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Biography of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne -1173

Paternal Family Tree: Metx

Maternal Family Tree: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine

Matthew Metz Count Boulogne was born to Thierry Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders.

In 1160 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24) were married. She the daughter of King Stephen I England and Matilda Flanders. He the son of Thierry Count Flanders (age 61) and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders (age 48). They were third cousins.

In 1160 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne by marriage Count Boulogne.

Around 1160 [his daughter] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne was born to Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and [his wife] Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24). She a granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1160 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne abducted [his wife] Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 24).

In 1165 [his mother] Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders (age 53) died.

On 17th January 1168 [his father] Thierry Count Flanders (age 69) died.

In 1170 [his daughter] Maud Metz was born to Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and [his wife] Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 34). She a granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1170 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 34) were divorced.

In 1173 Matthew Metz Count Boulogne died. His daughter [his daughter] Ida (age 13) succeeded Countess Boulogne.

On 25th July 1182 [his former wife] Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne (age 46) died.

Royal Ancestors of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne -1173

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 3 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 8 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne -1173

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal

Blanche Capet Queen Navarre

Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France

Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

King Louis of Naples

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Queen Charlotte of Savoy

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden

Louis XII King France

Jean III King Navarre

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain

Constantine II King Hellenes

Carl XVI King Sweden

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne -1173

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gerard Metz I Duke Lorraine

GrandFather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Namur I Count Lomme

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Namur I Count Namur

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Namur II Count Namur

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Carolingian Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Carolingian Countess Namur

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Troyes Duchess Lower Lorraine

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hedwige Namur Duchess Lorraine

Father: Thierry Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf II Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rozala of Italy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Luxemburg Ardennes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Gleiburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders

GrandMother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard I Duke of Saxony

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegard Westerburg Margrave Billung March

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bernard II Duke of Saxony

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Schweinfurt

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony

Matthew Metz Count Boulogne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulcuich Count Mortagne au Perche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais

Great x 4 Grandmother: Melisende Viscountess Châteaudun

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albéric II Count Mâcon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Béatrice de Mâcon Countess Gâtinais

Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou

GrandFather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Reginarids

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aumary Reginarids

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Montfort

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Unknown

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy Archbishop of Rouen

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Normandy 2nd Count Évreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Herleva Countess Évreux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramon Borrell Count of Barcelona

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide or Godehildis Ramon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde of Carcassonne

Mother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders

Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean de la Flèche La Flèche De Baugency

Great x 1 Grandfather: Elias La Flèche De Baugency I Count Maine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Maine III Count Maine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Unamed Penthièvre Countess Maine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Paula Maine

GrandMother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervais II Lord Chateau Du Loir

Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine