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Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 ©1996, Judy Parsons Smith

Lantbertus (Lambert) II
Lantbertus (Lambert) II, an adult ca. 690; d. 741. Lantbertus had a son:

Rutpert I
Rutpert I, living 722 - 757 (date of b. & d. unknown); m. Williswint, daughter of Count Adelhelm. Rutpert I was the Count in Upper Rhine and Wormgau. The name Rutpert is often used in interchangeably with Robert. Rutpert I & Williswint had a son:

Turincbertus (Thuringbert)
Thuringbert, son of Rutpert I & Williswint, seen 767 - 770. Thuringbert had a son:

Rutpert II
Rutpert II, son of Thuringbert, seen 770-807; m1st Theoderatea, d. 789; m2nd Isingard, seen 789.

Rutpert II was the Count in the Upper Rhine and Wormgau. Rutpert II & Theoderatea had a son:

Rutpert III
Rutpert III, son of Rutpert II & Theoderatea, seen 812-825; d. ca. 834; m. Wialdruth, daughter of St. William. Rutpert III was the Count in Wormgau. Rutpert III & Wialdruth had a son:

Rutpert IV
Rutpert IV, son of Rutpert III & Wialdruth, seen in 836; d. 15 Sept 866, killed; m1st unknown; m2nd ca 864 to Aelis (or Adelaide) of Tours & Alsace, daughter of Hugh & Bava, b. ca. 819; d. ca. 866; she was the widow of Conrad I, Count of Aargau and Auxerre. Rutpert IV was of Anjou, Bloise, Tour, Auxerre, and Nevers. He was the Count in Wormgau. Rutpert IV & Adelaide had children:

Odo or Eudes, King of the Franks
Robert I

Robert I
Robert I, son of Rutpert IV & Adelaide, b. 866 (after his fathers death); d. 15 Jun 923; m1st Aelis; m2nd Beatrix de Vermandois, daughter of Herbert I de Vermandois & Betha, d. aft. Mar 931. Robert I was the Count of Poitiors, Marquis of Neustria and Orléans, Count of Pairs, Duke of France, and King of the West Franks. He was chosen King of France in 922.

Robert I & Aelis had a daughter:

Hildebrante, m. Herbert II, de Vermandois. (See de Vermandois)

Robert I & Beatrix had children:

Hugh Magnus

Hugh Magnus
Hugh Magnus, son of Robert I and Beatrix, d. Jun 956; m1st - unknown; m2nd - unknown; m3rd to Hedwig, daughter of Henry I, the Fowler, King of the Saxons. SEE SAXONS. Hugh Magnus was the Count of Paris. Hugh & Hedwig had a son:

Hugh Capet
Hugh Capet, son of Hugh & Hedwig, b. aft. 939; d. 24 Oct 996; m. Adelaide of Poitou.

Hugh Capet was the Count of Paris from 956 to 996. He over threw Louis V in 987. Hugh Capet ruled as the King of France from 987 to 996. He was the first of the Capetian kings of France. His rule marked the beginning of the medieval period in France.

Hugh Capet & Adelaide had two (2) children:

Robert II, the Pious
Hedwig of France, d. aft 1013; m. Régnier IV, son of Régnier III & Adele, b. ca. 950; d. 1013. Régnier IV was the count of Hainaut.

Robert II, the Pious
Robert II, son of Hugh Capet & Adelaide, b. 970/971; d. 20 Jul 1031; m1st bef. 988 Rosela; m2nd 995 to Berthe, d. 1001, daughter of Conrad, King of Burgundy; m3rd 998 to Constance of Provence, daughter of William, Count of Provence & Adelaide of Anjou, d. 25 Jul 1032. Robert II reigned as the King of France.

Robert II & Rosela had a son:

1. Henry I, of France

Robert II & Constance of Provence had two (2) children:

Adele de France (See of Flanders)
Robert the Old, b. ca. 1011; d. 1075/6

Henry I
1. Henry I, son of Robert II & Rosela, b. 1005/11; d. 4 Aug 1060; m. 19/20 Jan 1051 to Anne of Kiev, daughter of Jaroslav I & Ingeborg, d. aft. 1075. Henry I was the King of France from 1031 to 1060. Henry I & Anne of Kiev had:

1a. Hugh Magnus
1b. Philip I, b. 1053

Natural Children of Henry I:

1c. Robert de Caen, b. ca. 1090.

Robert the Old
3. Robert the Old, son of Robert II & Constance of Provence, b. ca. 1011; d. 1075/6; m1st Irmgard of Anjour; m2nd ca. 1033 to Helie, daughter of Dalmas I of Semur en Auxois & Aremburge, d. 1109. There were no children of his first marriage.

Robert was the Duke of Burgandy.

Robert the Old & Helie had two (2) children:

3a. Constance of Burgandy, d. 1092
3b. Hildegarde (Aldegarde), d. aft 1104

Hugh Magnus
1a. Hugh Magnus, son of Henry I, King of France & Anne of Kiev, d. 1101; m. Adelaide de Vermandois

Hugh Magnus was the Duke of France and Burgundy, the Marquis of Orléans, the Count of Amiens, Chaumont, Paris, Valois and Vermandois. Adelaide was the Countess of Vermandois and Valois.

Hugh Magnus & Adelaide de Vermandois had:

1a1. Isabel de Vermandois, d. 13 or 31 Feb 1131 (See de Vermandois)

Philip I
1b. Philip I, son of Henry I, King of France & Anne of Kiev, b. 1053; d. 29 Jul 1108, Meulan; bur. Abbey St-Benoft-sur-Loire; m1st 1072 Bertha of Holland, daughter of Florent I, Count of Holland, b. ca. 1055; d. early 1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer.

Philip I was the King of France from 1060 to 1108, and the Count of Paris. He possessed one tower, Monthlhéry, which controlled the road from Paris to Orléans.

Philip I & Bertha of Holland had:

1b1. Louis VI, the Fat, b. Autumn 1081

Robert de Caen
1c. Robert de Caen, natural son of Henry I, b. ca. 1090.; d. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol; m. Maud, daughter of Robert Fitz Hamon & Sybil. Robert de Caen was called "the Consul". He was the Earl of Gloucester from1122 to 1147. Robert de Caen & Maud had:

1c1. William Fitz Robert, m. Hawise de Beaumont
1c2. Maud, d. 29 Jul 1189

Constance of Burgandy
3a. Constance of Burgandy, daughter of Robert the Old & Helie ,d. 1092;m1st Alfonso VI, son of Fernando the Great, b. 1030, d. 1109. Alfonso was the King of Castile and Leon. Alfonso VI & Constance had:

3a1. Urraca of Castile & Leon, d. 1126

Hildegarde (Aldegarde)
3b. Hildegarde (Aldegarde), daughter of Robert the Old & Helie, d. aft 1104; m1st to _________; m2nd to _______; m3rd 1068/9 to William VI, b. ca. 1026; d. 25 Sept 1086. William VI was the Count of Poitou from 1058-1086. William VI & Hildegarde had:

3b1. William VII of Poitou, b. ca. 22 Oct 1071; d. 10 Feb 1126/7

Louis VI the Fat
1b1. Louis VI, the Fat, son of Philip I & Bertha of Holland, b. Autumn 1081; d. 1 Aug 1137, Paris; m1st __________; m2nd ca. 1115, Paris to Adelaide of Savoy, daughter of Humbert II, Count of Maurienne and Savoy, b. 18 Nov. 1154.

Louis VI the Fat reigned as King of France from 1108 to 1137. He was also a Crusader. Louis VI, the Fat was advised by his father, Philip I, never to lose control of the tower of Monthlhéry.

Louis VI & Adelaide of Savoy had:

1b1a. Louis VII, the Young, b. 1120; d. 18 Sept 1180; m. Eleanor of Aquitaine.

1b1b. Peter of France, b. ca. 1125; d. bef. 1183; m. Elizabeth de Courtenay, daughter of Renaud de Courtenay, d. living in 1205. Peter of France was a Crusader in 1147. He was in England in 1178. See de Courtenay.

Maud
1c2. Maud, daughter of Robert de Caen & Maud, d. 29 Jul 1189; m. ca. 1141 to Ranulph de Gernon, son of Ranulph le Meschin, Earl of Chester & Lucy, b. ca. 1100; d. 16 Dec 1153. Ranulph de Gernon & Maud had:

1c2a. Hugh of Kevelioc, b. 1147, Kevelioc, co. Monmouth

Urraca of Castile & Leon
3a1. Urraca of Castile & Leon, daughter of Alfonso VI & Constance, d. 1126; m. Raymond of Burgandy, d. 1107. Raymond & Urraca had:

3a1a. Alfonso VII, b. 1103; d. 1157.

William VII of Poitou
3b1. William VII of Poitou, son of William VI & Hildegarde, b. ca. 22 Oct 1071; d. 10 Feb 1126/7; m1st _________; m2nd 1094 to of Toulouse, d. 28 Nov 1117.Maud of Toulouse, daughter of William IV

William VII of Poitou was the 7th Count of Poitou and 9th duke of Aquitaine. He was the first known as a troubadour (poet).

William VII & Maud of Toulouse had:

3b1a. William VIII of Poitou, b. 1099

Louis VII the Young
1b1a. Louis VII, the Young, son of Louis VI & Adelaide of Savoy, b. 1120; d. 18 Sept 1180; m. Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William VIII of Poitou & Maud of Toulouse, b. 1123; d. 3 or 31 Mar or 1 Apr 1204, Fontevrault. Louis VII & Eleanor of Aquitaine divorced 21 Mar 1152. Louis VII m2nd __________. Eleanor m2nd to Henry II, King of England.

Eleanor held the titles of Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitou. She was the Queen of France during her 14 year marriage to Louis VII, the Young. During Eleanor’s first marriage to Louis VII, she accompanied him on the first and second Crusade to the Holy Land. They departed on the second Crusade in 1147. Returning to France in 1150, after 2 ½ years away. After their return, it became apparent that neither Louis nor Eleanor were suited to life together, their marriage was dissolved on 21 Mar 1152, Beaugency (France) the grounds for the dissolution was "blood relationship". In order to claim that the two were "blood relations" one is required to go back nearly two centuries to find a common ancestor. However during this period, it was felt that no matter how distant it was inappropriate for cousins to marry. At the time of the dissolution of their marriage Eleanor allowed to retain her titles of Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitou. Her daughters were declared legitimate and their custody was awarded to their father, Louis VII.

Louis VII and Eleanor had two (2) daughters:

1b1a1. Marie, b. 1145; m. ca. 1154, at the age of nine to Henry, Count of Champagne, b. ca. 1136. She then became the Countess of Champagne.
1b1a2. Alix, b. 1150 (shortly after her parents return from the 2nd Crusade).

Alfonso VII
3a1a. Alfonso VII, son of Raymond & Urraca, b. 1103; d. 1157;m1st ______________; m2nd 1124 to Berenguela of Barcelona, d. 1131; m3rd Richilde of Poland; m4th 1169 to Eleanor of England, daughter of Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine & Poitou, b. 1161, Normandy; d. 1214.

Alfonso VII & Richilde had children:

3a1a1. Sancha of Castile (daughter); m. Alfonso II
3a1a2. Sancho III, d. 1158; m. Blanche of Navarre. Sancho III was the King of Castile.

Alfonso VII & Eleanor of England had at eight (8) children:

3a1a3. Urraca (daughter)
3a1a4. Blanche, m. Louis Capet (later to be Louis VIII)
3a1a5. Berengaria of Castile, d. 1244

William VIII of Poitou
3b1a. William VIII of Poitou, son of William VII & Maud of Toulouse, b. 1099; d. 9 Apr 1137; m1st Eleanor de Chastellerault, daughter of Almeric I Viscount of Chastellerault, d. aft Mar 1130. William VII & Eleanor de Chastellerault had:

3b1a1. Maud of Aquitaine, m. Ramiro II of Aragon
3b1a2. Eleanor of Aquitaine & Poitou, b. 1123; d. 31 Mar or 1 Apr 1204. See Henry I, King of England

Sancha of Castile
3a1a1. Sancha of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII & Richilde, m. Alfonso II, son of Raymond V & Petronilla of Aragon, b. 1152, d. 1196. King of Aragon 1163-1196. Alfonso II & Sancha of Castile had:

3a1a1a. Alfonso, d. 1209

Sancho III
3a1a2. Sancho III, son of Alfonso VII & Richilde, d. 1158; m. Blanche of Navarre. Sancho III was the King of Castile. Sancho III & Blanche of Navarre had:

3a1a2a. Alfonso IX, b. 1166; d. 1229; m. Berengaria of Castile.

Maud of Aquitaine
3b1a1. Maud of Aquitaine, daughter of William VII & Eleanor de Chastellerault, m. Ramiro II of Aragon, d. 1147. Ramiro II & Maud of Aquitaine had:

3b1a1a. Petronilla of Aragon, b. 1135

Berengaria of Castile
3a1a5. Berengaria of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII & Eleanor of England, d. 1244; m1st ______; m2nd Alfonso IX, son of Sancho III & Blanch of Navarre, b. 1166; d. 1229. Alfonso IX was the King of Leon.

Alfonso IX & Berengaria of Castile had:

3a1a5a. Fernando III, the Saint, b. 1191; d. 1252.

William de Ferrers
1c2a2a. William de Ferrers, son of William de Ferrers & Agnes of Chester, b. ca. 1193; bur. 31 Mar 1254; m1st by 14 May 1219 Sibyl, daughter of William Marshall & Isabel de Clare; m2nd ca. 1238 to Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Roger de Quincy & Helen of Galloway, d. bef. 12 Mar 1280/81.

William de Ferrers & Sibyl had:

1c2a2a0. Joan, d. Oct 1267; m1st to Sir John de Mohun; m2nd Aug. 1256 to Robert Aguillon, son of William Aguillon & Joan.

William de Ferrers & Margaret de Quincy had:

1c2a2a1. Joan Ferrers m. Sir Thomas de Berkeley

Alfonso
3a1a1a. Alfonso, son of Alfonso II & Sancha of Castile, d. 1209; m. 1193 Gersenda II of Sabran, daughter of Rainou Count of Forcalquier. Alfonso was the Count of Provence. Alfonso & Gersenda II had:

3a1a1a1. Raymond IV Berenger, b. 1195; d. 19 Aug 1245.

Alfonso IX
3a1a2a. Alfonso IX, son of Sancho III & Blanche of Navarre, b. 1166; d. 1229; m. Berengaria of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII & Eleanor of England, d. 1244. Alfonso IX was the King of Leon. Alfonso IX & Berengaria of Castile had:

3a1a2a1. Fernando III, the Saint, b. 1191; d. 1252. [Same as #3a1a5a.]

Fernando III, the Saint
3a1a5a. Fernando III, the Saint, son of Alfonso IX & Berengaria of Castile, b. 1191; d. 1252; m1st ______________; m2nd 1237 to Joan de Dammartin, d. 1279. Fernando III was King of Castile in 1217 and by 1230 he was King of Leon. Fernando III & Joan de Dammartin had:

3a1a5a1. Eleanor of Castile m. Edward I See Castile

Petronilla of Aragon
3b1a1a. Petronilla of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II & Maud of Aquitaine, b. 1135; d. 1172; m 1151 Raymond V, d. 1162. Raymond V was the Count of Barcelona. Raymond V & Petronilla of Aragon had:

3b1a1a1. Alfonso II, b. 1152; d. 1196

Joan de Ferrers
1c2a2a0. Joan de Ferrers, daughter of William de Ferrers & Sibyl, d. Oct 1267; m1st to Sir John de Mohun; m2nd Aug. 1256 to Robert Aguillon, son of William Aguillon & Joan. Robert Aguillon & Joan de Ferrers had:

1c2a2a0a. Isabel, m. bef. 1282 to Hugh Bardolf, son of William Bardolf.

Alfonso II
3b1a1a1. Alfonso II, son of Raymond V & Petronilla of Aragon, b. 1152, d. 1196; m. Sancha of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII & Richilde, d. 1208. Alfonso II was the King of Aragon from 1163 to 1196. Alfonso II & Sancha of Castile had:

3b1a1a1a. Alfonso, d. 1209 (same as #3a1a1a above)

Raymond IV Berenger
3a1a1a1. Raymond IV Berenger, son of . Alfonso & Gersenda II, b. 1195; d. 19 Aug 1245; m. ca. 5 Jun 1219 to Beatrice of Savoy, daughter of Thomas I of Savoy & Margaret of Geneva, d. 1266. Raymond IV Berenger was the Count of Provence and Forcalquier. Raymond IV & Beatrice of Savoy had:

3a1a1a1a. Eleanor of Provence, m. Henry III, King of England

Isabel Aguillon
1c2a2a0a. Isabel Aguillon, daughter of Robert Aguillon & Joan de Ferrers, b. ca. 1258, m. bef. 1282 to Hugh Bardolf, son of William Bardolf. Isabel was the Lady of Perching in 1316. Hugh Bardolf & Isabel had:

1c2a2a0a1. Thomas Bardolf, b. 4 Oct 1282; d. 15 Dec 1328; m. Agnes, daughter of William de Grandson & Blanche, d. 11 Dec 1357. Thomas & Agnes Bardolf had:

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