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PLANTAGENET Hamelin

Male 1130 - 1202  (72 years)


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  1. 1.  PLANTAGENET Hamelin was born in 1130 in Normandy, France (son of PLANTAGENET Geoffrey IV "Le Bon" and of ANGERS Adelaide, son of PLANTAGENET Geoffrey IV "Le Bon" and of GERMANY Matilda "Maud" Emperess); died in Apr 1202 in England; was buried in Chapter House, Lewes, Sussex, England.

    Family/Spouse: De WARREN Isabel. Isabel (daughter of De TALVAS Adelia, daughter of De WARENNE III William) was born in 1137 in Surrey, England; died on 13 Jul 1199 in Lewes, Sussex, England; was buried in Chapter House, Lewes, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. PLANTAGENET William De Warren died in 1240.
    2. DE WARREN Ida PLANTAGENET was born about 1155.
    3. WARREN Jeffrey was born about 1160.
    4. DE WARREN Suzanne PLANTAGENET was born about 1168.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  PLANTAGENET Geoffrey IV "Le Bon" was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Count d' Anjou (son of V Foulques and du MAINE Ermengarde); died on 07 Sep 1151 in Cahateau-du-loir; bur. church of Anjou.

    Notes:

    The friends of Goeffrey were unaware that their playful nickname for
    him "Plantagenet" would live through the years. The story is told
    that while disguised in battle, and to make himself known to his
    followers, he leaned down from his horse and grasped a sprig of
    "plante de genet", the common broom corn which grew thickly on the
    heath, and thrust it in his helmet. Thus he derived his popular
    title.
    A noble person was Geoffrey, one of the most powerful princes of
    France, with elegant and courtly manners and a reputation for
    gallantry in the field. His alliance with England came about in
    consequence of the great tragedy of the sinking of the famous White
    Ship. When it struck hidden rocks off he coast of France, young
    William, Duke of Normandy, the heir to the English throne, and 300
    hundred others, were drowned in the freezing November waters, the
    Butcher of Rouen alone being saved.
    King Henry I of England, in despair over the loss of his only son,
    sought the aid of Geoffrey Plantagenet and personally invested him
    with the order of knighthood. Approving the marriage of his daughter
    Matilda with Geoffrey, King Henry expressed the hope that all
    Englishmen would give them their full allegiance. The Barons took
    oath to uphold the succession of Matilda and Geoffrey and their
    children after them. When , therefore, the sons Henry, Geoffrey, and
    William were born, their grandfather thought the succession to the
    throne secure. However, King Henry had no sooner died that all the
    plans he had labored at so long crumbled away. Yet eventually on 19
    Dec. 1154, Geoffrey's eldest son was crowned King Henry II and thus
    Geoffrey heads the line of English Kings which bear his Plantagenet
    name.


    Geoffrey "the Fair", meaning "the Handsome" was the first to use the Plantagenet name. One story relates that his father, Fulk the Younger atoned for some evil deed by being scourged with broom twigs or planta genista before the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Another story relates that Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom or planta genista in his hat. Regardless, it is generally agreed upon that the family name of "Plantagenet" has its origins with the planta genista or broom plant.

    Born on August 24, 1113
    Died on September 7, 1151 and interred at St. Julian's Church, Le Mans, Anjou.

    Armorial Bearings of Plantagenet The arms of Plantagenet are described by Richard Thomson: "Ancient Arms of Anjou borne by the Plantagenets, who were Earls of that place, of which family King John was descended. Gules, a chief argent over all an escarbuncle, or." Note that:
    (1) Shields were sometimes strengthened with iron bands radiating from the centre which eventually became a part of the coat of arms under the term escarbuncle, and;
    (2) Geoffrey "the Fair" Plantagenet pictured above doesn't appear to be carrying these arms.

    Geoffrey married on May 22, 1127 to Matilda of England who was born in 1104 and died on September 10, 1167. Matilda was the only surviving legitimate child of King Henry I of England. After the death of Henry I in 1135, Geoffrey laid claim to Normandy through his wife Matilda. Meanwhile, Matilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin King Stephen who had gained the crown. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144. In 1147 he undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty. Click on Matilda for her ancestry.

    Geoffrey and Mathilda had the following sons:

    * Henry II Curtmantle, King of England, born March 5, 1132/33. Click Here for this line.
    * Geoffrey VI, Count of Nantes and Anjou, born June 1, 1134 and d.s.p July 26, 1158
    * William Longespée (also William Fitz Empress), Vicomte of Dieppe, born July 21, 1136 and died January 30, 1163/64. (not to be confused with his nephew William Longespée, named in the Magna Charta)
    (Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, 2004, p. 2 & 3)

    Geoffrey was associated with an unknown girlfriend, said by Brian C. Tompsett to be named "Adelaide of Angers". Geoffrey and his girlfriend had a son:

    * Hamelin Plantagenet

    Geoffrey also had two daughters, but the mother is not known:

    * Emma (or Emme) Plantagenet who married Dafydd Ab Owain, Prince of North Wales
    * Mary, Abbess of Shaftesbury

    Geoffrey married of ANGERS Adelaide. Adelaide was born about 1112 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou/Pays-de-la Loire, France; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  of ANGERS Adelaide was born about 1112 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou/Pays-de-la Loire, France; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy.
    Children:
    1. Emma
    2. 1. PLANTAGENET Hamelin was born in 1130 in Normandy, France; died in Apr 1202 in England; was buried in Chapter House, Lewes, Sussex, England.
    3. of England) Henry Plantagenet (II;King was born about 05 Mar 1132 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France; died on 06 Jul 1189 in Chinon; bur. Fontevraud, in Anjou.
    4. PLANTAGENET Geoffrey (Mantel) was born about 01 Mar 1133.
    5. PLANTAGENET William was born on 21 Jul 1136.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  V Foulques was born in 1092 (son of of ANJOU Foulques IV "Rechin" Count and de MONTFORT Bertrade); died on 11 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem, Israel.

    Notes:

    Fulk "le Jeun" (the Younger) became King of Jerusalem in 1131 on the death of Baldwin II, his father-in-law by his second marriage. Fulk is buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
    The Crusaders set up the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem after killing many thousands of the Arab and Jewish inhabitants of the area. At its greatest extent under Fulk "le Jeun", the Kingdom comprised most of present day Israel and part of Syria. Muslim counterattack steadily shrank the size of the crusading kingdom. In 1187, Jerusalem was retaken by by Saladin. Eventually, the last Christian stronghold at Acre surrendered in 1291 and the Crusaders departed from the Holy Land.

    Fulk married first circa 1108 to Erembourge (died in 1126), heiress of Maine, daughter of Helias, Seigneur de la Flèche, Count of Maine.

    Fulk and Erembourge had the following children:

    * Geoffrey Plantagenet

    * Isabella or Mathilda who married William the Aetheling, Duke of Normandy who was the only legitimate son of King Henry Beauclerc of England. William drowned when the White Ship was wrecked on the deadly rock. A boat was launched and William was rowed to safety. The cries of his half-sister Maud, Countess of Perche, induced him to return to the wreck where they sank together. This was considered by some to be punishment for Henry's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring. He had four legitemate children and at least twenty-five illegitimate children.

    Fulk "le Jeun" married second on June 2, 1129 to Mélesinde, daughter of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem. On the death of Baldwin II in 1131, Fulk "le Jeun" became King of Jerusalem.

    Birth:
    King of Jerusalem; Count d'Anjou

    Foulques married du MAINE Ermengarde on 11 Jul 1110. Ermengarde (daughter of of MAINE Elias "Helie" Count and DU LOIRE Matilde De CHATEAU) was born about 1096 in Maine, France; died in 1126 in Maine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  du MAINE Ermengarde was born about 1096 in Maine, France (daughter of of MAINE Elias "Helie" Count and DU LOIRE Matilde De CHATEAU); died in 1126 in Maine, France.
    Children:
    1. 2. PLANTAGENET Geoffrey IV "Le Bon" was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Count d' Anjou; died on 07 Sep 1151 in Cahateau-du-loir; bur. church of Anjou.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  of ANJOU Foulques IV "Rechin" Count was born in 1043 in Of, Anjou, France (son of de GASTINOIS Geoffrey II and of ANJOU Ermengarde Countess); died on 11 Apr 1109 in Of, Anjou, France.

    Notes:

    Fulk is noted as "chronicler of the Counts of Anjou", so presumably he began a family history. He is known as "Fulk le Rechin" which means "Fulk the Rude". The reason for this name is unclear.

    Fulk married Bertrada de Montfort, daughter of Simon I, Seigneur of Montfort Amauri and they had a son:

    * Fulk V "le Jeun"

    Foulques married de MONTFORT Bertrade in 1089 in France. Bertrade (daughter of De MONTFORT Simon I and EVREUX Agnaes D') was born about 1059 in Of, Montfort, Amaury, Lle De France, France; died in 1117 in Fontevrault, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  de MONTFORT Bertrade was born about 1059 in Of, Montfort, Amaury, Lle De France, France (daughter of De MONTFORT Simon I and EVREUX Agnaes D'); died in 1117 in Fontevrault, France.
    Children:
    1. 4. V Foulques was born in 1092; died on 11 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem, Israel.

  3. 10.  of MAINE Elias "Helie" Count was born about 1060 in Of, Maine, France (son of De La FLECHE Jean and Paula); died in 1110.

    Elias married DU LOIRE Matilde De CHATEAU. Matilde (daughter of DU LOIRE Gervase Seigneur De CHATEAU and DU LOIRE Erenburg De CHATEAU) was born about 1055 in Of, Chateau Du Loire, France; died in 1099. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  DU LOIRE Matilde De CHATEAU was born about 1055 in Of, Chateau Du Loire, France (daughter of DU LOIRE Gervase Seigneur De CHATEAU and DU LOIRE Erenburg De CHATEAU); died in 1099.
    Children:
    1. 5. du MAINE Ermengarde was born about 1096 in Maine, France; died in 1126 in Maine, France.