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Duke William VIII Of POITOU

Male 1099 - 1137  (38 years)


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  1. 1.  Duke William VIII Of POITOU was born in 1099 in France; died on 09 Apr 1137 in France.

    Duke married Eleanor DE CHATELLERAULT in 1121 in France. Eleanor was born about 1103 in Aquataine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Princess Eleanor DE AQUITAINE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1121 in Bordeaux, France; died on 03 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France; was buried in Fontevrault abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Princess Eleanor DE AQUITAINE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Duke1) was born in 1121 in Bordeaux, France; died on 03 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France; was buried in Fontevrault abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France.

    Princess married King Louis VII of FRANCE on 22 Jul 1137 in Bordeaux, France. King (son of Louis VI (the Fat) of FRANCE and Countess Adelaide Of SAVOY) was born in 1120 in Riems, France; died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, France; was buried in Barbeau. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Princess married King of England Henry ll CURMANTLE on 11 May 1153 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. King (son of Geoffrey V (the Handsome) Plantagenet COUNT and Matilda (Maud) DE ENGLAND EMPRESS) was born on 05 Mar 1133 in Lemans, Sarthe, France; died on 06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-Et-Loire, France; was buried on 08 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. William Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Aug 1152 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France; died in in Wallingford Cast, Wallingford ,Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading, Berkshire, England.
    2. 4. Prince Henry Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Mar 1155 in Bermandseypalace, London, Middlesex, England; died on 11 Jun 1183 in Mortel Castle, Turenne, Correze, France; was buried in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
    3. 5. Matilda Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1156 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 28 Jun 1189 in Brunswick, Germany; was buried in St Blasius, Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
    4. 6. Richard I (Coeur De Lion) Of ENGLAND KING  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 08 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 06 Apr 1199 in Chalus, Haute-Vienne, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, Anjou, France.
    5. 7. Philip Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1160 in England; died about 1161 in England.
    6. 8. Princess Eleanor Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France; died on 31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain; was buried in Huelgas, Burgos, Spain.
    7. 9. Princess Joanna Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Oct 1164 in Angers,Maine-Et-Loire,France; died on 04 Sep 1199 in Rouen,Seine-Maritime,France; was buried in Fontevrault L'Ab,Maine-Et-Loire,France.
    8. 10. King John LACKLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1167 in Kings Manorhouse, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  William Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 17 Aug 1152 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France; died in in Wallingford Cast, Wallingford ,Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading, Berkshire, England.

    William married Ella Of SALISBURY in 1198. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Prince Henry Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 28 Mar 1155 in Bermandseypalace, London, Middlesex, England; died on 11 Jun 1183 in Mortel Castle, Turenne, Correze, France; was buried in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

    Family/Spouse: Marguerite Of FRANCE. Marguerite was born on 02 Nov 1160. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 5.  Matilda Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born in 1156 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 28 Jun 1189 in Brunswick, Germany; was buried in St Blasius, Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.

    Matilda married Duke Heinrich V Of SAXONY on 01 Feb 1168 in St Peter, Domkirche, Minden, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 6.  Richard I (Coeur De Lion) Of ENGLAND KING Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 08 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 06 Apr 1199 in Chalus, Haute-Vienne, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Maine-Et-Loire, Anjou, France.

    Notes:

    NOTE 1./
    Richard I, the Lion-hearted, spent much of his youth in his mother's court at Poitiers. Richard cared much more for the continental possessions of his mother than for England - he also cared much more for his mother than for his father. Family considerations influenced much of his life: he fought along side of his brothers Prince Henry and Geoffrey in their rebellion of 1173-4; he fought for his father against his brothers when they supported an 1183 revolt in Aquitane; and he joined Philip II of France against his father in 1188, defeating Henry in 1189.

    Richard spent but six months of his ten-year reign in England. He acted upon a promise to his father to join the Third Crusade and departed for the Holy Land in 1190 (accompanied by his partner-rival Philip II of France). In 1191, he conquered Cyprus en route to Jerusalem and performed admirably against Saladin, nearly taking the holy city twice. Philip II, in the meantime, returned to France and schemed with Richard's brother John. The Crusade failed in its primary objective of liberating the Holy Land from Moslem Turks, but did have a positive result - easier access to the region for Christian pilgrims through a truce with Saladin. Richard received word of John's treachery and decided to return home; he was captured by Leopold V of Austria and imprisoned by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. The administrative machinery of Henry II insured the continuance of royal authority, as Richard was unable to return to his realm until 1194. Upon his return, he crushed a coup attempt by John and regained lands lost to Philip II during the German captivity. Richard's war with Philip continued sporadically until the French were finally defeated near Gisors in 1198.

    Richard died April 6, 1199, from a wound received in a skirmish at the castle of Chalus in the Limousin. Near his death, Richard finally reconciled his position with his late father, as evidenced by Sir Richard Baker in A Chronicle of the Kings of England: "The remorse for his undutifulness towards his father, was living in him till he died; for at his death he remembered it with bewailing, and desired to be buried as near him as might be, perhaps as thinking they should meet the sooner, that he might ask him forgiveness in another world." Richard's prowess and courage in battle earned him the nickname Coeur De Lion ("heart of the lion"), but the training of his mother's court is revealed in a verse Richard composed during his german captivity:

    Richard married Princess Berengaria Of NAVARRA on 12 May 1191 in Limassol, Cyprus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. NONE  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 7.  Philip Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born about 1160 in England; died about 1161 in England.

  6. 8.  Princess Eleanor Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France; died on 31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain; was buried in Huelgas, Burgos, Spain.

    Princess married King Alfonso VIII Of CASTILE on 22 Sep 1177 in Burgos, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 9.  Princess Joanna Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born in Oct 1164 in Angers,Maine-Et-Loire,France; died on 04 Sep 1199 in Rouen,Seine-Maritime,France; was buried in Fontevrault L'Ab,Maine-Et-Loire,France.

    Princess married Guglielmo II (Il Buono) Of SICILY KING on 13 Feb 1176 in St Egidius,Palermo,Palermo,ITALY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Princess married Count Raimond VI Of TOULOUS in Nov 1196 in Rouen,Sein-Maritime,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 10.  King John LACKLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 24 Dec 1167 in Kings Manorhouse, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire, England.

    Notes:

    NOTE 1./

    As the fourth child, inherited lands were not available to him, giving rise to his nickname, Lackland. His first marriage lasted but ten years and was fruitless, but his second wife, Isabella of Angouleme, bore him two sons and three daughters. He also had an illegitimate daughter, Joan, who married Llywelyn the Great, Ruler of All Wales, from which the Tudor line of monarchs was descended. The survival of the English government during John's reign is a testament to the reforms of his father, as John taxed the system socially, economically, and judicially.

    The Angevin family feuds profoundly marked John. He and Richard clashed in 1184 following Richard's refusal to honor his father's wishes surrender Aquitane to John. The following year Henry II sent John to rule Ireland, but John alienated both the native Irish and the transplanted Anglo-Normans who emigrated to carve out new lordships for themselves; the experiment was a total failure and John returned home within six months. After Richard gained the throne in 1189, he gave John vast estates in an unsuccessful attempt to appease his younger brother. John failed to overthrow Richard's administrators during the German captivity and conspired with Philip II in another failed coup attempt. Upon Richard's release from captivity in 1194, John was forced to sue for pardon and he spent the next five years in his brother's shadow.

    John proved extremely unpopular with his subjects. In addition to the Irish debacle, he inflamed his French vassals by orchestrating the murder of his popular nephew, Arthur of Brittany. By spring 1205, he lost the last of his French possessions and returned to England. The final ten years of his reign were occupied with failed attempts to regain these territories. After levying a number of new taxes upon the barons to pay for his dismal campaigns, the discontented barons revolted, capturing London in May 1215. At Runnymeade in the following June, John succumbed to pressure from the barons, the Church, and the English people at-large, and signed the Magna Carta. The document, a declaration of feudal rights, stressed three points. First, the Church was free to make ecclesiastic appointments. Second, larger-than-normal amounts of money could only be collected with the consent of the king's feudal tenants. Third, no freeman was to be punished except within the context of common law. Magna Carta, although a testament to John's complete failure as monarch, was the forerunner of modern constitutions. John only signed the document as a means of buying time and his hesitance to implement its principles compelled the nobility to seek French assistance. The barons offered the throne to Philip II's son, Louis. John died in the midst of invasion from the French in the South and rebellion from his barons in the North.

    King married Isabella D'ANGOULEME on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux Cathedral. Isabella (daughter of Count of Angouleme Aymer Taillefer DE VALENCE and Countess Alix DE COURTENAY) was born about 1188 in Angouleme, Charente, France; died on 31 May 1235 in Fontevrault L'Ab,Maine-Et-Loire,France; was buried in Fountervrault Ab, An Jou, Isere, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. King Henry III Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 01 Oct 1206 in Winchester,Hampshire,England; died on 16 Nov 1272 in Westminister,Middlesex,England; was buried on 20 Nov 1272 in Westminster Abby, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    2. 13. Richard Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 Jan 1209 in Winchester,Hampshire,England; died on 02 Apr 1272 in Berkhamsteadcast, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 13 Apr 1272 in Hailes Abbey, Hailes, Gloucestershire, England.
    3. 14. Princess Joan Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jul 1210 in Coucy , Alsne, France; died on 04 Mar 1237 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Tarrant Keynstan, Dorsetshire, England.
    4. 15. Isabel Of GERMANY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1214 in Winchester,Hampshire,England; died on 01 Dec 1241 in Foggia, Apulia, Italy; was buried in Andria, Bari, Apulia, Italy.
    5. 16. Princess Eleanor Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1215 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 13 Apr 1275 in Montargis, Loiret, France; was buried in Montargis, Loiret, France.

    King married ISABELLA on 29 Aug 1189 in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. NONE  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  NONE Descendancy chart to this point (6.Richard3, 2.Princess2, 1.Duke1)

  2. 12.  King Henry III Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (10.King3, 2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 01 Oct 1206 in Winchester,Hampshire,England; died on 16 Nov 1272 in Westminister,Middlesex,England; was buried on 20 Nov 1272 in Westminster Abby, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    King married Countess Eleanor DE PROVENCE on 14 Jan 1236 in Canterbury Cath,Canterbury,Kent,England. Countess (daughter of Raymond BERENGER, IV and Beatrix Of SAVOY) was born in 1217 in Aix-en-Prove,Bouches-du-Rhone,France; died on 24 Jan 1291 in Ambresbury,Wiltshire,England; was buried on 11 Sep 1291 in Ambresbury Mon,Wiltshire,England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Edward I (Longshanks) PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1239 in Palace of Westminster, London, England; died on 07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-On-Sands, Cumberland,England; was buried on 28 Oct 1307 in Westminster Abby, London, England.
    2. 19. Princess Margaret PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 Oct 1240 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 27 Feb 1274 in Cupar Castle,Cuper,Fifeshire,Scotland; was buried in Dunfermline,Fifeshire,Scotland.
    3. 20. Beatrice PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1242 in Bordeaux,Gascony,France; died on 24 Mar 1274 in Bretagne,France; was buried in Grey Friars,London,Middlesex,England.
    4. 21. Edmund (Crounchback) PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jan 1244 in London,Middlesex,England; died on 05 Jun 1286 in Bayonne, Pyr. -Atlantiques,France.
    5. 22. Richard PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1247 in Westminster,Middlesex,England; died before 1256 in Westminster,Middlesex,England.
    6. 23. Prince John PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1250 in Westminster,Middlesex,England; died before 1256 in Westminster,Middlesex,England; was buried in Westminster,Middlesex,England.
    7. 24. Catherine PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1253 in Westminster,Middlesex,England; died on 03 May 1256 in Westminster,Middlesex,England; was buried in Westminster,Middlesex,England.
    8. 25. William PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1256 in Westminster,Middlesex,England; died about 1256 in Westminster,Middlesex,England; was buried in New Temple,London,England.
    9. 26. Prince Henry PLANTAGENET  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1258 in Westminster,Middlesex,England.

  3. 13.  Richard Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (10.King3, 2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 05 Jan 1209 in Winchester,Hampshire,England; died on 02 Apr 1272 in Berkhamsteadcast, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England; was buried on 13 Apr 1272 in Hailes Abbey, Hailes, Gloucestershire, England.

    Richard married Isabel MARSHALL on 30 Mar 1231 in Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England. Isabel was born about 1203 in Pembrokeshire, Pembroke, England; died on 16 Jan 1240 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Beaulieu, Southampton, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Joan DE VALLETORTE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Richard married Countess Sancha Of PROVENCE on 23 Nov 1243 in Westminster Abby, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Richard married Beatrice DE FAUQUEMONT on 16 Jun 1267. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Richard married Beatrix VAN VALKENBURG in 1269 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 14.  Princess Joan Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (10.King3, 2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born on 22 Jul 1210 in Coucy , Alsne, France; died on 04 Mar 1237 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Tarrant Keynstan, Dorsetshire, England.

    Princess married Ruler of All Wales Llywelyn the GREAT on 19 Jun 1221 in York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Llewellyn "the great" AP IORWORTH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Gladys DHU  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 15.  Isabel Of GERMANY Descendancy chart to this point (10.King3, 2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born in 1214 in Winchester,Hampshire,England; died on 01 Dec 1241 in Foggia, Apulia, Italy; was buried in Andria, Bari, Apulia, Italy.

    Isabel married Emporer Frederick II on 20 Jul 1235 in Worms, Rhinehessen, Hesse-Darmstadt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 16.  Princess Eleanor Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (10.King3, 2.Princess2, 1.Duke1) was born in 1215 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 13 Apr 1275 in Montargis, Loiret, France; was buried in Montargis, Loiret, France.

    Princess married William MARSHALL on 23 Apr 1224. William was born in 1211 in Pembroke, Pembroke, Wales; died on 24 Apr 1231. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Princess married Simon DE MONTFORT, V on 07 Jan 1237 in StStephen Chaple,Westminster,Middlesex,England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 17.  NONE Descendancy chart to this point (10.King3, 2.Princess2, 1.Duke1)