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Generation: 1
1. | Judith de Lens was born in 1054 (daughter of Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois and Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale). Other Events and Attributes:
Judith married Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland in 1070. Waltheof (son of Siward Biornasson "the Great", Earl of Northumbria, Northampton, and Huntingdon and Ælflæd II of Northumberland) was born in 1045; died on 31 May 1076 in St. Giles' Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland was born in 1072; died in 1130/31.
- Alice of Huntingdon
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Generation: 2
2. | Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois was born about 1022 in Lens, Hauts-de-France, France (son of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne and Matilda of Louvain); died in 1054 in Phalampin, Hauts-de-France, France. Notes:
Died:
He was killed in the Battle of Lille.
Lambert married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale in 1053/54. Adelaide (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy and Herleva de Falaise) was born in 1029/30 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died before 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
6. | Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy was born about 1000 in Normandy, France (son of Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy and Judith of Brittany); died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Empire of the East. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also known as Robert I "the Magnificent", Count of Hiesmois, Duke of Normandy.
- Title(s): 6 Aug 1027; Robert I succeeded on 06 Aug 1027 as the Duke of Normandy.
- Pilgrimage: 1034; In late 1034, curiosity or devotion induced Robert to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatigues of the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his constitution he died at Nicaea (in the area of Iznik in modern Turkey) on his way home.
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Robert married Herleva de Falaise. Herleva (daughter of Fulbert of Falaise and Dode) was born about 1012; died about 1050; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Herleva de Falaise was born about 1012 (daughter of Fulbert of Falaise and Dode); died about 1050; was buried in Grestain Abbey, Fatouville-Grestain, Normandy, France. Children:
- William I "the Conqueror", King of England was born in 1027 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Convent of St Gervais, Rouen, Normandie, France; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, Normandy, France.
- 3. Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale was born in 1029/30 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died before 1090.
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Generation: 4
12. | Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy was born on 23 Aug 963 in Normandy, France (son of Richard I "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy and Gunnor of Crêpon); died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Title(s): 996; He succeeded as the Duke of Normandy in 996 and ruled until his death. During his minority, the first five years of his reign, his regent was Count Rodulf of Ivry, his uncle, who wielded the power and put down a peasant insurrection at the beginning of Richard's reign
- Last Full Review: 18 Feb 2021
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Richard married Judith of Brittany in 1000. Judith (daughter of Conan I "le Tort", Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou) was born in 982 in Brittany, France; died on 28 Aug 1017 in Normandy, France; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Fulbert of Falaise Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Fulbert, who was probably a tanner, has been described as "polinctor" which translates more readily as "embalmer", or one who prepares corpses for burial, but the tradition is strong that he was a tanner. Falaise, Normandy was famous for its tanneries.
Fulbert married Dode. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Dode Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was a concubine.
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