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From: "Peter Stewart" < >
Subject: Re: Henry of Poitou, Abbot of Peterborough 1127-
Date: 4 Aug 2005 17:20:19 -0700
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Richardson wrote:

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> King Henry I and Count Guillaume of Poitou were both descended from
> the Dukes of Normandy and from the French kings. I assume Henry of
> Poitou shared both of these connections as well. Can anyone identify
> Henry of Poitou's parentage?

>From memory, he was an illegitimate son of Duke William the Troubadour
(paternal grandfather of Alienor of Aquitaine) by his mistress Mauberge
(aka Dangerosse, the wife of Aimery, viscount of Châtellerault and
maternal grandmother of Alienor).

Peter Stewart



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