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From: Dcrdcr4< >
Subject: Re: Beaumont (sur-Oise)
Date: 5 Mar 1999 10:45:55 GMT


Regarding your post on the Beaumont-sur-Oise family, Ives de Beaumont's wife,
Adelais (or Alice), appears to have been the daughter of Enguerrand, Count of
Ponthieu, and his wife, Adelais ( or Alice), later Countess of Aumale,
half-sister of William the Conqueror, King of England. The evidence for
Adelais de Beaumont's identity is slim but compelling. At some point, I hope
to publish an article on her identity.
Adelais de Beaumont was, of course, half-sister of Judith, wife of Waltheof,
Earl of Northumberland and of Stephen, Count of Aumale, who are better known to
American genealogists. However, unless I am mistaken, Adelais herself is
ancestress of King Edward III's wife, Philippe of Hainault, so she also has
many English and American descendants.

All for now. Best always, Douglas Richardson

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