Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maud
• Title: Duchess of Normandy
• _MILT: When William was preparing to invade England, Matilda outfitted a ship, the Mora, out of her own money and gave it to him

Notes:

Buried:
Abbaye aux Dames Caen

Matilda married Duke of Normandy -- King of England Guillaume de Normandy in 1053 in Normandy, France. Guillaume (son of Duke of Normandy Robert de Normandy, I and Herleve Harlette Arletta de Falaise) was born in 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in France; was buried in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
When William sent his representative to ask for Matilda's hand in marriage, she said she was far too high-born to consider marrying a bastard. He found Matilda on her way to church, dragged her off her horse by her long braids and left her in the street

1. Duke of Normandy and King of England Henry Plantagenet, I was born on 21 Feb 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Reading, Berkshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: At Adela's instigation he rebelled against his father but in 1030 peace was sworn and the old count continued to rule until his death

Baldwin married Countess of Flanders and Normandy Saint Adela Capet in Aug 1027 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Saint (daughter of King of the Franks Robert Capet, II and Constance True d'Arles de Provence) was born in 1003 in France; died on 8 Jan 1079 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; was buried in Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
• Name: the Holy
• Occupation: After Baldwin’s death, she went to Rome, took the nun’s veil from the hands of Pope Alexander II and retired to the Benedictine convent of Messines, near Ypres
• Ordained: Saint Adela of Messines is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, and her commemoration day is 8 September
• Religion: Adèle had an especially great interest in Baldwin V’s church-reform politics and was behind her husband’s founding of the Colleges of Aire, Lille and Harelbekeas well as the abbeys of Messines and Ename

Notes:

Buried:
Benedictine convent of Messines

Notes:

Married:
After the death of Richard III

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor to Retha Zulma Gott
• Name: the Bearded

Baldwin married Ogive de Luxembourge. Ogive was born in Belgium; died on 21 Feb 1030 in Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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

Arnulf married Rozala d'Ivrea. Rozala was born in Lombardia, Italy; died on 26 Jan 1003 in Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
now Piemonte, Italy

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]

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]

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)