Adele of Normandy, Princess of England

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• Religion: say 1130; Before her death, she became a nun.

Adele married Stephen III, Count of Blois in 1080/81. Stephen (son of Theobald III, Count of Champagne and Alix de Crepi) was born in 1046; died on 19 May 1102 in Holy Land. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Theobald IV "the Great", Count of Blois and Champagne was born in 1090 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 8 Jan 1152 in Ligny-en-Barrois, Grand Est, France.
2. William of Champagne
3. Stephen of Blois, King of England was born in 1095/96 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 25 Oct 1154 in Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent, England.
4. Henry, Bishop of Winchester

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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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• 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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• General Information: He entered into hostilities with Emperor Otho II and acquired from that monarch Valenciennes and the Isles of Zealand. He subsequently further increased his territories by another rich accession, that of the citadel of Ghent.

Baldwin married Adelaide of France, Princess of France in 1028. Adelaide (daughter of Robert II "the Pious", King of France and Constance of Arles) was born in 1009; died on 8 Jun 1078. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name is also rendered Adela.

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• 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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• General Information: She was also called Judith of Rennes.
• Last Full Review: 18 Feb 2021

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• 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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• General Information: She was a concubine.

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• Title(s): 1007; He became the Count of Valenciennes in 1007.

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He was also known as Baudouin IV "Le Barbu".

Baldwin married Ogive of Luxembourg in 1012. Ogive (daughter of Frederick I, Count of Luxembourg, Count in the Moselgau and Ermentrude von Gleiberg) was born about 995 in Luxembourg; died on 21 Feb 1030 in Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 988 to 1031; King of France (House of Capet)
• Crowned: 1 Jan 988; On 1 January 988, he became the King of France.

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Robert married Constance of Arles in 998. Constance (daughter of William I, Count of Provence and Arles and Adelaide of Anjou) was born about 986; died on 25 Jul 1032 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Constance of Provence, and Constance of Toulouse.
• Miscellaneous: 998; Constance was married in 998 to King Robert, after his divorce from his second wife, Bertha of Burgundy. The marriage was stormy; Bertha's family opposed her, and Constance was despised for importing her Provençal kinfolk and customs. Robert's friend, Hugh of Beauvais, count palatine, tried to convince the king to repudiate her in 1007. Possibly at her request 12 knights of her kinsman Fulk Nerra then murdered Beauvais in 1008.
• Travel: 1010; Robert went to Rome in 1010, followed by his former wife Bertha, to seek permission to divorce Constance and remarry Bertha. Pope Sergius IV was not about to allow a consanguineous marriage which had been formally condemned by Pope Gregory V and Robert had already repudiated two wives. So the request was denied. After his return according to one source Robert "loved his wife more."
• Miscellaneous: 1017; At Constance's urging, her eldest son Hugh Magnus was crowned co-king alongside his father in 1017. But later Hugh demanded his parents share power with him, and rebelled against his father in 1025. Constance, however, on learning of her son's rebellion was furious with him, rebuking him at every turn. At some point Hugh was reconciled with his parents but shortly thereafter died, probably about age eighteen. The royal couple was devastated; there was concern for the queen’s mental health due to the violence of her grief.
• Legal: 1022; In 1022, a trial accused clergy members of heresy--Constance's previous confessor Stephen included, Robert had his wife Queen Constance stand at the door to prevent any mob violence. However, as the condemned clerics left the trial the queen "struck out the eye of Stephen... with the staff which she carried". This was seen as Constance venting her frustration at anyone subverting the prestige of the crown.
• Miscellaneous: 1027; Robert and Constance quarreled over which of their surviving sons should inherit the throne; Robert favored their second son Henry, while Constance favored their third son, Robert. Despite his mother's protests and her support by several bishops, Henry was crowned in 1027. Constance, however, was not graceful when she didn't get her way. The ailing Fulbert, bishop of Chartres told a colleague that he could attend the ceremony "if he traveled slowly to Reims—but he was too frightened of the queen to go at all".
• Miscellaneous: say 1028; Constance encouraged her sons to rebel, and they began attacking and pillaging the towns and castles belonging to their father. Son Robert attacked Burgundy, the duchy he had been promised but had never received, and Henry seized Dreux. At last King Robert agreed to their demands and peace was made which lasted until the king's death.
• Miscellaneous: 1031; King Robert died on 20 July 1031. Soon afterwards Constance fell ill; she was at also at odds with both her surviving sons. Constance seized her dower lands and refused to surrender them. Henry fled to Normandy, where he received aid, weapons and soldiers from his brother Robert. He returned to besiege his mother at Poissy but Constance escaped to Pontoise. She only surrendered when Henry began the siege of Le Puiset and swore to slaughter all the inhabitants.
• Last Full Review: 5 Jun 2020

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Constance died after passing out following a coughing fit.