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Biography of Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche -1100

Paternal Family Tree: Chateaudun

Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche was born to [his father] Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche and [his mother] Adeliza de Bellême Countess Perche.

Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche were married. She by marriage Countess Mortain Mortagne. She the daughter of Hilduin Montdidier IV Count Montdidier. He the son of Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche and Adeliza de Bellême Countess Perche.

In 1044 [his father] Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche succeeded II Count Perche.

In 1044 [his father] Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche succeeded I Viscount Châteaudun.

In 1060 Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche succeeded II Count Mortain Mortagne.

14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings

On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 38) defeated the English army of King Harold II of England (age 44) at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars (age 42), Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia (age 24), Eustace Flanders II Count Boulogne (age 51), William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford (age 46), Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 26), Hugh Grandesmil (age 34), Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall (age 35) and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.

King Harold II of England was killed. Earl Wessex, Earl Hereford extinct.

Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent (age 31) was killed. Earl Kent extinct.

His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia (age 34) and Engenulphe Aigle (age 56) were killed.

In 1080 [his father] Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche died.

Around 1080 [his son] Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche was born to Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche. He married (1) Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux, daughter of Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne and Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne, and had issue (2) Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche and had issue.

In 1090 Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche succeeded III Count Perche. Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche by marriage Countess Perche.

Before 1100 [his son-in-law] Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 49) and [his daughter] Marguerite Chateaudun Countess Warwick were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche.

In October 1100 Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche died.

[his daughter] Juliette du Perche Chateaudun was born to Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche. She married Gilbert Aigle Lord Aigle and had issue.

[his daughter] Mathilde Chateaudun was born to Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche.

[his daughter] Marguerite Chateaudun Countess Warwick was born to Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche. She married before 1100 Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick and had issue.

Royal Descendants of Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche -1100
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre [1]

Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [1]

King Henry IV of England [1]

King Henry V of England [1]

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [1]

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]

King Edward IV of England [2]

King Richard III of England [2]

Anne Neville Queen Consort England [3]

King Henry VII of England and Ireland [2]

Queen Anne Boleyn of England [5]

Queen Jane Seymour [5]

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [3]

Queen Catherine Howard of England [4]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [7]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [1]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [1]

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [1]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [2]

George Wharton [30]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [2]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [2]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [2]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [2]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [1]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [1]

President George Washington [4]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [1]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [1]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [1]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [1]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [2]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [1]

William I King Prussia [1]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [3]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [2]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [2]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [1]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [6]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [6]

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [147]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [2]

Constantine I King Greece [1]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [4]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [6]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [6]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [7]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [7]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [597]

Carl XVI King Sweden [13]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [185]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1765]

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales [3]

Ancestors of Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche -1100

GrandFather: Geoffrey Chateaudun I Count Perche

Great x 1 Grandmother: Melisende Viscountess Châteaudun

Father: Rotrou Chateaudun II Count Perche

GrandMother: Helvise Corbon Viscountess Châteaudun

Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche

GrandFather: Guérin de Domfront

Mother: Adeliza de Bellême Countess Perche