Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois -1152

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois

Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois was appointed I Count Vermandois.

Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Lauretta Metz Countess Namur and Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Thierry Count Flanders and Swanhilde Countess Flanders. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. They were second cousin twice removed.

Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers were married. She the daughter of William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine and Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. They were second cousin twice removed.

Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois was born to Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois.

In 1080 [his grandfather] Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois [aged 52] died. His son [his uncle] Odo succeeded I Count Vermandois but he was declared insane. His daughter [his mother] Adelaide succeeded I Countess Vermandois.

In 1096 [his brother-in-law] Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 56] and [his sister] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. The difference in their ages was 45 years. She the daughter of [his father] Hugh "Great" Capet [aged 39] and [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois.

On 18th October 1101 [his father] Hugh "Great" Capet [aged 44] died.

In 1103 Renaud II Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis [aged 28] and [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois were married. He by marriage Count Vermandois. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois and [his grandmother] Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois. He the son of Hugh Clermont Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis.

In 1118 [his brother-in-law] Charles I Count Flanders [aged 34] and [his half-sister] Marguerite Clermont Countess Flanders [aged 13] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Renaud II Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis [aged 43] and [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. He the son of King Canute "The Holy" IV of Denmark and Adela Flanders Queen Consort Denmark. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Before 1119 [his brother-in-law] William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and [his sister] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She the daughter of [his father] Hugh "Great" Capet and [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. He the son of William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey and Gundred Countess of Surrey.

In 1120 [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois died.

In 1125 Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Eleanor Blois were married. She the daughter of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres [aged 80] and Adela Normandy Countess Blois [aged 58]. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. They were second cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

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In 1125 [his brother-in-law] King Stephen I England [aged 31] and Matilda Flanders [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne and Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres [aged 80] and [his mother-in-law] Adela Normandy Countess Blois [aged 58]. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1129 [his brother-in-law] Bishop Henry of Blois [aged 31] was appointed Bishop of Winchester.

On 13th February 1131 [his sister] Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey [aged 46] died.

On 1st December 1135 King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 67] died at Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy [Map]. The succession fell between Henrys daughter Empress Matilda [aged 33] and Henry's nephew [his brother-in-law] King Stephen I England [aged 41], son of [his mother-in-law] Adela Normandy Countess Blois [aged 68] daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England. The period from 1135 to 1153 during which the succession was fought over is known as The Anarchy.

The phrase "surfeit of lampreys" to describe the cause of his death appears first to have been used in the Chronicle of Richard Baker. "Lampreys", in Latin "murenarum", may mean "eel". The word is used in the Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon and The Flowers of History by Roger of Wendover.

On 26th December 1135 [his brother-in-law] King Stephen I England [aged 41] was crowned King of England by Archbishop of Canterbury William de Corbeil [aged 65].

The date of his coronation described differently by many Chroniclers:

Florence of Worcester: "on the thirteenth of the calends of January" i.e. 20th December 1135.

Orderic Vitalis: "on the eighteenth of the calends of January" i.e. 15th December 1135; the editor provided a note suggesting this date is incorrect and the correct date is the 26th December 1135.

Annals of Winchester: "on the 22nd day after the death of his uncle, on the 1st of January." We should note that if King Henry died on the 1st December this date would refer to the 22nd or 23rd of December.

Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: "on the day of the proto-martyr St. Stephen" i.e. 26th December 1135.

Chronicle of Richard Baker: "and so upon St. Stephen's day, in Anno 1135" i.e. 26th December 1135.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: "on midwinter day" i.e. probably 21st or 22nd of December, possibly the 25th.

Matthew Paris Chronica Majora: "on the Feast of Saint Stephen" i.e. 26th December 1135.

Gervase on Canterbury: "on the eleventh day before the Kalends of January [22nd December 1135] at Westminster."

In 1139 Josce de Dinan and Sybil de Lacy were married by which he gained control of Ludlow Castle [Map]. The marriage arranged by [his brother-in-law] King Stephen I England [aged 45].

In 1143 [his daughter] Elizabeth Capet was born to Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers [aged 18]. She married her third cousin once removed Philip I Count of Flanders, son of Thierry Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex.

After 1143 William Roumare 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Lincoln by [his brother-in-law] King Stephen I England [aged 49].

In 1145 [his half-sister] Marguerite Clermont Countess Flanders [aged 40] died.

In 1145 [his son] Ralph Capet II Count Vermandois was born to Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers [aged 20]. He married his half third cousin once removed Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders, daughter of Thierry Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex.

In 1147 [his wife] Eleanor Blois died.

In 1149 [his daughter] Eleanor Capet Countess Vermandois was born to Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers [aged 24]. She married (1) her fourth cousin Geoffrey Flanders, son of Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut and Alice Namur Countess Hainaut (2) 1164 her third cousin twice removed William IV Count of Nevers.

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On 14th October 1152 Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois died.

Royal Ancestors of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois -1152

Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 6 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois -1152

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Vermandois 3 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks -2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxon Ottonian

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rollo Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy

Grandfather: Henry I King of the Franks Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Boson II Count Arles

Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles

Great x 1 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou

Great x 4 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou

father: Hugh "Great" Capet Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik

Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia

Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert II Count Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux 3 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Adalbert "The Pious" I Count Vermandois 4 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois III Count Vermandois 5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert I Duke Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberge of Lothingaria Countess Vermandois

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Queen Consort West Francia

Great x 1 Grandfather: Otto Vermandois I Count Vermandois 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Count Bar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengard of Bar Countess Vermandois

Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Pavia Countess Vermandois

mother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter I of the Vexin

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter II Count Valois, Vexin and Amiens

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele of Anjou

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph III Count of Valois

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph IV Count of Valois

Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois