Sibyl de Ferrers

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Father*William II de Ferrers b. c 1165, d. 1247
Mother*Agnes de Kevelioc d. 2 Nov 1247
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Vipont.
Life EventDateDescription
Sibyl de Ferrers was the daughter of William II de Ferrers and Agnes de Kevelioc.

Humphrey de Bohun

M, b. 6 May 1418, d. November 1468
Father*John de Bohun of Midhurst b. 1400
Mother*Avelina De Ros b. c 1425
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageHumphrey de Bohun married Margaret Estfield, daughter of William Eastfield.
Birth6 May 1418Humphrey de Bohun was born on 6 May 1418.
He was the son of John de Bohun of Midhurst and Avelina De Ros.
DeathNovember 1468Humphrey de Bohun died in November 1468 at age 50.

Child of Humphrey de Bohun and Margaret Estfield

Margaret Estfield

F
Father*William Eastfield
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationMargaret Estfield was also known as Eastfield.
Married NameHer married name was de Bohun.
Life EventDateDescription
Margaret Estfield was the daughter of William Eastfield.
MarriageMargaret Estfield married Humphrey de Bohun, son of John de Bohun of Midhurst and Avelina De Ros.

Child of Margaret Estfield and Humphrey de Bohun

Agnes (?)

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was De Braose.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageAgnes (?) married William De Braose, son of William De Braose and Isabel De Clare.

Child of Agnes (?) and William De Braose

George Boone

M, b. 17 November 1625, d. 1676
Father*George Boone b. 1610, d. 1676
Life EventDateDescription
Birth17 November 1625George Boone was born on 17 November 1625.
He was the son of George Boone.
Marriage1645George Boone married Ann Fallace in 1645.
Death1676George Boone died in 1676.

Child of George Boone and Ann Fallace

Ann Fallace

F, b. 1625
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Name1645As of 1645,her married name was Boone.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1625Ann Fallace was born in 1625.
Marriage1645She married George Boone, son of George Boone, in 1645.

Child of Ann Fallace and George Boone

George Boone

M, b. 1561, d. 1618
Father*Gregory Boon b. 1517, d. 1589
Mother*Constance Ap Comyn b. 1520, d. c 1604
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1561George Boone was born in 1561.
He was the son of Gregory Boon and Constance Ap Comyn.
Death1618George Boone died in 1618.

Child of George Boone

George Boone

M, b. 1610, d. 1676
Father*George Boone b. 1561, d. 1618
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1610George Boone was born in 1610.
He was the son of George Boone.
Death1676George Boone died in 1676.

Child of George Boone

Rebecca Bryan

F, d. 1813
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Name1756As of 1756,her married name was Boone.
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage1756Rebecca Bryan married Daniel Boone, son of Squire Boone and Sarah Jarman Morgan, in 1756.
Death1813Rebecca Bryan died in 1813.

Piers Magerly

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Child of Piers Magerly

William Eastfield

M

Child of William Eastfield

John Fitzalan

M, b. 1223, d. 1267
Father*John Fitzalan b. 1200, d. 1240
Mother*Isabel d'Aubigny
Charts
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Lucretia Proctor Pedigree Chart
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageJohn Fitzalan married Maud le Botiller.
Birth1223John Fitzalan was born in 1223.
He was the son of John Fitzalan and Isabel d'Aubigny.
Death1267John Fitzalan died in 1267.
DateLocationDescription
John FitzAlan (1223-1267), Lord of Oswestry and Clun, and de jure Earl of Arundel, was a Breton-English nobleman and Marcher Lord with lands in the Welsh Marches.

The son and heir of John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry and Clun, in Shropshire, and Isabel, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel by his wife, Mabel of Chester, he obtained possession of his paternal estates on May 26, 1244, aged 21 years.

After the death without direct heirs of his mother's brother Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel, he inherited jure matris the castle and honour of Arundel in 1243, which, according to the admission of 1433, he was held to have become de jure Earl of Arundel.[1]

In 1257 the Welsh Lord of Gwenwynwyn, in the southern realm of the Welsh Kingdom of Powys, sought the aid of the Lord of Oswestry against Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and John Fitzalan was a member of the English force that was defeated at the hands of the Welsh at Cymerau in Carmarthenshire, which he survived.

In 1258 he was one of the key English military commanders in the Welsh Marches and was summoned yet again in 1260 for further conflict against the Welsh.

Arundel vacillated in the conflicts between Henry III and the Barons, and fought on the King's side at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, where he was taken prisoner.

By 1278 to 1282 his own sons were also engaged in Welsh border hostilities, attacking the lands of Llywelyn the son of Gruffydd ap Madog.

He married Maud le Botiller, daughter of Theobald le Botiller (Boteler) and Rohese or Rohesia de Verdon. His son and successor was:

John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel.1

Child of John Fitzalan and Maud le Botiller

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_FitzAlan,_6th_Earl_of_Arundel.

Maud le Botiller

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Charts
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Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Fitzalan.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageMaud le Botiller married John Fitzalan, son of John Fitzalan and Isabel d'Aubigny.

Child of Maud le Botiller and John Fitzalan

John Fitzalan

M, b. 1200, d. 1240
Father*William Fitzalan d. c 1210
Mother*Isabel de Say
Charts
Lucretia Proctor Pedigree Chart
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1200John Fitzalan was born in 1200.
He was the son of William Fitzalan and Isabel de Say.
Marriagebefore 1223John Fitzalan married Isabel d'Aubigny, daughter of William d'Aubigny and Mabel of Chester, before 1223.
Death1240John Fitzalan died in 1240.
DateLocationDescription
John Fitzalan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry (1200–1240[1]) in the Welsh Marches in the county of Shropshire.

John succeeded his brother, William FitzAlan, Lord of Clun and Oswestry, who died in 1216 without issue. They were sons of William FitzAlan of Oswestry (d. c1210) and Isabel, daughter and heiress of Ingram de Say, who brought Clun to the marriage. The FitzAlans were descendants of Alan fitzFlaad, a Breton.[2]

He was one of the feudal barons who became a target for the anger of King John of England, whose forces attacked Oswestry town and burned it in 1216. John Fitzalan was close to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth until 1217.

He was also a representative of the Crown in a dispute between King Henry III of England and the Welsh leader, Llywelyn the Great in 1226. In the same year he mediated between a neighbour, William Pantulf, Lord of Wem in Shropshire and Madog ap Gruffydd (died 1236), Lord of Powys and a cousin to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.

In 1233/4 during the conflict between King Henry III, the Earl Marshal, and Llywelyn the Great, John Fitzalan sided firmly with the Crown and Oswestry was again attacked, this time by Welsh forces.

He married Isabel, daughter of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester, and were parents of:

John FitzAlan, Lord of Clun & Oswestry, who inherited jure matris, in 1243, the castle and honour of Arundel and became de jure Earl of Arundel.1

Child of John Fitzalan and Isabel d'Aubigny

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitzalan,_Lord_of_Oswestry.

Mabel of Chester

F, b. circa 1173
Father*Hugh de Kevelioc b. 1147, d. 30 Jun 1181
Mother*Bertrade de Montfort of Evreux
Charts
Lucretia Proctor Pedigree Chart
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Namebefore 1200As of before 1200,her married name was d'Aubigny.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1173Mabel of Chester was born circa 1173.
She was the daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc and Bertrade de Montfort of Evreux.
Marriagebefore 1200Mabel of Chester married William d'Aubigny, son of William d'Aubigny and Matilda St Hilary de Harcouet, before 1200.

Children of Mabel of Chester and William d'Aubigny

William d'Aubigny

M, b. circa 1203, d. before 7 August 1224
Father*William d'Aubigny b. b 1180, d. 1 Feb 1221
Mother*Mabel of Chester b. c 1173
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1203William d'Aubigny was born circa 1203.
He was the son of William d'Aubigny and Mabel of Chester.
Deathbefore 7 August 1224William d'Aubigny died before 7 August 1224.
DateLocationDescription
William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel (b. circa 1203 - before 7 August 1224) was the eldest son of William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester (born c. 1173), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort of Evreux. He became Earl of Arundel and Earl of Sussex on 30 March 1221. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norwich. There is no evidence that he married or had children. He was the Chief Butler of England and was succeeded by his brother, Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel.[1]1

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_d%27Aubigny,_4th_Earl_of_Arundel.

Matilda St Hilary de Harcouet

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Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was d'Aubigny.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageMatilda St Hilary de Harcouet married William d'Aubigny, son of William d'Aubigny and Adeliza of Louvain.

Children of Matilda St Hilary de Harcouet and William d'Aubigny

Matilda d'Aubigny

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Father*William d'Aubigny b. b 1150, d. 24 Dec 1193
Mother*Matilda St Hilary de Harcouet
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Warenne.
Life EventDateDescription
Matilda d'Aubigny was the daughter of William d'Aubigny and Matilda St Hilary de Harcouet.
MarriageMatilda d'Aubigny married William de Warenne.

Adeliza of Louvain

F, b. 1103, d. 23 April 1151
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationAdeliza of Louvain was also known as Adelicia.
Married Name1121As of 1121,her married name was of England.
Married Namebefore 1139As of before 1139,her married name was d'Aubigny.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1103Adeliza of Louvain was born in 1103.
Marriage1121She married Henry I of England, son of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders, in 1121.
Marriagebefore 1139Adeliza of Louvain married William d'Aubigny, son of William d'Aubigny Pincerna and Maud Bigod, before 1139.
Death23 April 1151Adeliza of Louvain died on 23 April 1151.
DateLocationDescription
Adeliza of Louvain,[2] sometimes known in England as Adelicia of Louvain,[3] also called Adela and Aleidis; (1103 – 23 April 1151) was queen consort of the Kingdom of England from 1121 to 1135, the second wife of Henry I.[4] She was the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Landgrave of Brabant and Count of Louvain and Brussels.

Adeliza married Henry I of England on 2 February 1121, when she is thought to have been in her late teens and Henry was fifty-three. It is believed that Henry only married again because he wanted a male heir. Despite holding the record for the most illegitimate children of a British monarch, Henry had only one legitimate son, William Adelin, who predeceased his father on 25 November 1120 in the White Ship disaster.

Adeliza was reputedly quite pretty and her father was Duke of Lower Lotharingia. These were the likely reasons she was chosen. However, no children were born during the marriage.

Adeliza, unlike the other Anglo-Norman queens, played little part in the public life of the realm during her tenure as queen consort. Whether this was personal inclination or because Henry preferred to keep her nearby in the hope she'd conceive, is unknown. She did, however, leave a mark as a patron of literature and several works, including a bestiary by Philip de Thaon, were dedicated to her. She is said to have commissioned a verse biography of King Henry; if she did, it is no longer extant.

When Henry died on 1 December 1135, Adeliza retired temporarily to the Benedictine convent of Wilton Abbey, near Salisbury. She was present at the dedication of Henry's tomb at Reading Abbey on the first anniversary of his death. At about that time, she founded a leper hospital dedicated to Saint Giles at Fugglestone St Peter, Wiltshire.[5]

As she was still young, she came out of mourning before 1139 and married William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who had been one of Henry's chief advisors. She brought with her a Queen's dowry, including the castle of Arundel. King Stephen of England created d'Aubigny Earl of Arundel and Earl of Lincoln.

Although her husband was a staunch supporter of Stephen during the Anglo-Norman civil war, her own personal inclination may have been toward her stepdaughter's cause, the Empress Matilda. When Matilda sailed to England in 1139, she appealed to her stepmother for shelter, landing near Arundel and was received as a guest of the former Queen.1

Child of Adeliza of Louvain and William d'Aubigny

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeliza_of_Louvain

William d'Aubigny Pincerna

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Life EventDateDescription
MarriageWilliam d'Aubigny Pincerna married Maud Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Tosny.
DateLocationDescription
Master Butler of the Royal household.1

Child of William d'Aubigny Pincerna and Maud Bigod

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_d%27Aubigny,_1st_Earl_of_Arundel.

Maud Bigod

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Father*Roger Bigod d. 9 Sep 1107
Mother*Adeliza de Tosny d. c 1130
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was d'Aubigny.
Life EventDateDescription
Maud Bigod was the daughter of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Tosny.
MarriageMaud Bigod married William d'Aubigny Pincerna.

Child of Maud Bigod and William d'Aubigny Pincerna

Roger Bigod

M, d. 9 September 1107
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationRoger Bigod was also known as Bigot.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRoger Bigod married Adeliza de Tosny, daughter of Robert de Toeni and Adelisa de Savona.
Death9 September 1107Roger Bigod died on 9 September 1107.
DateLocationDescription
Roger Bigod (died 1107) was a Norman knight who came to England in the Norman Conquest. He held great power in East Anglia, and five of his descendants were Earl of Norfolk. He was also known as Roger Bigot, appearing as such as a witness to the Charter of Liberties of Henry I of England.

Roger came from a fairly obscure family of poor knights in Normandy. Robert le Bigot, certainly a relation of Roger's, possibly his father, acquired an important position in the household of William, Duke of Normandy (later William I of England), due, the story goes, to his disclosure to the duke of a plot by the duke's cousin William Werlenc.[1]

Both Roger and Robert may have fought at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards they were rewarded with a substantial estate in East Anglia. The Domesday Book lists Roger as holding six lordships in Essex, 117 in Suffolk and 187 in Norfolk.

Bigod's base was in Thetford, Norfolk where he founded a priory later donated to the great monastery at Cluny. In 1101 he further consolidated his power when Henry I granted him licence to build a castle at Framlingham, which became the family seat of power until their downfall in 1307. Another of his castles was Bungay Castle, also in Suffolk. Both these were improved by successive generations.

In 1069 he, along with Robert Malet and Ralph de Gael (the then Earl of Norfolk), defeated Sweyn Estrithson (Sweyn II) of Denmark near Ipswich. After Ralph de Gael's fall in 1074, Roger was appointed Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and acquired many of the dispossessed earl's estates. For this reason he is sometimes counted as Earl of Norfolk, but he probably was never actually created earl. He acquired further estates through his influence in local law courts.

In the Rebellion of 1088 he joined other Anglo-Norman barons against William II, who, it was hoped, was to be deposed in favour of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. He seems to have lost his lands after the rebellion had failed, but got them back again.

In 1100, Robert Bigod was one of the King's witnesses recorded on the Charter of Liberties, an important precursor to the Magna Carta of 1215.

In 1101 there was another attempt to bring in Robert of Normandy by unseating Henry I, but this time Roger Bigod stayed loyal to Henry.

He died on 9 September 1107 and is buried in Norwich. Upon his death there was a dispute between the Bishop of Norwich, Herbet Losinga, and the monks at Thetford Priory, founded by Bigod. The monks claimed that Roger's body, along with those of his family and successors, was due to them as part of the foundation charter of the priory (as was common practice at the time). The issue was apparently resolved when the Bishop of Norwich stole the body in the middle of the night and dragged it back to Norwich.

For some time he was thought to have two wives, Adelaide/Adeliza and Alice de Tosny. It is now believed these were the same woman, Adeliza(Alice) de Tosny(Toeni,Toeny). She was the sister and coheiress of William de Tosny, Lord of Belvoir.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, William Bigod, and, after he drowned in the sinking of the White Ship, by his second son, Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, who later became Earl of Norfolk. He also had 3 daughters: Gunnor, who married Robert, Lord of Rayleigh; Cecily, who married William d'Aubigny "Brito"; and Maud, who married William d'Aubigny "Pincerna", and was mother to William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel.1

Children of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Tosny

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bigod,_1st_Earl_of_Norfolk.

Adeliza de Tosny

F, d. circa 1130
Father*Robert de Toeni b. c 1036, d. 1088
Mother*Adelisa de Savona
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationAdeliza de Tosny was also known as Alice.
Married NameHer married name was Bigod.
Life EventDateDescription
Adeliza de Tosny was the daughter of Robert de Toeni and Adelisa de Savona.
MarriageAdeliza de Tosny married Roger Bigod.
Deathcirca 1130Adeliza de Tosny died circa 1130.

Children of Adeliza de Tosny and Roger Bigod

Robert de Toeni

M, b. circa 1036, d. 1088
Father*Roger II de Tosny
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationRobert de Toeni was also known as de Stafford.
Name VariationRobert de Toeni was also known as de Tosny.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRobert de Toeni married Adelisa de Savona.
Birthcirca 1036Robert de Toeni was born circa 1036.
He was the son of Roger II de Tosny.
Death1088Robert de Toeni died in 1088.
DateLocationDescription
Robert de Stafford (Robert de Toeni) (c.1036 - 1088) was a Norman nobleman, the builder of Stafford Castle in England.

He held a large number of lordships in the Domesday Survey, a high proportion lying in Staffordshire.[1] They included Barlaston[2], and Bradley[3].

He is buried in Evesham Abbey

He was son of Roger II of Tosny, and so brother of Raoul III of Tosny.[4]

He married[5] Adelisa de Savona, with whom he had a daughter Adelisa de Toeni, who married Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk. He then married Avice de Clare, with whom he had sons

Nicholas de Stafford
Nigel de Stafford
Robert II de Stafford[6]
The Gresley family of Drakelow, baronets, were descendants of the de Tosny family through their de Stafford ancestors, including Robert.[7]1

Child of Robert de Toeni

Child of Robert de Toeni and Adelisa de Savona

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Stafford

William de Tosny

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Father*Robert de Toeni b. c 1036, d. 1088
Life EventDateDescription
William de Tosny was the son of Robert de Toeni.
DateLocationDescription
Lord of Belvoir.

William Bigod

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Father*Roger Bigod d. 9 Sep 1107
Mother*Adeliza de Tosny d. c 1130
Life EventDateDescription
William Bigod was the son of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Tosny.
DeathWilliam Bigod died at drowned in the sinking of the White Ship.

Hugh Bigod

M, b. 1095, d. 1177
Father*Roger Bigod d. 9 Sep 1107
Mother*Adeliza de Tosny d. c 1130
Charts
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Life EventDateDescription
Birth1095Hugh Bigod was born in 1095.
He was the son of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Tosny.
Marriagebefore 1140Hugh Bigod married Juliane de Vere, daughter of Aubrey II de Vere and Alice de Clare, before 1140.
Death1177Hugh Bigod died in 1177.
DateLocationDescription
Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (1095 - 1177) was born in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.

He was the second son of Roger Bigod (also known as Roger Bigot) (d. 1107), Sheriff of Norfolk, who founded the Bigod name in England. Hugh Bigod became a controversial figure in history, known for his frequent switching of loyalties and hasty reactions towards measures of authority.

Hugh inherited large estates in East Anglia on the death of his brother William, who perished without issue in the sinking of the White Ship on 26 November 1120. He succeeded his aunt Albreda – and by extension, her eldest brother Berengar – as heir both to Berengar's tenancy-in-chief in Lincolnshire and the Norman lands of Robert de Tosny of Belvoirwas. He became Constable of Norwich Castle and Governor of the City of Norwich in 1122. He enjoyed the favour of Henry I.1

Child of Hugh Bigod and Juliane de Vere

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Bigod,_1st_Earl_of_Norfolk.

Juliane de Vere

F, b. after 1105, d. circa 1199
Father*Aubrey II de Vere b. c 1080, d. 1141
Mother*Alice de Clare b. c 1077, d. 1163
Charts
Lucretia Proctor Pedigree Chart
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Namebefore 1140As of before 1140,her married name was Bigod.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthafter 1105Juliane de Vere was born after 1105.
She was the daughter of Aubrey II de Vere and Alice de Clare.
Marriagebefore 1140Juliane de Vere married Hugh Bigod, son of Roger Bigod and Adeliza de Tosny, before 1140.
Deathcirca 1199Juliane de Vere died circa 1199.

Child of Juliane de Vere and Hugh Bigod

Roger Bigod

M, b. circa 1144, d. 1221
Father*Hugh Bigod b. 1095, d. 1177
Mother*Juliane de Vere b. a 1105, d. c 1199
Charts
Lucretia Proctor Pedigree Chart
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1144Roger Bigod was born circa 1144.
He was the son of Hugh Bigod and Juliane de Vere.
Marriage1181Roger Bigod married Ida de Tosny in 1181.
Marriagebefore 1209Roger Bigod married Maud Marshal, daughter of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare, before 1209.
Death1221Roger Bigod died in 1221.
DateLocationDescription
Roger Bigod (c. 1144/1150 – 1221) was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and his first wife, Juliana de Vere. Although his father died in 1176 or 1177, Roger did not succeed to the earldom of Norfolk until 1189 for his claim had been disputed by his stepmother for her sons by Earl Hugh in the reign of Henry II. Richard I confirmed him in his earldom and other honours, and also sent him as an ambassador to France in the same year. Roger inherited his father's office as royal steward. He took part in the negotiations for the release of Richard from prison, and after the king's return to England became a justiciar.

In most of the years of the reign of King John, the earl was frequently with the king or on royal business. Yet Roger was to be one of the leaders of the baronial party which obtained John's assent to Magna Carta, and his name and that of his son and heir Hugh II appear among the twenty-five barons who were to ensure the king's adherence to the terms of that document. The pair were excommunicated by the pope in December 1215, and did not make peace with the regents of John's son Henry III until 1217.

Around Christmas 1181, Roger married Ida, apparently Ida de Tosny (or Ida de Toesny)[1], and by her had a number of children including:

Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk who married in 1206/ 1207, Maud, a daughter of William Marshal
William Bigod
Ralph Bigod
Roger Bigod
Margery, married William de Hastings
Mary Bigod, married Ralph fitz Robert[2]
Many historians, including Marc Morris have speculated that the couple had a third daughter, Alice, who married Aubrey de Vere IV,Earl of Oxford as his second wife. If so, the marriage would have been well within the bounds of consanguinity, for the couple would have been quite closely related, a daughter of the second earl of Norfolk being first cousin once removed to the second earl of Oxford.1

Children of Roger Bigod and Maud Marshal

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bigod,_2nd_Earl_of_Norfolk.

Ida de Tosny

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Name TypeDateDescription
Married Name1181As of 1181,her married name was Bigod.
Life EventDateDescription
Marriage1181Ida de Tosny married Roger Bigod, son of Hugh Bigod and Juliane de Vere, in 1181.

Aubrey II de Vere

M, b. circa 1080, d. 1141
Father*Aubrey I de Vere d. c 1112
Mother*Beatrice (?)
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1080Aubrey II de Vere was born circa 1080.
He was the son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice (?)
Marriagecirca 1105Aubrey II de Vere married Alice de Clare, daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont, circa 1105.
Death1141Aubrey II de Vere died in 1141.
DateLocationDescription
Aubrey de Vere II (c. 1080-1141) was also known as "Alberic[us] de Ver". He was the second of that name in post Norman Conquest England, being the eldest surviving son of Alberic or Aubrey de Vere who had followed William the Conqueror to England in or after 1066.

Their lineage is probably Norman, possibly originally from the eponymous town of Ver/Vire in western Normandy, and were [erroneously] said to descend from Charlemagne himself through the Counts of Flanders or Guînes by later antiquarians. In fact, their connection with Guînes, in Flanders, was temporary; Aubrey de Vere III was briefly married to Beatrice, heiress to that county, from 1137 to about 1145.

Aubrey II served as sheriff of many shires and as a Justiciar under kings Henry I and Stephen.[1] King Henry I had declared the estates and office of the first master chamberlain, Robert Malet, to be forfeit, and in 1133 awarded the office of master chamberlain of England to Aubrey. The chronicler William of Malmesbury reports that Aubrey represented King Stephen in 1139, when the king had been summoned to a church council to answer for the seizure of castles held by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury. He was killed by a London mob in May, 1141, and buried in the family mausoleum, Colne Priory, Essex.

His eldest son Aubrey de Vere III, was later created Earl of Oxford, and their descendants were to hold that title and the office that came to be known as the Lord Great Chamberlain until the extinction of the male line in 1703.[2]

Aubrey II married Adeliza/Alice, daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard of Clare. Their known children: Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford; Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex, Robert; Alice "of Essex;" Geoffrey; Juliana, Countess of Norfolk; William de Vere, Bishop of Hereford; Gilbert, prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England; and an unnamed daughter who married Roger de Ramis.1

Children of Aubrey II de Vere and Alice de Clare

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Vere_II

Alice de Clare

F, b. circa 1077, d. 1163
Father*Gilbert Fitz Richard b. c 1065, d. 1114
Mother*Alice de Claremont
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationAlice de Clare was also known as Adeliza.
Married Namecirca 1105As of circa 1105,her married name was de Vere.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1077Alice de Clare was born circa 1077.
She was the daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont.
Marriagecirca 1105Alice de Clare married Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice (?), circa 1105.
Death1163Alice de Clare died in 1163.

Children of Alice de Clare and Aubrey II de Vere

Aubrey I de Vere

M, d. circa 1112
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageAubrey I de Vere married Beatrice (?)
Deathcirca 1112Aubrey I de Vere died circa 1112.
DateLocationDescription
Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere (died circa 1112) was a tenant-in-chief of William the Conqueror in 1086 and also vassal to Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of Coutances and to Count Alan, lord of Richmond. A much later source named his father as Alphonsus.[1] The common use of the name Albericus by the Veres in medieval England makes it impossible to say for certain if the Aubrey de Vere named in Domesday Book in 1086 holding estates in six counties is the same Aubrey de Vere who around 1111 founded Colne Priory, Essex, but it is probable.

His origins are obscure and various regions have been proposed for his birthplace. Their lineage may be Norman, possibly from the eponymous town of Ver/Vire in western Normandy, and the Veres were (erroneously) said to descend from Charlemagne through the Counts of Flanders or Guînes by later antiquarians. In fact, their connection with Guînes, in Flanders, was short-lived; his grandson Aubrey de Vere III was briefly married to Beatrice, heiress to Guînes in the early 12th century.

The only certainty is his landholding recorded in Domesday Book, where he and his unnamed wife also stand accused of some unauthorized land seizures.[2] As his spouse's name is recorded as Beatrice in 1104, she may have been his wife in 1086 and the mother of his five known sons.[3] Aubrey's estates held of the king were valued at approximately £300, putting him in roughly the middle ranks of the post-conquest barons in terms of landed wealth.[4]

More difficult to sort out are contemporary references to "Aubrey the chamberlain" and "Aubrey of Berkshire." An Aubrey was chamberlain to Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, but it is unlikely that this was Aubrey de Vere. An "Aubrey of Berkshire" was a sheriff in the early reign of Henry I; it cannot be ruled out that this was Aubrey de Vere. Aubrey de Vere I may also have served that king as a royal chamberlain, as his son and namesake Aubrey de Vere II did.

Before 1104, Aubrey's eldest son Geoffrey fell ill and was tended at Abingdon Abbey by the royal physician, Abbot Faritius. The youth recovered but suffered a relapse and was buried at the abbey. His parents founded a cell of Abingdon on land they donated: Colne Priory, Essex. Within a few years, Aubrey and his son William joined that community. Aubrey died soon after taking the Benedictine habit, William passing away not long after his father. Both were buried at the priory, establishing it as the Vere family mausoleum.[5] His heir was Aubrey de Vere II.

Besides Geoffrey, Aubrey II, and William mentioned above, his sons included Roger and Robert.[6]1

Child of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice (?)

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Vere_I

Beatrice (?)

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Vere.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageBeatrice (?) married Aubrey I de Vere.

Child of Beatrice (?) and Aubrey I de Vere

Gilbert Fitz Richard

M, b. circa 1065, d. 1114
Father*Richard fitz Gilbert b. c 1030, d. 1091
Mother*Rohese Giffard b. c 1034, d. a 1113
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageGilbert Fitz Richard married Alice de Claremont, daughter of Hugh de Claremont and Margaret de Roucy.
Birthcirca 1065Gilbert Fitz Richard was born circa 1065.
He was the son of Richard fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard.
Death1114Gilbert Fitz Richard died in 1114.
DateLocationDescription
Gilbert Fitz Richard d. 1114/7 was son and eventual heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare, and heiress Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1091; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. Earl Gilbert's inheritance made him one of the wealthiest magnates in early twelfth-century England.

Gilbert may have been present at the suspicious death of William II in the New Forest in 1100. He was granted lands and the Lordship of Cardigan by Henry I, including Cardigan Castle. He founded the Cluniac priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.

He married Adeliza/Alice de Claremont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Roucy. She remarried a de Montmorency after his death. They had children:

Walter de Clare, d. 1149
Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice. She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stanstead Mountfitchet.
Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Bourne, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.
Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136
Hervey de Clare
Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth.1

Children of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard

Alice de Claremont

F
Father*Hugh de Claremont
Mother*Margaret de Roucy
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationAlice de Claremont was also known as Adeliza.
Married NameHer married name was Fitz Richard.
Married NameHer married name was de Montmorency.
Life EventDateDescription
Alice de Claremont was the daughter of Hugh de Claremont and Margaret de Roucy.
MarriageAlice de Claremont married Gilbert Fitz Richard, son of Richard fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard.

Children of Alice de Claremont and Gilbert Fitz Richard

Margaret de Roucy

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Claremont.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageMargaret de Roucy married Hugh de Claremont.

Child of Margaret de Roucy and Hugh de Claremont

Hugh de Claremont

M
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageHugh de Claremont married Margaret de Roucy.

Child of Hugh de Claremont and Margaret de Roucy

Aubrey III de Vere

M, b. circa 1115, d. December 1194
Father*Aubrey II de Vere b. c 1080, d. 1141
Mother*Alice de Clare b. c 1077, d. 1163
Charts
Lucretia Proctor Pedigree Chart
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageAubrey III de Vere married Agnes of Essex.
Birthcirca 1115Aubrey III de Vere was born circa 1115.
He was the son of Aubrey II de Vere and Alice de Clare.
DeathDecember 1194Aubrey III de Vere died in December 1194.
DateLocationDescription
Aubrey de Vere III (c. 1115-Dec. 1194) was created Earl of Oxford by the empress Matilda in July 1141. He had inherited the barony of Hedingham on the death of his father Aubrey de Vere II in May 1141, when he was already Count of Guînes by right of his wife Beatrice. In July 1141 he was granted an earldom by the Empress Matilda, and was confirmed as the first earl of Oxford by her son King Henry II of England. On the annulment of his first marriage, between 1144-46, he lost Guînes. Earl Aubrey was little involved in national political affairs after this period. His attempt to divorce his third wife, Agnes of Essex, was a celebrated marriage case that Agnes appealed successfully to Pope Alexander III. In 1153 he was present with King Stephen's army at the siege of Wallingford and attested at the Treaty of Wallingford, finally signed at Westminster. Two of his sons by Agnes, Aubrey IV and Robert, became earls of Oxford. Robert, the third earl, was one of the 25 rebel barons who were to hold King John to the terms of Magna Carta. He was buried at the family mausoleum founded by his grandfather, Colne Priory, Essex.

Family The son of Aubrey de Vere II and Adeliza of Clare, earl Aubrey married three times. His marriage to Beatrice, heiress of Guînes, in 1137 made him count of Guînes by her right on the death of her grandfather but their marriage was annulled 1144-46. His second wife, Eufemia, died in 1153-4, leaving the earl still childless. He and his third wife, Agnes of Essex, had five children, four sons and a daughter: Aubrey, Roger, Robert, Henry, and Alice. The earl had eight siblings, outliving all but his two youngest brothers and youngest sister.

Lands From his father he inherited estates in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire and Middlesex. These were traditionally assessed at approximately 30 knights' fees.[1]1

Children of Aubrey III de Vere and Agnes of Essex

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Vere,_1st_Earl_of_Oxford.

Hugh Bigod

M, b. circa 1211, d. 1266
Father*Roger Bigod b. c 1144, d. 1221
Mother*Maud Marshal b. 1194, d. 27 Mar 1248
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1211Hugh Bigod was born circa 1211.
He was the son of Roger Bigod and Maud Marshal.
Marriage1243Hugh Bigod married Joan de Stuteville, daughter of Nicholas de Stuteville, in 1243.
Death1266Hugh Bigod died in 1266.
DateLocationDescription
Hugh Bigod (c.1211-1266) was Justiciar of England from 1258 to 1260.[1] He was a younger son of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk.

In 1258 the Provisions of Oxford established a baronial government of which Hugh's elder brother Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk was a leading member, and Hugh was appointed Chief Justiciar. He also had wardship of the Tower of London, and, briefly, of Dover Castle. But at the end of 1260 or in early 1261 he resigned these offices, apparently due to dissatisfaction with the new government. Thus in 1263 he joined the royalists, and was present on that side at the Battle of Lewes.

In 1243 Hugh married Joan de Stuteville, and together they had at least eight children. Their eldest son Roger, subsequently became Earl of Norfolk.[2] There is no contemporary evidence for the assertion, first recorded in the seventeenth century, that he had an earlier wife called Joanna Burnard (or Burnet or Burnell); if indeed a Hugh Bigod married Joanna, it probably was his father that did so.1

Child of Hugh Bigod and Joan de Stuteville

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Bigod_(Justiciar).

Joan de Stuteville

F
Father*Nicholas de Stuteville
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Namebefore 1240As of before 1240,her married name was Wake.
Married Name1243As of 1243,her married name was Bigod.
Life EventDateDescription
Joan de Stuteville was the daughter of Nicholas de Stuteville.
Marriagebefore 1240Joan de Stuteville married Hugh Wake before 1240.
Marriage1243Joan de Stuteville married Hugh Bigod, son of Roger Bigod and Maud Marshal, in 1243.

Child of Joan de Stuteville and Hugh Wake

Child of Joan de Stuteville and Hugh Bigod

Roger Bigod

M, b. circa 1245, d. before 6 December 1306
Father*Hugh Bigod b. c 1211, d. 1266
Mother*Joan de Stuteville
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRoger Bigod married Aline Basset, daughter of Philip Basset and Hawise de Gray.
Birthcirca 1245Roger Bigod was born circa 1245.
He was the son of Hugh Bigod and Joan de Stuteville.
Deathbefore 6 December 1306Roger Bigod died before 6 December 1306.
DateLocationDescription
Roger Bigod (c. 1245 – bf. 6 December 1306), was 5th Earl of Norfolk.

He was the son of Hugh Bigod (Justiciar), and succeeded his uncle, Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk as earl in 1270.

This earl is the hero of a famous altercation with Edward I in 1297, which arose out of the king's command that Bigod should serve against the king of France in Gascony, while he went to Flanders. The earl asserted that by the tenure of his lands he was only compelled to serve across the seas in the company of the king himself, whereupon Edward said, "By God, earl, you shall either go or hang," to which Bigod replied, "By the same oath, O king, I will neither go nor hang."[1]

The earl gained his point, and after Edward had left for France he and Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, prevented the collection of an aid for the war and forced Edward to confirm the charters in this year and again in 1301. William Stubbs says Bigod and Bohun "are but degenerate sons of mighty fathers; greater in their opportunities than in their patriotism."[2]

The earl had done good service for the King in the past. In August 1282, for instance, contemporary accounts record Bigod "going to Wales on the king's service." In his absence in Ireland, Bigod had sent letters nominating Reginald Lyvet and William Cadel to act as his attorney in Ireland for the year.[3] Some scholars have wondered how English lords like Bigod and the de Clares kept such tight hold on their Irish lands during a time when the English grip on Ireland was starting to fade. Apparently part of the secret was delegation of authority, as in this case by the earl to his lieutenants Lyvet and Cadel.[4][5]

Roger married first Alina Basset, daughter of the justiciar Philip Basset (and widow of Hugh Despenser), and secondly Alice d'Avesnes, daughter of John II d'Avesnes, count of Hainaut.

In 1302 the elderly and childless Bigod surrendered his earldom to the king and received it back entailed to the heirs of his body. This had the effect of disinheriting his brother John, and so, when the earl died without issue in December 1306, his title became extinct and his estates reverted to the crown, and were eventually bestowed on Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk.[6]1

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bigod,_5th_Earl_of_Norfolk.

Roger Bigod

M, b. circa 1209, d. 1270
Father*Roger Bigod b. c 1144, d. 1221
Mother*Maud Marshal b. 1194, d. 27 Mar 1248
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRoger Bigod married Isabella of Scotland, daughter of King William I of Scotland and Ermengarde de Beaumont.
Birthcirca 1209Roger Bigod was born circa 1209.
He was the son of Roger Bigod and Maud Marshal.
Death1270Roger Bigod died in 1270.
DateLocationDescription
Roger Bigod (c. 1209 – 1270), was 4th Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England.

He was the son of Hugh Bigod, and Matilda, a daughter of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and Marshal of England. After the death of his father in 1225 Roger became the ward of William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. After his marriage to Isabella, daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland, he was a ward of his new brother-in-law, Alexander II of Scotland until 1228, when, although still under-age, he succeeded to his father's estates (including Framlingham Castle). He did not, however, receive his father's title until 1233.

After the death without male heirs of the last of his mother's brothers, Roger obtained the office of Marshal of England in 1246. With his younger brother Hugh Bigod (Justiciar), he was prominent among the barons who wrested the control of the government from the hands of Henry III and assisted Simon de Montfort, in what became the Second Barons' War.

Roger had no children, and was succeeded by his nephew, also named Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk.1

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bigod,_4th_Earl_of_Norfolk.

King Henry II of England

M, b. 5 March 1133, d. 6 July 1189
Father*Geoffrey V of Anjou b. 24 Aug 1113, d. 7 Sep 1151
Mother*Empress Matilda of England b. c 7 Feb 1102, d. 10 Sep 1167
Charts
Lucretia Proctor Pedigree Chart
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationKing Henry II of England was also known as Plantagenet.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth5 March 1133King Henry II of England was born on 5 March 1133.
He was the son of Geoffrey V of Anjou and Empress Matilda of England.
Marriage1152King Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Aénor of Châtellerault, in 1152.
Death6 July 1189King Henry II of England died on 6 July 1189 at age 56.
DateLocationDescription
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), ruled as King of England (1154–1189), Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the first of the House of Plantagenet to rule England. Henry was the first to use the title "King of England" (as opposed to "King of the English").

He is also known as Henry Curtmantle and Henry Fitz-Empress.

Henry II was born in Le Mans, France, on 5 March 1133.[1] His father, Geoffrey V of Anjou (Geoffrey Plantagenet, son of Fulk of Jerusalem), was Count of Anjou and Count of Maine. His mother, Empress Matilda, was a claimant to the English throne as the daughter of Henry I (1100–1135), son of William The Conqueror, Duke of Normandy. His own claim to the throne was strengthened by his descent from both the English Saxon kings and the kings of Scotland through his maternal grandmother Matilda of Scotland, whose father was Malcolm III of Scotland and whose mother was Margaret of Wessex (Saint Margaret of Scotland), grand-daughter of Edmund Ironside.

He spent his childhood in his father's land of Anjou. At the age of nine, Robert of Gloucester took him to England, where he received education from Master Matthew at Bristol, with the assistance of Adelard of Bath and possibly Geoffrey of Monmouth. In 1144, he was returned to Normandy where his education was continued by William of Conches.[2]

On 18 May 1152, at Poitiers,[3] at the age of 19, Henry married Eleanor of Aquitaine. The wedding was "without the pomp or ceremony that befitted their rank,"[4] partly because only two months previously Eleanor's marriage to Louis VII of France had been annulled. Their relationship, always stormy, eventually disintegrated: after Eleanor encouraged her children to rebel against their father in 1173, Henry had her placed under house arrest, where she remained for fifteen years.[5]1

Children of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_ii_of_england

Ermengarde de Beaumont

F, b. circa 1170, d. 12 February 1233
Father*Richard I de Beaumont
Mother*Constance FitzRoy
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Name1186As of 1186,her married name was of Scotland.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1170Ermengarde de Beaumont was born circa 1170.
She was the daughter of Richard I de Beaumont and Constance FitzRoy.
Marriage1186Ermengarde de Beaumont married King William I of Scotland, son of Henry of Scotland and Ada de Warenne, in 1186.
Death12 February 1233Ermengarde de Beaumont died on 12 February 1233.
DateLocationDescription
Ermengarde de Beaumont was Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Scotland.

Ermengarde was born c. 1170 to Richard I, Viscount de Beaumont and his wife Constance FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England.

She married William I of Scotland at Woodstock Palace on 5 September 1186. They had four children:

Margaret of Scotland (1193 - 1259). Married Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent.
Isabella of Scotland (1195 - 1253). Married Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk.
Alexander II of Scotland (1198 - 1249).
Marjorie of Scotland (1200 - 1244). Married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke.
She died on 12 February 1233/1234, and was buried at Balmerino Abbey, Fife.1

Children of Ermengarde de Beaumont and King William I of Scotland

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_de_Beaumont

Richard I de Beaumont

M
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRichard I de Beaumont married Constance FitzRoy, daughter of Henry I of England.

Child of Richard I de Beaumont and Constance FitzRoy

Constance FitzRoy

F
Father*Henry I of England b. c 1068, d. 1 Dec 1135
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Beaumont.
Life EventDateDescription
Constance FitzRoy was the daughter of Henry I of England.
MarriageConstance FitzRoy married Richard I de Beaumont.

Child of Constance FitzRoy and Richard I de Beaumont