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Biography of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 1129-1202

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

Around 1129 Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey was born illegitimately to Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy (age 15) and Mistress Unknown.

On 07 Sep 1151 [his father] Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy (age 38) died at Château du Loir [Map]. He was buried at St Julien's Cathedral [Map].

In 1163 [his daughter] Maud aka Matilda Plantagenet Countess Eu was born to Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey (age 34) and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey (age 26).

In Apr 1164 Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey (age 35) and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey (age 27) were married by which Conisbrough Castle [Map] came into his posession. He rebuilt the castle in stone. He by marriage Earl Surrey. She the daughter of William Warenne 3rd Earl of Surrey and Adela Montgomery Countess of Salisbury and Surrey. He the illegitmate son of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy and Mistress Unknown.

Around 1180 Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey (age 51) commissioned the building of a stone castle at Conisbrough [Map]. The castle comprised a Circular Keep with four storeys.

Internal staircase between the first and second floors.

The finely made fireplace on the second floor with decorated capitals.

Window opening on the second floor showing the thickness of the walls of the Keep.

Garderobe on the second floor.

Window opening on the third floor.

Chapel in one of the buttresses on the third floor.

View looking east with the Railway Viaduct over the River Don in the distance.

View of the earthworks of the Outer Bailey.

Entrance to the Keep on the first floor.

Gesta Regis Henrici 1189. Also present were William, Earl of Aumale and Essex, Hamelin (age 59), brother of King Henry, Earl of Warenne, John (age 22), brother of King Richard, Earl of Mortain and Gloucester, Robert, Earl of Leicester, Richard (age 35), Earl of Clare, Waleran (age 35), Earl of Warwick, William de Aubigny (age 50), Earl of Sussex, Aubrey (age 73), Earl of Oxford, William (age 38), Earl of Salisbury, William Marshal (age 42), Earl of Striguil, and David (age 36), brother of the King of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon.

Willelmus comes Albemarliæ et Essesse, Hamellinus frater regis Henrici comes Warennæ, Johannes frater regis Ricardi, comes Meretonæ et Gloucestriæ, Robertus comes Leicestriæ, Ricardus comes de Clara, Wallerannus comes de Warwic, Willelmus de Aubeni comes de Suthsex, Albricus comes1, Willelmus2 comes de Salesbiria, Willelmus Marescallus comes de Strignil, David frater regis Scotiæ comes de Huntendona.

Note 1. De Vere, earl of Oxford.

Note 2. William of Evreux, son of Patrick, 1168-1196.

In or before 1191 [his son-in-law] Henry Normandy 7th Count of Eu and [his daughter] Maud aka Matilda Plantagenet Countess Eu (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. She the daughter of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey (age 61) and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey (age 53). He the son of John Normandy 6th Count of Eu and Alice D'Aubigny Countess Eu. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1201 King John of England (age 34) visited the new stone-built Conisbrough Castle [Map] whilst it was held by Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey (age 72) and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey (age 64).

On 07 May 1202 Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey (age 73) died. His son [his son] William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey succeeded 5th Earl Surrey and inherited his estates including Conisbrough Castle [Map]. He undertook further building work including the Great Hall and service buildings in the Inner Bailey. [his future daughter-in-law] Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey (age 8) by marriage Countess Surrey.

[his daughter] Ela Plantagenet was born to Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey.

[his daughter] Adela Plantagenet was born to Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey.

[his son] William Warenne 5th Earl of Surrey was born to Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey and Isabella Warenne Countess Boulogne 4th Countess of Surrey.

Royal Ancestors of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 1129-1202

Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Royal Descendants of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 1129-1202

King Edward I of Scotland

King Robert II of Scotland

King Richard II of England

King Henry V of England

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland

King Edward IV of England

King Richard III of England

Anne Neville Queen Consort England

King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Queen Anne Boleyn of England

Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress

Queen Jane Seymour

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England

Queen Catherine Howard of England

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

George Wharton

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales

Ancestors of Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey 1129-1202

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulcuich Count Mortagne au Perche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais

Great x 4 Grandmother: Melisende Viscountess Châteaudun

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albéric II Count Mâcon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Béatrice de Mâcon Countess Gâtinais

Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou

GrandFather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Reginarids

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aumary Reginarids

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Montfort

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bertrade Unknown

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy Archbishop of Rouen

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Normandy 2nd Count Évreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Herleva Countess Évreux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramon Borrell Count of Barcelona

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide or Godehildis Ramon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde of Carcassonne

Father: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Jean de la Flèche La Flèche De Baugency

Great x 1 Grandfather: Elias La Flèche De Baugency I Count Maine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Maine III Count Maine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Unamed Penthièvre Countess Maine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Paula Maine

GrandMother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervais II Lord Chateau Du Loir

Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine

Hamelin Warenne Earl of Surrey

Mother: Mistress Unknown