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The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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Paternal Family Tree: Flanders
Maternal Family Tree: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine 1055-1109
In April 1170 Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut (age 20) and [her mother] Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders at Valciennes.
On 28th April 1180 King Philip II of France (age 14) and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut (age 30) and Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders. He the son of Louis VII King of the Franks (age 60) and Adèle Queen of the Franks. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
On 18th September 1180 [her father-in-law] Louis VII King of the Franks (age 60) died in Paris [Map]. His son [her husband] Philip (age 15) succeeded II King France: Capet.
On 1st November 1180 [her husband] King Philip II of France (age 15) was crowned King France: Capet.
On 5th September 1187 [her son] King Louis VIII of France was born to [her husband] King Philip II of France (age 22) and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 17). He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. He married 23rd May 1200 his third cousin Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France, daughter of Alfonso VIII King Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile, and had issue.
On 14th March 1190 twin boys Robert Capet and Philip Capet were born to [her husband] King Philip II of France (age 24) and Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France (age 19). The eldest Robert died the same day, the youngest Philip died three days later. Their mother Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France died from childbirth the day after the birth.
On 15th August 1193 [her former husband] King Philip II of France (age 27) and Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Louis VII King of the Franks and Adèle Queen of the Franks.
Around November 1193 [her former husband] King Philip II of France (age 28) and Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) marriage annulled on the spurious grounds of her consanguinity with his first wife Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France. She was kept, more or less, a prisoner for the remainder of her life being held in difference French castles.
On 7th May 1196 [her former husband] King Philip II of France (age 30) and Agnes of Merania Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Berthold Andechs Duke Merania and Agnes Rochlitz. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Louis VII King of the Franks and Adèle Queen of the Franks.
On 14th July 1223 [her former husband] King Philip II of France (age 57) died. His son [her son] Louis (age 35) succeeded VIII King France: Capet. [her daughter-in-law] Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France (age 35) by marriage Queen Consort of France.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Ralph Capet II Count Vermandois and [her mother] Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thierry Count Flanders and [her grandmother] Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex. He the son of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers. They were half third cousin once removed.
[her father] Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut and [her mother] Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Hainault. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thierry Count Flanders and [her grandmother] Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex. He the son of [her grandfather] Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut and [her grandmother] Alice Namur Countess Hainault. They were third cousins.
Gesta Regis Henrici by Benedict of Peterborough. In the same year, Queen Isabella of France, daughter of the [her father] Count of Hainaut, died before the King of France embarked on his journey to Jerusalem.
Eodem anno obiit Isabel regina Franciæ, filia comitis de Enou, antequam rex Franciæ iter Jerosolimitanum arripuisset.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin VI Count Flanders I Count Hainaut
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Capet Duchess Normandy 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baldwin II Count Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Richilde Countess Flanders and Hainault 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin Flanders III Count Hainaut
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lambert Reginar II Count Louvain
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Count Louvain
Great x 4 Grandmother: Oda Ardennes Countess Louvain
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ida Reginar Countess Hainaut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain
GrandFather: Baldwin Flanders IV Count Hainaut
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gerald I Count Guelders
Great x 1 Grandmother: Yolande Guelders Countess Hainault
Father: Baldwin Flanders V Count Hainaut
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Namur II Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Carolingian Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Namur III Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gothelo Ardennes Duke Lower Lorraine Duke Upper Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Regilinda Ardennes Countess Namur
Great x 1 Grandfather: Godfrey Namur I Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard I Duke of Saxony
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard II Duke of Saxony
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ida Billung Countess Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Schweinfurt
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony
GrandMother: Alice Namur Countess Hainault
Great x 2 Grandfather: Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William VII Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg
Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gerard Metz I Duke Lorraine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Theodoric "Valiant" Metz II Duke Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Namur I Count Namur
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Namur II Count Namur
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Carolingian Countess Namur
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hedwige Namur Duchess Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gothelo Ardennes Duke Lower Lorraine Duke Upper Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Regilinda Ardennes Countess Namur
GrandFather: Thierry Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Capet Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Flanders Duchess Lorraine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard I Duke of Saxony
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard II Duke of Saxony
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Schweinfurt
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony
Mother: Margaret Metz Countess Hainaut and Flanders
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais
Great x 4 Grandmother: Béatrice de Mâcon Countess Gâtinais
Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aumary Reginarids
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Montfort
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Unknown
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Normandy 2nd Count Évreux 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide aka Godehildis Ramon
GrandMother: Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean de la Flèche de Baugency
Great x 2 Grandfather: Elias I Count Maine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Paula Maine
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermengarde of Maine Countess of Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gervais II Lord Chateau Du Loir
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine