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     Gerberga of Lorraine was born circa 975 at Lower Lorraine, France.¹ She was the daughter of Adelaide (Adelheid) de Verdun. Gerberga of Lorraine married Lambert I 'The Bearded' Count of Louvain between 985 and 990.¹ Gerberga of Lorraine died between 27 January 1017 and 1018.¹

     Adelaide (Adelheid) de Verdun was born circa 958 at Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. She was the daughter of Godfrey de Verdun , Marquis Antwerp and Mathilde (Maud) Billung , of Saxony. Adelaide (Adelheid) de Verdun married an unknown person before 979.^1,2 She died after 991.²

     Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont married Henry I 'Beauclerc' King of England, son of William I 'The Conqueror' King of England and Maud (Matilda) of Flanders, at No Marriage.² Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont was born circa 1098 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England. She was the daughter of Robert I de Beaumont , 1st Earl of Leicester and Isabel (Elizabeth) de Vermandois. Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont married an unknown person before 1130 at Tunbridge, Kent, England. She died between 6 January 1147 and 1148 at Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

     Raoul II de Beaumont , Vicomte du Maine was born in 965 at Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine/Pays-de-la-Loire, France. He died after 1013 at Ste-Suzanne, Mayenne, Maine/Pays-de-la-Loire, France.

     Walter II Count of Vexin & Amiens & Valois was born circa 952 at Amiens, Somme, Picardy, France. He died between 1017 and 1024 at Castle at Crespy, Valois now Oise, Picardy, France.¹
     He Walter II, 'The White', Count of Vexin, Valois, and Amiens; built theCastle of Crespy in Valois, founder of Monastery of St Arunulf, Valois,1008; married Adela and died 1017-24. [Burke's Peerage]

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Gautier II Count of Valois. Count of Amiens, Valois, and the Vexin. [AlanB. Wilson]

     Adele de Senlis was born circa 954 at Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France.

     Ralph Seigneur de Gael de Montford was born in 1078 at Breal-sous-Montfort, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France. He was the son of Ralph de Gael , Earl of East Anglia and Emma FitzOsbern.
     Ralph Seigneur de Gael de Montford Ralph de Gael de Montford, Seigneur of Montford de Gael in Britanny, sonof Ralph de Gael, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, Seigneurof Montford de Gael in Britanny, and Emma, daughter of William FitzOsbern, a Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings,1066, Earl of Hereford. [Ancestral Roots]

     Adelaide (BlancheAdele) d' Anjou was born circa 942 at Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France.⁵ She married an unknown person circa 972.² She married an unknown person in 982.⁶ She married William II Count of Arles & Provence after 984.² Adelaide (BlancheAdele) d' Anjou died in 1026 at Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France.¹
     She The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 30 Jul 2000, by Todd AFarmerie:

From: Todd A. Farmerie (farmerie AT interfold.com)
Subject: Re: Adelaide d'Anjou (was Tiburge d'Orange)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2000/07/30

TatjanaAV wrote:
>
> >Blanche appears to have been more of a nickname. She is better knownas
> >Adelaide, wife of Stephen of Gevaudan, Raymond of Toulouse, Louis V of
> >France, and William of Provence.
>
> So... This Adelaide was indeed married to Raymond de Toulouse? I'veseen this
> in only one account--all others do not have Raymond in the genealogy atall
> (Guillaume III is recorded as the son Raymond III Pons de Toulouse andGarsinde
> de Rouergue).

Yes. This was only recently rediscovered. There is a surviving charterin which Guillaume names his wife Emma and mother Adelaide, and there isevery reason to think this was the same Adelaide, known to have married'Count Raimond'. The chronology is aufully long to have William a son ofRaymond Pons as well, and the near-contemporary Roda Codex gives RaymondPons no son William, but does give him a son Raymond. These make itevident that a reworking is in order.

> When were Adelaide's parents married? I've seen it as 937, when
> she was supposedly born in 930, and has Guillaume III in 947.

I don't think there is enough information to provide such a date.Certainly both of them you give are nothing more than guesses, and needto be adjusted. As to William's birth, this date is wrong, based on hismistaken placement as son of Raymond Pons. A more recent guess is about975.

> Who are ALL of her children (with the correct fathers)?

Stasser gives her the following:

by Etienne de Brioude:
1. Pons de Gevaudan
2. Bertrand de Brioude
3. Etienne de Brioude
4. Ermengarde/Humberge, Countess of Auvergne
5?. daughter, wife of Herbert of Troyes

by Raymond:
6. Guillaume Taillefer
7?. Toda/Adelaide, Countess of Besalu (I question this one)
8?. Letgarde

by Guillaume II of Provence:
9. Guillaume III
10. Constance, Queen of France

taf.

     Godizo Count of Beteau was born circa 980 at Betuwe, Netherlands. He died in 1018.¹

     Elfleda (Aelflaed) of Northumbria married Siward (Sigurd) Biornsson , Jarl of Northumbria, son of Biorn Ulfiusson , Jarl of Denmark.³ Elfleda (Aelflaed) of Northumbria was born circa 1015 at Bernicia, Northumbria, England. She was the daughter of Aldred Earl of Northumbria. Elfleda (Aelflaed) of Northumbria died before 1055.³
     She He [Siward] m. 1stly, Elfleda, daughter of Aldred, Earl of Northumbria(dspm). [Complete Peerage IX:702-3]

     Siward (Sigurd) Biornsson , Jarl of Northumbria was buried at Galmanho Abbey, York, Yorkshire, England. He married Elfleda (Aelflaed) of Northumbria, daughter of Aldred Earl of Northumbria.⁴ Siward (Sigurd) Biornsson , Jarl of Northumbria was born circa 1005 at Denmark. He was the son of Biorn Ulfiusson , Jarl of Denmark. Siward (Sigurd) Biornsson , Jarl of Northumbria married an unknown person before 1055.⁴ He died in 1055 at York, East Riding Yorkshire, England.^5,4
     He EARLDOM OF NORTHUMBERLAND - preconquest, known mainly as Northumbria

SIWARD, a Dane, who perhaps came to England with Cnut, was an Earl(probably of the southern--Danish--portion of the ancient Northumbria) inor before 1041 (c). His marriage had given him some claim to thehereditary Earldom of Northumberland, and in or before 1042 the murder ofhis wife's uncle Eadulf put him, as Earl, in possession of the whole ofNorthumbria, from Humber to Tweed. He was presumably Earl also ofNorthampton and Huntingdon. He gave active support to the Confessoragainst Earl Godwin and his sons, and in 1054 led a force of English andDanes against the Scottish usurper Macbeth, which put Malcolm, 'regisCumbrorum filium'. upon his murdered father's throne (a).

He m. 1stly, Elfleda, daughter of Aldred, Earl of Northumbria (dspm); and2ndly, Godiva, a widow (b). He d. 1055, at York, and was buried at theneighboring abbey of Galmanho, which he had founded. [Complete PeerageIX:702-3]

(c) When, with Earls Leofric and Godwin, he was sent by Harthacnut toravage Worcestershire. With these Earls he attested many charters ofHarthacnut, and later Edward the Confessor.

(a) In the Scottish expedition his eldest son Osbeorn was slain.

(b) Possibly widow of Halfdene, son of Brincton, who gave 'in' Ryhall andBelmisthorpe (a hamlet of Ryhall), Rutland, to Peterborough Abbey.

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EARLDOM OF HUNTINGDON

The evidence as to the existence of a pre-Conquest Earldom of Huntingdonis scanty. When Harthacnut in 1041 ordered the city of Worcester to beravaged as punishment for the slaying of two of his huscarls by thecitizens, among those who took part in the expedition was TURI, styledEarl of the Middle English. That he was Earl of Huntingdon appears by anotification to him and others of the county made by King Harthacnut andÆlfgiva his mother concerning the gift of Hemmingford to the Abbey ofRamsey (1036-1042). Later (1042-1050) Edward the Confessor confirmed thisgift by a notification to Turi the Earl and others. Turi is supposed byFreeman to have been succeeded by BEORN, but evidence is lacking; andHAROLD is said by Florence of Worcester to have held Huntingdon with hisEast Anglian Earldom in 1051, just before the banishment of the Godwinfamily. SIWARD, EARL OF Northumberland, appears to have held itimmediately afterwards, being addressed as Earl in a charter of KingEdward which may be dated 1050 to 1052. He married Ælfled, daughter ofAldred of Bernicia. He died in 1055, when, his surviving son Waltheofbeing too young, the Earldoms of Northumberland and Northampton werebestowed on Tostig, brother of Harold and a favourite of the King, who isstyled Earl of Northampton in a royal confirmation of agreements betweenthe Abbey of Ramsey and those of Peterborough and Thorney, [c] andprobably held the Earldom of Huntingdon also until his banishment inOctober 1065. [Complete Peerage VI:637-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

[c] The chroniclers relate a traditional story that his predecessor wasone Tosti, a Dane, who when on his way to visit the King insulted Siward;that Siward took no notice, but that on Tosti's return he cut off hishead, carried it to the King, and demanded the Earldom, for he had beenpromised the next dignity that fell to the King's hands.

     Waltheof Siwardson , Earl of Huntington was buried at Crowland, Lincolnshire, England. He was born circa 1036 at Northumberland, England. He was the son of Siward (Sigurd) Biornsson , Jarl of Northumbria and Elfleda (Aelflaed) of Northumbria. Waltheof Siwardson , Earl of Huntington married Judith of Lens, daughter of Lambert of Boulogne , Count of Lens and Adelaide of Normandy , Countess of Aumale, in 1070.^2,6 Waltheof Siwardson , Earl of Huntington died on 31 May 1076 at Beheaded at Winchester, Hampshire, England.^2,4
     He on the history of the Earldom of Huntingdon:

The first post-Conquest Earl of Huntingdon appears to have been Waltheof,son of Siward Earl of Northumberland and indeed Siward's successor in thelatter Earldom as well. Waltheof was later beheaded for conspiringagainst William the Conqueror. [Burke's Peerage]

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EARLDOM OF NORTHUMBERLAND - Waltheof, though known as, did not have thefull Earldom; see below.

EARLDOM OF NORTHAMPTON (I)

EARLDOM OF HUNTINGDON (I)

WALTHEOF, son of SIWARD, EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND, by Ælfled, daughter ofALDRED of Bernicia, became EARL OF HUNTINGDON and EARL OF NORTHAMPTONwhen Tostig was banished in October 1065. He is not known to have opposedthe Conqueror in 1066, but was taken to Normandy the following year. In1069 he joined the Danes in their descent on Yorkshire, distinguishinghimself in the attack on the city of York. When the Danes left England hesubmitted himself to William, in January 1070, and was restored to hisEarldom, and to his father's Earldom of Northumberland in 1072. Whileattending the wedding of Ralph de Gael, Earl of Norfolk, at Exning in thespring or summer of 1075, he was enticed to join the conspiracy of theEarls of Norfolk and Hereford to seize England for themselves. He quicklyrepented, and by Lanfranc's advice went to Normandy and asked pardon ofthe King, who treated the matter lightly at the time; but at ChristmasWaltheof was brought to trial at Westmminster, his wife Judith being awitness. He was imprisoned at Winchester, where on the resumption of thetrial in May he was condemned and beheaded on St. Giles's Hill, 31 May1076, and hastily buried .

He married, in 1070, Judith, daughter of Lambert, COUNT OF LENS, byAdelaide or Adeliz, sister of the Conqueror. He died as aforesaid, 31 May1076 (f), and a fortnight later the Abbot Ulfketel, at Judith's requestand by the King's permission, removed his body to Crowland, where it washonourably entombed (g). His widow, who as 'Judith the Countess' isrecorded in Domesday Book to have held estates in many counties in 1086,most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle, held Huntingdonin dower. She founded the Nunnery of Elstow, near Bedford. [CompletePeerage VI:638-40, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(f) He left 3 daughters:
(1) Maud, who m. 1stly, Simond de Saint Liz or Senlis, and 2ndly, David IKing of Scotland, both being Waltheof's successors in title.
(2) Judith or Alice, who m. Ralph de Toni the younger. Ralph de Toni andAlice his wife endowed a house of canons at Watacre, Norfolk. Alice,widow of Ralph de Toni gave the Church of Walthamstow in Essex to HolyTrinity Priory. Walthamstow was one of the manors held by Waltheof, andthen by the Countess Judith.
(3) A daughter said to have m. Robert son of Richard. There is perhapssome confusion, for Maud, daughter of Simon de St. Liz I, is said to havemarried a Robert son of Richard.

[g] Many miracles are recorded, for Waltheof was by many regarded as asaint. An epitaph was written for the tomb by Orderic. Other epitaphs arein the Vita. He is described as strong in person and of great repute as awarrior, pious, had learnt the psalter in his youth, was liberal to theclergy and the poor, and a benefactor in particular to Jarrow andCrowland. To the former he gave Tynemouth. The chief stain on his memoryis his part in a family bloodfeud, for he ordered the murder of the sonsof one Carl, who had killed Earl Ealdred, Waltheof's grandfather.

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EARLDOM OF NORTHUMBERLAND

Waltheof, younger, but only surviving son of Siward, Earl ofNorthumberland, by his first wife Elfeda, who became Earl of Huntingdonand of Northampton upon the banishment of Tostig, 1065, received in 1072the Earldom which Gospatric had forfeited, but not (it would appear) theEarldom of his father Siward, viz. the entire Northumbria Earldom (b).He was executed 31 May 1076. [Complete Peerage IX:704]

(b) The unknown author of the siege of Durham (Simeon of Durham, p. 157),in a statement re certain demesne lands of the Earldom, says thatWaltheof's mother, Elfleda, being Countess, since she was daughter ofEarl Aldred, and he was the son of Ughtred and of the daughter of BishopAldun, claimed these lands as hers by hereditary right, which EarlSiward, her husband, gave her; and she gave to her son Waltheof theEarldom of the Northumbrians, as Waltheof's grandfather, to wit, EarlAldred, had it.

NOTE: I am naming Waltheof Earl of Northumbria (as opposed toNorthumberland), which covers the time period, and lesser land area(except for Siward who held it all), of the pre-conquest Earls known bythat name.

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The county which gives designation to this earldom of Huntingdon was,according to Dr. Heylin, a thickly wooded forest until the reign of the2nd Henry, when the timber was first cleared away; the chief town, fromthe celebrity of the forest as a chase, was called Huntingtown, whichsoon became abbreviated into Huntington, or Huntingdon. The Earldom ofHuntingdom was conferred by William the Conqueror upon Waltheof (son ofSyward, the Saxon Earl of Northumberland), who had m. the dau. of thatmonarch's sister, by the mother's side, Judith. He was also Earl ofNorthampton, and of Northumberland, but conspiring against the Normans,he was beheaded in 1073 at Winchester, leaving issue, Maud and Judith.[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages,Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 467-8, St. Liz, Earls ofHuntingdon]

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Waltheof was the last of the Old English earls to survive under WilliamI, his execution for treason in 1076 marking a significant stage in thearistocratic and tenurial revolution which followed 1066. Younger son ofSiward, the Danish earl of Northumbria (1041-55) and Aelflaed, daughterof Aldred, earl of Northumbria, Waltheof received an earldom consistingof the shires of Huntingdon, Bedford, Northampton, Rutland, and Cambridgein 1065. As one of the few English magnates not from the Godwin faction,he accepted and was accepted by William I, witnessing royal charters andremaining loyal to the new regime until 1069 when he joined with theDanes in their invasion of Northumbria. He was prominent in their captureof York, hoping, no doubt, to be restored to his father's position. Thisopportunism is perhaps more characteristic of English magnate reactionsto the political turmoil of 1065-70 than any supposed national feeling.However, the revolt and invasion were defeated by William's wintercampaign of 1069-70. It is a measure of William's insecurity that whenWaltheof submitted in 1070 he was restored to royal favour and, in 1072,added the earldom of Northumbria to his holdings. To bind him moretightly to the Norman dispensation, William gave him his niece Judith inmarriage. But in 1075, Waltheof was implicated in the largely Frenchrevolt led by Ralph, earl of Norfolk, and Roger, earl of Hereford.Despite his lack of military action, his confession, apparent contritionand the support of Archbishop Lanfranc, Waltheof was executed on 31 May1076.

The king's motives are obscure. Waltheof was the only prominentEnglishman to be executed in the reign. Perhaps his removal was part ofWilliam's justifiably nervous response to the problem of controllingNorthumbria. It may have made sense to take the chance to remove apotential --- and proven --- focus of northern discontent. Yet Waltheof'sheirs were not harried, one daughter, Matilda, marrying David I ofScotland (1042-53), and another Ralph IV of Tosny, a leading Norman baron.

Waltheof is a significant reminder that the period around 1066 wastransitional, with no necessarily definite beginnings or endings.Waltheof adapted to the new order, falling foul, it seems, of theambitions and schemes of others, not least of parvenus Frenchmen. Hemarried into the new elite, yet embodied the old. Heir to both Englishand Anglo-Danish traditions, it was he who completed one of the mostcelebrated of Anglo-Saxon blood-feuds. In 1016, Uchtred, earl ofNorthumbria was murdered by a northern nobleman called Thurbrand. He was,in turn, killed by Uchtred's son and successor, Ealdred, who was himselfslain by Thurbrand's son, Carl. Waltheof's mother was Ealdred's daughterand he avenged his great-grandfather and grandfather by massacring anumber of Carl's sons.

Waltheof was buried at Crowland Abbey where, as did many martyrs to royalpolicy in the middle ages, he found posthumous fame in a cult which, bythe mid-twelfth century, was venerating him as a saint. Yet his career inthe north shows that not far beneath the measured tones of Normanpropagandists or the efficient gloss of English bureaucratic proceduressimmered the violence of Dark Age epic. [Who's Who in Early MedievalEngland, Christopher Tyerman, Shepheard-Walwyn, Ltd., London, 1996;Encyclopædia Britannica CD, 1997]

     Judith of Lens was born in 1054 at Lens, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France.¹ She was the daughter of Lambert of Boulogne , Count of Lens and Adelaide of Normandy , Countess of Aumale. Judith of Lens married Waltheof Siwardson , Earl of Huntington, son of Siward (Sigurd) Biornsson , Jarl of Northumbria and Elfleda (Aelflaed) of Northumbria, in 1070.^1,3 Judith of Lens married an unknown person after 1076. She died after 1086 at Walthamstow, West Ham, Essex, England.^1,3
     She He [Waltheof] married, in 1070, Judith, daughter of Lambert, COUNT OFLENS, by Adelaide or Adeliz, sister of the Conqueror. He died asaforesaid, 31 May 1076, and a fortnight later the Abbot Ulfketel, atJudith's request and by the King's permission, removed his body toCrowland, where it was honourably entombed.(g) His widow, who as 'Judiththe Countess' is recorded in Domesday Book to have held estates in manycounties in 1086, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle,held Huntingdon in dower. She founded the Nunnery of Elstow, nearBedford. [Complete Peerage VI:638-40, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offeredJudith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St.Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance,owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal sodispleased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle andhonour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herselfand her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in the Isle of Ely andother places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town ofNorthampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, then valued at £40 perannum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus disappointed inobtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses withgreater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife,when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms ofHuntingdon and Northampton. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.467-8, St. Liz, Earls of Huntingdon]


NOTE: The parentage of Judith of Lens has come under critical study sincethe early 1970's, when Enguerrand II was thought by some to be herfather. The currently acceptable parentage among most scholars is asstated, i.e., Lambert of Boulogne. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty forCommoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]

     Biorn Ulfiusson , Jarl of Denmark was born circa 970 at Denmark. He was the son of Ulfius Shratlingusson. Biorn Ulfiusson , Jarl of Denmark died in 1049 at Murdered in Bosham, Sussex, England.

     Lambert of Boulogne , Count of Lens was born circa 1022 at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France.⁴ He was the son of Eustace I Count of Boulogne and Mahaut (Maud) de Louvain. Lambert of Boulogne , Count of Lens married Adelaide of Normandy , Countess of Aumale, daughter of Robert I 'The Magnificent' Duke of Normandy and Herleve (Arlette) de Falaise, after 1053. Lambert of Boulogne , Count of Lens died in 1054 at Slain-battle of Lille at Bataille de Lille, Flanders.^1,3

     Adelaide of Normandy , Countess of Aumale married an unknown person.³ She was born before 1030 at Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.¹ She was the daughter of Robert I 'The Magnificent' Duke of Normandy and Herleve (Arlette) de Falaise. Adelaide of Normandy , Countess of Aumale married Lambert of Boulogne , Count of Lens, son of Eustace I Count of Boulogne and Mahaut (Maud) de Louvain, after 1053. Adelaide of Normandy , Countess of Aumale married an unknown person before 1060.¹ She died before 1090.^1,2,3
     She Adelaide, sister of William the Conqueror. She is styled Countess ofAumale, d. before 1090. [Complete Peerage I:351 chart]

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EARLDOM of AUMALE (,1)

Adelaide or Adeliz, sister of William the Conqueror, being illegitimatedaughter of Robert, Duke of Normans, by Herleve or Harlotte, daughter ofFulbert or Robert, a pelliparius of Falaise, is mentioned in Domesday asComitissa de Albamarla, and as holding some manors in Essex and Suffolk.In 1082, William, King of the English, and Maud, his wife, gave to theAbbey of La Trinite at Caen the bourg of Le Homme (de Hulmo) in theCotentin, 'se et Comitissa A. de Albamarla concedente eo videlicet pactout ipsa teneret in vita sua.'

Adelaide m., 1stly, Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu, who dspm., beingslain in 1053. She m., 2ndly, Lambert, Count of Lens in Artois, whodspm., being slain in 1054. She m., 3rdly, Eudes, the disinherited Countof Champagne, who had taken refuge in Normandy. She d. before 1090. Herhusband obtained Holderness after the date of Domesday. Having conspiredagainst William II in 1094, he was imprisoned in 1096. He occurs asComes Odo in the Lindset Survey (1115-1118). [Complete Peerage, I:351-2]

     Eustace I Count of Boulogne was born circa 1004 at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France.³ He was the son of Baudouin II Comte de Boulogne and Adele of Holland. Eustace I Count of Boulogne died in 1049.^1,2

     Mahaut (Maud) de Louvain was born circa 1004 at Louvain, Brabant, Belgium. She was the daughter of Lambert I 'The Bearded' Count of Louvain and Gerberga of Lorraine.

     Adele of Holland married Baudouin II Comte de Boulogne.² Adele of Holland was born circa 985 at Ghent, Flanders.³ She married an unknown person after 1033.⁴
     She Many sources have Adele as mother of Hugues/Hugh II Comte de Ponthieu.However this is impossible if she married Enguerrand in or after 1033when her first husband Baudouin Comte de Boulogne died. There is somedoubt as to the sequence of events as the following excerpt of a post toSGM, 14 Nov 1998, by Leo van de Pas, illustrates:

According to Genealogie der Graven van Holland, by Dr. AWE Dek, page 12.Arnulf 'may' have had a daughter named Aleida,and this Aleida was marriedto Engelram I Count of Pontieu who died circa 1045. As footnote thisbooks refers to: For this family see C. Brunel, Recueil des Actes descomtes de Ponthieu, Paris 1930.

Now comes the interesting bit, Schwennicke Volume III/4 page 635.Enguerrand I de Ponthieu married Adeliva, widow of Baudouin Comte deBoulogne, and Adeliva is POSSIBLY daughter of Arnulf van Friesland. Thatsounds positive until you get hold of page 621 of the same book, the pagecovering the Counts of Boulogne. There is no mention of aBaudouin/Balduin who married an Adeliva........

     Emma (Avice) de Vermandois was born in 1075 at Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France. She was the daughter of Hugh de Crepi Magnus , Duke of Burgundy and Adelaide de Vermandois.

     Ralph de Gael , Earl of East Anglia was born in 1040 at Gael, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France. He was the son of Ralph 'The Staller' 1st Earl of Norfolk. Ralph de Gael , Earl of East Anglia married Emma FitzOsbern, daughter of William FitzOsbern , 1st Earl of Hereford and Alice (Adelise) de Toeni, in 1075 at Exning, Cambridgeshire, England. Ralph de Gael , Earl of East Anglia died in 1095 at Exning, Cambridgeshire, England.
     He Suffolk, other creations: Shortly after the Norman Conquest an Earldomcombining Norfolk and Suffolk was conferred on one Ralph the Staller[Staller was a functionary of some sort in the Saxon Royal Court]. Atthat time, and seemingly for nearly three centuries afterwards, nodistinction was made between Norfolk and Suffolk for the purpose ofconferring titles based on county names, the two areas being conflated asthe land of the East Angles. In any case, with Ralph's death a few yearsafter he was created Earl the title apparently passed back into thepossession of the Crown, though within another year it seems to have beenconferred on Ralph's son, called Ralph de Gael from a fief he held inBritanny. The second Ralph, Earl of this somewhat shadowy creation,rebelled against William I (The Conqueror) in 1075 and was stripped ofhis titles and lands. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2761]

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Ralph de Gael, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, Seigneur ofMontford de Gael in Brittany. [Ancestral Roots]

Note: I think Ralph was 2nd Earl of Norfolk, after his father.

     Emma FitzOsbern was born in 1059 at Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France. She was the daughter of William FitzOsbern , 1st Earl of Hereford and Alice (Adelise) de Toeni. Emma FitzOsbern married Ralph de Gael , Earl of East Anglia, son of Ralph 'The Staller' 1st Earl of Norfolk, in 1075 at Exning, Cambridgeshire, England. Emma FitzOsbern died in 1095.
     She Emma, daughter of William Fitz Osbern, a Companion of William theConqueror at the Battle of Hastings, 1066, Earl of Hereford. [AncestralRoots]

     Ralph 'The Staller' 1st Earl of Norfolk died AFT FEB 1067/68.¹ He was born in 1011 at Gael, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.
     He Suffolk, other creations: Shortly after the Norman Conquest an Earldomconbining Norfolk and Suffolk was conferred on one Ralph the Staller[Staller was a functionary of some sort in the Saxon Royal Court]. Atthat time, and seemingly for nearly three centuries afterwards, nodistinction was made between Norfolk and Suffolk for the purpose ofconferring titles based on county names, the two areas being conflated asthe land of the East Angles. In any case, with Ralph's death a few yearsafter he was created Earl the title apparently passed back into thepossession of the Crown, though within another year it seems to have beenconferred on Ralph's son, called Ralph de Gael from a fief he held inBritanny. The second Ralph, Earl of this somewhat shadowy creation,rebelled against William I (The Conqueror) in 1075 and was stripped ofhis titles and lands. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2761]

     William FitzOsbern , 1st Earl of Hereford was buried at Abbey of Cormeilles, Normandy, France. He was born in 1030 at Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France. He was the son of Osbern de Crepon , Steward of Normandy and Emma de Ivry. William FitzOsbern , 1st Earl of Hereford married Alice (Adelise) de Toeni, daughter of Roger II 'The Spaniard' Conches de Toeni and Godheut (?), circa 1051.⁴ William FitzOsbern , 1st Earl of Hereford died between 20 February 1070 and 1071 at Battle of Cassel, Flanders; (killed.)^5,3 He married Richilde Countess von Egisheim, daughter of Gerard I Count von Egisheim and Petronilla of Verdun, before 1071.^2,4
     William FitzOsbern , 1st Earl of Hereford Alice [de Toeni] married William fitz Osbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, ofthe creation made shortly after the Conquest. [Burke's Peerage]

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William Fitz Osbern, a Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battleof Hastings, 1066, Earl of Hereford. [Ancestral Roots]

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EARLDOM OF HEREFORD (I) 1067

WILLIAM FITZOSBERN, SEIGNEUR DE BRETEUIL, son and heir of Osbern, stewardof Normandy, by Emma, daughter of Ralph, COUNT OF IVRY (g), took aleading part in the events leading up to and in the Battle of Hastings.He was thereafter rewarded with great estates in England, namely, theIsle of Wight arid the County of Hereford, becoming EARL OF HEREFORD. Hedivided Herefordshire into casteleries, and attracted many knights to hisservice by liberal pay, even making a special law that none should payfor any offence more than 7 shillings. He was in command of the armyduring William's absence in 1067, and his representative in the north. In1068 he was in Normandy with the Duke, and in 1068/9 was governor ofYork. To him (in 1070) is credited the searching of the monastefies inEngland for treasure deposited there. In 1070, or early in 1071, he wassent to Normandy to assist Queen Maud in the administration of the Duchy,and so became involved in the troubles in Flanders, where the Queen wassupporting her nephew Arnolf's succession to his grandfather, Baldwin,Count of Flanders. The Earl joined Philip of France with 10 knights onlyand went off to Flanders, where he was killed, 18 February 1070/1.

He married, 1stly, Adelise, daughter of Roger DE TONI, standard-bearer ofNormandy. She died 5 October 1070? and was burried in the Abbey of Lire,which her husband had founded. He married, 2ndly shortly before hisdeath, Richilde, widow of Baldwin (VI), COUNT OF FLANDERS, andpreviously, as is stated, of Herman, COUNT OF HAINAULT, daughter and heirof the Count of Egisheim [Alsace]. The Earl died as aforesaid in 1071,and was buried in the Abbey of Cormeilles, which he had also founded. Hiswidow appears to have died 15 March 1086/7. She was buried with her 2ndhusband in the Abbey of Hasnon, which they had founded. [CompletePeerage VI:447-9, XIV:380, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(g) Ralph, Count of Ivry, was (on the mother's side) brother of the halfblood to Duke Richard I.

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The following additional information on William FitzOsbern was providedin a post-em by Curt Hofemann:

Companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings [Ref: WeisAR7 53:25]
in command of the van of the Norman army at Hastings [Ref: Watney p400]

Fitzosbern, William, earl of Hereford (d. 1071). Norman lord. Closelyassociated, as lord of Breteuil, with William I in Normandy, he wasgranted earldom of Hereford (1067) after the Norman conquest. Heextended Norman influence westwards and built strong castles at Wigmore,Clifford, Ewyas Harold, Monmouth and Chepstow. The Hereford charter, themodel for numerous charters granted to Welsh boroughs, was based on thatof Breteuil. [Ref: Dict of Brit History, pg 139]

FitzOsbern, Earl William. Also Earl of Hereford. Son of Osbern Sieward ofNormandy; brother of Osbern, Bishop of Exeter. Married Adeline, sister ofRalph de Tosny. Large estates in west and Isle of Wight, broken up whenhis son, Roger, rebelled. Regent, with Odo of Bayeux, 1067. [Ref:Domesday Online]

FitzOsbern, William, 1st Earl Of Hereford, Seigneur De Bréteuil, d.Feb. 20, 1071, Cassel, Flanders, French GUILLAUME D'OBBERN, Normansoldier and lord, one of William the Conqueror's closest supporters.

The son of Osbern (or Obbern) de Crépon, seneschal of Normandy,FitzOsbern himself became seneschal of Normandy and in 1060 was given thelordship and castle of Bréteuil. He took a leading part both in thepreparations for the Norman invasion of England and in the Battle ofHastings (1066) and was rewarded with a grant of the Isle of Wight andthe earldom of Hereford, both vitally important for the defense ofEngland.

After the Conquest, FitzOsbern held a position of the highestresponsibility. In 1067 he commanded the army in King William I'sabsence, was put in charge of a new castle at Norwich, and was made theking's special representative in the north. In the critical rebellion of1068-69 he was governor of York. In 1071, having been sent to Normandy tohelp Queen Matilda, he became involved in the Flemish succession disputeand was killed at the Battle of Cassel in Flanders in 1071.

He founded the abbeys of Cormeilles and Lire in Normandy andintroduced the 'laws of Bréteuil' to Hereford, whence they became a modelfor many western English, Welsh, and Irish boroughs.

On his death, his estates were divided between his two sons--William(or Guillaume), the elder, succeeding to the Norman fiefs, and RogerFitzwilliam, the younger, succeeding to the earldom of Hereford and theEnglish estates. The latter conspired against King William I and in 1075forfeited his estates and was imprisoned for the remainder of his life.[Ref: Ency Britannica online]

In addition there is a lengthy article on him: WILLIAM FITZ OSBERN from'The Conqueror and His Companions' by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald.London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874. (to be used with caution, as indicated bythe transcriber) at

http://www.patpnyc.com/conq/fitzosb.shtml

Regards,
Curt.

     Alice (Adelise) de Toeni was born in 1033 at Tosni, Louviers, Eure, Normandy, France. She was the daughter of Roger II 'The Spaniard' Conches de Toeni and Godheut (?) Alice (Adelise) de Toeni married William FitzOsbern , 1st Earl of Hereford, son of Osbern de Crepon , Steward of Normandy and Emma de Ivry, circa 1051.² Alice (Adelise) de Toeni died on 5 October 1070 at Abbey of Lire, Anjou, France.²
     She He [William FitzOsbern] married, 1stly, Adelise, daughter of Roger DETONI, standard-bearer of Normandy. She died 5 October 1070? and wasburried in the Abbey of Lire, which her husband had founded. [CompletePeerage VI:447-9, XIV:380, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

     Osbern de Crepon , Steward of Normandy was born circa 990 at Crepon, Calvados, Normandy, France. He was the son of Herfast (Arfastus) de Crepon. Osbern de Crepon , Steward of Normandy died in 1036; (murdered.)¹

     Emma de Ivry was born circa 990 at Ivry-la-Bataille, Eure, Normandy, France. She was the daughter of Ralph (Raoul) Comte d' Ivry and Albreda (?) Emma de Ivry died before 1034.
     She I believe that the names which Turton gave Emma & her father Ralph d'Ivrywere wrong, but the pedigree which Turton gave is similar to that of CP,except that Turton has Emma's (Turton says Alberade's) mother asErneberge de Caux, while CP has her as Albreda. Raoul de Bayeux andRalph (Raoul) d'Ivry are probably two different names for the same person.

     Roger II 'The Spaniard' Conches de Toeni married an unknown person.¹ He was born circa 990 at Tosni, Louviers, Eure, Normandy, France.^1,2 He was the son of Ralph II Seigneur de Toeni , Lord of Conches and Miss Countess of Bayeux. Roger II 'The Spaniard' Conches de Toeni married Godheut (?) before 1025.^1,3 Roger II 'The Spaniard' Conches de Toeni died between 1038 and 1039 at In battle with neighbor against succession of William I.^1,2
     He Note: Roger Toeni's 1st wife, Stephanie, is questioned by some;especially her 2nd marriage to Garcias of Spain while Toeni was stillalive. I agree that it does not make much sense. However

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Roger de Toeni, also called Roger de Conches; fought Muslims in Spain;married 1st? Stephanie (m. 2nd Garsias, King of Spain) sister of RaymondBerenger, Count of Barcelona; married 2nd? Godeheut (m. 2nd Richard, 3rdCount of Evreux), and died 1038 or 1039 in battle against a neighboringnoble whose territory he had overrun in a revolt against the successionof William I the Conqueror to his father's Norman possessions on thegrounds that William was illegitimate. [Burke's Peerage]

Note: According to BP, Roger married two different women as 1st husband,both married later husbands. There is no explanation given. Did thefirst marriage end in divorce? As stated above, I am treating the womenas the same person.

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ROGER DE TOENI I, styled also DE CONCHES, son and heir, was born probablyabout 990, for as stated above he was joined with his father in thecustody of the castle of Tillières in 1013 or 1014. He was a powerful andhaughty man, and banner-bearer of all Normandy. In 1031 or 1032 heattested a charter of Robert I for St. Wandrille. About 1035 he foundedthe abbey of Chatillon or Conches. While Duke Robert was away onpilgrimage, he went to Spain and distinguished himself in fighting theinfidels (b). When he returned to Normandy, he was furious to learn thatthe boy William had succeeded his father in the Duchy, declaring that abastard ought not to rule over him and other Normans. Accordingly herebelled and ravaged the lands of his neighbours, particularly those ofHumphrey de Vieilles; whose son Roger de Beaumont marched against him,and in the battle which followed Roger de Toeni and two of his sons wereslain. He was a benefactor to the abbey of I'Estrée and confirmed a giftto the abbey of Lire, and witnessed a charter for Jumièges. He married,perhaps 2ndly,[g] Godeheut, whose parentage is unknown. He died as above,probably in 1038 or 1039, and was buried 1 May at Conches. His widowmarried Richard, 3rd COUNT OF EVREUX. She was a benefactor to Conches.[Complete Peerage XII/1:755-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(b) Will. de Jumieges, p. 157---by Orderic. In consequence he was styledsometimes Roger of Spain (Orderic, vol i, p. 180; vol iii, p. 338), orRoger the Spaniard (Idem, vol ii, p. 64). However, if the Roger, son ofCount Rodulf (cf, p. 755, note 'a' above), who according to the SensChron. led an army from Normandy to Spain, can be identified with Rogerde Toeni, he is said to have gone there at a much earlier date; and afterdefeating the Saracens, is said to have married a Spanish woman and livedthere for 15 years. Then owing to the treachery of the natives he lostmost of his men and, leaving his wife in Spain, he returned to Normandy;where he made a concord with Duke Richard, who was displeased at the lossof his army. Afterwards Roger was killed, fighting against a certainneighbor (Rec. des Hist. de France, vol x, p. 223). This Roger's featsin Spain are recorded also by Ademar, who calls him simply Roger, anddoes not say how long he stayed there (Idem, p. 156). No other Normanthan Roger de Toeni seems to be known, who could be identified with thehero of these stories. Cf. Prentout, op. cit., p. 86. See also p. 755,note (a) above and note (g) below. See 'Tony of Belvoir', Charles Evans,'Geneal. Mag.', vol 15, 1968, pp. 616-18. [last sentence, referencingCharles Evans, added by CP XIV:613]

[g] Roger, son of Count Rodulf (see note 'b' above), married, in Spain,Stephanie, sister of Raymond Berenger; which lady afterwards m. Garsias,King of Spain (Rec. des Hist. de France, vol x, p. 223). This agrees withthe statement of Ademar, that he m. a da. (unnamed) of the widowedErmensede, Countess of Barcelona ((Idem, p. 156), the mother of Raymondabovenamed. If this Roger were Roger de Toeni, he married Godeheut whilehis 1st wife was alive, and Stephanie m. Garsias III, King of Navarre,while Roger was living.

Note: The note 'a', p. 755, referred to above is under Roger's father,Ralph.

     Ralph II Seigneur de Toeni , Lord of Conches was born before 970 at Tosni, Louviers, Eure, Normandy, France.^1,2 He was the son of Ralph I Seigneur de Toeni. Ralph II Seigneur de Toeni , Lord of Conches died after 1015 at Guerny, Eure, Normandy, France.^1,2
     He Ralph/Rodulf de Toeni; feudal Lord also of Conches; custodian with hisson of Castle of Tillieres from 1013 to 1014; took part in Normanexpedition to Southern Italy c1015. [Burke's Peerage]

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RALPH (or RODULF) DE TOENI II, son and heir, was born probably before970, for in 1013 or 1014 the Duke of Normandy, having founded the castleof Tilliéres, gave the custody of it to Ralph de Toeni and his son Roger,together with Neel, Vicomte of the Cotentin. Ralph was seigneur of Tosniand Conches. ) About 1015 he went to Apulia; and in the winter of 1015-16he was at the siege of Salerno (a). The name and parentage of his wifeare unknown, but it is possible that she belonged to a collateral branchof the ducal house; for according to Orderic, Ralph's son Roger descendedfrom an alleged uncle of Rolf, the founder of Normandy (b). The date ofRalph's death is not known. [Complete Peerage XII/1:754-5, (transcribedby Dave Utzinger)]

(a) 'Chron. Mon. Casinensis' (in one MS, only) in Mon. Germ. Hist., volix (vol vii Scriptorum), p. 652, note (a); F. Chalondon, La Dominationnormande en Italie, vol i, pp. 49, 52; cf. Douglas, op. cit. p. 30, note127. He may be the 'quidam Normannorum audacissimus, nomine Rodulfuls,'who (according to Rodulf Glaber), having displeased Duke Richard, went toRome to lay his cause before the Pope and was induced by him to got toBenevento to fight the Greeks; and after victorious campaigns returned toNormandy (Rec. des Hist. de France, vol x, pp. 25-26). According to theSens Chron., Count Rodulf, whose son Roger fought in Spain (see p. 756,note 'b' below), set out from Normandy for Jerusalem, but when he reachedApulia was asked by the local princeps to abandon his pilgrimage and stopto fight the Greeks, which he did ('Chron. S. Petri Vivi Senonensis,' inIdem, p. 223). These writers may refer to Ralph de Toeni, but theidentity cannot be proved.

(b) . . . de Stirpe Malahulcii, qui Rollonis patruus fuerat (Will. deJumieges, p. 157--interpoations by Orderic). An alternative reading is'de stirpe mala Hulcii' (Rec. des Hist. de France, vol xi, p. 38); whencehe is called 'Hulce' by the Vicomte du Motey, Origines de la Normandie,p. 55, note 4 and p. 173. Nothing is known of Rolf's alleged uncle undereither name. If he really existed, the alleged descent might be throughthe unknown wife of the elder Ralph.

     Ralph I Seigneur de Toeni was born circa 930 at Tosni, Louviers, Eure, Normandy, France.
     He As indicated by Burke's Peerage in notes for Hugh de Calvacamp, Ralphreceived Toeni from his elder brother Hugh, Archbishop of Rouen.

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RALPH (or RODULF) DE TOENI I, son of HUGH DE CALVACAMP, was given Tosniby his brother Hugh, and is described as a most powerful man, perhaps inconsequence of that gift. He is usually confused with his son Ralph, butthere is no authority for such identification, and the dates involvedshow that there must have been two Ralphs, belonging to successivegenerations. [Complete Peerage XII/1:754, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]