Eighth Generation  

63. Rosabella [102130] (Princess Of England Constance de NORMANDIE⁴⁶, William "The Conqueror" (King Of England)³³, Robert I "The Magnificent"²⁰, Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹).

Rosabella married Odo [102129].

Children from this marriage were:

+ 117    i. Hubert BELL [102127] .

   118    ii. Bertram [102184] .

   119    iii. Clothild [102185] .

   120    iv. Rosabella [102186] .

70. Comte Thibault IV de BLOIS de Champagne [123597] (Princess Of England Adele de NORMANDIE⁴⁷, William "The Conqueror" (King Of England)³³, Robert I "The Magnificent"²⁰, Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born on 2 Apr 1093 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 10 Jan 1151 in Ligny-le-Ribault Loiret France at age 57.

Thibault married Duchess Matilde von SPONHEIM of Carinthia [123598]. Matilde was born in 1097 in Carinthia Austria and died on 13 Dec 1160 in Fontrevault Maine-et-Loire France at age 63.

Noted events in her life were:

• Death: at Fontrevault Abbey, 13 Dec 1160, Fontrevault Maine-et-Loire France.

Children from this marriage were:

   121    i. Comte Henry I de BLOIS de Champagne & Brie [123599] was born in Dec 1127 in Vitry-le-François Champagne-Ardenne France and died on 16 Mar 1181 in Champagne-Ardenne Troyes Aube Grand Est France at age 53.

   122    ii. Duchess Marie de CHAMPAGNE of Burgandy [123600] was born in 1128 in Champagne-Ardenne France and died on 7 Aug 1190 in Fontrevault Maine-et-Loire France at age 62.

   123    iii. Comte Thibaud V de BLOIS de Blois [123601] was born about 1130 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 20 Jan 1191 in Acre Kingom of Jerusalem Palestine aged about 61.

   124    iv. Isabelle de BLOIS [123603] was born in 1130 in Champagne-Ardenne France and died in 1180 at age 50.

   125    v. Comte Etienne de BLOIS de Sancerre [123607] was born about 1133 in France and died on 7 Sep 1191 in Acre Kingom of Jerusalem Palestine aged about 58.

   126    vi. Archbishop Guilliame de CHAMPAGNE of Reims [123602] was born in 1135 in Sens Yonne Bourgogne-Franche-Comté France and died on 7 Sep 1202 in Reims Marne Champagne-Ardenne France at age 67.

   127    vii. Dame Agnes de BLOIS de Ligny & Barrois [123604] was born about 1138 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died about 1207 aged about 69.

+ 128    viii. Queen Adele de CHAMPAGNE of France [123094] was born in 1140 in Blois Loir-et-Cher France and died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 66.

   129    ix. Mathilde de BLOIS [123605] was born about 1141 in Champagne-Ardenne France and died in 1184 aged about 43.

   130    x. Marguerite de BLOIS [123606] .

77. William II de WARRENE 3rd Earl of Surrey [35143] (Princess Of England Gundred de NORMANDIE⁴⁸, William "The Conqueror" (King Of England)³³, Robert I "The Magnificent"²⁰, Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born in 1081 in Sussex England and died on 11 May 1138 in England at age 57.

William married Countess Isabel de VERMANDOIS [35147] before 1104 in France. Isabel was born in 1081 in Valois Lorraine France and died on 13 Feb 1131 in England at age 50. Another name for Isabel was Elizabeth.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 131    i. William de WARENNE 4th Earl of Surrey [81976] was born in 1110 and died in 1148 at age 38.

+ 132    ii. Countess Ada de WARRENE of Huntingdon [35148] was born about 1120 in Huntingdon Huntingdonshire England and died about 1178 in Warwickshire England aged about 58.

79. Matilda BEAUCLERC Empress Of Germany [35146] (Henry I King Of England⁴⁹, William "The Conqueror" (King Of England)³³, Robert I "The Magnificent"²⁰, Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born on 7 Feb 1102 in Sutton Courtenay Berkshire England, died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen Seine-Maritime Haute-Normandie France at age 65, and was buried in Abbaye de Notre Dame Rouen Seine-Maritime France. Another name for Matilda was Maud.

Matilda married Geoffrey V PLANTAGENET [35151] on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans Sarthe Pays-de-Loire France. Geoffrey was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou Isère Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes France and died on 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau France at age 38.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 133    i. King Henry II PLANTAGENET Of England [35152] was born on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans Sarthe Pays-de-Loire France and died on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon Indre-et-Loire France at age 56.

87. Princess Of England Elizabeth BEAUCLERC [35124] (Henry I King Of England⁴⁹, William "The Conqueror" (King Of England)³³, Robert I "The Magnificent"²⁰, Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born about 1095 in Selby Yorkshire England and died about 1124 aged about 29.

Elizabeth married Lord Fergus OF GALLOWAY [35123] about 1124. Fergus was born about 1090 in Dumfries & Galloway Scotland and died in 1161 in Holyrood Abbey Edinburgh Scotland aged about 71.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 134    i. Gilbert GALLOWAY Of Carrick [35122] was born about 1126 in Carrick Ayrshire Scotland and died on 1 Jan 1185 aged about 59.

100. Viscountess Constance Mathilde FITZHENRY de Maine [35145] (Henry I King Of England⁴⁹, William "The Conqueror" (King Of England)³³, Robert I "The Magnificent"²⁰, Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born about 1098 in Selby Yorkshire England and died about 1173 in Rouen Seine-Maritime Haute-Normandie France aged about 75.

Constance married Roscelin Raoul de BEAUMONT [35149].

The child from this marriage was:

+ 135    i. Richard de BEAUMONT [35150] .

103. Henry FITZROY [102356] (Henry I King Of England⁴⁹, William "The Conqueror" (King Of England)³³, Robert I "The Magnificent"²⁰, Richard II¹⁰, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born about 1105 in Narberth Pembrokeshire Wales and died in 1158 in Anglesey Wales aged about 53. Another name for Henry was Henry FITZHENRY.

General Notes: Henry was killed in Battle during Henry II's Campaign in Wales.

Henry married someone.

His child was:

   136    i. Meilyr FITZHENRY [104153] was born about 1840.

General Notes: Wikipedia states that:
In 1158 his father, Henry FitzHenry, was killed in battle during Henry II's campaign in Wales. Meilyr, Henry's oldest son, succeeded to his father's possessions of Narberth and Pebidiog, the central and north-eastern parts of the modern Pembrokeshire.
In 1169 he accompanied his uncle Fitzstephen on his first expedition to Ireland. He first distinguished himself in the invasion of Ossory along with his cousin Robert de Barry, older brother of Giraldus Cambrensis. In 1173 the return of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke named Strongbow to England threw Ireland into revolt. Meilyr was then in garrison at Waterford, and made a rash sortie against the Irish. He pursued them into the woods, and was surrounded. But he cut a way through them with his sword, and arrived back at Waterford with three Irish axes in his horse and two on his shield.
In 1174 he returned with Raymond to Wales, but when Strongbow brought Raymond back Meilyr came with him and received as a reward Offaly, Carburybarony, and Kildare. In October 1175 he accompanied Raymond in his expedition against Limerick, was second to swim over the River Shannon, and with his cousin David stood the attack of the Irish until the rest of the army had crossed over.
He was one of the band of Geraldines who under Raymond met the new governor, William FitzAldhelm, at Waterford, and at once incurred his jealousy. Hugh de Lacy, the next Justice, took away Meilyr's Kildare estate, but gave him Leix in exchange, a marcher district. In 1182 de Lacy again became Chief Justice, built a castle on Meilyr's Leix estate at Timahoe, and gave him his niece as a wife. It seems probable that Meilyr had already been married, but he hitherto had no legitimate children. This childlessness was, in Giraldus's opinion, God's punishment to him for the want of respect to the church.

In June 1200 Meilyr was in attendance on King John in Normandy, and on 28 October of that year received a grant of two cantreds in Kerry, and one in Cork. About the same time he was appointed to Ireland as Lord Chief Justice, the King reserving to himself pleas touching the crown, the mint, and the exchange. During his six years' government Meilyr had to contend against the factiousness of the Norman nobles. John de Courci, the conqueror of Ulster, was a constant source of trouble to him. The establishment of Hugh de Lacy as Earl of Ulster (29 May 1205) was a great triumph for FitzHenry. Before long, however, war broke out between Lacy and FitzHenry.

Another lawless Norman noble was William de Burgh who was now engaged in the conquest of Connaught. But while De Burgh was devastating that region, FitzHenry and his assessor, Walter de Lacy, led a host into De Burgh's Munster estates (1203). De Burgh lost his estates, though on appeal to King John he ultimately recovered them all, except those in Connaught. FitzHenry had similar troubles with Richard Tirel and other nobles. Walter de Lacy, at one time his chief colleague, quarrelled with him in 1206 about the baronies of Limerick.

In 1204 he was directed by the king to build a castle in Dublin to serve as a court of justice, as well as a means of defence. He was also to compel the citizens of Dublin to fortify the city itself. FitzHenry continued to hold the justiciarship until 1208. The last writ addressed to him in that capacity is dated 19 June 1208. John Thomas Gilbert[1] stated that he was superseded between 1203 and 1205 by Hugh de Lacy, but many writs are addressed to him as Justice during these years. On several occasions assessors or counsellors were associated with him in his work, and he was directed to do nothing of exceptional importance without their advice (e.g. Hugh de Lacy in 1205).

FitzHenry remained one of the most powerful of Irish barons, even after he ceased to be Justiciar. About 1212 his name appears immediately after that of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke in the protest of the Irish barons against the threatened deposition of John by the Pope, and the declaration of their willingness to live and die for the king. Several gifts from the king marked John's appreciation of his administration of Ireland. But it was not till August 1219 that all the expenses incurred during his viceroyalty were defrayed from the exchequer. He must by that date have been a very old man. Already in 1216 it was thought likely that he would die, or at least retire from the world into a monastery.
There is no reference to his acts after 1219, and he died in 1220. He was buried in the chapter-house at Connell.

He founded in 1202[2] Great Connell Priory in County Kildare, which he handed over to the Austin canons of Llanthony, near Gloucester. This he endowed with large estates, with all the churches and benefices in his Irish lands, with a tenth of his household expenses, rents, and produce.

By the niece of Hugh de Lacy, Meilyr fathered a son, also named Meilyr, who in 1206 was old enough to dispossess William de Braose of Limerick, and whose forays into Tyrconnell had already spread devastation among the Irish. FitzHenry's older brother, Robert Fitzhenry, had died around 1180.

110. Adeliza de CLARE [122942] (Gilbert FitzRichard of Clare, Tonbridge & Cardigan (Lord)⁵⁶, Richard FitzGilbert of Clare and Tonbridge (Lord)³⁷, Gilbert d'Eu (Comte)³¹, Geoffrey d'Eu and Brionne (Comte)¹⁷, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born about 1 Jan 1091 in Clare Suffolk England and died on 1 Jan 1163 in Essex England aged about 72.

Adeliza married Lord Alberic II de VERE [122943]. Alberic was born about 30 Jul 1062 in Sible Hedingham Essex England and died about 15 May 1141 in London Middlesex England aged about 78.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 137    i. Adelisa de VERE de Essex [122964] was born about 1107 in Sible Hedingham Essex England and died after 1185 in Warwick Warwickshire England.

   138    ii. Baroness Felice de VERE Rayne [122965] was born in 1108.

+ 139    iii. Countess Rohese de VERE of Essex [122963] was born about 1109 in Sible Hedingham Essex England, died on 21 Oct 1166 in Chicksands Bedfordshire England aged about 57, and was buried in Chicksands Priory Bedfordshire England.

   140    iv. 1st Earl Aubrey III de VERE of Oxford [122966] was born about 1110 in Sible Hedingham Essex England and died on 26 Dec 1194 in Halstead Essex England aged about 84.

   141    v. Countess Juliane de VERE of Norfolk [122971] was born about 1116 in Sible Hedingham Essex England and died about 1199 in Sible Hedingham Essex England aged about 83.

   142    vi. Bishop William de VERE of Hereford [122967] was born about 1120 in Sible Hedingham Essex England, died on 24 Dec 1198 in Hereford Herefordshire England aged about 78, and was buried in Hereford Herefordshire England.

   143    vii. Priof Gilbert de VERE of the Knights Hospatallier [122968] was born about 1122 in Oxford Oxfordshire England.

   144    viii. Sir Robert de VERE of Twywell [122969] was born about 1124 in Woodford Northamptonshire England and died on 26 Dec 1194 in Finedon Northamptonshire England aged about 70.

   145    ix. Baron Geoffrey de VERE Clun [122970] was born about 1130 in Sible Hedingham Essex England and died in 1166 in Clun Shropshire England aged about 36.

114. 1st Earl Gilbert FitzGilbert "Strongbow" de CLARE of Pembroke [122919] (Gilbert FitzRichard of Clare, Tonbridge & Cardigan (Lord)⁵⁶, Richard FitzGilbert of Clare and Tonbridge (Lord)³⁷, Gilbert d'Eu (Comte)³¹, Geoffrey d'Eu and Brionne (Comte)¹⁷, Richard I⁸, William I of Normandy (Duke)⁶, Rollo¹) was born on 21 Sep 1100 in Tonbridge Kent England, died on 8 Jan 1148 in Tintern Monmouthshire Wales at age 47, and was buried in Tintern Abbey Monmouthshire Wales.

Gilbert married UNKNOWN [122949]. Marriage status: unknown.

The child from this marriage was:

   146    i. Isabel Hedwig FITZROY [102366] was born about 1120 in England and died in 1120 in England.

Gilbert next married Countess Isabel de BEAUMONT of Pembroke [102365]. Isabel was born between 1102 and 1107 in Leicester Leicestershire England and died about 1172 in Carmarthen Carmarthenshire Wales.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 147    i. 2nd Earl Richard FitzGilbert "Strongbow" de CLARE of Pembroke [120200] was born about 1125 in Tonbridge Kent England, died on 20 Apr 1176 in Dublin Co. Dublin Ireland aged about 51, and was buried in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin Co. Dublin Ireland.