Mathilda de Vermandois

Family/Spouse: Raoul I, Seigneur de Baugency. Raoul (son of Lancelin II, Seigneur de Baugency and Alberga) died in 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Agnes de Beaugency was born about 1108.

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also Marquis of Orleans; and Count of Amiens, Chaumont, Paris, Valois, and Vermandois.
• Military: 1096, Holy Land; He was one of the leaders of the First Crusade.

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Death: Sewell gives his death date as 1102.

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Hugh married Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess de Vermandois and Valois after 1067. Adelaide (daughter of Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois and Adela de Vexin) was born about 1062; died between 1120 and 1124 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: He was also the Duke of Burgundy and the Count of Paris.
• Crowned: 1031; He was crowned the King of France in 1031.
• Reign: From 1031 to 1060; King of France (House of Capet)

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth as 1005/11.

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Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051 in Rheims, Grand Est, France. Anne (daughter of Jaroslaw I Wladimiroswtsch, Grand Prince of Kiev and Ingegard of Sweden, Princess of Sweden) was born in 1036 in Kiev, Ukraine; died in 1075; was buried in Villers Abbey, Villers-la-Ville, Wallonia, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: She was also know as Anna Yaroslavna, Anne of Rus, Anne de Russie, or Agnes de Russie.
• Religion: 1059; In 1059 Henry began feuding with the Church over issues related to Gregorian Reform. During this time, Pope Nicholas II sent Anne a letter counselling her to follow her conscience to right wrongs and intervene against oppressive violence, while also encouraging her to advocate with her husband so that he might govern with moderation. According to Delorme, some historians have interpreted this letter from the Pope as being indicative of Anne's conversion to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy.
• Religion: say 1060; She founded the Abbey of St. Vincent at Senlis.
• Offices Held: 4 Aug 1060; When Henry I died on 4 August 1060, she became the Queen Regnant for her young son, Philip.
• Last Full Review: 25 Jun 2020

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Birth: Sewell (2008) gives her birth date as 1024.

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Buried:
In 1682, the Jesuit antiquary Claude-Francois Menestrier announced that he had discovered Anne's tomb at the Cistercian Abbey of Villiers. The discovery was subsequently disputed, as Villiers was not built until the thirteenth century, although it's possible Anne's remains had been moved there at some point following her death. Whatever monument may have been there was destroyed in the French Revolution.

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Marriage Date: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1976) and Sewell give their marriage date as 29 January 1044.

Married:
Henry was nearly twenty years older than Anne.

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He was also the Count of Vexin, and Valois.

Herbert married Adela de Vexin before 1043. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the heiress of the countship of Valois.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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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Died:
Constance died after passing out following a coughing fit.

Jaroslaw married Ingegard of Sweden, Princess of Sweden in Feb 1019. Ingegard (daughter of Olaf III "Skotkonung", King of Sweden and Astrid) was born about 1001 in Sweden; died on 10 Feb 1050 in Kiev, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1010

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Name:
His name was also spelt Eudes or Otto.

Title(s):
He became the Comte de Vermandois.

Otho married Parvie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: His full title was Count of Valois, de Crepy, Amiens, and Vixin.

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Name:
He was also the Count of Crepy and Amiens.

Raoul married Adele de Bar-sur-Aube on Yes, date unknown. Adele (daughter of Nocher III, Comte de Bar-sur-Aube) died in 1053. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: She was the heiress of Bar-Sur-Aube.