Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou
In 988 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 15] and Rozala of Italy [aged 38] were married. They separated around the time of coronation. The difference in their ages was 22 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh I King of the Franks [aged 47] and [his grandmother] Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 43].
In 999 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 26] and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France [aged 35] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. They separated sometime before 1003 as a consequence of their consanguinity. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh I King of the Franks and [his grandmother] Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 54]. They were second cousins.
In 1003 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 30] and [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles and [his grandmother] Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia [aged 63]. He the son of Hugh I King of the Franks and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France [aged 58].
In 1011 Robert I Duke Burgundy was born to Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 38] and Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 25].
In January 1027 [his brother-in-law] Richard III Duke Normandy [aged 25] and [his sister] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. She the daughter of [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 54] and [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 41]. He the son of Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy. They were second cousin once removed.
In 1028 [his brother-in-law] Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders [aged 15] and [his sister] Adela Capet Duchess Normandy [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 55] and [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 42]. He the son of Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders [aged 48] and Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders. They were half third cousin twice removed.
On 20th July 1031 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks [aged 59] died at Melun, Seine et Marne. His son [his brother] Henry [aged 23] succeeded I King France: Capet.
In 1032 Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 21] was created I Duke Burgundy.
Around 1033 Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 22] and Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 47].
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1034 [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 48] died.
In 1034 [his son] Hugh Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 23] and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.
In 1034 [his brother] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Matilda Brunonids Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Liudolf Brunonids Margrave Frisia [aged 31]. He the son of [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France [aged 48].
In 1035 [his son] Henry "Gallant" Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 24] and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.
Around 1035 Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his future wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Gâtinais. She the daughter of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou [aged 65] and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.
In 1040 [his son] Robert Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 29] and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy. He married 1113 his fourth cousin once removed Violante Hauteville.
On 29th May 1040 Renauld I Count of Nevers [aged 35] was killed at the Battle of Seignelay against Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 29]. His son William [aged 10] succeeded Count Nevers.
In 1045 [his son] Simon Burgundy was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 34] and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy.
In 1046 [his daughter] Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 35] and [his wife] Helie Samur Duchess Burgundy. She married 1079 Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile, son of Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon and Sancha Astur Leonese, and had issue.
In 1046 Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 35] and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and Constance Arles Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.
In 1047 King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 19], supported by [his brother] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 38], defeated a rebel army led by William's cousin Guy Ivrea [aged 22] who opposed William's succession as Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in Caen, Calvados, Basse Normandie.
Hamon Dentatus was killed.
After 1050 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey "Martel" II Count Anjou and Grécie Langeais Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou and Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 19th May 1051 [his brother] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 43] and [his sister-in-law] Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia [aged 21] were married at Reims Cathedral, Reims. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of [his father] Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France.
Around 1056 [his daughter] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine was born to Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 45] and [his wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 38]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.71%. She married before 22nd October 1071 her second cousin once removed Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine, son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine, and had issue.
In 1059 [his son] Hugh Burgundy [aged 25] was killed in action.
In 1060 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey "Martel" II Count Anjou died without issue. [his step-son] Geoffrey "Bearded" Count Anjou 3rd Count Gâtinais [aged 20] succeeded Count Anjou.
On 4th August 1060 [his brother] Henry I King of the Franks [aged 52] died. His son [his nephew] Philip [aged 8] succeeded I King France: Capet.
Around 1068 [his step-son] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 25] and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 50].
Before 22nd October 1071 [his son-in-law] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine [aged 46] and Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 60] and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 53]. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine. They were second cousin once removed.
Before 1072 [his step-son] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 28] and Ermengarde Bourbon Countess Anjou [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 53].
On 27th January 1074 [his son] Henry "Gallant" Burgundy [aged 39] died.
Around 1076 [his step-son] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou [aged 33] and Orengarde Chatellailon Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. He the son of Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais and [his wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 58].
On 18th March 1076 [his wife] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy [aged 58] died.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 21st March 1076 Robert I Duke Burgundy [aged 65] died. His grandson Hugh [aged 19] succeeded I Duke Burgundy.
Kings France: Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 4 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [8]
Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany [1]
Constance Burgundy Queen Consort Castile and Leon [1]
Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona [1]
Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [1]
Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [1]
Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon [1]
Constance Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Yolande of Dreux Queen of Scotland [1]
Margaret of France Queen Consort England [2]
Philip "Noble" III King Navarre [2]
Joan Capet II Queen Navarre [2]
King Robert II of Scotland [1]
King John "The Good" II of France [2]
Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [2]
Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon [2]
Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [4]
King Richard II of England [1]
Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [2]
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [4]
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [5]
Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [8]
King Edward IV of England [13]
King Richard III of England [13]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [18]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [6]
Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [9]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [18]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [10]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [22]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [18]
Queen Jane Seymour [20]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [27]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [17]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [36]
Antoine King Navarre [23]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [14]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [9]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [35]
Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [3]
Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [3]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [20]
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [42]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [42]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [9]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [28]
George Wharton [216]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [28]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [26]
Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [9]
Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [9]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [26]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [26]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [49]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [28]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [26]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [56]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [26]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [80]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [26]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [52]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [52]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [52]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [26]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [26]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [26]
President George Washington [10]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [52]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [26]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [52]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [78]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [52]
Frederick William III King Prussia [26]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [52]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [52]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [78]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [52]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [130]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [156]
King Christian IX of Denmark [78]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [104]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [130]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [286]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [286]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [78]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [855]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [156]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [156]
Constantine I King Greece [78]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [208]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [364]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [442]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [338]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [520]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [3489]
Carl XVI King Sweden [702]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1185]
Diana Spencer Princess Wales [10332]
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Strong" 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia
Great x 1 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 Grandfather: Pepin Vermandois I Count Vermandois Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois I Count Vermandois 2 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Vermandois 3 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks -2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxon Ottonian
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia
father: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine -2 x Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf II Duke Aquitaine son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rollo Duke Normandy 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
Robert I Duke Burgundy Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Boson II Count Arles
Grandfather: William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles
mother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ingelger
Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelais Amboise
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Warnerius Seigneur Loches
Great x 2 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou
Grandmother: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou