William Longespée, Vicomte de Dieppe

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• History: Abt 1156; He wanted to marry Isabel de Warenne, the Countess of Surrey, and the widow of his cousin, William count of Boulogne. Archbishop Becket opposed the marriage on grounds of affinity.

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• Miscellaneous: 1135; After the death of Henry I in 1135, Geoffrey laid claim to Normandy through his wife Mathilda. Meanwhile, Mathilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin King Stephen who had gained the crown. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144.
• Title(s): 1144; In 1144 he became the Duke of Normandy.
• Military: 1147; He undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. in 1147 In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty.

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Birth:
Geoffrey "le Bel", meaning "the Handsome" was the first to use the Plantagenet name. One story relates that his father, Fulk the Younger atoned for some evil deed by being scourged with broom twigs or planta genista before the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Another story relates that Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom or planta genista in his hat. Regardless, it is generally agreed upon that the family name of "Plantagenet" has its origins with the planta genista or broom plant.

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Geoffrey married The Empress Maud on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France. Maud (daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Scotland) was born on 7 Feb 1102 in London, England; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She is also know as the Empress Maud, as when married to Henry V, she was the Empress of Germany.
• Miscellaneous: 1126

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives her birth as 1104.

Miscellaneous:
In 1126, Maud’s father, Henry I, had her declared heir presumptive. When he died in 1135, she went to Normandy to claim her inheritance. England, however, declared Stephen of Blois king. In 1139, Maud landed in England with 140 knights, and besieged Arundel Castle. A civil war ensued with Stephen being captured in February 1141 in Lincoln and imprisoned in Bristol. Eventually an agreement was reached where Stephen continued as King, but upon his death, Maud’s son, Henry would become King of England.

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Marriage Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 3 April 1127.

Marriage Date: Richardson (2004) gives their marriage date as 17 June 1128.

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• Moved To: 1128
• Reign: 1131-1143, Jerusalem, Holy Land; King of Jerusalem
• Complier's Note: 2020; Holding place for sources.

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Death: Moriarty (1945) gives his death date as 13 November 1144.

Weis (1982) states he died in Jerusalem.

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Le Jeune means the younger.

Moved To:
Upon the death of his first wife, Ermengarde of Maine, he handed over the Countship of Anjou to Geoffrey, his son, and left France in 1128. He settled in the Kingdom of Outremer.

Reign:
After King Baldwin II, his new father-in-law died, he ascended the throne of Jerusalem.

Fulk married Ermenbourg of Maine in 1108 in France. Ermenbourg (daughter of Hélie, Count of Maine and Matilde, Dame de Château-du-Loir) died in 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the heiress of Maine.

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Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1110.

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• General Information: He was the first King of England to use and grant a coat of arms.
• Reign: From 1100 to 1135; King of England
• Title(s): 1106; He succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1106 having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.

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Birth: Sewell gives his birth as about September 1068.

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Title(s):
He succeeded as Duke of Normandy having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.

Died:
He died from the effects of a purgative given for indigestion after eating too many lampreys.

Henry married Matilda of Scotland on 11 Nov 1100. Matilda (daughter of Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) was born in 1078 in Scotland; died on 1 May 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fulk is noted as "chronicler of the Counts of Anjou", so presumably he began a family history. He is known as "Fulk le Rechin" which means "Fulk the Rude". The reason for this name is unclear.

Fulk married Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury about 1090 in France, and was divorced on 15 Apr 1092. Bertrade (daughter of Simon I de Montfort l'Amaury, Seigneur of Montfod l'Amauri and Agnes d'Évreux) was born about 1060 in Montfort l'Amauri, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
His name was also spelt Helias de Maine

Hélie married Matilde, Dame de Château-du-Loir in 1090. Matilde (daughter of Gervase, Signeur de Château-du-Loir and Eremburge) died in 1099. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was also called William "the Bastard".
• Title(s): 1035; In 1035 he succeeded as the Duke of Normandy.
• Military: 1066; William invaded England and defeated Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
• Reign: From 1066 to 1087; King of England
• Crowned: Dec 1066, London, England; In December 1066 he was crowned King of England in London.

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William married Maltilda of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England in 1053 in Eu, Normandy, France. Maltilda (daughter of Baldwin V de Lille "the Pious", Count of Flanders and Adelaide of France, Princess of France) was born in 1032 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; was buried in Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, Caen, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name is also rendered Maud in England.

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Death: von Redlich (1941) gives her death date as 3 November 1083.

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• Reign: From 1058 to 1093; King of the Scots
• Crowned: 17 Mar 1058, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland

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Crowned:
He was crowned the King of the Scots.

Died:
He was killed in battle while besieging Alnwick Castle.

Malcolm married Saint Margaret of Scotland in 1068 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Edward the Atheling and Agatha von Braunschweig) was born in 1045 in Hungary; died on 16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in say 18 Nov 1093 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Travel: 1057
• Travel: 1066
• Canonized: 1250; St. Margaret was canonized 1250 and her feast day is November 16th,

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Name:
There is much debate about the ancestry of Agatha, the mother of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland. The dynastic usurpation and post-invasion trauma of 1066 dictated that St. Margaret's maternal origins were of secondary importance to the English Chroniclers until the marriage of her daughter, Edith-Matilda, to Henry I in 1100. There are two basic solutions, Slavic or Salian. Humphreys (2003) leans towards the Slavic, however I have followed the Salian. Moore (2019) has proved the Salian.

Travel:
She moved to the court of Edward the Confessor.

Travel:
After the defeat of Harold Godwinson in 1066, she again went into exile in Scotland.

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Married:
The marriage was against St. Margaret's wishes.