Roberto Orsini

M, b. 1295, d. 1345
Father*Romano Orsini
Mother*Anastasia de Montfort
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRoberto Orsini married Sibilla del Balzo, daughter of Hugh de Baux.
Birth1295Roberto Orsini was born in 1295.
He was the son of Romano Orsini and Anastasia de Montfort.
Death1345Roberto Orsini died in 1345.

Child of Roberto Orsini and Sibilla del Balzo

Sibilla del Balzo

F
Father*Hugh de Baux
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationSibilla del Balzo was also known as de Baux.
Married NameHer married name was Orsini.
Life EventDateDescription
Sibilla del Balzo was the daughter of Hugh de Baux.
MarriageSibilla del Balzo married Roberto Orsini, son of Romano Orsini and Anastasia de Montfort.

Child of Sibilla del Balzo and Roberto Orsini

Hugh de Baux

M

Child of Hugh de Baux

Nicola Orsini

M, b. 27 August 1331, d. 14 February 1399
Father*Roberto Orsini b. 1295, d. 1345
Mother*Sibilla del Balzo
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageNicola Orsini married Jeanne de Sabran.
Birth27 August 1331Nicola Orsini was born on 27 August 1331.
He was the son of Roberto Orsini and Sibilla del Balzo.
Death14 February 1399Nicola Orsini died on 14 February 1399 at age 67.

Child of Nicola Orsini and Jeanne de Sabran

Jeanne de Sabran

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Orsini.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageJeanne de Sabran married Nicola Orsini, son of Roberto Orsini and Sibilla del Balzo.

Child of Jeanne de Sabran and Nicola Orsini

Sueva Orsini

F
Father*Nicola Orsini b. 27 Aug 1331, d. 14 Feb 1399
Mother*Jeanne de Sabran
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Baux.
Life EventDateDescription
Sueva Orsini was the daughter of Nicola Orsini and Jeanne de Sabran.
MarriageSueva Orsini married Francois de Baux.

Child of Sueva Orsini and Francois de Baux

Francois de Baux

M
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageFrancois de Baux married Sueva Orsini, daughter of Nicola Orsini and Jeanne de Sabran.

Child of Francois de Baux and Sueva Orsini

Aymer Taillefer

M
Father*William IV of Angoulême
Mother*Marguerite de Turenne
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationAymer Taillefer was also known as of Angoulême.
Life EventDateDescription
Aymer Taillefer was the son of William IV of Angoulême and Marguerite de Turenne.
MarriageAymer Taillefer married Alice de Courtenay, daughter of Pierre de Courtenay and Elizabeth de Courtenay.

Child of Aymer Taillefer and Alice de Courtenay

Alice de Courtenay

F
Father*Pierre de Courtenay b. Sep 1126, d. 10 Apr 1183
Mother*Elizabeth de Courtenay b. 1127, d. Sep 1205
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was Taillefer.
Life EventDateDescription
Alice de Courtenay was the daughter of Pierre de Courtenay and Elizabeth de Courtenay.
MarriageAlice de Courtenay married Aymer Taillefer, son of William IV of Angoulême and Marguerite de Turenne.

Child of Alice de Courtenay and Aymer Taillefer

Pierre de Courtenay

M, b. September 1126, d. 10 April 1183
Father*King Louis VI of France b. 1 Dec 1081, d. 1 Aug 1137
Mother*Adélaide de Maurienne b. 1092, d. 1154
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationPierre de Courtenay was also known as Peter.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriagePierre de Courtenay married Elizabeth de Courtenay, daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon.
BirthSeptember 1126Pierre de Courtenay was born in September 1126.
He was the son of King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.
Death10 April 1183Pierre de Courtenay died on 10 April 1183 at age 56.
  • Peter of Courtenay was the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second Queen consort Adélaide de Maurienne. He was the father of the Latin Emperor Peter II of Courtenay.

    Peter was born in France on September 1126 and died 10 April 1183 in Palestine. He married Elizabeth de Courtenay, who was born 1127 and died Sept. 1205 and the daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon. His tomb is Exeter Cathedral in England. Peter and Elizabeth were the parents of 10 children:

    Phillippe de Courtenay (1153 - bef. 1186)
    Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople (abt 1155 to 1218)
    Unnamed daughter (abt 1156 - ?)
    Alice de Courtenay, died Sep. 14, 1211. She married Aymer de Talliefer, Count of Angouleme, and they became the parents of Isabella of Angoulême, who married King John I "Lackland", King of England.
    Eustachia de Courtenay (1162 - 1235), married William of Brienne, son of Erard II of Brienne and of Agnès of Montfaucon
    Clementia de Courtenay (1164 - ?)
    Robert de Courtenay, Seigneur of Champignelles (1166 - 1239)
    William de Courtenay, Seigneur of Tanlay (1168 - bef 1248)
    Isabella de Courtenay (1169 - ?)
    Constance de Courtenay (aft 1170 - 1231).1

Children of Pierre de Courtenay and Elizabeth de Courtenay

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_of_Courtenay

Elizabeth de Courtenay

F, b. 1127, d. September 1205
Father*Renauld de Courtenay
Mother*Hawise du Donjon
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Courtenay.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageElizabeth de Courtenay married Pierre de Courtenay, son of King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.
Birth1127Elizabeth de Courtenay was born in 1127.
She was the daughter of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon.
DeathSeptember 1205Elizabeth de Courtenay died in September 1205.

Children of Elizabeth de Courtenay and Pierre de Courtenay

William IV of Angoulême

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Life EventDateDescription
MarriageWilliam IV of Angoulême married Marguerite de Turenne.

Child of William IV of Angoulême and Marguerite de Turenne

Marguerite de Turenne

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was of Angoulême.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageMarguerite de Turenne married William IV of Angoulême.

Child of Marguerite de Turenne and William IV of Angoulême

Renauld de Courtenay

M
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRenauld de Courtenay married Hawise du Donjon.

Child of Renauld de Courtenay and Hawise du Donjon

Hawise du Donjon

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Courtenay.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageHawise du Donjon married Renauld de Courtenay.

Child of Hawise du Donjon and Renauld de Courtenay

Peter II de Courtenay

M, b. circa 1155, d. 1218
Father*Pierre de Courtenay b. Sep 1126, d. 10 Apr 1183
Mother*Elizabeth de Courtenay b. 1127, d. Sep 1205
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1155Peter II de Courtenay was born circa 1155.
He was the son of Pierre de Courtenay and Elizabeth de Courtenay.
Death1218Peter II de Courtenay died in 1218.
  • Peter of Courtenay French: Pierre de Courtenay (died 1219) was emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople from 1216-1217.

    He was a son of Peter of Courtenay (d. 1183), the youngest son of Louis VI of France and his second Queen consort Adélaide de Maurienne. His mother was Elizabeth of Courtenay.

    Peter first married Agnes of Nevers, via whom he obtained the three counties of Nevers, Auxerre, and Tonnerre. He took for his second wife, Yolanda of Flanders (d. 1219), a sister of Baldwin and Henry of Flanders, who were afterwards the first and second emperors of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. Peter accompanied his cousin, King Philip Augustus, on the crusade of 1190 and fought (alongside his brother Robert) in the Albigensian Crusade in 1209 and 1211, when he took part in the siege of Lavaur. He was present at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.

    When his brother-in-law, the emperor Henry, died without sons in 1216, Peter was chosen as his successor, and with a small army set out from France to take possession of his throne. Consecrated emperor at Rome, in a church outside the walls, by Pope Honorius III on 9 April 1217, he borrowed some ships from the Venetians, promising in return to conquer Durazzo for them; but he failed in this enterprise, and sought to make his way to Constantinople by land. On the journey he was seized by the despot of Epirus, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, and, after an imprisonment of two years, died, probably by foul means. Peter thus never governed his empire, which, however, was ruled for a time by his wife, Yolanda, who had succeeded in reaching Constantinople. Two of his sons, Robert and Baldwin, in turn held the throne of the Latin Empire.1
  • Latin Emperor of Constantinople.

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Courtenay

King Louis VI of France

M, b. 1 December 1081, d. 1 August 1137
Father*King Philip I of France b. 23 May 1052, d. 30 Jul 1108
Mother*Bertha of Holland
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1 December 1081King Louis VI of France was born on 1 December 1081.
He was the son of King Philip I of France and Bertha of Holland.
Marriage1115King Louis VI of France married Adélaide de Maurienne in 1115.
Death1 August 1137King Louis VI of France died on 1 August 1137 at age 55.
  • Louis VI (1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137), called the Fat (French: le Gros), was King of France from 1108 until his death (1137). Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis". The first member of the House of Capet to make a lasting contribution to the centralizing institutions of royal power,[1] Louis was born in Paris, the son of Philip I and his first wife, Bertha of Holland. Almost all of his twenty-nine-year reign was spent fighting either the "robber barons" who plagued Paris or the Norman kings of England for their continental possession of Normandy. Nonetheless, Louis VI managed to reinforce his power considerably and became one of the first strong kings of France since the division of the Carolingian Empire. His biography by his constant advisor Abbot Suger of Saint Denis renders him a fully-rounded character to the historian, unlike most of his predecessors.

    .In his youth, Louis fought the Duke of Normandy, Robert Curthose, and the lords of the royal demesne, the Île de France. He became close to Suger, who became his adviser. He succeeded his father on Philip's death on 29 July 1108. Louis's half-brother prevented him from reaching Rheims and so he was crowned on 3 August in the cathedral of Orléans by Daimbert, Archbishop of Sens. The archbishop of Reims, Ralph the Green, sent envoys to challenge the validity of the coronation and anointing, but to no avail.

    On Palm Sunday 1115, Louis was present in Amiens to support the bishop and inhabitants of the city in their conflict with Enguerrand I of Coucy, one of his vassals, who refused to recognize the granting of a charter of communal privileges. Louis came with an army to help the citizens to besiege Castillon (the fortress dominating the city, from which Enguerrand was making punitive expeditions). At the siege, the king took an arrow to his hauberk, but the castle, considered impregnable, fell after two years.

    Louis VI died on 1 August 1137, at the castle of Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, nearby Senlis and Compiègne, of dysentery caused by his excesses, which had made him obese. He was interred in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded on the throne by his son Louis VII, called "the Younger," who had originally wanted to be a monk.1

Children of King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VI_of_France

Adélaide de Maurienne

F, b. 1092, d. 1154
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Name1115As of 1115,her married name was of France.
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1092Adélaide de Maurienne was born in 1092.
Marriage1115She married King Louis VI of France, son of King Philip I of France and Bertha of Holland, in 1115.
Death1154Adélaide de Maurienne died in 1154.

Children of Adélaide de Maurienne and King Louis VI of France

Bertha of Holland

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was of France.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageBertha of Holland married King Philip I of France, son of King Henry I of France and Anne of Kiev.

Child of Bertha of Holland and King Philip I of France

King Louis VII of France

M, b. 1120, d. 18 September 1180
Father*King Louis VI of France b. 1 Dec 1081, d. 1 Aug 1137
Mother*Adélaide de Maurienne b. 1092, d. 1154
Life EventDateDescription
Birth1120King Louis VII of France was born in 1120.
He was the son of King Louis VI of France and Adélaide de Maurienne.
Marriage1137King Louis VII of France married Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Aénor of Châtellerault, in 1137.
Death18 September 1180King Louis VII of France died on 18 September 1180.
  • Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young, French: Louis le Jeune (1120 – 18 September 1180), was King of France, the son and successor of Louis VI (hence his nickname). He ruled from 1137 until his death. He was a member of the House of Capet. His reign was dominated by feudal struggles (in particular with the Angevin family), and saw the beginning of the long feud between France and England. It also saw the beginning of construction on Notre-Dame de Paris, the founding of the University of Paris and the disastrous Second Crusade.

    Louis VII was born in 1120, the second son of Louis VI of France and Adelaide of Maurienne. As a younger son, Louis VII had been raised to follow the ecclesiastical path. He unexpectedly became the heir to the throne of France after the accidental death of his older brother, Philip, in 1131. A well-learned and exceptionally devout man, Louis VII was better suited for life as a priest than as a monarch.

    In his youth, he spent much time in Saint-Denis, where he built a friendship with the Abbot Suger which was to serve him well in his early years as king.

    Louis married three times. By Eleanor of Aquitaine, he had:

    Marie, married Henry I of Champagne
    Alix, married Theobald V of Blois
    By Constance of Castile:

    Marguerite of France (1158–97), married (1) Henry the Young King; (2) King Béla III of Hungary (1172–96)
    Alys (4 October 1160 – c. 1220), engaged to Richard I of England; she married William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu
    By Adele of Champagne:

    Philip II Augustus (August 22, 1165 – 1223)
    Agnes of France (1171–1240), who was betrothed to Alexius II Comnenus (1180–83) but married (1) Andronicus I Comnenus (1183–85); (2) Theodore Branas (1204).1
  • The marriage of King Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine was annulled in 1152.

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VII_of_France

Helie of Burgundy

F, b. circa 1080, d. 28 February 1141
Name TypeDateDescription
Married Name1115As of 1115,her married name was Talvas.
Married Name1115As of 1115,her married name was of Ponthieu.
Life EventDateDescription
Birthcirca 1080Helie of Burgundy was born circa 1080.
Marriage1115She married William III of Ponthieu, son of Robert de Bellême and Agnes of Ponthieu, in 1115.
Death28 February 1141Helie of Burgundy died on 28 February 1141.
  • Helie of Burgundy (c.1080 – 28 February 1141) was the daughter of Eudes I and Sibylla of Burgundy.

    In June 1095, she married Bertrand of Toulouse, as his second wife. The two had one son, Pons of Tripoli (c.1098–1137).

    Bertrand succeeded his father as Count of Toulouse in 1105, and in 1108, he set out for Outremer to claim his father's rights as Count of Tripoli. Helie accompanied him on this expedition, which resulted in the capture of Tripoli in 1109; shortly after, their nephew, William-Jordan died of wounds, giving Bertrand an undisputed claim to Tripoli.

    Bertrand died in 1112, and Pons succeeded him in Tripoli. Helie returned to France, where she married William III of Ponthieu in 1115. They had twelve children, including two named Robert, two named William, and two named Enguerrand:

    Guy II of Ponthieu (d. 1147)
    William (d. aft. 1166)
    Robert
    Robert de Garennes (d. aft. 1171), a monk
    William
    Enguerrand
    Enguerrand
    Mabile
    John I, Count of Alençon (d. 1191)
    Clemence (d. bef. 1189), married Juhel, Sire de Mayenne
    Philippa (d. bef. 1149)
    Ela (d. 10 October 1174), married first William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey, and second Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury
    Helie died on 28 February 1141, in the Abbey de Perseigne.1

Children of Helie of Burgundy and William III of Ponthieu

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helie_of_Burgundy

Guy II Talvas

M, b. after 1115, d. 1147
Father*William III of Ponthieu b. c 1095, d. 20 Jun 1172
Mother*Helie of Burgundy b. c 1080, d. 28 Feb 1141
Life EventDateDescription
Birthafter 1115Guy II Talvas was born after 1115.
He was the son of William III of Ponthieu and Helie of Burgundy.
Death1147Guy II Talvas died in 1147.

Robert de Bellême

M, b. 1052, d. after 1130
Father*Roger the Great de Montgomery d. 1094
Mother*Mabel Talvas d. 1082
Name TypeDateDescription
Name VariationRobert de Bellême was also known as de Montgomery.
Name VariationRobert de Bellême was also known as Robert II.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageRobert de Bellême married Agnes of Ponthieu.
Birth1052Robert de Bellême was born in 1052.
He was the son of Roger the Great de Montgomery and Mabel Talvas.
Deathafter 1130Robert de Bellême died after 1130.
  • Robert de Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1052–after 1130), also spelled Belleme or Belesme, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy between the sons of William the Conqueror. He is also known as Robert II de Montgommery, seigneur of Bellême.

    He was the eldest son of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel of Belleme.

    Robert's first notable act, as a young man, was to take part in the 1077 revolt of the young Robert Curthose against William the Conqueror, an act he shared with many other Norman nobles of his generation. The rebellion was put down, and the participants pardoned. William did require that ducal garrisons be placed in the important baronial castles, which would make future rebellion much more difficult.

    Robert's mother Mabel was killed in 1082, whereupon Robert inherited her property which stretched across the hilly border region between Normandy and Maine. It is due to this early inheritance that Robert has come be known as of Bellême rather than of Montgomery.

    William the Conqueror died in 1087, and Robert's first act on hearing the news was to expel the ducal garrisons from his castles. Robert Curthose was the new duke of Normandy, but he was unable to keep order, and Robert of Bellême had a free hand to make war against his less powerful neighbours.

    The next year in the Rebellion of 1088, Odo of Bayeux rebelled in an attempt to place Curthose on the English throne in place of William Rufus. At Curthose's request Robert went to England, where he joined in the rebels' defence of Rochester Castle. The rebels were permitted to leave after the surrender of the castle and failure of the rebellion.

    Robert returned to Normandy. Odo had preceded him, had obtained the confidence of the duke, and convinced Curthose that Robert was a danger to the security of the duchy. Thus Robert was arrested and imprisoned upon his disembarkation. (The duke's younger brother Henry, who was on the same ship, was also arrested.)

    Robert's father Earl Roger came over from England, and, taking over his son's castles, defied Curthose. The duke captured several of the castles, but he soon tired of the matter and released Robert.

    Once released, Robert returned to his wars and depredations against his neighbours in southern Normandy. He did help Curthose in putting down a revolt by the citizens of Rouen, but his motive seems to have been in large part to seize as many wealthy townspeople and their goods as possible. Curthose in turn subsequently helped Robert in some of his fights against his neighbours.

    In 1094 one of Robert's most important castles, Domfront, was taken over by the duke's brother Henry (later Henry I of England), who never relinquished it and was to be an enemy of Robert for the rest of his life.

    Later that year (1094) Robert's father earl Roger died. Robert's younger brother Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury inherited the English lands and titles, while Robert inherited his father's Norman properties, which included good part of central and southern Normandy, in part adjacent to the Bellême territories he had already inherited from his mother.

    In 1098 Robert's younger brother Hugh died, and Robert inherited the English properties that had been their father's, including the Rape of Arundel and the Earldom of Shrewsbury.

    Robert was one of the great magnates who joined Robert Curthose's 1101 invasion of England, along with his brothers Roger the Poitevin and Arnulf of Montgomery and his nephew William of Mortain. This invasion, which aimed to depose Henry I, ended in the Treaty of Alton. The treaty called for amnesty for the participants but allowed traitors to be punished. Henry had a series of charges drawn up against Robert in 1102, and when Robert refused to answer for them, gathered his forces and besieged and captured Robert's English castles. Robert lost his English lands and titles (as did his brothers), was banished from England, and returned to Normandy.

    He was one of Curthose's commanders at the Battle of Tinchebrai and by flight from the field avoided being captured as Curthose was. With Normandy now under Henry's rule, he submitted and was allowed to retain his Norman fiefs. But after various conspiracies and plans to free Curthose, Robert was seized and imprisoned in 1112. He spent the rest of his life in prison; the exact date of his death is not known.

    Robert married Agnes of Ponthieu, by whom he had one child, William III of Ponthieu, who via his mother inherited the county of Ponthieu.1

Child of Robert de Bellême and Agnes of Ponthieu

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_of_Bell%C3%AAme

Agnes of Ponthieu

F, b. circa 1080, d. after 1105
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was de Bellême.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageAgnes of Ponthieu married Robert de Bellême, son of Roger the Great de Montgomery and Mabel Talvas.
Birthcirca 1080Agnes of Ponthieu was born circa 1080.
Deathafter 1105She died after 1105.
  • Agnes of Ponthieu (c. 1080 – aft. 1105) was the daughter of Count Guy I of Ponthieu. Enguerrand, the son of Count Guy, died at a youthful age. Guy then made his brother Hugh heir presumptive, but he also died before Guy (died 1100). Agnes became count Guy's heiress, and was married to Robert of Bellême. Their son William III of Ponthieu succeeded to the county of Ponthieu after the death of Agnes (between 1105 and 1111), and the imprisonment of his father in 1112.1

Child of Agnes of Ponthieu and Robert de Bellême

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Ponthieu

William of Bellême

M
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageWilliam of Bellême married Mathilde of Condé-sur-Noireau.

Child of William of Bellême and Mathilde of Condé-sur-Noireau

Mathilde of Condé-sur-Noireau

F
Name TypeDateDescription
Married NameHer married name was of Bellême.
Life EventDateDescription
MarriageMathilde of Condé-sur-Noireau married William of Bellême.

Child of Mathilde of Condé-sur-Noireau and William of Bellême

Haimo of Kent

M
Father*Haimo of Kent d. c 1100
Life EventDateDescription
Haimo of Kent was the son of Haimo of Kent.

Haimo Denatus

M, d. circa 1047
Life EventDateDescription
Deathcirca 1047Haimo Denatus died circa 1047.
  • Haimo Denatus, a Norman lord who held Torigny-sur-Vire near Manche in Normandy. The elder Haimo rebelled against Duke William, later King William I, and died about 1047.1

Child of Haimo Denatus

Citations

  1. [S369] Encyclopedia website, by compilation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haimo_(dapifer).

Hawise Fitzhamon

F, b. after 1090
Father*Robert Fitzhamon b. bt 1045 - 1055, d. Mar 1107
Mother*Sibyl de Montgomery
Life EventDateDescription
Birthafter 1090Hawise Fitzhamon was born after 1090.
She was the daughter of Robert Fitzhamon and Sibyl de Montgomery.
  • Nun.

Cecile Fitzhamon

F, b. after 1090
Father*Robert Fitzhamon b. bt 1045 - 1055, d. Mar 1107
Mother*Sibyl de Montgomery
Life EventDateDescription
Birthafter 1090Cecile Fitzhamon was born after 1090.
She was the daughter of Robert Fitzhamon and Sibyl de Montgomery.
  • Nun.