Individuals

50250 individuals, 17647 families from file BLEVINS.GED (4 MAR 1997)

Wigeric Pfalzgrave (d'Aachen)

Family 1: Kunigunde
  1. Siegfried 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--Wigeric Pfalzgrave 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

Sources

[S191]

William I "the Lion" (King of Scotland)

Family 1:
  1. Isabel 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--William I "the Lion" 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

William (Longsword)

Father: Rollo (Rolf)
Mother: Papia

Family 1: Sprota
  1. Richard I the Fearless 
                 _Rognvald _
 _Rollo (Rolf) _|
|               |_Hilda ____
|
|--William 
|
|                _Berengar _
|_Papia ________|
                |_unknown __
INDEX

Sources

[S129]

Wanda

Family 1: Michael Ira LUSK 

    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--Wanda 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

William III Atheling (Duke of Normandy)

Father: Henry I "Beauclerc"
Mother: Matilda (Edith) 

                        _William I the Conqueror _
 _Henry I "Beauclerc" _|
|                      |_Mathilda ________________
|
|--William III Atheling 
|
|                       _Malcolm III MacDuncan ___
|_Matilda (Edith) _____|
                       |_Margaret ________________
INDEX

Sources

[S129]

Willa (of Tuscany)

Family 1: Boson
  1. Willa 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--Willa 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

Sources

[S191]

William II Rufus (King of England)

Father: William I the Conqueror
Mother: Mathilda 

                            _Robert I __________
 _William I the Conqueror _|
|                          |_Arletta (Herleve) _
|
|--William II Rufus 
|
|                           _Baldwin V _________
|_Mathilda ________________|
                           |_Adelisa ___________
INDEX

Notes

He extended his power into Normandy and Scotland. His father on his
deathbed named him as his successor in England, leaving the duchy of
Normandy to his eldest son, Robert. William Rufus, as he was known
because of his ruddy complexion, was crowned in Westminster Abbey in
1087. The following year William's uncle Odo, bishop of Bayeux
(1036?-97), led a rebellion of Norman barons who sought to unseat him
in favor of Robert. William's English subjects, believing his promises
of less oppressive taxation and more liberal laws, helped him quell
the revolt. The king, despite his promises, continued to pursue a
domestic policy that was harsh and venal.

William invaded Normandy in 1089, 1091, and 1094, winning some
concessions from his brother Robert II, duke of Normandy, each time.
He forced the Scottish king Malcolm III MacDuncan (1031?-93) to pay
him homage and in 1092 seized the city of Carlisle and other areas
claimed by Malcolm in Cumberland and Westmorland. In 1096 Robert
mortgaged Normandy to William for funds to finance a Crusade. William
then fought to recapture lands his brother had lost as duke of
Normandy and returned the county of Maine to the rule of the duchy.

After the death in 1089 of Lanfranc, the archbishop of Canterbury,
William delayed naming a successor. He held open vacant bishoprics and
enriched himself with church monies, incurring the displeasure of many
ecclesiastics. In 1093 he selected Anselm, abbot of Bec, as the new
archbishop, but they quarreled over William's authority to control
church appointments.

William was killed. It is not known whether the slaying, which is
traditionally ascribed to a Norman named Walter Tirel (died after
1100), was accidental or intentional. William never married and had
no children. His younger brother succeeded to the throne as King Henry
I.

Sources

[S136]

William Fitz Robert (2nd Earl of Gloucester)

Father: Robert de Mellment
Mother: Mabel FITZHAMMON 

                       _Henry I "Beauclerc" _
 _Robert de Mellment _|
|                     |______________________
|
|--William Fitz Robert 
|
|                      _Robert FITZHAMMON ___
|_Mabel FITZHAMMON ___|
                      |______________________
INDEX

Sources

[S129]

Wife

Family 1: Armistead BRACKIN 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--Wife 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

William IV (Count of Forcalquier)

Father: Bertrand
Mother: Josserane de FLOTTE

Family 1:
  1. Garsinde 
                        __
 _Bertrand ____________|
|                      |__
|
|--William IV 
|
|                       __
|_Josserane de FLOTTE _|
                       |__
INDEX

Willa (d'Arles)

Father: Boson
Mother: Willa

Family 1: Berengar II
  1. Rosella (Suzanna) 
          _Thibaud _
 _Boson _|
|        |_Berthe __
|
|--Willa 
|
|         __________
|_Willa _|
         |__________
INDEX

Sources

[S191]

William I the Conqueror (King of England)

Father: Robert I
Mother: Arletta (Herleve)

Family 1: Mathilda
  1. Robert II "Curthose"
  2. Richard
  3. Cecily
  4. William II Rufus
  5. Adeliza
  6. Constance
  7. Adela
  8. Agatha
  9. Matilda
  10. Henry I "Beauclerc"
  11. Gundred 
                      _Richard II _
 _Robert I __________|
|                    |_Judith _____
|
|--William I the Conqueror 
|
|                     _Fulbert ____
|_Arletta (Herleve) _|
                     |_Doda _______
INDEX

Notes

He was the first Norman king of England, also duke of Normandy, who
has been called one of the first modern kings and is generally
regarded as one of the outstanding figures in western European
history.

William was an illegitimate son and is therefore sometimes called
William the Bastard. Upon the death of his father, the Norman nobles,
honoring their promise to Robert, accepted William as his successor.
Rebellion against the young duke broke out almost immediately,
however, and his position did not become secure until 1047 when, with
the aid of Henry I, king of France, he won a decisive victory over a
rebel force near Caen.

During a visit in 1051 to his childless cousin, Edward the Confessor,
king of England, William is said to have obtained Edward's agreement
that he should succeed to the English throne. In 1053, defying a papal
ban, William married a descendant of King Alfred the Great, thereby
strengthening his claim to the crown of England. Henry I, fearing the
strong bond between Normandy and Flanders resulting from the marriage,
attempted in 1054 and again in 1058 to crush the powerful duke, but on
both occasions William defeated the French king's forces.

Conquest of England

About 1064, the powerful English noble, Harold, earl of Wessex, was
shipwrecked on the Norman coast and taken prisoner by William. He
secured his release by swearing to support William's claim to the
English throne. When King Edward died, however, the witenagemot (royal
council) elected Harold king. Determined to make good his claim,
William secured the sanction of Pope Alexander II (died 1073) for a
Norman invasion of England. The duke and his army landed at Pevensey
on September 28, 1066. On October 14, the Normans defeated the English
forces at the celebrated Battle of Hastings, in which Harold was
slain. William then proceeded to London, crushing the resistance he
encountered on the way. On Christmas Day he was crowned king of
England in Westminster Abbey.

The English did not accept foreign rule without a struggle. William
met the opposition, which was particularly violent in the north and
west, with strong measures; he was responsible for the devastation of
great areas of the country, particularly in Yorkshire, where Danish
forces had arrived to aid the Saxon rebels. By 1070 the Norman
conquest of England was complete.

William invaded Scotland in 1072 and forced the Scottish king Malcolm
III MacDuncan (died 1093) to pay him homage. During the succeeding
years the Conqueror crushed insurrections among his Norman followers,
including that incited in 1075 by Ralph de Guader, 1st earl of
Norfolk, and Roger Fitzwilliam, earl of Hereford, and a series of
uprisings in Normandy led by his eldest son Robert, who later became
Robert II, duke of Normandy.

His Achievements

One feature of William's reign as king was his reorganization of the
English feudal and administrative systems. He dissolved the great
earldoms, which had enjoyed virtual independence under his Anglo-Saxon
predecessors, and distributed the lands confiscated from the English
to his trusted Norman followers. He introduced the Continental system
of feudalism; by the Oath of Salisbury of 1086 all landlords swore
allegiance to William, thus establishing the precedent that a vassal's
loyalty to the king overrode his fealty to his immediate lord. The
feudal lords were compelled to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the
local courts, which William retained along with many other Anglo-Saxon
institutions. The ecclesiastical and secular courts were separated,
and the power of the papacy in English affairs was greatly curtailed.
Another outstanding accomplishment was the economic survey undertaken
and incorporated in the Domesday Book in 1086.

In 1087, during a campaign against King Philip I of France, William
burned the town of Mantes (now Mantes-la-Jolie). William's horse fell
in the vicinity of Mantes, fatally injuring him. William was
succeeded by his third-born son, William II.

Sources

[S136]

[S131]

William

Father: Richard II
Mother: Judith 

               _Richard I the Fearless _
 _Richard II _|
|             |_Gunnora ________________
|
|--William 
|
|              _Conan I ________________
|_Judith _____|
              |_Hermengarde ____________
INDEX

Notes

He was also called Nicholas. He was a monk at Fechamp.

Sources

[S129]

Welf (Count in Bavaria)

Family 1: Heilwig
  1. Judith
  2. Conrad
  3. Rudolf
  4. Emma 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--Welf 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

Sources

[S220]

William IV (Count of Toulouse)

Family 1:
  1. Phillipa 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--William IV 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

Sources

[S163]

Willelmus II (Guillaume) (of Provence)

Father: Boson II
Mother: Constance

Family 1: Adelaide
  1. Constance 
              _Constantine (Charles) _
 _Boson II __|
|            |_Thietberge ____________
|
|--Willelmus II (Guillaume) 
|
|             ________________________
|_Constance _|
             |________________________
INDEX

Sources

[S163]

William III (Count of Hainault)

Family 1:
  1. Philippa 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--William III 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

Sources

[S129]

William I (Count of Bourgogne)

Family 1: Stephanie
  1. Raymond 
    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--William I 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__
INDEX

Sources

[S308]

Wig

Father: Freawine

Family 1:
  1. Gewis 
             _Frithogar _
 _Freawine _|
|           |____________
|
|--Wig 
|
|            ____________
|___________|
            |____________
INDEX

Sources

[S174]

William IX (Duke of Aquitaine)

Father: William VIII

Family 1: Phillipa
  1. William X 
                 _William VII _
 _William VIII _|
|               |______________
|
|--William IX 
|
|                ______________
|_______________|
                |______________
INDEX

Sources

[S163]

Email Send E-mail to OBlevins@AOL.com

Send mail to:
Owen Blevins
729C Polo Drive North
Columbus, OH 43229
HTML created by GED2HTML v3.0-beta (1/19/97) on Tue Mar 04 19:30:42 1997.