Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- Sir Ralph STAFFORD Birth: 1
Death: Before 1347
- Sir Hugh De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford Birth: Abt 1342
Death: 16 Oct 1386 in Isle of Rhodes
- Beatrice STAFFORD Death: Abt 13 Apr 1415
- Elizabeth De STAFFORD Birth: Abt 1337
Death: 7 Aug 1375
- Joan STAFFORD Death: Abt 2 Aug 1397
- Katherine De STAFFORD Birth: Abt 16 Sep 1348
Death: Before 27 Jul 1361
- Thomas De STAFFORD
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Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- [Ref: Hunt Gavaston2 p45, Wedgwood Audley p263]
- about or before 1325 [Ref: Faris PA2 p338]
- abt 1320 [Ref: Sheppard Wetherill-Watson p270f]
- abt 1322-4 (age 18 or 20 in 1342) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9]
- abt 1325 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 7/4/2003-065121]
- age 18 before 16 Edward III [Ref: Weis AR7 #9],
- parents:
- [Ref: Altschul CLARE #4, Banks Baronies v1p103, Beltz KnightsofGarter
p36, Beltz KnightsofGarter p84, CP I p347, CP V p719, CP XII/1 p177, Faris PA2
p338, Hunt Gavaston2 p45, John Ravilious SGM 7/4/2003-065121, Richardson
RoyalAnc v5p79, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9, Roberts RD600 p289, Roberts RD600
p291, Roberts RD600 p298, Roberts RD600 p312, Roberts RD600 p316, Roberts
RD600 p319, Roberts RD600 p330, Roberts RD600 p347, Roberts RD600 p351,
Roberts RD600 p368, Roberts USPres p192, Roberts USPres p204, Roberts USPres
p207, Sheppard Wetherill-Watson p270f, Wedgwood Audley p263, Weis AR7 #9],
- father:
- [Ref: CP III p161, CP III p353, CP IV p241, CP V p313, CP XI p101, CP
XII/1 p344, CP XII/1 p615, Richardson PA p198, Richardson PA p223, Richardson
PA p308, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p141, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p269, Richardson
RoyalAnc v2p571, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p488, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p496,
Richardson RoyalAnc v5p101, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p118, Sanders Baronies
p81(8)]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9, Weis AR7 #9]
- 1349 [Ref: Wedgwood Audley p263, Weis MC #1]
- 16 Sep 1348 [Ref: Faris PA2 p338, John Ravilious SGM 7/4/2003-065121,
Montague-Smith Dudley p132]
- 7 Sep 1347 [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p36]
- Sep 1349 [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 3/20/2004-200658]
- after 28 Jan 1347/8 [Ref: CP XII/1 p177, Thompson CharlesII v26-225]
- between 1347/8 and 1350/1 [Ref: CP I p347]
- between Aug 1349 and 1 Mar 1350/1 [Ref: CP++(proposed) Stafford
3/30/2005 (CP XII/1 p177)]
- between Sep 1349 and Feb 1351 [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 8/12/2003-130809]
Sources for burial Information
- place:
- [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p36, CP XII/1 p177, Faris PA2 p338, John
Ravilious SGM 7/4/2003-065121, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9, Thompson CharlesII
v26-225]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
- date:
- 1336 [Ref: Sheppard Wetherill-Watson p270f]
- abt 1335 [Ref: Weis AR7 #10]
- before 1342 [Ref: Hunt Gavaston2 p45]
- before 6 Jul 1336 [Ref: CP XII/1 p176, Faris PA2 p338, John Ravilious
SGM 7/4/2003-065121, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9, Thompson CharlesII v26-225,
Weis AR7 #55, Weis AR7 #9]
- prob 1335/6 [Ref: CP I p347]
- second marriage of Ralph [Ref: CP V p313, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p496,
Roberts RD600 p505],
- names:
- [Ref: Altschul CLARE #4, Banks Baronies v1p103, Beltz KnightsofGarter
p36, Beltz KnightsofGarter p84, CP V p719 (with corr in XIV p340), Richardson
RoyalAnc v5p81, Sanders Baronies p81(8), Wedgwood Audley p263],
- child:
- [Ref: Burke Peerage p633, CP III p161, CP III p353, CP IV p241, CP V
p313, CP XI p101, CP XII/1 p177, CP XII/1 p344, CP XII/1 p615, Faris PA2 p122,
Faris PA2 p137, Faris PA2 p312, Faris PA2 p338, Faris PA2 p339, Faris PA2
p348, Faris PA2 p75, John Ravilious SGM 7/4/2003-065121, Montague-Smith Dudley
p131, Richardson PA p198, Richardson PA p223, Richardson PA p277, Richardson
PA p308, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p374, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p141, Richardson
RoyalAnc v2p269, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p571, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p488,
Richardson RoyalAnc v4p496, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p101, Richardson RoyalAnc
v5p118, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9, Roberts RD600 p289, Roberts RD600 p291,
Roberts RD600 p298, Roberts RD600 p312, Roberts RD600 p316, Roberts RD600
p319, Roberts RD600 p330, Roberts RD600 p347, Roberts RD600 p351, Roberts
RD600 p368, Roberts USPres p192, Roberts USPres p204, Roberts USPres p207,
Sheppard Wetherill-Watson p270f, Thompson CharlesII v26-225, Watney WALLOP
#846, Weis AR7 #10, Weis AR7 #61, Weis AR7 #81, Weis AR7 #9, Weis MC #1]
Research Notes:
2nd Baroness Audley, of Barony cr 1317 [Ref: CP I p347]
suo jure Lady Audley [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9]
heiress of her father [Ref: CP I p347, CP IV p241, CP V p313, Richardson
RoyalAnc v3p488, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p496, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p101,
Richardson RoyalAnc v5p9, Weis AR7 #9]
IPM gives her death date as 16 Sep 1347, but CP states she survived her
father (CP XII/1 p177(c)), who died 10 Nov 1347. It is apparent the IPM's date
is a year out, as the second Earl succeeded his mother in 1348 [Ref:
Montague-Smith Dudley p154(4)]
6 July 1336 Edward III grants a commission to inquire into the complaint of
Hugh de Audley that Ralph de Stafford abducted Hugh's daughter Margaret and
married her against Hugh's will. The complaint was undoubtedly filed
immediately after the abduction, which probably took place in May or June.
April 1342 Margaret (de Clare), Countess of Gloucester, dies and her
daughter Margaret is returned as age 20 or more in the Rutland IPM and age 18
or more in the London and Essex IPM(s). As her parents were physically
separated from March 1322 until sometime in 1326, it is impossible for
Margaret de Audley to have been aged 18 or 19 in 1342. She had to have been at
least 20. The fact that she bore a child to Ralph de Stafford within a year
after her abduction, also favors a birthdate of 1322 or earlier.
10 Nov. 1347 Hugh de Audley, Earl of Gloucester, dies, and his daughter
Margaret is returned as age 33 years in his Lincoln IPM, as age 30 and more in
his Essex IPM, as age 30 in his Northampton, Oxford, Buckingham, Norfolk,
Suffolk, Rutland and Bedford IPM(s), as age 26 years and more in his
Southampton and Surrey IPM(s), aged 24 years and more in his Cambridge and
Huntingdon IPM(s) and of full age in his Wiltshire IPM. The Kent IPM(s) take
the cake, though - an inquisition taken at Tonbridge on 18 November 1347
returned Margaret de Audley as 26 years and more, then another inquisition
taken four days later on 22 November 1347 again at Tonbridge managed to age
Margaret four years, returning her age as 30 and more. As an age of more than
30 years in late 1347 would put Margaret's birth before her parents' marriage,
those ages cannot be correct. Nine months following her parents' marriage was
January 1318, which makes the age of 30 in late 1347 interesting, though not
impossible. An age of 26 would put her birth in 1321, also quite possible, but
an age of 24 in late 1347 puts us in 1323 which is not possible, considering
her father was taken prisoner in March of 1322.
28 January 1348 Ralph de Stafford and his wife Margaret convey various
manors to feoffess. (see Cal. Patent Rolls)
August 1349 Lord and Lady Stafford visit Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare
(Margaret's aunt) at her castle of Usk (see Frances Underhill in "For Her Good
Estate", citing Elizabeth's household accounts).
22 May 1357, Westminster "Commitment to Ralph, earl of Stafford, of the
wardship of the manor of Styuecle, co. Buckingham, late of Gilbert de Clare,
late earl of Gloucester, which is in the king's hand because of the minority
of Hugh, son and heir of the said Ralph and Margaret, late his wife, countess
of Gloucester, deceased, kinswoman and one of the heirs of the said earl of
Gloucester, to hold until the lawful age of the said heir, together with the
issues from Easter last, rendering 8l. yearly at the Exchequer by equal
portions at Michaelmas and Easter, and doing the real services and all other
charges due to the king and others. By K. and C." [from Patent Rolls]
13 July 1362 Writ to the escheator to enquire as to lands and heir of
Margaret late the wife of Ralph, earl of Stafford, and who has been in
possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. This probably
was ordered because her son and heir Hugh (whom CP estimated to have been born
about 1342) was coming of age. (see Cal. IPM)
26 January 1363 Inquisition taken at Stafford returned that Margaret died
on 16 September, 21 Edward III [1347]. Hugh, son of the aforesaid Ralph and
Margaret, of full age, is her heir. (see Cal. IPM)
Patrick Montague-Smith, in his 1984 article "An Unrecorded Line of Descent
From King Edward I of England With Some Early Settled American Descendants" in
'The Genealogist', surmised "The Inquisition post mortem of Margaret Audley,
wife of the first Earl of Stafford, gives her date of death as 16 Sept. 1347,
but the 'Complete Peerage [CP] 12(1):177 n.(c) states that there is conclusive
evidence that she survived her father, who died 10 Nov. 1347. It is apparent
that the Inquisition's date is merely a year out; under the article on the
second earl, id., p.177, it is stated that he succeeded his mother in 1348 as
Lord Audley."
This is wishful thinking genealogy - Hugh de Stafford did not succeed his
mother as Lord Audley (a title CP slapped onto him in order to demonstrate the
succession of an abeyance terminated centuries later), Margaret de Audley did
not die in 1348, but apparently sometime between late 1349 and spring 1357,
the 1363 Inquisition's date of death for her is incorrect (at least as to the
year), and her son did not succeed to any lands of hers until 1362/3.
All of the above throws some doubt onto Montague-Smith's conclusion that
Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Ralph and Margaret, was the mother of the
son and heir of John de Sutton, as it now seems she may have been born
subsequent to 1348. [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 6/5/2003-040117]
I wrote:
"Hugh de Stafford did not succeed his mother as Lord Audley (a title CP
slapped onto him in order to demonstrate the succession of an abeyance
terminated centuries later), Margaret de Audley did not die in 1348, but
apparently sometime between late 1349 and spring 1357,"
Actually another Patent Rolls entry narrows the window considerably.
"1 March 1351, Westminster. By letters patent the king lately granted
licence [on 28 January 1348] for Ralph, baron of Stafford, and Margaret, his
wife, to enfeoff Master Edmund Morteyn and William de Rothewell, clerk, of
certain tenements specified therein, and for Edmund and William to re-grant
the same to them in tail, but before this latter feoffment could be made
Margaret departed this life and Edmund and William are still in seisin of the
premises; the king willing that the licence should take effect has granted
licence for them to grant to Ralph the manor of Thornebury, co. Gloucester,
held in chief, one of the manors included in the former letters, to hold for
his life, with remainder to Hugh, his son, and Philippa daughter of Thomas de
Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, and the heirs of the body of Hugh, or in default
of such to his right heirs, and to the said Ralph and his heirs begotten of
the body of Margaret, the residue of the premises, with remainder to Hugh, son
of the same Ralph and Margaret, and his heirs. By K. Vacated because otherwise
below."
Ralph was created Earl of Stafford four days after the above grant. We know
Ralph and Margaret visited her aunt Elizabeth, Lady of Clare, at her castle of
Usk, in August 1349.
So Margaret (d'Audley), Lady Stafford, died sometime between September 1349
and February 1351. She did not live to be Countess of Stafford.
In March 1351, her son and heir Hugh was aged about 8 or 9. The wording of
the above grant shows Philippa Beauchamp was not yet his wife, but was in the
process of being contracted to him in marriage.
I can only surmise that the reason an Inquisition was ordered on Margaret,
Lady Stafford, in July 1362, at least a dozen years after her death, was
because her son and heir was coming of age.
The Stafford IPM jurors returned in January 1363 that Margaret died on 16
September, 21 Edward III, and her son Hugh, of full age, is her heir. As
Margaret was definitely alive in August of 23 Edward III, either the jurors
remembered the date of death incorrectly (it was over a dozen years ago), or
the 21 Edward III was a mis-transcription from the original document on the
part of the CIPM series. Perhaps it reads 23 Edward III or 24 Edward III?
Margaret and Ralph had six known children, two sons and four daughters.
Margaret was abducted by Ralph in the spring of 1336, and their first child,
apparently their daughter Elizabeth, was born in the following year. Ralph,
their elder son, came next, and was contracted to marry Maud of Lancaster in
November 1344, but died before November 1347 and before he was aged 10. Either
Beatrice or Hugh came next, with the two youngest children the daughters Joan
and Katherine. [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 8/12/2003-130809]
it turns out that Margaret, Lady Stafford, died in September 1349, one
month after visiting her aunt Elizabeth, Lady of Clare, at the latter's
castle of Usk. [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 3/20/2004-200658]
Pedigree of Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley
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James De AUDLEY
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Roger MAINWARING
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Roger MAINWARING
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Robert The Consul De CAEN, Earl Of Gloucester
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Geoffrey Plantagenet Count Of Anjou, Duke Of Normandy
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William LONGESPEE, Earl of Salisbury
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Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Margaret De BEAUMONT
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Amicia De Gael
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Sir William De LONGESPEE
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Walter De SALISBURY, Baron Of Chitterne
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Patrick De SALISBURY, Earl Of Salisbury
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Sibyl De CHAWORTH
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William FITZ PATRICK, Earl Of Salisbury
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William III TALVAS, Count Of Alencon And Ponthieu
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Ela TALVAS
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Helie/Alice Of Burgandy
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Ela Of Salisbury
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Robert II Lord Of Vitre
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Robert III Lord Of Vitre
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Emma De La GUERCHE
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Eleanor De VITRE
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Alan Of Dinan
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Emma Of Dinan
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Agnorie
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Ela LONGESPEE
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Richard De Camville
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(Unk Dau) De VERE
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Gerard De Camville
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Alice
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Richard De Camville
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Robert De La HAY, Lord Of Hanlac
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Richard De La HAY, Baron Of Brattleby
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Muriel Of Lincoln
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Nichola De La HAY, Lady Of Munden
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William De VERNON, Seigneur Of Vernon
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Matilda De VERNON
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Lucy De TANCARVILLE
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Idoine De Camville
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Gilbert BASSET
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Thomas BASSET
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Edith
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Gilbert BASSET
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Alan De DUNSTANVILLE
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Adeliza De DUNSTANVILLE
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Eustacia BASSET
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Renaud De COURTENAY
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Reginald De COURTENAY
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(Unk)
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Egline De COURTENAY
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William De COURCY
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Hawise De COURCY
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Maud D'AVRANCHES, Lady Du Sap In Normandy
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Sir Hugh AUDLEY, Earl Of Gloucester
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Hugh De MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
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Hugh De MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
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Roger De MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
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William De MESCHINES, Baron Of Egremont
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Maud De MESCHINES
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Cecily De ROMILLY
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Ralph MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
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Henry De FERRERS
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Walkeline FERRERS, Lord Of Oakham
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Isabel De FERRIERS
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Sir Roger MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
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Owain Gwynedd Prince Of Gwynedd
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Iorworth Drwyndwn Prince Of Gwynedd
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Gladys Ferch Llywarch
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Llewellyn Fawr The Great AP IORWORTH, Prince Of North Wales
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Madog Ap Maredudd, Prince Of Powys Fadog
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Margred Ferch Madog
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Susanna Ferch Gruffudd Ap Cynan
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Gladys DHU
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Llywarch Goch
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Tangwystl Of Rhos
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Sir Edmund De MORTIMER, Lord Mortimer
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William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
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William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
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Bertha Of Hereford
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Reginald De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
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Bernard De St VALERY, Baron Of Beckley
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Matilda De ST VALERIE De HAIA
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Matilda
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William De BRAIOSE, Baron Of Brecknock Castle
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Thomas De BRIWERE
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Sir William De BRIWERE, Baron Of Horsley
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(Unk) De ALBEMARLE
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Gracia De BRIWERE
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Hubert De VAUX, Baron Of Irthington
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Beatrice De VALLE
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Grecia
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Maud De BRAOISE
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Gilbert GIFFARD, Marshal
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John Fitz GILBERT The Marshal
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(Unk dau) De VENOIZ
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Sir William MARSHALL, Protector, Earl Of Pembroke
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Walter De SALISBURY, Baron Of Chitterne
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Sibyl De SALISBURY
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Sibyl De CHAWORTH
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Eve MARSHALL
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Gilbert De CLARE, Earl Of Pembroke
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Richard "Strongbow" De CLARE, Earl Of Pembroke
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Elizabeth De BEAUMONT
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Isabel De CLARE, Countess Of Pembroke
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Dairmait Mac MURCHAD, King Of Leinster
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Aoife Macmurchada Of Leinster
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Mor Ua TUATHAIL
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Isolda MORTIMER
Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley
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Gilbert FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Clare
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Richard FITZ GILBERT De CLARE, Baron Of Clare
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Adeliza De CLERMONT
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Roger De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford
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Ranulph III De MESCHINES, Earl Of Chester
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Adeliza Le MESCHIN
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Lucia Of East Angies
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Richard De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford, MC Surety
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Hasculf De St JAMES, Baron Of Field Dalling
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James De St HILARY, Baron Of Field Dalling
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Matilda
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Maud St. HILLARY
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Aveline
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Sir Gilbert De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford And Glouceste
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Henry I Beauclerc King Of England
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Robert The Consul De CAEN, Earl Of Gloucester
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William Meullant FITZ ROBERT, Earl Of Gloucester
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Robert FITZ HAMOND, Lord Of Tewkesbury
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Maud FITZ HAMOND
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Sybil De Montgomery
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Amice MEULANT, Countess Of Gloucester
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Sir Robert De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
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Hawise DeBEAUMONT
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Ralph De MONTFORT, Seigneur Of Montfort-Gael
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Amicia De Gael
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Richard De CLARE, Earl Of Gloucester And Hertfor
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Robert Marshal
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Gilbert GIFFARD, Marshal
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John Fitz GILBERT The Marshal
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Geoffrey De VENOIZ
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(Unk dau) De VENOIZ
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Sir William MARSHALL, Protector, Earl Of Pembroke
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Edward De SARESBERIE, Baron Of Trowbridge
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Walter De SALISBURY, Baron Of Chitterne
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Sibyl De SALISBURY
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Patric De CHAWORTH, Baron Of Kempsford
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Sibyl De CHAWORTH
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Matilda De HESDIN
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Isabel MARSHALL
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Gilbert FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Clare
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Gilbert De CLARE, Earl Of Pembroke
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Adeliza De CLERMONT
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Richard "Strongbow" De CLARE, Earl Of Pembroke
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Sir Robert De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Elizabeth De BEAUMONT
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Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
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Isabel De CLARE, Countess Of Pembroke
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Donnchad Mac MURCHAD, King Of Dublin, Laigin, Lei
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Dairmait Mac MURCHAD, King Of Leinster
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Orlaith
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Aoife Macmurchada Of Leinster
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Muirchertach Ua TUATHAIL, King Of Ui Muiredaig
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Mor Ua TUATHAIL
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Cacht Of Leix
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Sir Gilbert DeCLARE, Earl Of Gloucester And Hertford
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Eustace Fitz John De BURGO, Constable Of Chester
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Richard FITZ EUSTACE, Constable Of Chester
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Agnes De HALTON
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John Fitz Richard, Constable Of Chester
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Robert LIZOURS
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Albreada LIZOURS, Baroness Of Pontfract
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Aubrey De LACY
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Roger De LACY, Baron Of Pontefract
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Richard
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Roger FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Warkworth
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Jane BIGOD
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Alice Fitz Roger
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Alberic II De VERE, Baron Of Hedingham
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Alice De VERE
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Adeliza De CLARE
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John De LACY, Earl Of Lincoln, MC Surety
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Ebrard III Seigneur De Puiset
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Hugh III Seigneur De Puiset, Vicount Chartres
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Adelaide Of Corbeil
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Ebrard IV Seigneur De Puiset, Vicount Chartres
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Stephen Count Of Blois, Leader Of First Crusade
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Agnes
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Adela
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Maud De CLERE
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Heloise De ROUCY
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Maud De LACY
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Saher De QUINCEY, Lord Of Buckby In Northampto
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Robert De QUINCEY
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Maud De ST LIZ
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Saire De QUINCEY, Earl Of Winchester, MC Suret
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Ness Of Leuchars
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Orabella
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Robert De QUINCEY
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Sir Robert II De Beaumont, Earl Of Leicester
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Sir Robert De BEAUMONT, Earl Of Leicester
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Amicia De Gael
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Margaret BEAUMONT
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William De GRANTMESNIL
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Petronilla De GRANTMESNIL
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Margaret De QUINCY, Heiress Of Lincoln
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Ranulph III De MESCHINES, Earl Of Chester
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Ranulf De GERNON, Earl Of Chester, Vicomte D'Avranches
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Lucia Of East Angies
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Hugh Of Kevelioc, Earl Of Chester
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Robert The Consul De CAEN, Earl Of Gloucester
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Maud De CAEN
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Maud FITZ HAMOND
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Hawise Of Chester, Countess Of Lincoln
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Amauri IV De MONTFORT, Count Of Evereux
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Simon De MONTFORT, Count Of Evreux
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Agnes De Garlande
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Bertrade De MONTFORT
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Maud
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Margaret De CLARE
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Fulk V The Young Count Of Anjou, King Of Jerusalem
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Geoffrey Plantagenet Count Of Anjou, Duke Of Normandy
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Erembourg Of Maine
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Henry II Curt Mantel PLANTAGENET, King Of England
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Henry I Beauclerc King Of England
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Matilda
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Matilda Of Scotland
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John Lackland PLANTAGENET, King Of England
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William VII Count Of Poitou, IX Duke Of Aquitain
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William VIII Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
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Maud Of Toulouse
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Eleanor Duchess Of Aquitaine
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Aimery I Vicount De Chatellerault
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Eleanor De CHASTELLERAULT
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Dangerose
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Henry III King Of England
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Wulgrim II Tailefer, Count Of Angouleme
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William Guillaume IV Tailefer, Count Of Angouleme
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Ponse De Montgomery
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Aymer Tailefer, Count Of Angouleme
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Raymond I Vicount Of Turenne
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Marguerite De Turenne
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Maude De Perche
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Isabel Of Angouleme
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Louis VI The Fat King Of France
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Peter Of France, Lord Of Courteney
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Adelaide Of Savoy
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Alice De Courtenay
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Renaud De Courtenay, Seigneur De Courtenay
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Elizabeth De Courtenay
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Hedwig Du DONJON
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Edward I King Of England
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Raymond Berenger IV Count Of Barcelona
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Alfonso II King Of Aragon
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Petronilla Queen Of Aragon
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Alfonso II Count Of Provence
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Alfonso VII King Of Castile And Leon
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Sancha Of Castile
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Richilde Of Poland
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Raymond Berengar IV Count Of Provence And Forcalquier
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Rostaing II De Sabran
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Rainou Seigneur De Castellar, Count Of Forcalqu
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Roscie Of Uzes
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Gersenda II Of Sabran
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William II Count Of Forcalquier
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Gersinde Of Forcalquier
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Adelaida De Bezieres
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Eleanor Of Provence
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Amadeus III Count Of Savoy, Marquess Of Turin
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Humbert III Count Of Savoy
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Matilda Of Grenoble
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Thomas I Count Of Savoy
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Gerard I Count Of Vienne And Macon
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Beatrix Of Macon
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Maurette Of Salines
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Beatrice Of Savoy
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Amadeus Count Of Geneva
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William I Count Of Geneva
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Matilda
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Margaret Of Geneva
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Aimon I Sire Of Faucigny
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Beatrix De FAUCIGNY
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Clementia
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Joan PLANTAGENET
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Raymond Of Burgandy, Count Of Castille
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Alfonso VII King Of Castile And Leon
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Urraca Queen Of Castile And Leon
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Fernando II King Of Leon
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Raymond Berenger III Count Of Barcelona
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Berenguela Of Barcelona
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Aldonza De CARLAT
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Alfonso IX King Of Leon
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Henry I Count Of Portugal
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Alfonso Henriques I King Of Portugal
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Theresa Of Castile
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Urraca Of Portugal
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Amadeus III Count Of Savoy, Marquess Of Turin
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Maud Of Savoy
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Matilda Of Grenoble
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Fernando III The Saint King Of Castile And Leon
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Alfonso VII King Of Castile And Leon
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Sancho III King Of Castile
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Berenguela Of Barcelona
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Alfonso VIII The Good King Of Castile
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Garcia V King Of Navarre
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Blanche Of Navarre
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Marguerite Of Perche
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Berengaria Of Castile
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Geoffrey Plantagenet Count Of Anjou, Duke Of Normandy
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Henry II Curt Mantel PLANTAGENET, King Of England
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Matilda
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Eleanor Of England
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William VIII Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
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Eleanor Duchess Of Aquitaine
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Eleanor De CHASTELLERAULT
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Eleanor Of Castile
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Odo De DAMMARTIN
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Alberic I De DAMMARTIN
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Basilia De St CLAIR
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Alberic II De DAMMARTIN, Count Of Dammartin
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(Unk)
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Simon De DAMMARTIN, Count Of Aumale
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Hugh Count Of Clermont
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Renaud Count Of Clermont
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Margaret De Roucy
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Maud Of Clermont
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Renaud I Count Of Bar
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Clemence Of Bar-Le-Duc
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Gisele De VAUDEMONT
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Joan De DAMMARTIN
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Guy II De PONTHIEU, Count Of Ponthieu
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John I De PONTHIEU, Count Of Ponthieu
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Ida
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William III De PONTHIEU, Count Of Ponthieu
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Anselme CANDAVAINE, Count Of St. Pol
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Beatrice Of St. Pol
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Marie Countess Of Ponthieu
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Louis VI The Fat King Of France
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Louis VII The Young King Of France
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Adelaide Of Savoy
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Alice Of France
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Alfonso VII King Of Castile And Leon
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Constance Of Castile
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Berenguela Of Barcelona
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