King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I

King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I

Male 1053 - 1108  (55 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I was born on 23 May 1053 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, 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 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Loiret, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Amourous
    • _ORDI: 95th great grandson of Adam and Eve
    • _MILT: 1077; he made peace with William the Conqueror, who gave up attempting the conquest of Brittany
    • Religion: 1094; He was first excommunicated by Hugh of Die, and after a long silence, Pope Urban II repeated the excommunication at the Council of Clermont in November 1095

    Philippe married Queen Consort of the Franks Bertrade de Montfort on 15 May 1092. Bertrade was born in 1070; died on 14 Feb 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Philippe was so enamoured of Bertrade that he refused to leave her even when threatened with excommunication

    Philippe married Bertha de Hainault in 1072 in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Bertha (daughter of Count Floris of Holland, I and Gertrude de Saxony) was born in 1054 in Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 30 Jul 1093 in Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Philip repudiated Bertha (claiming she was too fat) so he could marry Bertrade

    Children:
    1. King of the Franks Louis Capet, VI was born on 1 Dec 1081 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 1 Aug 1137 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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. 3.  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. Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet, II was born in 1057 in France; died on 18 Oct 1102 in Mersin, Turkey.
    2. 1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. 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. 6.  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. 7.  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. 3. 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Count of Paris - King of the Franks Hugh Capet was born in 939 in Paris, Île-de-France, France (son of Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris Hugh Magnus and Hedwig von Sachsen); died on 24 Oct 996 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _ORDI: 92nd great grandson of Adam and Eve

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Basilica of Saint Denis

    Hugh married Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine about 968 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France. Adelaide (daughter of Duke of Aquitaine Guillaume Tête d'Aquitaine and Adele de Normandy) was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 15 Jun 1006 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Queen of the Franks Adelaide de Aquitaine was born in 945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (daughter of Duke of Aquitaine Guillaume Tête d'Aquitaine and Adele de Normandy); died on 15 Jun 1006 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
    Children:
    1. 4. King of the Franks Robert Capet, II was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

  3. 10.  Margrave William de Provence, I was born in 950 in France; died after 29 Aug 993 in Avignon, Jura, Franche-Comté, France; was buried in Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: the Liberator
    • Occupation: founder of the county of Provence
    • Religion: Retired to become a Monk
    • _MILT: Liberated Provence from the threat from the Saracens (Muslims)

    Notes:

    Buried:
    (Church of Saint-Croix, Sarrians)

    William married Queen Consort of Aquitaine Adelaide-Blanche de Anjou in 984. Adelaide-Blanche (daughter of Comte de Anjou Fulk de Anjou, II and Gerberge Gatinals de Maine) was born in 940 in France; died in 1026 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Queen Consort of Aquitaine Adelaide-Blanche de Anjou was born in 940 in France (daughter of Comte de Anjou Fulk de Anjou, II and Gerberge Gatinals de Maine); died in 1026 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
    • Occupation: Countess by marriage of Gévaudan and Forez, Toulouse, Provence, and Burgundy
    • Occupation: Regent of Gevaudan during the minority of her sons and Regent of Provence during the minority of her stepson

    Notes:

    Birth:
    (Vermandois)

    Notes:

    Married:
    (against papal advice)

    Children:
    1. 5. Constance True d'Arles de Provence 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.

  5. 12.  Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Kiev Saint Vladimir Sviatoslavich, I was born in 958 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine (son of Sviatoslav of Kiev, I and Malusha Lubech); died on 15 Jul 1015 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Mack Ferrin Smith
    • Name: the Great
    • Ordained: Legend says St. Vladimir chose the Byzantine rite over the liturgies of German Christendom, Judaism, and Islam because of its transcendent beauty; it probably also reflected his determination to remain independent of external political control.
    • _MILT: Vladimir continued to expand his territories beyond his father's extensive domain. In 981, he conquered Cherven towns from the Poles; in 981-982 he suppressed Vyatichi rebellion; in 983, he subdued the Yatvingians; in 984, he conquered the Radimichs, and
    • Religion: 988, Ukraine; Vladimir was baptized at Cherson, taking the Christian name of Basil. Returning to Kiev in triumph, he destroyed pagan monuments and established many churches, starting with the splendid Church of the Tithes and monasteries on Mt. Athos

    Saint married Rogneida 'Anastasia' de Polotsk in 980. Rogneida was born about 956 in Polotsk, Chelyabinsk, Russia; died in 1002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Rogneida 'Anastasia' de Polotsk was born about 956 in Polotsk, Chelyabinsk, Russia; died in 1002.

    Notes:

    Married:
    After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia

    Children:
    1. 6. Grand Prince of Rus Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, I was born in 976 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; died on 20 Feb 1054 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine.