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4. | Matilda OF FLANDERS (2.Baldwin2, 1.Unknown1) was born about 1032 in Flanders, France; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandy, France; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, Normandy, France. Notes:
Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031
Matilda married William I 'the Conqueror' KING OF ENGLAND in 1049 in Normandy, France. William (son of Duke Robert II 'the Magnificent' OF NORMANDY and Herleva OF FALAISE) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France; was christened in 1027 in Holy Trinity Church, Falaise, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1085 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet]
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7. | Gundred OF ENGLAND (4.Matilda3, 2.Baldwin2, 1.Unknown1) was born in 1051; died on 27 May 1087. Notes:
Gundred married William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey (d. June 20, 1088), who rebuilt Lewes Castle, making it his chief residence. In 1078 he and Gundred founded a Cluniac Priory at Southover, adjoining Lewes, where both were buried. The Countess had died at Castle Acre, Norfolk, one of her husband's estates. In the course of the centuries which followed both tombstones disappeared from the priory but in 1774 William Burrell, Esq., an antiquary, discovered Gundred's in Isfield Church (seven miles from Lewes), over the remains of Edward Shirley, Esq., (d. 1550), whose father John was Clerk of the Kitchen to King Henry VII, and had it removed on October 2, 1775, to St. John's Church, Southover, the nearest place to its original site, and placed inside and at the south-west corner of the church, where, until 1847, it could be seen on the floor between pews with a very fine inscription detailing its origins etc. In 1845, during excavations through the Priory grounds for the South Coast Railway, the lead chests containing the remains of the Earl and his Countess were discovered, and deposited temporarily, for the next two years, beneath Gundred's tombstone. In 1847 a Norman Chapel was erected by public subscription, adjoining the present vestry and chancel. Prior to re-interring the remains in this chapel, both cysts were opened to ascertain if there were any contents, which was found to be the case. New cysts were made and used, and the ancient ones preserved and placed in two recessed arches in the southern wall. Gundred's remains in a good state of preservation although the Earl's has lost some lead. Across the upper part of the right arch is the name Gvndrada. Her tombstone is of black marble.
Gundred married William 1ST EARL OF WARREN. William (son of Unknown child of Hugh) died in 1088. [Group Sheet]
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13. | Constance OF NORMANDY (4.Matilda3, 2.Baldwin2, 1.Unknown1) was born in 1061; died on 13 Aug 1094. Notes:
Constance, Duchess of Brittany (d.1090) was a daughter of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders, it was said she was the most highly gifted of all of the Conqueror's daughters. As she was favourite of her mother she was offerd later in marriage to Alan IV of Brittany, the year being 1086. Constance died childless, perhaps poisoned on 13 August 1090, and was buried in St Melans in Redon, in 1672 her tomb was discovered and opened, inside were some fragments of woolen stuff, which at the time the body had been wrapped and a leaden cross with her epitaph engraved with the name of her father, husband and date of death. Her husband later maried Ermengarde of Anjou.
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15. | Agatha OF NORMANDY (4.Matilda3, 2.Baldwin2, 1.Unknown1) was born in 1064; died in 1074. Notes:
Agatha, mentioned by Ordericus Vitalis as one of the daughters of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders, Agatha, who had been betrothed to Harold II, was afterwards demanded in marriage by Alphonso VI of Castile and delivered to his proxies to be conducted to him. But she, who had lost her former spouse who was to her liking, felt extreme repugnance to marry another. The Englishman she had seen and loved, but the Spaniard she was more averse to because she had never set eyes on him. She therefore, fervently prayed to the Almighty that she might never be carried into Spain, but that he would rather take her to himself. Her prayers were heard, and she died a virgin while she was on the road. Her corpse was brought back to and interred in Bayeux in 1079.
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16. | Henry I 'Beauclerc' KING OF ENGLAND (4.Matilda3, 2.Baldwin2, 1.Unknown1) was born in Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in St. Denis-le-Fermont, Near Gisors, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. Notes:
In addition to these legitimate births, Henry is reported to have had nineteen or twenty illegitimate children, the highest number of spurious offspring for a King of England to have acknowledged. The best known of them all is Robert the Consul, Earl of Gloucester, father of Maud, wife of Ranulph de Meschines, 2nd Earl of Chester. Another was Reginald, a natural son from a relationship between Henry I. of England and his mistress, Elizabeth Beaumont, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulent and Earl of Leicester, (son of Roger de Beaumont and his wife, Adelina, Countess of Meulent) and his wife Elizabeth Vermandois, younger daughter of Hugh Magnus, the Great, of France, Count of Vermandois. Reginald, married Beatrix, daughter of William Fitz Richard, a potent lord in Cornwall. They had a daughter, Matilda, who married Robert, Count of Meulent, son of Waleran II., Count of Meulent, who married Agnes de Montfort. Waleran II. was a son of the aforementioned Robert Beaumont, and his wife, Elizabeth Vermandois. Robert and Matilda had two children: Waleran III. and Mabel de Beaumont, who married William de Vernon, Earl of Devon, who had three children: Baldwin, Mary Vernon and Joan.
Henry married Matilda OF SCOTLAND on 11 Nov 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, England. Matilda (daughter of Malcolm III of Dunkeld KING OF SCOTLAND and St. Margaret OF WESSEX) was born on 1 Jun 1079 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland; died on 1 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, England. [Group Sheet]
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- 20. Matilda PRINCESS OF ENGLAND was born on 7 Feb 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Abbey de Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France; was buried in Sep 1167 in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, France.
- 21. William Adelin OF ENGLAND was born on 5 Aug 1103; died on 25 Nov 1120.
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Henry married Isabel Beaumont DE MEULAN on 29 Jan 1121 in Windsor Castle, England. Isabel (daughter of Count Robert de Beaumont OF MEULAN and Isabel (Elizabeth) DE VERMANDOIS) was born about 1112 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died about 1172 in England. [Group Sheet]
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