In or before 1054 [his father] Hugh I Count of Rethel [aged 13] and [his mother] Melisende of Crécy were married.
Around 1075 Baldwin II King Jerusalem was born to Hugh I Count of Rethel [aged 35] and Melisende of Crécy.
In 1105 [his daughter] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem was born to Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 30]. She married 2nd June 1129 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem, son of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France, and had issue.
Around 1110 [his daughter] Alice of Antioch was born to Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 35]. She married after October 1126 Prince Bohemond II of Antioch, son of Prince Bohemond I of Antioch and Constance Capet Countess Champagne, and had issue.
In 1118 [his father] Hugh I Count of Rethel [aged 78] died.
Chronicle of William Nangis. 1118. The king of Jerusalem, Baldwin I, died; he was succeeded by Baldwin of Bourcq1, his kinsman, count of the city of Roas, which was formerly called Edessa.
Note 1. Baldwin I died on 2nd April 1118. Baldwin II of Bourcq, son of [his father] Hugh I, Count of Rethel, crowned on Easter Day in the year 1118, died on 21st August 1131.
MCXVIII. Rex Jerusalem Balduinus primus moritur; cui successit Balduinus de Burgo ejus consanguincus, corms de Roasa civitate, quæ olim dicta fuit Edissa.
1. Baudouin II, du Bourg, fils de Hugues Ier, comte de Rethel, couronné le jour de Pâques de l'an 1118, mourut le 21 août 1131.
On 2nd April 1118 Baldwin I King Jerusalem [aged 60] died. Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 43] succeeded King Jerusalem.
On 14th April 1118 Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 43] was crowned King Jerusalem.
After October 1126 [his son-in-law] Prince Bohemond II of Antioch [aged 18] and Alice of Antioch [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 51]. He the son of Prince Bohemond I of Antioch and Constance Capet Countess Champagne.
On 2nd June 1129 [his son-in-law] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 40] and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 24] were married at Jerusalem [Map]. She by marriage Countess Anjou. Her father [aged 54] had written to Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem requesting the marriage since he had no male heirs. She the daughter of Baldwin II King Jerusalem. He the son of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France.
On 21st August 1131 Baldwin II King Jerusalem [aged 56] died. [his son-in-law] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 42] succeeded King Jerusalem. [his daughter] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 26] by marriage Queen Consort Jerusalem.
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Chronicle of William Nangis. Baldwin of Bourcq, king of Jerusalem, died [on 21st August 1131]; he was succeeded by his son-in-law Fulk [count of Anjou].
Balduinus de Burgo, rex Jerusalem obiit, cui successit Fulco [comes Andegavis] gener ejus (2).
Blanche Capet Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Baldwin III King Jerusalem [1]
Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia [1]
Charles Martel King Hungary [1]
King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France [1]
Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [1]
Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [1]
Eleanor of Sicily Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Isabella Valois Queen Consort England [1]
Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England [1]
Charles "Victorious" VII King France [1]
Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [1]
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [2]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [2]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [9]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [9]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [2]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [6]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [6]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [7]
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [1]
Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [1]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [2]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [2]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [13]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [6]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [2]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [6]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [8]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [4]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [2]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [4]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [8]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [6]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [8]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [8]
Frederick William III King Prussia [2]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [8]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [4]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [14]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [8]
Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [2]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [22]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [20]
King Christian IX of Denmark [9]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [16]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [15]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [46]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [46]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [6]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [12]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [20]
Constantine I King Greece [11]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [33]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [52]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [58]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [54]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [69]
Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [2]
Constantine II King Hellenes [2]
Carl XVI King Sweden [111]
father: Hugh I Count of Rethel
Grandfather: Guy I of Montlhéry
mother: Melisende of Crécy
Grandmother: Hodierna of Gometz