Countess of Leicester Isabel de Vermandois

Countess of Leicester Isabel de Vermandois

Female 1085 - 1131  (46 years)

Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Countess of Leicester Isabel de Vermandois was born in 1085 in Basse-Normandie, France (daughter of Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet, II and Countess Vermandois Adelaide de Vermandois); died on 13 Feb 1131 in Sens, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _ORDI: 96th great granddaughter of Adam and Eve

    Isabel married 1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, I in 1096 in Leicestershire, England. Robert (son of Roger de Beaumont and Adeline de Meulan) was born in 1046 in Beaumont, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 5 Jun 1118 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Les Préaux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Sir Robert de Beaumont, described as being "the wisest man in his time between London and Jerusalem", and aged over fifty was determined to marry Isabel, aged about eleven

    Children:
    1. Aubreye de Beaumont was born in 1109 in Beaumont, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died in 1189 in Beaumont, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France.
    2. 2nd Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, II was born in 1104 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 5 Apr 1168 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

    Isabel married Earl of Surrey William de Warenne, II in 1118. William was born in 1065 in Sussex, England; died on 11 May 1138 in England; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Although they had been lovers for some time and lived together since 1115, they were unable to marry until the death of Sir Robert, which occurred in 1118.

    Children:
    1. Countess of Warenne (Surrey) Gundred Warwick de Warenne was born in 1123 in Warwickshire, England; died in 1166 in Warwickshire, England.
    2. Queen of Scotland Lady Adelaide 'Ada' de Warenne was born in 1120 in Surrey, England; died on 12 Jun 1178 in Huntingdonshire, England; was buried in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet, II was born in 1057 in France (son of Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I and Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna); died on 18 Oct 1102 in Mersin, Turkey.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Magnus
    • _ORDI: 95th great grandson of Adam and Eve
    • _MILT: 1085; Hugh helped William the Conqueror repel a Danish invasion of England. He joined the First Crusade in 1096.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vermandois)

    Died:
    Died in Tarsus from wounds at the second battle of Heraclea with the Turks

    Hugh married Countess Vermandois Adelaide de Vermandois in 1064 in France. Adelaide (daughter of Herbert de Vermandois, IV and Adela de Vexin) was born in 1050 in Bretagne, France; died on 23 Sep 1120 in Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Countess Vermandois Adelaide de Vermandois was born in 1050 in Bretagne, France (daughter of Herbert de Vermandois, IV and Adela de Vexin); died on 23 Sep 1120 in Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
    Children:
    1. 1. Countess of Leicester Isabel de Vermandois was born in 1085 in Basse-Normandie, France; died on 13 Feb 1131 in Sens, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; was buried in Lewes, Sussex, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (son of King of the Franks Robert Capet, II and Constance True d'Arles de Provence); died on 4 Aug 1060 in Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
    • _MILT: Henri joined his brother Robert, with the support of their mother, in a revolt against his father
    • _ORDI: 94th great grandson of Adam and Eve

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Basilica of Saint Denis

    Henri married Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna on 19 May 1051 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Anna (daughter of Grand Prince of Rus Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, I and Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter) was born in 1036 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; died on 5 Sep 1075 in Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Villers-la-Ville, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna was born in 1036 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine (daughter of Grand Prince of Rus Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, I and Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter); died on 5 Sep 1075 in Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Villers-la-Ville, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: 1062; Raised Eastern Orthodox, but founded St Vincent Abbey in Senlis after the death of Henri

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Villiers Abbey)

    Notes:

    Married:
    Cathedral of Rheims

    Children:
    1. 2. Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet, II was born in 1057 in France; died on 18 Oct 1102 in Mersin, Turkey.
    2. King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I was born on 23 May 1053 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Loiret, Centre, France.

  3. 6.  Herbert de Vermandois, IV was born in 1032 in France (son of Comte Otto Eudes de Vermandois and Countes de Vermandois Pavia Patia); died in 1080 in France.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vermandois)

    Died:
    (Vermandois)

    Herbert married Adela de Vexin in 1068 in France. Adela (daughter of Raoul de Crepi and Countess de Bar Sur Lady Adele Aube) was born in 1032 in Bretagne, France; died in 1080 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Adela de Vexin was born in 1032 in Bretagne, France (daughter of Raoul de Crepi and Countess de Bar Sur Lady Adele Aube); died in 1080 in France.

    Notes:

    Died:
    (Vermandois)

    Notes:

    Married:
    (Vexin)

    Children:
    1. 3. Countess Vermandois Adelaide de Vermandois was born in 1050 in Bretagne, France; died on 23 Sep 1120 in Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  King of the Franks Robert Capet, II was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France (son of Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet and Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine); died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Pious
    • Religion: a very devout Catholic, advocating forced conversions of local Jewry, as well as mob violence against Jews who refused, and reinstated the Roman imperial custom of burning heretics at the stake
    • _ORDI: 93rd great grandson of Adam and Eve
    • _MILT: 1031; His sons turned against him in a civil war over power and property

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Basilica of Saint Denis

    Died:
    died in the middle of the war with his sons

    Robert married Constance True d'Arles de Provence in 1001. Constance (daughter of Margrave William de Provence, I and Queen Consort of Aquitaine Adelaide-Blanche de Anjou) was born on 27 Mar 985 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Constance True d'Arles de Provence was born on 27 Mar 985 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (daughter of Margrave William de Provence, I and Queen Consort of Aquitaine Adelaide-Blanche de Anjou); died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France.

    Notes:

    Married:
    In 1010 King Robert II went to Rome to secure an annulment from Constance. Pope Sergius IV, a friend to the Angevin counts, upheld the marriage and additionally upheld Adelaide's struggle to maintain control of lands at Montmajour Abbey

    Children:
    1. 4. Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 4 Aug 1060 in Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.
    2. Countess of Flanders and Normandy Saint Adela Capet was born in 1003 in France; died on 8 Jan 1079 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; was buried in Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

  3. 10.  Grand Prince of Rus Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, I was born in 976 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine (son of Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Kiev Saint Vladimir Sviatoslavich, I and Rogneida 'Anastasia' de Polotsk); died on 20 Feb 1054 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Wise
    • Title: Prince of Rostov and Prince of Novgorod
    • _MILT: Yaroslav waged a complicated and bloody war for Kiev against his half-brother Sviatopolk, who was supported by his father-in-law, Duke Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland. During the course of this struggle, several other brothers (Boris, Gleb, and Svyatoslav) w

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Saint Sophia Cathedral)

    Prince married Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter in Feb 1019. Ingrid was born in 1001 in Uppsala, Sweden; died on 18 Feb 1050 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter was born in 1001 in Uppsala, Sweden; died on 18 Feb 1050 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine.
    Children:
    1. 5. Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna was born in 1036 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; died on 5 Sep 1075 in Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Villers-la-Ville, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.

  5. 12.  Comte Otto Eudes de Vermandois was born in 1000 in France (son of Herbert de Vermandois, III and Ermengarde de Bar Sur Seine); died on 25 May 1045 in France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Otho

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vermandois)

    Died:
    (Vermandois)

    Otto married Countes de Vermandois Pavia Patia in 1030 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France. Pavia (daughter of 4th Duke of Normandy Richard Beauclerc, II and Princess of Brittany and Normandy Lady Judith de Bretagne) was born in 1019 in France; died in 1032 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Countes de Vermandois Pavia Patia was born in 1019 in France (daughter of 4th Duke of Normandy Richard Beauclerc, II and Princess of Brittany and Normandy Lady Judith de Bretagne); died in 1032 in France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct ancestor of Willie Juanita Bryant

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vermandois)

    Died:
    (Vermandois)

    Children:
    1. 6. Herbert de Vermandois, IV was born in 1032 in France; died in 1080 in France.

  7. 14.  Raoul de Crepi was born in 1010 in France; died in 1064 in Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vexin)

    Raoul married Countess de Bar Sur Lady Adele Aube. Lady was born in 1015 in France; died in 1043 in Bretagne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Countess de Bar Sur Lady Adele Aube was born in 1015 in France; died in 1043 in Bretagne, France.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vexin)

    Children:
    1. 7. Adela de Vexin was born in 1032 in Bretagne, France; died in 1080 in France.