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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.
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland
Anne Neville Queen Consort England
King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress
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
Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence
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 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele Vermandois Countess 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