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Note for: Louis II "the Stammerer" of Franks, 1 NOV 846 - 10 APR 879 Index

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Children
Ermengarde de France b: ABT. 865 in France

Marriage 2 Ansgarde of Neustria b: WFT Est. 850 in Neustria, France
Children
Charles III "The Simple" King of France b: 17 SEP 879 in France

Marriage 3 Adelaide of Paris b: 844 in Paris, Seine, France
Married: ABT. 868 in 3rd wife 3
Children
Ermentrude Princess of France b: 870 in Paris, Seine, France

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Note for: Oda de Basse-Lorraine, ABT 995 - 23 OCT 1044 Index

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M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 27, 21
M L Call: The Royal Ancestry Bible Vol 2: 1683, 1692

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Note for: Godfrey I of Verdun, ABT 935 - ABT 4 SEP 1002 Index

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W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry pp 19, 105

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Note for: Berengar II of Italy, 900 - 6 AUG 966 Index

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M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees PP 12,13
W Betham: Genealogical Tables Tab. 296
M L Call: The Royal Ancestry Bible Vol 2: 2175, 1803

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Note for: Herbert of Transjuranian Burgundy, ABT 820 - 864 Index

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He was killed at Orbe, France.

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Note for: Herman Billung of Saxony, ABT 908 - 27 MAR 973 Index

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M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 12
M L Call: The Royal Ancestry Bible Vol 2 Chart 1795

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Note for: Adele (Alix) of Beteau, 1023 - AFT 1086 Index

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W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. 104

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Note for: Aveline, 1109 - UNKNOWN Index

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M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 24

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Note for: Ranulph de Gernon, 1100 - 16 DEC 1153 Index

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Ranulph de Gernon held the office of Constable of Lincoln in 1136, by King Stephen. He fought in the Battle of Lincoln on 2 February 1141, against King Stephen. On 29 August 1146 at Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, he was seized at court by King Stephen, in return for his part in the Battle of Lincoln.

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Note for: Ranulph III de Meschines, ABT 1070 - ABT 1128 Index

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Adeliza Alice de Meschines b: ABT. 1098 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Ranulph de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester b: ABT. 1100 in Guernon Castle, Normandy, France

Ranulf or Randle de Meschines, surnamed de Bricasard, Viscount Bayeux, in Normandy, (son of Ralph de Meschines, by Maud, his wife, co-heir of her brother, Hugh Lupus, the celebrated Earl of Chester), was given by King Henry I the Earldom of Chester, at the decease of his 1st cousin, Richard de Abrincis, 2nd Earl of Chester, of that family, without issue. By some historians, this nobleman is styled Earl of Carlisle, from residing in that city; and they further state that he came over in the train of the Conqueror, assisted in the subjugation of England, and shared, of course, in the spoil of conquest. He was lord of Cumberland and Carlisle, by descent from his father, but having enfeoffed his two brothers, William, of Coupland, and Geffrey, of Gillesland, in a large portion thereof, he exchanged the Earldom of Cumberland for that of Chester, on condition that those whom he had settled there should hold their lands of the king, in capite. His lordship m. Lucia, widow of Roger de Romara, Earl of Lincoln, and dau. of Algar, the Saxon, Earl of Mercia, and had issue, Ranulph, his successor; William, styled Earl of Cambridge, but of his issue nothing in known; Adeliza, m. to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, ancestor of the old Earls of Clare; and Agnes, m. to Robert de Grentemaisnil. The earl d. in 1128 and was s. by his elder son, Ranulph de Meschines. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, . Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 365, Meschines, Earls of Chester]

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Note for: Rognvald "the Wise" Eysteinsson, ABT 830 - ABT 894 Index

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Marriage 1 Ragnhild (Hilda) Hrolfsdatter [Countess of More] b: ABT 0848 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Married: ABT 0853 in, Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
Children
Einar Ragnvaldsson b: ABT 0858 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
Thordis Ragnvaldsson b: ABT 0862 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
Ivar Ragnvaldsson b: ABT 0868 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
Rollo (Hrolf) "the Ganger" Rognvaldsson [Duke of Normandy] b: ABT 0870 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
Thorir "The Silent" Ragnvaldsson [Earl of More] b: ABT 0872 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway

Marriage 2 Emina
Children
Hrollager (Hrollaug) Ragnvaldsson b: ABT 0860/0874 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway

Marriage 3 Groa, Princess of TRONDHEIM
Married: NOT MARRIED
Children
Turf-Einar Ragnvaldsson [Earl of Orkney] b: ABT 0852 in Maer, More og Romsdal, Norway
Hallad Ragnvaldsson [Earl of Orkney] b: ABT 0856 in Maer, Norway

Marriage 4 Ragnhild Hrolfsson b: ABT 0848 in Norway
Children
Ivar Rognvaldsson b: ABT 0868 in Maer, Norway
Thorer "the Silent" Rognvaldsson b: ABT 0872 in Maer, Norway

The jarl or earl of More on the west coast of Norway, who fought alongside the future king Harald Finehair in establishing a united Norway. Harald married Ragnald's sister Swanhilda. During this civil war many Norwegians were driven out of Norway and settled in the Shetlands and Orkney, called the Nordreys by the Norse (as distinct from the Sudreys, or Hebrides and Man), which they used as a base to attack Norway and Norse ships. The traditional view is that around 874 Harald sent Ragnald to the Hebrides to bring these islands under his authority. During the expedition Ragnald's son, Ivar, was killed. As a consequence, once Ragnald had conquered the islands, Harald granted them back to him in recompense for his son. The more recent view is that Ragnald may have set out earlier on the expedition to conquer the Nordrey pirates himself and worked in league with OLAF THE WHITE, who was the Norse king of Dublin. According to this view Olaf granted Ragnald the Orkneys around the year 871 or earlier. However, Ragnald had no desire to remain in the isles so in 875 (or earlier) Ragnald gave the islands to his brother SIGURD, and returned to Norway where he continued to fight on behalf of the king. This created enemies and around the year 894 he was burned alive in his hall by two of Harald's sons by another wife. Ragnald had three children by his wife Ragnhild. In addition to Ivar, who died, there was Rolf, who became the first Duke of Normandy, and Thori, who succeeded him as Jarl of More. He also had several illegitimate sons two of whom, HALLAD and EINAR (i) became later Earls of Orkney.

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Note for: Amadeo I of Geneva, ABT 1100 - AFT 1162 Index

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M L Call: The Royal Ancestry Bible Vol 2 Chart 1515

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Note for: William Cantilupe, ABT 1180 - 22 FEB 1250/51 Index

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V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees P. 97
M L Call: The Royal Ancestry Bible Vol 2 Chart 1640

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Note for: Milicent de Gournay, ABT 1185 - 1260 Index

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V M Norr: Some Early English Pedigrees P. 97
M L Call: The Royal Ancestry Bible Vol 2 Chart 1641