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Adele of Meaux

Female 933 - 984  (50 years)

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  1. 1.  Adele of Meaux was born on 7 Dec 933 in Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France; died on 12 Mar 984 in France; was buried in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82326968/adele-of_meaux

    Family/Spouse: Count Geoffrey I d'Anjou. Geoffrey (son of Count Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberge du Maine) was born in 939 in Maine-de-Boixe, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 21 Jul 987 in Marcon, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours, Tours, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Duchess Ermengarde d'Anjou  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 958 in Pays de la Loire, France; died on 27 Jun 1022 in Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Saint Aubin Abbey, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.
    2. 3. Count Fulk III Grisegonelle  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 972 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, France; died on 21 Jun 1040 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, France.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Duchess Ermengarde d'Anjou Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adele1) was born on 11 Nov 958 in Pays de la Loire, France; died on 27 Jun 1022 in Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Saint Aubin Abbey, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Accession: 992; Countess of Rennes Regent of Brittany (992-994) Countess of Angoulême

    Notes:

    Ermengarde-Gerberga was born c. 956, the daughter of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou and Adele of Meaux. She married Conan I of Rennes, Count of Rennes, in 973. Her husband Conan of Rennes opposed her father and brother Fulk even though the marriage was apparently designed to form a political alliance between Anjou and Brittany. Even after Conan had been killed by Fulk at the Battle of Conquereuil in 992, and during the period 992-994 when Ermengarde was Regent for their son Geoffrey, she remained loyal to her brother Fulk III, Count of Anjou. In 992, following the interests of her brother, and functioning as Regent, she accepted Capetian over-lordship for Rennes while rejecting that of Odo I, Count of Blois.
    About 1000 her brother Fulk III arranged his widowed sister to marry, secondly, William II of Angoulême, one of his close allies.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175521139/ermengarde-de_rennes

    Family/Spouse: Duke Conan I of Brittany. Conan was born est 960; died on 27 Jun 992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Duke Geoffery of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 980; died in 1008.
    2. 5. Judith of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 982; died in Aug 1027.

  2. 3.  Count Fulk III Grisegonelle Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adele1) was born in 972 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, France; died on 21 Jun 1040 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, France.

    Notes:

    Fulk III - Count of Anjou "le Noir" ("the Black")

    Foulogues or Fulk, was the eldest son of Geoffrey I Grisonelle "Greymantle" and Adelaide of Vermandois, and grandson of Fulk II and Gerberga du Maine, Robert, Count Vermandois and Adelaide of Burgundy. He had three older sisters, Hermengarde, Gerberge and Adelaide, who married Dukes and Counts of Aquitaine, Brittany and Provence.

    Fulk married his cousin, Elisabeth de Vendôme and had one daughter, Adele. Little is known of either the mother or daughter except that Elizabeth fell from a great height and after was burnt at the stake for adultery in her wedding gown after being found with a goatherd in December of 999. This would become his most notorious act of evil. Adele married Bodon, the son of Landry, Count of Nevers. Her eldest son, Bouchard, would inherit Vendrome.

    Secondly, he married Hildegarde de Sundgau, the daughter of the Duke of Upper Lorraine, who was born in Jerusalem. They were married in 1005 and had two children:
    * Geoffroy II d'Anjou, the next Count of Anjou
    * Ermengarde-Blanche, her line leads to the Plantagenet Kings of England

    Fulk III was the founder of Angevin power, only fifteen when his father died and he succeeded as the Count of Anjou, and responsible for building an estimated one hundred castles. The first castle was the Chateau de Langeais east of Angers on the banks of the Loire, starting as a wooden tower replaced and fortified with stone, and included a dungeon. However, he built the castle on the property of his life long rival and bitter enemy, Odo II, the Count of Blois, who was Fulk's equal in temperament as well as determination. The two men exchanged "towns, followers and insults throughout their lives." Odo and Fulk fought over the castle in 994, Odo died suddenly of a heart attack, and his son, Odo II, did not manage to evict Fulk from his castle. On 6 July 1016, he defeated Odo II at the Battle of Pontlevoy. Fulk's next castles would follow an encirclement of Tours, one at a time, and fortified many others.

    He was known to be a natural horseman with an intense military mind that out smarted most of his combatants. He was a devout Christian, endowing or enlarging many abbeys and monasteries as well as a school for poor students although he himself never learned to write. These numerous pious foundations, however, followed many acts of violence against the church. Fulk built the great abbey at Beaulieu-lès-Loches and went on four pilgrimages to Jerusalem in an attempt to save his soul, seeking forgiveness for his many, many horrible sins.

    Fulk had a violent temperament, was partial to acts of extreme cruelty as well as penitence. One description of him revealed his darker side. "Fulk of Anjou, plunderer, murderer, robber, and swearer of false oaths, a truly terrifying character of fiendish cruelty, founded not one but two large abbeys. This Fulk was filled with unbridled passion, a temper directed to extremes. Whenever he had the slightest difference with a neighbor he rushed upon his lands, ravaging, pillaging, raping, and killing; nothing could stop him, least of all the commandments of God."

    Fulk fought against the claims of the counts of Rennes, defeating and killing his brother-in-law, Conan I of Rennes at the Battle of Conquereuil on 27 June 992. He then extended his power over the Counties of Maine and Touraine. In 1025, after capturing and burning the city of Saumur, Fulk reportedly cried, "Saint Florentius, let yourself be burned. I will build you a better home in Angers." However, when the transportation of the saint's relics to Angers proved difficult, Fulk declared that Florentius was a rustic lout unfit for the city, and sent the relics back to Saumur.

    Fulk died in Metz while returning from his last pilgrimage. He is buried in the chapel of his monastery at Beaulieu.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85222859/fulk-grisegonelle

    Family/Spouse: Hildegrade de Metz. Hildegrade was born in 974; died in 1046. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Ermengarde d'Anjou  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Nov 1018; died on 18 Mar 1076.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Duke Geoffery of Brittany Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 980; died in 1008.

    Family/Spouse: Hawise of Normandy. Hawise (daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy) was born est 980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Count Eudes of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 999; died on 7 Jan 1079.

  2. 5.  Judith of Brittany Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 982; died in Aug 1027.

    Family/Spouse: Duke Richard II of Normandy. Richard (son of Duke Richard I of Normandy and Duchess Gonnor of Normandy) was born about 980; died on 28 Aug 1026. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Duke Richard III of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1000; died on 6 Aug 1028.
    2. 9. Duke Robert I of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1005; died on 22 Jul 1035.
    3. 10. Papia of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1015.

  3. 6.  Ermengarde d'Anjou Descendancy chart to this point (3.Fulk2, 1.Adele1) was born on 10 Nov 1018; died on 18 Mar 1076.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96597377/ermengarde-d'anjou

    Ermengarde married Geoffroy II de Gâtinais in 1035. Geoffroy was born in 1000; died on 30 Apr 1046 in Anjou, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Foulques IV d'Anjou  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1043 in Anjou, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Count Eudes of Brittany Descendancy chart to this point (4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 999; died on 7 Jan 1079.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Bardolf of Ravensworth  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 13. Count Stephen I of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1050; died on 21 Apr 1135.

  2. 8.  Duke Richard III of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1000; died on 6 Aug 1028.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Alice of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1020.

  3. 9.  Duke Robert I of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1005; died on 22 Jul 1035.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. King William I of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1027; died on 9 Sep 1087.

    Family/Spouse: Herleve of Falaise. Herleve (daughter of Fulbert of Falaise) was born est 1000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Adelaide of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1030; died before 1090.

  4. 10.  Papia of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1015.

    Family/Spouse: Richard de Hugelville. Richard was born est 1010. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Ada de Hugelville  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1040.

  5. 11.  Foulques IV d'Anjou Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ermengarde3, 3.Fulk2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1043 in Anjou, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219184843/foulques_iv-d'anjou

    Family/Spouse: Bertrade de Montfort. Bertrade was born in 1070; died on 14 Feb 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Fulk V of Anjou  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1092; died on 10 Nov 1143 in Acre, Northern District, Israel; was buried in Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel.


Generation: 5

  1. 12.  Bardolf of Ravensworth Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Akaris Fitz Bardolf of Ravensworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1060.

  2. 13.  Count Stephen I of Brittany Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1050; died on 21 Apr 1135.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Maud of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1095.

  3. 14.  Alice of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (8.Richard4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1020.

    Family/Spouse: Viscount Ranulph I of the Bessin. Ranulph was born est 1020. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Viscount Ranulph II of Bayeux  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1040.

  4. 15.  King William I of England Descendancy chart to this point (9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1027; died on 9 Sep 1087.

    Notes:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror

    Family/Spouse: Queen Matilda of Flanders. Matilda (daughter of Count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adele of France) was born in 1032; died on 3 Nov 1083. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Countess Adela of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1067 in Normandie, France; died on 8 Mar 1137.
    2. 23. King Henry I of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France.

  5. 16.  Adelaide of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born about 1030; died before 1090.

    Family/Spouse: Count Lambert of Boulogne. Lambert (son of Count Eustace I of Boulogne and Maud of Louvain) was born est 1030; died in 1054. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Judith of Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054.

  6. 17.  Ada de Hugelville Descendancy chart to this point (10.Papia4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1040.

    Family/Spouse: Geoffrey de Neufmarche. Geoffrey (son of Thurcytel de Neufmarche) was born est 1045. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Lord Bernard de Neufmarche  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1065; died in 1093.

  7. 18.  Fulk V of Anjou Descendancy chart to this point (11.Foulques4, 6.Ermengarde3, 3.Fulk2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1092; died on 10 Nov 1143 in Acre, Northern District, Israel; was buried in Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Accession: 1109; King of Jerusalem Count of Anjou Count of Touraine Count of Maine

    Notes:

    French Nobility. King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine, also known as Fulk V "The Young". He was the only son of Fulk IV "Le Rechin" of Anjou and his fifth wife Bertrade de Montfort, who left her husband to become first mistress and later wife of King Philipp. He succeeded his father in 1109 and continued the war with Maine that his father had started. He invaded it and in 1110 married Eremburge of Maine to strengthen his reign there. From this marriage he was father of Geoffrey, Isabel (wife of William "The Atheling"), Elias II, Count of Maine and Sibylle, (later wife of William Clito of Normandy and Count Thierry of Flanders). He reorganized the administration and signed peace settlements with the counties that surrounded his territory. In 1120 he joined the crusade where he made a name for himself, as being a good warrior. In 1127 he received a message from the king of Jerusalem, Baldwin II, who proposed a marriage between Fulk and Baldwins daughter and heiress, Melisende. He abdicated in Anjou in favor for his son Geoffrey and married Melisende in 1129. Baldwin gave him the cities Acre and Tyre. Melisende gave birth to a son who was named Baldwin and that was supposed to reign with his parents. After the kings death in 1131 they ruled together, but Fulk soon assumed control of the government and excluded her entirely. As he was also regent of Antioch he married the heiress Constance to Raymond of Poitiers, uncle of Eleonore of Aquitaine. The Count of Jaffa, Hugh II, a cousin of Melisende sided with her and rebelled against him. They later signed a peace contract and Hugh was exiled from the kingdom for 3 years. In 1135 the queen's party took over the government and Fulk's supporters fled. The couple reconciled later and she gave birth to a second son, Amalric. Fulk was able to strengthen the borders in the north and south and built several castles to secure the kingdom against the Muslims under Zengi and the Egyptians. He died during a hunting accident, when his horse stumbled, fell and landed on top of him.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11784872/fulk-of_anjou

    Family/Spouse: Countess Eremburge du Maine. Eremburge was born in 1096; died on 14 Jan 1126 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; was buried in Abbaye de Louroux, Vernantes, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Sibylle d'Anjou  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1112 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died in 1165 in al-Eizariya, Jerusalem, West Bank; was buried in Abbey of Ss Mary and Martha, al-Eizariya, Jerusalem, West Bank.


Generation: 6

  1. 19.  Akaris Fitz Bardolf of Ravensworth Descendancy chart to this point (12.Bardolf5, 7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1060.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Hervey of Ravensworth  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 20.  Maud of Brittany Descendancy chart to this point (13.Stephen5, 7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1095.

    Family/Spouse: Baron Walter de Gaunt. Walter (son of Baron Gilbert de Ghent and Alice de Montfort) was born est 1075; died in 1139. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Agnes de Gaunt  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1115.

  3. 21.  Viscount Ranulph II of Bayeux Descendancy chart to this point (14.Alice5, 8.Richard4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1040.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret le Goz. Margaret (daughter of Viscount Richard d'Avranches and Emma) was born est 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Earl Ranulph III of Chester  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1075; died about 1129.

  4. 22.  Countess Adela of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1067 in Normandie, France; died on 8 Mar 1137.

    Notes:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adela_of_Normandy

    Family/Spouse: Count Stephen Henry of Blois. Stephen (son of Count Theobald III of Blois) was born in ca 1045; died on 19 May 1102 in Jerusalem, Isreal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Count Thibaut II de Champagne  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Apr 1090 in Blois, Département du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 10 Jan 1152 in Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lagny-sur-Marne, Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.
    2. 31. King Stephen of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1092.

  5. 23.  King Henry I of England Descendancy chart to this point (15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. William de Tracy  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 1090; died after 1135.

    Family/Spouse: Princess Matilda of Scotland. Matilda (daughter of King Malcolm III of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) was born about 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Princess Matilda of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Feb 1101/02; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Notre-Dame-des-Prés, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

  6. 24.  Judith of Lens Descendancy chart to this point (16.Adelaide5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1054.

    Family/Spouse: Earl Waltheof II of Northumberland. Waltheof (son of Sigurd of Northumberland and Aelflaed of Bernicia) was born est 1050; died on 31 May 1076. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Countess Maud of Huntington  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1072; died in 1130.
    2. 35. Alice of Northumberland  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1075.

  7. 25.  Lord Bernard de Neufmarche Descendancy chart to this point (17.Ada5, 10.Papia4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1065; died in 1093.

    Family/Spouse: Nesta of Richard's Castle. Nesta (daughter of Osborn Fitz Richard of Richard's Castle and Nesta of North Wales) was born est 1070. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Sibyl de Neufmarche  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1090.

  8. 26.  Sibylle d'Anjou Descendancy chart to this point (18.Fulk5, 11.Foulques4, 6.Ermengarde3, 3.Fulk2, 1.Adele1) was born on 16 Nov 1112 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died in 1165 in al-Eizariya, Jerusalem, West Bank; was buried in Abbey of Ss Mary and Martha, al-Eizariya, Jerusalem, West Bank.

    Family/Spouse: Count Thierry de Flandre. Thierry was born in 1099; died on 4 Feb 1168; was buried in Watten, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Countess Marguerite I of Flanders  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1145; died on 15 Nov 1194; was buried in Cathedral of Saint Donatian, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.


Generation: 7

  1. 27.  Hervey of Ravensworth Descendancy chart to this point (19.Akaris6, 12.Bardolf5, 7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Lord Henry Fitz Hervey of Ravensworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1170.

  2. 28.  Agnes de Gaunt Descendancy chart to this point (20.Maud6, 13.Stephen5, 7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1115.

    Family/Spouse: Earl William de Mohun. William (son of Sir William de Mohun) was born est 1115; died about 1155. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Baron William de Mohun  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1140; died in 1176.

  3. 29.  Earl Ranulph III of Chester Descendancy chart to this point (21.Ranulph6, 14.Alice5, 8.Richard4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1075; died about 1129.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Adeliz le Meschin  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1100.

  4. 30.  Count Thibaut II de Champagne Descendancy chart to this point (22.Adela6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born on 2 Apr 1090 in Blois, Département du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 10 Jan 1152 in Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lagny-sur-Marne, Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Accession: 1125; Count of Troyes Count of Champagne Thibaut IV Count of Bloi

    Notes:

    French nobility, as Thibaut II Count of Champagne and as Thibaut IV Count of Blois. He was the second-eldest son of Étienne Henri de Blois and Adela of England. He inherited the titles Count of Troyes and Count of Champagne from his uncle Hugh in 1125. His relationship with his liege Louis VI was a quite ambivalent relationship. While he supported him in 1111 against a revolt, he turned against him two years later when the king denied him the county of Corbeil. He allied with his uncle Henry I of England, but signed a peace contract with Louis when Henry was excommunicated. From 1127 on, he again opposed the King of France. This constant changing of sides didn't change with the new king, Louis VII. After Thibaut had helped arrange his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1137 he came into conflict with the king about the introduction of a new Archbishop of Bourges. After the death of Henry I, he was proposed by the Norman barons to succeed him, as he was the eldest grandson of William the Conqueror. But his youngest brother Stephen was able to obtain the crown. In exchange, he received the regency over Normandy, which he lost again in 1144 when Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, invaded the county. He was unable to prevent it because he was occupied with Louis who had invaded the Champagne. But soon Louis feared the new strength of the Anjou family and now allied with Thibaut. He is known as a supporter of the Cistercians and for the foundation of the abbeys of Clairvaux, Trois-Fontaines and Pontigny. He also granted Pierre Abelard refuge after he had had to flee from Saint Denis University. Thibaut was married to Mathilde of Carinthia who bore him eleven children. His eldest sons married the daughters of King Louis and Eleanor while his youngest daughter married the king himself.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48107737/thibaut_ii-de_champagne

    Thibaut married Mathilde of Carinthia-Sponheim in 1126. Mathilde (daughter of Duke Engelbert II Von Sponheim and Ute von Passau) was born in 1108 in Austria; died on 13 Dec 1161 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Abbaye de la Pommeraie, Sélestat, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace-Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Queen Consort Adèle de Blois-Champagne  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1140; died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Pontigny, Pontigny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

  5. 31.  King Stephen of England Descendancy chart to this point (22.Adela6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1092.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Countess Marie of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 32.  William de Tracy Descendancy chart to this point (23.Henry6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born after 1090; died after 1135.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 43. N.N. de Tracy  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1120.

  7. 33.  Princess Matilda of England Descendancy chart to this point (23.Henry6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born on 7 Feb 1101/02; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Notre-Dame-des-Prés, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

    Family/Spouse: Count Geoffrey Plantagenet, V. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 44. King Henry II of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1132/33 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Château de Chinon, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

  8. 34.  Countess Maud of Huntington Descendancy chart to this point (24.Judith6, 16.Adelaide5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1072; died in 1130.

    Family/Spouse: King David I of the Scots. David (son of King Malcolm III of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) was born about 1080; died on 24 May 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. Earl Henry of Huntington  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1114; died on 12 Jun 1152.

  9. 35.  Alice of Northumberland Descendancy chart to this point (24.Judith6, 16.Adelaide5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1075.

    Family/Spouse: Lord Ralph de Toeni, IV. Ralph (son of Lord Ralph de Toeni, III and Isabel de Montfort) was born est 1080; died about 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Lord Roger de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1105; died in 1162.

  10. 36.  Sibyl de Neufmarche Descendancy chart to this point (25.Bernard6, 17.Ada5, 10.Papia4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1090.

    Family/Spouse: Earl Miles Fitz Walter. Miles was born est 1100; died on 24 Dec 1143. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 47. Lady Lucy of Blaen Llyfni  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1130; died after 1220.

  11. 37.  Countess Marguerite I of Flanders Descendancy chart to this point (26.Sibylle6, 18.Fulk5, 11.Foulques4, 6.Ermengarde3, 3.Fulk2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1145; died on 15 Nov 1194; was buried in Cathedral of Saint Donatian, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Accession: 1191; Countess of Flanders

    Notes:

    Royalty. Born the daughter of Thierry I of Flanders and Sibylle d'Anjou. She succeeded her brother Philippe in 1191 as Countess of Flanders. She was first married to Raoul II de Vermandois but the marriage was never consummated and they separated later, all due to his illness. In 1169 she married Baudouin de Hainaut whom she bore seven children.

    Family/Spouse: Count Baldwin V de Hainaut. Baldwin (son of Count Baldwin IV de Hainaut and Countess Alix of Namur) was born in 1156 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Collegiate Church of St. Waudru, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Queen Isabelle de Hainaut  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 15 Mar 1190; was buried in Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France.


Generation: 8

  1. 38.  Lord Henry Fitz Hervey of Ravensworth Descendancy chart to this point (27.Hervey7, 19.Akaris6, 12.Bardolf5, 7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1170.

    Family/Spouse: Alice of Greystoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 49. Agatha of Ravensworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1200.

  2. 39.  Baron William de Mohun Descendancy chart to this point (28.Agnes7, 20.Maud6, 13.Stephen5, 7.Eudes4, 4.Geoffery3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1140; died in 1176.

    Notes:

    of Dunster

    Family/Spouse: Goldeheut de Toeni. Goldeheut (daughter of Lord Roger de Toeni and Ida of Hainaut) was born est 1140; died in 1186. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 50. Baron William de Mohun  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1160; died in Oct 1193.

  3. 40.  Adeliz le Meschin Descendancy chart to this point (29.Ranulph7, 21.Ranulph6, 14.Alice5, 8.Richard4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1100.

    Family/Spouse: Lord Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare. Richard (son of Lord Gilbert Fitz Richard Fitz Gilbert and Adeliza de Clermont) was born est 1100; died on 15 Apr 1136. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 51. Earl Roger of Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1135; died in 1173.

  4. 41.  Queen Consort Adèle de Blois-Champagne Descendancy chart to this point (30.Thibaut7, 22.Adela6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1140; died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Pontigny, Pontigny, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

    Notes:

    Queen Consort. She was the youngest daughter of Thibaut IV de Blois and Mathilde of Carinthia. She married Louis VII on November 13th, 1160 in Paris, five weeks after his second wife Constance de Castille had died. They both liked each other and she had some influence on him. Louis married his daughters, Marie and Alix, from his first marriage to her brothers, Henri and Thibaut. In 1165 she gave birth to the longed for successor, Philippe. Two girls, Alix and Agnes, were born in 1170 and 1171. Following tradition Philippe was crowned king when he was fourteen. At this time Louis was very ill and Adèle hoped to act as a regent for him if Louis died suddenly. Philippe surprised everyone and claimed the power for himself and choose a wife without his parents consent. Her husband died in 1180 and Philippe became king. During his absence on the crusade she reigned the kingdom following strict rules set by him. After his return to France she quietly retired. Following her last wish she was buried in Pontigny instead of St. Denis

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32162741/ad%C3%A8le-de_blois-champagne

    Adèle married King Louis VII Capet on 18 Oct 1160. Louis (son of King Louis VI of France and Adelaide of Savoy) was born in 1120 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Saint-Pont, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 52. King Philippe II Augustus Capet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Aug 1223 in Mantes, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.

  5. 42.  Countess Marie of Boulogne Descendancy chart to this point (31.Stephen7, 22.Adela6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 53. Mathilde of Flanders  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 43.  N.N. de Tracy Descendancy chart to this point (32.William7, 23.Henry6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1120.

    Family/Spouse: Gervase de Courtenay. Gervase was born est 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 54. Oliver de Tracy  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1140.

  7. 44.  King Henry II of England Descendancy chart to this point (33.Matilda7, 23.Henry6, 15.William5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born on 5 Mar 1132/33 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Château de Chinon, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

    Family/Spouse: Aliz de Porho. Aliz was born about 1145. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 55. Earl William de Longesp  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1173.

  8. 45.  Earl Henry of Huntington Descendancy chart to this point (34.Maud7, 24.Judith6, 16.Adelaide5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born in 1114; died on 12 Jun 1152.

    Family/Spouse: Ada de Warenne. Ada (daughter of William de Warenne and Isabel de Vermandois) was born est 1115; died in 1178. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 56. King William of the Scots  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1143; died on 04 Dec 1214.

  9. 46.  Lord Roger de Toeni Descendancy chart to this point (35.Alice7, 24.Judith6, 16.Adelaide5, 9.Robert4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1105; died in 1162.

    Notes:

    of Flamstead

    Family/Spouse: Ida of Hainaut. Ida (daughter of Count Baldwin III of Hainaut and Yolande de Wassenberg) was born est 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 57. Goldeheut de Toeni  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1140; died in 1186.

  10. 47.  Lady Lucy of Blaen Llyfni Descendancy chart to this point (36.Sibyl7, 25.Bernard6, 17.Ada5, 10.Papia4, 5.Judith3, 2.Ermengarde2, 1.Adele1) was born est 1130; died after 1220.

    Family/Spouse: Herbert Fitz Herbert. Herbert (son of Archbishop Herbert Fitz Herbert of Winchester and Sybil Corbet) was born est 1130; died before Jun 1204. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 58. Piers Fitz Herbert  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1170; died before 06 Jun 1235.

  11. 48.  Queen Isabelle de Hainaut Descendancy chart to this point (37.Marguerite7, 26.Sibylle6, 18.Fulk5, 11.Foulques4, 6.Ermengarde3, 3.Fulk2, 1.Adele1) was born on 23 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 15 Mar 1190; was buried in Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Accession: 29 May 1180, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; Queen of France

    Notes:

    Royalty. Born the eldest daughter of Baldwin V of Hainaut and Margaret I of Flanders. The marriage to Philipp II August was probably arranged by his adviser Philippe of Flanders and celebrated without the consent of his parents Adele de Champagne and Louis VII. His father was so ill at the time that he was unable to reign the kingdom. On May 29th, 1180 she was crowned in St. Denis and on September 19th, after the death of her father-in-law, she became queen. She gave birth to Louis in 1187 who would later succeed his father. She died after giving birth to twins. The two boys died a few days after their mother and were buried beside her.

    Isabelle married King Philippe II Augustus Capet on 28 Apr 1180. Philippe (son of King Louis VII Capet and Queen Consort Adèle de Blois-Champagne) was born on 22 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Aug 1223 in Mantes, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Saint Denis Basilique, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 59. King Louis VIII Capet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Sep 1187 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 8 Nov 1226 in Montpensier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.


 

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