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Born 5 Jun 1877 Godshill, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - University record: Adm. at PEMBROKE, Oct. 1900. [Only] s. of Charles Carter, architect [of Riverhead, Kent (and Kathleen, dau. of Col. Munns, of St Martin's, Canterbury)]. B. June 5, 1877, at Ventnor, Isle of Wight..

Daughter Iris 1902 Paris, France - Cis Mary, pregnant, left Australia with her governess, sent to Paris to save face! She had a daughter Iris who was passed off as her Orphan niece and after CRC had married her in France she came clean..

Information 1843 - William Charles is the "William F Powning" shown in the 1951 England census. The entry has a mark over the middle initial which has been mis-read in the ancestry.com transcription as an "F"..

Information - Marriage record shows Sarah's father's name is William. 1841 census indicates her mother's name is Sarah. Future wife Sarah Onslow Lambert (nee Heaven) is living 2 doors up the street (Whiterock)..

Comment (1) - In 1841, Anne (12) and William (10) Lander are living with her and her son Edwin (4). In about 1848 she has a son with William, and calls him Lander. Why? Who were the Lander children? What was so special about the name Lander that she gave it to her son?.

Comment (2) - See attached media for the Lander search. No-one was found..

Information 1818 - Sarah's age 43 in the 1861 census must be wrong, because she was baptised in 1815..

Information 30 Sep 1854 Bristol, England - The Bristol Mercury reported the birth of a stillborn son to William and Sarah O in Sturminster Newton..

Parents - Marriage record shows Sarah's father's name is William. 1841 census indicates her mother's name is Sarah. Sarah Onslow Lambert (nee Heaven) is living 2 doors up the street (Whiterock) from future husband William Powning and his mother..

Identification-1 1823 - Ann Grocock's children were born 1823 to Jan 1841. Ann Grocock, born 7 Aug 1794 would have been aged ~29 to 46 and 5 months on those dates. Definitely possible, but information confirming that we have the correct Ann Grocock would be nice..

Identification-2 1823 - There is a record of an Ann Grocock marrying William Trivett, but this appears to be a different Ann Grocock because the birth dates of her children with William Trivett overlap the birth dates of Ann Grocock's children with Howard Roadley..

Information-3 1851 Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England - 1851 census shows Elizabeth Annis Roadley and Sophia Howard Roadley were sisters. Implied birth dates tally with other information. Elizabeth Annis R is schoolteacher age 21, Sophia Howard R is her sister, age 10 - living in Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire..

Letter from Elizabeth Humphry Dec 1826 - ... I saw little Martha Woodgate, & think her a sweet little girl. ....

Influential-1 - This was an influential family. Samuel's sister Mary married Samuel Webb. Their son Jonas Webb in the 1850s and for many years was one of the most prominent figures in agriculture and one of the leading breeders of Southdown sheep (The Field, 5 May 1951)..

Influential-2 - Samuel's daughter Rebecca married Robert Maulkin, and their daughter Emily married Frederick William King, who founded the Greene King Brewery in Bury St Edmunds..

Influential-3 - Samuel's son, Samuel, became the largest tenant farmer in England. Samuel's daughter Mary married Robert William King, cousin of Fred King, who farmed 800 acres at Brinkley Hall..

Inheritance 1800 Great Thurlow, Suffolk, England - Rebecca inherited two dwellings at Westend, Great Thurlow, from her grandfather, Ambrose Gardner..

Mary Sugden, Mary Selby 1798, 1801 Middlesex, England - There were marriages in Aldgate 1798 between a Richard Payne and a Mary Sugden, and also in St Marylebone 1801 between a Richard Payne and a Mary Selby. Grandson's name "Robert Sugden" suggests that this Richard Payne married Mary Sugden, not Mary Selby..

Died 23 Dec 1864 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - Our information conflicts with England&Wales death record. Perhaps the death record is for a different Jane Charlton..

Ancestry / Identity - 1 26 Aug 1792 St Leonard, Shoreditch Hackney, England - Not known whether this marriage between William Heaven and Sarah Heaven (sic) is of "our" William Heaven and Sarah. Why is she called Heaven not her maiden name? William could sign his name, but Sarah and witness Thomas Heaven could not..

Ancestry / Identity - 2 26 Aug 1792 St Leonard, Shoreditch Hackney, England - It seems unlikely that these are "our" William and Sarah: 1. Shoreditch is some way (~5 miles) away from Pimlico. 2. Sarah Onslow was of "private means" when young, unlikely the daughter of a Mum who couldn't sign her own name?.

Ancestry / Identity - 3 Jul-Aug-Sep 1865 Cricklade, Wiltshire, England - There's no obvious reason to suppose the William Heaven died Cricklade 1865 is "our" WIlliam, but I'm recording it so I don't lose it. Coincidental that Cam Gyde Heaven's death is just a few lines earlier in the record..

Ancestry / Identity - 4 29 Mar 1821 Clifton, - If this William Robert Heaven is son of Robert Heaven (son of Samuel Heaven and Mary Gyde) then his death age 21 in Burke (see Gallery) is probably wrong. Needs checking! There's no other record of a William Robert Heaven dying in Bristol that I can find..

Ancestry / Identity - 5 - Also, WRH's mother, Coondun Buy, was "Eurasian" - presumably Anglo-Indian. If "our" WH, he would have been up to 1/4-Indian, any children up to 1/8-Indian, and some descendants would probably look like they had some Indian ancestry..

Died 18 May 1836 Sproxton, Leicestershire, England - (Implied from burial details).

Probate 10 May 1793 - Ambrose Gardner's Will is in the Gallery..

Will 1742 - Photo is in the Gallery. Did John Annis have a first wife Alice and "re-use" the will for second wife Mary, or did he get his wife's name wrong? Probably the former, because the will is dated 1742, and he didn't marry Mary until 1753..

Born 1725 - Date is from baptism date..

Died 23 Apr 1831 - "April 25th, 1831 [..] " . . . . on Saturday evening, when my poor Aunt breathed her last". 25 Apr 1831 was a Monday, so she died on 23 Apr 1831..

Born Abt. 1720 Scotland - Records for parents look a bit dubious. Need checking!.

The Opulent Bleacher 1737 - Peter and Alice were parents of Peter Ainsworth, "The Opulent Bleacher". See his entry for the connection with Dawn's family..

Ancestry 1706 - Woodgate ancestry chart: "Woodgate charts" and "Chart 1" in the Gallery. Not used yet..

Info from valmcniven - Peter lived at The Holcroft near St.George's Church, Bolton and was our first definitely known bleacher. He was a Master Bleacher at a croft near the "Ten Houses", where his son Peter was apprenticed to him. His other son Richard died in Honduras in 1758..

Buried St Kew, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England - From son James' grave: James son of Constantine and Prudence Moyle of Trethevan buried 25 May 1744. Constantine Moyle buried 11 Apr 1746 aged 76. Prudence Moyle buried 7 Jan 1750 aged 73..

Died 7 Jan 1750 - From son James' grave: James son of Constantine and Prudence Moyle of Trethevan buried 25 May 1744. Constantine Moyle buried 11 Apr 1746 aged 76. Prudence Moyle buried 7 Jan 1750 aged 73..

Married 1655 or 1656 Long Melford, Suffolk, England - Francis (Frances) was Widow Aggas at time of marriage to Richard Holborough.

Married 1655 or 1656 Long Melford, Suffolk, England - Francis (Frances) was Widow Aggas at time of marriage to Richard Holborough.

Born 1648 - Birth date is from baptism date. Not certain that this is the correct Joseph Parmenter..

Died 11 Sep 1709 Malplaquet, Artois, France - Battle of Malplaquet..

Baptised 06 Mar 1642 Muston, Leicestershire, England - Baptism record shows death 2 days later ????? Can't see original document, suspect it is a transcription error..

Probate 24 May 1703 - See the will in Gallery..

Will 2 Apr 1702 Saltby, Leicestershire, England - Thomas Grocock, Miller of Saltby, gave 2/6d to eldest son Justinian, £25 to daughter Alice, rest of goods chattels and cattle to wife Alice and youngest son Thomas who were also joint executors. See the will in Gallery..

Petition 1674 City of Edinburgh, Scotland - Alison Skene, with other women, petitioned parliament against the Duke of Lauderdale's scheme for new modelling of the privy council. They were then banished from "the town of Edinburgh and the liberties thereof"..

Information - In some other trees, Frances Polhill is the daughter of David Polhill and Ann Byng - but the dates don't look right so they are left out of this tree. But "Byng" is certainly possible, as a Mr Byng is mentioned in the Woodgate history..

Information - In "Ainsworth Family Tree", father is given as Gyles Henrie Ainsworth 1567-1615, mother J Harwood 1568-? (plus some more generations), but dates don't add up so I've left them out..

Petleys and Riverhead Abt. 1620 Riverhead Kent England - The Petleys are descended in direct line from Richard Petley of Downe, living temp. Hen. III, whose descendant married about 1620, as his second wife, Elizabeth daughter of Ralph Came of London, through whom he acquired Riverhead..

Petleys and Riverhead 1620 Riverhead, Kent, England - The Petleys are descended in direct line from Richard Petley of Downe, living temp. Hen. III, whose descendant married about 1620, as his second wife, Elizabeth daughter of Ralph Came of London, through whom he acquired Riverhead..

Born 1552 Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, England - hpqscan0005 in Gallery shows birth 1562, but this does not tally with other dates..

Information - Katherine Cromwell is the elder sister of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's great minister..

Died 9 Sep 1513 Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England - Killed in action..

Born 1453 Gwynedd, Wales - Illegitimate..

Died Wales - Body lost or destroyed. Memorial ID 82421844..

Died 18 May 1497 - Killed..

James I 1423 - Sir Adam was one of the Commissioners sent to England to treat for the release of King James I of Scotland in 1423..

Died 4 Feb 1460 England - Beheaded.

Buried 1484 St. Mary's Chapel, Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales - Memorial ID 81773598.

Fighter-1 - John Swinton was one of the greatest fighters of his time. In the wars with the English, he is said to have visited the enemy, and given a general challenge to fight any of their army. At Homildon Hill, with the battle going very badly for the Scots, ....

Fighter-2 - ... "Swinton and Gordon descended the hill, accompanied by only one hundred men, and a desperate valour led the whole body to death. Had a similar spirit been shewn by the Scottish army, it is probable that the event of that day would have been different.".

Earldom 1434 - George was stripped of his earldom by King James I, and took flight to England, where he was paid a paltry sum from Scottish sources till his death..

Father Abt. 1350 - wikitree says Jean's father was John Haliburton, but the text says: Jane Halyburton is the daughter of Sir William Halyburton of Dirletoun. She married Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney, [..].

Born Abt. 1370 - Illegitimate..

Died Abt. 1392 - Killed..

Born Bef. 1378 - Illegitimate..

Died sep 1402 London, England - Bubonic plague..

Parents Abt. 1389 - wikitree says possible parents James Dundas b.~1377 and Christian Stewart b.~1377 but point out that birth dates don't tally. wikitree gives alternate parents, same as given in thepeerage.com, used in this tree..

Died 24 Nov 1440 Edinburgh, Scotland - Executed immediately after a mock trial..

Born 1398 Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - Genetic testing has shown thatJanet (James's mother)'s husband John Hamilton 4th of Cadzow was not James's father. James's father is not known..

Information - Queen of James II of Scotlandmarried 1449; on death of James at Roxburgh, 1460, set out for the camp with the infant king and took the castle; regent of Scotland during James III's minority; received Maragaret and Henry VI after defeat at Towton, 1461..

Died 21 Oct 1425 Raby Castle, Durham, England - He was buried at Staindrop, where his alabaster effigy in armour between his two wives remains the finest sepulchral monument in the north of England..

Information - Knight, Order of the Garter. In 1346 served Black Prince's division, Battle of Crécy..

Died 17 Aug 1424 Battle of Verneuil, Normandy, France - Killed in action, fighting in the Scottish army for France against England. The battle of Verneuil was a particularly bloody battle, and the Scottish army was effectively destroyed..

Born Abt. 1325 - Illegitimate..

Born Abt. 1360 - He is believed to be a descendant of the Flemish house of Freskyn..

Born 1337 Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland - Birth name was John..

Married Abt. 1377 Keth Symon, East Lothian,Scotland - Agnes was widow of John Monfode..

Robert the Bruce - There were strong links betrween Robert's father, John, and Robert the Bruce. John married a daughter (illegitimate) of Bruce, and after Robert the Bruce died John accompanied Bruce's heart to the Holy Land..

Born Abt. 1300 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland - Illegitimate. Bruce named two, at least, of his daughters Margaretone was legitimate and she married William Sutherland, Earl of Sutherland; this Margaret, illegitimate, married Robert Glen, a companion of both Wallace and Bruce..

Died 2 Mar 1316 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland - Died in childbirth..

Died 19 Jul 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill, Northumberland, England - When the Scottish ranks broke .. Scots honour was saved by the Earl of Ross and his Highlanders, who fought to the death in a gallant rearguard action..

Died 14 Sep 1402 - Killed in action..

Born Abt. 1365 Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland - Joan (Joanna)'s birth details are in text for daughter Janet's wikitree entry..

Died 28 May 1404 Hill, Gloucestershire, England - Some other sources give place of death Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland..

Details - All details in wikitree for David and wife Islay look suspect so are not used here..

Details - All details in wikitree for Islay and husband David look suspect so are not used here..

James I of Scotland - 1 Feb 1406 - David was with 11yo James, Prince of Scotland, at the Bass Rock (owned by our ancestor Sir Robert Lauder of the Bass ~1350-1425) in February 1406, and saw James safely onto a ship for France. On his return home, David was attacked and killed at ....

James I of Scotland - 2 1406 - ... Longherdmanston, near Edinburgh, on 14 Feb 1406, at the instigation ("provocatus per Alexandrum de Seton") of his own grandson, Alexander Seton. James's ship was captured by the English and James (who became King in April) was a prisoner for 18 years..

Died 1356 Candia, Crete, Greece - En route to the Holy Land..

Born Abt. 1330 - Wikitree gives different birth and death dates, but the text suggests that 1330-1363 is pretty close. Wikitree gives parents Alan Wyntown and Margaret Murray, but they also say his parents have never been identified in original source material..

Died Abt. 1363 Mt Sinai, Israel - It was reported that Alan died on his way to Mount Sinai, when about to visit the tomb of St. Katherine there..

Born Abt. 1330 Seton, Eastlothian, Scotland - Lady Margaret's father was a son of Alexander Seton and Christian Chayne, but it is not certain which one..

Died Scotland - Margaret outlived her husband, and never remarrried..

Wintoun's War - 1 Abt. 1347 - Alan abducted Margaret in about 1347, when both were young, causing a rift "Wyntoun's War" in the local community, where "some favoured the ravisher, others thought to bring him to punishment". Alan was apprehended and brought before King David II. ....

Wintoun's War - 2 Abt. 1347 - Margaret was then blindfolded and had to "choose" between two objects, a sword and a ring. She "chose" the ring, so they were considered to be married. The sword would presumably have led to Alan's execution. Medieval justice!.

Died 1361 Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Died from the plague while imprisoned for alleged complicity in the murder of King David II's mistress, Catherine Mortimer..

Changing loyalty - 1 1314 to 1361 - In 1314 John was pro-English. He hosted King Edward II at Dunbar Castle after Bannockburn and helped him escape to England. In 1318 he supported Scotland and helped take Berwick. In 1332-3 he commanded Scottish troops in the battles of Dupplin and ....

Changing loyalty - 2 1314 to 1361 - ... Halidon Hill. Later he sided with the English for a year or so. In 1346 he fought for Scotland at Neville's Cross. In February 1360/61 he appears to have deserted the Scots Crown yet a third time since he is called a rebel and his lands are forfeited..

Parents 1268 - wikitree says her parents are Alexander Stewart and Jean Macrory b.1211, but dates make this impossible..

Parents 1268 - wikitree says her parents are Alexander Stewart and Jean Macrory b.1211, but dates make this impossible..

Died 17 Oct 1346 Battle of Neville's Cross, Durham, England - Killed in action..

Information - The marriage of "beautiful" Maria van Arkel to Jan of Egmond was arranged by her uncle, Duke Reginald of Guelders. Their granddaughter, Mary of Guelders, married King James II of Scotland, and ruled Scotland for 3 years (until her death) after James died..

Died 11 sep 1349 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone, Departement du Val-d'Oise, Ile-de-France, France - Died of Bubonic Plague..

Died Bef. 13 Mar 1309 - As a supporter of Robert Bruce, he was imprisoned by the English and died in captivity..

Born 1272 Carrick, Argyll and Bute, Scotland - Sister of Robert the Bruce..

Died 1298 London, England - Prisoner..

Capture of William Wallace Aug 1305 Robroyston, Lanarkshire, Scotland - In August 1305, Sir John captured Sir William Wallace, and handed him over to the English, and hence to King Edward I of England. Edward had William Wallace hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason and crimes against English civilians..

Parents - wikitree makes Beatrix sister of her husband Alexander's first wife Alice. Wikipedia doesn't name her parents. It is assumed here that wikitree is incorrect..

Born 1262 Seton, East Lothian, Scotland - wikitree says Janet's father is Hugh Giffard 1130-1195 (in this tree), but the dates are impossible..

Died 12 Aug 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor, Perth, Scotland - The Battle of Dupplin Moor was a terrible defeat of the disorganised Scottish forces by a smaller English/rebel force...

Prisoner Abt. 1314 to 1318 Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland - During the First War of Scottish Independence, she was captured by the English and imprisoned in a cage at Roxburgh Castle for about four years..

Born Bef. 1211 Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland - Jean Macrory, heiress of the Isles of Bute and Arran, daughter of James (who with his father and brothers was killed 1210 by the men of Skye), son of Angus Lord of Bute &Arran (younger son of Somerled, King of the South Isles). [Burke's Peerage].

Died 28 Jul 1271 - He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography..

Died Abt. 1330 Scotland - Wikipedia says d.1380, but this date is way out of line with other dates..

Excommunication - He took part in violent contest with Abbot of Dunfermline over certain islands in the Forth, hence was temporarily excommunicated..

Died 1332 - Allegedly killed in action. (thepeerage.com).

Battle of Homildon Hill 14 Sep 1402 Battle of Homildon Hill, Wooler, Northumberland, England - Sir William was captured by the English, and taken to the tower, but returned to Scotland a few years later..

Information - More ancestor generations are available from eg. thepeerage.com web link. I haven't put them into this tree..

Born Abt. 1280 inceworth, Maker, Cornwall, England - Inceworth is in the parish of Maker. Maker is in both Devon and Cornwall. The church is in Devon. Inceworth village is in Cornwall. Old references to Inceworth or Maker could mean Devon or Cornwall..

Born Abt. 25 Mar 1273 Petworth, Sussex, England - Henry was born at Petworth in Sussex in 1273, seven months after his father's death, saving the family line from extinction, as two older brothers had died in infancy, and all six uncles had died without leaving any legitimate heirs..

Died 24 Jun 1314 Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed in action..

Information - In 1265 sided with Simon de Montfort), hence his estates confiscated after the Battle of Evesham, though these restored under the Dictum of Kenilworth..

Lived - Alive in 1242..

Career 1314 to 1319 - He served as a soldier in Scotland and probably at Bannockburn in 1314. In 1316 he was moved to North Wales to protect the area from the Irish threat. In 1318 he became forester of Snowdon. In 1319 he was involved in retaking Berwick from Scottish forces..

Hundred Years War 1334 - An (arguably petty) argument between Philippe and King Edward III of England led to the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) between England and France..

Died 22 Jul 1298 Battle of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed fighting for Sir William Wallace..

Parents Abt. 1270 - thepeerage.com gives Alexander's parents as Sir Christopher Seton and Lady Christian Bruce (sister of Robert the Bruce), but wikitree says that dates make this impossible. So wikitree's lineage has been used instead..

Bannockburn 23/24 Jun 1314 - John St. Clair of Herdmanston fought in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, after which for his services, King Robert I gave him a sword whose blade was engraved 'Le Roi me donne, St. Clair me Porte..

Born Bet. 1210 and 1230 - Birth dates given for William and brother Andrew range from 1200 to 1240. The actual dates have to be somwhere between these two dates, probably between 1210 and 1230 but I can't narrow them down any further..

Died 7 Oct 1332 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland - Captured at the Battle of Dupplin Moor and executed as a traitor (he played a crucial role before the battle, showing Baliol's forces where to cross the river Earn..

Died 1356/57 - At a great age..

Died Aug 1257 London, England - In a tournament..

Born Abt. 1220 Scotland - Margaret appears to have taken her mother's name, Murray..

Born 1226 Angus, Scotland - Parents given in wikitree are impossible (dates)..

Born Abt. 1220 Glen, Renfrewshire, Scotland - The de Ness family came originally from Ness near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England..

The Forgotten Monarch of Scotland - An entry in myheritage.com refers to Gilronan Macgilronan as "The Forgotten Monarch of Scotland", but there appear to be no other references..

Died 1210 Scotland - Killed by the men of Skye, along with his father and two brothers..

Father Abt. 1194 - thepeerage.com says his father was William FitzAldelm, but Wikipedia says that William FitzAldelm is often genealogically confused with William de Burgh, Richard's actual father..

Died Bet. 16 May 1291 and 12 Nov 1291 - wikitree says Bef. 25 Jul 1281..

Died Sep 1306 London, England - Taken prisoner and hung drawn and quartered by the English. His head was impaled on a spike on London Bridge, alongside John Fraser, stated as a brother, and William Wallace..

Died 1364 - Age 101??.

Died Abt. 1365 - Wikitree has the place of death wrong. Thomas's father, not this Thomas, died at the Battle of Homilden Hill..

Ancestor of the monarchs of England and of Scotland - The children of his daughter Katherine gave rise to the Tudor dynasty while her granddaughter Joan Beaufort married into the Stuart dynasty. Another of his daughters, Philippa, also made a notable marriage to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer..

Piast Dynasty, Brzeg - From the early 14th to late 17th centuries, Brzeg was ruled by the Piast dynasty, the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. It then came under the control of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire and became part of Germany..

Information 1258 - He appears to have been a person of great rank in the time of Henry III. He was summoned to the aid of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, in defence of the Marchesand in the following year he was summoned to march against Llewellin..

Upbringing Aft. 1234 - Joan's mother died soon after Joan was born. Joan was brought up by her stepmother, Warin's second wife, Dionisie de Anesty..

Information - thepeerage.com and Wikipedia number the Earls of Gloucester differently. Needs resolution..

Born Apr 1272 Acre, Israel - Born while her parents were on a crusade..

Died 23 Apr 1307 - Buried at Clare Priory, Suffolk, England (see gallery)..

Spoiled rotten 1274 to 1278 Ponthieu - From 1274 to 1278, Joan stayed with her grandmother Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, who treated the girl so indulgently that when she was returned to England her parents found that she was thoroughly spoiled..

Died Abt. 11 Jun 1272 Ireland - Broke his neck..

Ancestress - 1 - Juliana is an ancestress of the English king Edward IV. By Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York, consort of Henry VII, she was an ancestress to all subsequent monarchs of England and the current British Royal Family..

Ancestress - 2 - Juliana is also an ancestress of Henry VIII's queens consort Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr..

Young Widow 29 Aug 1287 - Juliana's husband Thomas died on 29 August 1287, leaving Juliana a widow at the age of twenty-four with four small childrenthe youngest, Margaret was not quite five months old. Juiana did marry again, twice..

Diana Spencer - John Engaine is a direct ancestor of Lady Diana Spencer..

Inheritance 1221 Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire - In 1221 she obtained as her 4th share of her father's inheritance, the manor of Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire..

Died 19 Apr 1295 Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire, England - William held lands at Pyritone, Solyhull, Makstok, Merston, Cotes, Arley, Buddebrok. By the time of the inquisition into his death (like probate) his son Edmund had died and his estate was inherited by his four daughters Ida, Ela, Alice and Margaret (18)..

Born 1252 Seton, East Lothian ,Scotland - wikitree gives Alexander's parents as Sir Christopher Seton and Lady Christian Bruce (sister of Robert the Bruce), but the dates are impossible..

Died Aug 1332 Berwick upon Tweed, Scotland - Balliol and his party landed at Wester Kinghorn in August, 1332. The Scottish army, feebly comanded, kept at a distancebut “Sir Alexander Seton threw himself with a handful of soldiers upon the English, and was instantly overpowered and cut to pieces”..

Died Abt. 1294 Ath-dearg of Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland - Killed while fighting Alexander, Lord of Lorne..

Born Bef. 1175 - thepeerage.com gives a much later birth date. Wikitree explains its dates in some detail in the entry for Archibald's father William..

Died 24 Jun 1314 - This is the date of the Battle of Bannockburn. His son David was killed in the battle. It seems that either this David Barclay also died in the battle, aged 79, or he has been confused with his son..

Parents Abt. 1215 - thepeerage.com says that John's parents were William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and Sarah FitzHugh, but Wikipedia and Wikitree say that these are his grandparents through a Richard Comyn. Wikipedia and wikitree have been followed here..

Identity - thepeerage.com says that Richard de Burgh married Margaret Guines daughter of Arnould III de Guines and Alix Marie de Coucy. Wikipedia says he married Margaret de Burgh, daughter of his cousin John de Burgh. thepeerage.com has been used here..

Potted Summary - Llywelyn dominated Wales for 45 years. He sided with the barons who forced King John to sign Magna Carta in 1215. For 15 more years he fought Marcher lords and the king, and then he ruled Wales peacefully until his death..

Born Abt. 1130 - Hugh and his brothers are the first Giffards in Scotland, very likely descended from the Norman Giffard family from Longueville-la-Gifart in France..

Born Bet. 1210 and 1230 Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland - Birth dates given for Andrew and brother William range from 1200 to 1240. The actual dates have to be somwhere between these two dates, probably between 1210 and 1230 but I can't narrow them down any further..

Died Bet. May and Dec 1248 Marseilles, France - En route to the Holy Land..

Died 17 Jan 1240 Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England - Jaundice contracted while in childbirth..

Born Abt. 1142 Angus, Scotland - Some sources place his birth date much later, but children's birth dates suggest this earlier date is more likely..

Title - wikitree calls him 4th Earl of Angus, but also says "He succeeded his brother, Adam, the second Earl of Angus, who died in 1198". So he must have been 3rd Earl of Angus. His father must have been 1st Earl of Angus..

Died 1210 Scotland - Killed by the men of Skye..

Died Winter 1205/06 Galway, Ireland - "William Burke plundered Connacht, as well churches as territoriesbut God and the saints took vengeance on him for that; for he died of a singular disease, too shameful to be described." (Annals of the Four Masters).

Died 2 may 1230 - Hanged at Aber Castle for alleged adultery with Llewelyn the Great's wife, Joan, Lady of Wales..

Loyalty - Adherent of Sir William Wallace..

Born Abt. 1230 Cantref Mawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales - wikitree, and Gwynedd and Wales, say Helen was Illegitimate. wikipedia says her mother was Joan. That she was illegitimate seems more likely, since there was already a daughter Elen by Joan..

Born Abt. 1220 - wikipedia says Bef. 1230, but the text says Abt. 1220..

The Wizard of Yester 1806 - Hugo Gifford features in Sir Walter Scott's poem Marmion. See the wikitree source citation for the text..

Died Abt. 14 May 1260 Battle of Down, Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland - Killed by the English in the Battle of Down (Druim Dearg)..

Father Abt. 1259 - Wikitree and thepeerage.com say John's father is Malcolm, but wikitree gives his name as Magnusson. Wikipedia says John is son of Magnus. Wikipedia is preferred..

Died 9 Feb 1250 Mansourah, Egypt - Killed..

Information - Alice le Brun was daughter of Isabella, Dowager Queen of King John, by her second husband, Count Hugh le Brun, and thus half-sister to King Henry III..

2nd Wife - Robert's 2nd wife was Isabel, daughter of Robert I Bruce (King of Scotland)..

Died 7 Feb 1250 - Killed..

Information - Family tree goes back several more generations - see thepeerage.com web link.

Information - Family tree goes back several more generations - see thepeerage.com web link.

Marriages - When she was a young child, Maud was married to, firstly David FitzMaurice, who died by 17 March 1249, which was her seventh birthday. She later married Maurice de Rochford and had child(ren) with him. After he died, she married Maurice FitzGerald..

Information - He was enfeoffed by the Abbot of Evesham with the Manors of Wrottesley and Livington/Loynton, Staffordshire circa 1164..

Died 1 Feb 1221 Caneill, near Rome, Italy - On journey home from 5th Crusade..

Died Bef. 10 Apr 1258 England - wikipedia says place of death is Dunmow Castle, but there appears never to have been a Dunmow Castle. Maybe there's confusion from the Barony of Little Dunmow in Essex and the honour of Baynard Castle, London, having at times been held by the same person..

Born 1222 Salisbury,Wiltshire,England - William Longespee and his wife Ela Salisbury may have had two daughters named Ida. One married Walter FitzRobert. The other married Ralph de Somery and married 2nd William de Beauchamp..

Born Abt. 1220 Englefield, Flintshire, Wales - Geni has 2 entries for (what appear to be) the same person..

Canonised 1297 - Canonised by Pope Boniface VIII..

Ancestry 1240 - Elisabeth is the daughter of a chieftain of the Cuman tribes..

Died 1276 Gallarate, Varese, Lombardia, Italy - Beheaded by the Della Torre family..

Born 1098 Montgomeryshire, Wales - Geni has two entries for the same person, Madog ap Maredudd / Madoc ap Meredudd..

Mother - thepeerage.com says that Isabel's mother was Isabel Countess of Mentieth 1217-1271, but those dates are impossible..

Born Bef. 1157 - thepeerage.com gives a much later date. Wikitree explains dates in some detail..

Born Abt. 1193 Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England - Illegitimate..

Information - She had been the mistress of Reynold FitzRoy, Earl of Cornwall before her marriage to Sir William de Briwere..

Information - Orabilis was heiress of the Scottish lordship of Leuchars and, through her, her husband Robert de Quincy became lord of an extensive complex of estates north of the border which included lands in Fife, Strathearn and Lothian..

Born Abt. 1136 Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland - Father, Roger, is uncertain. Some sources give Roger's death as 1131..

Born Bef. 1174 - Illegitimate..

Information - Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke's son Gilbert de Striguil, or Strigoil, died unmarried before 1189. As a minor, he never became an earl, thus the earldom was passed with Richard’s daughter Isabel to her spouse William Marshall. (wikipedia).

Missing generation - 1 - The Genealogical Tree of the Royal Family of Scotland says Beatrix, daughter of King Duncan, and sister of Malcohn III. or Canmore, married Bartholomew, of whom all the Leslies in Scotland are descended. But the dates make it impossible ....

Missing generation - 2 - For Malcolm b.1121 to be son of Beatrix. There must be a missing generation. Malcolm is son of Bertolf. This Bertolf must be son of Bartholemew and Beatrix, not the Bartolf (Bartholemew) who married Beatrix..

Born Bef. 1128 - thepeerage.com says he is 2nd Earl of Angus, wikitree says he is 1st..

Died 1210 Corfe Castle, Dorset, England - Maud and her son William were first imprisoned at Windsor Castle, but were shortly afterwards transferred to Corfe Castle in Dorset where they were placed inside the dungeon. Maud and William both starved to death..

Magna Carta - 1 1215 - The manner in which Maud and her son William met their deaths so outraged the English nobility that Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215, contains clause 39 (see Magna Carta - 2)..

Magna Carta - 2 1215 - Clause 39 of Magna Carta: "No man shall be taken, imprisoned, outlawed, banished or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.".

Loyalty 1296 - In 1296 he swore allegiance to King Edward I of England..

Battle of Dupplin Moor - 1 10-11 Aug 1332 Dupplin Moor, Perth, Scotland - The Battle of Dupplin Moor was between English-supported rebels and the Scottish crown. The Scots outnumbered the rebels about 15,000 to 2,800 but were over-confident and unprepared. They had two armies, one led by Donald, Earl of Mar, and ....

Battle of Dupplin Moor - 2 10-11 Aug 1332 Dupplin Moor, Perth, Scotland - ... this Robert Bruce, Baron Liddesdale, the other led by Patrick, Earl of Dunbar. The rebels took advantage of the Scots' slackness and outflanked them and set up a strong defensive position. This caused a furious argument between Donald of Mar and ....

Battle of Dupplin Moor - 3 10-11 Aug 1332 Dupplin Moor, Perth, Scotland - ... Robert of Liddesdale, which ended with them both charging at the rebels, each trying to be first into battle. Using tactics which Wellington successfully used against Napoleon nearly 500 years later, the Scots were slaughtered. ....

Battle of Dupplin Moor - 4 10-11 Aug 1332 Dupplin Moor, Perth, Scotland - ... Donald of Mar and Robert of Liddesdale were killed, along with up to 13,000 other Scots. Patrick of Dunbar retreated without engaging the rebels. The rebels lost just 33 men..

Born 1303 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland - Illegitimate..

Bannockburn Jun 1314 Battle of Bannockburn, Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland - Nicholas was royal standard-bearer at the battle of Bannockburn..

Goldberry Hill - Goldberry Hill was an action during the (fairly minor) battle of Largs between invading Norwegians under King Haakon and the defending Scots..

Born Abt. 1256 Kleve, Rheinland, Germany - Not to be confused with his likewise named younger brother..

Inheritance 1213 - Maud was heiress on her father's death, as her brothers had both died. But she didn't personally get his title, that passed through to her eldest son Humphrey..

Henry II and Richard the Lionheart - 1 1169 - When Alys was 8 years old, she was engaged to Henry II's son Richard the Lionheart, and sent to England as Henry's ward. In 1191 (22 years later!) Richard married Berengaria of Navarre, while still officially engaged to Alys. He never married Alys..

Henry II and Richard the Lionheart - 2 1191 - Alys was said by some to have been seduced by King Henry II of England while betrothed to his son, Richard the Lionheart. Richard sent her back to her brother, King Philip II of France, refusing to marry his father's mistress..

Magna Carta 1215 Runymede, Berkshire, England - John de Lacy was one of the baronial council of 25 at Runymede and his name appears on the Magna Carta – an act for which he was excommunicated by the Pope..

Born Abt. 1110 Dunstanville, Kent, England - Illegitimate..

A "forceful personality" - (see Wikitree source).

Born Abt. 1197 - John was hidden in his early years. because the family was out of favour with King John, but was captured and improsoned in 1214. He was released in 1218, two years after King John's death..

Died 18 Jul 1232 Bramber, Sussex, England - Killed in a fall from his horse..

Born Abt. 1197 Raby, County Durham, England - Born Geoffrey fitz Robert, but changed his name to his mother's name in order to inherit vast estates..

Born between 1160 and 1170 - Illegitimate..

Information-1 - Our information (see Richard Scott) is that Gladys' mother was Joan (Plantagenet) Lady of Wales. Wikipedia is open. thepeerage.com and others say her mother was Tangwystyl Goch. thepeerage.com info has been used (see Information-2)..

Information-2 - Gwladus' 1st marriage in 1215 (to Reynold de Briouze) would seem to place her date of birth well before Llwelyn's 1205 marriage to Joan. It therefore seems that Gwladus was the (illegitimate) daughter of Tangwystl Goch, not of Joan..

Married 1215 - Married Reynold de Briouze..

Information - Family tree goes back several more generations - see thepeerage.com web link.

Born Abt. 1196 - Chamberlain of the Exchequer was a hereditary position until 1293..

Child Betrothals - Yolande was betrothed three times as a child: 1. to King Henry III of England when she was seven years old. 2. to John of France, Count of Anjou, the son of King Louis VIII of France. 3. to Theobald IV, Count of Champagne. None of the marriages took place..

Born Abt. 1219 - Birthplace is given as Ashby, Buckinghamshire, England, but there does not appear to be an Ashby in Buckinghamshire..

de Barton Aft. Abt. 1203 Barton, Lancashire, England - Sir Gilbert is thought to have moved to Barton and changed his name to de Barton, after marrying his second wife Edith Barton..

Born Abt. 1133 - Chamberlain of the Exchequer was a hereditary position until 1293..

Born c.1129 - Hamelin was an illegitimate son of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and half-brother to Henry 2nd..

Died 16 Dec 1153 - Poisoned by William Peverel the Younger..

Born Abt. 1063 Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales - Geni dates Hunydd's birth at about 1080, but referenced notes say "born about 1063". 1063 is a better fit with other dates..

Magna Carta 1215 Runnymede, Surrey, England - Robert FitzWalter was elected leader of the rebel barons opposed to King John. An enigmatic personality, by turns shifty, querulous, conspiratorial and high principled, he played a major part in the events leading to the signing of Magna Carta in 1215..

Plot to assassinate King John 1212 - Robert one of the wealthiest and most powerful English Barons. After an unsuccessful plot to assassinate King John he fled to France, but was later reconciled and had his lands restored..

Saint - Anne of Bohemia is venerated as a saint in Poland, but is not canonised by the Catholic church..

Legend of the 365 children - Margaretha was famous for the legend of the 365 children. (An illustration of the level of ignorance and superstition in medieval times)..

Born Abt. 1065 Montgomeryshire, Wales - Wikipedia gives birth date as 1047 but this seems incompatible with other dates..

Born Abt. 1122 Lazenby, Cumberland, England - wikitree gives a different father, but comments say his genealogy is a mess..

Died 22 Sep 1174 - Murdered..

Defence of Gwynedd - Owain Gwynedd is considered to be the most successful of all the North Welsh princes prior to his grandson, Llywelyn the Great. He successfully defended Gwynedd against Normans and other Welsh princes, including two defeats of King Henry II of England..

Madoc - Sailed to America? 1170 Fort Morgan, Alabama. Fort Mountain State Park, Georgia. Devil's Backbone, Kentucky. etc. - Owain's son Madoc was reputed to have sailed to America in 1170. Thomas Jefferson instructed the Lewis and Clark Expedition to find their descendants. In 1953 a plaque in memory of Prince Madoc was erected at Fort Morgan (since removed)..

Hostage 1175 - In 1175 he was held captive by the English as hostage for King William 'the Lion' of the Scots..

Berkeley Castle 1117 Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England - Roger began the building of the Castle of Berkeley in 1117, the home of our de Berkeley ancestors Thomas Berkeley ?-1361 3rd Baron Berkeley onwards..

Reign 9 December 1165 – 4 December 12149 Dec 1165 to 4 Dec 1214 - His reign of almost 49 years was the longest in Scottish history. A strong and popular king..

Concubine - She was a concubine of William the Lion, king of the Scots..

Daughter Adeliza - Adeliza's birth date 1115 is before her father Richard's 1130. The relationship is correct but the dates are not. I have not been able to (quickly!) resolve the dates. I suspect that the Geni dates have been estimated incorrectly..

Information - He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography..

Mother of Adeliza - Geni and thepeerage.com differ re the mother of Adeliza. Geni says Alice de Gernon of Chester, thepeerage.com says Aoife MacMorrough. I have gone with thepeerage.com..

Born Abt. 1098 Methil, Fife, Scotland - wikitree has an extra generation - Duff MacEth - between Ethelred and Gillemichael, but the dates seem very unlikely..

Wealthy widow - Hawise had possessions in her own right in Kirkoswald and Lazenby, co. Cumb., and large possessions which she held in dower of the endowment of her first two former husbands..

Died 29 Jun 1153 - Killed by his nephew Rognvaldr Haraldsson. Rognvaldr approached Óláfr, raised his axe as if to salute the king, and decapitated him in a single stroke..

Father Abt. 1110 - thepeerage.com has an extra generation, with Diarmait's father Enna King of Leinster, son of Donnchad. Wkipedia has Donnchad as Diarmait's father. Wikipedia has been used here..

Ireland - Donald hid in Ireland for 17 years, for fear that he would be killed by MacBeth..

Shakespeare - Donald III is the character Donalbain in Shakespeare's MacBeth..

Born Abt. 1130 Moray,Scotland - wikitree says Abt. 1120 but I think this is a typo..

Died 4 Aug 1306 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England - Alexander was with Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Methven on 19 June 1306. He was captured by the English under the Earl of Pembroke, who refused to execute him as ordered by Edward I of England. He was executed (hanged) on 4 Aug at Newcastle-upon-Tyne..

Born Abt. 1259 Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia - Not to be confused with his likewise named older brother..

Died 11 Sep 1298 - Philippe was wounded at the Battle of Furnes. He never recovered, and died of the effects over a year later..

Name Change - 1 - Robert de Lacy, a descendant of Ilbert de Lacy 1st Lord of Pontefract Castle, and his wife Isabella were childless. After his death all his lands across Yorkshire and Lancashire passed to his cousin Albreda de Lizours..

Name Change - 2 - From Albreda, the lands passed to her grandson Roger Fitz Eustace on condition that he changed his name to de Lacy..

Sheriff of Nottingham? - Was Roger Fitz Eustace (de Lacy) the fictional "Sheriff of Nottingham"? His character fits the profile - ferosious temper and pitiless execution of prisoners..

Information - Sibylla was the ancestress of the Baronial House of Fitz Herbert. Before marrying Herbert FitzHerbert, she was a mistress of King Henry I of England, by whom she had 4 or 5 children..

Domesday Book 1086 Shropshire, England - The Domesday Book records “Robert fitzCorbet” holding Woolstaston, Ratlinghope, Womerton, Woodcote, Longden and several other places in Shropshire..

Information - He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. He has an extensive biographical entry in the The Complete Peerage..

Died Abt. 1162 Chertsey, Surrey, England - Wikitree gives date of death Abt. 1208, but this is date of death of her daughter Emma. Possible, but Geni's date Abt. 1162 seems a bit more likely..

Died 15 May 1141 London, England - Killed in a riot..

Born Abt. 1082 - Wikipedia: Possibly a daughter of Hugh de Morville and Beatrice de Beauchamp..

Born - Chamberlain of the Exchequer was a hereditary position until 1293..

Plantagenet - Geoffrey received his nickname, Plantagenet, from the sprig of yellow broome (planta genista) that he wore in his hat. He also appears to have originated the golden-lion English Royal coat of Arms..

Died 24 Dec 1143 - Killed accidentally while hunting..

Heiress Mar 1107 - Mabel was the eldest of 4 daughters. The other 3 became nuns, making Mabel sole heiress to her father's lordships and vast estates in England, Wales and Normandy. These passed to her husband, but she remained an active administrator of the estates..

Astronomer - John was a patron of science, he maintained an astronomer at Halton Castle..

Born Abt. 1150 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England - John changed his name to Lacy under the terms of an agreement with his paternal grandmother Aubrey. This allowed him to inherit lands etc derived from his grandmother's first marrige..

Died 11 Oct 1190 Tyre, Lebanon - Defending the port of Tyre from attack by Saladin..

Died Abt. 1075 Powys, Wales - Murdered by his cousin Rhys ab Owain..

King of Powys 1063 - Bleddyn was King of Powys from 1063 to 1075..

Born Abt. 1133 Dunmow, Essex, England - wikipedia says place of birth is Dunmow Castle, but there appears never to have been a Dunmow Castle. Maybe there's confusion from his father Robert being granted the Barony of Little Dunmow in Essex and the honour of Baynard Castle, in the city of London..

Achievement - 1 - Rhys's career was indeed remarkable. He occupied the stage of Welsh politics for over fifty years. But it was his achievement which was astounding: he had reconstituted the kingdom of Deheubarth and made it the premier Welsh kingdom..

Achievement - 2 - Rhys is described as "a man of excellent wit and quick in repartee". He built the earliest recorded native-built stone castle in Wales (Cardigan). He held a festival of poetry and song in 1176, generally regarded as the first recorded Eisteddfod..

Died 1197 St Davids, Pebidiog, Pembrokeshire, Wales - ... there was a great pestilence throughout the island of Britain... that ... killed innumerable people and many of the nobility and many princes, and spared none. That year ... died Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth and unconquered head of all Wales..

Endless Battles 1146 to 1170 - From 1146 to 1170, Rhys was involved in endless battles. But by 1196 Rhys ruled almost all of Deheubarth, as well as controlling much of the remainder of south Wales through client princes..

Died - Geni dates her death in 1160, but she could not have had her 6 children by then - and the text shows that 1160 was her father's date of death, not hers..

Name change - Born Raymond Berengar/Berenguer, changed his name to Honour Alfonso I..

Information - Princess Margaret was sister of Malcolm IV and William the Lion, Kings of Scotland. Her 3rd brother, David, was great great grandfather of King Robert the Bruce..

Died Aft. 1147 - Killed in battle during the 2nd crusade. Buried in Nazareth..

Born - Illegitimate..

Long and Eventful Life - 1 1055 to 1137 - Gruffudd ap Cynan was a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule. A descendant of Rhodri Mawr, he was a senior member of the House of Aberffraw. Through his mother, Gruffudd had close family connections with the Norse settlement around Dublin and ...

Long and Eventful Life - 2 1055 to 1137 - ...often used Ireland as refuge and source of troops. He three times won and lost the throne of Gwynedd, before regaining it in 1099 and keeping power until his death. He laid the foundations for his son Owain Gwynedd and great-grandson Llywelyn the Great..

Information - GG-GDaughter of Lady Godiva (these generations are now in this tree)..

Domesday Book 1086 - In his entry in the Domesday Book he is called Roger De Berchelai..

Born 1044 St Germain, Montgomery, Normandy, France - Some sources say her mother is Mabel de Belleme, in this tree, but Wikipedia lists Mabel's ten children - no Rissa..

Died 14 Aug 1040 Pitgaveny, Elgin, Moray, Scotland - Killed in battle against MacBeth..

Domesday Book - Ernulf de Hesdin (Arnulph de Hesding) took part in the Norman conquest of England, was a major landowner in Domesday Book, but nothing is known about his origins except that he came from Hesdin..

Information - "Malcolm" in Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Buried 1250 Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland - Remains were re-interred..

Canonised 1250 - Canonised by Pope Innocent IV..

Information - Last Saxon princess of England.

Information - Princess Margaret was daughter of Edmund the Exile, who was grandson of Ethelred, Saxon King, of England AD1016 - who was great great grandson of King Alfred the Great..

Died 31 may 1076 Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England - The only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I..

Information - The last of the Anglo-Saxon earls.

Fought 1066 - Fought at the Battle of Hastings.

Information 1 - A Warenne Family History is given in the familypedia web link http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Warenne Family Ancestry.

Information 2 - US President George W Bush is a direct descendant of this William de Warenne. See familypedia web link http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors of George Walker Bush. GWB is also a direct descendant of several others in this tree..

Information 3 - I haven't checked whether GWB is connected by multiple lines, or by just one..

Information - Gundreda is given in many pedigrees as being the youngest daughter of "The Conqueror" and is so described on her tomb at Lewes, Sussex, but her parentage is a disputed subject and remains uncertain..

Died 1122 - (from Wikipedia).

Died 1121-1123 - (from thepeerage.com).

Information - Descendant of the ancient Carolingian dynasty. The dynasty became extinct in the male line with the death of Eudes, Count of Vermandois. His sister Adelaide (Aelis de Vermandois), the last Carolingian, died in 1122. See wikipedia web link..

Died 1095 Islay, Argyll, Scotland - Died of pestilence According to Irish sources, one quarter of Ireland perished from pestilence in 1095 alone. (Wikipedia).

King Orry of Manx - Godred may well be identical to the celebrated King Orry of Manx legend, a figure traditionally credited with instituting the Manx legal system. (Wikipedia).

Born Abt. 1150 Wooler, Northumberland, England - Thomas adopted his mother's name (and the barony)..

Born Abt. 1116 Yorkshire, England - Alice used her mother's name: de Rumilly..

Born Abt. 1081 Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England - Birth date "Abt. 1081" is from thepeerage.com, and looks a bit too early when compared with other dates. But all other information tallies OK..

Born - Comment in wikitree: Not to be confused with his contemporary of the Chesney pedigrees..

Information - Urraca was a feisty lady - see FindAGrave source. Her Aunt Urraca of Zamora was obviously pretty good at looking after herself too! - see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca of Zamora.

Identity 1080 - Raimond Berengar III (thepeerage.com) and Ramon Berenguer III (findagrave.com) are clearly the same person. See also "Identity" fact for Robert de Guiscard / de Hauteville..

Died 25 Dec 1147 Ephesus, Ionia, now part of Turkey - On crusade..

Excommunicated 1166 and 1169 - Excommunicated by Thomas Becket..

Identity Abt. 1100 - Rohese is thought to be the sister of Faramus de Boulogne and hence daughter of William de Boulogne..

Information 1 - Anna Yaroslavna is "Anne of Russia" in RichardScottFamilyTree (see Richard Scott gallery). There are at least 3 statues of Anna - in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, in Senlis, France, and in Kiev, Ukraine..

Information 2 - Line: #1 Yaroslav I Vladimirovich of Kiev (c.978-1054), #2 Vladimir the Great (c.958-1015), #3 Svyatoslav I Igorevich of Kiev (c.942-972), #4 Igor Ryurikovich of Kiev (c.878-945), #5 Rurik Prince of Novgorod (c.832-879) the first ruler of Kievan Rus'..

Information 3 - Also: #1 Ingegerd Olofsdotter (St Anna, 1001-1050), #2 Olof Skötkonung King of Sweden..

Feisty? - When young, Matilda was rumoured to have been in love with the great Saxon thegn Brictric, son of Algar, who declined her advances. Years later, she is said to have confiscated Brictric's lands and thrown him into prison, where he died..

The Mora 1066 - Matilde gave William a ship, the Mora, which was his flagship for the invasion of England..

Hedingham Castle Aft. 1086 Castle Hedingham, Essex, England - The manor of Hedingham was awarded to Aubrey de Vere I by William the Conqueror by 1086. The castle was built by the de Veres in late 11thC and early 12thC. The stone keep is the only medieval structure to survive. It is open to the public. See Gallery..

The de Veres - The immensely rich and powerful de Veres were one of the most important medieval families who, as Lord Great Chamberlains, gave loyal service and military leadership to their kings and queens for over 500 years..

Descendants - Burke has two generations more from Sir Thomas than are in the Colonel Richard Scott tree. Burke appears to have the names duplicated (ie. Ralph, Richard in twice).

Died Abt. 7 Apr 1168 Poitou, France - Kiled in action..

Born Abt. 1060 Lorraine, France - Some sources say Godefroi was born Abt. 1074, but he "died of old age" in 1139, so 1074 is unlikely..

Died 25 Jun 1139 Belgium - Some sources say Godefroi died on 25 Jan 1140 in Jerusalem, but Wikipedia states explicitly that this is an errror..

Prendergast Castle 1177 (now) Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales - In 1177 Maurice gave Prendergast Castle in Wales to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and eventually joined that order..

Information - He was a Royal Justice. He was a powerful feudal baron..

Born - Illegitimate..

Buried 1139 Wymondham Priory, Norfolk - He founded Wymondham Priory in Norfolk. He was buried there in front of the high altar, where the monks continued for many generations to pray for the soul of "William de Albini, the King's Butler.".

Buried 1130 Church of Wymondham Priory, Norfolk - Maud (le Bigod) d'Aubeney and her husband William d'Aubeney were buried before the high altar in the church of Wymondham Priory, Norfolk..

Born Nov 1080 - Wikitree says she was born in England, but that seems unlikely..

The Twelve Knights of Glamorgan Abt. 1090 Morgannwg (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) - Robert Fitzhamon and his "Twelve Knights of Glamorgan" were invited by Iestyn ap Gwrgan (in this tree) into Morgannwg to help him, and ended up deposing him and taking Morgannwg for themselves..

Information - 2 - ... was about the year 1130. She was twice married: first to Richard Fitz Eustace, Constable of Chester, by whom she had a son, John, who took the name of De Laci, and was the ancestor of the Earls of Lincolnand secondly, to William Fitz Godric, ....

Information - 3 - ... by whom she had another son, William Fitz William, from whom derive the Earls Fitzwilliam. Her great inheritance was thus divided. The Laci lands went to the issue of her first husband, the Lisours lands to the issue of her second..

Information -1 - Robert (Albreda's father) made an illustrious marriage with the widow of Henry de Laci, Lord of Pontefract, and had one daughter only .. who lived to be his heir, as well as heir of the paternal line. Her name was Albreda. The birth of this great lady ....

Died 1085 Sainte Suzanne, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France - Killed fighting for William, Duke of Normandy &Conqueror of England (1066) against a Norman rebellion led by Vicomte Hubert de Beaumont, during the siege of the castle of Saint Suzanne in Mayenne, France in 1085..

William the Conqueror Aft. 1066 - Robert de Vieuxpont was a companion to William although it's not known if he fought in the 1066 battle. William gave him rich lands in the north of England and then called upon him to intervene again in France in 1085..

Born 1041 - Geni appears to have confused this Gruffudd ap Cynan with another. I`m pretty sure that Ranallt Olafsdottir was the mother of the other..

The Homeless Prince - The full story of The Homeless Prince is given in Ancient Wales Studies..

Author? - Gwenllian may be the author of The Four Branches of the Mabinogi, the earliest prose stories in British literature. They appeal to a wide range of readers, and continue to inspire. The style is admired for deceptive simplicity and controlled wordpower..

Died 1136 Maes Gwenllian (Field of Gwenllian), Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales - Executed after she led a failed attack on Kidwelly Castle. Gwenllian can be compared to Boadicea. She is the only known medieval woman who led a Welsh army into battle. For centuries after her death, Welshmen cried out "Revenge for Gwenllian" in battle..

Eloped Abt. 1113 - Gwenllian was strikingly beautiful. Around 1113 she eloped with Gruffydd ap Rhys. They were often displaced by the Normans from their castle into mountain and forest strongholds. From there, she and Gruffydd led retaliatory strikes against the Normans..

Died 25 Dec 1175 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales - Murdered by William de Braose..

Children - The birth dates given by Wikitree for her children are impossible: Guy 1152, Agnes Abt. 1200. Maybe these dates are way out, or maybe Wikitree has missed a generation?.

Died 5 Sep 1201 - Died giving birth to twin daughters..

Born 1100 Navarra, Spain - findagrave.com and thepeeragecom give different fathers - Ramirez and Sanches - for Garcias, but both are sons of Garcias III (Sanches was illegitimate)..

Died Abt. 1033 - Thought to have been killed by Iago ap Idwel..

Irish-Welsh Connection - 1 - There are connections between our Irish ancestor Sihtric Silkbeard and our Welsh ancestor Cynfyn ap Gwerystan. In the year 1000, Irish king Brian attacked Sitric Silkbeard and evicted him from Dublin...a defeat he overcame in 1014 by killing Brian and ....

Irish-Welsh Connection - 2 - ... retaking Dublin. We suggest a young Cynfyn ap Gwerystan brought a group of Powys men to assist Sitric, and took home a daughter of Sitric as his wife. ... Around 1033 Cynfyn was (probably) killed by Iago ap Idwal, and the remainder of the Powys ....

Irish-Welsh Connection - 3 - ... royal family fled to Ireland where Gruffudd ap Llewelyn and his entourage were given refuge by Sitric Silkbeard. Sitric, about 1039, gave his eldest grand-daughter as wife for the Powys heir, and troops to support Gruffudd's return to Wales..

Died Wales - Death date 1048 given in Geni Family Trees is almost certainly wrong..

Died 17 Jun 1120 - Hunting accident..

Born Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland - wikitree gives birth date Abt. 1110, but son Reginald was born Abt. 1100. This Reginald's birth and death dates have been omitted here..

Battle of Hastings 1066 Battle of Hastings - Hugh is one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Subsequently, he became a great landowner in England..

Buried 1094 Abbey of St Evrault, Orne, Normandy, France - His body, preserved in salt and sewn up in the hide of an ox, was taken to the Ouche valley in Normandy by two monks. He was buried at the Abbey of St. Evroult by the Abbot Roger on the south side of the Chapter House, near the tomb of Abbot Mainer..

Died 28 Feb 1094 Leicestershire, England - Feeling his end approaching, in accordance with the common practice of the period, he took the habit of a monk, and expired six days after he had taken to his bed on 22 February 1094 at Leicester..

Born Abt. 1040 - Probably born a few years later ("Abt." dates for the same person from different sources are often a few years out of kilter)..

Died 1087 Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandy,france - Other sources say 11 Jul 1091, but Wikipedia says she died in the same year as William the Conqueror..

Husband - There is some dispute whether she married Cynan ap Iago or Cynan ap Idwal. Geni quotes genealogist Darrell Wolcott: she is "the wife of Cynan ap Idwal, and NOT Cynan ap Iago". This seems correct - other data does not match up with Cynan ap Iago..

Died 1081 Mynydd Carn, Pembrokeshire, Wales - Died in the Battle of Mynydd Carn..

Died 1045 Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland - Kiled in action against MacBeth..

Macbeth 1054 - Siward's height was 6'7". He led a successful invasion of Scotland, defeating Macbeth and replacing him with Malcolm Canmore <25G-GFather>. In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, Young Siward was Siward's son Osbjorn Bulax (killed in battle 1054)..

Counter to Malcolm III - 1 Abt. 1070 Northumberland, England - Even though Gospatric had rebelled against William the Conqueror in 1068, William understood and valued Gospatric's stability and stature with the people of the North and at an early opportunity ....

Counter to Malcolm III - 2 Abt. 1070 Northumberland, England - ... reinstated Gospatric's authority on the English border in Northumberland as a counter to King Malcolm III of Scotland whom William perceived as an unreliable "powder keg"..

Information 1016 Kiev, Ukraine - Ingegerd Olofsdotter (27G-GMother by a different line) may have been involved in saving the life of Edward the Exile (26G-GFather)..

Ancestry - 1 Bef. 1030 - Ancestry of Agatha is disputed - see eg. Wikipedia. Their onomastic (names) analysis, using her children's anglo-saxon names, seems highly unlikely to be correct, since Agatha's children were also children of anglo-saxon Edward..

Ancestry - 2 Bef. 1030 - findagrave.com says Agatha was daughter of King Istvan of Hungary 975-103 and Saint Gisela of Bavaria 1002-1042, but Wikipedia's "Kievan Theory" is more convincing (connection to Edward and Andrew of Hungary via Ingegerd)..

Ancestry - 3 Bef. 1030 - Several chronicles unambiguously state that Agatha's sister was a Queen of Hungary. That almost certainly means she was sister of Andrew of Hungary's wife Anastasia, daughter of Yaroslav the Wise and Ingegerd of Sweden..

Died Aft. 1070 Scotland - Simeon of Durham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon of Durham) carries what appears to be the last reference to her in 1070..

Information 1067 Scotland - Following the Norman conquest of England, in 1067 she fled with her children to Scotland, finding refuge under her future son-in-law Malcolm III..

Identity - There were two Rudolphs de Warenne - Rudolph I father (married Beatrice, niece of Gunnora Duchess of Normandy), Rudolph II son (married Emma)..

Battle of Hastings 1066 - Richard fitz Gilbert participated in the Norman conquest of England. He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand..

Domesday Book - Rohese Giffard occurs in Domesday Book as a landowner in her own right..

Magnate - An important Domesday tenant-in-chief, Geoffrey de Mandeville was one of the ten richest magnates of the reign of William the Conqueror. William granted him large estates, primarily in Essex, but in ten other shires as well..

Information - Eudo served 3 kings of England - William the Conqueror, William II, Henry I - and became very powerful. He owned the town of Colchester and several manors. There is a statue of Eudo on Colchester Town Hall in honour of his service to the town..

Progenitor of the Somervilles 1066 - Tradition says Sir Gaulter arrived with William the Conqueror in 1066, was granted lands for his services, and is the common ancestor of all the Somervilles in England, Scotland, and America..

Alexander I - Eiall is said to be a niece of King Alexander I of Scotland..

Born Abt. 1110 Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland - wikitree warns that all Henry's ancestry is suspect unless verified..

Died - Fell through treachery and guile, by the Ui-Eoghain of the Valley..

Born Abt. 1180 Dalriada, Argyll, Scotland - Gilchrist was a great grandson of the Irish prince Anrothan of the O’Neill line of kings of northern Ireland. In the 11th century Anrothan married the Scottish heiress of the lands of Cowal and Knapdale..

Identity 1054 - Raimond Berengar II (thepeerage.com) and Ramon Berenguer II (findagrave.com) are clearly the same person. See also "Identity" fact for Robert de Guiscard / de Hauteville..

Identity 1059 - Maud de Hauteville (thepeerage.com) and Matilda Guiscard (findagrave.com) are clearly the same person. See also "Identity" fact for Robert de Guiscard / de Hauteville..

Rapacious - Urse was known for his acquisitiveness, and during William II's reign was considered second only to Ranulf Flambard, another royal official, in his rapacity..

Mother Abt. 1083 - Keats-Rohan (in Domesday People and Domesday Descendants) has proposed that Geoffrey and his brothers were sons of Geoffrey the Chamberlain to the king (presumably William the Conqueror)'s daughter Mathilda..

Died 25 Jul 1032 Melun, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France - (or 28 Jul 1032).

4 Daughters - In Gallery: 11thC fresco of Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev - daughters of Yaroslav, Anne (Anna) wife of Henri I of France probably youngest, Anastasia wife of Andrew I of HungaryElizabeth wife of Harald Hardradi, possibly Agatha wife of Edward the Exile..

Information 1016 Kiev, Ukraine - Ingegerd Olofsdotter (27G-GMother) may have been involved in saving the life of Edward the Exile (26G-GFather by a different line)..

Died Abt. 1045 Courtenay, Loiret, France - Could have been earlier - also recorded as Aft. 1039..

Died 7 Dec 1074 La Ferte Alais, Essonne, Ile-de-France, France - Wikipedia says death was in 1108..

Information 1028 - One of Robert I's many mistresses, but definitely recorded as the mother of William the Conqueror..

Died 1071 Spain - Almodis was murdered by one of her sons, who was then excommunicated and disinherited. Barcelona was then split between her two twin sons - but one murdered the other..

Marriage Career - Almodis de la Marche was famed for her marriage career, in particularly for her third marriage to Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, with whom she committed double bigamy in 1053, and for which the Pope had them excommunicated..

Born 1065 Penthievre, Departement du Morbihan, Bretagne, France - (or maybe earlier).

Born abt 990 Normandie, France - wikitree says 1007, but Abt. 990 looks more likely..

Living 1169 - mentioned in the Pipe Roll of 1169.

Born 1112 Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England - Geni says her mother was Edith FitzForn and her father was Robert d'Oyly, but Edith was Henry I's mistress in 1112 and didn't marry Robert d'Oyly until 1120. Geni calls her "Edith" but her correct name was much more likely Adeliza FitzEdith..

Born Abt. 1100 Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, England - Geni says Petronilla's parents were Geoffrey de Scudamore and Mathilde Giffard, but the dates are impossible..

Ancestry - Ancestral line to Rhodri Mawr : Llywarch ap Bran ap Dinawal ap Tudwal ab Einudd ab Aelan ab Alser ap Tudwal Gloff ap Rhodri Mawr. (Another 12 generations to Coel Hen)..

Ancestral line - Rhael ferch Genilles ferch Hoedlyw ab Ithel ab Edryd ab Inethan ab Iasedd ap Carwed ap Marchudd ap Cynan ... ap Elyw ap Môr ap Mynan ab Yspwys Mwyntyrch ab Yspwys ap Cadrod ap Cynwyd ap Cynfelen ab Arthwys ap Maeswig Gloff ap Ceneu ap Coel Hen..

Born Abt. 1066 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales - Maybe earlier - wikitree says 1048..

Died Abt. 1120 Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales - Maybe later - wikitree says 1126..

Born Abt. 1058 Methley, Yorkshire, England - wikitree says born 1038 but other sources say Abt. 1058 (much more likely)..

Born Abt. 1048 Flanders, Belgium - thepeerage.com says Gibert's father is Baldwin IV of Flanders, but dates suggest Wikipedia is correct, saying his parents are Ralph, Lord of Aalst near Ghent, and Gisele of Luxembourg (Baldwin IV's sister-in-law)..

Domesday Book - Gilbert of Ghent, in the Domesday Book, has titles of 172 English manors (most in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire) but also within 14 shires where there were estates including York, Derby, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire..

Born Abt. 1070 Whorlton, Yorkshire, England - Robert de Meinill is the first member of this family in England of whom there is a record. Robert is probably of Norman extraction..

Died 1 Jun 1146 Israel -or- Redon, Brittany, France - Ermengarde was buried in Redon Abbey, but the place of her death is unclear. She may have died in Redon, or she may have died on crusade in Israel and been brought back to Redon for burial..

Information 1066 Battle of Hastings - In 1066 he contributed 60 ships to the invasion of England, but did not fight at the Battle of Hastings..

Died 1045 - Killed in combat with Hugh I de Montfort (also our ancestor). Both were killed..

Battle of Hastings - Fought in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, where he accompanied William the Conqueror. He was given King Harold's body for burial..

Family - William Malet's parents are unknown, but he is said to be the brother of Aelgifu, my 28xG-GMother, daughter-in-law of Lady Godiva..

Died 2 Dec 1079 Castle of Bures on the Dives, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France - Murdered (beheaded) by Hugh Bunel and accomplices..

Information - Mabel was said to be an extremely strong willed woman, shrewd, politically adept, but also cruel - "small, very talkative, ready enough to do evil, shrewd and jocular, extremely cruel and daring.".

Identity Abt. 1000 - The careless identification of the two wives of Roger de Tosny as one person has sometimes resulted in the false attribution of Godehilde as a daughter of Ramon Borrell. (wikitree).

Viking Raids about 986 to 999 - Viking raids were a problem in all of Maredudd's reign. In 987, Godfrey Haroldson raided Anglesey, supposedly killing 1,000 and taking 2,000 captivesMaredudd was said to have paid a huge ransom (a silver penny each) for the freedom of the hostages..

Born 963 Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales - Geni Family Trees gives Ethelfleda's father as Eadwine Earl of Mercia, but from their birth dates this is not possible..

Information - Comments in wikitree suggest that Goisfrid did exist, but that his relationships to others are incorrect. ie, that he is not Walter's father..

Was Hugh a psychopath? - 1 - Falsehood with him was an easy task, and he was wonderfully skilful in making people believe his lies. He held deceit to be a virtue, and he employed it against his master, who had been very kind to him. [from Simeon of Durham].

Was Hugh a psycopath? - 2 - Hugh also captured people for ransom. If he didn't get his way, he would "appear like a second Triphon". Tryphon was a usurper of the Syrian throne. "Tryphon, by treason and successive wars, gained supreme power, killed Antiochus and assumed the throne.".

Agreement with William the Conqueror 1081 Deheubarth - William the Conqueror visited Deheubarth in 1081. It seems likely he came to an arrangement with Rhys, whereby Rhys paid William £40 a year for his kingdom, ensuring good relations with William that lasted until the battle of Brecon in April 1093..

Died 30 Apr 1093 Brecon, Powys, Wales - Died at the battle of Brecon..

Born - Birth date 1130 given in Wikitree must be wrong..

Died Abt. Jun 1219 Epirus, Turkey - After being crowned Emperor of Constantinople, Pierre was captured in the Albanian mountains by Theodoros Angelos Lord of Epirus, and disappeared. For years. It was finally confirmed that he had died in 1219..

Born Abt. 1109 Oisy, Namur, Belgium - Wikitree gives a name, Francka, for Ada's mother, but also gives dates that are imposssible. It may simply be that Ada's mother came from France?.

Born 1035 - Wikitree gives birth date 1046..

Born France - Wikitree says birth date is Abt. 1090, but this must be her death date..

Died Abt. 1090 - See comment re birth date..

Identity - The wife of Owain ap Edwin and mother of Angharad is given by 'Gwynedd and Wales' as a daughter of Angharad ferch Maredudd and Cynfyn ap Gwerystan. But that would make her a half-sister of her husband's aunt. More likely is in Geni: Morfydd ferch Ednywain..

Died Abt. 1022 - Probably died in childbirth, on the birth of Iwerydd..

Born - wikitree gives his father as Reginald Crawford, plus several more generations, but the dates look highly suspect, so this tree stops here..

Born Abt. 1034 - [There are two different "Emma of Brittany"s, with similar dates..

Born Abt. 1005 Malltraeth, Isle Of Anglesey, Wales - Wikipedia and Gwynedd and Wales give Iago's ancestry as ab Idwal ap Meurig ap Idwal Foel. Geni gives an extra generation: ab Idwal ab Elisedd ap Meurig ap Idwal Foel. Geni looks more likely (dates)..

Died 1039 Aberffraw, Isle Of Anglesey - Murdered by Gruffydd ap Llewelyn - or - killed by his own men..

Died 1034 en route to Rome - Killed by "Saxons" en route to Rome on pilgrimage..

Ransom 1029 - When Olaf (Amlaib) was captured by Mathghamhain Ua Riagain, Lord of Brega, the ransom was 1280 cows, 140 British horses, 60 ounces of gold and of silver, the sword of Carlus, and many hostages..

King of Wales 1056 - Gruffydd was the only Welsh king ever to rule over the whole of Wales. From about 1057 until his death in 1063, Wales was one, under one ruler, a feat with neither precedent nor successor. From 1053 and 1063, Wales had no internal strife and was at peace..

Name change 1058 - Changed his name to Guillaume de Poitou, on the death of his elder brother Guillaume..

Battle of Luncarty Abt. 990 Luncarty, Perthshire, Scotland - Duncan fought in the Battle of Luncarty circa 990, where he commanded the left wing, and where the Danes were so crushingly defeated that their raids on that part of what subsequently became Perthshire, ceased..

Died 1038 - Murdered. Aeldred's father Uhtred was murdered by Thurbrand. Aeldred killed Thurbrand. Thurbrand's son Carl then murdered Aeldred. Aeldred's son-in-law Sigurd then murdered Aeldred's other heirs, so that he could inherit. They were a violent lot!.

Died - Burned to death, together with 50 of his men..

Died 1045 - Killed in action, while attempting to avenge the murder of his brother by Macbeth..

Identity - There were two Rudolphs de Warenne - Rudolph I father (married Beatrice, niece of Gunnora Duchess of Normandy), Rudolph II son (married Emma)..

Born Abt. 1025 Normandy, France - In Wikitree, he is Raoul III, in Wikipedia Ralph IV - but definitely the same person..

Died Abt. 1040 - wikitree gives location Stamford Bridge Yorkshire England. The battle of Stamford Bridge was in 1066. It seems unlikely that Harald died in Stamford Bridge in 1040 (or in 1066 age about 86)..

Born 1037 Norway - Illegitimate..

Died Abt. 1040 Duchy of Normandy, France - Murdered while he was peaceably riding near Eschafour..

Battle of Hastings 1066 Hastings, Sussex, England - Walter Giffard was one of the 15 or so known companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. He provided 30 ships for William's invasion fleet. He declined to carry William's standard in the battle, as he wanted both hands free to fight..

Died 16 Jun 1017 Mainstone, Shropshire, England - Wikitree gives location as "Maidstone, Shropshire". This is surely Mainstone, Shropshire..

Mother 995 - Wikitree gives Judith's mother as Gunnora de Crepon, but Gunnora was born in 936, 59 years before Judith..

Dundas - He had in the reign of King David I confirmation of lands of Dundas, and asumed that name..

Born Abt. 1067 Ilkeston, Derbyshire - wikitree gives a Thomas de Muschamp as Robert's father, but the dates are impossible..

Scrimgeour 1107 - Alexander was given the name Schyrmeschur by King Alexander I of Scotland for his outstanding swordsmanship. He was also given the hereditary honour of carrying the Royal Standard..

Gniezno Doors Abt. 1180 Gniezno Cathedral, Gniezno, Poland - Wierzchosława Ludmilla became the contact between the French and Polish artistic representatives. One of the theories about the building of the famous Gniezno Doors states that thanks to her efforts, around 1180 the Doors came to her father's court..

Identity - Wikipedia says Ada's father was "Enguerrand II de Coucy, Seigneur de Boves, uncle of Robert de Coucy". This appears not to be the Enguerand II de Coucy killed in the 2nd crusade..

Born Abt. 1155 Kleve, Rheinland, Prussia - Wikitree says birth Abt. 1171, Wikipedia says Abt. 1155 (entry for Dietrich II, Count of Cleves). 1155 looks more likely..

Born Abt. 1050 Egisheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France - Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins may have confused Gerhard II von Egisheim and Gerhard I von Vaudemont..

Born Abt. 1012 - Named Richarda in Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins.

Parents - In both sources Avelina is sister of Gunnora, who is identified by findagrave.com (see Gunnor de Crepon in this tree) as daughter of Harald I Bluetooth and Gynrthe Olafsdottir. All other facts (dates, spouse, etc) match completely..

Born Abt. 1061 - Matilda was born around 1061, died perhaps about 1086. Mentioned in Domesday Book as a daughter of William..

Died 31 May 1039 Vielles, Normandy, France - Killed in battle against a neighbouring noble whose territory he had overrun in a revolt against the succession of King William I of England to his father's Norman possessions on the grounds that William was illegitimate..

Suspected of murder 2 Dec 1079 Castle of Bures on the Dives, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France - William was suspected of the murder of Roger de Montgomery's wife Mabel de Belleme (in this tree), and fled. Later he cleared himself of the charge..

Born Abt. 1065 Normandy, France - Lesceline has been said to be a child of Guillaume de Normandie (around 1020 to after 1054) but Charles Cawley, a major authority for persons in this time and place, states that "no record has been found of his having left descendants.".

Born Abt. 950 - Other sites give different parents, but Wikipedia looks more reliable..

Information - The nationalist Russian opera Rogneda by Alexander Serov, which premiered in 1865, was about this Rogneda. [Wikipedia].

Protected 996 Normandy - Richard was a minor when his father died. His half-uncle Raoul d'Ivry (also our ancestor) then helped Richard`s mother Gunnor quell rebellions in order to protect Richard's inheritance..

Born Abt. 980 Essonne, Ile-de-France, France - Geni gives birth date Abt. 993, but this seems too late..

Helped William the Conqueror - 1 1047 Ryes (Rie), Bayeux, Basse Normandie, France - in 1047 young Duke William of Normandy, later William the Conqueror, took refuge from enemy conspirators in Castle Rie when just 20 years old. He was the bastard son of Duke Robert II and as his eldest, if illegitimate, son, he had claimed the throne. ....

Helped William the Conqueror - 2 1047 Ryes (Rie), Bayeux, Basse Normandie, France - ... Baron Hubert, master of the manor, had his three older sons convey William back to his castle of Falaise, about 45 miles to the south-east of Rie, avoiding the enemy by their superior knowledge of the terrain. Hubert joined William at the conquest ...

Helped William the Conqueror - 3 1047 Ryes (Rie), Bayeux, Basse Normandie, France - ... of England in 1066 with all 4 of his sons. After a few years, the Conqueror named him the Royal "Intendant" or Steward of Normandy and sent him back to France to manage William's interests there and put down any attempts to usurp his ducal throne ....

Helped William the Conqueror - 4 1047 Ryes (Rie), Bayeux, Basse Normandie, France - ... while he was consolidating his power in England. Baron Hubert, by now at least 60 years old, obeyed. He never returned to England. His sons were magnificently rewarded by King William, in England..

Name and inheritance - On account of his mother being so great an heiress, he assumed the name of Montfort and inherited all the possessions of his grandfather, Hugh, who came with William, the Conqueror. (wikitree).

Born Abt. 1050? - Geni gives birth date about 1087 but that is too late to fit with known ancestors/descendants..

Born Abt. 1050? - Geni gives birth date about 1092 but that is too late to fit with known ancestors/descendants..

Algernon - William's nickname "als gernons" or "aux gernons" (meaning "with whiskers") was later used to form the first name Algernon, frequently used by the Percy family. [William, a Norman nobleman, came to England immediately after the Norman Conquest of 1066.].

A Saxon Lady - Emma's husband, William de Percy, appears in Domesday as a great landowner, holding 30 knight's fees, including some lands which had belonged to a Saxon lady, whom, "as very heire to them, in discharging of his conscience," he afterwards married..

Born 19 May 1100 Bavaria, Germany - Wikitree says 1103..

Died 27 Aug 1130 Germany - Wikitree says about 22 Feb 1124 in Hohenstaufen, Goppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany..

Lands - 1 Aft. 1066 Doncaster area, England - Before the Norman Conquest, Doncaster and much of its southern vicinity was held by Nigel Fossard on the Saxon tenure. After the Conquest, William the Conqueror gave manors and land to his step-brother Robert, Earl of Mortaigne. ....

Lands - 2 Aft. 1066 Doncaster area, England - ... After William's death, Robert de Montaigne died in a revolt against William II. This proved to be very fortunate for the Fossard Family, for they got back most of their manors and land - nearly the same as they had been before the Conquest..

Died 18 Mar 1076 Church of Saint-Fleurey-sur-Ouche - Murdered..

Born 1030 Beaugency, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France - FindAGrave says b.1030 son of Lancelin and grandson of Landry. Geni says b.1042 son of Landry. Either could be correct..

Born Abt. 1030 Alencon, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France - Wikitree says Guy was born Abt. 1035, Wikipedia says mid to late 1020s..

Father Abt. 1030 - Wikitree says Guy's father was Enguerrand son of Hugh II, but Wikipedia says Guy was Enguerrand's brother. Dates for Wikitree's version are almost impossible..

Harold, William, and the Bayeux Tapestry - 1 1064, 1066 - In 1064, Harold Godwinson, the Earl of Wessex, was shipwrecked on the shores of Ponthieu and captured by Count Guy who took him to his castle of Beaurain and then delivered him to Duke William. Harold was not released from Normandy until he had sworn ....

Harold, William, and the Bayeux Tapestry - 2 1064, 1066 - ... on the Holy Relics to aid Duke William to the English throne. (This story is pictured prominently in the Bayeux Tapestry where Guy is called Wido). In 1066, Harold accepted the crown of England when Edward died, thus precipitating the Norman Conquest..

Parents Abt. 1030 - Wikitree says Ada's parents were Alan de Cornouaille and Berthe de Blois, but this does not agree with any other sources. Wikitree has confused Berthe with Berthe de Blois who married Alain III de Rennes not Alain de Cornouaille. Ada's parents are unknown..

French Bef. 1066 - Richard was one of the few Frenchmen (maybe Norman) who came to England before 1066. He came during the reign of Edward the Confessor, ie. between 1042 and 1066. Richard joined the Norman cause and fought against Eadric the Wild in Herefordshire..

Richard's Castle Bef. 1051 Richard's Castle, Shropshire-Herefordshire - Richard's Castle is a village on the Shropshire-Hertfordshire border named after the castle built by Richard before 1051. The castle was a motte-and-bailey style construction, one of only three or four castles of this type built before the Norman conquest..

Died Abt. 1047 Val-es-Dunes - Killed by Duke William (later William the Conqueror) at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes..

Brothers - All four of Roger's brothers were murdered in revenge for the murder of Osberne de Crepon, guardian of Duke William. Roger was the survivor..

Died Aft. 1040 Paris, France - Exiled..

Died Abt. 1067 Alencon, Normandie, France - Strangled by order of her husband..

Died 1063 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - Murdered. He was claimed by Orderic to have been poisoned by his sister-in-law Mabel de Belleme (in this tree)..

Information - Sigtrygg established Ireland's first mint, in Dublin..

Irish-Welsh Connection - 1 - There are connections between our Irish ancestor Sihtric Silkbeard and our Welsh ancestor Cynfyn ap Gwerystan. In the year 1000, Irish king Brian attacked Sitric Silkbeard and evicted him from Dublin...a defeat he overcame in 1014 by killing Brian and ....

Irish-Welsh Connection - 2 - ... retaking Dublin. We suggest a young Cynfyn ap Gwerystan brought a group of Powys men to assist Sitric, and took home a daughter of Sitric as his wife. ... Around 1033 Cynfyn was (probably) killed by Iago ap Idwal, and the remainder of the Powys ....

Irish-Welsh Connection - 3 - ... royal family fled to Ireland where Gruffudd ap Llewelyn and his entourage were given refuge by Sitric Silkbeard. Sitric, about 1039, gave his eldest grand-daughter as wife for the Powys heir, and troops to support Gruffudd's return to Wales..

Born Abt. 975 - Geni gives one more generation (Idwal ab *Elisedd* ap Meurig) than Gwynedd and Wales. Geni's version is used, as the dates are more credible..

Died - Geni dates his death as 1073, but this would make him over 100. There seems to be no supporting information so death date is omitted from this tree..

Born Abt. 1020 Llechwed Ucha, Caernarvonshire, Wales - Geni gives Gwenllian's birth date as about 977, but this doesn't tie in with other dates, so I have used the date given in Wikitree..

Died 1070 Mechain, Montgomeryshire, Wales - Killed in the Battle of Mechain by the sons of his half-brother, Gruffudd ap Llewelyn..

Born France - Born Gertrude, she renamed herself Petronilla..

Born Arnstein, Bayern, Germany - Wikitree says birth date 1099, but it must have been earlier if father's and son's dates are correct..

Died Sep 1101 Heraclea Cybistra - She was known as one of the great beauties of her day. She raised and led her own army toward Jerusalem in the crusade of 1101. She is reported as having been killed in an ambush by the sultan Kilij Arslan I..

Identity 1022 - Robert de Guiscard (findagrave.com) and Robert de Hauteville (thepeerage.com) are clearly the same person (same dates, wife, parents)..

Died 8 Apr 1099 Hinckley, Leicestershire, England - Her son-in-law Hugh de Grandmesnil was sheriff of Leicester..

Information - Known for her bravery, she commanded troops in her own right, wearing full armour..

Born Abt. 980 Beaugency, Departement du Loiret, Centre, France - Geni says Abt. 995. Maybe brith date is between 980 and 995..

Born 1030 - Brother-in-Law of William the Conqueror..

Rebellion 1865 - Hereward the Wake led an East Anglian rebellion against William the Conqueror, from his base on the Isle of Ely in East Anglia.. He was made famous in Victorian times by Charles Kingsley’s 1865 novel Hereward the Wake: the Last of the English.

Died 1046 - Executed..

Born Aft. 954 Harcourt, Normandie, France - wikitree says b.949..

Prosperity 1018 to 1023 - The Brut y Tywysogion portrays Llywelyn’s reign as one of prosperity saying “complete in abundance of wealth and inhabitantsso that it was supposed there was neither poor nor destitute in all his territories, nor an empty hamlet, nor any deficiency.”..

Battle of Hastings 1066 Hastings - He accompanied William the Conqueror to Hastings, and commanded a corps in the battle..

Died 1016 - Murdered. The killing of Uhtred by Thurbrand the Hold started a blood feud. Uhtred's son Ealdred killed Thurbrand, but Ealdred in turn was killed by Thurbrand's son, Carl. Ealdred's grandson Waltheof eventually killed nearly all Carl's sons and grandsons..

Information - He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography..

Born Abt. 1096 England - Illegitimate..

Born Bef. 1110 - Wikitree doesn't name the mother, but Uta (Utha) Cham of Passau ?-1150 has "(dau) unknown" married Adolf Graf von Berg. Birth date not far from sister Mathilde makes same mother likely. So "(dau) unknown" is assumed to be Irmgard..

Information - Queen Sophia was described as beautiful, dominant and cruel. According to traditional myth, she murdered Valdemar's mistress Tove and injured his sister Kirsten, but this is not confirmed..

Identity - Charlemagne chart shows Hilduin father of Rotgaire d.957 and Manasses d.1037 (not possible). Manasses must have been son of Rotgaire's brother Hilduin..

William the Conqueror 1048 Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France - Maud is reputed to have had an affair (and a child William "Elder" Peverel) with William the Conqueror..

Key Character in History - Baldric is a key character in history as he is considered the patriarch of many noble families of France, England and Ireland..

Name change 22 Aug 1036 - Changed her name to Ermesinda.

Identity 1021 - thepeerage.com says Sancha Sanchez is daughter of Garcia II Sanchez, Comte d'Aragon and Jimera Fernandez. The findagrave.com ancestry looks more reliable and has been used..

Born Between 970 and 975 - Sources call her "Ermengarde of Lower-Lorraine" and "Adelaide of France" but from the relationships (children's names) they are clearly the same person..

Born Abt. 1073 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France - Illegitimate..

Domesday Book entry 1086 Merriott Manor, Crewkerne Hundred, Somerset, England - In the Domesday Book, Harding was a living landowner, but his father had held much more land before the Norman conquest. Harding's principal holding was the manor of Merriot in the Crewkerne Hundred. Much of his father's land had gone to Hugh of Chester..

Bayeux Tapestry Abt. 1070 Made in England - Eustace is one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. He appears in the Bayeux Tapestry, and it has been suggested that Eustace was the patron of the Bayeux Tapestry..

Domeday Book entry 1086 - Domesday Book has an entry for: land of Geoffrey Alselin In Alvaston and Ambaston Thulston and Elvaston Toki. He would also haveowned land at Laxton, (~25 miles NE),granted to Geoffrey in 1066, where he or son-in-law Richard de Caux built Laxton Castle..

Born 937 - Hedwig was of Saxon origin..

Ancestry Normandy - According to findagrave.com, Renaud was a son of the Viking Rognvald (Reinald) who was one of the Norse invaders who chose to remain in Burgundy. I can't trace this Rognvald..

Norman invasion Aft. 1066 Yorkshire - Ailric was a Saxon Thegn who, at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 had huge holdings of land in Yorkshire. After the Conquest, it appears that he had the lands taken from him but retained the tenancy under de Lacy, the new owner..

Kingdom Abt. 1090 Morgannwg (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) - Iestyn, after a dispute with his rival Einion ap Collwyn, invited Robert Fitzhamon (a Norman, Lord of Gloucester)and his twelve knights into the region to settle the matter. Naturally, once invited in, they refused to leave. They deposed Iestyn in c.1090..

Died 1045 - Killed in combat with Walkelin de Ferrieres (also our ancestor). Both were killed..

Domesday Book 1086 - Hacon's story shows the rapid rise to wealth and importance of a family of native descent. Hacon is in Domesday Book as Acun, tenant of Roger of Poitou. His name suggests that he was a Scandinavian established in Lincolnshire before the Norman conquest..

Kept his lands 1066 - Thurkil is a rare case of an Anglo-Saxon who managed to continue holding significant lands in the area where his family had been important before 1066..

Buried 1046 Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel - Died on a pilgrimage..

Born Abt. 1008 Haute-Normandie, France - Illegitimate..

Information - Robert fitz Wimarc was a wise man who got on well with King Edward, Harold Godwinson (probably), and William the Conqueror. His origins are Wiomar'ch in Brittany. His main base was at Clavering in Essex (where we lived 1966-70)..

Born about 960 France - She is believed to have been a niece of Duchess Gunnora, wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, perhaps daughter of Senfria..

Norman Conquest - 1 Abt. 1069 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England - Ilbert was with William the Conqueror at Senlac. For his services, he received the castle and town of Brokenbridge (name converted into French "Pontefract") .. with other lands of vast extent. At the time of the Domesday survey he possessed 170 lordships..

Norman Conquest - 2 Abt. 1069 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England - "And thus it was throughout the country, the former proprietors were dispossessed, while a Norman lord and his followers shared the plunder, the intruders putting their feet upon the neck of the conquered Saxons.".

Born Abt. 1049 Cheshire, England - Name l'Arcedeckne suggests that Hawise was daughter of an archdeacon. Presumably Norman not Saxon..

"The Good" - 1 - Hywel is highly esteemed among other medieval Welsh rulers. His name is linked with the codification of traditional Welsh law, which were thenceforth known as the Laws of Hywel Dda. Dda (Good) refers to the fact that his laws were just and good..

"The Good" - 2 - The historian Dafydd Jenkins sees in them compassion rather than punishment, plenty of common sense and recognition of the rights of women. Hywel Dda was a well-educated man even by modern standards, having a good knowledge of Welsh, Latin, and English..

Olaf of the Sandals - "Among these kings, Olaf 'Cuaran' ('of the Sandals') ruled Dublin victoriously when in 977 his army defeated the forces of the High king Domnall, ...".

Born Abt. 1048 - Wikitree gives parents as Gottfried von Metz 985-1053 and Judith von Luxembourg 1003-? but says they are uncertain..

Died Aft. 14 Jan 1129 - Wikitree says 21 Aug 1128 but that's when he ceased to be Count of Nevers. He attended the Council of Troyes which opened on 14 January 1129..

Born Abt. 975 Abbey of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - It looks like a generation may be missing between Aelfgarus and son Bricktive?.

Father - Geni gives Edryd's father as Aeddan ab lasedd, but his father's name should be Inethan. mostyn.com identifies his father as Inethan ap Iaseth, and this is clearly the same person..

Died - Geni dates Cadell's death as 993 at the Battle of Llangwm. But Cadell appearss not to have been involved in the battle, which was between Eidwal ap Meurig and Maredydd ap Owain, and Cadell's son Tudur Mawr was born some years later..

Born Abt. 980 Powys, Wales - Geni has some different birth dates and places for Elinor. Their "Birth: ABT 980 in Powys, Wales" fits best with other sources. Elinor would have been born in Powys not in Dinefwr Castle, as her father Gwerystan ap Gwaethfoed was King of Powys..

Died Abt. 1122 - "very old"..

Parents - Wikitree says Maud's mother is Saint Ida of Verdun 1040-1113, Countess of Lorraine, but dates are impossible. Wikitree says Maud's father is Reginald of Louvain 1005-?, but this doesn't look reliable..

Born - Illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England..

Born 22 Sep 1013 Poznan, Poland - Uncertain..

Died 9 Jun 1075 Homburg an der Unstrut, Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany - Killed in the first battle of Langensalza..

Father - FindAGrave.com says Hedwi's father might be Bernard II Billung von Sachsen Duke of Saxony (in this tree), but the dates are a bit of a stretch and there seems to be no supporting evidence. Wikitree has a different Bernard (accepted)..

Mother - FindAGrave and Wikipedia say Hedrmann's mother was Ermengarde of Nantes. Wikitree says his mother was Aeda Frederunda von Hildeburg..

Descendants - See source "Descendants of Lady Godiva" (c.1010-1067)..

Died 1034 - Murdered..

Murder of Einar Abt. 1050 kings palace, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway - Bergljot married Einar Tamberskelve who was murdered at a Thing along with his son, Eindride, on the order of the King Harald Hadrada. Bergljot urged the bonder army to avenge her husband but they were afraid of the king and his men and rowed away..

Born Abt. 935 Bricquebec, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France - Some sources show Anslac (father of Thurstan) and Ansfrid (father od Ansfrid) as different people, but Wikitree says Anslac is father of both. Anslac and Ansfrid are assumed to be the same person..

Born 1021 Normandy, France - Heiress niece to the Duke of Normandy..

O'Cahan name - Conn Ciconntach O'Cahan was the first to assume the family name of O'Cahan as a surname..

Lands of Cowal and Knapdale - Anrothan quarrelled with his elder brother, Domhnall, ancestor of the O'Neills, and left Ireland for Scotland. A story says he acquired the lands of Cowal and Knapdale by marring a Scottish heiress, but he may actually have settled in Badenoch..

Inheritance 28 Oct 1138 - When Salome's husband Boleslaw III died, he left Salome several towns and castles. This was the first documented case where a Polish ruler left his widow her own piece of land..

Born Abt. 1060 Hochstaden, Rheinland, Prussia - Uncertain..

Died Hochstaden, Rheinland, Prussia - Uncertain..

Born Bef. 1065 - Wikipedia says Heilwig was born Abt. 1070, but must have been born earlier if father Heinrich died in 1065..

Identity - Volodar Glebovich is sometimes mistakenly identified as Vladimir Vsevolodic of Novgorod..

Identity - Father of Sophia of Minsk in Wikipedia is Volodar Glebovich of Minsk, in Wikitree is Vladimir Vsevolodovich aka Wolodar. May or may not be the same person. The Wikipedia line has been used..

Died 13 Aug 945 Normandy, France - Killed in battle..

Mistress Abt. 1000 - Mistress of Sancho III of Navarre.

Father - Thyra's father appears to be one of: Ethelred King of England (Aethelred of Wessex), Edward the Elder King of the Anglo-Saxons (elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith), Harald Klak King of Jutland..

Died 1086 Somerset, England - Killed in the autumn of 1086 at the head of the men of Somerset, in an engagement with the sons of Harold who were devastiatng the sea board of that shire, after their repulse at Bristol..

Domesday Book entry 1086 Devon Dorset Somerset and Wiltshire, England - Eadnoth was steward to Edward the Confessor and King Harold II. He is mentioned in Domesday Book as holding thirty manors in Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire, before the Norman conquest..

Died Bef. 4 Jan 1049 Eu, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France - thepeerage.com gives a much earlier date of death..

Mother Abt. 970 - Guillaume de Normandie was an illegitimate son of Richard I "Sans Peur". thepeerage.com says his mother was Gunnora, but wikitree says that he was son by a mistress "other than Gunnora"..

Information - She is known for her obliteration of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor of Kiev. ..... but ..... for her efforts to spread Christianity through the Rus' Olga is venerated as a saint..

Died 2 Oct 939 The Rhine - Drowned..

Information 954 - A highly educated, intelligent and forceful political player - organized the defense of the besieged city of Laon against the troops of Hugh "the Great" - freed husband Louis from prison - after his death she ruled the kingdom as regent..

Ancestry - GenealogieOnline gives an ancestry for Ermengarde of Nantes. Some of the dates look very suspect, and I can't verify some of the relationships. So I have not used it..

Died 17 dec 942 - murdered.

Breton Captive - 1 Abt. 940 - Sprota was a Breton captive, `taken as a wife in the Viking fashion` by William I, Duke of Normandy (ie, she was a concubine). When William had died and her son Richard was in prison, she was `collected` by Esperleng, a wealthy miller, who married her..

Breton Captive - 2 Abt. 940 - Sprota was our ancestress via her son Richard with William, and via her son Rodulf with Esperleng..

Kings and queens of Wessex, England, etc. - FYI. The kings and queens of Wessex, England, etc, are listed here: http://burkespeerage.com/royalFamily UnitedKingdom.php.

Born Abt. 979 - Illegitimate..

Born Abt. 950 Arque, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France - wikitree says "Senfria is the child of Harold I Gormson and Gyrithe Cyrid Olafsdotter", which tallies with the Find a Grave Index entry for her sister Gunnora..

Information - Thomas came over with William the Conqueror. The Shropshire Guardian and Shrewsbury Herald of 4 dec 1886 gives a lot of Sandford family information..

Died 1023 - Assassinated on orders of his half-brother Donnchad..

Born 978 - Illegitimate..

Information - He built what later became known as Belvoir Castle. He held nearly 70 manors in Staffordshire, more than 25 in Warwickshire, more than 20 in Lincolnshire, 10 in Oxfordshire, one in Worcestershire and one in Northamptonshire before 1086..

Family Information -1 - The family held the castle of St. Foy de Montgomery, just south of Lisieux [Liseaux], in France. The village still exists and it was along a road near here that Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was strafed and badly injured by Allied fighters in WWII..

Family Information -2 - This early family has been well documented for one so early in England's history. They were related to the Ducal family of Normandy through Gunnor, wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Her niece, Joscelina, married Hugh de Montgomery. [See source for more].

Information - Sister of Seinfroy, Bishop of Le Mans..

Inheritance 877 - On his death in 877, Rhodri Mawr divided the Principality between his three sons, giving Deheubarth to Cadell, Gwynedd to Anarawd, and Powys to Merfyn..

Died 904 Dyfed, Wales - Drowned..

Inheritance 877 - On his death in 877, Rhodri Mawr divided the Principality between his three sons, giving Deheubarth to Cadell, Gwynedd to Anarawd, and Powys to Merfyn..

Born Abt. 970 - Aeddan (name given in Geni) and Inethan (name given in mostyn.com) are the same person..

Battles 966 to 984 - Einion helped King Iago of Gwynedd to drive the Irish and their Danish allies from Wales in 966. But in 967 he invaded Gower on a pretext, and ended up fighting many battles with various others including the English. In 984 he was killed "by treachery"..

Identity - There is no reason to suppose that this is the same person as Rhydderch ap Iestyn 985-1033 of Deheubarth..

Name change Abt. 1027 - Changed her name from Frozza to Adelheid..

Died 14 or 15 Feb 1043 Imperial Palace of Goslar, Schwaben, Bavaria, Germany - Died of dysentery..

Information - Gisela was married three times, one of them to a cousin which caused some friction with the church. She played an active part in politics. She was 5'8" tall, with long blonde hair..

Died 19 Nov 1034 - He earned the hatred of his brother-in-law Eckard II of Meissen and was killed by his henchmen..

Information - Creator of the Polish state. Probably grandfather via daughter Swietoslawa (Sigrid) a Nordic Queen, of Cnut the Great..

Inheritance 877 - On his death in 877, Rhodri Mawr divided the Principality between his three sons, giving Deheubarth to Cadell, Gwynedd to Anarawd, and Powys to Merfyn..

Information 961 - Founded Tavistock Abbey..

The Skaill Hoard Skaill House, Orkney, Scotland - In the days of Earl Thorfinn (Skull-Splitter) the sons of Eric Blood-axe arrived from Norway ... and they did many deeds of violence in the islands. - Orkneyinga Saga (see Gallery)..

Born Abt. 895 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France - Wikitree suggests that Gerlotte's parents were called Thibaut (son of Eudes) and Richildis, but the evidence seems unconvincing..

Hastings - 1 14 Oct 1066 - Before the Conquest, Edward the Confessor recruited Gilbert Tesson, one of the most powerful Barons ofNormandy, and offered him the great barony of Alnwick in northern England which he accepted and brought with him many knights. By the time of Hastings ....

Hastings - 2 14 Oct 1066 - ... Gilbert had switched allegiances, and fought alongside King Harold and his Saxons. He, Gilbert, and many of his knights were killed by his fellow Normans. This did not prevent Gilbert's son William from later becoming the Lord of Alnwick and Malton..

Ancestry to 591 - wikitree gives a further 9 generations, but appears to start with duplicate names: Diarmid Macduibhn (m. Grain O'Niel), Dubhn Doun, Dwbhn Derg, Ferither Finruo, Duibhn Fuilt Derg, Ferither Eile, Arthur Oig, Duibhn Mor (m. Valentina), Ferither Our..

Born Aft. 1020 - Wikitree does not link her mother, but text says: Irmgard (Ermengard?) de Namur (van Namen), geb. between ± 1040 - 1055, ovl. ± 1106,[3] dochter van Graaf Albert II de Namur (van Namen) en Regilindi (Regelindis,Regelinde) van Lotharingen.

Died 13 Sep 1119 - Gleb was taken prisoner by Mstislav Vladimirovich, after Gleb reneged on a peace treaty. Gleb was taken to Kiev where he died shortly after..

Died Jun 885 Lobith, Rijnwaarden Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands - Murdered..

Born Abt. 890 - He was French rather than Norman extraction..

Information - He made over that part of the archiepiscopal lands consisting of the feudal territory of Toeni (Tosny southeast of Rouen) to his brother Ralph..

Information - The first ruler of Kievan Rus'. He is the founder of the Rurik Dynasty, which ruled the Kievan Rus' and its successor states, including the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Tsardom of Russia, until the 17th century..

Unreliable - Comments by researchers in Wikitree suggest that all ancestry from here on is suspect, so this tree stops here..

Died 6 Dec 924 - Killed in battle with the Normans..

Nickname - It has been suggested that Charles' nickname was used ironically and not descriptivelyi.e. that he was not in fact bald, but rather that he was extremely hairy..

Born Abt. 940 - Illegitimate..

Died 981 - Assassinated..

Born Abt. 1008 Bromley Regis (Kings Bromley), Staffordshire, England - "Sister of Earle Leofrik (founder of the Monastery at Coventre).". Thus her parents were Leofwine, Earl of Mercia, and Aelfgifu..

Born - Birth date and parents givn in Wikitree look very unreliable..

"The Great" 856 to 872 - Rhodri’s fame came from defending Wales from Vikings. After they had ravaged Anglesey, Rhodri defeated them and killed their leader Gorm. Rhodri then defeated them at Bangolau "in a hard battle" and at Manegid where the Vikings "were destroyed"..

Died Abt. 877 - Killed in battle, against Alfred the Great..

Defence of Dyfed - Dyfed and Brycheiniog both fell under such sustained attack from Hywel Dda's uncle Anarawd and father Cadell that Kings Hyfaidd and Elise submitted to King Alfred (Alfred the Great) of Wessex's overlordship in exchange for protection..

Born Abt. 880 Ireland - Killed by Ceallach son of Cearbhall..

Born Abt. 1010 France - Birth dateAbt. 990 given by Geni appears to be at least 10 years too early. MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/names/humbert beaujeu needs sign-in) says 1010. monchique.com says 1015..

Born Abt. 1022 Corbeil, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - Geni says Bouchard's mother is Germaine Bassenville de Corbeil, but birth dates are over 40 years apart and there are errors with her records (wife and daughter of the same person Guillaume Gerlenc 1001-1067)..

Information Abt. 1000 - Edla was brought to Sweden as a prisoner of war c. 1000 at the same time or a little before, the arrival of Estrid of the Obotrites (Estrid av obotriterna). King Olof Skötkonung married Estrid but also fell in love with Edla and took her as his mistress..

Died 30 Apr 1002 Pohlde, Osterode am Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany - Assassinated..

Died 871 - Killed by the Vikings of Dublin..

Died 7 Oct 929 - Died in prison..

Kidnapped - Hake, a Berserker, killed Ragnhild's father and kidnapped her. Halfdan the Black then kidnapped Ragnhild and married her..

Born Abt. 852 - Illegitimate..

Information - Halfdan may have been a great-grandson of King Harald Fairhair, but Wikipedia says this is "not very likely"..

Ancestry - Gudrod is said to be son of Bjørn Farmann, the king of Vestfold, and a grandson of Harald Fairhair, first king of Norway...

Died Near Tonsberg, Norway - Killed by Harald Greyhide..

Died 1119 - Wikipedia says Aft. 1076 - a long time before 1119 - maybe it was a bit earlier than 1119?.

Died 1086/87 On a journey to Zvenyhorodka, Cherkasy, Ukraine - Murdered..

Emissary 782 - Halfdan was sent as an emissary by King Sigfred of Denmark to the court of the Frankish emperor Charlemagne in 782..

Mother of Otto 836 - thepeerage.com gives Hatwiga von Friaul as the mother of Otto, but (all) other sources give Oda von Billung..

Ancestry - It is believed that he was the son of Poppo I Graf im Saalgau, born around 830. More information in the Wikipedia citation..

Born about 830 - Possibly, the son of Poppo I Graf im Saalgau..

Born Abt. 788 - The chronicle (Hardy, Vol III, No. 326) describes Ecgberht's wife as "Redburga regis Francorum sororia" (sister or sister-in-law of the Frankish Emperor)..

Ancestry - Ridoredh's Wikipedia page says that he is the son of Saint Salomon, but the "Kings and dukes of Brittany family tree" shows that he isn't..

Died Abt. 16 Jun 918 - thepeerage.com says death 924, but this appears to be confused with other generations..

Tancarville 911 St Clair-sur-Epte - One of the foremost of the Vikings under Rollo was Tancrede. He was with Rollo at St. Clair-sur-Epte, received his reward of the land that became Tancarville, settled there and built a fortified Castle on the promontory guarding the mouth of the Seine..

Born Abt. 1001 Corbeil, Marne, Champagne, France - Geni gives Germaine Bassenville de Corbeil as both mother and wife. Birth dates suggest that mother is correct..

Born 866 - Leo's father was his mother's lover Michael not her husband KingBasil (who later killed Michael)..

Died Abt. 918 - Killed by Edred..

Abduction - King Gudrod the Hunter proposed marriage to Asa, but her father refused. Gudrod killed her father and brother, abducted her and married her. After a year, she gave birth to Halfdan the Black. A year later, Åsa took revenge and had her servant kill Gudrod..

Died Abt. 880 or 890 - Killed by Scottish chieftans..

Died Abt. 930 to 934 Saeheimr, Norway - Killed by Eric Bloodaxe..

Died 21 Mar 867 York, Yorkshire, England - Killed in battle..

Born 747 Herstal, Belgium - Disputed date..

Existence - Wikipedia says that Gostomysl is fictitious, but goes on to point out that the logic used to determine this is flawed. Maybe the chronicles are no more or less reliable than other chronicles of that era..

Died 15 Sep 921 Tetin Castle, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) - Murdered by order of Daughter-in-Law Dramohira of Slodor..

Good King Wenceslaus - Lumila is the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus (Good King Wenceslaus)..

Born Abt. 820 - Also said to be Abt. 799, but maybe Abt. 820 is more likely..

Matriarch - Through her marriage to Welf she is the matriarch of the Dynastic Welf Family[4] and is an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty, the Kings of Italy, Russia, Britain, the Hagenéter rulers of Piedmont and the Bavarian Welfs..

Died - Geni says Bernard was over 100 when he died - possible but rather unlikely..

Died Abt. 17 Apr 865 - thepeerage.com says death 924, but this doesn't tally with other generations..

Cross of Gwriad 1896 Isle of Man - In 1896 an 8th- or 9th-century cross was discovered on Man inscribed Crux Guriat ("Cross of Gwriad"). It is thought that it referred to this Gwriad..

Born Abt. 980 Corbeil, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - There are errors in Germaine's Geni info (see comments for husband Guillaume and son Bouchard). Also, grandfather Aymon is given as her father in Wikipedia..

Died 970 Jerusalem, Israel - On pilgrimage..

Died Abt. 23 Sep 867 Constantinople - Murdered, probably by Emperor Basil I (his mistress Eudoxia's husband)..

The one who missed out 877, 881 - When Rhodri died, the kingdom went to Tudwal's 3 brothers. Tudwal was too young to be given a share. Later, fighting to avenge his brother Anarawd, he was wounded in the leg (hence "The Lame") and under welsh law could not then become ruler anyway!.

Journey to Iceland Abt. 890 - Aud built and captained a ship (20 crew) from Caithness to Orkney, then to Breidafjordur, Iceland. She was respected, capable, independent and strong-willed. Aud was a baptized Christian and is commonly credited with bringing Christianity to Iceland..

Snorri Sturluson - The historian, poet, and politician Snorri Sturluson 1179-1241 was a 10th-gen descendant of Aud. His writing "surpassing anything else that the Middle Ages have left us of historical literature". He also gave an early account of the discovery of Vinland..

Thorfinn Karlsefni - Thorfinn Karlsefni, descendant of Aud, went with his wife Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir to Vinland (now Canada) and had a son, Snorri. Snorri was the first European child known to have been born in the New World and to whom many Icelanders trace their roots..

Ivar Halfdansson 762 - There is a discrepancy in Wikitree. Ivar Haldansson has father Halfdan mother Hildi, but Hildi's entry does not have husband Halfdan son Ivan..

Born Abt. 810 Beziers, Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France - One source gives "about 840", but sources for other generations suggest this is quite inaccurate..

Died 898 - Murdered..

Born 764 France - Illegitimate daughter of Louis I..

Born Ceredigion, Wales - Birth date 733 given in Geni Family Trees is not possible..

Information - His daughter Elena Candiano and her future husband Gerardo Guoro were the original persons upon whom the English dramatist William Shakespeare based his story Romeo and Juliet..

Born Abt. 825 - .. the Emperor Michael I and the Empress Prokopia were the ancestors to later Byzantine Emperors. They had a son, the co-emperor Theophylaktos (co-reigned with Michael I from 812 to 813 AD), and he was father to a daughter named Eudokia Ingerina ...

Died 795 - Bran and Eithne were assassinated by Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellaig of the Ui Dunchada..

Died 795 Cell Cuile Duma, Stradbally, Leinster, Ireland - Bran and Eithne were assassinated by Finsnechta Cethardec mac Cellaig of the Ui Dunchada..

Died 780 Vestfold fylke, Norway - Sailing home after a viking raid to Varna, on the eastern side of the Oslofjord, Eystein was hit by a boom of the ship so that he fell overboard and drowned. His body was salvaged and buried in a mound at Borre..

Sagas - Ketill was depicted in such works as the Laxdaela saga, Eyrbyggja saga and the Saga of Erik the Red, while his genealogy was described in detail in the Landnamabok..

The Tale of Ragnar's Sons - Ælla is also mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicleand the Norse sagas thatb say he captured Viking leader Ragnar Lodbrok and put him to death in a pit of snakes. Ragnar's sons avenged his death..

Born - Source gives "about 815", but sources for other generations suggest this is quite inaccurate..

Martin de Laon 696 Laon, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France - Familypedia and findagrave.com have Caribert's father as Martin de Laon, husband of Bertrada of Prum. But Martin de Laon is known to have been assassinated in 678. He could not have been Caribert's father..

Parents - ancestry.com gives parents for Melusina (Elinas 704-? and Bruithina 710-?), and some more generations, but they look rather suspect..

The Legendary Kingdom of Seisyllwg Abt. 730 Ceredigion / Ystrad Tywy - Did Seisyll ap Clydog create the Kingdom of Seisyllwg? Or did the kingdom never exist? For a thoroughly confusing discussion, read the linked Ancient Wales Studies article!.

Died 798 - Murdered by the Saxons..

Born Abt. 910 France - Birth dates of father Osmond and son Albert suggest Aymon's was born several years later than 910..

Died Abt. 895 - Murdered..

Born Abt. 880 - Parents are uncertain. (Wikitree).

Born 775 Germany - Illegitimate daughter of Charlemagne..

Information - William was a Frank who crossed the Alps leading 300 armed retainers in 888–889 to fight alongside Guy III of Spoleto against Berengar of Friuli for the Iron Crown of Lombardy. He founded the House of Aleramici..

Born - Source gives "about 790", but sources for other generations suggest this is quite inaccurate..

Memorial - 1 Abt. 773 Llantysilio-yn-Ial, Northern Powys, Wales - Elisedd is best known for his memorial stone: Eliseg's Pillar standing in Llantysilio-yn-Ial in Northern Powys. It was once topped by an enormous cross, and was erected by his great grandson, King Cyngen, some one hundred years after Elisedd's ....

Memorial - 2 Abt. 773 - ... ascendancy in the early 8th century. Its inscription praises his victories against the Saxons and includes an exceptional record of the Powysian pedigree, stretching back through his father King Gwylog ap Beli's line to Vortigern and Magnus Maximus....

Memorial - 3 Abt. 773 - ... Elisedd lived at nearby Castell Dinas-Bran, which is also associated with the Celtic ancestor god, Bran, and King Arthur's Quest for the Holy Grail..

Born Abt. 367 Caer Gloui (now Gloucester, England) - Several sources give Gratianna as daughter of Magnus Maximus (Macsen Wledig) and Elen, but the identity of her parents is not certain..

Died Abt. 430 - His British kingdom is taken over by the Irish aristocracy when his son-in-law (not his daughter!!!), Prince Anlach, inherits..

Died Abt. 912 Yernjak, Azerbaijan - Murdered by Yusuf, Emir of Azerbaijan..

Concubine Bef. 775 - Evidently, after defeating Wittekind von Sachsen, Charlemagne kept his daughter Gerswinde as a concubine..

Died 20 Nov 869 Haegelisdun - Murdered by Ivar the Boneless and his brother Ubba, after defeat in battle..

Born - Source gives "about 767", but sources for other generations suggest this is quite inaccurate..

Information - findagrave.com has Nebi I as grandson of Godofrid via son Huoching. The various dates make this virtually impossible, so Nebi I is Godofrid's son in this tree, as given in thepeerage.com.

Identity Laon, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France - Not to be confused with Martin de Laon 647-678, son of Ansegisel Arnulfing 606-679 and Saint Begga 615-693..

Died 682 - Died of Plague (in 682 not 664)..

The Red Dragon emblem of Wales - The red dragon (Y Ddraig Goch) Welsh symbol, is known as "The Red Dragon of Cadwaladr". The Tudors claimed descent from Cadwaladr to legitimize their authority over Britain. When Henry Tudor landed in Wales in 1485, he adopted the red dragon flag..

Born Abt. 335 Hispania Gallaecea, Western Roman Empire - He is reputed to have been a grandson of Emperor Constantine. fabpedigree.com says his father was possibly Flavius Julius Constantius II of Rome (son of Constantine) but this conflicts with other records so is left out of this tree..

Died 28 Aug 388 Aquileia, Friuli, Western Roman Empire - Executed..

Haverfordwest Abt. 383 Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales - Elen`s husband, Magnus Maximus, granted civic status and Celtic names to several settlements, including Haverfordwest (Caer Alun). James Phillips, in The History of Pembrokeshire (pub. 1909), claims that the original name was Caer Elen, in honour of Elen..

Born Le Forez, Provence, France - Geni says born Abt. 877, but that is too late for son William born Abt. 880..

Died 689 - Killed by Aed mac Dluthaig of the Fir Cul Breg sept of Sil nAedo Slaine..

Born - Source gives "about 742", but sources for other generations suggest this is quite inaccurate..

Information - To 720/25 Abbess of the Abbey of Nonnenberg in Salzburg..

Canonised Abt. 880 - Canonised by Pope Nicholas I..

Information - Quite a story! Born Anglo-saxon, sold as a slave by the Danes, ran away from her owner, married the King of France, ruled as Queen of France after his death, mother of 3 kings. Canonised 200yrs after her death. Statue in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris..

Died Abt. 654 - Killed..

Died 816 Aragon, Spain - Killed in battle..

Died 19 Jul 711 Guadelete - Killed i the Battle of Guadelete..

Died 633 or 634 - Invaded and conquered the Kingdom of Northumbria, defeating and killing its king, Edwin, prior to dying in battle against Oswald of Bernicia. He was the last Briton to hold substantial territory in eastern Britain until the rise of the House of Tudor..

Born Gwent, Wales - Wikipedia says Arthfael is the "second son of Gweirydd ap Brochfael", but his name is Arthfael "ap Rhys". Other sources, incl. other Wikipedia pages, indicate that he is the son of Rhys ap Ithel (Idwal). The birth date (665) given in Geni is impossible..

Died between 815 and 825 Roath, Glamorgan, Wales - Arthfael died between 815 and 825 during a battle with the Anglo-Saxons near the church of Roath near Cardiff, though his army eventually won the battle..

Born Abt. 880 - Probably born some years before 880 - see birth dates of descendants..

Born - Source gives "about 715", but sources for other generations suggest this is quite inaccurate..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives many generations of paternal and maternal ancestry, but notes that the sources are confused. They look unreiable..

Died 635 - Killed by King Cadwalla of the Britons, while suing for peace..

Born Abt. 585 Powys, Wales - Wikipedia says Eiludd Powys may have been the son or the brother of Selyf, but that he is more likely to have been Selyf's son..

Died 642 Oswestry, Shropshire, England - Killed at the battle of Maes Cogwy..

Died Abt. 625 - Cadfan's gravestone is at Llangadwaladr (Cadwaladr's Church) on Anglesey. Inscription: Catamanus rex sapientisimus opinatisimus omnium regum" (King Cadfan, most wise and renowned of all kings)..

Identity - This is not the same man whom Welsh tradition says was a knight of Arthur's court who escaped unharmed at the Battle of Camlann..

Born - Birth date is not known, but from brother Meurig it must be 8th century. Birth date (635) given in Geni is impossible..

Born Dyfed, Wales - Birth date (784) given in Geni is incompatible with other dates..

Information 658 to 675 - Wulfhere was the first christian king of Mercia..

Died 612 Tara, County Meath, Ireland - It is recorded in 'The Book of Invasions' that he died of plague. wikitree gives a different date and says he was killed..

Born Abt. 740 - Wikitree says she is the daughter of Michael I Rhangabe and Procopia of Byzantium. Wikipedia says these two were born about 770. If the dates are not a long way out, they could not have been her parents..

Born Abt. 810 - Geni says parents are Betreland and Emilgarde, but dates are impossible..

Died 600 Bri Dam, County Offaly, Ireland - Killed treacherously by his uncle, the high king Aed Slaine mac Diarmato of the Sil nAedo Slaine..

BBC Productions 1974, 1975 - In the 1970s, Penda was depicted in two BBC television productions written by David Rudkin. He was played by Geoffrey Staines in Penda's Fen (1974), and by Leo McKern in The Coming of the Cross (1975)..

Information 626 to 655 - Penda was the last great pagan warrior-king among the Anglo-Saxons. Penda's reign marks the emergence of Mercia from obscurity. It has been said that his reign was "crucial to the consolidation and expansion of Mercia"..

Information - Murderer and successor to his uncle Tato. Murderer of King Tato (his uncle) and champion in the fight against his son of Ildichis (Unichis), when he wanted to avenge the murder of his father. He waged war with the Suebi..

Information - 1 - Fredegund was a servant to Queen Audovera, but replaced her. Later, she was replaced by Galswintha - whom she then strangled. Fredegund had a long feud with Galswintha's sister Brunhilda, who was later brutally executed by Fredegund's son Clothar II..

Information - 2 - Fredegund has a reputation as ruthlessly murderous and sadistically cruel. Apartfrom murdering Queen Galswintha, she ordered several assassinations, and tried to murder her own daughter Rigunth..

Descendants - Descendants - see Gallery (CasnauthWledig Ancestry.png)..

Born Abt. 540 Dyfed, Wales - Arthwyr was, no doubt, named after the great King Arthur of myth and legend. Birth date differs between sources Geni and EBK..

Father - Her father Cadell Deyrnllyg, must be the Cadell Ddyrnllug, King of Powys, born about 430. Note that the dates are not accurate, and in particular that the dates of Ystradwen's descendants have been estimated by Geni over several generations..

Glamorgan - The realm of Morgannwg (Glamorgan) was probably named after this Morgan..

Born Abt. 505 Dalriada, Ireland - Birth date looks too early. His daughter Cumne Find de DalNaraidi born about (or before??) 580 married Fiachnae mac Demmain King of Ulaid from 626-627..

Cenel Conaill - Ainmuire mac Setnai (died 569) or Ainmire or Ainmere was a High King of Ireland from the Cenel Conaill branch of the Ui Neill. He was the great grandson of Conall Gulban d.464 our 42-Great-Grandfather, founder of this branch..

Died 509 Germany - Murdered.

Born Abt. 466 Tournai, (Belgium) - [There's a lot of information about Clovis in the Wikipedia source.].

Born 485 Tamworth Castle, Mercia - Now in Staffordshire, England.

Died 549 Gwynedd, Wales - Died in the plague of 549, which had begun in Egypt in 541. Buried on Ynys Seiriol (Puffin Island)..

Information - 1 - Maelgwyn, when still quite young, killed his own uncle,Owain Danwyn (also our ancestor). After repenting in a monastery, he took Gwallwen verch Afallach as his mistress and had 2 or more children with her. He then married a 25 year old widow called Nest..

Information - 2 - He then became enamored of the 16 year old wife, Sanan, of his own nephew. He killed the nephew to (bigamously) marry Sanan, and when Nest objected he killed her too. Then he "went downhill from there so far as decency and honor were concerned"!.

Information - 3 - In medieval Arthurian literature, Maelgwyn is represented as Malaguin, the King of the Hundred Knights. He was also a man of culture, and many poets and musicians attended his court at Deganwyand..

Skilled Counsellor - In The Dream of Rhonabwy, a tale about famous men from many historical eras, is "a tall, auburn, curly-headed man", Rhun ap Maelgwn Gwynedd, a man who may join in counsel with anyone, because there was none in Britain better skilled in counsel than he..

Ceredigion Abt. 425 Ceredigion (Cardigan) - Ceredig came to what is now modern Wales from Gododdin (Firth of Forth) with his father's family to help ward off Irish invaders. As a reward for his bravery, his father gave him territories now called Ceredigion (Cardigan) after him..

Regained Kingdom Abt. 447 Caer Guricon (Wroxeter, Shropshire) - Driven out of his father Cadeyrn's kingdom by Irish pirates, Cadell took advantage of St. Germanus of Auxerre`s siege of the Powysian capital to regain his kingdom. (In the story in Wikipedia, the “premonition” is probably direct action by St Germanus)..

King Arthur - There has been some speculation that Arthwys is the legendary King Arthur, partly because of the similarity of the names Arthur and Arthwys, but the names have different roots. Athrwys ap Tewdrig is also often confused with his nephew Athrwys ap Meurig..

Died 593 Thrace, Byzantium - After a battle..

Parricide - Eochaid Guineach killed his maternal grandfather, Crimthann Cass mac Ennae Ceannsalach, at the Battle of Cenn Losnada (Cell Osnadha) His mother Eithne Uathach was also killed...

Died Abt. 565 Raith Bec, Moylinny, Ireland - Killed by Aed Dub mac Suibni, king of the Cruthin..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com has 10 gens of Tyttla ancestry, but they look unreliable: Wuffa of East Anglia, Wehha, Wylhem of the Angles, Hryp, Hrothmund, Trygils, Tytmond, Casere Odinsson, Woden of Asgard (wife: Frigg of Asaland), Frithuwold (wife: Beltsea), Frealaf..

Ancestry - 8 generations of Eochaid's ancestry is given in the Wikipedia page for Niall Noigiallach: EM <- Muiredach Tirech <- Fiacha Sroiptine <- Cairbre Lifechair <- Cormac mac Airt <- Art mac Cuinn <- Conn Cetchathach <- Fedlimid Rechtmar <- Tuathal Teachtmhar..

Information - Basina's story is very interesting. She proposed to King Childeric I, and was accepted, and then obviously acted as a player and not as a bystander. See the Wikipedia citation. Queen Basina is the central antagonist in the 2005 film, The Brothers Grimm..

Died Abt. 490 or 493 - Assassinated by his brother Gundobad..

Died Abt. 506 - Drowned with a stone tied round her neck by her brother-in-law King Gundobad..

Died Abt. 550 - Date looks dodgy (age 110)..

North Wales - Cadwallon joined forces with his cousins to extend the policies of his grandfather, Cunedda Wledig, and continue to drive the Irish out of North Wales..

Hengist and Horsa Fifth century Kent - Vortigern was possibly a 5th-century warlord in Britain, known perhaps as king of the Britons. He may have invited Hengist and Horsa to Britain, but they killed his son and formed the Kingdom of Kent. It is said that Vortigern took refuge in North Wales..

High King of Britain Abt. 425 - According to the inscription on the famous 'Pillar of Eliseg', Vortigern married Severa, daughter of the Emperor Magnus Maximus, and it was probably this imperial link which enabled him to take control of Britain as some kind of high-king, around 425..

Born Abt. 474 or 480 Pennines, England - Identity of Pabo's father is uncertain..

Died 9 Nov 530 - Buried at Llanbabo, Anglesey, Wales. A beautiful medieval stone slab carved with his image can still be seen covering his grave..

Realm - Gwrast the Ragged, the son of King Ceneu of Northern Britain, was ruler of a huge Kingdom that covered the whole modern North-West England. It stretched from Hadrian's Wall above Caer-Ligualid (Carlisle) all the way down to Campoduno (Leeds) in Midland Bri.

Move from Scotland - 1 Abt. 425 - Cunedda Wledig and his retinue are moved south from Manau Gododdin (Clackmannan, Scotland) to Gwynedd (Wales) in order to expel the invading Irish ("Scotti")..

Move from Scotland - 2 Abt. 425 - Cunedag, with his sons, whose number was eight, had come previously from the northern part, that is from the region which is called Manau Gododdin, 146 years before Maelgwn reigned. And with great slaughter they drove out from those regions the Scotti ....

Roman Life - "Cunedda, it may safely be inferred from the names of his immediate ancestors, Æternus, Paternus and Tacitus, came from a family which, whatever its origin, had been for some time Roman and not Celtic in its manner of life and traditions.".

Born Abt. 490 - Wikipedia indicates an earlier birth date <=470..

Born Abt. 440 Ireland - Names etc can be inconsistent. Meicc Eircc appears to be the same as Nad Froich (they appear in different sources, but all the other facts tie in). Oengus is also described as the 3rd King of Cashel, but Cashel was then the capital of Munster..

Lohengrin 1850 - Aelius could be Lohengrin son of Parzival, the subject of Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin"..

Died Abt. 614 - Brutally executed, aged 69-70, by Clothar II after a 40-year feud with Clothar's mother Radegund..

Information - 1 - Brunhilda was Queen Regent of Austrasia 3 times. She was an efficient ruler, but had a bitter feud with Fredegund, mistress of Chilperic I of Neustria, who murdered Brunhilda's sister, Queen Galswintha. Fredegund had Brunhilda's husband murdered and ....

Information - 2 - ... Brunhilda imprisoned for a period. This feud was continued by Fredegund's son, Chlothar II, who defeated Brunhilda in battle and had her executed - either pulled apart by four horses, or tortured on the rack for 3 days, drawn and quartered..

Information pt 1 - The people of the Rugii was destroyed and the land laid to waste. King Godehoc himself defeated King Thewane of the Rugii and moved about with the people of the Lombards in the abandoned area of the Rugii..

Information pt 1 - He ruled at the time of the Ostrogoth King Odoacer (476-493). Odoacer defeated the Rugians completely and had slain their King Feletheus (Feva)..

Born Abt. 413 - Probably later than 413?.

Arrival in Britain Abt. 451 - Hengest arrives on the shores of Britain with '3 keels' of warriors, and are welcomed by Vortigern. This event later becomes known as the Adventus Saxonum - "the coming of the Saxons"..

Conquers Kent Abt. 458 - The Saxon uprising is in full-swing. Hengest finally conquers Kent..

Died Abt. 488 or 490 Kent, England - Hengest dies. His son, Aesc, takes over and rules for 34 years..

Hengist and Horsa 446 (?451) - Hengist and Horsa, brothers and legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in Britain, went there,to fight for the British King Vortigern against the Picts between ad 446 and 454..

Identity - This Brychan is not (but is often confused with) Saint Brychan Gododdin ap Anlach of Brycheiniog.

Died Abt. 559 Dunolly Castle, Argyllshire, Dalriada (Scotland) - Killed in battle..

Old King Cole Abt. 400 - Coel Hen is stated by Early British Kingdoms to be "Old King Cole", although Wikipedia says this is unlikely. Coel Hen was probably the last Roman Dux Brittanicorum..

Died Abt. 540 - Inscription on headstone reads: "Memoria Voteporigis Protictoris" - In memory of Voteporix the Protector..

Died Abt. 520 Glastonbury, Somerset, England - Killed by his nephew, Maelgwn Gwynedd (also our ancestor)..

Born Abt. 580 - Conflicting identities of Tewdrig's father. Wikipedia says Teithfallt, EBK says Llywarch ap Nynniaw. Maybe Nynniaw was a bit too early to be his grandfather?.

Died Abt. 630 Mathern (Merthyr Tewdrig [Tewdrig the Martyr]), Monmouthshire, Wales - Tewdrig abdicated in favour of Meurig to live as a hermit, but later defended the kingdom from Saxons. He won, but died at a place later called Merthyr Tewdrig (Martyr Tewdrig). His defence was so decisive, the Saxons would not invade again for 30 years..

Calchfynedd Unknown - Calchfynedd is a mysterious Early British Kingdom. The name means "Chalk-Mountains" or "Limestone Hills". It might have been near Kelso in Southern Scotland. Welsh poetry suggests that it was south of Powys. Or it may have been in the Chilterns..

Died Abt. 464 (or 481?) Ireland? - Murdered by the Masraige at Magh Slecht. Buried by Saint Caillin at Fenagh, County Leitrim..

Patriarch - Ancestor of the Cenel Conaill, who founded the kingdom of Tir Chonaill in the 5th century, comprising much of what is now County Donegal in Ulster. The Doherty (Daugherty, Docherty, Dougherty, etc) family (Clann Ua Dochartaig) also descends from Conall..

Died 483 Leinster, Ireland - Killed by his own grandson, Eochaidh Guineach at the Battle of Cenn Losnada (Cell Osnadha) His daughter Eithne Uathach was also killed....

DNA - Most of the information about Niall is regarded as legendary. Genealogical DNA testing suggests [but is disputed] that Niall is associated with the Y-chromosome SNP M222, carried by 20% in N Ireland and 2% in New York..

Mother - fabpedigree says Gundicaire's mother is possibly Childeramna b.342, but the date is impossible..

Born Abt. 414 - Must be quite a lot earlier than 414?.

Mother - fabpedigree.com has Aelia Galla Placidia, daughter of Roman emperor Theodosius I, as a possible mother for Hrothildis. Aelia married Hrothildis' father Ataulfe (after being kept captive as a hostage) but it seems unlikely that she is Hrothilde's mother..

Died 11 Jul 472 Rome - Beheaded..

Mother - Aelia Marcia's birth mother is unknown. Pulcheria was her step-mother..

Born Scotland - Birth date "about 540" given in Geni Family Trees is not possible..

The Red Robe - Very probably the "Red Robe" marked Paternus (or Padarn) as a high Roman Official. It is possible that he had been invested with his cloak as part of the efforts of Magnus Maximux to secure the borders of Britannia before departing with his army..

Born Abt. 325 - If this birth date is more accurate than Geni, then descendants' birth dates are similarly incorrect in Geni (Geni estimates them)..

Died 451 - Killed in battle..

Dates - Dates in Geni Family Trees as far back as Roigneach ingen Meadaib are starting to look unreliable, so unless these and earlier ancestral dates can be verified from other sources they are left out..

Ancestry - Wehha's paternal line is given by Wikipedia as: (Wehha) - Wilhelm - Hryw - Hroomund - Trygil - Tyttman - Casere - Woden. But scant information exists. Wehha might not even have existed..

Died 531 Barcelona, Spain - Assassinated by his own men..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives Hoamer's possible parents as Hunneric and Eudoxia. But Wikipedia says Hoamer is a nephew of their son Hilderic. So I am treating Hoamer's parents as not known..

Information - He reigned for approximately 40 years.

Father - fabpedigree.com says Ataulfe's father was Alaric I, but Wikipedia says Alaric I was his brother-in-law..

Died 20 Jun 451 Chalons, Gaul (Burgundy, France) - Theodoric is famous for his part in defeating Attila at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451, where he was killed on June 20..

Lord of the Rings between 1937 and 1949 - Theodoric was the inspiration for J. R. R. Tolkien in his creation of king Theoden of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings..

Wives from Dumnonia - 1 - Conan’s cousin, Helena, married Magnus Maximus. Originally, Conan rebelled against Magnus but was defeated. They then became friends and Conan was given control over Armorica (Brittany). His army lacked wives, so Conan arranged for ....

Wives from Dumnonia - 2 - ... Donaut of Dumnonia (Cornwall) to send 11,000 Cornish ladies. He married Donaut's daughter, Ursula, probably married by Pope Cyriacus himself in Rome..

Legendary? - Many legends have sprung up about Saint Ursula and Conan Meriadoc. Many of the legends are clearly fanciful, and originate in later centuries. The probability is that the people were real, the later stories about them were not..

King of Dyfed - Tryffin's wife Gwledyr was heiress to the kingdom of Dyfed. His family, of the Deisi, had crossed into Wales from Ireland 3 generations earlier. His name "Tribune" indicates that they were brought over by the Romans to protect the area from Hibernians..

Queen of Dyfed - Gwledyr inherited the kingdom of Dyfed from her brother, King Clotri..

Born Ireland - Birth dates in Geni for Bressal Belach and for several generations of descendants look very unreliable/unlikely, so they are omitted unless they can be cross-checked..

Wisdom - From the Annals of Clonmacnoise: absolutely the best king that ever reigned in Ireland before himself...wise learned, valiant and mild, not given causelessly to be bloody as many of his ancestors were, he reigned majestically and magnificently..

Died Aug 507 Vouille, Poitiers, France (Gaul) - Killed by Clovis I in the battle of Vouille..

Information - Was a foster son of Agelmund, from the father of his wife Gudinger. This Gudinger was not proper sister from him and thus he could marry her. Victorious battle against the Bulgarians..

Information - She married Lamicho. He lived in the same family of Agelmund as a foster son, therefore, it was possible that he could get the Gudinger, because she was yes no right sister..

Sack of Rome 410 Rome, Italy - Alaric I is best known for his sack of Rome in 410, which marked a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire..

Grandfather - Anthemius was a grandson of Flavius Philippus, a sausage-maker's son who rse to become Praetorian Prefect of the East..

Theodosian Walls 413 Constantinople - Flavius Anthemius built the main Theodosian Wall, which still stands today. The wall doubled the size of Constantinople, and Anthemius was known as "the second founder of Constantinople"..

Married - Cynloyp had a Roman wife..

Born Abt. 250 Powys, Wales - Geni Family Trees gives several more generations of ancestors, but they appear to have confused this Rhuddfedd with a Rhuddfedd Frych born about 200 years later, so this tree stops here..

Born Abt. 285 Ewyas (now Monmouth), Wales - Geni dates birth at "about 235" (definitely the same person). If 285 is the correct date, then descendants' dates from Geni are also wrong (Geni estimates many dates)..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives Heruli ancestry for Godigiselus, but it sees unlikely that any of it can be substantiated..

Information - Theoderic's empire stretched from Atlantic Ocean to Adriatic Sea. Relations between Ostrogoths and Romans were good, he maintained a Roman legal system and oversaw a flourishing scholarly culture and the largest building program in Italy in 100 years..

Information - The people gave themselves a King modelled on other peoples. He reigned for 33 years. In the battle against the Bulgarians. 1 he was 1. King of the Lombards from the family of the Gunginger (Edler)..

Born Abt. 325 Cilicia (now Cukurova, Turkey) - Procopius was a cousin of Emperor Julian, and a grandson of Julius Julianus..

Died 27 May 366 - Executed by Valens, Eastern Roman Emperor..

Usurper 28 Sep 365 - By bribing two legions, Procopius was able to take control of Constantinople and declare himself Emperor..

Ancestry - findagrave.com gives Odin's father as Frithuwulf Bor of Freothalaf, but the dates are impossible..

Information - Nerses forbade people to marry their first cousin and forbade mutilation and other extreme actions in mourning..

Information - He was the son of Gambara and the gender of the noble Gunginger (Gudinger). Viking. Excerpt from Scandinavia to Central Europe. Victory of the Vikings over the Vandals, Ambri and Assi..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives 15 male generations of ancestry for Geberich, but with high degrees of uncertainty..

Moved to Wales - Moved from Ireland to Wales. Possibly moved by the Romans to help defend west Wales..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives several ancestry generations for Apsines, but they look very dubious..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com give 11 generations of ancestry for Wultwulf..

Ancestry - Supposedly the GG-GSon of Beli Mawr (Beli the Great), via Afallach, Eugein, Dubun..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives several generations of ancestry for Honoris, including descendence from Constantine, but some of it is plain wrong eg. nephew Magnus Maximus is given as his G-G-GFather!.

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives two different ancestries for Knivida. Both are probably unreliable..

Died Aft. 255 - The Knivida - Argaith - Ararich line is also given in other sources (eg. Geni). fabpedigree.com says Argaith died about 248, Geni says after 248. A death date of 255 or later seems more likely..

Ancestry - Meirchion's ancestry (as per Wikipedia) is interesting but undoubtedly unreliable. Dates are particularly unreliable so are omitted from Meirchion's earlier generations..

Ancestry - Ancestry is getting highly dubious (!), so the generations given in Wikitree are just presented in the name (ap Joshua ap .... etc)..

Died Abt. 325 Rome, Italy - Defeated in 272 by Aurelian, and taken to Rome. Wikipedia gives date of death "after 274", fabpedigree.com says about 325...

Father - Geni gives Confer's father as Cunedda ap Coel, but the given dates are not possible..

Died 267 Heraclea Pontica or Homs - Assassinated..

Information - 3 - Emperor Aurelian mounted a special campaign against Zenobia and defeated her, paraded her as prisoner chained in gold, but was so impressed with her dignity that he freed her and gave her a villa..

Information - 1 - Zenobia murdered Maeonius (the probable killer of her husband) and seized power. She conquered much of Syria, proclaimed herself Queen of Egypt, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. Zenobia was reportedly fluent in Egyptian and Greek and spoke Latin..

Information - 2 - Zenobia was cultured, fostered an intellectual environment in her court, open to scholars and philosophers. Tolerant toward her subjects, protected religious minorities. Governed a multicultural multiethnic empire. She is a national hero in Syria..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives Thymelko's parents as Armenius the Great and Thysnelde, but the dates are impossible (over 400 years in 7 generations)..

Berig - Filimer is said to be the 3*Great-Grandson of Berig, a legendary king of the Goths appearing in the Getica by Jordanes. According to Jordanes, Berig led his people on 3 ships from Scandza (Scandinavia) to Gothiscandza (Vistula Basin), and settled there..

Move to Oium Oium ("in the waterlands"), Ukraine - Filimer moved his people from Gothiscandza to Scythia (Oium). This seems to be about the time that the Goths divided into Visigoths (West Goths) and Ostrogoths (East Goths).(Wikipedia has a typo: 2030 years should I think be 230 years)..

Died 252 Aras River - Drowned..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com givs several generations of Woden's ancestry, but it all looks dubious..

Died Abt. 61 Somewhere along Watling Street - Died of illness, or suicide by poison, soon after defeat at the Battle of Watling Street..

Revolt against the Romans - Boudica's revolt against the Romans was no minor event. She reportedly had a 100,000-strong army, and sacked Colchester, St Albans and London before eventually being defeated by Suetonius..

Born Abt. 155 - A sister of Amazasp..

Ancestry - fabpedigree.com gives Meurig's parents as Aviragus King of Britons and Genessa daughter of Emperor Claudius of Rome. Wikipedia gives this information too but says Genessa cannot be considered historical and Aviragus may have actually have been Caratacus..

Coel Hen - There are references to "Old King Cole" in The Morris Clan genealogy. These and other references (eg. EBK) make it very clear that Coel Godheborg is not "Old King Cole". See also Coel Hen b.350 d.420 in this tree..

Information - Probably getting well into legend now, and possibly not even in the correct century, so not going back any more generations. There are more generations in the "The Morris Clan" web link, together with a lot of information..

Shaking Hands - Antiochus I is the most famous king of Commagene. The Gallery photo of him shaking hands with Heracles is one of the oldest known images of two figures shaking hands..

Died Aft. -17 - Starved himself to death at age 93..

Operas 1727 - Pharnaces II is the subject of the opera "Farnace" by Vivaldi (libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini), one of Vivaldi's most successful operas. There were several later operas about him. Pharnaces II also appears in Mitridate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart..

Died Antioch - Killed by Antiochus IX Cyzicenus..

Died -121 - Cleopatra killed her own son Seleucus soon after he became king, and she then became Queen. She tried to kill another son, Antiochus Grypus, by offered him a cup of poisoned wine. Grypus was suspicious and forced her to drink the wine, which killed her..

Husbands/Brothers - Laodice married three Kings of the Seleucid Empire, all her brothers..

Died -204 - Murdered in a palace coup..

Died -87 - Killed by partisans of Gaius Marius..

Died -221 - Murdered at the instigation of her son, Ptolemy IV..

Olympic Games - Berenice is said to have participated in the Nemean Games (between 245 and 241 BC) and to have competed in Olympic games at some unknown date. Berenice had a strong equestrian background and was accustomed to fighting from horseback..

Died -260 - Murdered..

Born Bef. -177? - Sextus was consul in -157, so was presumably born before -177..

Sicambria - 1 - It seems that no-one even knows where Sicambria was, and the dates are highly dubious. After the fall of Troy, well before 1000BC, Priam and Antenor and their followers supposedly founded the city of Sicambria on the River Don near the Sea of Azov, ....

Sicambria - 2 - ... north of the Black Sea. Over 1,000 years later, the Sicambri people were a germanic race living on the east bank of the Rhine in what is now Germany near the Netherlands border, well over 2,500km away..

Sicambria - 3 - In 9AD, the Sicambri were involved in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. one of the most devastating defeats Rome suffered in its history (20,000 Roman soldiers were killed), and a high point of Germanic power for centuries..

Born Abt. -367 Macedon - Thought to be a half-brother of Alexander the Great..

Euclid - Ptolemy sponsored the mathematician Euclid. He found Euclid's seminal work, the Elements, too difficult to study, so he asked if there were an easier way to master it. According to Proclus, Euclid replied: "Sire, there is no Royal Road to geometry"..

Pharaoh -305 to -285 Egypt - Ptolemy was the first Ptolemaic Pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled from 305 to 285BC..

Stratonikeia - The city of Stratonikeia (Stratoniceia), now derelict in what is now Turkey, was named after her..

Father of Ptolemy I Soter -323 - It is said that Arsinoe, a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, was pregnant with Ptolemy I Soter when she was given by Philip to Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman. Ptolemy was regarded by the Macedonians as the son of Philip..

Aristotle -322 - Antipater was Executor-in-Charge of Aristotle`s will..

Antioch - The city of Antioch (in what is now Turkey) was named after him..

Five cities - Five cities were founded and named Laodicea in her honour..

Died -328 - After a defeat by Alexander the Great`s general Coenus, Spitamenes` wife killed him and sent his head to Alexander, suing for peace..

In Historical Fiction - Antigonus appears in `Funeral Games` by Mary Renault, `Alexander` by Oliver Stone (2004), `The Bronze God of Rhodes` by L. Sprague de Camp, and `Elephants and Castles` by Alfred Duggan..

Battle baby - Aeropus was carried into battle while a baby, because the soldiers believed that with him there they could win. They did..

Dates -776 - Dates are not known, but Caranus was said to have entered Macedon "before the first Olympiad". The first Olympics is traditionally dated to 776 BC..

Mythology - With Temenus, we're firmly into Greek mythology. Temenus was said to be a great-great-grandson of Heracles..