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Adelicia Lorraine De Brabante

1103-1151
Born: Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Died: Affligem Abbey, Afflingham, Flanders, Belgium

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  • Story: Henry I 'King Of England' Beauclerc

    <p>&nbsp;</p><p style="display: none; white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: none; padding-: 10px">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: none; padding-: 10px">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: none; padding-: 10px">&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div style="display: none"><div><br><br></div>King Henry I Beauclerc of England #891 </div><div><div><div><div><div style="font-style: italic; margin: 5px 0px; color: #777; font-size: 11px">Added by <font color="#435802">johnblum650</font> on 1 Sep 2008 </div></div><p>Henry I of England </p><div><p><strong>Henry I</strong> (c. 1068/1069 &ndash; 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106. He was called <strong>Beauclerc</strong> for his scholarly interests and <strong>Lion of Justice</strong> for refinements which he brought about in the rudimentary administrative and legislative machinery of the time.</p><p>Henry&#39;s reign is noted for its political opportunism. His succession was confirmed while his brother Robert was away on the First Crusade and the beginning of his reign was occupied by wars with Robert for control of England and Normandy. He successfully reunited the two realms again after their separation on his father&#39;s death in 1087. Upon his succession he granted the baronage a Charter of Liberties, which formed a basis for subsequent challenges to rights of kings and presaged Magna Carta, which subjected the King to law.</p><p>The rest of Henry&#39;s reign was filled with judicial and financial reforms. He established the biannual Exchequer to reform the treasury. He used itinerant officials to curb abuses of power at the local and regional level, garnering the praise of the people. The differences between the English and Norman populations began to break down during his reign and he himself married a daughter of the old English royal house. He made peace with the church after the disputes of his brother&#39;s reign, but he could not smooth out his succession after the disastrous loss of his eldest son William in the wreck of the White Ship. His will stipulated that he was to be succeeded by his daughter, the Empress Matilda, but his stern rule was followed by a period of civil war known as the Anarchy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><span>Early life of King Henry</span> <p>Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in the north east of England. His mother, Queen Matilda, was descended from Alfred the Great (but not through the main West Saxon Royal line). Queen Matilda named the infant Prince Henry, after her uncle, Henry I of France. As the youngest son of the family, he was almost certainly expected to become a Bishop and was given rather more extensive schooling than was usual for a young nobleman of that time. The Chronicler William of Malmesbury asserts that Henry once remarked that an illiterate King was a crowned ass. He was certainly the first Norman ruler to be fluent in the English language.</p><p>William I&#39;s second son Richard was killed in an hunting accident in 1081, so William bequeathed his dominions to his three surviving sons in the following manner:</p><ul><li>Robert received the Duchy of Normandy and became Duke Robert II </li><li>William Rufus received the Kingdom of England and became King William II </li><li>Henry Beauclerc received 5,000 pounds in silver </li></ul><p>The Chronicler Orderic Vitalis reports that the old King had declared to Henry: &quot;You in your own time will have all the dominions I have acquired and be greater than both your brothers in wealth and power.&quot;</p><p>Henry tried to play his brothers off against each other but eventually, wary of his devious manoeuvring, they acted together and signed an Accession Treaty. This sought to bar Prince Henry from both Thrones by stipulating that if either King William or Duke Robert died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><span>Seizing the throne of England</span> <p>When, on 2 August 1100, William II was killed by an arrow in yet another hunting accident in the New Forest, Duke Robert had not yet returned from the First Crusade. His absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Prince Henry to seize the Royal Treasury at Winchester, Hampshire, where he buried his dead brother. Henry was accepted as King by the leading Barons and was crowned three days later on 5 August at Westminster Abbey. He secured his position among the nobles by an act of political appeasement: he issued a Charter of Liberties which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><span>First marriage</span> <p>On 11 November 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling and the great-granddaughter of Edward the Confessor&#39;s paternal half-brother Edmund Ironside, the marriage united the Norman line with the old English line of Kings. The marriage greatly displeased the Norman Barons, however, and as a concession to their sensibilities Edith changed her name to Matilda upon becoming Queen. The other side of this coin, however, was that Henry, by dint of his marriage, became far more acceptable to the Anglo-Saxon populace.</p><p>The chronicler William of Malmesbury described Henry thus: &quot;He was of middle stature, greater than the small, but exceeded by the very tall; his hair was black and set back upon the forehead; his eyes mildly bright; his chest brawny; his body fleshy.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>Conquest of Normandy</span> <p>In the following year, 1101, Robert Curthose attempted to seize the crown by invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognise his brother Henry as King of England and return peacefully to Normandy, upon receipt of an annual sum of 2000 silver marks, which Henry proceeded to pay.</p><p>In 1105, to eliminate the continuing threat from Robert Curthose and the drain on his fiscal resources from the annual payment, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>Battle of Tinchebray</span> <div>Main article: Battle of Tinchebray</div><p>On the morning of the 28 September 1106, exactly 40 years after William had landed in England, the decisive battle between his two sons, Robert Curthose and Henry Beauclerc, took place in the small village of Tinchebray. This combat was totally unexpected and unprepared. Henry and his army were marching south from Barfleur on their way to Domfront and Robert was marching with his army from Falaise on their way to Mortain. They met at the crossroads at Tinchebray and the running battle which ensued was spread out over several kilometres. The site where most of the fighting took place is the village playing field today. Towards evening Robert tried to retreat but was captured by Henry&#39;s men at a place three kilometres (just under two miles) north of Tinchebray where a farm named &quot;Prise&quot; (taken) stands today on the D22 road. The tombstones of three knights are nearby on the same road.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>King of England and Ruler of Normandy</span> <p>After Henry had defeated his brother&#39;s Norman army at Tinchebray he imprisoned Robert, initially in the Tower of London, subsequently at Devizes Castle and later at Cardiff. One day whilst out riding Robert attempted to escape from Cardiff but his horse was bogged down in a swamp and he was recaptured. To prevent further escapes Henry had Robert&#39;s eyes burnt out. Henry appropriated the Duchy of Normandy as a possession of the Kingdom of England and reunited his father&#39;s dominions. Even after taking control of the Duchy of Normandy he didn&#39;t take the title of Duke, he chose to control it as the King of England.</p><p>In 1113, he attempted to reduce difficulties in Normandy by betrothing his eldest son, William Adelin, to the daughter of Fulk of Jerusalem (also known as Fulk V), Count of Anjou, then a serious enemy. They were married in 1119. Eight years later, after William&#39;s untimely death, a much more momentous union was made between Henry&#39;s daughter, (the former Empress) Matilda and Fulk&#39;s son Geoffrey Plantagenet, which eventually resulted in the union of the two Realms under the Plantagenet Kings.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>Activities as a King</span> <p>Henry&#39;s need for finance to consolidate his position led to an increase in the activities of centralized government. As King, Henry carried out social and judicial reforms, including:</p><ul><li>issuing the Charter of Liberties </li><li>restoring the laws of Edward the Confessor. </li></ul><p>Between 1103 and 1107 Henry was involved in a dispute with Anselm, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope Paschal II in the investiture controversy, which was settled in the Concordat of London in 1107. It was a compromise. In England, a distinction was made in the King&#39;s chancery between the secular and ecclesiastical powers of the prelates. Employing the distinction, Henry gave up his right to invest his bishops and abbots, but reserved the custom of requiring them to come and do homage for the &quot;temporalities&quot; (the landed properties tied to the episcopate), directly from his hand, after the bishop had sworn homage and feudal vassalage in the ceremony called commendatio, the commendation ceremony, like any secular vassal.</p><p>Henry was also known for some brutal acts. He once threw a traitorous burgher named Conan Pilatus from the tower of Rouen; the tower was known from then on as &quot;Conan&#39;s Leap&quot;. In another instance that took place in 1119, Henry&#39;s son-in-law, Eustace de Pacy, and Ralph Harnec, the constable of Ivry, exchanged their children as hostages. When Eustace blinded Harnec&#39;s son, Harnec demanded vengeance. King Henry allowed Harnec to blind and mutilate Eustace&#39;s two daughters, who were also Henry&#39;s own grandchildren. Eustace and his wife, Juliane, were outraged and threatened to rebel. Henry arranged to meet his daughter at a parley at Breteuil, only for Juliane to draw a crossbow and attempt to assassinate her father. She was captured and confined to the castle, but escaped by leaping from a window into the moat below. Some years later Henry was reconciled with his daughter and son-in-law.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><span>Legitimate children</span> <p>He had two children by Matilda (Edith), who died on 1 May 1118 at the palace of Westminster. She was buried in Westminster Abbey.</p><ol><li>Matilda. (c. February 1102 &ndash; 10 September 1167). She married firstly Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and secondly, Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, having issue by the second. </li><li>William Adelin, (5 August 1103 &ndash; 25 November 1120). He married Matilda (d.1154), daughter of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><span>Second marriage</span> <p>On 29 January 1121 he married Adeliza, daughter of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia and Landgrave of Brabant, but there were no children from this marriage. Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Empress Matilda, widow of Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>Death and legacy</span> <p>Henry visited Normandy in 1135 to see his young grandsons, the children of Matilda and Geoffrey. He took great delight in his grandchildren, but soon quarrelled with his daughter and son-in-law and these disputes led him to tarry in Normandy far longer than he originally planned.</p><p>Henry died on 1 December 1135 of food poisoning from eating &quot;a surfeit of lampreys&quot; (of which he was excessively fond) at Saint-Denis-en-Lyons (now Lyons-la-For&ecirc;t) in Normandy. His remains were sewn into the hide of a bull to preserve them on the journey, and then taken back to England and were buried at Reading Abbey, which he had founded fourteen years before. The Abbey was destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. No trace of his tomb has survived, the probable site being covered by St James&#39; School. Nearby is a small plaque and a large memorial cross stands in the adjoining Forbury Gardens.</p><p>Although Henry&#39;s barons had sworn allegiance to his daughter as their Queen, her gender and her remarriage into the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry&#39;s nephew Stephen of Blois, to come to England and claim the throne with popular support.</p><p>The struggle between the former Empress and Stephen resulted in a long civil war known as the Anarchy. The dispute was eventually settled by Stephen&#39;s naming of Matilda&#39;s son, Henry Plantagenet, as his heir in 1153.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>Illegitimate children</span> <p>King Henry is famed for holding the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with the number being around 20 or 25. He had many mistresses, and identifying which mistress is the mother of which child is difficult. His illegitimate offspring for whom there is documentation are:</p><ol><li>Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. Often, said to have been a son of Sybil Corbet. </li><li>Maud FitzRoy, married Conan III, Duke of Brittany </li><li>Constance FitzRoy, married Richard de Beaumont </li><li>Mabel FitzRoy, married William III Gouet </li><li>Aline FitzRoy, married Matthieu I of Montmorency </li><li>Gilbert FitzRoy, died after 1142. His mother may have been a sister of Walter de Gand. </li><li>Emma, born c. 1138; married Gui de Laval, Lord Laval. [Uncertain, born 2 years after Henry died.] </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>With Edith</span> <ol><li>Matilda du Perche, married Count Rotrou II of Perche, perished in the wreck of the White Ship. </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>With Gieva de Tracy</span> <ol><li>William de Tracy </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>With Ansfride</span> <p>Ansfride was born c. 1070. She was the wife of Anskill of Seacourt, at Wytham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).</p><ol><li>Juliane de Fontevrault (born c. 1090); married Eustace de Pacy in 1103. She tried to shoot her father with a crossbow after King Henry allowed her two young daughters to be blinded. </li><li>Fulk FitzRoy (born c. 1092); a monk at Abingdon. </li><li>Richard of Lincoln (c. 1094 &ndash; 25 November 1120); perished in the wreck of the White Ship. </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>With Sybil Corbet</span> <p>Lady Sybilla Corbet of Alcester was born in 1077 in Alcester in Warwickshire. She married Herbert FitzHerbert, son of Herbert &#39;the Chamberlain&#39; of Winchester and Emma de Blois. She died after 1157 and was also known as Adela (or Lucia) Corbet. Sybil was definitely mother of Sybil and Rainald, possibly also of William and Rohese. Some sources suggest that there was another daughter by this relationship, Gundred, but it appears that she was thought as such because she was a sister of Reginald de Dunstanville but it appears that that was another person of that name who was not related to this family.</p><ol><li>Sybilla de Normandy, married Alexander I of Scotland. </li><li>William Constable, born before 1105. Married Alice (Constable); died after 1187. </li><li>Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall. </li><li>Gundred of England (1114&ndash;46), married 1130 Henry de la Pomeroy, son of Joscelin de la Pomerai. </li><li>Rohese of England, born 1114; married Henry de la Pomeroy. </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>With Edith FitzForne</span> <ol><li>Robert FitzEdith, Lord Okehampton, (1093&ndash;1172) married Dame Maud d&#39;Avranches du Sap. They had one daughter, Mary, who married Renaud, Sire of Courtenay (son of Miles, Sire of Courtenay and Ermengarde of Nevers). </li><li>Adeliza FitzEdith. Appears in charters with her brother Robert. </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>With Princess Nest</span> <p>Nest ferch Rhys was born about 1073 at Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire, the daughter of Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr of Deheubarth and his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhywallon. She married, in 1095, to Gerald de Windsor (aka Geraldus FitzWalter) son of Walter FitzOther, Constable of Windsor Castle and Keeper of the Forests of Berkshire. She had several other liaisons - including one with Stephen of Cardigan, Constable of Cardigan (1136) - and subsequently other illegitimate children. The date of her death is unknown.</p><ol><li>Henry FitzRoy, 1103-1158. </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<span>With Isabel de Beaumont</span> <p>Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont (after 1102 &ndash; after 1172), daughter of Robert de Beaumont, sister of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. She married Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke, in 1130. She was also known as Isabella de Meulan.</p><ol><li>Isabel Hedwig of England </li><li>Matilda FitzRoy, abbess of Montvilliers, also known as Montpiller </li></ol></div><p>&nbsp;</p>Additional information about this storyDescription&nbsp;Date&nbsp;Location&nbsp;Attached to <ul style="margin: 0px; list-style-: inside; padding: 0px"><li><font color="#566c11">King Henry I Beauclerc (1068 - 1135)</font> </li></ul>Other trees this object is saved to <ul style="margin: 0px; list-style-: inside; padding: 0px"><li><font color="#566c11">Congdon Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Kemp, Green &amp; McPherson, Miles Family</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Anderson/Coleman Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Laramore Arnesen Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Wiseman Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Hermon T Price, Sr</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">McKillip-Strech Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Thyot Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Knee Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Meekins Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Towe</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">steve gaunt</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">brandi&#39;s family tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Thomas and Hamrick</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">strange Family Tree</font> </li><li><font color="#566c11">Hagelgans, Jacquelyn * 1934 Family Tree</font> </li></ul><div><div>. </div><p>&nbsp;</p><!-- end .links --></div></div></div></div><!-- End global wrapper Div --><!-- SN:ancwebowt037 -->

  • Story: Adeliza Brabant: Additional Information

    <font size="4"><p><strong>Adeliza was born about 1104, the daughter of Godfried I &#39;with the Beard&#39;, duke of Lower-Lorraine, comte de Louvain, and his first wife Ida de Chiny. On 29 January 1121 she was married to King Henry I of England. Henry settled on her the castle and Honour of Arundel as her dowry. He had married her after the disaster of &#39;The White Ship&#39; in 1120 when the king&#39;s only legitimate sons, William and Richard, were drowned, leaving him with his only legitimate daughter Matilda, then married to Heinrich V, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. No children were born from Adeliza&#39;s marriage to Henry during the fourteen years until the king&#39;s death in 1135. </strong></p><p><strong>In 1138 she married William d&#39;Aubigny, or de Albini, who became known as earl of Lincoln, then as earl of Chichester, and much later as earl of Arundel. Several children were born from this marriage, of whom a son and daughter would have progeny. </strong></p><p><strong>Adeliza retired in 1150 to a nunnery at Afflighem in South Brabant, where she died and was buried on 23 April 1151, aged about forty-eight. Her husband William d&#39;Aubigny died in 1176. </strong></p><font size="4"><p>Leo van de Pas @ www.genealogics.org</p></font><font size="4"><strong>In hopes of further legitimate issue King Henry married again after the loss of his only son William. His bride, whose age is uncertain but who was certainly younger than his daughter Matilda, was Adeliza, the daughter of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Marquess of Antwerp, and Count of Louvain. The marriage took place at Windsor on 29 January 1122. </strong></font></font><font size="4"><p><strong>The coronation of the new Queen at Westminster Abbey on 3 February 1122 gave rise to an amusing incident. The King, wearing his crown, had taken his seat on the throne to await his consort&rsquo;s crowning when the aged Archbishop Ralph d&rsquo;Escures, verging on senility, entered. Seeing the King he flew into a rage, thinking that his right to place the crown on the sovereign&rsquo;s head had been infringed. He at once snatched the crown from the King&rsquo;s head (one version has it that he knocked it off with his pastoral staff) and insisted on reimposing it with his own hands. Henry&rsquo;s second marriage remained childless; the once potent sire of many illegitimate children was potent no longer. </strong></p><p><strong>In 1138 the young widowed Queen married William d&rsquo;Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, to whom she bore a large family before, wearied by married life, she retired to the convent of Afflighem in Flanders, where she died and was buried in March or April 1151.</strong></p><font size="4"><p>MEDIEVAL HISTORY &amp; CIVILIZATION by Daniel D. McGarry </p><p><strong>ADELISA de Louvain ([1103/06]-Afflighem Abbey 23/24 Mar or 23 Apr 1151, bur Afflighem Abbey). The Genealogia Ducum Brabanti&aelig; Heredum Franci&aelig; names (in order) &quot;Alaida&hellip;Anglorum regina&hellip;comitissa de Cleves Ida&hellip;[et] Clarissia virgo&quot; as the three daughters of &quot;Godefridus Cum-barba&quot;. The Balduini Ninovensis Chronicon records the marriage of &quot;Henricus rex Anglorum&quot; and &quot;Athelam filiam Godefridi ducis Lotharingie&quot; in 1121. The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the marriage &quot;IV Kal Feb&quot; [1121] of King Henry and &quot;Atheleidem filiam Godefridi ducis Lotharing&aelig; puellam virginem&quot; and her coronation as queen &quot;III Kal Feb&quot;. Orderic Vitalis names her and her father. The Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis records that &ldquo;Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingi&aelig;&hellip;filia&hellip;Aleidis&rdquo; married &ldquo;Regi Angli&aelig;&rdquo; in 1121, died &ldquo;IX Kal Mai&rdquo; and was buried at Afflighem after the death of her second husband. The castle and honour of Arundel was settled on Queen Adelisa after her first husband died. Robert of Torigny records that &quot;Willermi de Albinaio quem vocant comitem de Arundel&quot; married &quot;Aelizam reginam relictam Henrici senioris regis Anglorum&quot;. She became a nun at Affleghem Abbey, near Aalst in Brabant in [1149/50]. The Annals of Margan record the death in 1151 of &ldquo;Adelidis, regina secunda Henrici regis&rdquo;. The Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis records that &ldquo;Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingi&aelig;&hellip;filia&hellip;Aleidis&rdquo; died &ldquo;IX Kal Mai&rdquo; and was buried at Afflighem after the death of her second husband. The necrology of Lyre monastery records the death &quot;25 Mar&quot; of &quot;Adelicia regina&quot;. m firstly (Royal Chapel, Windsor Castle 29 Jan or 2 Feb 1121) as his second wife, HENRY I King of England, son of WILLIAM I King of England &amp; his wife Mathilde de Flandre (Selby, Yorkshire Sep 1168-Saint-Denis le Ferment, For&ecirc;t d&rsquo;Angers near Rouen 1/2 Dec 1135, bur Reading Abbey, Berkshire). m secondly ([1136/Sep 1139]) WILLIAM d&rsquo;Aubigny [de Albini], son of WILLIAM d&rsquo;Aubigny Lord of the manor of Buckenham, Norfolk &amp; his wife Maud le Bigod (-Waverley Abbey, Surrey 12 Oct 1176, bur Wymondham Priory, Norfolk). He was created Earl of Arundel [1142]. </strong></p><p>http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#AdelisaLouvaindied1151</p><p><strong>25. ADELIZA (ADELA) OF LOUVAIN, b. abt 1103, bur. 23 Apr 1151; m. (1) 1120, as 2nd wife, HENRY I, King of England, s.p.; m. (2) 1138, William d&#39;Aubigny, d. 12 Oct 1176, 1st Earl of Arundel, 1141-1176.</strong></p><p>Excert from: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis Date of Publication: 2004 </p><p><strong>ADELIZA (wid. of Henry I, King of England) b. ca. 1103 in Brabant, d. at Afflighem, bur. 23 Apr 1151; m. 1138, William d&#39;Aubigny, 1st Earl of Sussex and Arundel, d. at Waverly Abbey, Surrey, 12 Oct 1176.</strong></p><p>Excert from: Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne&#39;s Descendants. Volume II </p></font></font>

  • Story: Adeliza De Louvain - Thepeerage.com

    <span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium; color: #4a4634"><div style="margin-: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-: 0px; padding: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Adeliza</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">de</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Louvain</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;was born circa 1103 at&nbsp;</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Louvain, Belgium</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">2,3</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;She was the daughter of&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Godefroi I</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">de</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Louvain</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Duc de Basse-Lorraine</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Ida</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">de</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Namur</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Comtesse de Namur</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;She married, firstly,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Henry I &#39;Beauclerc&#39;</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">King of England</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">, son of&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">William I &#39;the Conqueror&#39;</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">King of England</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Matilda</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">de</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Flandre</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">, on 29 January 1121 at&nbsp;</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">4</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;She married, secondly,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">William</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">1st Earl of Arundel</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">, son of&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">William</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Maud</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">le</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Bigod</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">, in 1138.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">2,3</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;She was also reported to have been married on 2 February 1121 at&nbsp;</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">. She died circa 23 April 1151 at&nbsp;</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Affligem Abbey, Afflingham, Flanders, Belgium</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">2</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;She was buried at&nbsp;</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Afflingham, Flanders, Belgium</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">2</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000"><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From 30 January 1121, her married name became Queen Consort Adeliza of England.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">2</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;As a result of her marriage, Adeliza de Louvain was styled as&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Queen Dowager of England</font></font></em><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;on 1 December 1135.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">3</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;She was a nun in 1150 at&nbsp;</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Affligem Abbey, Afflingham, Flanders, Belgium</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">2,3</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;She has an extensive biographical entry in the&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Dictionary of National Biography.</font></font><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">5</font></span></font></sup></em><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000"><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000"></font></font></div><div style="clear: both; border-width: 0px; border-color: #26231f; border-style: solid; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">Children of Adeliza de Louvain and&nbsp;</font></span></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">William</font></span></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">d</font></span></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></span></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></span></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">,&nbsp;</font></span></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1st Earl of Arundel</font></span></font></span><ul style="margin-: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-: 2.5em; list-style-type: decimal; padding: 0px"><li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Reynor</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1</font></span></font></sup></li><li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Henry</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1</font></span></font></sup></li><li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Geoffrey</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1</font></span></font></sup></li><li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Alice</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">+</font></font></strong><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;d. 11 Sep 1188</font></font></li><li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Olivia</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1</font></span></font></sup></li><li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Agatha</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">1</font></span></font></sup></li><li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">William</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">d</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&#39;</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Aubigny</font></font></span><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">,&nbsp;</font></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">2nd Earl of Arundel</font></font></span><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">+</font></font></strong><sup style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: text-; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">3</font></span></font></sup><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;b. b 1150, d. 24 Dec 1193</font></font></li></ul></div><div style="clear: both; border-width: 0px; border-color: #26231f; border-style: solid; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><span style="font-size: medium"><font color="#000000">Citations</font></span></font><ol style="margin-: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-: 2.5em; list-style-type: decimal; padding: 0px"><li style="margin-: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">[</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">1</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.</font></font></li><li style="margin-: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">[</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">2</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">] Alison Weir,&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Britain&#39;s Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy</font></font></em><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;(London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 48. Hereinafter cited as&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Britain&#39;s Royal Family.</font></font></em></li><li style="margin-: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">[3]&nbsp;G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors,&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.</font></font></em><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">, 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 233. Hereinafter cited as&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">The Complete Peerage.</font></font></em></li><li style="margin-: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">[</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">3</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">] Alison Weir,&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Britain&#39;s Royal Family</font></font></em><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">, page 47.</font></font></li><li style="margin-: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">[</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">5</font></font><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">] Matthew H.C.G., editor,&nbsp;</font></font><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM</font></font></em><font face="'times new roman', times"><font color="#000000">&nbsp;(Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), reference &quot;Adeliza of Louvain, -1151&quot;. 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    <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeliza_of_Louvain<br><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Adeliza of Leuven (1103-1151), also called Adela and Aleidis, was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England from 1121 to 1135, the second wife of King Henry I of England. She was the daughter of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Landgrave of Brabant and Count of Leuven and Brussels.<br><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>She married King Henry I on 2 Feb 1121 when she is thought to have been aged somewhere between fifteen and eighteen. Her husband was fifty three. It is believed that Henry&#39;s only reason for marrying again was his desire for a male heir. Despite holding the record for the largest number of illegitimate children of any British monarch, William Adelin was Henry&#39;s only legitimate male heir and had predeceased his father on 25 Nov 1120. Adeliza was reputably quite pretty and her father was Duke of Lower Lotharingia. These were the likely reasons she was chosen. However, no children were born during the almost 15 years of the marriage.<br><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Adeliza, unlike the other Anglo-Norman queens, played little part in the public life of the realm during her tenure as queen consort. Whether this is because of personal inclination, or because Henry preferred to keep her nearby in hopes of her conceiving, is unknown and probably unknowable. She did, however, leave a mark as a patron of literature and several works, including a bestiary, were dedicated to her. She is said to have commissioned a verse biography of King Henry; if she did it is no longer extant. (A bestiary, or Bestiarum vocabulum is a compendium of beasts. Bestiaries were made popular in the Middle ages in illustrated volumes that described various real or imaginary animals, birds and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast were usually accompanied by a moral lesson. This reflected the belief that the world itself was literally the Word of God, and that every living thing had its own special meaning. For example, the pelican, which was believed to tear open its breast to bring its young to life with its own blood, was a living representation of Jesus. The bestiary, then, is also a reference to the symbolic language of animals in Western Christian art and literature.)<br><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>When her husband died on 1 Dec, 1135, Adeliza retired for a while to the monastery of Wilton, near Salisbury. As she was still young she came out of mourning some time before 1139 and married William d&#39;Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who had been one of Henry&#39;s chief advisors. She brought with her a queen&#39;s dowry, including the great castle of Arundel, and Stephen of England created d&#39;Albini Earl of Arundel and Earl of Lincoln. Although her husband was a staunch supporter of King Stephen during the Anglo-Norman civil war, her own personal inclination may have been toward the cause of her step-daughter Empress Matilda. When the Empress sailed for England in 1139, it was to her step-mother that she appealed for shelter, and she landed near Arundel and was received as a guest of the former queen.<br><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Seven of Adeliza and William&#39;s children were to survive to adulthood. Among them William d&#39;Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel, father to William d&#39;Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel who was one of the twenty-five guarantors of the Magna Carta. Among the descendants of this marriage came two girls destined to become tragic Queen consorts: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Adeliza also became an active patron of the church during her second marriage, giving property to Reading Abbey in honor of her former husband and to several other, smaller foundations.<br><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Adeliza spent her final years in the abbey of Affligem (Landgraviat of Brabant, German Empire), where she died on April 23, 1151. She was buried in the abbey church next to her father, duke Godfrey I of Leuven.<br><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>One of Adeliza&#39;s brothers, Jocelin (Gosuinus), came to England and married Agnes de Percy, heiress of the Percy family. Adeliza also gave a dowry to one of her cousins when she married in England. Although it is clear that the former queen and Josecelin were very close, he may actually have been an illegitimate son of Adeliza&#39;s father and thus her half-brother. His children took their name from their mother&#39;s lineage, and their descendants include the medieval Earls of Northumberland.<br><br>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p103.htm#i6792<br>Adelicia de Louvain retired to a nunnery in Afflighem, Flanders. Also called Adelicia Regina. Annals of Monte Fernando 1121: &quot;Henricus rex desponsavit Adelinam filiam Godeline.&quot; Queen of England between 2 Feb 1121 and 1 Dec 1135. She became the Dowager Queen of England on the death of her husband, King Henri I, as stepmother of Henri&#39;s heir, his daughter Matilda on 1 Dec 1135. Dowager Queen of England between 1 Dec 1135 and 23 April 1151. She died on 23 April 1151 in Affigham, Flanders, France. Adelicia de Louvain was buried in Afflighem, Flanders.<br><br>Bill Craw had: Adelicia Princess of Brabant b: 1102 Of, , Brabant, The Netherlands d: 23 Apr 1151 , Affligham, Flanders, France burial: 23 Apr 1151 Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England (if is information is true; how did they get her body from Flanders in Frace to Reading in England, in the same day?) AFN: 9FTJ-61 and LDS information, marriage to Henri 24 Jan 1120/1121, marriage to William d&#39;Aubigny 1138.<br><br>Bill Craw had: Adeliza Dowager AFN: FLGV-PB</span>

  • Story: Adeliza Of Louvain

    <p><strong>Adeliza of Louvain</strong>,<sup><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></sup> sometimes known in England as <strong>Adelicia of Louvain</strong>,<sup><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></sup> also called <strong>Adela</strong> and <strong>Aleidis</strong>; (1103 &ndash; 23 April 1151) was queen consort of the Kingdom of England from 1121 to 1135, the second wife of Henry I.<sup><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></sup> She was the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Landgrave of Brabant and Count of Louvain and Brussels.</p><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2><span class="toctoggle">[<a id="togglelink" href="/" class="internal">hide</a>]</span></div><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="/#Marriages"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Marriages</span></a> <ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="/#Queen"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Queen</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="/#Second_marriage"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Second marriage</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="/#Later_life"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Later life</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="/#Family"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Family</span></a> <ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="/#Descendants"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Descendants</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="/#Notes_and_sources"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Notes and sources</span></a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody><span class="editsection">[<a href="w/index.php?title=Adeliza_of_Louvain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Marriages">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Marriages</span><p>Adeliza married Henry I of England on 2 February 1121, when she is thought to have been in her late teens and Henry was fifty-three. It is believed that Henry only married again because he wanted a male heir. Despite holding the record for the most illegitimate children of a British monarch, Henry had only one legitimate son, William Adelin, who predeceased his father on 25 November 1120 in the White Ship disaster.</p><p>Adeliza was reputedly quite pretty and her father was Duke of Lower Lotharingia. These were the likely reasons she was chosen. However, no children were born during the marriage.</p><span class="editsection">[<a href="w/index.php?title=Adeliza_of_Louvain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Queen">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Queen</span><p>Adeliza, unlike the other Anglo-Norman queens, played little part in the public life of the realm during her tenure as queen consort. Whether this was personal inclination or because Henry preferred to keep her nearby in the hope she&#39;d conceive, is unknown. She did, however, leave a mark as a patron of literature and several works, including a bestiary by <font color="#ba0000">Philip de Thaon</font>, were dedicated to her. She is said to have commissioned a verse biography of King Henry; if she did, it is no longer extant.</p><p>When Henry died on 1 December 1135, Adeliza retired temporarily to the Benedictine convent of Wilton Abbey, near Salisbury. She was present at the dedication of Henry&#39;s tomb at Reading Abbey on the first anniversary of his death. At about that time, she founded a leper hospital dedicated to Saint Giles at Fugglestone St Peter, Wiltshire.<sup><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></sup></p><span class="editsection">[<a href="w/index.php?title=Adeliza_of_Louvain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Second marriage">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Second marriage</span><p>As she was still young, she came out of mourning before 1139 and married William d&#39;Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who had been one of Henry&#39;s chief advisors. She brought with her a Queen&#39;s dowry, including the castle of Arundel. King Stephen of England created d&#39;Aubigny Earl of Arundel and Earl of Lincoln.</p><p>Although her husband was a staunch supporter of Stephen during the Anglo-Norman civil war, her own personal inclination may have been toward her stepdaughter&#39;s cause, the Empress Matilda. When Matilda sailed to England in 1139, she appealed to her stepmother for shelter, landing near Arundel and was received as a guest of the former Queen.</p><span class="editsection">[<a href="w/index.php?title=Adeliza_of_Louvain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Later life">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Later life</span><p>Adeliza spent her final years in the abbey of Affligem (landgraviat of Brabant), which she richly rewarded with landed estates (three English villages called <em>Ideswordam, Westmerendonam and Aldeswurda</em>, probably near to Arundel).</p><p>She died in the abbey and was buried in the abbey church next to her father, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, (d.1139). The abbey necrology situates her tombstone next to the clockwork. An 18th century floor plan of the church shows her tombstone located halfway up the left nave. Her grave was demolished however during the French Revolution (abt. 1798). Her bones had been found and she was reburied in the cloister of the re-erected Affligem abbey.</p><span class="editsection">[<a href="w/index.php?title=Adeliza_of_Louvain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Family">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Family</span><p>One of Adeliza&#39;s brothers, Joscelin of Louvain, came to England and married <font color="#ba0000">Agnes de Percy</font>, heiress of the Percy family.</p><p>Although it is clear that the former queen and Joscelin were very close, he may actually have been an illegitimate son of Adeliza&#39;s father and thus her half-brother. His children took their name from their mother&#39;s lineage, and their descendants include the medieval Earls of Northumberland.</p><p>Adeliza also gave a dowry to one of her cousins when she married in England.</p><span class="editsection">[<a href="w/index.php?title=Adeliza_of_Louvain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Descendants</span><p>Five of Adeliza and William&#39;s children were to survive to adulthood:</p><ul><li>William d&#39;Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel, father to William d&#39;Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel who was one of the twenty-five guarantors of the Magna Carta.</li><li>Reynor d&#39;Aubigny</li><li>Henry d&#39;Aubigny</li><li>Alice, Countess of Eu (d. 11 September 1188), married John 5th Earl of Eu, (d. 26 June 1170).</li><li>Olivia d&#39;Aubigny (d.young)</li><li>Agatha d&#39;Aubigny (d.young)</li><li>Geoffrey d&#39;Aubigny</li></ul><p>Adeliza also became an active patron of the church during her second marriage, giving property to Reading Abbey in honour of her late husband and to several other smaller foundations.</p><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" alt="" width="38" height="40"></td><td class="mbox-text"><a href="wiki/Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has the text of the 1885&ndash;1900 <a href="wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a>&#39;s article about <em><strong><a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Adeliza_of_Louvain_(DNB00)" title="s:Adeliza of Louvain (DNB00)" class="extiw">Adeliza of Louvain</a></strong></em>.</td></tr></tbody><span class="editsection">[<a href="w/index.php?title=Adeliza_of_Louvain&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Notes and sources">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Notes and sources</span><div style="list-style-type: decimal"><ol><li><strong>^</strong> The Peerage &mdash; Adeliza de Louvain</li><li><strong>^</strong> &#39;Adeliza of Louvain (c.1103&ndash;1151), queen of England, second consort of Henry I&#39; in <em>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</em> (OUP, 2004)</li><li><strong>^</strong> Agnes Strickland, &#39;Adelicia of Louvaine&#39; in <em>The Lives of the Queens of England</em> online at 1066.co.nz: &quot;Mr Howard of Corby castle... calls her Adelicia, for the best of reasons - her name is so written in an original charter of the 31st of Henry I...&quot;</li><li><strong>^</strong> History Timelines</li><li><strong>^</strong> Strickland, <em>op. cit</em></li></ol></div>

 
 
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