Abt 944 - 992 (~ 48 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Duke Conan Rennes, I, De Brittany was born about 944 in Bretagne, Normandy, France; died on 27 Jun 992 in Conquereuil, Maine-et-Loire, France; was buried on 29 Jun 992. Notes:
"Le Tort"; "The Crooked"
Conan married Ermengarde Grisgonelle d' Anjou in 970 in France. Ermengarde was born about 952 in Anjou, Normandy, France; died on 27 Jun 992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Princess Judith d'Brittany, d'Normandy was born about 978 in Bretagne, Normandy, France; died in 1017 in Normandy, France.
- 3. Duke Geoffrey Brittany was born about 980 in Nantes, Bretagne, France; died on 10 Nov 1008.
- 4. Earl, Count Alan d'Brittany, III was born in 997 in Brittany, France; died between 1040 and 1046 in Bretagne, Normandy, France.
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Generation: 2
Generation: 3
6. | 5th Duke Richard d'Normandy, III (2.Judith2, 1.Conan1) was born about 997 in Normandy, France; died on 6 Aug 1027. Family/Spouse: Princess Adelheid, of France. Adelheid (daughter of King Robert, II, of France and Princess Constance, of Provence) was born in 1014 in Nevers, Nierre, France; died on 8 Jan 1078/79 in Nevers, Nierre, France; was buried in Monastere de L'O, Mesen, West Flanders, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Princess Estrid, of Denmark. Estrid (daughter of Prince Svend Denmark, I, of Denmark) was born about 1000 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | 6th Duke Robert d' Normandy, II of Normandy (2.Judith2, 1.Conan1) was born about 1008 in Normandy, France; died on 22 Jun 1035. Notes:
Note: Bastard son of Richard II.
Robert contributed to the restoration of Henry King of France tohis throne,
and received from the gratitude of that monarch, the Vexin, asan additional
to his patrimonial domains. In the 8th year of his reign,curiosity or devotn
induced him to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatiges of
the journey and the heat of the climate so impaired his consitution he died
on his way home.
Some sources call him Robert I the Magnificent!
Family/Spouse: Arletta Herlene De Falaise. Arletta (daughter of Fulbert De Falaise and Dode DeFalaise) was born about 1003 in Falise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died in 1050 in Grestain, France; was buried in Abbey of St. Grestain, Grestain, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. King William, I, of England was born on 14 Oct 1028 in Falise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in St. Stephen Abbey, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.
- 15. Princess Adelaide d'Normandy was born in 1029 in Falise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died before 1090.
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10. | Emma d'Brittany (4.Alan2, 1.Conan1) was born about 1014 in Brittany, France; died in 1094. Emma married Robert de Brus about 1034. Robert was born about 1012 in Brix, Normandy, France; died in 1094 in Argyleshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Seigneur William d' Braiose, d'Brienze was born between 1036 and 1040 in Normandy, France; died between 1087 and 1090 in Bramber, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
- 17. 1st Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus died in 1142.
- 18. Adam de Brus was born in Abt. 1051 in Carrick, Argylshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 1081 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Emma married Ebon de Contentin of Chester about 1034. Ebon was born about 1014 in Chester, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 19. Nigell of Chester was born about 1035 in Chester, England, United Kingdom.
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Generation: 4
14. | King William, I, of England (8.Robert3, 2.Judith2, 1.Conan1) was born on 14 Oct 1028 in Falise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in St. Stephen Abbey, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France. Notes:
He was described as burly, with a harsh gutteral voice, At about 5'10", with excessive corpulence in middle years, exceptional physical strength, and in good health. He had Russet hair, long arms and legs.
Note: Reigned 1066-1087. Duke of Normandy 1035-1087. Invaded England defeated and
killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. The Norman
conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by the establishment of
feaudalism under which his followers were granted land in returnfor pledges
of service and loyalty. As King William was noted for hisefficient if harsh
rule. His administration relied upon Norman and other foreign personnell
especially Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book.
In 1066, William was crowned King of England. He assumed the throne in 1035. Only one femur remains of his body, (destroyedby Calvinists).
He built, what are now historical sites, numerous noteworthy areas. Battle Abbey, Durham in 1072. Ely, Lincoln, built in1068, 14 acres which contains a museum with the original MagnaCarta and William The Conqueror's Charter, Also, Oxford, where King Alfred set up a mint in 0879. It contains a manuscript of King Alfred written in his own hand: dates 0890-0897. Rockinghamand Windsor.
Family/Spouse: Maud De Ingelrica. Maud (daughter of Ingleric, Of England) was born in 1032 in St Martin's-le -Grand, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 24. Lord William Peverell was born in 1050 in Normandy, France; died in 1113 in England, United Kingdom.
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William married Queen Matilda d' Flandres, of England in 1053. Matilda (daughter of Count Balduin, V, Of Flanders and Princess Adelheid, of France) was born in 1032 in Flanders, France; died on 3 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; was buried in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 25. Princess Gundred, of England was born about 1063 in Normandy, France; died on 27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
- 26. Princess Adela, of Normandy was born about 1067 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1138 in Marcigny-sur-Loire, Normandy, France; was buried in Abbey Of Holy Trinity, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.
- 27. King Henry Beauclerc, I, of England was born about Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Saint Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 4 Jan 1136 in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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18. | Adam de Brus (10.Emma3, 4.Alan2, 1.Conan1) was born in Abt. 1051 in Carrick, Argylshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 1081 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Adam married Emma Ramsey in Abt. 1053 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Emma was born in Abt. 1062 in Carrick, Argylshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 1094 in Carrick, Argylshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 31. Robert Brus was born in Abt. 1071 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 11 May 1141 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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