in Oppland Norway. His father was Halfdan “Gamle” Sveidasson, “the Aged”. His mother was  Helga Svidrasson (born Eriksdottir).  He may have married Gundella Eysteinsdatter. He died ca 0834. He is refered to as ‘possibly mythical king of Oppland, a petty kingdom in Norway’. If he existed, Ivar probably lived during the late 8th Century. Traditional sources state that he was father of Eystein Glumra and, according to the Orkneyinga Saga, an ancestor of both the Earls of Orkney and Rollo of Normandy.

HALFDAN ‘Gamle’ SVEIDASSON, ‘the Aged’ was the father of Ivar Halfdansson. He was born ca 0758. His father was Sveidi ‘the Sea King’ Heytirsson.  The name of his mother is not documented. His mate is documented as ‘Halfdan’s Krone’. He died ca 0834

SVEIDI HEYTIRSSON was the father of Halfdan ‘Gamle’ Sveidasson. Title: The Sea King. He was born ca 0736 at Ramsdahl Norway. His father’s name is not documente. His mother’s name is not documented. He married Hildur Ericsdottir.  He died ca 0780.

ISABEL de MONTFORT was the Mother of Ralph VI/Raoul II de Toeni de Conches. She was born ca 1058 at Montfort-l’Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.  Her father was Simon L’Ainé de Montfort I.  Her mother was Isabel Bardoul de Broyes. She married Ralph de Toeni de Conches. She died ca 1147.   Orderic Vitalis calls her “Isabel de Conches”, says she was “generous, daring and gay” but “in war she rode armed as a knight among the knights”, and recounts that Helvise Comtess d’Evreux was offended by her “slighting remarks” which led to a bitter war between their husbands. After her husband died, she repented “the mortal sin of luxury in which she had indulged in her youth” and became a nun at Haute-Bruyère.

HALDRUC TRESNEY de THEROUANNE  de TOSNY was the mother of Ralph I, Seigneur de Tosny de Conches.  She was born ca 0895. Her father was Eystein Ivarsson. Her mother was Ascrida Ragnvaldsdatter. She married Hugh de Calvacamp (Hugues I) ca 0937.  She died ca 0970

MAUD de BOULOGNE was the mother of Hugh de Calvacamp (Hugues I). She was born ca 0895. Her father was  Adalolf de Boulogne et Ternois.   Her mother was  Bertha de Ponthieu. She married Malahule Hadrick Eysteinsson. She died ca 0964.

ASCRIDA ROGNVALDSDATTER was the mother of Malahule Hadrick Eysteinsson. Title:  Countess of Oppland. She was born ca 0820. Her father was  Rognvald ‘heidumhaere’ Olafson. Her mother was Thora Sigurdsdatter. She married Rognvald ‘heidumhaere’ Olafson.  She married  Eystein Ivarssaon of More/Upplands. She died ca 0912.

HELGA SVIDRASSON (ERIKSDOTTIR) was the mother of Ivar Halfdansson, Opplendingejarl.  She was born ca 0740. Her father was  Eirik Agnarsson, King of Westfold. Her mother was   Asa Agnarsson Eriksdottir.  She married  Halfdan ‘Gamie’ Sveidasson ‘the Aged’. She died ca 0785.

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ADELISE OF NORTHUMBRIA was the Mother of Godehildis. She was born ca 1085 at Clifford Castle in Hertfordshire, England. Her father was Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria. Her mother was Judith of Lens, Countess of Huntingdon. She married Ralph VI/Raoul II de Toeni de Conches. She died ca 1126 at Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England.

WALTHEOF, 1^st Earl of Northumbria was the Father of Adelise of Northumbria. His birth year is not noted. He was the son of Seward, Earl of Northumbria.  His mother was Alfflaled of Bernicia. He married Judith of Lens, Countess of Huntingdon.  He was beheaded on October 31, 1076.

Waltheof was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I He was the second son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. His mother was Aelfflaed, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bernicia. In 1054, Waltheof’s brother, Osbearn was killed in battle making Waltheof his father’s heir.

Waltheof was said to be devout and charitable and was probably educated for a monastic life. Around 1065, however, he became an earl, governing Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. Following the Battle of Hastings he submitted to William and was allowed to keep his pre-Conquest title and possessions. He remained at William’s court until 1068.

When Sweyn II invaded Northern England in 1069, Waltheof and Edgar Aetheling joined the Danes and took part in the attack on York. He would again make a fresh submission to William after the departure of the invaders in 1070. He was restored to his earldom, and went on to marry William’s niece, Judith of Lens. In 1072, he was appointed Earl of Northampton.

In 1075 Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. His motives for taking part in the revolt are unclear, as is the depth of his involvement. However he repented, confessing his guilt first to Archbishop Lanfranc and then in person to William, who was at the time in Normandy. He returned to England with William but was arrested, brought twice before the king’s court and sentenced to death.

He spent almost a year in confinement before being beheaded on 31 May 1076 at St. Giles’s Hill, near Winchester. He was said to have spent the months of his captivity in prayer and fasting. Many people believed in his innocence and were surprised when the execution was carried out. His body was initially thrown into a ditch, but was later retrieved and buried in the chapter house of Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire.

SIWARD, Earl of Northumbria was the father of Waltheof.  His birth year is not documented. The name of his father is not clearly documented. The name of his mother is not clearly documented. He married Alfflaled of Bernicia He died ca 1055.

Siward was probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps a relative of Earl Ulf, and emerged as a powerful regional strongman in England during the reign of Cnut (“Canute the Great” (who ruled from 1016 to 1035). Cnut was a Scandinavian ruler who conquered England in the 1010s, and Siward was one of the many Scandinavians who came to England in the aftermath of that conquest. Siward subsequently rose to become sub-ruler of most of northern England. From 1033 at the latest Siward was in control of southern Northumbria, that is, present-day Yorkshire, governing as earl on Cnut’s behalf.

He entrenched his position in northern England by marrying Ælfflæd, the daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bamburgh. After killing Ealdred’s successor Eadulf in 1041, Siward gained control of all Northumbria. He exerted his power in support of Cnut’s successors, (kings Harthacnut and Edward), assisting them with vital military aid and counsel. He probably gained control of the middle shires of Northampton and Huntingdon by the 1050s, and there is some evidence that he spread Northumbrian control into Cumberland. In the early 1050s Earl Siward turned against the Scottish king Mac Bethad Findlaích (“Macbeth”). Despite the death of his son Osbjorn, Siward defeated Mac in battle in 1054. More than half a millennium later the adventure in Scotland earned him a place in William Shakespeare‘s Macbeth. Siward died in 1055, leaving one son, Waltheof, who would eventually succeed to Northumbria. 

 JUDITH de LENS was the Mother of Adelise of Northumbria ….. Title: Countess of Huntingdon. She was born ca 1054 at Lens, Artois, in the Flemish region of the Holy Roman Empire. Her father was Lambert II, Count of Lens. Her mother was Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale. She married Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria. She died ca 1086 at Lens, Artois, France.

ADELAIDE of NORMANDY was the mother of Judith de Lens.  Title: Comtesse de Aumale.  She was born ca 1029/30  at  Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie. Her father was Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy.  Her mother may or may not have been Herleva of Falaise.  Her brother or half-brother was William the Conqueror. She married 2/ Lambert II, Count of Lens. She was deceased by 1090.

Adelaide of Normandy was the sister or half-sister of William the Conqueror and was Countess of Aumale in her own right, (being the  illegitimate daughter of the Norman duke Robert the Magnificent). Adelaide’s first marriage to Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu  was annulled ca 1049/50 and another marriage was arranged for her, this time to Lambert II, Count of Lens.  Lambert was killed in 1054 at Lille. In 1060 she was called upon again to form another marital alliance, this time to a younger man Odo, Count of Champagne. Odo seems to have been something of a disappointment as he appears on only one of the Conqueror’s charters and received no land in England; his wife being a tenant-in-chief in her own right

In 1082, William and his wife, Matilda, gave to the abbey of the Holy Trinity in Caen the town of Le Homme in the Cotentin with a provision to the Countess of Albamarla (Aumale), his sister, for a life tenancy. In 1086, as Comitissa de Albatnarla, as she was listed in the Domesday Book, was shown as having numerous holdings in both Suffolk and Essex;  one of the very few Norman noblewomen to have held lands in England at Domesday as a tenant-in-chief. She was also given the lordship of Holderness which was held after her death by her 3rd husband, Odo, the by then disinherited Count of Champagne; the lordship then passed to their son, Stephen. Adelaide died before 1090.

HERLEVA of FALAISE may or may not have been the mother of Adelaide of Normandy.  She was born ca 1003 at Falaise, Calvados, Lower Normandy. Her father was Fulbert of Falaise. Her mother was Doda of Falaise. She was the concubine of Robert I, The Magnificent, Duke of Normandy. She later married Herluin, Comte de Conteville. She died ca 1050 at Eure in Upper Normandy.

Herleva became the mistress of Robert, Duke of Normandy. In 1028, they had a son who eventually became known as William, Duke of Normandy. One story goes that instead of marrying Herleva, Robert persuaded her to marry his friend, Herluin of Conteville. After marriage, Herleva had three more children, Odo, Robert and Muriel. Later the sons became known as Odo of Bayeux and Robert of Mortain.

DODA de FALAISE was the mother of Herleva. She may have been born ca 0980. The name of her father is not documented. The name of her mother is not documented. She married Fulbert of Falaise. Her death date is not documented.

No reliable information exists about Fulbert and Doda of Falaise. He may well have been a tanner by trade.

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The Families of our Ancient Wives and Mothers: MARGUERITE du PERCHE

Marguerite du Perche was born ca 1075 Title: Countess of Warwick…..Her father as Geoffroi du Perche, Seigneur de Nogent-le-Rotrou ….. Her mother was Beatrice de Roucy …..She married Henri I de Beaumont-le-Roger, first earl of Warwick in England ….. She died ca 1137

Both Henry and his widow, Marguerite, enjoyed a high reputation for piety and virtue. After his death and ca 1125, Marguerite  witnessed the foundation charter of the Hermitage of Notre-Dame-du-Désert by Robert, Earl of Leicester (her brother-in-law). She was a benefactor of Kenilworth Priory and the Knights Templars, and consented to a gift by her son Robert to the Abbey of Le Bec. She was living in 1156. 

MARGUERITE MARRIED

Henri I de Beaumont-le-Roger ….. Title: first English Earl of Warwick ….. He was born ca 1045 at Casatle Neuborough Normandy ….. His father was Rogerde Beaumont-le-Roger ….. His mother as Adeline de Meulan-Sur-Seine ….. He married Marguerite du Perche ….. He died ca June 20, 1119 at Abbey Preaux, Ponte Audemer Normandy

Henry de Beaumont, (alias de Newburgh), 1st Earl of Warwick was a Norman nobleman who rose to great prominence in England. He was a younger son of Roger de Beaumont by Adeline of Meulan, daughter of Waleran III, Count of Meulan, and Oda de Conteville  He was given by his father the modest lordship of Le Neubourg, in central Normandy, 12 km NE of his father’s caput of Beaumont-le-Roger on the River Risle. From this lordship he adopted for himself and his descendants the surname Anglicised to “de Newburgh”    Little is in fact known of his career before 1088. However he took a leading role in reconciling William the Conqueror with his eldest son Robert Curthose in 1081 so he stood high in the Conqueror’s favour. In 1088 he was a royal agent in the arrest and trial of the traitorous bishop of Durham, William de Saint-Calais.

 In due course he acquired a much greater land-holding in England when, in reward for help in suppressing the Rebellion of 1088, King William II made him Earl of Warwick in 1088. The lands of the earldom were put together from several sources. The bulk was provided by the majority of the lands in Warwickshire and elsewhere recorded as those of his elder brother Robert, Count of Meulan in the Domesday Survey of 1086. He also received large royal estates in Rutland and the royal forest of Sutton, which became Sutton Chase. The complicated arrangement to endow his earldom is unprecedented, and must have been the result of a three way arrangement between his father, his brother and the king.  

THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED

Roger de Beaumont, 2^nd earl Warwick born ca 1102 at Warwick Castle, Warwickshire England

Robert de Neubourg  born in England

Rotrou, Bishop of Evreaux, later Archbishop of Rouen born ca 1109 – also Chief Justicar and Steward of Normandy

Geoffrey de Neubourg –born in Normandy

Henry de Neubourg aka Henry of Gower – He re-conquered the family’s Welsh estates in around 1136, holding the lordship of Gower throughout the reign of King Stephen. He entered the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux before his death and died as a monk there on 20 June 1119. An eighteenth-century woodcut of his tomb in the chapter house, with those of his brother and father beside him, survives, though the abbey is long ruined

THE PATERNAL LINES

Marguerite’s father was GEOFFREY II ….. Title: Count de Mortagne and Count de Perche ….. He was born ca 1042 in Normandy ….. His father was Rotrou I, Viscount of Châteaudun ….. His mother was Adelise de Bellême, daughter of Guérin de Domfront ….. He married Beatrice of Montdidier ….. He died in October 1100

The father of Geoffrey II was ROTROU I ….. Title: Viscount of Châteaudun and Count of Perche (as Rotrou I) ….. He was born ca 1020 …..  His father was Geoffrey III, Viscount Châteaudun …..  His mother was  Helvise de Corbon …..   He married Adelise de Belleme de Domfort ….. He died ca 1080                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Rotrou I was noted in charters providing donations to the Abbeys of St. Vincent of Le Mans and St. Denis of Nogent-le-Rotrou. Rotrou attempted to avenge the murder of his father by attacking Thierry, Bishop of Chartres, an act for which he was briefly excommunicated. He also challenged Roger de Montgomerie and William the Conqueror, fighting in the insurrection of Robert Curthose against his father William. He died ca 1080. 

The father of Rotrou I was GEOFFREY III ….. Titles: Viscount of Châteaudun and Count of Perche (as Geoffrey I) ….. He was born ca 1010 …..His father was Fulcois, Count of Mortagne …..His mother was  Melisende, Vicomtesse …. He married Helvise de Corbon ….. He died ca 1040

Some sources say that he became Viscount of Châteaudun following his uncle Hugues’ appointment as Archbishop of Tours. At that point, he was probably under the regency of his mother.

He broke with his Blois relatives and began hostilities against Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres. An unsuccessfully attempt to enlist the aid of Theobald III, Count of Blois, and Robert the Pious in his quest resulted in his excommunication in 1029. Only his building of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Châteaudun redeemed him in the eyes of the church.

In 1040, while he was at Chartres, a riot broke out against his presence, and he was murdered.

The father of Geoffrey III was FULCOIS de MONTAGNE –Au-Perche ….. Titles: Count de Mortagne, Count de Perche, Vicomte de Nogent, Vicomte de Chateaudun ….. He was born ca 0965 at Monagne, Gironde, Aquitaine France ….. His father was Geoffroy de Montagne Au Perche …..His mother was Hildegarde …..He married Melisende, Vicomtess Chateaudun ….. He died ca 1031 in France

The father of Fulcois de Montagne was GEOFFROY de MONTAGNE-Au-PERCHE ….. He was born ca 0925 ….. His father is not clearly documented ….. His mother is not clearly documented ….. He married Hildegard- du Perche. His death date is not documented.

MARGUERITE’S FATHER’S MOTHER WAS

ADELISE de BELLEME de MONTAGNE ….. She was born ca 1014 at Domfort, Orne, Lower Normandy ….. Her father was Her father was Warin/Guerin seigneur de Domfront de Belleme ….. Her mother was Melisende de Chateaudun …..  She married FULCOIS, Count de Mortagne, Count de Perche, Vicomte de Nogent, Vicomte de Chateaudun ca 1040 AD ….. She died ca 1043  having birthed 3 children.

The mother of Adelise de Belleme was MELISENDE de NOGENT-le-ROTROU ….. Title: Vicomtess Chateaudun, Comtesse du Perche ….. She was born ca 0966 at Nogent-le-Roi Centre France ….. Her father was Hugues, Viscomte de Chateaudun ….. Her mother was Hildegarde, Vicomtesse de Chateaudun …..  She married Fulcois, Comte de Perche  possibly as early as 975 at age 9 ….. She died ca 1035 in France

Very little is known about Melisende. The only written record concerns the donation of the Church of Champrond in Nogent-le-Rotrou in the first year of the reign of Henry I of France (1031 AD) by her son Geoffrey. She was succeeded by her son Geoffrey as Viscount of Châteaudun in 1030 and was deceased by 1040

The mother of Melisende de Nogent-le-Rotrou was HILDEGARDE de MONAGNE du PERCHE ….. Title: Vicomtess de Chateaudun …..She was born ca 0925 ….. Her father was Herve I, Comte de Perche ….. Her mother was Gerberge de Gatinais …..she married Hugues, Vicomte de Chateaudun ….. She was still alive on April 14, 1005

Hildegarde and Hugues had 4 children, including a son who became Archibishop of Tours        She became the viscomtesse upon the death of her husband and was succeeded by their son Hugues I after her death. 

The mother of Hildegarde was GERBERGE de GATINAIS ….. She was born ca 0915 in France ….. Her father may have been Gaucelin (Josselin) ….. Her mother’s name is not documented ….. She married Herve I, Comte de Montagne ….. She died ca 0977

THE MATERNAL LINES OF DESCENT

Marguerite’s mother was BEATRICE de MONTDIDIER ….. She was born ca 1051 at Montdidier, Picardy, France ….. Her father was Hildoin III de Montdidier IV, Count de Roucy ….. Her mother was Alice (Adela) de Roucy ….. She married Geoffrey II, Comte de Mortagne, Comte du Perche ….. Her death date is not documented.

The father of Beatrice de Montdidier was HILDOIN III de MONTDIDIER IV ….. Title: Comte de Roucy ….. His father was Hildoin II Montdidier, Seigneur de Rameru ….. His mother was Lessaline de Dammartin ….. He married Alice (Adela) de Roucy …..  He died ca 1062

The father of Hildoin III was HILDOIN II MONTDIDIER ….. Title: Seigneur de Rameru ….. He was born ca 0960 at Montdidier, Somme, France ….. His father was Helpuin de Arcis-sur-Aube ….. His mother was Hersinde de Rameru ….. He married Lessaline de Dammartin ….. He died ca 1000

The father of Hildoin II Montdidier was HELPUIN de ARCIS-SUR-AUBE ….. He was born ca 0930 at Arcis-sur-Aube ….. His father may have been Roger de Ponthieu ….. His mother may have been Berthe de Bologne de Ponthieu ….. He married Hersinde de Rameru ….. He died ca 0970

The father of Helpuin de Arcis-Sur-Aube was ROGER DE PONTHIEU ….. He was born ca 0877 on Picardy France ….. His father was Herlouin, Comte de Ponthieu ….. His mother was Hersende de Normandy ….. He married Berthe de Bologne de Ponthieu …. He died on August 13, 0945 in the Battle of Normandy

The father of Roger de Ponthieu was HERLOUIN …..Title: Comte de Ponthieu ….. He was born ca 0897 ….. His father was Rainaud, Comte de Ponthieu ….. His mother was Rothilde of the Franks ….. He married Hersende de Normandy ….. He was killed in battle on August 13, 0945

The father of Herlouin, Comte de Ponthieu was RAINAUD Title: Comte de Ponthieu ….. He was born ca 0866 at Charente, Maine, Poitou France ….. His father was Helgaud de Ponthieu, Comte de Montreuil ….. His mother was Hellisende de Ponthieu ….. He married Rothilde of the Franks ….. He died on October 31, 0900 in France

The father of Rainaud, Comte de Ponthieu was HELGAUD de PONTHIEU II….. He was born ca 0845 at Ponthieu, Normandy ….. His father was Herlouin I, Comte de Ponthieu …. His mother was Helissende de Ramerupt …. He married Hellisende de Ponthieu ….. He died ca 0926 in battle

The father of Helgaud de Ponthieu II was HERLOUIN I ….. Title: Comde de Ponthieu ….. He was born ca 0826 at Ponthieu, Picardy, France ….. His father was Helgaud de Montreuil I ….. His mother was Berthe de Bologne ….. He married Helissende de Ramerupt ….. He died ca 0870 at Ponthieu, Picardy, France

The father of Herlouin I was HELGAUD de MONTREUIL I ….. He was born ca 0805 in Ponthieu, Picardy …. His father was Nithard the Chronicler ….. His mother’s name is not documented ….. He married Berthe de Bologne ….. He died ca 0864 in Ponthieu

The father of Helgaud de Montreuil I was NITHARD the CHRONICLER ….. He was born ca 0795 ….. His father was Angibert de Ponthieu….. His mother was Berthe of France (daughter of Charlemagne) ….. The name of his wife is not documented ….. He died in June 14, 0844 possibly in battle

Nithard was born sometime around the year Charlemagne was crowned Imperator Augustus in December 800. He was probably raised either at the imperial palace, where his mother continued to live until the death of the emperor, or at the monastery of St. Riquier, where his father was lay abbot. He would have been educated most likely at the imperial schola, which offered the kind of high-quality instruction in both military and literary training he is known to have received.

Nithard himself later became lay abbot of St Riquier in commendam. He served his cousin Charles the Bald in both war and peace, carrying out two missions to Lothar during the Carolingian civil war and fighting at Fontenoy in June 0841. It is probable that he died as the result of wounds received whilst fighting for him against the Northmen near Angoulême. The date of his death is disputed among scholars, but consensus is now for June 14, 0844. In the 11th century his body, with the fatal wound still visible, was found in the grave of his father, Angilbert.

The father of Nithard the Chronicler was ANGILBERT de PONTHIEU ….. Title: Saint ….. He was born ca 0760 ….. The name of his father is not documented ….. The name of his mother is not documented ….. He He married Berthe (Berta) a daughter of Charlemagne ….. He died on February 18, 0814 at Aachen

Saint Angilbert , (sometimes known as Angilberk or Engelbert), was a noble Frankish poet who was educated under Alcuin and served Charlemagne as a secretary, diplomat, and son-in-law. He was venerated as a pre-Congregation saint and is still honored on the day of his death.

Angilbert seems to have been brought up at the court of Charlemagne at the palace school in Aquae Grani (Aachen). He was educated there as the pupil and then friend of the great English scholar Alcuin. When Charlemagne sent his young son Pepin to Italy as King of the Lombards,  Angilbert went along as  a high administrator of the satellite court. As the friend and adviser of Pepin, he assisted for a while in the government of Italy. Angilbert delivered the document on Iconoclasmfrom the Frankish Synod of Frankfurt to Pope Adrian I, and was later sent on three important embassies to the pope, in 792, 794, and 796. At one time, he served an officer of the maritime provinces. He accompanied Charlemagne to Rome in 800^] and was one of the witnesses to his Will in 0811.

There are various traditions concerning Angilbert’s relationship with Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne. One holds that they were married, another that they were not. They had, however, at least two sons and one daughter, one of whom, Nithard, became a notable figure in the mid-9th century, and the daughter Bertha, went on to marry Helgaud II, count of Ponthieu. Control of marriage and the meanings of legitimacy were hotly contested in the Middle Ages. Bertha and Angilbert are an example of how resistance to the idea of a sacramental marriage could coincide with holding church offices. On the other hand, some historians have speculated that Charlemagne opposed formal marriages for his daughters out of concern for political rivalries from their potential husbands. None of Charlemagne’s daughters were married, despite political offers of arranged marriages.

The MOTHER of Beatrice de Montdidier was ALICE (ADELA) de ROUCY ….. She was born ca 1014 ….. Her father was Ebles I de Roucy, Comte de Reims ….. Her mother was Baeatrice, Comtesse de Hainault ….. She married Hildoin III de Montdidier IV, Count de Roucy …..  She died ca 1063

The mother of Alice (Adela) de Roucy was BAEATRICE ….. Title: Comtesse de Hainault ….. She was born ca 0998 at Hainault, Lower Lorraine France ….. Her father was Rainier IV, Comte de Hainault ….. Her mother was Adwige (Avoise) de Capet of France … She married Ebles I de Roucy, Comte de Reims ….. She died on May 11, 1033

The mother of Baeatrice, Comtesse de Hainault was ADWIGE (AVOISE) de CAPET ….. Title: Princess of France ….. She was born ca 0972 ….. Her father was Hugh Capet, King of France ….. Her mother was Adelaide, Princess of Aquitaine ….. She married Rainier IV, Comte de Hainault ….. She died after 1013

The mother of Adwige (Avoice) de Capet was ADELAIDE ….. Title: Princess of Aquitaine ….. She was born 0952 in Germany ….. Her father was Guillaume III, Duke of Aquitaine ….. Her mother was Adele (Gerloc) of Normandy ….. She married Hugh Capet, King of France ….. She died ca 1004

The mother of Adelaide, Princess of Aquitaine was ADELE (GERLOC) OF NORMANDY ….. She was born ca 0897 in Normandy ….. Her father was Rollo Rognvaldsson (the Viking), Duke of Normandy ….. Her mother was Papia (Poppa) de Senlis ….. She married Guillaume III, Duke of Aquitaine ….. She died after April 14, 0962

The mother of Adele (Gerloc) of Normandy was PAPIA (POPPA) de SENLIS ….. She was born ca 0848 in Neustria, Normandy ….. The name of her father is in dispute ….. The name of her mother is in dispute ….. She married or was the concubine of ROLLO ….. Her death date is not documented.

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The Families of Our Ancient Wives and Mothers: ADELINE de MEULAN-SUR-SEINE

Adeline de Meulan-Sur-Seine ….. Title: Countess …..She was born on December 6, 1014 at Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Ile-de-France ….. Her father was Waleran I, Count of Meulan ….. Her mother was Oda de Conteville ….. She married 1/ William Maudit and 2/ Roger de Beaumont-Le-Roger on May 22, 1040 …. She died on April 8, 1081 at Le Bec-Hellouin, Duché de Normandie, France at age 67.

SHE MARRIED

Roger de Beaumont-Le-Roger ….. Title: Seigneur de Pontaudemer ….. He was born between 1015 and 1022 at Pont Audemer in Normandy ….. His father was Honfroi (Humphrey) de Vieilles ….. His mother was Auberee de la Haye ….. He married Adeline de Meulan ….. He died ca 1094 at Abbey Preaux in Normandy                                                           

Roger de Beaumont (the bearded), feudal lord (seigneur) of Beaumont-le-Roger and of Pont-Audemer in Normandy, was a powerful Norman nobleman and close advisor to William the Conqueror.

Planché described him as “the noblest, the wealthiest, and the most valiant seigneur of Normandy, and the greatest and most trusted friend of the Danish (i.e. Norman) family”. The explanation for his exalted position appears to be that as an older cousin who had never rebelled against the young Duke, he was part of the kinship group of noblemen that William relied upon in governing Normandy and fighting-off frequent rebellion and invasions. The historian Frank McLynn observed that William relied heavily on relatives on his mother’s side, namely his half-brothers Bishop Odo and Robert, and brothers-in-law, and on relatives descended from the Duchess Gunnora’s sisters, since his own paternal kin had proved unreliable.

Wace, the 12th-century historian, wrote that: “At the time of the invasion of England, Roger was summoned to the great council at Lillebonne on account of his wisdom; but he did not join in the expedition as he was too far advanced in years”. Although Roger could not fight, he did not hesitate in contributing a large share of the cost, and provided at his own expense sixty vessels for the conveyance of the troops across the channel. Furthermore, his eldest son and heir fought bravely at Hastings as noted in several contemporary records. As a result, Roger’s elder sons were rewarded generously with lands in England, and both eventually were made English earls by the sons of the Conqueror. Wace’s statement may therefore cast doubt on the possibility of Roger being depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry feasting at Hastings. However it is possible that he crossed the Channel so he could continue to act as a valued member of the Duke’s council, perhaps giving advice on military tactics, yet stayed well behind the line of battle at headquarters

THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED

Alice de Beaumont born ca 1042

Hugues de Beaumont born ca 1044

Guillaume de Beaumont born ca 1045

Yves de Beaumont born ca 1046

Henri de Newberg de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick born ca 1048

Aveline de Beaumont born ca 1050

Aubreye de Beaumont, Abess de St Léger-de-Préaux, later of Eton born ca 1052

Robert de Beaumont-le-Roger, Comte de Meulan, 1st Earl of Leicester  born ca 1056

Emma de Beaumont born ca 1058

HER PARENTS

Adeline’s Father was WALERAN (GALERAN) ….. Title: Comte de Meulan, Earl of Worcester ….. He was born ca 0993 ….. His father was Hugues I, Vicomte de Meulan ….. His mother was  Adela/Alix du Vexin …..  He married Oda de Conteville …..  He died December 8, 1069 at Meulan.

Waleran (aka Galeran) was active in the politics of his day. Both he and his son Count Hugh maintained an independence from the Capetian king at Paris by a judicious if dangerous alliance with the dukes of Normandy downstream. This led to the marriage of Adeline, Count Hugh’s sister, to the Norman magnate, Roger de Beaumont.

Adeline’s Mother was ODA de CONTEVILLE ….. She was born ca 0994 at Mellent in Normandy ….. Her father was  Jean de Bourg de Tonburg de Conteville Earl of Comyn  …..  Her mother was Ode de Normandie …..She married Waleran/Galeran, Comte de Meulan ….. She was deceased by 1033

Waleran unsuccessfully tried to get their marriage annulled.  She died as a nun at Notre-Dame de Coulombs by or before 1033.

PATERNAL GRANDFATHERS

The father of Waleran, Comte de Meulan was HUGUES I ….. Titles: Vicomte de Meulan, Comte de Pontoise ….. He was born ca 0965 at Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France ….. His mother was Adela (aka Alex) de Vexin ….. The name of his wife is not documented ….. He died after August 25, 1005 at Mellant, Normandy France

The father of Hugues I was GALERAN II ….. He was born ca 0947 at Meulan, Normandy  ….. His father as Galeran I, Vicomte de Meulan ….. His mother was Liegarde, countess de Mantes …..He married Adela (aka Alix) de Vexin ….. He died on December 08, 0967 in Normandy

The father of Galeran II was GALERAN I ….. Title: Vicomte de Meulan …. He was born ca 0923 ….. His father was Renaud de Meulan ….. His mother was Richende de Champagne ….. He married Liegarde, Countess de Nantes ….. He died ca 0986

The father of Galeran I was RENAUD de MEULAN ….. He was born ca 0904 ….. The name of his father is not documented ….. The name of his mother is not documented ….. He married 3/ Richende de Champagne …..He died ca 0955

PATERNAL GRANDMOTHERS

The mother of Waleran, Comte de Meulan was ADELA (aka Alix) de VEXIN ….. She was born ca 970 at Vexin, Seine Inferieure, Normandy ….. Her father was Gautier, Comte de Vexin ….. Her mother was Adele de Senlis …..  she married Waleran …..Her death date is not documented.

The mother of Hugues I was LIEGARD ….. Title: Comtesse de Nantes ….. She was born ca 902 at Meulan, Normandy,  France ….. Her father was  Ermenfroi d’Amiens ….. Her mother was Adelaide de Gatinois ….. She married 3/ Galeran I, vicomte de Meulan …..  She died November 12, 0991 at Valois, Oise, Picardy  France

The mother of Galeran I was RICHILDE de CHAMPAGNE … She was born ca 885 ….. Her father was Robert Ursus de Champagne ….. Her mother was Bertha de Chatillon ….. She married Renaud de Meuland …. She died ca 942

MATERNAL GRANDFATHERS

The father of Oda de Conteville was JEAN de BOURG de TONBURG de CONTEVILLE ….. Title: Comte de Comyn ….. He was born ca 0969 at Conteville, France ….. His father was Baldwin II de Blois ….. His mother was Mathilde de Saxony ….. He married Ode de Normandie ….. He died ca 1012

Jean was born in 0969 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France.   Jean’s father was Count Baudouin of Flanders III and his mother was Mathilde Saxony.  His paternal grandparents were Arnoul I  Flanders and Alix de Vermandois; his maternal grandparents were Duke of Saxony Hermann Billung Saxony and Hildegardis  von Westerburg. He had a brother and a sister, named Arnold and Bertha.  He was the second oldest of the three children.  He died at the age of 43 in 1012. 

The father of Jean de Bourg was BALDWIN II de BLOIS (aka Baudouin of Flanders III) ….. He was born ca 0925 in France His father was Baldwin I de Blois….. His mother’s name is not documented. He married Mathilde von Billung, Princess of Saxony by 0960 ….. His death date is not documented

The father Baldwin II de Blois was BALDWIN I de BLOIS de TONSBURGH ….. He was born ca 0885at Blois Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France ….. His father was Godefrey of Neustrie ….. His mother was Richilde de Bourges …..His wife’s name is not documented …. His death date is not documented

The father of Baldwin I de Blois was GODEFREY de NEUSTRIE ….. Title: Duke of Lorraine ….. He was born ca 0840 at Ingelheim, Hessen, Germany ….. His father was Rowland de Neustrie ….. His mother was Fladrine de Neustrie ….. He married Richilde de Bourges …..He died ca 0890

The father of Godefrey de Neustrie was ROWLAND de NEUSTRIE …..He was born ca 0810 at Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ….. His father was Charles ‘the Younger’, Duke of Ingleheim (aka Carolus des Francs, King of the East Franks) ….. His mother was Juliana of Aachen d’Ingleheim ….. He married Fladrine de Neustrie ….. He died ca 0850

The father of Rowland de Neustrie was CHARLES ‘the Younger’ …… Title: Duc de Engelheim …..He was born ca 0772 at Aachen Rhihneland-Platz Germany ….. His father was Charlemagne ….. His mother was Hildegard de Swabia and Vinzgau  …..  He married Juliana (of Aachen) d’Engleheim ….. He died ca 0811 at Brabant in Louvain Belgium

The father of Charles ‘the Younger’ was CHARLEMAGNE…..Titles: King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, Holy Roman Emperor…..He was born on April 2, 0742…..His father was Pepin the Short…..His mother was Bertrada of Laon…..He married 1/ Desiderata of the Lombards (770-771) 2/ Hildegarde of the Vinzgau (771-783) 3/ Fastrada (783-794) and 4/ Luitgard (794-800) also numerous mistresses and concubines…..He died on January 28, 0814 at Aachen of Pleurisy at age 72.

Charlemagne’s exact birthplace is unknown, although historians have suggested Liege in present-day Belgium and Aachen in modern-day Germany as possible locations. Little is known about his childhood and education, although as an adult, he displayed a talent for languages and could speak Latin and understand Greek, among other languages.  Einhard, a Frankish scholar and contemporary of Charlemagne, wrote a biography of the emperor after his death. In the work, titled “Vita Karoli Magni (Life of Charles the Great),” he described Charlemagne as “broad and strong in the form of his body and exceptionally tall without, however, exceeding an appropriate measure…His appearance was impressive whether he was sitting or standing despite having a neck that was fat and too short, and a large belly.”

Once in power, Charlemagne sought tounite all the Germanic peoples into one kingdom, and convert his subjects toChristianity. In order to carry out this mission, he spent the majority of hisreign engaged in military campaigns. Soon after becoming king, he conquered the Lombards (present-day northern Italy), the Avars (in modern-day Austria and Hungary) and Bavaria, among others.

In his role as a zealous defender of Christianity, Charlemagne gave money and land to the Christian church and protected the popes. As a way to acknowledge Charlemagne’s power and reinforce his relationship with the church, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

The father of Charlemagne was PEPIN THE SHORT…..Title: King of the Franks…..He was born ca 0714 at Jupile, near the city of Liege in modern Belgium…..His father was Charles Martel…..His mother was Rotrude of Treves…..He married Bertrada of Laon ca 0750…..He died ca 768

Pepin the Short was the first of the Carolingians to become a king. The younger son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude, Pepin’s upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of St. Denis.

Succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace in 0741, Pepin reigned over Francia jointly with his elder brother, Carloman. Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy and Provence, while Carloman established himself in Austrasia, Alemannia and Thuringia.

The brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons and the Alemanni in the early years of their reigns. In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead King of the Franks.

The father of Pepin the Short was CHARLES MARTEL….Titles: Duke and Prince of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace…..He was born ca 0688 at Herstal in Belgium…..His father was Pepin of Herstal…..His mother was Alpaida of Aupoi…..He married Rotrude of Aupoi…..He died on October 22, 0741

Charles Martel was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. He was the the son of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and a noblewoman named Alpaida. Charles successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics. Continuing and building on his father’s work, he restored centralized government in Francia and began the series of military campaigns that re-established the Franks as the undisputed masters of all Gaul.

The father of Charles Martel was PEPIN OF HERSTAL…..Titles: Duke and Prince of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace for Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy (see below)…..He was born ca 0635 at Herstal in Liege Belgium…..His father was Ansegisus von Metz…..His mother was Begga von Metz…..He married 2/ Alphaide of Aupoi…..He died ca 0704

The son of the powerful Frankish statesman Ansegisel, Pepin worked to establish his family, (the Pippinids), as the strongest in France. He was able to realise his dreams by becoming Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia in680. Pepin subsequently embarked on several wars to expand his power. He united all the Frankish realms by the conquests of Neustria and Burgundy in 0687. In foreign conflicts, Pepin increased the power of the Franks by his subjugation of the Alemanni, the Frisians, and the Franconians. He also began the process of evangelization in Germany.

Under the Merovingian dynasty,the mayor of the palace or majordomo  was the manager of the household of the Frankish king and wielded real and effective power to make decisions affecting the kingdom. The office existed from the sixth century, and during the seventh it evolved into the “power behind the throne“in the northeastern kingdom of Austrasia. In 0751, the mayor of the palace, Pepin the Short, orchestrated the deposition of the king, Childeric III, and was crowned in his place.

The father of Pepin of Herstal was ANSEGISEL von METZ…..He was born ca 0606…..His father was Arnulf van Metz…..His mother was Doda van Andenne…..He married Begga van Herstal…..Several death dates are noted for him

Ansegisel served King Sigebert III of Austrasia from 634 until 656. Through his son Pepin de Herstal, Ansegisel’s descendants would eventually become Frankish kings and rule over the Carolingian Empire.

The father of Ansegisel von Metz was ARNULF van METZ…..Titles: Bishop of Metz, Saint…..He was born ca 0582 near Nancy in Lorraine…..His father’s name is not proven…..His mother’s name is not proven…..He married Doda van Andenne ca 0596. He died ca 0640 and was later canonized.

Arnulf van Metz was a Frankish Bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia. He was born to an important Frankish family near Nancy in Lorraine around the year 0582. The family owned vast domains between the Mosel and Meuse rivers. As an adolescent, he was called to the Merovingian court of King Theudegeert II of Austrasia where he was educated by Gondulf of Provence. He gave distinguished service as a military commander and in the civil administration. He had six provinces under his care at one time in his career.

In later life, Arnulf was tormented by the violence that surrounded him and feared that he had played a role in the wars and murders that plagued the ruling families. Obsessed by these sins, Arnulf went to a bridge over the Moselle river. There he took off his bishop’s ring and threw it into the river, praying to God to give him a sign of absolution by returning the ring to him. Many penitent years later, a fisherman brought to the bishop’s kitchen a fish in the stomach of which was found the bishop’s ring. Arnulf repaid the sign of God by immediately retiring as bishop and becoming a hermit for the remainder of his life.

MATERNAL GRANDMOTHERS

The mother of Oda de Conteville was ODE de NORMANDY ….. Her birth year is not documented (ca 960?) ….. Her father was Baudoin de Conteville ….. Her mother was Jeanne (no family name documented) …..She married Jean de Bourg de Gonburg de Conteville ….. Her death date is not noted.

THE WIVES

The wife of Baldwin II de Blois was MATILDA von BILLUNG ….. Title: Princess of Saxony …..She was born ca 0937 at Luneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany ….. Her father was Hermann von Billung von Sachsen … Her mother was Hildegarde Westerbourg von Sachsen … She died on May 26, 1008 in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

The wife of Baldwin I is not documented.

The wife of Godefroy is not documented

The wife of Rowland de Neustria was FLADRINE de NEUSTRIA ….. She was born ca 0795 in Germany ….. Her father’s name is not documented ….. Her mother’s name is not documented ….. She died ca 0851 in Flanders

The wife of Charles the Younger was JULIANA de CHELLES de AACHEN d’ENGLEHEIM  ….. She was born ca 0778 ….. Her father was Roland de Chelles ….. Her mother was Gisele of the Franks (a sister of Charlemagne) ….. She died ca 0810

The wife of Charlemagne was HILDEGARD de SWABIA and VINZGAU….. She was born ca 0857 at Aachen ….. Her father was Gerold, Count of Kraichgau ….. Her mother was Emma of Alemannia, Duchess of Swabia ….. She died ca 0783

The wife of Pepin the Short was BERTRADA OF LAON….. Title: Queen of the Franks….. She was born between 0710 and 0727……Her father was Charibert of Laon…..Her mother was Bertrada of Prum…She married Pepin the Short ca 0741. She died on July 12, 0873 and is buried at Saint Denis Basilica.

In 751, Pepin and Bertrada became King and Queen of the Franks, following Pepin’s successful coup against the Frankish Merovingian monarchs. After Pepin’s death in 768, Bertrada lost her title as Queen of the Franks. (Charlemagne and Carloman inherited the two halves of Pepin’s kingdom.) Bertrada stayed at the court and often tried to stop arguments between the two brothers. Some historians credit Bertrada’s support for her elder son Charlemagne over her younger son Carloman and her diplomatic skills for Charlemagne’s early success^. Although her influence over Charlemagne may have diminished in time, she lived at his court, and, according to Einhard, their relationship was excellent. Bertrada recommended that Charlemagne set aside his legal wife, Himiltrude, and marry Desiderata, a daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius. He did so (but soon divorced and married Hildegarde). Einhard claims this was the only episode that ever strained relations between mother and son.

The wife of Charles Martel was ROTRUDE OF HESBAY ( aka ROTRUDE of TREVES)….  She was born ca 0694….. Her father may have been Lambert of Hesbaye….. Her mother may have been Chrotlind….. She married Charles Martel….. She died ca 0724 in Picardy at approx age 30

The wife of Pepin of Herstal was ALPAIDE de AUPAIS SACHSEN…..She was born ca 0654 at Heristal in Liege Belgium….. Her father was Hugobert von Ectmach, Comte Palatin….. Her mother may have been  Adele de Poitiers…..  She was a concubine of Pepin of Herstal….. She died December 6, 714 at Orplegrand Monastery at Brabant Vosges France

The wife of Ansegisel von Metz was BEGGA von HERSTAL……Title: Saint….. She was born ca 0615…..Her father was Pepin of Landen….. Her mother was Ida of Nivelles….. She married Ansegisel von Metz….. She died ca 693

On the death of her husband in 691 in a hunting accident, BEGGA took the veil and made a pilgrimage to Rome. Returning, she founded seven churches and a convent at Andenne, near Namur, Belgium. The first nuns came from Nivelles and introduced Irish monastic customs. Begga’s remains are preserved at Andenne; her vita was written in the late 11th century. She is invoked for the cure of hernias and of infants’ diseases.

The wife of Arnulf van Metz was DODA….. She was born ca 0584….. Her father is not identified….. Her mother is not identified…..She married Arnulf van Metz ca 0596…..Her death date is not documented.

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The Families of Our Ancient Wives and Mothers: AUBEREE de la HAYE

AUBEREE de la Haye ….. Title: Dame de Brothoune ….. She was born ca 0994 at Pont Audemer Normandy ….. Her father was Turstain Haldub de Bastembourg ….. Her mother was Emma d’Aubigny ….. She married Honfroi/Humphrey de Harcourt ca 1008 ….. She died ca 1045 at Meulan, Yvelines, Normandy

SHE MARRIED

Honfroi (Humphrey) de Harcourt ….. He was born ca 0995 at Pont Audemer Normandy ….. His father as Thorold de Harcourt, seigneur de Pont Audemer ….. His mother was Wevia (Duceline) de Crepon ….. He married Auberee de la Haye ca 1008….. He died September 28, 1041 at Orne Basse Normandy

Humphrey (aka Honfroy, Onfroi or Umfrid) de Vieilles was the first holder of the “grand honneur” of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy and the founder of the House of Beaumont. He was married to Albreda or Alberée de la Haye.

 THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED

Robert de Vieilles Seigneur de Vieilles, born ca 1019  (Robert, the elder, assassinated by Roger de Clères^[6] after 1066 and buried at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Préaux)              William de Vieilles (Guillaume) born ca 1020                                                                                    Roger de Beaumont (our ancestor) was born ca 1022                                                              Albreda de Harcourt was born ca 1027. She married Hubert de Rie, Stewart of Normandy                                                                                                                                                      Dunelme de Vieilles de Beaumont born ca 1028

AUBEREE’S PATERNAL LINES

Her father was TURSTAIN HALDUB de BASTEMBOURG ….. He was born ca 0960 ….. His father was Richard Turstain de Bastembourg ….. His mother was Auberee Rozel de Montfort ….. He married Emma d’Aubigny …..His death date is not documented.

The father of Turstain Haldub de Bastembourg was RICHARD TURSTAIN de BASTEMBOURG ….. Title: Seigneur de Briquibec ….. He was born ca 930-940 His father was Anslec Brioquibec de Bastembourg, Prince of Denmark ….. His mother was Gilette de Beaumont….. He married Auberee Rozel de Montfort ….. His death date is not documented.

Note that Richard’s sister, Ertemberge de Briquibec was married at age 8 to Torf de Harcourt.

The father of Richard Turstain de Bastembourg was ANSLEC LANCELOT de BIOQUIBEC de BASTEMBOURG ….. Title: Prince of Denmark ….. He was born ca 0905 ….. His father was Hrolf Turstain de Heidmark …..His mother was Gerlotte de Blois ….. He married Gilette de Beaumont ….. He was deceased by 0974

The sagas from Norway and the islands make Anslech a Norman noble, Danish or Norwegian in origin but always from the old Viking nobility. Later Norman traditions made him son of a supposed nephew of the Norman founder, Rollo, William I’s father

Around 1000, Dudo of Saint-Quentin evoked Anslech as one of the three secretarii to the jarl of the Normans, William I (v.927-942).^[1] A later source, le Roman de Rou, explains that Anslech supported WIlliam when Rioulf began an important rebellion against him

The father of Anslec Brioquibec de Bastembourg was HROLF TURSTAIN BRICO de HEIDMARK ….. He was born ca 0880 ….. His father was Hrolander Rognsvaldsson van Heidmark  …..  His mother was Ermine le Coz d’Avranches  ….. He married Gerlotte de Blois ca 0927 ….. His death date is not documented.

The father of Hrolf Turstain Brico de Heidmark was HROLANDER ROGNSVALDSSON van HEIDMARK ….. He was born ca 0859 at Giske, Romsdal Norway … His father was Ragnvald Eysteinsson ‘le Sage’ ….. His mother was Ragnhild (Hilda) Hrolfdotter, Countess More ….. He married Ermina le Cox d’Avrances ca 884 ….. He died ca 0896 in Iceland

The father of Hrolander Rognsvaldsson va Heidmark was  was RAGNVALD EYSTEINSSON ‘le Sage’ van HEIDMARK ….. He was born ca 0830 …..His father was Eystein Glumra Ivarsson van Heidmark ….. His mother was Ascride Ragnvaldsdatter de Vestfold ….. He married Hiltrude de Moere …..He was deceased by 089

The father of Ragnvald Eysteinsson van Heidmark was EYSTEIN GLUMRA IVARSSON van HEIDMARK ….. Title: Jarl of Moere …..He was born ca 0795 at Moere Norway ….. His father was Oplaendige Halvansson van Heidmark, Jarl de Moere …..His mother was a Lady of the van Trondjeim family ….. He married Ascrida Ragnvaldsdatter de Vestfolk ….. He died ca 0872

The father of Eystein Glumra Ivarsson van Heidmark was IVAR OPLAENDIGE HALVANSSON van HEIDMARK …. He was born ca 0775 ….. His father was Halfdan Mildi de Vestfold, Roi de Vestfold … His mother was Liv Dagsdotter de Vestmar ….. He married a Lady of the van Trondheim family …..His death date is not noted.

The father of Ivar Oplaendige Halvansson was HALFDAN MILDI de VESTFOLD …..Title: Roi (king) de Vestfold …..He was born ca 0750 ….. His father was Oystein ler Fiert de Vestfold, Roi de Romerick …..His mother was Hilda Ericksdotter de Vestfold …..He married Liv Dagsdotter de Vestmar ….. He died ca 0802

The father of Halfdan Mildi de Vestfold was OYSTEIN ler Fiert de VESTFOLD ….. Title: Roi (king) de Romerick ….. He was born ca 0735 ….. His father was Halvdan Hvitbein de Vestfold ….. His mother was Asa van Heidmark …..He married Hilda Ericksdotter de Vestmar ….. He died ca 0780

The father of Oystein ler Fiert de Vestfold was HALVDAN HVITBEIN de VESTFOLD …..  He was born ca 0675 in Varmland Norway ….. His father was Olaf ler dit Tretel gja de Varmland ….. His mother was  Solveig Halvansdatter de Solloer ….. He married Asa van Heidmark ….. His death date is not documented.

The father of Halvdan Hvitbein de Vestfold was OLAF LER DIT TRETEL de Varmland ….. He was probably born ca 0655 birthdate ….. His father was BRAUT-ANUND IVARSSON ….. His mother was  Gauthild Algautsdotterde Gautland …..He married  Solveig Halvansdatter de Solloer  …..His death date is not documented.

The following is According to the Saga of the Kings of Norway (Heimskringla) (edited):

….When Olof heard about the death of his father, he gathered the men who were ready to follow him and went to his parents in Nerike , because after the atrocities of his father, the Swedes had become hostile to the Ynglings.

When the Swedes learned that Olof and his family had sought refuge in the Nerike, they were attacked and had to reach the west through the deep, mountainous forests (Kilsbergen ) to Lake Vänern and the Klarälven estuary (where Karlstad is located today). They settled there and cleared land. They quickly created a whole province called Värmland , where they could build a good life.

When the Swedes learned that Olof was clearing land, they amused themselves by calling him the Tree Harvester. Olof married a woman named Solveig, who was a daughter of Halfdan Guldtand of the Kingdom of Solør . Olof and Solveig had two sons, Ingjald Olofsson and Halfdan Hvitbeinn , who were sent to the kingdom of Solør , in his mother’s uncle’s house.

Due to King Ivar Vidfamne , many Swedes emigrated to Värmland , and they became so numerous that the province could not stand it. This land was hit by famine, of which the Swedes accused the king. It was an old tradition in Sweden to hold the king accountable for the wealth of the land (see Domalde). The Swedes accused Olof of neglecting his sacrifices to the gods and believed that this was the cause of the famine. The Swedish settlers rebelled against Olof, besieged his house on the shores of Lake Vänern and burned it inside. This is how he was sacrificed to Odin , like his ancestor Domalde 

The father of Olaf ler dit Tretel de Varmland was BRAUT-ANUND IVARSSON ….. Title: le Jeune de Uppsale de Varmland, Roi de Upsala ….. He was born ca 635 in Uppsala Norway ….. His father was Ingvar Harra  Eysteinsson le Grand de Varmland  ….. His mother was Freva de Holmgard …..He married 2/ Algaut Gutredsdottir d’ Upland …. His death date is not noted.

The father of Braut-Anund Invarsson was INGVAR HARRA EYSTEINSSON le GRAND de VARMLAND …..He was born ca 0602 ….. His father was Eystein Adelstein d’Uppsala de Varmland …..His mother’s name is not documented …..He married Freva de Holmgard …..He died on an unknown date in Estonia

The father of Ingvar Harra Eysteinsson le Grand was EYSTEIN ADELSTEIN d’UPPSALA de VARMLAND ….. He was born ca 0585 in Uppsala Norway ….. His father was Adils Otarsson d’Uppsala de Varmland ….. His mother was Yrsa Helgesdatter du Danemark de Seeland ….. the name of his wife is not documented ….. His death year is not documented.

The father of Eystein Adelstein d’ Uppsala de Varmland was ALDIS OTTARSSON d’UPPSALA de Varmland ….. He was born ca 0565 …..His father was Ottar Wendilkraki Egilsson d’Uppsala de Varmland  ….. Hismother was Yrsa ….. The name of his wife is not documented ….. His death year is not documented

 Värmland is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west.  The province was originally part of Götaland (Gotland) , and became part of Svealand  (Sweden) in 1815.

WIVES OF PATERNAL ANCESTORS

The wife of Turstan Haldub de Bastembourg was EMMA d’AUBIGNY ….. Her birth year is not noted ….. The name of her father is not documented ….. The name of her mother is not documented …..Her death date is not noted.

The wife of Richard Turstain de Bastembourg  was AUBREE ROZEL de MONTFORT-sur-RISLE….. She was born ca 928 in France ….. Her father’s name is not documented ….. Her mother’s name is not documented ….. She married Turstain Haldub de Bastembourg …..  She died ca 0974

 The wife of Anslec Lancelot de Bricquibec was GILETTE de BEAUMONT ….. She was born 0922 in Normandy ….. Her father may have been Charles Constatine, Count de Vienne ….. Her mother may have been Teutberge d’Troyes ….. She died ca 0960

 The wife of Hrolf Turstain Brico de Heidmark was GERLOTTE de BLOIS ….. She was born ca 0895 ….. Her father was Thibaud ‘Ancient, comte de Blois ….. Her mother was Richilde de Bourges …. She married Richard Turstain de Bastembourg …. She died ca 0937

The wife of Hrollaug Ragnvaldsson was ERMINE le Coz d’Avranches …. She was born ca 0865 ….. Her father was Baldwin I, Count of Flanders ….. Her mother was Judith, Princess of France …..She died ca 935

The wife of Ragnvald Eysteinsson ‘le Sage’ van Heidmark was HILTRUDE de MOERE ….. She was born ca 0848 …..  Her father was Hrolf Nefja, Jarl de Vestfold ….. Her mother was Guitte de Senlis …..  She died ca 0892

The wife of Eystein Glumra Ivarsson van Heidmark was ASCRIDA RAGNVALDSDATTER de VESTFOLD …..She was born ca 0812-0820 at Maer (Nord-Trondelag) Norway ….. Her father was Ragnvald Olavsson  de Vestfold ….. Her mother was Thora Ragnarson de Danemark ….. Her death date is not documented

The wife of Ivar Oplaendige Halfdansson van Heidmark was THYRA von TRONDHEIM ….. Her birth date is not documented ….. The name of her father is not documented …..  The name of her mother is not documented.  Her death date is not documented.

The wife of Halfdan Hvitbein de Vestfold was ASA von HEIDMARK ….. She was born c 0708 in Trondheim Norway ….. Her father was   Eystein I Throndson ….. Her mother was Solveig Halvdandatter van Heidmark  ….. She died ca 0744

The wife of Oystein ler Fiert de Vestfolk, Roi de Romerick  was HILDA ERICSDOTTER de VESTMARK …..She was born ca 0730 ….. Her father was Eirik, Ingialdsson de Vestfold ….. Her mother was Hilda Erickson …..She died ca 0789

The wife of Olaf ler dit Tertel gja de Varmland  was SOLVEIG HALVDANSDATTER de SOLLOER ….. She was born ca 0672 ….. Her father was Halvdan Gulltan de Solloer, Roi de Solor en Norvege ….Her mother’s name is not identified ….. She died ca 0715

The wife of Braut-Anundson Ingvarsson is not documented.

The wife of Invar Harra Eysteinsson le Grand was FREVA de HOLMGARD ….. She was born ca 0600 ….. Her father was Algaut Gutreksson ….. The name of her mother is not documented …..  Her death date is not documented.

The wife of Eystein Adelson d’Adelstein d’Uppsala is not documented

The wife of Aldis Ottarson d’ Uppsala de Varmland is not documented

AUBEREE’S MATERNAL LINES

As neither parent is documented for EMMA d’AUBIGNY, this article must end here.

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The Families of Our Ancient Wives and Mothers: WEVIA de CREPON

WEVIA was born ca 0947 at Arque in Normandy ….. Her father was Herbastus the Dane ….. Her mother was Gunhilda de Upsall …. She married Thorold de Harcourt ca 0979 ….. She died ca 990 at Pont Audemer Normandy

SHE MARRIED

 Thorold de Harcourt ….. Title: seigneur de Pont Audemer ….. He was born ca 0949 at Pont Audemer Normandy ….. His father was Torf de Harcourt ….. His mother was Ertemberge de Brioquibec …..He married Wevia de Crepon ca 0979 ….. He died ca 1010 at Preaux France

THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED

Honfroi/Humphrey …..Title: Seigneur de Vieillies ….. He was born ca 0980 (our ancestor)

Herbrand de Pont Audemer …..He was born ca 0982 at Pont Audemer Normandy

Gilbert de Harcourt ….. He was born ca 0984 at Pont Audemer

Richard de Harcourt …..He was born ca 0986 at Pont Audemer Normandy

Ilbert de Harcourt ….. He was born ca 988

Josseline de Harcourt ….. She was born c 989 ….. She married Hugh Montgomery ca 1016

Turquetil ….. Title: Seigneur de Neufmarche ….. He was born ca 0990 …. He was assassinated in late 1040-early 1041 (along with Alain III de Bretagne, Osbern de Crepon et Gilbert de Brionne) by opponents of young Duke William of Normandy whom Turquetil was protecting.

WEVIA’S PATERNAL LINES OF DESCENT

Wevia’s father was HERBASTUS ‘le Danois’ de CREPON ….. Title: Forrester of Arque ….. He was born ca 0911 at Crepon Calvados, Lower Normandy France…..His father was Ranulf Roricon de Crepon ….. The name of his mother may have been Cynthia d’Obatrides  …..  He married Gunhilda de Uppsal …..He died ca 0891 at Arque Seine-Inferieure in Lower Normandy France

The father of Herbastus de Crepon was RANULF RORICON de CREPON ….. He was born ca 0890 …..His father was Roricon de Crepon ….. His mother was Thyra/Thora of Jutland ….. He married Gunnora Jelling van Denemarken ….. His death date is not documented

The father of Ranulf Roricon de Crepon was RORICON de CREPON ….. He was born ca 0870 in Denmark ….. His father‘s name is not documented ….. His mother’s name is not documented He married Thyra/Thora of Jutland…..He died ca 940 at Crepon in Lower Normandy France

At the origin of the family is a certain Roricon de Crepon (born about 870), who came from Denmark and settled in the Duchy of Normandy and became the 1st lord of Crepon. His son Ranulf de Crepon, born around 900, married Princess Gunnora of Denmark  

The Mother of Herbastus ‘le’Danois’ de Crepon was GUNNORA van JELLING, ‘Prinses’ van Denemarken ….. She was born ca 0905 in Denmark …. Her father was Gorm III Knudsson Jelling Konig van Denemarken ….. Her mother was Thyra ‘danebod’ Haraldsdottir Yngling van Jutland ….. She married Ranulf Roricon de Crepon

The mother of Gunnora van Jelling was THYRA HARALDSDOTTIR YNGLING VAN JUTLAND ….. She was born ca 0885 ….. Her father was Harald Halfdansson …..Her mother was Helga Sigridsdottir Yngling ….. She married Gorm III Knudsson Jelling Konig van Denemarken ….. She died ca 0946

The mother of Thyra Haraldsdottir was HELGA SIGRIDSDOTTIR YNGLING

WEVIA’S MATERNAL LINES OF DESCENT

Wevia’s mother was GUNHILDE CYRID de UPPSAL ….. She was born ca 0921 ….. Her father was Olaf ‘the Mighty’ Bjornsson of Sweden ….. Her mother was Anna Ingeberge Thrandsdottir (de Sula) …..She married Herbastus ‘le Danois’ de Crepon ….. She died ca 1000

Wevia’s mother’s father was OLAF ‘the MIGHTY BJORNSSON of Sweden …. Title: King of Sweden ….. He was born ca 0880 in Sweden ….. His father was Bjorn Eriksson ….. His mother may have been Ingeberg Ericksson ….. He married Ingeborg Thrandsdotter ca 0902 ….. He died ca 0964

Olof Björnsson was a semi-legendary Swedish king (reigned c 970 – c975) who was referenced in several Old Norse Sagas (including Hervarar saga, Saga of Harald Fairhair and the Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa)

Olof was the son of Björn Eriksson who ruled as king of Sweden. After the death of their father, Olof ruled jointly with his brother Eric the Victorious. By his queen Ingeborg Thrandsdotter, he was the father of Styrbjörn Starke and Gyrid who became the queen consort of King Harald Bluetooth. He died of poison during a meal.

The father of Olaf the Mighty was BJORN ERIKSSON ….. Title: King of Sweden …..He was born ca 0867 at Garnla in Uppsala Sweden ….. His father was Eric Anundsson ….. His mother may have been Alof Ragnarsdottir ….. The name of his wife is not documented ….. His death date is documented as 0882

According to the two sagas, he was the son of an Erik who fought Harald Fairhair and who succeeded the brothers Björn at Hauge and Anund Uppsale:

Olaf the Holy‘s saga, Snorri Sturluson quotes Thorgny Lawspeaker on king Björn: “My father, again, was a long time with King Bjorn, and was well acquainted with his ways and manners. In Bjorn’s lifetime his kingdom stood in great power, and no kind of want was felt, and he was gay and sociable with his friends. (Saga of Olaf Haraldsson)^[4]

The father of Bjorn Eriksson was ERIC ANUNDSSON (Weatherhat) ….. Title: King of Sweden ….. He was born ca 0849 ….. His fther was Anund Amwynd ….. His mother was Alof Uppsale …..He married Maud Alof Edmundsson …..He died ca 0882

Eric Anundsson or Eymundsson (traditionally died 0882) was a Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century. The Norse sagas describe him as successful in extending his realm over the Baltic Sea, but unsuccessful in his attempts of westward expansion.

The father of Eric Anundsson (Weatherhat) was ANUND  of Uppsal….. He may have been born ca 0929 ….. His father may have been Eric II Bjornsson, King of Sweden …..His mother may have been FNU Refilssons datter ….. He may have died ca 873

IF his mother was of the Refilsson family, the following may be of interest:  Google ‘Anund Amwyne’ and find the REVOLVY entry for a great tale about this man.

Wevia’s Mother’s Mother was ANNA INGEBERGE THRANDSDOTTIR (de Sula) ….. She was born on January 8, 0886 at Naeriki, Uppsala Sweden ….. Her father was Thrand, Jarl of Jula ….. Her mother was Sophia Eylesdoter Obotrites ….. She married Herbastus ‘le Danois’ de Crepon ….. She died ca 0932

The mother of Anna Ingeberge Thrandsdottir was SOPHIA EYLESDOTTER OBOTRITES ….. She was born ca 0860 ….. Her father was Eyle Mieceslasnew Obotrites ….. Her mother was    Princesse Sophia Obotrites ….. She married Thrand, Jarl (Earl) of Sula ….. She died ca 0932                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The mother of  Sophia Eylesdotter Obotrites was SOPHIA EYLESDOTTER OBOTRITES…..Title: princess of Sweden …..  Her birth year is not documented (0810-0845?) ….. The name of her father is not documented ….. The name of her mother is not documented ….. Her death date is not documented

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The Families of our Ancient Wives and Mothers: ERTEMBERGE de BRIOQUIBEC

ERTEMBERGE de BRIOQUIBEC was born ca 0930 at Briquibec , La Manche, Normandy, France …..Her father was Anslec Lancelot de Brioquibec ….. Her mother was Gilette ‘the Dane’ de Beaumont ….. Ertemberge was given to Torf de Harcount in marriage ca 938 at age 8 ….. She died ca 1003 at Pont Audemer in Normandy

SHE BECAME THE WIFE OF

TORF de HARCOURT….. He was born ca 920 at Pont Audemer Normandy …..His father was Bernard ‘le Dane’ de Harcount ….. His mother was Sprote de Bourgogne ….. He married Ertemberge de Brioquibec ca 938 ….. He died ca 1002 at Pont Audemer Normandy

Torf de Harcourt  was a semi-legendary Norman feudal baron who was born in the early 10th century. Torf possessed numerous lordships in Normandy, being Seigneur de Torville, Torcy, Torny, Torly, de Ponteautorf, etc.  Torf and Ertemberge had at least four sons.

THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDED

Turulf de Pont Audemer ….. He was born ca 949 at Harcount in Normandy ….. His father was Torf de Harcount ….. His mother was Ertemberge de Brioquibec ….. He married Duvelina de Crepon ….. He died ca 1032

Thorold de Harcount de Pont Audemer ….. He was born ca 950 at Pont Audemer Normandy …..His father was Torf de Harcourt ….. His mother was Ertemberge de Brioquibec ….. He married Wevia de Crepon ….. He may have lived until 1032….. *Thorold is our ancestor*

Turchetil d’Harcount, seigneur de Tourville …..  He was born ca 0951 at Tourville-sur- Pont Audemer Normandy ….. His father as Torf de Harcourt ….. His mother was Ertemberge de Brioquibec ….. He married Lady Anceline de Montfort ….. He may have lived until 1024

There may have been others.

THE PATERNAL LINE OF DESCENT

The father of Ertemberge de Brioquibec was ANSLEC LANCELOT de BRIOQUIBEC ….. Title: Baron de Bastembourg ….. He was born ca 0905-0910 at Brioquibec, Manche, Normandy ….. His father was Hrolf Turstain Brico de Heidmark …..   His mother was Gerlotte de Blois …..  He married Gilette (the Dane) de Beaumont de Baulac ….. He died ca 0955                                                                                                                                                        Around the year 1000, Dudo of Saint-Quentin evoked him as one of the three secretarii to the jarl of the Normans. The sagas from Norway and the islands make Anslech a Norman noble, Danish or Norwegian in origin but always from the old Viking nobility.

The origin of Bricquebec (from the Scandinavian bekkr, a course of water; in turn from brekka, slope) is connected to the Viking colonization of the Cotentin Peninsula at the beginning of the 10th century. Tradition attributes the foundation of the château to the Norman, Anslech. The dukes of Normandy made Bricquebec one of their strongholds

The father of Anslec Lancelot de Briquibec was HROLF TURSTAIN BRICO DE  HEIDMARK ….. He was  born ca 0855 ….. His father was  Hrollanger Ragnvaldsson de Heidemark ….. His mother was Ermina le Coz d’Avranches ….. He married Gerlotte de Blois …..He died ca 945 in Norway

The father of Hrolf Turstain Brico de Heidmark was HROLLANGER RAGNVALDSSON DE HEIDMARK….. He was born ca 870 at Maere Nord-Trondelag, Norway ….. His father was Ragnvald Eysteinsson Le Sage de Heidmark ….. His mother was Agnihilde Hrolfsson de Moere…..He married Ermina le Coz d’ Avranches….. His death date is not noted

The father of Hrollanger Ragnvaldsson de Heidmark was  RAGNVALD EYSTEINSSON le SAGE de HEIDMARK …..He was born ca 1835 at Uppland Denmark ….. His father was  EYSTEIN GLUMRA IVARSSON THE NOISY OF HEIDMARK ….. His mother was Aseda Ragnvalsdatter of Vestfold ….. He married Agnihilde Hrolfsson de Moere ….. He died ca 0892 at Kirkwall, Orkney, England

Rognvald Eysteinsson was the founding Jarl ( Earl) of Møre in Norway, and a close relative and ally of Harald Fairhair, the earliest known King of Norway. In the Norse language he is known as Rognvaldr Eysteinsson and in modern Norwegian as Ragnvald Mørejarl. He is sometimes referred to with bynames that may be translated into modern English as “Rognvald the Wise” or “Rognvald the Powerful”. See Wikipedia for the Norse sagas surrounding this man.

The father of Ragnvald Eysteinsson Le Sage de Heidmark was EYSTEIN GLUMRA IVARSSON the NOISY OF HEIDMARK ….. He was born ca 0810 in Uppland Norway ….. His far was Ivar Halfdansson, Opplendingejar …..His mother as Gundella Eysteinsdatter ….. He married Aseda Ragnvaldsdatter of Vestfold ….. He died ca 0870 at Ringerike Buskerud Norway

Eystein Glumra (Eystein the Noisy or Eystein the Clatterer) was reputedly a petty king on the west coast of Norway during the 9th Century.

The Heimskringla saga states that Eystein Glumra was the father of Rognvald Eysteinsson and Sigurd Eysteinsson. The first earl in the Orkney Islands was called Sigurd, who was a son of Eystein Glumra, and brother of Ragnvald earl of More. According to the Orkneyinga Saga, Eystein Glumra was the son of Ivar the jarl of Uplanders and grandson of Halfdan the Old. The Orkneyinga Saga also named Eystein Glumra as the father of Rognvald Eysteinsson:

The father of Eystein Glumra was IVAR HALFDANSSON ….. Title: Earl of the Upplands….. He was born ca 0780 in Oppland Norway ….. His father as Halfdan LI Sveidasson ….. His mother was Gundella Eysteinsdatter ….. He died ca 0824 in Oppland

Halfdan the Old is father of Jarl Ívar of the Uplands who married a daughter of a certain Eistein and so became father of Eystein the Clatterer (Eysteinn Glumra) who was father of Jarl Rögnvald of Møre and of Rögnvald’s brother Sigurd, (and also of two daughters; one of whom was Svanhild who was one of King Harald Fairhair’s wives) Also Halfdan the Old was an ancient, legendary king from whom descended many of the most notable lineages of legend. 

The father of Ivar Halfdansson was HALFDAN LI SVEIDASSON ….. He was born ca 750 ….. His father was Sveidi Heytirsson, King of Norway ….. His mother was Halfddans Krone Sveidasson ….. He died on an undocumented date in Borri Norway.

The father of Halfdan Li Sveidasson was SVEIDI HEYTIRSSON ….. Title: King of Norway ….. He was born ca 0736 at Raumsdal Norway ….. His father is not clearly identified ….. His mother is not clearly identified ….. He died ca 780 in Norway

FATHER’S MOTHER’S FAMILY

The mother of Anslec de Briquibec was GERLOTTE de BLOIS de HEIDMARK ….. She was born ca 900/910 at Tilleries Normandy  France ….. Her father was Thibaut de Blois ….. Her mother was Richilde de Bourges ….. She married Hrolf Rolla Thurstan Bricquibec ….She died ca 0937 in Normandy

The mother of Gerlotte de Blois de Heidmark was RICHILDE de BOURGES ….. She was born ca 0886 at Bourges Centre France ….. Her father was Hugh II d’Alsace de Tours, Comte de Bourges ….. Her mother as Rothildis Martel ..… She married Thibaut de Blois ca 0908 ….. She died ca 0946 at Valois Bretagne France

 The mother of Richilde de Bourges was ROTHILDIS MARTEL ….. She was born ca 0865 at Metz Mozelle Lorraine France ….. Her father was Charles II, the Bald, King of France ….. Her mother was Richildis of the Ardenne ….. She married Hugh II d’ Alsace de Tours, Count of Bourges ….. She died ca 0928

The mother of Rothildis Martel was RICHILDIS of the ARDENNE….. She was born ca 0845 …. Her father was Bivin, de Vienne de Provence ….. Her mother was Richilde of Arles ….. She married Charles the Bald, King of France ….. She died on June 7, 0910

Richilde of the Ardennes (aka Richilde of Provence) was the second consort of Charles the Bald, King and Emperor of the Franks. By her marriage, she became Queen of the West Franks, and then Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. She also served as a regent. Whenever Charles went to war, Richilde managed the realm. She also acted as head of state after the death of Charles in 0877. She bore him five children, but only the eldest daughter, Rothilde survived to adulthood.

 The mother of Richildis of the Ardenne was RICHILDE, DAME OF ARLES ….. She was born ca 0830 ….. Her father was Boson III, Count of Arles ….. Her mother was Engeltrude Richilde d’ Amiens ….. She married Bivin de Vienne de Provence ….. She died ca 0883

The mother of Richilde, Dame of Arles was ENGELTRUDE RICHILDE d’AMIENS ….. She was born ca 0810 ….. Her father was Richard d’Amiens ….. Her mother was Richilde de Cambrai ….. She married Boson III, Count de Arles ….. She died ca 0867

The mother of Engeltrude Richilde d’Amien was RICHILDE de CAMBRAI ….. She was born ca 0750 ….. Her father as Aubert II de Cambrai ….. Her mother was Aubert II de Cambrai ….. Her mother was FNU de Walincourt …. She married Richard d’Amiens ….. Her death date is not documented.

The mother of Richilde de Cambrai was A LADY OF THE WALINCOURT FAMILY.

THE MATERNAL LINES OF DESCENT

The mother of Ertemberge de Brioquibec was GILETTE de BEAUMONT de BEULAC ….. She was born ca 922 in Normandy ….. Her father was Godfried de Beulac, Comte de Beulac …..Her mother was Mathilde de Luxembourg ….. She married Anslec de Bastembourg, seigneur de Brioquibec ….. She died ca 0960/0963 at Chateau de Brioquibec Manche Normandy

The father of Gilette de Beaumont de Beulac was GODFRIED de BEULAC ….. Title: Comte de Beulac ….. He was born ca 0900 at Tilleries-sur-Avre France ….. His father was Godefroy le Coz d’Avranches ….. His mother’s name is not documented ….. He married Mathilde de Luxembourg ca 0941 ….. He died ca 0942

The father of Godfried de Beulac was GODEFROY le COZ d’AVRANCHES ….. He was born ca 0881 ….. His father as Jean le Coz d’Avranches ….. His mother was Judith of France ….. His wife’s name is not documented ….. His death date is not documented

The father of Godefroy le Coz d’Avranches was JEAN le COZ d’AVRANCHES ….. He was born ca 0850 in Avranches ….. His father was Turlof de la Ferte Frenel ….. His mother’s name is not documented ….. He married Judith of France ….. His death date is not documented.

The father of Jean le Coz d’Avranches was TUROF de la FERTE FRENEL ….. He was born ca 0770 …..His father as Rongvalt de la Ferte ….. His mother’s name is not documented …..His wife’s name is not documented ….. He was deceased by 0825

The father of Turof de la Ferte Frenel was RONGVALT ….. Title: Baron de la Ferte …..His father was Torf le Danois de la Ferte ….. His mother’s name is not documented ….. His wife’s name is not documented.

The father of Rongvalt, baron de la Ferte was TORF ‘le Danois’ de la FERTE ….. No documentation found.

MOTHER’S MOTHER’S FAMILY

The mother of Gilette de Beaumont was MATHILDE de LUXEMBOURG ….. She was born ca 0924 ….. Her father was Wigeric de Treves ….. Her mother was Cunegonde de France de Gand ….. She married Godfried, Comte de Beulac ….. She died ca 1000

The mother of Mathilde de Luxembourg was CUNEGONDE de FRANCE de GAND ….. She was born ca 893 at Aix-la-Champelle Allemagne France ….. Her father as Evrard de Sulichgau …..Her mother was Ermentrude of France ….. She married Louis II le Bec de France ca 0909….. She died ca 0923 at age 30.

The mother of Cunegonde de France de Gand was ERMENTRUDE ….. Title: Princess of France …..  She was born ca 0875 ….. Her father was Louis II le Bec de France ….. Her mother was Adelaide de Paris ….. She married Evrard de Sulichgau

Ermentrude was a daughter of King Louis the Stammerer and his second wife, Queen Adelaide of Paris, whom he married in February 0875 with official sanction.

After the death of Louis, the struggle for power in the kingdom probably led to Ermentrude’s marriage to someone for whom records are scant, whereas usually the marriage of daughter of a king is to a well known noble. (Other records indicate she married Evrard de Sulichgau)

The mother of Ermentrude was ADELAIDE de PARIS ….. Title: Queen Consort ….. She was born ca 0850 …..  Her father was Adalard, 8^th Count Paris and Count Palatine ….. Her mother may have been Alphaide of the Holy Roman Empire ….. She married King Louis II le Bec de France  in February 0875…..  She died on November 10, 0901 at Laon and is buried in the Abbey of Saint-Corneille, Compiegne, Picardy

Adelaide was the daughter of the count palatine Adalard of Paris. She was chosen by Charles the Bald, King of Western Francia, to marry his son and heir, Louis the Stammerer, despite the fact that Louis had secretly married Ansgarde of Burgundy against the wishes of his father. Although Louis and Ansgarde already had two children, (Louis and Carloman), Charles prevailed upon Pope John VIII, to dissolve the union. This accomplished, Charles married his son to Adelaide in February 875.

However, the marriage was called into question because of the close blood-kinship of the pair. When on 7 September 0878 the pope crowned Louis (who had succeeded his father in the previous year), the pope refused to crown Adelaide.

When Louis the Stammerer died in Compiegne on 10 April 0879, Adelaide was pregnant, giving birth on 17 September 0879, to Charles the Simple. The birth of this child led to a dispute between Adelaide and Ansgarde. Ansgarde and her sons accused Adelaide of adultery. Adelaide in turn disputed the right of Ansgarde’s sons to inherit. Eventually, Adelaide succeeded in winning the case

The mother of Adelaide of Paris is unknown

 

 

OUR NEWBERRY FAMILY: From Bernard ‘the Dane’ to Samuel Newberry

BERNARD de HARCOURT, called ‘Bernard the Dane’is believed to be our earliest identifiable ancestor. He was born ca AD 880 in Denmark. He married Sprote de Bourgogne, a princess of Burgundy. He was deceased by AD 960.

Edited from Wikipedia: BERNARD THE DANE was a Viking jarl (earl) of Danish Origins. He had put himself in the service of another jarl (Rollo) by the year 911. Bernard converted to Christianity at Rouen ca 912 and shortly afterward received from Rollo the county of Pont-Audemer in Roumois which later became the city of Harcourt.

Edited from The Beaumonts in History AD 850-1850: The history begins with Bernard surnamed the Dane, born about the middle of the ninth and died in the second quarter of the following century. He was a descendant of’ one of the Kings of Denmark and a near kinsman, possibly a, brother or son of Rollo, or possibly he may have been an outlaw from the West coast of Norway. (ergo no prior history)

Bernard was second in command of the expedition into France and when Rollo divided up the new Duchy amongst his chieftains; Bernard received as his share the Lordship of Harcourt, together with a large tract of country lying between the rivers Sarthe and Rille in the province of Maine.

 After the deathof Rollo, Bernard became Regent and chief councillor of Rollo’s son William “Longsword” and subsequently guardian of his grandson during his minority. He married  Sprote de Burgundie ca 0912, a lady of the royal house of Burgundy. They had at least one child, a son they named,’ TORF’

 (See the separate entry titled Sprote de Bourgogne for her family history)

TORF de HARCOURT (also known as Torf the Rich) was born ca 0920 in France. He died ca 1010 at Pont Audemer in Normandy. He married  Ertemberge de Brioquibec ca 938

TORF was a great Norman feudal baron. Torf possessed numerous lordships in Normandy. It has been suggested that he was a son of Bernard the Dane, the most powerful of the feudal nobles of Normandy during the reign of Duke William I (b. 927 – d. 943) and Regent during the minority of Duke Richard I (b. 943 – d. 955); but this claim has not been proved. (from Tudor Place.com) He married ERTEMBERGE de BRIOQUIBEC ca 938. They had at least three children, including Thorold de Pont Audemer de Harcourt born ca 950                                                                                      

See the separate entry titled Ertemberge de Brioquibec for her family history

THOROLD/TOUROUDE de HARCOURT, Sire de Pont Audemer was born ca 950 at Tours, Indre-et-Loire in Centre France. He married Wevia Duceline de Crepon. He may have died as late as 1040 at Preaux.

By inheritance from his father, Thorold was Seigneur du Pontautorf, de Torville, Torcy, Torny, and Torly, and became Sire de Pont-Audemer which became his principle residence and by which he was commonly known. By his marriage he enhanced his position in Norman nobility, and became a prominent figure during the reigns of Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, and Robert I, Duke of Normandy (996-1035). He married Wevia de Crepon, a younger sister of Gunnora, the wife of Richard I of Normandy. Their children included Honfroi/Humphrey de Harcourt.

See the separate entry titled Wevia Duceline de Crepon for her family history.

HONFROI/HUMPHREY de HARCOURT was born ca 995 at Pont Audemer Normandy. He married Auberee de la Haye. He died on September 28, 1041 at Orne Basse Normandy                                                                                                                                                   

Humphrey (or Honfroy, Onfroi or Umfrid) de Vieilles  was the first holder of the “grand honneur” of Beaumont-le-Roger, one of the most important groups of domains in eastern Normandy  and the founder of the House of Beaumont.

His early life and origins are the subject of much discussion. As reported by later Norman chronicler Robert of Torigni, he was son of Thorold de Pont-Audemer and grandson of Torf. His ancestry remains controversial. Whatever the truth, there is no doubt that Humphrey is descended from a Scandinavian family. (edited fromWikipedia)

Humphrey restored the monastery at Préaux, a few kilometres from Pont-Audemer in 1034. He also held Bernay Abbey. By contrast, the possessions around Pont-Audemer were inherited from his ancestors.

During the minority of Duke William the Bastard, Roger I of Tosny, holder of the “honneur” of Conches, attacked Humphrey’s domains. But around 1040, Humphrey’s son, Roger de Beaumont, met and defeated Roger in battle, during which Roger of Tosny was killed. (Note that one of the later wives descended from Roger of Tosny). He married  AUBEREE  de la HAYE Five children are noted for the couple, including Roger de Beaumont.

See the separate article titled Auberee de la Haye for her family history.

ROGER DE BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER was born ca 1022 at Pont Audemer Normandy. He married Adeline de Meulan ca 1040. He died ca 1094 at Abbey Preaux in Normandy.

 Roger de Beaumont, a feudal lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and of Pont-Audemer in Normandy, was a powerful Norman nobleman and close advisor to William the Conqueror.

He was a son of Humphrey de Vieilles and Auberee de la Haye. Roger de Beaumont was thus a second cousin once removed of William the Conqueror. His Norman feudal lordship had its caput and castle at Beaumont-le-Roger, a settlement situated on the upper reaches of the River Risle, in Normandy. He was also feudal lord of Pont-Audemer, a settlement built around the first bridge to cross the River Risle.

Wace, the 12th-century historian, wrote that: “At the time of the invasion of England, Roger was summoned to the great council at Lillebonne, onaccount of his wisdom; but he did not join in the expedition as he was too faradvanced in years”.  Although Rogercould not fight, he did not hesitate in contributing a large share of the cost,and provided at his own expense sixty vessels for the conveyance of the troopsacross the channel. Furthermore, his eldest son and heir fought bravely at Hastings as noted in several contemporary records. As a result, Roger’s sons were rewarded generously with lands in England, and both eventually were madeEnglish earls by the sons of the Conqueror. He married Adeline de Meulan-Sur-Seine. They had at least nine children,including our Henri de Newberg de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick

 (See the separate article titled Adeline de Meulan for her family history)

HENRI de NEUBOURG de BEAUMONT was born ca 1045 at Castle Neuborough in Normandy. He married Marguerite du Perche. He was the first English Earl Warwick. He died on June 20, 1119 at Abbey Preaux, Pont Audemer Normandy.

He was given by his father the modest lordship of Le Neubourg in central Normandy, near his father’s caput of Beaumont-le-Roger on the River Risle. He adopted surname de Neubourg which was later anglicised to “de Newburgh.

Little is in fact known of his career before 1088. However he took a leading role in reconciling (William) the Conqueror with his eldest son Robert Curthose in 1081 so he stood high in (his cousin), the Conqueror’s, favor. In 1088 he served a royal agent in the arrest and trial of the traitorous bishop of Durham, William de Saint-Calais.

He acquired the lordship of Gower in Wales around 1107 from the favor of King Henry I and built a castle at Swansea, which was unsuccessfully attacked by the Welsh in 1113. He also captured the Gower Peninsula in southwest Glamorgan. He or his barons built other castles at Penrhys, Llanrhidian and Swansea in 1120, also at Oystermouth and Loughor. He married Marguerite du Perche. They had several children including our Robert deNeubourg.

 (See the separate article titled Marguerite du Perche for her family history.)

ROBERT I DE NEUBOURG, Sir Knight was born ca 1100. He was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat. He married Godehildis de Toeni ca 1127. They had at least three children, including our Roger de Neubourg.

Sir Robert, the fourth son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, inherited his father’s Normandy lands. He held Neubourg as Comte de Meulan. He was Sire du Ponte Audemer and acquired other lands at Winfrith in Dorsetshire, England as well. He took part in the Norman rebellion of 1118–1119, against Henry I of England, around William Clito. The immediate issue was a conflict with his feudal overlord (and benefactor) Waleran. He rebelled for a short time only, during which time he was burnt out of Neubourg. It was only in the early 1140s that Robert and Waleran resolved their difficulties formally. He later served as steward, justiciar and seneschal of Normandy under Henry II of England.

See the separate article titled Godehildis de Toeni for her family history

ROGER de NEUBOURG, Sir Knight was born ca 1135 at Le Neubourg  in Normandy. He died in 1192 at Winfrith in Dorsetshire, England.  He married Matilda De Glastonia, born 1141 at Yarcombe in Devonshire, England. One child is noted for them

In 1172, Roger de Newburgh and his wife, Matilda de Glastonia founded the Cistercian Abbey of Bindon in Dorsetshire, which they endowed with lands, as shown by their charter of that year. The abbey then sometimes called Great Bidon moved to this new location near Wool village.  Matilda’s grandfather, William de Glastonia had contemplated and took steps toward founding Bindon Abby. His plans were carried out by his granddaughter and her husband who were considered the founders of Bidon Abbey.

See the separate article titled Matilda de Glastonia for her family history.

ROBERT NEWBURGH was born ca 1175 and died ca 1231. He married and sired a son but the name of his wife remains a mystery. He died ca 1230/1231.

He was under age at the time of his father’s death about 1192, but on coming of age succeeded to the latter’s estates in Dorsetshire and also inherited lands from his mother.

On 24 March 1210, King John confirmed to Robert deNewburgh the grant made to his grandfather Robert de Newburgh by King Henry I of the manor of Winfrith with lands in Lullworth, etc., in Dorsetshire, said manor being held in capite [of the Crown] by the service of holding the basin of water and towel for the washing of the King’s hands on Christmas day. At a later period the time of this service was changed to the coronation day of each sovereign.

 This manor and service continued in the Newburgh family for twelve generations, during aperiod of nearly four centuries, through the coronation of King Henry VIII in1509.  In 1515, on the death of Sir RogerNewburgh, Knight, the manor passed through an heiress out of the Newburgh name; but at later coronations this right of service was claimed by the lords of the manor to whom it had descended from the Newburghs. In 1217, Robert, son of Roger de Newburgh, granted by charter the manor of Woolaveston to Bindon Abbeywhere he was interred about 1230.

ROBERT de NEWBURGH, Lord of Poorstock was born ca 1200 at Winfrith in Dorsetshire England. He married Lucy (last name unknown) ca 1223 He died ca 1246.

“English Baronies” only shows one Robert, “successor” (to the barony) of Roger de Newburgh. In 1234, he paid a tax of 2 marks towards a grant to King Henry III on occasion of the marriage of the King’s sister Isabel. In 1242, he paid a fine of 30 marks to be released from going to Gascony in the service of King Henry III; and in 1246 he paid scutage of 15 pounds for fifteen knight’s fees.

Scutage is a medieval English tax levied on holders of a knight’s fee under the feudal land tenure of knight-service. Under feudalism the king, through his vassals, provided land to knights for their support. The knights owed the king military service in return. The knights were allowed to “buy out” of the military service by paying scutage.

Sadly, no information is available for LUCY at this time. It is possible that she may have had a dower portion in a place called Chadmede.

HENRY de NEWBURGH, Sir Knight, Lord of Poorstock was born ca 1223 at Winfrith in Dorsetshire England. He married Alice (last name unknown and Matilda (last name unknown) ca 1250. He was probably deceased by 1280. A new source indicates that he was ‘a bit of a rounder’ and that his Will provided for a base born child named ‘Hugh Pinoche’.

Bartlett states that in 1276 he was summoned by King Edward I to serve in the war against Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales

No information is available for either wife at this time.

JOHN de NEWBURGH, Sir Knight was born ca 1250 in Dorsetxhire.  He married Margery (last name unknown) ca 1280 at Winfrith Newburgh in Dorsetshire and Elizabeth (last name unknown). He died at Binden Abbey in Dorsetshire ca 1309.

John inherited the Dorsetshire estates and, in 1290, petitioned King Edward I for a confirmation of the grant of the manor of Winfrith which had been made to him by his father Henry de Newburgh. In 1306 he was collector for Dorsetshire of a subsidy for King Edward I. Dying about 1309, he was interred with his ancestors in Bindon Abbey. The writ for his inquisition post mortem is dated 25 June 1309.

            No information is currently available for either of his wives.

ROBERT DE NEWBURGH, Sir Knight was born about 1280 in England. He may have been married to Margaret de Sancto Walerico by 1315. He died ca 1338.

 Robert succeeded to the ancestral familyestates in Dorsetshire upon the death of his father about 1309. In 1322 he was one of the knights taken prisoner at the battle of Boroughbridge in a rebellion under the Earl of Lancaster against King Edward II. By his participation inthis rebellion, his estates became forfeited to the Crown; but he secured a pardon and restoration of his lands by payment of a fine of £100, taking an oath of allegiance to the King, and binding himself to serve the latter in hi swars; this service he performed in 1325 on a summons for an expedition into Gascony. In 1336 he deeded certain lands to his brother John de Newburgh; He died in 1338, his inquisition post mortem stated that his son and heir Thomas was twenty-three years old.                                                     

No information is currently available for MARGARET.

THOMAS NEWBURGH was born in 1315 at Winfrith Newburgh in Dorsetshire. He married Hawise de Umfraville ca 1337.  He died ca 1365 at Winfrith. Nothing further found about him. 

HAWISE de Umfraville was born ca 1320 and died ca 1381. She was the daughter of Gilbert de Umfraville.

JOHN de NEWBURGH, Esquire was born in 1340 at Lulworth in Dorsetshire. He married Margaret de Poyntz ca 1370. He died on June 4, 1381 at Winfrith in Dorsetshire and was interred at Bindon Abbey.

John inherited the ancestral family estates of Dorsetshire, England.  By John’s marriage to Margaret, considerable estates were added to the Newburgh family holdings. Note that the ‘Esquire’ indicates he was not knighted/

See the separate article titled Margaret de Poyntz for her family history.

JOHN NEWBURGH, Esquire was born ca 1370. He married Joan Delamere ca 1400. He died after 24 February 1438.

JOHN NEWBURGH is first mentioned in 1 in the inquisition post mortem of his grandmother Hawisa Newburgh, his age being given as ten years. In 1392 he mortgaged the manor of Winfrith to John Moigne, redeeming it the next year. In 1420 he was appointed Sheriff of Dorsetshire. In 1433 John Newburgh and John his son were enrolled in a list of the gentry of that county “who could expend £10 per annum”.  As “John Newburgh the Elder, Esq.”, he is mentioned in various documents from about 1425 to 24 Feb. 1438/9, on which date he was appointed a commissioner for an inquisition in Dorsetshire. This is the latest record that has been found of him. He was buried beside his ancestors in Bindon Abbey.

See the separate article titled Joan Delamere for her familyhistory.

JOHN NEWBURGH was born ca 1400 at Winfrith in Dorsetshire. He married Attemore ca 1422 and Alice Carent Westbury ca 1435. He died on April 1, 1484.

Alice Carent

THOMAS NEWBURGH was born ca 1445 in Dorsetshire. He married Alice (last name unknown) ca 1485. He died on March 15, 1513 AT Berkley n Somersetshire.

He married ALICE (last name unknown) ca 1485, she died in 1525. As 3rd and youngest son, he did not inherit the Newburgh ancestral estates. He did inherit his mother’s estate of Warmwell and others in Dorset. He settled at Berkeley Manor, Somerset which was also inherited from his mother. A monumental inscription placed in Berkeley Church, Somersetshire, England in 1751 states that Thomas Newborough was the first of the family who settled at Berkley.

Sadly, noinformation is available for ALICE 

WALTER NEWBURGH was born ca 1487/1490 at Berkeley Manor in Somerset. He married Elizabeth Birport ca 1505. He died ca 1517 at Newburgh in Dorset. One source lists 4 daughters and 1 son.

RICHARD NEWBOROUGH was born in July 1517 in Devonshire. He married Elizabeth Horsey ca 1552. He died on December 3, 1568

Richard inherited the manor of Othe Francis in Netherbury, Kingston, Bryan’s Puddle, Dorset and lands in Swange, Corfe-Castle, Worth and Winterbourne-Zelstone (20 miles E. of Dorchester per Hutchins’ History of Dorset.

The will of Richard Neweborrowe [sic] of Othe Francis, co.(county) Dorset, Esq., dated 3 Dec.1568: To be buried in the church as my overseers think convenient. To wife Elizabeth, for life, L20 per year out of my farm of Othe Frauncs and my second best bed; also the use of all of my household stuff until my son Walter Newborrowe be twenty-one, then to be delivered to him. To my daughters Elizabeth and Katheryn L100 each, when married with the advice of Mr. William Horsey, Esq., my father-in-law, their mother, and my overseers. My sons Richard and William to have L10 per year out of my farm of Othe aforesaid, toward their bringing up, until my heir Walter Newborrowe be twenty-one.

WALTER NEWBURGH was born ca 1555 at Yarcombe in Devonshire. He married Elizabeth Culliford ca 1590. He died in February 1599 at Netherbury in Dorset

THOMAS NEWBURGH (Colonel) MP was baptized on April 14, 1597 at Netherbury in Dorsetshire. He married Mary Boges ca 1624. He died ca September 11, 1657 in County Donegal, Ireland and was interred in St Columb’s Cathedral in Londonderry.

The following is edited from Freepages.rootsweb.com re Walter Newburgh:

“Colonel Thomas Newburgh (1598-1659) baptized in Netherbury Dorset on 14 April 1598: Thomas went on to marry Mary the Daughter of Edward Borgyowse (Boges) from Suffolk and they later settled  in County Tirone in Ireland where they raised a family.

“For the following account of his life I have relied upon work done by other genealogists which I have no reason to question. When a young man, he settled in the north of Ireland where he was successful in taking advantage of opportunities offered by the political disturbances which commenced in the Plantation of Ulster in the time of James I and continued during the Civil War (Cromwell 1649-1653).

“He became active in Ireland in Cromwell’s service, obtained a seat at Castlederrick with extensive lands in counties Donegal, Tyrolie and Fermanagh. He was commissioned a colonel in the army and was appointed collector of customs for Ulster in 1653. His will was dated 12 August 1657”

See the article titled Mary Boges for what is known of her family history.

THOMAS NEWBURGH I was born ca 1628 at Netherbury in Dorsetshire England. He married Mary Taylor He died in 1710 in County Donegal Ireland. 

See the article titled Mary Taylor for what is known of her family history.

One source indicates that Mary Taylor was descended from a Baron Taillefer, aNorman noble who accompanied William the Conqueror on the conquest of Englandon Saturday, October 10 in the year 1066.

THOMAS BROCKHILL NEWBERRY was born ca 1659 probably in Ireland. He married Maria More ca 1700. He died ca 1740

He was the second son of Thomas Newburgh and his wife Mary Taylor, the daughter of Brockhill Taylor, M.P who had represented Cavan Borough in the Irish House of Commons. He inherited the estate of Ballyhaise in 1701 on the death of his elder brother. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cavan for 1704.

From 1715 until 1727, Newburgh sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cavan County. He was chairman of the Linen Board.

He married Maria, the daughter of Oliver More of Salestown, co. Kildare, and died 11 January 1741/2, leaving four sons and two daughters. His eldest son and heir was the poet Thomas Newburgh, publisher of Essays, Poetical, Moral, &c., 1769, a work that perhaps contains notes from, and is sometimes attributed to, Brockhill Newburgh.^[

See the article titled Maria More for what is known of her familyhistory.

THOMAS BROCKHILL NEWBERRY II was born ca 1704 in County Donegal Ireland. He married Charity Annesley Blake ca 1724.  (Formerly thought to have been Charity Julia Blake)

I searched a long time for anything about Charity. I recently found one entry that seems most likely to be true. That entry states that Blake was the name of her second husband and that ‘Julia’ was a pseudonym for her used in a work by Thomas Brockhill the Poet.

SAMUEL NEWBERRY was born ca 1725 in Donegal, Ireland. He married 1/Rosanna Tarter and 2/ Bethiah Brannon Begley ca 1771 in Wythe County Virginia. He died ca 1787 in Wythe County. American Patriot DAR #A132789

Please note that, from this point, the information pertains to my particular branch of the family and concludes with my Grandmother.

ROBERT FINNELL NEWBERRY was born ca 1778 in what was then Montgomery County, Virginia. He married Esther Powers on November 20, 1803. He died ca 1846 in Crawford County, Missouri

JAMES ROBERT NEWBERRY was was born on April 17, 1827 in Virginia. He married Rebecca McGinnis ca 1846 in Camden County, Missouri.  He died on October 30, 1898 in Palo Pinto County Texas.

SARAH ELIZABETH NEWBERRY was born on January 27, 1855 in Camden County Missouri. She married Columbus Randolph Bradford on October 15, 1872 in Texas. She died on September 22, 1922 at Santo in Palo Pinto County Texas.

SALENA ELIZABETH BRADFORD She was born was born on April 18, 1878 in Texas. She married William Lee Horton on November 17, 1891 at Santo in Palo Pinto County TX. She died on December 11, 1913 at Santo.

CELIA ELIZABETH HORTON was born on January 4, 1902 in Palo Pinto County TX.She married David Marvin Hargrave on October 15, 1920 at Eliasville in YoungCounty TX. She died on December 14, 1989 at Port Orchard in Kitsap County,Washington.