William Athling

1103 - 1120  (17 years)

• Name	William Athling
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Before 5 Aug 1103  [1]
  Married	Matilda of Anjou, the daughter of Fulk V "le Jeune" King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou and Ermenbourg of Maine. [Matilda, married William Athling] After her husband drowned, she became a Nun, and was elected abbess of Fontevrault. They had no children.  [1, 2]
  Death	25 Nov 1120  [1, 2]
  	When the White Ship sank in the English Channel. When the White Ship was wrecked on the deadly rock a boat was launched and William, the King's only legitimate son, was rowed to safety. The cries of his half-sister Maud, Countess of Perche, induced him to return to the wreck where they sank together. This was considered by some to be punishment for Henry I's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. The Empress Maud,   b. 7 Feb 1102, London, England d. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France  (Age 65 years) ▻ Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor,  m. 7 Jan 1114 ;   Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy,  m. 22 May 1127   2. Euphamia,   b. Jul 1101   d. young   3. Richard   4. William Athling,   b. Before 5 Aug 1103   d. 25 Nov 1120  (Age 17 years)
  Person ID	I22212
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy,   b. 1070, Selby, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Dec 1135, Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, France (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Matilda of Scotland,   b. 1078, Scotland d. 1 May 1118 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1100
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 30 years and 11 months - She : ~ 22 years and 11 months.
  Family ID	F1739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).