House of Hauteville
The familial origins had roots from the Norwegian Vikings (Norsemen) who had settled in Normandy in the 10th century. - mtDNA: U5a1a...
Friday, May 14, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Master of the Magi
Moses was a Master of the Magi. He had a mobile Ark constructed - The Ark of The Covenant.
Jesus Christ had placed inside documents of his own techniques and teachings, along with the Stones and the documents he had found originally in the Ark of the Covenant. Jesus also buried other documents that would describe, in symbolic language, to a descendant of his, or a pure one of the Davidic Lineage, who had awoken, the locations to other sacred documents and artifacts buried in Jerusalem and Palestine.
St. Bernard also began publicly working with the “Sacred Geometry of Solomon” to create the Gothic form of architecture used in building the great cathedrals of France.
Henry Sinclair a Knight Templar, connected to the Norman knights.
* Henri `the Crusader' de ST. CLAIR (1100? - ?) ; Baron of ROSSLYN (Roslin); (accompanied Godroi de Bouillon on the First Crusade)
* Henri `the Councellor' de ST. CLAIR (1131? - 1180?) ; 3rd Baron of Roslin
* Henri de ST. CLAIR (1192? - 1222+) ; Baron of Roslin
* Henri (or William) de ST. CLAIR (1222? - 1270?) ; 5th Baron of Roslin
* Henry (Sir; of ROSLIN) SINCLAIR (1280? - 1335?)
I've decoded their DNA and have exact matches with these Norman cousins. Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
The Ark of The Covenant - is presently protected by HM Elizabeth R.
Jesus Christ had placed inside documents of his own techniques and teachings, along with the Stones and the documents he had found originally in the Ark of the Covenant. Jesus also buried other documents that would describe, in symbolic language, to a descendant of his, or a pure one of the Davidic Lineage, who had awoken, the locations to other sacred documents and artifacts buried in Jerusalem and Palestine.
St. Bernard also began publicly working with the “Sacred Geometry of Solomon” to create the Gothic form of architecture used in building the great cathedrals of France.
Henry Sinclair a Knight Templar, connected to the Norman knights.
* Henri `the Crusader' de ST. CLAIR (1100? - ?) ; Baron of ROSSLYN (Roslin); (accompanied Godroi de Bouillon on the First Crusade)
* Henri `the Councellor' de ST. CLAIR (1131? - 1180?) ; 3rd Baron of Roslin
* Henri de ST. CLAIR (1192? - 1222+) ; Baron of Roslin
* Henri (or William) de ST. CLAIR (1222? - 1270?) ; 5th Baron of Roslin
* Henry (Sir; of ROSLIN) SINCLAIR (1280? - 1335?)
I've decoded their DNA and have exact matches with these Norman cousins. Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
The Ark of The Covenant - is presently protected by HM Elizabeth R.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Cagege - Caggegi Family History:
Cagege - Caggegi Family History:
Libro d'Oro di Melita - NOMS MALTAIS EN 1421
From the Angara List for the 1480s:
[p.25] The Distribution of Surnames in Malta in 1419 and the 1480s - G. Wettinger
Cagege in 1419 AD: tot. 12 – in 1480 : tot. 4
Calleja /Musta 2, Luca /Farrug 2, Percopu 1, Zurico 1, Leu /Carendi 1,
calleja/Musta 2, Luca/farrug 2, Percopu 1, Zurico 1, Leu/Carendi 1, Rabat 4, Civitas 1
Rabat 3, Civitas 1
Source: Journal of Maltese Studies. 5(1968)(25-48)
http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d%27Oro/listsofmaltesesurnames1418.html
Cleric Matteo Cagege
Priests in Malta - 1575 AD
Vincenso Cagege - 1544 AD
http://melitahistorica.20x.cc/mh/19712.html
Nora d'Armenia, married 1578 (Matro Notary Vincenzo Cagege) to Antonio Grech.
The Royal Descendants of de Lusignan and the Barony of Baccari and Benwarrad
The Barons di Baccari of Malta (d'Armenia sives Darmanin)
The Descendants of the last Kings of Cyprus and Armenia.
The Feudal family of Caggegi / Caggeggi in 1195 AD, made by Bartolomeo de Lucy, the Count of Paterno. Swabian Bartholomew of Luci - Bartolomeo de Luci - Lucy, Seine-Maritime. - Count Roger I of Sicily.
Libro d'Oro di Melita - NOMS MALTAIS EN 1421
From the Angara List for the 1480s:
[p.25] The Distribution of Surnames in Malta in 1419 and the 1480s - G. Wettinger
Cagege in 1419 AD: tot. 12 – in 1480 : tot. 4
Calleja /Musta 2, Luca /Farrug 2, Percopu 1, Zurico 1, Leu /Carendi 1,
calleja/Musta 2, Luca/farrug 2, Percopu 1, Zurico 1, Leu/Carendi 1, Rabat 4, Civitas 1
Rabat 3, Civitas 1
Source: Journal of Maltese Studies. 5(1968)(25-48)
http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d%27Oro/listsofmaltesesurnames1418.html
Cleric Matteo Cagege
Priests in Malta - 1575 AD
Vincenso Cagege - 1544 AD
http://melitahistorica.20x.cc/mh/19712.html
Nora d'Armenia, married 1578 (Matro Notary Vincenzo Cagege) to Antonio Grech.
The Royal Descendants of de Lusignan and the Barony of Baccari and Benwarrad
The Barons di Baccari of Malta (d'Armenia sives Darmanin)
The Descendants of the last Kings of Cyprus and Armenia.
The Feudal family of Caggegi / Caggeggi in 1195 AD, made by Bartolomeo de Lucy, the Count of Paterno. Swabian Bartholomew of Luci - Bartolomeo de Luci - Lucy, Seine-Maritime. - Count Roger I of Sicily.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Y-DNA: R1b1b2: 13-24-14-11-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
Exact Y-DNA matches with:
Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
Y-DNA: R1b1b2: 13-24-14-11-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
House of Livet (Levett);
House of Malet;
House of Clare;
House of Saint-Clair;
House of Aubigny (or of Albini)
House of Bourgeois; Bourgondiën
House of Bellême; Bell
House of Bohun;
House of Lacy; Lacy-Hulbert
House of Mortimer; Mortimer Byrd
House of Montgommery; House of Montgomery
House of Saint-Clair; Sinclair
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lévis, Lévi, Lévie, Le Vie, de Lévis, de Lévie, de Lévis, Lévy, Levison, Levisonne, Levisonnes, Levisson, Levissonne, Levissonnes, Levisons, Levissons, Levisont, Levisonts, Levisond, Levisonds, Levey, Lévee, Levis
First found in Ile-de-France, where this remarkable family has been traced since the 12th century.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lovatt, Lovat, Lovet, Lovett, Lovit, Lovitt
First found in Buckingham where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Mallet, Mallett, Mallit, Mallitt, Malott, Mallot.
First found in Suffolk where they were seated as Lords of the Manor of Cidestan.
Endless spelling variations are a prevailing characteristic of Norman surnames. Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules, and the introduction of Norman French added an unfamiliar ingredient to the English linguistic stew. French and Latin, the languages of the court, also influenced spellings. Finally, Medieval scribes generally spelled words according to how they sounded, so one person was often referred to by different spellings in different documents. The name has been spelled Clair, Clare, Clere, O'Clear, O'Clair.
First found in Suffolk where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Sinclair, Saint Clare, Sancto Claro, Singular, Sinclaire, Seincler, Sanclar, Sincklair, Sinclear, Sincler.
First found in the barony of Roslyn near Edinburgh in Scotland.
Many cultural groups lived in the German states in medieval times. Each had its own dialect and traditions, and unique variations of popular names. Low German, which is similar to contemporary Dutch, was spoken in Westphalia. German names are characterized by additions such as regional suffixes and phrases that tell something about the origin or background of its original bearer. Further contributing to the variation in German names was the fact that there were no spelling rules in medieval times: scribes recorded names according to their sound. The recorded spelling variations of Albini include Albini, Albinie, Allbini, Albinni, Albinnie
First found in Bavaria, where the name Albini became noted for its many branches with the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region.
Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Bourgeois some of which are Bourgeois, Bourgois, Bourgeoys, Bourgeot, Le Bourgeois, de Bourgeois, Bourjois, Bourgès, Bourgeix
First found in Brittany, where the family first originated and maintained their status as one of the more distinguished families of the region.
Norman surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. The frequent changes in surnames are largely due to the fact that the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England, as well as the official court languages of Latin and French, also had pronounced influences on the spelling of surnames. Since medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings. The name has been spelled Bellamy, Belamy, Bellamie, Belamie, Bellamey, Bellame, Bellasme, Bellamly.
First found in Shropshire, where they had been granted lands by King William, their liege lord, after the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.
Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Bohon, Bohun, Bone, Boon, Boone, Bohan, Bound.
First found in Sussex, where they had been granted lands by King William after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Church officials and medieval scribes often spelled early surnames as they sounded. This practice often resulted in many spelling variations of even a single name. Early versions of the name Lacy included: Lacey, Lacie, Lacy, de Lacy, Lasey, Lassey.
First found in county Limerick where they had been granted lands by Strongbow after the invasion of Ireland in 1172.
Norman surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. The frequent changes in surnames are largely due to the fact that the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England, as well as the official court languages of Latin and French, also had pronounced influences on the spelling of surnames. Since medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings. The name has been spelled Mortimer, Mortimor.
First found in Herefordshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Montgomery, Mongomery, Montgomerie, Mungummery.
First found in Renfrewshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù), a historic county of Scotland, today encompassing the Council Areas of Renfrew, East Renfrewshire, and Iverclyde, in the Strathclyde region of southwestern Scotland, where they were granted lands by Malcolm Canmore, King of Scotland.
Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
Y-DNA: R1b1b2: 13-24-14-11-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
House of Livet (Levett);
House of Malet;
House of Clare;
House of Saint-Clair;
House of Aubigny (or of Albini)
House of Bourgeois; Bourgondiën
House of Bellême; Bell
House of Bohun;
House of Lacy; Lacy-Hulbert
House of Mortimer; Mortimer Byrd
House of Montgommery; House of Montgomery
House of Saint-Clair; Sinclair
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lévis, Lévi, Lévie, Le Vie, de Lévis, de Lévie, de Lévis, Lévy, Levison, Levisonne, Levisonnes, Levisson, Levissonne, Levissonnes, Levisons, Levissons, Levisont, Levisonts, Levisond, Levisonds, Levey, Lévee, Levis
First found in Ile-de-France, where this remarkable family has been traced since the 12th century.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lovatt, Lovat, Lovet, Lovett, Lovit, Lovitt
First found in Buckingham where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Mallet, Mallett, Mallit, Mallitt, Malott, Mallot.
First found in Suffolk where they were seated as Lords of the Manor of Cidestan.
Endless spelling variations are a prevailing characteristic of Norman surnames. Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules, and the introduction of Norman French added an unfamiliar ingredient to the English linguistic stew. French and Latin, the languages of the court, also influenced spellings. Finally, Medieval scribes generally spelled words according to how they sounded, so one person was often referred to by different spellings in different documents. The name has been spelled Clair, Clare, Clere, O'Clear, O'Clair.
First found in Suffolk where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Sinclair, Saint Clare, Sancto Claro, Singular, Sinclaire, Seincler, Sanclar, Sincklair, Sinclear, Sincler.
First found in the barony of Roslyn near Edinburgh in Scotland.
Many cultural groups lived in the German states in medieval times. Each had its own dialect and traditions, and unique variations of popular names. Low German, which is similar to contemporary Dutch, was spoken in Westphalia. German names are characterized by additions such as regional suffixes and phrases that tell something about the origin or background of its original bearer. Further contributing to the variation in German names was the fact that there were no spelling rules in medieval times: scribes recorded names according to their sound. The recorded spelling variations of Albini include Albini, Albinie, Allbini, Albinni, Albinnie
First found in Bavaria, where the name Albini became noted for its many branches with the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region.
Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Bourgeois some of which are Bourgeois, Bourgois, Bourgeoys, Bourgeot, Le Bourgeois, de Bourgeois, Bourjois, Bourgès, Bourgeix
First found in Brittany, where the family first originated and maintained their status as one of the more distinguished families of the region.
Norman surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. The frequent changes in surnames are largely due to the fact that the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England, as well as the official court languages of Latin and French, also had pronounced influences on the spelling of surnames. Since medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings. The name has been spelled Bellamy, Belamy, Bellamie, Belamie, Bellamey, Bellame, Bellasme, Bellamly.
First found in Shropshire, where they had been granted lands by King William, their liege lord, after the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.
Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Bohon, Bohun, Bone, Boon, Boone, Bohan, Bound.
First found in Sussex, where they had been granted lands by King William after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Church officials and medieval scribes often spelled early surnames as they sounded. This practice often resulted in many spelling variations of even a single name. Early versions of the name Lacy included: Lacey, Lacie, Lacy, de Lacy, Lasey, Lassey.
First found in county Limerick where they had been granted lands by Strongbow after the invasion of Ireland in 1172.
Norman surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. The frequent changes in surnames are largely due to the fact that the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England, as well as the official court languages of Latin and French, also had pronounced influences on the spelling of surnames. Since medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings. The name has been spelled Mortimer, Mortimor.
First found in Herefordshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Montgomery, Mongomery, Montgomerie, Mungummery.
First found in Renfrewshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù), a historic county of Scotland, today encompassing the Council Areas of Renfrew, East Renfrewshire, and Iverclyde, in the Strathclyde region of southwestern Scotland, where they were granted lands by Malcolm Canmore, King of Scotland.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Baron - Barone - Baro
Baron - Barone - Baro
Giovanni Merlo-Serraino-Azzolina Caggegi-Raciti
Barone di Santo Stefano di Camastra 98077
Barone di Santo Stefano di Mistretta 98077
Barone di Contrada Felicita 98077
Barone di Contrada Puzzarello 98077
Barone di Contrada Sparta 98077
Barone di Contrada Antara 98077
Exact Y-DNA matches with:
Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
Y-DNA: R1b1b2: 13-24-14-11-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
House of Livet (Levett);
House of Malet;
House of Clare;
House of Saint-Clair;
House of Aubigny (or of Albini)
House of Bourgeois; Bourgondiën
House of Bellême; Bell
House of Bohun;
House of Lacy; Lacy-Hulbert
House of Mortimer; Mortimer Byrd
House of Montgommery; House of Montgomery
House of Saint-Clair; Sinclair
Giovanni Merlo-Serraino-Azzolina Caggegi-Raciti
Barone di Santo Stefano di Camastra 98077
Barone di Santo Stefano di Mistretta 98077
Barone di Contrada Felicita 98077
Barone di Contrada Puzzarello 98077
Barone di Contrada Sparta 98077
Barone di Contrada Antara 98077
Exact Y-DNA matches with:
Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
Y-DNA: R1b1b2: 13-24-14-11-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
House of Livet (Levett);
House of Malet;
House of Clare;
House of Saint-Clair;
House of Aubigny (or of Albini)
House of Bourgeois; Bourgondiën
House of Bellême; Bell
House of Bohun;
House of Lacy; Lacy-Hulbert
House of Mortimer; Mortimer Byrd
House of Montgommery; House of Montgomery
House of Saint-Clair; Sinclair
Norse-Gaels
The Norse-Gaels were a people who dominated much of the Irish Sea region and western Scotland for a large part of the Middle Ages, whose aristocracy were mainly of Scandinavian origin, but as a whole exhibited a great deal of Gaelic and Norse cultural syncretism. They are generally known by the Gaelic name which they themselves used, of which "Norse-Gaels" is a translation. This term is subject to a large range of variations depending on chronological and geographical differences in the Gaelic language, i.e. Gall Gaidel, Gall Gaidhel, Gall Gaidheal, Gall Gaedil, Gall Gaedhil, Gall Gaedhel, Gall Goidel, etc, etc. The terminology was used both by native Irish and native Scots who wished to alienate them, and by the Norse-Gaels themselves who wished to stress their Scandinavian heritage and their links with Norway and other parts of the Scandinavian world. The nativised presence of Norsemen in Ireland also lent at least one self-reference, that of Ostmen. Other modern translations used include Scoto-Norse, Hiberno-Norse and Foreign Gaels.
The Norse-Gaels originated in Viking colonies of Ireland and Scotland who became subject to the process of Gaelicization, whereby starting as early as the ninth century, most intermarried with native Gaels (except for the Norse who settled in northwest England) and adopted the Gaelic language as well as many other Gaelic customs, such as dress. Many left their original worship of Norse gods and converted to Christianity, and this contributed to the Gaelicization. Gaelicized Scandinavians dominated the Irish Sea region until the Norman era of the twelfth century, founding long-lasting kingdoms, such as the Kingdoms of Man, Argyll, Dublin, York and Galloway. The Lords of the Isles, a Lordship which lasted until the sixteenth century, as well as many other Gaelic rulers of Scotland and Ireland, traced their descent from Norse-Gaels. The Norse-Gaels settlement in England was concentrated in the North West.
Iceland and the Faroes
It is recorded in the Landnamabok that there were papar or culdees in Iceland before the Norse, and this appears to tie in with comments of Dicuil. However, whether or not this is true, the settlement of Iceland and the Faroe islands by the Norse would have included many Norse-Gaels, as well as slaves, servants and wives. They were called "Vestmen", and the name is retained in Vestmanna in the Faroes, and the Vestmannaeyjar off the Icelandic mainland, where it is said that Irish slaves escaped to. ("Vestman" may have referred to the lands and islands "west" of mainland Scandinavia.)
A number of Icelandic personal names are of Gaelic origin, e.g. Njáll Þorgeirsson of Njáls saga had a forename of Gaelic origin - Niall. Patreksfjörður, an Icelandic village also contains the name "Padraig".
According to some circumstantial evidence, Grímur Kamban, seen as the founder of the Norse Faroes, may have been a Norse Gael.
"According to the Faereyinga Saga... the first settler in the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban - Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that cauysed the anchorites to leave... the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman. Probably he came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition has it that he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy."
Genetics
The Vikings’ prolific expansion is still exhibited in modern genetics. Relatively high frequencies of Haplogroup R1a1 are found in Northern Europe, the largest being 23% in Iceland, and it is believed to have been spread across Europe by the Indo-Europeans and later migrations of Vikings, which accounts for the existence of it in, among other places, the British Isles.
The Duchy of Normandy stems from various Danish, Hiberno-Norse, Orkney Viking and Anglo-Danish (from the Danelaw) invasions of France in the 8th century. A fief, probably as a county, was created by the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911 out of concessions made by King Charles, and granted to Rollo, leader of the Vikings known as Northmen (or in Latin Normanni).
Originally encompassing the province of Neustria and a portion of Breton territory on the Northern Coast and interior of France, it is now divided between territory in mainland France and the Channel Islands, which are Crown dependencies of the British Monarchy. The British sovereign is still known informally as the Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands.
See Normandy for this region in modern France and more of the geography and culture of the region.
When the Norse-speaking settlers spread out over the lands of the Duchy, they adopted the Gallo-Romance speech of the existing populations — much as Norman rulers later adopted in England the speech of the administered people. In Normandy, the new Norman language formed by the interaction of peoples inherited vocabulary from Norse. In England the Norman language developed into the Anglo-Norman language. The literature of the Duchy and England during the period of the Anglo-Norman realm is known as Anglo-Norman literature.
Duke of Normandy
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is the current Duke of Normandy.
The Norse-Gaels were a people who dominated much of the Irish Sea region and western Scotland for a large part of the Middle Ages, whose aristocracy were mainly of Scandinavian origin, but as a whole exhibited a great deal of Gaelic and Norse cultural syncretism. They are generally known by the Gaelic name which they themselves used, of which "Norse-Gaels" is a translation. This term is subject to a large range of variations depending on chronological and geographical differences in the Gaelic language, i.e. Gall Gaidel, Gall Gaidhel, Gall Gaidheal, Gall Gaedil, Gall Gaedhil, Gall Gaedhel, Gall Goidel, etc, etc. The terminology was used both by native Irish and native Scots who wished to alienate them, and by the Norse-Gaels themselves who wished to stress their Scandinavian heritage and their links with Norway and other parts of the Scandinavian world. The nativised presence of Norsemen in Ireland also lent at least one self-reference, that of Ostmen. Other modern translations used include Scoto-Norse, Hiberno-Norse and Foreign Gaels.
The Norse-Gaels originated in Viking colonies of Ireland and Scotland who became subject to the process of Gaelicization, whereby starting as early as the ninth century, most intermarried with native Gaels (except for the Norse who settled in northwest England) and adopted the Gaelic language as well as many other Gaelic customs, such as dress. Many left their original worship of Norse gods and converted to Christianity, and this contributed to the Gaelicization. Gaelicized Scandinavians dominated the Irish Sea region until the Norman era of the twelfth century, founding long-lasting kingdoms, such as the Kingdoms of Man, Argyll, Dublin, York and Galloway. The Lords of the Isles, a Lordship which lasted until the sixteenth century, as well as many other Gaelic rulers of Scotland and Ireland, traced their descent from Norse-Gaels. The Norse-Gaels settlement in England was concentrated in the North West.
Iceland and the Faroes
It is recorded in the Landnamabok that there were papar or culdees in Iceland before the Norse, and this appears to tie in with comments of Dicuil. However, whether or not this is true, the settlement of Iceland and the Faroe islands by the Norse would have included many Norse-Gaels, as well as slaves, servants and wives. They were called "Vestmen", and the name is retained in Vestmanna in the Faroes, and the Vestmannaeyjar off the Icelandic mainland, where it is said that Irish slaves escaped to. ("Vestman" may have referred to the lands and islands "west" of mainland Scandinavia.)
A number of Icelandic personal names are of Gaelic origin, e.g. Njáll Þorgeirsson of Njáls saga had a forename of Gaelic origin - Niall. Patreksfjörður, an Icelandic village also contains the name "Padraig".
According to some circumstantial evidence, Grímur Kamban, seen as the founder of the Norse Faroes, may have been a Norse Gael.
"According to the Faereyinga Saga... the first settler in the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban - Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that cauysed the anchorites to leave... the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman. Probably he came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition has it that he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy."
Genetics
The Vikings’ prolific expansion is still exhibited in modern genetics. Relatively high frequencies of Haplogroup R1a1 are found in Northern Europe, the largest being 23% in Iceland, and it is believed to have been spread across Europe by the Indo-Europeans and later migrations of Vikings, which accounts for the existence of it in, among other places, the British Isles.
The Duchy of Normandy stems from various Danish, Hiberno-Norse, Orkney Viking and Anglo-Danish (from the Danelaw) invasions of France in the 8th century. A fief, probably as a county, was created by the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911 out of concessions made by King Charles, and granted to Rollo, leader of the Vikings known as Northmen (or in Latin Normanni).
Originally encompassing the province of Neustria and a portion of Breton territory on the Northern Coast and interior of France, it is now divided between territory in mainland France and the Channel Islands, which are Crown dependencies of the British Monarchy. The British sovereign is still known informally as the Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands.
See Normandy for this region in modern France and more of the geography and culture of the region.
When the Norse-speaking settlers spread out over the lands of the Duchy, they adopted the Gallo-Romance speech of the existing populations — much as Norman rulers later adopted in England the speech of the administered people. In Normandy, the new Norman language formed by the interaction of peoples inherited vocabulary from Norse. In England the Norman language developed into the Anglo-Norman language. The literature of the Duchy and England during the period of the Anglo-Norman realm is known as Anglo-Norman literature.
Duke of Normandy
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is the current Duke of Normandy.
Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
Anglo-Norman families - Y-DNA: R1b1b2: M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+
Y-DNA: R1b1b2: 13-24-14-11-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC MODAL HAPLOTYPE WAMH
House of Livet (Levett);
House of Malet;
House of Clare;
House of Saint-Clair;
House of Aubigny (or of Albini); Bourgeois,
Bourgondiën, Bourgeois
House of Bellême; Bell
House of Bohun;
House of Lacy; Lacy-Hulbert
House of Mortimer; Mortimer Byrd
House of Montgommery; House of Montgomery
House of Saint-Clair; Sinclair
The Saint-Amand Connection Lines
Village of Livet in Normandy
The Kew Palace of Queen Carlota
The building now known as Kew Palace was originally a palace of
moderate proportions, as opposed to the old palace, known as Dutch
House. This was taken through a long lease, by George III to the
heirs of Sir Richard Levett, a powerful merchant and former Lord
Mayor of London, which had purchased the grandson of the original
owner, a Dutch merchant who had built the house in 1663.
Originally from Sussex, the family Levett (whose name comes from the
village of Livet, in Normandy) kept possession of the house, as well
as the land in the complex from Kew, until 1781, when the Dutch
House was purchased by King George III to the family Levett.
However, the house was occupied by members of the Royal Family since
1734, when the leased to the heirs of Levett. A map of 1771 defines
the land between the Dutch House and the river as belonging to
Barrister Levett Blackbourne, grandson of Sir Richard Levett. In
fact, a musical portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales (son of
George II) playing cello, and their sisters, part of the collection
of the National Portrait Gallery in London, painted in oil on canvas
by Philip Mercier and dated 1733, uses the house as his background
in plein-air. In 1735, the architect William Kent produced a
grandiose plan for an extensive palace Palladiano in Kew, much in
the style of Stowe House, but this was never implemented.
Lucy Malet. She was the wife of Ivo de Tailbois. In a charter of her
husband, dated 1085, she gave the church of Spalding to the Priory
of St. Nicholas of Angers. Ivo de Tailbois, obit. 1114, was buried
in the Priory Church of Spalding. [Memoires Illustrative of the
County and City of Lincoln, Arch. Inst. GB&I, 1848.] 'A strong
confirmationof of the consanguinity of Lucy to the house of Malet is
the circumatances that the manor of Aulkborough, co. Lincoln,
belonging to Ivo de Tailbois at the Domesday survey, had previously
belonged to William Malet; and the severance of it from the barony
of his son can only be explained by a gift in frank-marriage by the
father in his lifetime.' [J. Gough Nichols, The Topographer and
Genealogist, p. 15, 1846.] Lucy Malet and Ivo de Tailbois had issue:
Beatrix de Tailbois, who married Ribald of Middleham, brother of
Alan, Earl of Richmond. Matilda de Tailbois, wife of Hugh
Fitz-Ranulph, brother of Ranulph, Earl of Chester. Lucy de Tailbois,
Countess of Chester, who m. [1] Roger de Romara, [2] the
aforementioned Ranulph, Earl of Chester. Issue by Roger de Romara:
William, Earl of Lincoln. Issue by Ranulph, Earl of Chester: Ranulph
de Gernons, Earl of Chester, who in 1152, as shown above, obtained
the inheritance of two 'uncles of his mother', namely Robert Malet
and Alan de Lincoln. He was poisoned to death in the following year
by William Peverell III., who had designs on the Earl's wife! The
result was a forfeitsure of the Peverell estates to the Crown.
William, Earl of Cambridge. Alice, wife of Richard Fitz-Gilbert,
descendant of the aforementioned Gilbert de Brionne, ancestor of the
Clares, Earls of Gloucester and Hertford. Agnes, the wife of Robert
de Grentemesnil.
MALET LINEAGE
WILLIAM, LORD MALET
m. HESILIA CRISPIN
1. Robert
2. Gilbert
3. Beatrice
WILLIAM, LORD MALET, a Norman Baron, one of the generals and
companions of William the Conqueror, said to have been the brother
of King Harold's wife, and to have been entrusted with the guard of
Harold's body after he had been slain on the battlefield. After the
conquest he was made governor of York Castle and was slain in its
defense about 1071.
GILBERT MALET
m. ______
1. Robert
ROBERT MALET
m. ______
1. William
ROBERT MALET who before 1130 acquired the barony of Curry Mater in
co. Somerset died before 1155.
WILLIAM MALET
m. ______
1. Gilbert
WILLIAM MALET, baron of Curry Malet, who had other estates as well
in Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Suffolk was steward to King Henry II
died in 1169/70.
GILBERT MALET
m. ALICE PICOT (daughter of Ralph Picot)
1. William
GILBERT MALET was also steward to King Henry II and baron of Curry
Malet.
WILLIAM MALET, the Surety
m. MABEL BASSET (daughter of Thomas Basset of Headington)
1. Hugh
2. William
3. Mabel
4. Hawise
5. Bertha
WILLIAM MALET, the Surety, who was mentioned in 1194 as a minor, in
connection with an expedition made that year into Normandy had his
principal estate of Curry-Malet. From 1210 to 1214 he was sheriff of
the counties of Somerset and Dorset. When he joined the Barons
against King John and became one of the Sureties his lands in four
counties were confiscated and given to his son in law Hugh de
Vivonia, and to his father in law Thomas Basset, and Malet was
excommunicated by the Pope in 1216. He was also fined two thousand
marks, but this remained unpaid until after his death, and, at that
time one thousand marks were remitted, being found due to him for
military service to King John in Poitou. It is of interest to note
that there were five contemporary relatives named William Malet and
they all held lands in England or in Jersey. He died about 1217.
HAWISE MALET
Richard fitz Gilbert was the Chief Justice of England and the
founder of the House of Clare in England. He was the eldest son of
Gislebert (Gilbert), Count of Eu and Brionne, a descendant of
Emperor Charlemagne. Richard fitz Gilbert accompanied his
half-brother Duke William II of Normandy into England during the
Norman Invasion. At the time of the "Domesday Book" survey, he was
called Richard de Tonebruge. He had thirty-eight lordships in
Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, with some
others in Wilts and Devon, and ninety-five in Suffolk, among those
was Clare, which became the chief seat of the family, whence he was
known as Richard de Clare and his descendants assumed the title of
Earls of Clare1.
Richard married Rohese Giffard of Bolebec, daughter of Walter
Giffard de Bolebec, Earl of Buckingham, granddaughter of Osborne de
Bolebec, Lord of Bolebec, and granddaughter of his wife, Aveline [or
Wevie], sister of Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy1. Gunnora was the
second wife of Richard I "The Fearless" Duke of Normandy, and was
great-grandmother of William the Conquorer. Gunnora had two sisters,
Aveline and Wevie, one of whom (authorities disagree as to which
one) married Osborn Giffard2.
Richard fitz Gilbert's mother, Herleve, daughter of Fulbert the
tanner, came from Falaise and rose to a prominent status in French
nobility despite her ordinary upbringing. At the age of 16 she met
Gilbert, Count of Brionne, who fathered Richard fitz Gilbert with
her. A year or so later, she gave birth to William the Conqueror,
who was fathered by Robert "The Devil" Duke of Normandy. Shortly
before Duke Robert's death in 1035, she was persuaded by him to
marry Herluin, Viscount of Conteville. By him she bore two sons,
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, and Robert, Count of Mortain. Both men, along
with Richard fitz Gilbert, accompanied William the Conqueror and
played major roles in the conquest of England3.
Richard fitz Gilbert is listed in the "Domesday Book" as "Ricardus
Filius Gisleberti Comitis", and K.S.B. Keats-Rohan in Domesday
People writes he was a "Norman, son of Gilbert count of Brionne, a
kinsman of William the Conqueror, and brother of Baldwin de
Meulles... He married Rohais, daughter of Walter I Giffard, and had
issue by her Roger, Gilbert, Walter, Robert and Richard, a monk of
Bec later abbot of Ely, Rohais, wife of Eudo Dapifer and Adelisa,
wife of Walter Tirel de Poix"4. Baldwin de Meulles is listed in the
"Domesday Book" as "Balsuin Vicecomes," and whose mother was
Constance de Eu.
Rohese Giffard, Richard's wife, is also listed in the "Domesday
Book" as "Rohais Uxor Ricardi Filii Gisleberti," a landholder in her
own right and one of the few wives represented, which probably
reflects the status of Richard de Clare. Rohese Giffard's father
"Walter Giffard" is also listed in the "Domesday Book, as is
Richard's half-brothers; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux as "Odo Episcopus
Baiocensis," Robert, Count of Mortain as "Robert Comes De
Moritonie," and King William I (aka William the Conqueror) as
"Willelm Rex"4.
Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare was Alice de Vere's great grandfather,
and so Roger fitz Richard's and her descendants share Alice's
kinship to the Dukes of Normandy (including William the Conqueror)
and Charlemagne (aka Charles the Great). Noteworthy is Richard fitz
Gilbert's 2nd great-grandson, Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford,
who was one of the twenty-five Surety Barons for the enforcement of
the Magna Carta of 1215, which obtained concessions from King John
that led to the rule of constitutional law today. The Magna Carta
required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal
procedures, and accept that the will of the king could be bound by
law.
Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Clare
DE CLARE LINEAGE
GISLEBERT CRISPIN, COUNT OF EU AND BIONNE
m. ______
1. Richard FitzGilbert
RICHARD FITZGILBERT
m. ROHESE GIFFARD DE BOLEBEC (daughter of Waiter Giffard de Bolebec)
1. Robert FitzRichard
2. Alice married William de Percie
3. Gilbert de Tonebruge
RICHARD FITZGILBERT, a lawyer and Chief Justice of England, before
1035, was the founder of the House of Clare in England. He
accompanied Duke William into England, and later held one hundred
seventy-six lordships or manors. One of these lordships was that of
Glare, in co. Suffolk which, becoming his chief seat, caused him to
be styled RICHARD DE CLARE and his descendants known as Earls of
Clare. He fell in a skirmish with the Welsh in 1090.
GILBERT DE TONEBRUGE, Earl of Clare
m. ADELIZA DE CLERMONT (daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont and
Marguerita)
1. Adeliza married Alberic de Vere (SEE DE VERE LINEAGE)
2. Richard FitzGilbert de Glare
GILBERT DE TONEBRUGE was born before 1066, he appears to have joined
in the rebellion against King William Rufus, and lost his castle of
Tonebrudge and, dying shortly afterwards, in 1114 or 1117, a
munificient benefactor of the church, he was survived by his widow.
RICHARD FITZGILBERT DE CLARE
m. ADELIZA DE MESGHINES (daughter of Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of
Chester)
1. Gilbert
2. Roger
RICHARD FITZGILBERT DE CLARE was born before 1105. He invaded Wales
with an army and became lord of vast possessions there by power of
his sword , but finally was slain in a skirmish with a few Welsh
yoemen, near Abergavenny on April 15, 1136.
ROGER DE CLARE
m. MAUD DE ST. HILLARY (daughter of James de St. Hillary)
1. Richard
ROGER DE CLARE was born before 1116. In 1164, he assisted with the
Constitutions of Clarendon. This Earl who, from his munificence to
the Church and his numerous acts of piety, was called the "good Earl
of Hereford", died in 1173.
RICHARD DE CLARE (the Surety)
Richard Earle of Pembroch, surnamed Strongbowe, of the house of
Clare
House of Aubigny Scotland
Birth of William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel, son of William
d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester
Anglo-Norman House of Glanville
William de Albini
Counts and dukes of Alençon - House of Bellême
House of Bellême
* William I Talvas
* Roger of Montgomery, count of Alençon (died 1094)
* William Talvas, lord of Bellême (until 1113), Count of
Ponthieu, Sées, and Alençon (died 1171)
* John I, count of Alençon
* John II, count of Alençon (died 1191)
* Robert I, count of Alençon (died c. 1217)
Yves I (Ivo) de
Bellême
Lord of Bellême, living 1005.
Yves was the first known lord of Bellême, south of Normandy, a
powerful lordship during the late tenth and eleventh centuries which
eventually passed to heiresses in the late eleventh century. He was
succeeded at some time after 1005 by his son Guillaume, and his son
Yves II also became lord of Bellême (in succession to Guillaume's
son Robert). As discussed below in the Commentary section, the
origin of this family is a difficult problem which has not yet been
definitively settled.
Gervase of the house of Belleme
THE HOUSE OF BOHUN THE BOONE FAMILY
Geoffrey Bohun/Petrolina de Arderne Resided in Penmynydd, Anglesey,
Wales.
John Bohun/Avelina de Ros Reported to be step-siblings. Secondary
sources, however, indicate that their mother was Anne Halsham,
making them half- siblings. Whatever the case, it is clear that they
were married to one another. John, as a younger son, had no
inherited title and moved to Wales.
Sir John de Bohun/Anne Halsham Resided in Rockingham Castle,
Northants, England. He was never called to Parliament in recognition
of his Barony.
Sir John de Bohun/Cicely Filliol Baron by writ of lands in England
and Ireland. He was in the retinue of the Earl of Arundel during the
French Wars. He was a member of Parliament as Baron of Midhurst.
James de Bohn/Joan de Braose Resided in Ballymadden. He held lands
in Ireland and England by inheritance from his mother and father.
She was the daughter of William, Lord of Bramber and Gower, Wales.
(see her lineage below)
John de Bohun/Joan de la Chapplle He was the Sealer of Writs for
King Edward I. She was the daughter of William de la Chapplle,
Sergeant of the King's Chapel.
Franco de Bohun/Sibyl de Ferrers She was the daughter of William de
Ferrers, Earl of Derby. He was "Lord of Midhurst, Ford," and the
Sealer of Writs to King Henry III. (see her lineage below)
Ralph de Bohun/Saveric Fitz Geoffrey She was the Countess of
Ballymadden. He was the Earl of Midhurst, Ford, Rustington, and
Sussex. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, William Fitz
Geoffrey on a pilgrimage to St. James, Campostella, Spain, and spent
several years there; notice the name of his son, Franco.
HOUSE OF BOHUN BRAOSE/MARSHALL CONNECTION
(Note: This section establishes a Lavergne connection to William
Marshall, a signer and co-author of the Magna Carta.)
James de Bohun/Joan de Braose Resided in Ballymadden. He held lands
in Ireland and England by inheritance from his mother and father.
(see his lineage above)
William de Brasoe He was Lord of Bramber and Gower.
Piers de Braose
William de Braose/Eva Marshall He was the Sixth Baron of Brecknock,
Lord of Avergavenny.
Sir William Marshall/Isabelle de Clare He was the Third Earl of
Pembroke, Marshall of England, Protector of the Realm. Named in the
Magna Carta as Regent of the Kingdom, he served from 1216-1219.
John Marshall/Sibyl, sister of Patrick, Earl of Salsbury
THE HOUSE OF BOHUN THE NORMAN INVASION CONNECTION
(Note: This is to establish a connection of the Lavergne Family to
the Norman Invasion.)
Ralph de Bohun/Saveric Fitz Geoffrey | sisters (The end of a direct
lineage.) | Henry de Bohun/Maud Fitz Geoffrey What follows is no
longer a direct lineage, however, it is within the House of Bohun
and is of vast historical significance. She was the Countess of
Essex. He was the First Earl of Hereford, Sheriff of Kent, and
hereditary Constable of England. He was also the Magna Carta Surety
in 1215. He was born in 1176 and died on 1 June 1220 while on a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. She died on 27 August 1236.
Humphrey IV de Bohun/Margaret ---- In 1146, this Humphrey assumed
the title of Earl of Hereford at the death of his grandfather, Milo
of Glouchester. However, he died before his father, hence, his title
was never confirmed. She was the daughter of Henry, Earl of
Huntington, the son of David King of Scotland and Maud de Walthe, a
grandniece of William the Conqueror.
Humphrey III de Bohun/Margaret ---- Residents of Lanthony,
Glouchester. Her father had daughters only and following his death,
the title and estates descended to the House of Bohun.
Humphrey II (The Great) de Bohun/Maude de Salsbury He founded the
priory of Farleigh and served as Steward to King Henry I. He was
also called "Humphrey the Great." Her father was Edward d'Evereau,
Lord of Salsbury.
Humphrey I de Bohun/Ealgith, sister of Ranulf of Bayeaux He
accompanied William the Conqueror's forces during the Normandy
Invasion of the British Isles in 1066. After the epic Battle of
Hastings he was rewarded with the title of Lord of Waterford
(Ireland).
BOHUN, the name of a family which plays an important part in English
history during the r3th and 4th centuries; it was taken from a
village situated in the Cotentin between Coutances and the estuary
of the Vire. The Bohuns came into England at, or shortly after, the
Norman Conquest; but their early history there is obscure. The
founder of their greatness was Humphrey III., who in the latter
years of Henry I., makes his appearance as a dapifer, or steward, in
the royal household. He married the daughter of Milo of Gloucester,
and played an ambiguous part in Stephen's reign, siding at first
with the king and afterwards with the empress. Humphrey III. lived
until 1187, but his history is uneventful. He remained loyal to
Henry II. through all changes, and fought in 1173 at Farnham against
the rebels of East Anglia. Outliving his eldest son, Humphrey IV.,
he was succeeded in the family estates by his grandson Henry. Henry
was connected with the royal house of Scotland through his mother
Margaret, a sister of William the Lion; an alliance which no doubt
assisted him to obtain the earldom of Hereford from John (1199). The
lands of the family lay chiefly on the Welsh Marches, and from this
date the Bohuns take a foremost place among the Marcher barons.
Henry de Bohun figures with the earls of Clare and Gloucester among
the twenty-five barons who were elected by their fellows to enforce
the terms of the Great Charter. In the subsequent civil war he
fought on the side of Louis, and was captured at the battle of
Lincoln (1217). He took the cross in the same year and died on his
pilgrimage (June 1, 1220). Humphrey V., his son and heir, returned
to the path of loyalty, and was permitted, some time before 1239, to
inherit the earldom of Essex from his maternal uncle, William de
Mandeville. But in 1258 this Humphrey fell away, like his father,
from the royal to the baronial cause. He served as a nominee of the
opposition on the committee of twenty-four which was appointed, in
the Oxford parliament of that year, to reform the administration. It
was only the alliance of Montfort with Llewelyn of North Wales that
brought the earl of Hereford back to his allegiance. Humphrey V.
headed the first secession of the Welsh Marchers from the party of
the opposition (1263), and was amongst the captives whom the
Montfortians took at Lewes. The earl's son and namesake was on the
victorious side, and shared in the defeat of Evesham, which he did
not long survive. Humphrey V. was, therefore, naturally selected as
one of the twelve arbitrators to draw up the ban of Kenilworth
(1266), by which the disinherited rebels were allowed to make their
peace. Dying in 1275, he was succeeded by his grandson Humphrey VII.
This Bohun lives in history as one of the recalcitrant barons of the
year 1297, who extorted from Edward I. the Confirmatio Cartarum.
The motives of the earl's defiance were not altogether
disinterested. He had suffered twice from the chicanery of Edward's
lawyers; in 1284 when a dispute between himself and the royal
favourite, John Giffard, was decided in the latter's favour; and
again in 1292 when he was punished with temporary imprisonment and
sequestration for a technical, and apparently unwitting, contempt of
the king's court. In company, therefore, with the earl of Norfolk he
refused to render foreign service in Gascony, on the plea that they
were only bound to serve with the king, who was himself bound for
Flanders. Their attitude brought to a head the general discontent
which Edward had excited by his arbitrary taxation; and Edward was
obliged to make a surrender on all the subjects of complaint. At
Falkirk (1298) Humphrey VII. redeemed his character for loyalty. His
son, Humphrey VIII., who succeeded him in the same year, was allowed
to marry one of the king's daughters, Eleanor, the widowed countess
of Holland (1302). This close connexion with the royal house did not
prevent him, as it did not prevent Earl Thomas of Lancaster, from
joining the opposition to the feeble Edward II. In 1310 Humphrey
VIII. figured among the Lords Ordainers; though, with more
patriotism than some of his fellow-commissioners, he afterwards
followed the king to Bannockburn. He was taken captive in the
battle, but exchanged for the wife of Robert Bruce. Subsequently he
returned to the cause of his order, and fell on the side of Earl
Thomas at the field of Boroughbridge (1322). With him, as with his
father, the politics of the Marches had been the main consideration;
his final change of side was due to jealousy of the younger
Despenser, whose lordship of Glamorgan was too great for the comfort
of the Bohuns in Brecon. With the death of Humphrey VIII. the
fortunes of the family enter on a more peaceful stage. Earl John (d.
1335) was inconspicuous; Humphrey IX. (d. 1361) merely distinguished
himself as a captain in the Breton campaigns of the Hundred Years'
War, winning the victories of Morlaix (1342) and La Roche Derrien
(1347). His nephew and heir, Humphrey X., who inherited the earldom
of Northampton from his father, was territorially the most important
representative of the Bohuns. But the male line was extinguished by
his death (1373). The three earldoms and the broad lands of the
Bohuns were divided between two co-heiresses. Both married members
of the royal house. The elder, Eleanor, was given in 1374 to Thomas
of Woodstock, seventh son of Edward III.; the younger, Mary, to
Henry, earl of Derby, son of John of Gaunt and afterwards Henry IV.,
in 1380 or 1381. From these two marriages sprang the houses of
Lancaster and Stafford.
Roger Mortimer
The Mortimers were descended from Roger de Mortemer of
Mortemer-sur-Eaulane in Normandy, a supporter of William the
Conqueror. Their main castle was at Wigmore, eight miles west of
Ludlow. They had lands mainly in Herefordshire and Shropshire,
including Cleobury (Mortimer) on the edge of the hunting forest of
Wyre. By marriage to Joanna de Geneville, a later Roger Mortimer
(1287-1330) secured possession of Ludlow Castle. This became the
family's principal power base for the next six generations.
Roger Mortimer & Queen Isabella
Roger Mortimer was a very powerful and ambitious Marcher Lord. He
was the first of several members of his family to attempt to seize
the throne of England. He fought the Scottish Wars and made attempts
to remove the King's favorites, at first with some success. In 1323
he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, but escaped to France, an
event he later commemorated by building St Peter's chapel in the
outer bailey of Ludlow Castle.
In France, Mortimer formed an alliance with Queen Isabella, who had
deserted her effeminate husband, King Edward II of England. They
raised an army, invaded England and forced Edward to abdicate in
favor of his youngest son, the future Edward III. Mortimer
entertained Isabella at his castles on the Welsh borders and they
became famous lovers. Meanwhile, Edward II was cruelly murdered at
Berkeley Castle in 1327.
Following Edward's death, Mortimer, acting as regent, was the
virtual ruler of England, but he over-reached himself and aroused
the anger of other barons. In October 1330 he was arrested at
Nottingham and sentenced to death. He was executed at Tyburn in
London.
Later, the ambitions of the Mortimers became part of the great
dynastic struggles of the mid-15th century which became known as the
"War of the Roses."
In his 1834 book on the Earls of Arundel, M. A. Tierney (Chaplain to
the Duke of Norfolk) maintains that the first incarnation of the
Earldom was with the House of Montgomery. Roger of Montgomery, 1st
Earl of Shrewsbury was one of William the Conqueror's top generals,
and William bestowed on him, amongst several hundred other manors,
the property at Arundel, with the charge to fortify it with a
castle. Montgomery is believed to have built the motte that survives
to this day, and is thought to have built a wooden keep on it,
overlooking the river Arun. Montgomery and two of his sons are
counted by many as being the first incarnation of the Earldom, but
are often not counted amongst the Earls.
Montgomerie
Allegedly descended from the house of Montgomery in Normandy through
a companion of the Conqueror, the Scottish house of Montgomerie is
traced to Robert of Montgomerie, who obtained Eaglesham from Walter
the First Stewart of Scotland, and died in 1177. Alexander
Montgomerie of Eaglesham, son-in-law of the first earl of Douglas,
died in 1380 and was succeeded by Sir John Montgomerie, who married
the heiress of Lord Eglinton, died in 1398. All descendants of his
eldest son John Montgomerie of Ardrossan († 1428) share a quarter of
France in their arms. This includes the main line from the second
John's eldest son Alexander, created baron of Montgomerie ca. 1445
(† 1470), from whom are descended the earls of Eglinton and the
(extinct) earls of Mount-Alexander, as well as the Montgomeries of
Skermorlie. A grandson of Alexander, Robert, went to France in the
early 16th c., and became seigneur des Lorges. His arms were
quarterly, gules three escallop-shells or, and Azure three
fleurs-de-lis or. His son Jacques bought the original land of
Montgomery in Normandy in 1543, and eventually became captain of the
King's elite Scottish Guards; Jacques' son Gabriel accidently killed
the king of France Henri II in a tournament in 1559 and was executed
in 1574 on officially unrelated charges of treason (he had converted
to Protestantism and taken up arms against the king); his descent
died in 1721.
The present earls of Eglinton bear a quarterly of Montgomery and
Seton, with Montgomery itself being quarterly Montgomery (azure
three fleurs-de-lis or) and Eglinton (gules three annulets or stoned
azure) within a bordure or charged with a Royal Tressure of Scotland
(double tressure flory-counterflory gules). The Montgomeries of
Eglinton had born this quartered coat since Alexander, first baron
of Montgomerie, on a seal dated 1457. Only two earlier seals are
known. The oldest, from around 1170, belonged to John of Montgomery
of Eglesham, and it shows a fleur-de-lis flory, but not within a
shield. Sir John Montgomerie, his descendant, who married the
heiress of Lord Eglinton, bore on his seal of 1392 an annulet stoned
between three fleurs-de-lis, no doubt a form of marshalling (both
seals are in Macdonald, the second one is also in the Catalogue of
Seals in the British Museum). It appears, then, that the arms of
Montgomery probably precede the adoption of the three fleurs-de-lis
by France ca. 1376 (which hitherto bore a semy).
The Scottish Order of the Knights Templar was one of Royal
appointment, an Honour presented by the Royal Court. Only limited
families were accepted into the Order and at the head of the
organization were the heads of three families, seen to be of senior
representation of the original Scottish Knights. These three
families were: the House of Stewart; The House of Sinclair; and The
House of Seton; the which families were also recognized as
representatives of the Carolingian bloodline.
In later years, the Scottish Knights Templar formed a Regiment for
foreign service, into what became known as the Scots Guard, or "le
Garde Ecossais en France". One of the families which were prominent
in this Scots Guard, were the Seton family. The Scots Guard were
the Guard of the French kings and fought with honour for that
country in the wars across Europe and against England. “It
contained within its ranks the great names of Scotland, such as the
Setons, the Montgomeries, the Hays, the Hamiltons, the Sinclairs,
the Douglases, and the Stuarts and was subsequently a supporter of
the Stuart cause."
the Viking Sinclairs, a Sinclair (the Anglicized form of "St.
Clair") settlement...and hub of Scottish Freemasonry. Henry
Sinclair, joined Godfrey de Bouillon on the first Crusade.
Rollo/Sinclair line. the royal Sinclairs and the
elite Bouillon family were formed at the invasion of England (i.e.
Battle of Hastings). But by that time, Guiscard was already in
Italy, and had already formed ties with the Vatican on that front.
Always keep in mind that these momentary lights were not the heroes
that they considered themselves, but beasts fit only to be captured
and punished. the Sinclair/Norman king of England, Henry I, who,
because he had married yet another daughter of queen Margaret, thus
had a possible motive for not seeing Eustace III (who also married a
daughter of Margaret) on the Jerusalem throne. Rollo/Sinclair blood,
the Norman Sinclairs, The Scottish house of Sinclair, although not
achieving royal status,
went on to great wealth and power, even organizing the infamous
Freemason brotherhood out of stone masons (Freemasonry was the
formation of smokescreen churches i.e. "lodges" which allowed
memberships of non stone workers for use in power-politics and
social engineering). Prior to the Freemason period, the Templars had
been stone workers in building castles, forts, and cathedrals (the
cathedrals were often esoteric monuments intended more for power-
grabbing than for religious worship).
Y-DNA: R1b1b2: 13-24-14-11-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC MODAL HAPLOTYPE WAMH
House of Livet (Levett);
House of Malet;
House of Clare;
House of Saint-Clair;
House of Aubigny (or of Albini); Bourgeois,
Bourgondiën, Bourgeois
House of Bellême; Bell
House of Bohun;
House of Lacy; Lacy-Hulbert
House of Mortimer; Mortimer Byrd
House of Montgommery; House of Montgomery
House of Saint-Clair; Sinclair
The Saint-Amand Connection Lines
Village of Livet in Normandy
The Kew Palace of Queen Carlota
The building now known as Kew Palace was originally a palace of
moderate proportions, as opposed to the old palace, known as Dutch
House. This was taken through a long lease, by George III to the
heirs of Sir Richard Levett, a powerful merchant and former Lord
Mayor of London, which had purchased the grandson of the original
owner, a Dutch merchant who had built the house in 1663.
Originally from Sussex, the family Levett (whose name comes from the
village of Livet, in Normandy) kept possession of the house, as well
as the land in the complex from Kew, until 1781, when the Dutch
House was purchased by King George III to the family Levett.
However, the house was occupied by members of the Royal Family since
1734, when the leased to the heirs of Levett. A map of 1771 defines
the land between the Dutch House and the river as belonging to
Barrister Levett Blackbourne, grandson of Sir Richard Levett. In
fact, a musical portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales (son of
George II) playing cello, and their sisters, part of the collection
of the National Portrait Gallery in London, painted in oil on canvas
by Philip Mercier and dated 1733, uses the house as his background
in plein-air. In 1735, the architect William Kent produced a
grandiose plan for an extensive palace Palladiano in Kew, much in
the style of Stowe House, but this was never implemented.
Lucy Malet. She was the wife of Ivo de Tailbois. In a charter of her
husband, dated 1085, she gave the church of Spalding to the Priory
of St. Nicholas of Angers. Ivo de Tailbois, obit. 1114, was buried
in the Priory Church of Spalding. [Memoires Illustrative of the
County and City of Lincoln, Arch. Inst. GB&I, 1848.] 'A strong
confirmationof of the consanguinity of Lucy to the house of Malet is
the circumatances that the manor of Aulkborough, co. Lincoln,
belonging to Ivo de Tailbois at the Domesday survey, had previously
belonged to William Malet; and the severance of it from the barony
of his son can only be explained by a gift in frank-marriage by the
father in his lifetime.' [J. Gough Nichols, The Topographer and
Genealogist, p. 15, 1846.] Lucy Malet and Ivo de Tailbois had issue:
Beatrix de Tailbois, who married Ribald of Middleham, brother of
Alan, Earl of Richmond. Matilda de Tailbois, wife of Hugh
Fitz-Ranulph, brother of Ranulph, Earl of Chester. Lucy de Tailbois,
Countess of Chester, who m. [1] Roger de Romara, [2] the
aforementioned Ranulph, Earl of Chester. Issue by Roger de Romara:
William, Earl of Lincoln. Issue by Ranulph, Earl of Chester: Ranulph
de Gernons, Earl of Chester, who in 1152, as shown above, obtained
the inheritance of two 'uncles of his mother', namely Robert Malet
and Alan de Lincoln. He was poisoned to death in the following year
by William Peverell III., who had designs on the Earl's wife! The
result was a forfeitsure of the Peverell estates to the Crown.
William, Earl of Cambridge. Alice, wife of Richard Fitz-Gilbert,
descendant of the aforementioned Gilbert de Brionne, ancestor of the
Clares, Earls of Gloucester and Hertford. Agnes, the wife of Robert
de Grentemesnil.
MALET LINEAGE
WILLIAM, LORD MALET
m. HESILIA CRISPIN
1. Robert
2. Gilbert
3. Beatrice
WILLIAM, LORD MALET, a Norman Baron, one of the generals and
companions of William the Conqueror, said to have been the brother
of King Harold's wife, and to have been entrusted with the guard of
Harold's body after he had been slain on the battlefield. After the
conquest he was made governor of York Castle and was slain in its
defense about 1071.
GILBERT MALET
m. ______
1. Robert
ROBERT MALET
m. ______
1. William
ROBERT MALET who before 1130 acquired the barony of Curry Mater in
co. Somerset died before 1155.
WILLIAM MALET
m. ______
1. Gilbert
WILLIAM MALET, baron of Curry Malet, who had other estates as well
in Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Suffolk was steward to King Henry II
died in 1169/70.
GILBERT MALET
m. ALICE PICOT (daughter of Ralph Picot)
1. William
GILBERT MALET was also steward to King Henry II and baron of Curry
Malet.
WILLIAM MALET, the Surety
m. MABEL BASSET (daughter of Thomas Basset of Headington)
1. Hugh
2. William
3. Mabel
4. Hawise
5. Bertha
WILLIAM MALET, the Surety, who was mentioned in 1194 as a minor, in
connection with an expedition made that year into Normandy had his
principal estate of Curry-Malet. From 1210 to 1214 he was sheriff of
the counties of Somerset and Dorset. When he joined the Barons
against King John and became one of the Sureties his lands in four
counties were confiscated and given to his son in law Hugh de
Vivonia, and to his father in law Thomas Basset, and Malet was
excommunicated by the Pope in 1216. He was also fined two thousand
marks, but this remained unpaid until after his death, and, at that
time one thousand marks were remitted, being found due to him for
military service to King John in Poitou. It is of interest to note
that there were five contemporary relatives named William Malet and
they all held lands in England or in Jersey. He died about 1217.
HAWISE MALET
Richard fitz Gilbert was the Chief Justice of England and the
founder of the House of Clare in England. He was the eldest son of
Gislebert (Gilbert), Count of Eu and Brionne, a descendant of
Emperor Charlemagne. Richard fitz Gilbert accompanied his
half-brother Duke William II of Normandy into England during the
Norman Invasion. At the time of the "Domesday Book" survey, he was
called Richard de Tonebruge. He had thirty-eight lordships in
Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, with some
others in Wilts and Devon, and ninety-five in Suffolk, among those
was Clare, which became the chief seat of the family, whence he was
known as Richard de Clare and his descendants assumed the title of
Earls of Clare1.
Richard married Rohese Giffard of Bolebec, daughter of Walter
Giffard de Bolebec, Earl of Buckingham, granddaughter of Osborne de
Bolebec, Lord of Bolebec, and granddaughter of his wife, Aveline [or
Wevie], sister of Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy1. Gunnora was the
second wife of Richard I "The Fearless" Duke of Normandy, and was
great-grandmother of William the Conquorer. Gunnora had two sisters,
Aveline and Wevie, one of whom (authorities disagree as to which
one) married Osborn Giffard2.
Richard fitz Gilbert's mother, Herleve, daughter of Fulbert the
tanner, came from Falaise and rose to a prominent status in French
nobility despite her ordinary upbringing. At the age of 16 she met
Gilbert, Count of Brionne, who fathered Richard fitz Gilbert with
her. A year or so later, she gave birth to William the Conqueror,
who was fathered by Robert "The Devil" Duke of Normandy. Shortly
before Duke Robert's death in 1035, she was persuaded by him to
marry Herluin, Viscount of Conteville. By him she bore two sons,
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, and Robert, Count of Mortain. Both men, along
with Richard fitz Gilbert, accompanied William the Conqueror and
played major roles in the conquest of England3.
Richard fitz Gilbert is listed in the "Domesday Book" as "Ricardus
Filius Gisleberti Comitis", and K.S.B. Keats-Rohan in Domesday
People writes he was a "Norman, son of Gilbert count of Brionne, a
kinsman of William the Conqueror, and brother of Baldwin de
Meulles... He married Rohais, daughter of Walter I Giffard, and had
issue by her Roger, Gilbert, Walter, Robert and Richard, a monk of
Bec later abbot of Ely, Rohais, wife of Eudo Dapifer and Adelisa,
wife of Walter Tirel de Poix"4. Baldwin de Meulles is listed in the
"Domesday Book" as "Balsuin Vicecomes," and whose mother was
Constance de Eu.
Rohese Giffard, Richard's wife, is also listed in the "Domesday
Book" as "Rohais Uxor Ricardi Filii Gisleberti," a landholder in her
own right and one of the few wives represented, which probably
reflects the status of Richard de Clare. Rohese Giffard's father
"Walter Giffard" is also listed in the "Domesday Book, as is
Richard's half-brothers; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux as "Odo Episcopus
Baiocensis," Robert, Count of Mortain as "Robert Comes De
Moritonie," and King William I (aka William the Conqueror) as
"Willelm Rex"4.
Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare was Alice de Vere's great grandfather,
and so Roger fitz Richard's and her descendants share Alice's
kinship to the Dukes of Normandy (including William the Conqueror)
and Charlemagne (aka Charles the Great). Noteworthy is Richard fitz
Gilbert's 2nd great-grandson, Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford,
who was one of the twenty-five Surety Barons for the enforcement of
the Magna Carta of 1215, which obtained concessions from King John
that led to the rule of constitutional law today. The Magna Carta
required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal
procedures, and accept that the will of the king could be bound by
law.
Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Clare
DE CLARE LINEAGE
GISLEBERT CRISPIN, COUNT OF EU AND BIONNE
m. ______
1. Richard FitzGilbert
RICHARD FITZGILBERT
m. ROHESE GIFFARD DE BOLEBEC (daughter of Waiter Giffard de Bolebec)
1. Robert FitzRichard
2. Alice married William de Percie
3. Gilbert de Tonebruge
RICHARD FITZGILBERT, a lawyer and Chief Justice of England, before
1035, was the founder of the House of Clare in England. He
accompanied Duke William into England, and later held one hundred
seventy-six lordships or manors. One of these lordships was that of
Glare, in co. Suffolk which, becoming his chief seat, caused him to
be styled RICHARD DE CLARE and his descendants known as Earls of
Clare. He fell in a skirmish with the Welsh in 1090.
GILBERT DE TONEBRUGE, Earl of Clare
m. ADELIZA DE CLERMONT (daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont and
Marguerita)
1. Adeliza married Alberic de Vere (SEE DE VERE LINEAGE)
2. Richard FitzGilbert de Glare
GILBERT DE TONEBRUGE was born before 1066, he appears to have joined
in the rebellion against King William Rufus, and lost his castle of
Tonebrudge and, dying shortly afterwards, in 1114 or 1117, a
munificient benefactor of the church, he was survived by his widow.
RICHARD FITZGILBERT DE CLARE
m. ADELIZA DE MESGHINES (daughter of Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of
Chester)
1. Gilbert
2. Roger
RICHARD FITZGILBERT DE CLARE was born before 1105. He invaded Wales
with an army and became lord of vast possessions there by power of
his sword , but finally was slain in a skirmish with a few Welsh
yoemen, near Abergavenny on April 15, 1136.
ROGER DE CLARE
m. MAUD DE ST. HILLARY (daughter of James de St. Hillary)
1. Richard
ROGER DE CLARE was born before 1116. In 1164, he assisted with the
Constitutions of Clarendon. This Earl who, from his munificence to
the Church and his numerous acts of piety, was called the "good Earl
of Hereford", died in 1173.
RICHARD DE CLARE (the Surety)
Richard Earle of Pembroch, surnamed Strongbowe, of the house of
Clare
House of Aubigny Scotland
Birth of William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel, son of William
d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Mabel of Chester
Anglo-Norman House of Glanville
William de Albini
Counts and dukes of Alençon - House of Bellême
House of Bellême
* William I Talvas
* Roger of Montgomery, count of Alençon (died 1094)
* William Talvas, lord of Bellême (until 1113), Count of
Ponthieu, Sées, and Alençon (died 1171)
* John I, count of Alençon
* John II, count of Alençon (died 1191)
* Robert I, count of Alençon (died c. 1217)
Yves I (Ivo) de
Bellême
Lord of Bellême, living 1005.
Yves was the first known lord of Bellême, south of Normandy, a
powerful lordship during the late tenth and eleventh centuries which
eventually passed to heiresses in the late eleventh century. He was
succeeded at some time after 1005 by his son Guillaume, and his son
Yves II also became lord of Bellême (in succession to Guillaume's
son Robert). As discussed below in the Commentary section, the
origin of this family is a difficult problem which has not yet been
definitively settled.
Gervase of the house of Belleme
THE HOUSE OF BOHUN THE BOONE FAMILY
Geoffrey Bohun/Petrolina de Arderne Resided in Penmynydd, Anglesey,
Wales.
John Bohun/Avelina de Ros Reported to be step-siblings. Secondary
sources, however, indicate that their mother was Anne Halsham,
making them half- siblings. Whatever the case, it is clear that they
were married to one another. John, as a younger son, had no
inherited title and moved to Wales.
Sir John de Bohun/Anne Halsham Resided in Rockingham Castle,
Northants, England. He was never called to Parliament in recognition
of his Barony.
Sir John de Bohun/Cicely Filliol Baron by writ of lands in England
and Ireland. He was in the retinue of the Earl of Arundel during the
French Wars. He was a member of Parliament as Baron of Midhurst.
James de Bohn/Joan de Braose Resided in Ballymadden. He held lands
in Ireland and England by inheritance from his mother and father.
She was the daughter of William, Lord of Bramber and Gower, Wales.
(see her lineage below)
John de Bohun/Joan de la Chapplle He was the Sealer of Writs for
King Edward I. She was the daughter of William de la Chapplle,
Sergeant of the King's Chapel.
Franco de Bohun/Sibyl de Ferrers She was the daughter of William de
Ferrers, Earl of Derby. He was "Lord of Midhurst, Ford," and the
Sealer of Writs to King Henry III. (see her lineage below)
Ralph de Bohun/Saveric Fitz Geoffrey She was the Countess of
Ballymadden. He was the Earl of Midhurst, Ford, Rustington, and
Sussex. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, William Fitz
Geoffrey on a pilgrimage to St. James, Campostella, Spain, and spent
several years there; notice the name of his son, Franco.
HOUSE OF BOHUN BRAOSE/MARSHALL CONNECTION
(Note: This section establishes a Lavergne connection to William
Marshall, a signer and co-author of the Magna Carta.)
James de Bohun/Joan de Braose Resided in Ballymadden. He held lands
in Ireland and England by inheritance from his mother and father.
(see his lineage above)
William de Brasoe He was Lord of Bramber and Gower.
Piers de Braose
William de Braose/Eva Marshall He was the Sixth Baron of Brecknock,
Lord of Avergavenny.
Sir William Marshall/Isabelle de Clare He was the Third Earl of
Pembroke, Marshall of England, Protector of the Realm. Named in the
Magna Carta as Regent of the Kingdom, he served from 1216-1219.
John Marshall/Sibyl, sister of Patrick, Earl of Salsbury
THE HOUSE OF BOHUN THE NORMAN INVASION CONNECTION
(Note: This is to establish a connection of the Lavergne Family to
the Norman Invasion.)
Ralph de Bohun/Saveric Fitz Geoffrey | sisters (The end of a direct
lineage.) | Henry de Bohun/Maud Fitz Geoffrey What follows is no
longer a direct lineage, however, it is within the House of Bohun
and is of vast historical significance. She was the Countess of
Essex. He was the First Earl of Hereford, Sheriff of Kent, and
hereditary Constable of England. He was also the Magna Carta Surety
in 1215. He was born in 1176 and died on 1 June 1220 while on a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. She died on 27 August 1236.
Humphrey IV de Bohun/Margaret ---- In 1146, this Humphrey assumed
the title of Earl of Hereford at the death of his grandfather, Milo
of Glouchester. However, he died before his father, hence, his title
was never confirmed. She was the daughter of Henry, Earl of
Huntington, the son of David King of Scotland and Maud de Walthe, a
grandniece of William the Conqueror.
Humphrey III de Bohun/Margaret ---- Residents of Lanthony,
Glouchester. Her father had daughters only and following his death,
the title and estates descended to the House of Bohun.
Humphrey II (The Great) de Bohun/Maude de Salsbury He founded the
priory of Farleigh and served as Steward to King Henry I. He was
also called "Humphrey the Great." Her father was Edward d'Evereau,
Lord of Salsbury.
Humphrey I de Bohun/Ealgith, sister of Ranulf of Bayeaux He
accompanied William the Conqueror's forces during the Normandy
Invasion of the British Isles in 1066. After the epic Battle of
Hastings he was rewarded with the title of Lord of Waterford
(Ireland).
BOHUN, the name of a family which plays an important part in English
history during the r3th and 4th centuries; it was taken from a
village situated in the Cotentin between Coutances and the estuary
of the Vire. The Bohuns came into England at, or shortly after, the
Norman Conquest; but their early history there is obscure. The
founder of their greatness was Humphrey III., who in the latter
years of Henry I., makes his appearance as a dapifer, or steward, in
the royal household. He married the daughter of Milo of Gloucester,
and played an ambiguous part in Stephen's reign, siding at first
with the king and afterwards with the empress. Humphrey III. lived
until 1187, but his history is uneventful. He remained loyal to
Henry II. through all changes, and fought in 1173 at Farnham against
the rebels of East Anglia. Outliving his eldest son, Humphrey IV.,
he was succeeded in the family estates by his grandson Henry. Henry
was connected with the royal house of Scotland through his mother
Margaret, a sister of William the Lion; an alliance which no doubt
assisted him to obtain the earldom of Hereford from John (1199). The
lands of the family lay chiefly on the Welsh Marches, and from this
date the Bohuns take a foremost place among the Marcher barons.
Henry de Bohun figures with the earls of Clare and Gloucester among
the twenty-five barons who were elected by their fellows to enforce
the terms of the Great Charter. In the subsequent civil war he
fought on the side of Louis, and was captured at the battle of
Lincoln (1217). He took the cross in the same year and died on his
pilgrimage (June 1, 1220). Humphrey V., his son and heir, returned
to the path of loyalty, and was permitted, some time before 1239, to
inherit the earldom of Essex from his maternal uncle, William de
Mandeville. But in 1258 this Humphrey fell away, like his father,
from the royal to the baronial cause. He served as a nominee of the
opposition on the committee of twenty-four which was appointed, in
the Oxford parliament of that year, to reform the administration. It
was only the alliance of Montfort with Llewelyn of North Wales that
brought the earl of Hereford back to his allegiance. Humphrey V.
headed the first secession of the Welsh Marchers from the party of
the opposition (1263), and was amongst the captives whom the
Montfortians took at Lewes. The earl's son and namesake was on the
victorious side, and shared in the defeat of Evesham, which he did
not long survive. Humphrey V. was, therefore, naturally selected as
one of the twelve arbitrators to draw up the ban of Kenilworth
(1266), by which the disinherited rebels were allowed to make their
peace. Dying in 1275, he was succeeded by his grandson Humphrey VII.
This Bohun lives in history as one of the recalcitrant barons of the
year 1297, who extorted from Edward I. the Confirmatio Cartarum.
The motives of the earl's defiance were not altogether
disinterested. He had suffered twice from the chicanery of Edward's
lawyers; in 1284 when a dispute between himself and the royal
favourite, John Giffard, was decided in the latter's favour; and
again in 1292 when he was punished with temporary imprisonment and
sequestration for a technical, and apparently unwitting, contempt of
the king's court. In company, therefore, with the earl of Norfolk he
refused to render foreign service in Gascony, on the plea that they
were only bound to serve with the king, who was himself bound for
Flanders. Their attitude brought to a head the general discontent
which Edward had excited by his arbitrary taxation; and Edward was
obliged to make a surrender on all the subjects of complaint. At
Falkirk (1298) Humphrey VII. redeemed his character for loyalty. His
son, Humphrey VIII., who succeeded him in the same year, was allowed
to marry one of the king's daughters, Eleanor, the widowed countess
of Holland (1302). This close connexion with the royal house did not
prevent him, as it did not prevent Earl Thomas of Lancaster, from
joining the opposition to the feeble Edward II. In 1310 Humphrey
VIII. figured among the Lords Ordainers; though, with more
patriotism than some of his fellow-commissioners, he afterwards
followed the king to Bannockburn. He was taken captive in the
battle, but exchanged for the wife of Robert Bruce. Subsequently he
returned to the cause of his order, and fell on the side of Earl
Thomas at the field of Boroughbridge (1322). With him, as with his
father, the politics of the Marches had been the main consideration;
his final change of side was due to jealousy of the younger
Despenser, whose lordship of Glamorgan was too great for the comfort
of the Bohuns in Brecon. With the death of Humphrey VIII. the
fortunes of the family enter on a more peaceful stage. Earl John (d.
1335) was inconspicuous; Humphrey IX. (d. 1361) merely distinguished
himself as a captain in the Breton campaigns of the Hundred Years'
War, winning the victories of Morlaix (1342) and La Roche Derrien
(1347). His nephew and heir, Humphrey X., who inherited the earldom
of Northampton from his father, was territorially the most important
representative of the Bohuns. But the male line was extinguished by
his death (1373). The three earldoms and the broad lands of the
Bohuns were divided between two co-heiresses. Both married members
of the royal house. The elder, Eleanor, was given in 1374 to Thomas
of Woodstock, seventh son of Edward III.; the younger, Mary, to
Henry, earl of Derby, son of John of Gaunt and afterwards Henry IV.,
in 1380 or 1381. From these two marriages sprang the houses of
Lancaster and Stafford.
Roger Mortimer
The Mortimers were descended from Roger de Mortemer of
Mortemer-sur-Eaulane in Normandy, a supporter of William the
Conqueror. Their main castle was at Wigmore, eight miles west of
Ludlow. They had lands mainly in Herefordshire and Shropshire,
including Cleobury (Mortimer) on the edge of the hunting forest of
Wyre. By marriage to Joanna de Geneville, a later Roger Mortimer
(1287-1330) secured possession of Ludlow Castle. This became the
family's principal power base for the next six generations.
Roger Mortimer & Queen Isabella
Roger Mortimer was a very powerful and ambitious Marcher Lord. He
was the first of several members of his family to attempt to seize
the throne of England. He fought the Scottish Wars and made attempts
to remove the King's favorites, at first with some success. In 1323
he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, but escaped to France, an
event he later commemorated by building St Peter's chapel in the
outer bailey of Ludlow Castle.
In France, Mortimer formed an alliance with Queen Isabella, who had
deserted her effeminate husband, King Edward II of England. They
raised an army, invaded England and forced Edward to abdicate in
favor of his youngest son, the future Edward III. Mortimer
entertained Isabella at his castles on the Welsh borders and they
became famous lovers. Meanwhile, Edward II was cruelly murdered at
Berkeley Castle in 1327.
Following Edward's death, Mortimer, acting as regent, was the
virtual ruler of England, but he over-reached himself and aroused
the anger of other barons. In October 1330 he was arrested at
Nottingham and sentenced to death. He was executed at Tyburn in
London.
Later, the ambitions of the Mortimers became part of the great
dynastic struggles of the mid-15th century which became known as the
"War of the Roses."
In his 1834 book on the Earls of Arundel, M. A. Tierney (Chaplain to
the Duke of Norfolk) maintains that the first incarnation of the
Earldom was with the House of Montgomery. Roger of Montgomery, 1st
Earl of Shrewsbury was one of William the Conqueror's top generals,
and William bestowed on him, amongst several hundred other manors,
the property at Arundel, with the charge to fortify it with a
castle. Montgomery is believed to have built the motte that survives
to this day, and is thought to have built a wooden keep on it,
overlooking the river Arun. Montgomery and two of his sons are
counted by many as being the first incarnation of the Earldom, but
are often not counted amongst the Earls.
Montgomerie
Allegedly descended from the house of Montgomery in Normandy through
a companion of the Conqueror, the Scottish house of Montgomerie is
traced to Robert of Montgomerie, who obtained Eaglesham from Walter
the First Stewart of Scotland, and died in 1177. Alexander
Montgomerie of Eaglesham, son-in-law of the first earl of Douglas,
died in 1380 and was succeeded by Sir John Montgomerie, who married
the heiress of Lord Eglinton, died in 1398. All descendants of his
eldest son John Montgomerie of Ardrossan († 1428) share a quarter of
France in their arms. This includes the main line from the second
John's eldest son Alexander, created baron of Montgomerie ca. 1445
(† 1470), from whom are descended the earls of Eglinton and the
(extinct) earls of Mount-Alexander, as well as the Montgomeries of
Skermorlie. A grandson of Alexander, Robert, went to France in the
early 16th c., and became seigneur des Lorges. His arms were
quarterly, gules three escallop-shells or, and Azure three
fleurs-de-lis or. His son Jacques bought the original land of
Montgomery in Normandy in 1543, and eventually became captain of the
King's elite Scottish Guards; Jacques' son Gabriel accidently killed
the king of France Henri II in a tournament in 1559 and was executed
in 1574 on officially unrelated charges of treason (he had converted
to Protestantism and taken up arms against the king); his descent
died in 1721.
The present earls of Eglinton bear a quarterly of Montgomery and
Seton, with Montgomery itself being quarterly Montgomery (azure
three fleurs-de-lis or) and Eglinton (gules three annulets or stoned
azure) within a bordure or charged with a Royal Tressure of Scotland
(double tressure flory-counterflory gules). The Montgomeries of
Eglinton had born this quartered coat since Alexander, first baron
of Montgomerie, on a seal dated 1457. Only two earlier seals are
known. The oldest, from around 1170, belonged to John of Montgomery
of Eglesham, and it shows a fleur-de-lis flory, but not within a
shield. Sir John Montgomerie, his descendant, who married the
heiress of Lord Eglinton, bore on his seal of 1392 an annulet stoned
between three fleurs-de-lis, no doubt a form of marshalling (both
seals are in Macdonald, the second one is also in the Catalogue of
Seals in the British Museum). It appears, then, that the arms of
Montgomery probably precede the adoption of the three fleurs-de-lis
by France ca. 1376 (which hitherto bore a semy).
The Scottish Order of the Knights Templar was one of Royal
appointment, an Honour presented by the Royal Court. Only limited
families were accepted into the Order and at the head of the
organization were the heads of three families, seen to be of senior
representation of the original Scottish Knights. These three
families were: the House of Stewart; The House of Sinclair; and The
House of Seton; the which families were also recognized as
representatives of the Carolingian bloodline.
In later years, the Scottish Knights Templar formed a Regiment for
foreign service, into what became known as the Scots Guard, or "le
Garde Ecossais en France". One of the families which were prominent
in this Scots Guard, were the Seton family. The Scots Guard were
the Guard of the French kings and fought with honour for that
country in the wars across Europe and against England. “It
contained within its ranks the great names of Scotland, such as the
Setons, the Montgomeries, the Hays, the Hamiltons, the Sinclairs,
the Douglases, and the Stuarts and was subsequently a supporter of
the Stuart cause."
the Viking Sinclairs, a Sinclair (the Anglicized form of "St.
Clair") settlement...and hub of Scottish Freemasonry. Henry
Sinclair, joined Godfrey de Bouillon on the first Crusade.
Rollo/Sinclair line. the royal Sinclairs and the
elite Bouillon family were formed at the invasion of England (i.e.
Battle of Hastings). But by that time, Guiscard was already in
Italy, and had already formed ties with the Vatican on that front.
Always keep in mind that these momentary lights were not the heroes
that they considered themselves, but beasts fit only to be captured
and punished. the Sinclair/Norman king of England, Henry I, who,
because he had married yet another daughter of queen Margaret, thus
had a possible motive for not seeing Eustace III (who also married a
daughter of Margaret) on the Jerusalem throne. Rollo/Sinclair blood,
the Norman Sinclairs, The Scottish house of Sinclair, although not
achieving royal status,
went on to great wealth and power, even organizing the infamous
Freemason brotherhood out of stone masons (Freemasonry was the
formation of smokescreen churches i.e. "lodges" which allowed
memberships of non stone workers for use in power-politics and
social engineering). Prior to the Freemason period, the Templars had
been stone workers in building castles, forts, and cathedrals (the
cathedrals were often esoteric monuments intended more for power-
grabbing than for religious worship).
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