The county of Blois was one of the few counties whose counts can be identified from the reign of Emperor Louis I.� From the early 10th to the early 13th centuries, Blois was inherited within the same family.� In the mid-10th century, this family expanded its territories to include the counties of Tours, Chartres and Ch�teaudun.� In the early 11th century, it acquired Sancerre which was split off in 1152 to provide an appanage for a junior branch of the family.� The acquisition by the counts of Blois of the county of Troyes, some time in the 1020s, represented the start of a shift in their centre of activities towards the area of Champagne.� In 1231, the county of Blois was inherited by the Seigneurs de Ch�tillon-sur-Marne, who were already counts of Saint-Pol in northern France.�

Guillaume is the first recorded comte de Blois, probably appointed to the county in [830].� After his death in 834, no record has been found which indicates who succeeded him.� Merlet suggests that Robert "le Fort" was Comte de Blois in about [865][1].� He relies on a charter dated May 865 under which "Le comte Robert" donated "certains biens�situ�s dans le comt� de Blois, dans la viguerie d�Averdon au village dit Gabrium et faisant partie du domaine de Saint-Lubin" to Actard Bishop of Nantes in exchange for other property "situ�s au m�me lieu et d�pendant aussi du domaine de Saint-Lubin"[2].� However, another possibility is that Robert�s county was the "march of Anjou" to which he had been appointed count some years before (see the document FRANCE CAPETIAN KINGS).�

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1. GUILLAUME, son of --- ([772/90]-killed in battle [Touraine] Jun 834).� His birth date is estimated on the assumption that he was younger than his brother Eudes, which is suggested by the order in which their names appear when named together in primary sources.� The Annales Bertiniani record that "Odo et Willelmus frater eius" were among those killed fighting "Lantbertum et Matfridem" in 834[3].� Comte de Blois et Comte de Ch�teaudun: Merlet cites a charter of Emperor Louis I "le Pieux" dated 19 Nov 832 which confirms that these two territories were administered together at the time, referring to property "qu� est in pago Blisense vel Dunense"[4].� Merlet suggests that, in addition to Blois and Ch�teaudun, Guillaume administered Chartres as, from the 10th century, all three territories were administered by the same comte and he supposes that the same arrangement already existed in the 9th century (although no primary source exists which confirms this supposition)[5].� Constable: the Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names "in Frantiam Eggebardus comes et Willelmus comes stabuli" in the context of events in 833[6].� A poem by Gosbert is addressed to "Guillelmum Blesensium comitem" refers to him as "Francigenum primo proavis abavisque peralto"[7].� The Annales Bertiniani record that "Odo et Willelmus frater eius" were among those killed fighting "Lantbertum et Matfridem" in 834[8].� Merlet suggests that the battle took place in Touraine[9].� The Chronica Rainaldi records that "Odo comes Aurelianensium, Willelmus frater eius comes Blesensium, Guido comes Cenomanensium" died in battle fighting "Lambertum" in 835[10].� It is more likely that this battle took place in 834, assuming that it is correct that Count Lantbert was established in Italy later that year.�

2. EUDES [Odo] (-1 Aug 871).� Ren� Merlet suggests that Eudes was the brother of Robert "le Fort", ancestor of the Capetian dynasty, tracing what appears to be the parallel development of their careers[11].� Comte de Ch�teaudun, later Comte de Troyes.� 852/59 and 866/70.� "Karolus�rex" authorised "Dodo�Andecavorum episcopus" and "Odo comes" to exchange land at Angers by charter dated 3 Jul 851[12].� A document issued by Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks dated Nov 853 names "Wenilo episcopus, Odo et Donatus" as missi in "pago Senonico, Trecasino, Wasteniso, Miliduniso, Morviso, Proviniso, et ini tribus Arcisisis et in duobus Brionensis"[13].� "Karolus�rex" named "Odo�comes [et] predecessoris sui Aledramni�comitis ex comitatu Tricasino" in a charter dated 25 Apr 854 or 855 relating to the abbey of Mont�ramey[14].� A document of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks dated 21 Mar 858 is subscribed by "Hungarius, Engilramnus, Isembardus, Odo, Osbertus, Ratbodus, Hunfridus, Odalricus, Rhodulfus, Engilschalcus, Herluinus, Hitto"[15].� Comte de Blois.� The Annales Fuldenses name "Adalhartus abbas et Oto comes" as missi "ab occidente" in Jul 858[16], the editor of the compilation suggesting that "Oto" was "comes Blesensis"[17].�

1. --- (-killed in battle [893]).� Comte de Blois.� Richer records that the previous holder of Blois had been killed fighting �the pirates� (�in bello pyratico�) before King Eudes appointed Ingo as his successor, dated to [893][18].� No indication has been found of his name.� It is not known whether he was appointed comte de Blois immediately after the death of Comte Eudes in 871 or whether there were other individuals who held the castle in the intervening period.� [m [as her first husband,] ---, daughter of --- (-after [895]).� She may have married secondly ([893]) Ingo, son of ---.� As discussed below under Ingo Comte de Blois, one possible interpretation of a passage in Richer is the Ingo married his predecessor�s widow.]�

1. INGO (-[895]).� Comte de Blois.� Richer records that King Eudes granted �castrum...Blesum� to �Ingonem� after the holder of the castle had been killed fighting �the pirates� (�in bello pyratico�), dated to [893], but that he died two years later from infected wounds[19].� m [as her second husband,] ---, [widow of ---,], daughter of --- (-after [895]).� The name of Ingo�s wife is not known.� Richer records that, after granted him the castle of Blois, King Eudes arranged the marriage of Ingo to �eius quoque uxorem derelictam�[20].� In this passage, it is unclear to whom �eius� was intended to refer.� It seems that there are two possibilities.� Firstly, it could relate to the widow of the previous holder of the castle whose death is recorded in the previous sentence.� In that case �derelicto� would have been used in the sense of widow �left� as a result of the death of her husband.� Secondly, it could refer to the king himself, in which case �derelicto� would have been used in the sense of repudiated.� The first case appears more likely as primary sources name Theoderada as the wife of King Eudes and record her second marriage to Otto after the death of the king (see the document FRANCE, CAPETIAN KINGS).� Ingo & his wife had one child:�

a) GERLO ([894/95]-).� Richer records the death of �Ingonem� leaving �Gerlonem filium parvum� who inherited Blois under the joint guardianship of his mother and of another tutor appointed by the king[21].� Comte de Blois.� Gerlo presumably died soon afterwards if it is correct, as shown below, that Robert was Comte de Blois in 902.�

1. ROBERT (-after 23 Jun 908).� Comte de Blois.� Comte de Tours.� "Roberti comitis" subscribed the charter dated Nov 902 under which "Warnegaudi vicecomitis et uxoris eius Helen�" donated property[22].� �Domnus Rotbertus gregis beati Martini ex basilica levita ac thesaurarius� [Robert Comte de Tours] returned �situm in pago Turonico in loco...Mercuriolus� to Marmoutier by charter dated 23 Jun 908, subscribed by �Tetbaldus vicecomes...�[23].�

B.�� COMTES de BLOIS [944]-1218

Rapha�l Bijard reviews various hypotheses which have been proposed concerning the ancestry of Thibaut [I][24], none of which appears conclusive.� As noted below, the Historia sancti Florentii Salmurensis names Thibaut [II] as �Theobaudum Blesis comitem, regia stirpe progenitum...francigenatus�[25], indicating an illustrious ancestry (although the reference could presumably apply to his maternal origin, see below).� On the other hand, Rodulphus Glaber, in relation to Eudes II Comte de Blois, contrasted his distinguished maternal ancestry (�Odo natus ex filia Chuonradi, regis Austrasiorum, Berta�) with the relative obscurity of his paternal line (�a patris sui proavis obscure duxisset genus line��)[26].� As will be seen below, there remain numerous uncertainties regarding the reconstruction of the early generations of this family.�

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1. THIBAUT [Tetbald] [I] "l'Ancien", son of --- (-[944], bur Tours Saint-Martin).� [Comte de Chartres: Guillaume de Jumi�ges describes how "Tetboldus comes" threatened �Hastingus� into selling �Carnotenam urbem� to him, after which Hasting became a pilgrim and disappeared (�peregre profectus disparuit�)[27], maybe dated to [900], an earlier passage recording that Hasting held Chartres presumably from �Rainaldus totius Franci� dux� who had sent him to negotiate unsuccessfully with Rollo.� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that "Hastingo" sold "civitate Carnoto" to "Turonensi comiti Theobaldo" in 904[28].� The accuracy of these two reports is uncertain as it is unclear whether Hasting was ever comte de Chartres.]� Vicomte de Tours: �Tetbaldus vicecomes...� subscribed the charter dated 23 Jun 908 under which �domnus Rotbertus gregis beati Martini ex basilica levita ac thesaurarius� [Robert Comte de Tours] returned �situm in pago Turonico in loco...Mercuriolus� to Marmoutier[29].� "Domni Fulconis Andecavorum comitis, Tedbaldi Turonorum vicecomitis" subscribed the charter dated 30 Oct 909 under which the testamentary executors of "domni Gauzuini" donated property to Saint-Martin de Tours[30].� Comte de [---?] [comes palatii]: Raoul King of France confirmed the installation of the monks of Saint-Lomer at Blois, at the request of �amici mei Theobaldi inclyti Comitis Palatii...� [identified as Thibaut [I] by Bijard[31]], by charter dated 924[32].� �Tetbaldi comitis...� subscribed the charter dated 23 Nov 926 which records the installation of the monks of D�vres at Vierzon[33].� Bijard discusses the attribution of the comital title to this family[34].� "�Tetbaldi vicecomitis�Tedbaldi..." subscribed the charter of "Hugo rector abbati� sancti Martini" relating to Tours Saint-Martin dated 931[35].� "�Theotbaldi Turonorum Vicecomitis..." subscribed the charter dated May 939 which confirms donations to Tours Saint-Julien[36].� �...Teutbaldi comitis...� subscribed the charter dated Nov 941 under which �Elisiernus� donated �predium meum...Seda...in Guastinensi pago...�cclesiam...in Monte Leonis...et alteram...in villa Prunedo� to Saint-Beno�t-sur-Loire on becoming a monk[37].� �...Tetbaldi comitis...� subscribed the charter dated 26 Dec 943 under which Hugues Ducs des Francs restored property to Tours Saint-Martin, including �Venciacum...Gaudiacum...atque Brittannaico�[38].� The following document refers to the same properties: "Le comte Thibault p�re de Thibault" relinquished rights "sur les terres de Vanc�, de Jou�, de Martigny et de Berthenay" in favour of Tours Saint-Martin, and donated �deux couronnes d�argent� for his burial there, by charter dated to [944] (�Tebaudus comes, alterius...Tebaudi pater� relinquished rights over �Ventiaco et Gaudiaco et Martinaco et Britiniaco� in favour of Tours Saint-Martin and donated �duas argentas coronas� for his burial there)[39].� Bijard identifies �Tebaudus comes� in this [944] document as Thibaut [II] �le Tricheur�, and the second �Tebaudi� as his oldest son[40].� However, the date suggests that he was Thibaut [I] (sometimes referred to as �comes� in charters as noted above) who was presumably more likely to arrange his burial at that time, in which case the second �Tebaudi� was Thibaut [II].� If that is correct, Thibaut [I] died soon after this document and was buried at Tours Saint-Martin� [m firstly ---.� The primary source which confirms this possible first marriage has not been identified.� The only indication is provided by the charter, dated to [980], under which �Ledgardis comitissa necnon Hugo episcopus et filius meus et item filius meus Odo comes� donated property to Saint-Martin de Tours, for the souls of �Theobaldi comitis quondam senioris mei�Richildis quondam sanctimonialis, eiusque filii Richardi episcopi� (referring to �dicti comitis et fratris sui Theobaldi�, in relation to Bishop Richard)[41].� This charter confirms that Richildis was the mother of Richard and that Richard was the brother of Thibaut [II].� However, the absence of a phrase in the text such as �matris sui� linking �Richildis� to �Theobaldi comitis� suggests that she may not have been his mother, in which case the brothers could have been born from different marriages of their father.]� m [secondly] RICHILDIS, daughter of ---.� Richildis is named as second wife of Thibaut in Europ�ische Stammtafeln[42].� The suggestion that she was his second wife appears based on the charter, dated to [980], cited above under her husband�s possible first wife.� No primary source has been found which confirms the origin of Richildis, although various hypotheses have been proposed.� For example, Bijard concludes that she was the daughter of Warner [Garnier] Vicomte de Sens and his wife Teutberga d�Arles (�certainement une fille de Garnier�, although �certainement� seems surprisingly definite) (see the document CHAMPAGNE NOBILITY-SENS & JOIGNY)[43].� Marchegay and Mabille, in order to explain the Historia sancti Florentii Salmurensis recording Thibaut [II] as �Theobaudum Blesis comitem, regia stirpe progenitum� and assuming that he was Richildis�s son, records her as �fille de Robert le Fort�[44], which seems improbable.� Lot suggests other family origins of Richildis[45], which are equally improbable.� Thibaut [I] & his [first] wife had one child:

a) THIBAUT [II] ([910?]-16 Jan [975/77]).� Bijard supposes Thibaut�s birth �au milieu des ann�es 910�[46].� However, this supposition appears inconsistent with his possible first marriage suggested below, the chronology of which is already tight.� It is reasonable to suppose therefore that Thibaut was born a few years earlier, say [910?].� "Le comte Thibault p�re de Thibault" relinquished rights "sur les terres de Vanc�, de Jou�, de Martigny et de Berthenay" in favour of Tours Saint-Martin, and donated �deux couronnes d�argent� for his burial there (�Tebaudus comes, alterius...Tebaudi pater� relinquished rights over �Ventiaco et Gaudiaco et Martinaco et Britiniaco� in favour of Tours Saint-Martin, and donated �duas argentas coronas� for his burial there)[47].� He succeeded as THIBAUT I "le Tricheur" Comte de Blois, Vicomte de Tours.�

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Thibaut [I] & his [second] wife had two children:

b) RICHARD (-969).� �Ledgardis comitissa necnon Hugo episcopus et filius meus et item filius meus Odo comes� donated property to Saint-Martin de Tours, for the souls of �Theobaldi comitis quondam senioris mei�Richildis quondam sanctimonialis, eiusque filii Richardi episcopi� (referring to �dicti comitis et fratris sui Theobaldi�, in relation to Bishop Richard), by charter dated to [980][48].� This confirms that Richildis was the mother of Richard and that Richard was the brother of Thibaut.� However, the absence of a phrase in the text such as �matris sui� linking �Richildis� to �Theobaldi comitis� suggests that she was not his mother and that therefore the brothers were born from different marriages of their father.� Archbishop of Bourges 956/57.�

c) daughter .� The Chronicle of Nantes records the marriage of "Alanus dux" and "Theobaldum comitem Blesensem�sorore sua"[49].� Given the date of her marriage, and assuming that the estimated birth date of her brother Thibaut [II] is correct as shown above, it is probable that this daughter was born from her father's supposed second marriage.� The Chronicle of Nantes also records the marriage of "Theobaldus comes Blesensis�sororem suam relictam Alani Barb�tort� ducis" and "Fulconi comiti Andegavensi"[50].� Bijard discusses her family origin and proposes that she was the daughter of Thibaut �le Tricheur�, not his sister, by his supposed first marriage (see below), suggesting that �Theobaldus comes Blesensis� indicated Thibaut, Thibaut�s oldest son, a reference which could have resulted from confusion on the part of the author of the Chronicle of Nantes[51].� The tight chronology of Thibaut�s supposed first marriage is discussed below.� m firstly (before [949/51]) as his second wife, ALAIN II Duke of Brittany, son of MATHEDOI [Matuedo] Comte de Poher & his wife --- de Bretagne (in Brittany [before 919]-952).� m secondly (after 952) as his second wife, FOULQUES II Comte d'Anjou, son of FOULQUES I "le Roux" Comte d'Anjou & his wife Roscille de "Loches" ([920]-11 Nov 958).�

Duchesne, in discussing the origins of the Montmorency family, suggests that Hildegarde, wife of Bouchard [II] de Bray-sur-Seine (connected with the vicomtes d�Orl�ans, see the document CENTRAL FRANCE-BOUGES, G�TINAIS, ORLEANS, SANCERRE), was the daughter of �Thibaud Comte de Chartres�[52].� Bijard suggests that her parents were Thibaud �le Tricheur� and his supposed first wife (the tight chronology for this supposed first marriage is discussed below), although he does highlight that one of the charters on which Duchesne relies was a forgery[53].�

THIBAUT [II] de Blois, son of THIBAUT [I] "l'Ancien" Comte, Vicomte de Tours & his [first wife ---] ([910?]-16 Jan [975/77]).� The possible identity of Thibaut�s mother is discussed above.� Bijard supposes Thibaut�s birth �au milieu des ann�es 910�[54].� However, this supposition appears inconsistent with his possible first marriage suggested below, the chronology of which is already tight.� It is reasonable to suppose therefore that Thibaut was born a few years earlier, say [910?].� ["�Tetbaldi vicecomitis�Tedbaldi..." subscribed the charter of "Hugo rector abbati� sancti Martini" relating to Tours Saint-Martin dated 931[55]: Bijard identifies the second subscriber as Thibaut [II][56].]� "Le comte Thibault p�re de Thibault" relinquished rights "sur les terres de Vanc�, de Jou�, de Martigny et de Berthenay" in favour of Tours Saint-Martin, and donated �deux couronnes d�argent� for his burial there (�Tebaudus comes, alterius...Tebaudi pater� relinquished rights over �Ventiaco et Gaudiaco et Martinaco et Britiniaco� in favour of Tours Saint-Martin, and donated �duas argentas coronas� for his burial there)[57]: as discussed above under Thibaut [I], it is suggested that the second-named Thibaut in this document was Thibaut [II].� He succeeded as THIBAUT I "le Tricheur" Comte de Blois, Vicomte de Tours.� The Historia sancti Florentii Salmurensis names �Theobaudum Blesis comitem, regia stirpe progenitum...francigenatus�[58].� Thibaut dominated Brittany as guardian of his nephew Drogo, after the death of his brother-in-law Alain II Duke of Brittany in 952[59].� The Gesta Normannorum records that he plotted against Richard I Comte [de Normandie], who defeated Thibaut�s forces in [955] after the French captured Evreux[60].� "Domnus Tetbaldus comes Turonis" withdrew his claims to a serf in favour of the monks of Saint-Martin de Tours by charter dated 957, signed by "domni Tetbaldi comitis, Tetbaldi filii ipsius�Alberici Aurelianensium vicecomitis�"[61].� "Teutbaldi comitis, Teutbaldi junioris, Gausfredi comitis, Hugonis comitis Cenomannorum�" subscribed the charter dated Sep 960 under which "Aremburgis" donated property to Saint-Florent de Saumur[62].� He gained control of the counties of Chartres and Ch�teaudun in [960], and became the vassal of Lothaire King of the West Franks in 963.� Thibaut was excommunicated by Odalric Archbishop of Reims in 964 for taking Coucy and other estates from the archbishopric[63].� A charter dated May 974 records a donation by "comes Teutbaldus" to Saint-Florent de Saumur[64].� He is named as deceased in the 5 Feb 978 charter cited below under his wife.� Lot records the celebration of his obituary �XVII Kal Feb� at Saint-Maur[65].�

[m firstly ([935/36?]) ---.� Bijard reviews the possibility of a first marriage of Thibaut [II], which he indicates is suggested by the chronology of his oldest son Thibaut (see below), and discusses her possible family origin[66].� If this first marriage is correct, it is unlikely that the couple married before [935/36?], consistent with Thibaut�s date of birth suggested above.]�

m [secondly] ([943/44]) as her second husband, LUITGARDIS de Vermandois, widow of GUILLAUME I �Longuesp�e� Comte [de Normandie], daughter of HERIBERT [II] Comte de Vermandois [Carolingian] & his wife Adela [Capet] (before 925-14 Nov after 985, bur Chartres, Abbaye de Saint-P�re).� Rodulfus Glauber refers to the wife of Comte Guillaume as "sororem [Heribertum Trecorum comitem]", specifying that she was childless by her first husband, when recording her second marriage to "Tetbaldus"[67].� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum refers to the wife of "Tetbaudi comitis" as "sorore Herberti Trecorum comitis"[68].� "Theobaldi comitis�Ledgardis comitisse" subscribed the charter dated 950 under which Ragnfred Bishop of Chartres donated property to Chartres Saint-P�re[69].� "Ledgardis" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis ecclesiam", for the souls of "senioris mei�comitis Tedbaldi�patris mei Heirberti, Trecassini comitis", with the consent of "archipresule�Hugone et�comite Odone, filiis meis", by charter dated 5 Feb 978, signed by "�Emma comitissa Pictav� urbis�"[70].� �Ledgardis comitissa necnon Hugo episcopus et filius meus et item filius meus Odo comes� donated property to Saint-Martin de Tours, for the souls of �Theobaldi comitis quondam senioris mei�Richildis quondam sanctimonialis, eiusque filii Richardi episcopi� (referring to �dicti comitis et fratris sui Theobaldi�, in relation to Bishop Richard), by charter dated to [980][71].� "Hugonis ducis, Odonis comitis, Hugonis sanct� Bituricensis archipr�sulis, Letgardis comitiss�, Bert� comitiss�, Gauzfridi vicecomitis�" subscribed the charter dated 985 under which "Robertus" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis", on the advice of "Odonem, simul cum sua matre Ledgarde, pariterque dominam meam Bertam, ipsius �que coniugem"[72].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XVIII Kal Dec" of "Letgardis comitissa"[73].�

Thibaut & his [first/second] wife had one child:

1. THIBAUT de Blois ([936/40?] or [944/45]-killed in battle [Sep 960/962]).� Bijard suggests Thibaut�s birth �aux d�buts des ann�es 930�[74], which is early in light of his father�s estimated birth in [910?] (see above).� In arriving at this suggestion, he assumes that the [944] charter cited above under Thibaut [I] refers to Thibaut [II] and his son, which seems unlikely to be correct as discussed above.� Nevertheless, if born from Thibaut [II]�s known wife Luitgardis, Thibaut would have been born [944/45] which seems early in light of the chronology of his life.� The possibility remains that Thibaut was the son of an otherwise unrecorded first wife of Thibaut [II], born in the late 930s.� "Domnus Tetbaldus comes Turonis" withdrew his claims to a serf in favour of the monks of Saint-Martin de Tours by charter dated 957, signed by "domni Tetbaldi comitis, Tetbaldi filii ipsius�Alberici Aurelianensium vicecomitis�"[75].� "Teutbaldi comitis, Teutbaldi junioris, Gausfredi comitis, Hugonis comitis Cenomannorum�" subscribed the charter dated Sep 960 under which "Aremburgis" donated property to Saint-Florent de Saumur[76].� Bijard discusses the background of Thibaut�s death[77].�

Thibaut & his [second] wife had four children:

2. HUGUES de Blois ([946/47]-2 Jan 986, bur Marmoutier).� His parentage is confirmed by his mother�s [980] charter cited above.� Bijard suggests his birth �circa 946/47�[78], which is a reasonable suggestion.� "Hugonis archiepiscopi filii Theobaldi comitis" subscribed the charter dated 950 [presumably misdated] under which Ragnfred Bishop of Chartres donated property to Chartres Saint-P�re[79].� Archbishop of Bourges 969.� The Annales Masciacenses record the ordination in 969 of �Ugo in...sede Biturigensium...archiepiscopus�[80].� "Ledgardis" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis ecclesiam", for the souls of "senioris mei�comitis Tedbaldi�patris mei Heirberti, Trecassini comitis", with the consent of "archipresule�Hugone et�comite Odone, filiis meis", by charter dated 5 Feb 978, signed by "�Emma comitissa Pictav� urbis�"[81].� "Hugonis ducis, Odonis comitis, Hugonis sanct� Bituricensis archipr�sulis, Letgardis comitiss�, Bert� comitiss�, Gauzfridi vicecomitis�" subscribed the charter dated 985 under which "Robertus" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis", on the advice of "Odonem, simul cum sua matre Ledgarde, pariterque dominam meam Bertam, ipsius �que coniugem"[82].� The necrology of Chartres Cathedral records the death �IV Non Jan� of �Hugo Bituricensis archiepiscopus et canonicus Sanct� Mari��[83].� The necrology of Saint-P�re-en-Vall�e records the death "IV Non Jan" of "Hugo Bituricensis archiepiscopus filius comitisse Legardis", recording that they jointly donated "Gesiacum�predia"[84].� �Odo comes� restored �villam...Culturas� to Marmoutier, for the souls of �...domini Hugonis archiepiscopi, cujus ibi corpus...jacet�, by charter dated to [986], subscribed by �Berte comitiss� uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi, filii eius Odonis adhuc in cunabulo�[85].�

3. EUDES de Blois (-Ch�teaudun [12 Feb/4 Jul][86] 995, bur Tours, Abbaye de Saint-Martin, Marmoutier).� His parentage is confirmed by his mother�s [980] charter cited above.� "Odonis comitis filii Theobaldi comitis" subscribed the charter dated 950 under which Ragnfred Bishop of Chartres donated property to Chartres Saint-P�re[87].� Rodulfus Glaber names "Odo�filius Tetbaldi Carnotensis cognomento fallacis", recording that he was "chief among the rebels�who rebelled against the king [Robert I] from positions that should have made them humble"[88].� Rodulfus Glauber names "Odonem" son of "Tetbaldus [et] sororem [Heribertum Trecorum comitem]"[89].� Ademar names "Odonis Campanensis" as brother of "Emma", mother of Guillaume Duke of Aquitaine[90].� Odalric Archbishop of Reims granted him Coucy after recovering it from Eudes's father[91].� He succeeded his father as EUDES I Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Ch�teaudun, de Tours, de Beauvais et de Dreux.� "Odo comes�" signed a charter dated Feb 977 of Chartres Saint-P�re[92].� "Odoni comitis�" signed a charter dated Oct 977 relating to Bourgeuil[93].� "Ledgardis" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis ecclesiam", for the souls of "senioris mei�comitis Tedbaldi�patris mei Heirberti, Trecassini comitis", with the consent of "archipresule�Hugone et�comite Odone, filiis meis", by charter dated 5 Feb 978, signed by "�Emma comitissa Pictav� urbis�"[94].� Seigneur de Chinon et de Saumur.� A letter of Gerbert dated 983 records that "Heriberti Trecassini et Oddonis comitis filii Tedbaldi" were enemies of "Adelbero Remonis archiepiscopus"[95], while a letter dated to mid-985 records that "Ottonem, Heribertum" made peace with the archbishop[96].� �Odo comes� restored �villam...Culturas� to Marmoutier, for the souls of �...domini Hugonis archiepiscopi, cujus ibi corpus...jacet�, by charter dated to [986], subscribed by �Berte comitiss� uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi, filii eius Odonis adhuc in cunabulo�[97].� A letter of Gerbert dated to [late 986/early 987] records that "O et Heribertus comites" were part of the council of Emma Queen of France[98].� It is assumed that "Oddonis/Ottonem/O" all refer to the same person.� "Robert Vicomte de Blois" donated property to the abbey of Evron by charter dated 989 subscribed by "Odonis comitis, Rotberti filii eius, Tetbaldi filius eius, Odonis alterius filius, Hugonis vicecomitis Castridunensis, Raherii de Montigniaco"[99].� Rodolfus Glaber records his place of burial when stating that his son Eudes II was buried next to his father[100].� m ([978/80]) as her first husband, BERTHE of Burgundy, daughter of CONRAD I �le Pacifique� King of Burgundy [Welf] & his second wife Mathilde de France [Carolingian] ([964/965]-16 Jan after 1010).� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum names "Berta filia Conradi regis Burgundi�" wife of "Odone comite Carnotensium"[101].� Rodulfus Glauber names "Odo natus ex filia Chuonradi regis Austrasiorum, Berta nomine"[102].� "Hugonis ducis, Odonis comitis, Hugonis sanct� Bituricensis archipr�sulis, Letgardis comitiss�, Bert� comitiss�, Gauzfridi vicecomitis�" subscribed the charter dated 985 under which "Robertus" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis", on the advice of "Odonem, simul cum sua matre Ledgarde, pariterque dominam meam Bertam, ipsius �que coniugem"[103].� �Odo comes� restored �villam...Culturas� to Marmoutier, for the souls of �...domini Hugonis archiepiscopi, cujus ibi corpus...jacet�, by charter dated to [986], subscribed by �Berte comitiss� uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi, filii eius Odonis adhuc in cunabulo�[104].� A charter dated 996 records the confirmation by "comitiss� Berth�" of the donation by "Odo comes" of property for the construction of the abbey of Bourgeuil, with the consent of "filiorum suorum Teobaldi�atque Odonis"[105].� She married secondly ([late 996/early 997], divorced [1003/05]) as his second wife, Robert II King of France.� Richer records that King Robert married "Berta Odonis uxor"[106].� �Berta...regina cum filiis meis Tetbaldo...episcopo nec non Odoni comitis� donated tonlieu over boats at Blois to Marmoutier by undated charter[107].� "Bert� regin�, Odonis comitis filii eius�" subscribed the charter dated 1004 under which "Gislebertus prepositus" recorded a donation[108].� "Odonis comitis, Ermengardis uxoris eius, Bert� regin�" subscribed the charter dated after 1005 under which "comitem Odonem" donated property "in comitatu Dunensi�Boscus Medius" to "Sancti Petri"[109].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XVII Kal Feb" of "Berta mater Odonis comitis"[110].� Comte Eudes I & his wife had [six] children:

a) [ROBERT (-[989/95]).� "Odonis comitis, Rotberti filii eius, Tetbaldi filius eius, Odonis alterius filius, Hugonis vicecomitis Castridunensis, Raherii de Montigniaco" subscribed the charter dated 989 under which "Robert Vicomte de Blois" donated property to the abbey of Evron[111].� Lex suggests that this document was a 12th century falsification and that this supposed eldest son Robert did not exist[112].� This position is supported by the charter dated to [986] under which �Odo comes� restored �villam...Culturas� to Marmoutier, for the souls of �...domini Hugonis archiepiscopi, cujus ibi corpus...jacet�, subscribed by �Berte comitiss� uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi, filii eius Odonis adhuc in cunabulo�[113].� An alternative explanation is that "Rotberti filii eius" was the son of the donor, not of "Odonis comitis" whose name immediately precedes his.]�

b) THIBAUT de Blois ([979/81]-11 Jul 1004, bur Chartres Saint-P�re).� �Odo comes� restored �villam...Culturas� to Marmoutier, for the souls of �...domini Hugonis archiepiscopi, cujus ibi corpus...jacet�, by charter dated to [986], subscribed by �Berte comitiss� uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi, filii eius Odonis adhuc in cunabulo�[114].� "Odonis comitis, Rotberti filii eius, Tetbaldi filius eius, Odonis alterius filius, Hugonis vicecomitis Castridunensis, Raherii de Montigniaco" subscribed the charter dated 989 under which "Robert Vicomte de Blois" donated property to the abbey of Evron[115].� He succeeded his father in 995 as THIBAUT II Comte de Blois.� A charter dated 996 records the confirmation by "comitiss� Berth�" of the donation by "Odo comes" of property for the construction of the abbey of Bourgeuil, with the consent of "filiorum suorum Teobaldi�atque Odonis"[116].� He resigned in favour of his younger brother and became a priest.� �Berta...regina cum filiis meis Tetbaldo...episcopo nec non Odoni comitis� donated tonlieu over boats at Blois to Marmoutier by undated charter[117].� His bishopric has not yet been identified.� A charter dated to before 1024 records that "comes Tedbaldus" was buried "in capitulo Sancti Petri" at the feet of "fratris sui Teoderici"[118].�

c) EUDES de Blois ([982/83]-15 Nov 1037).� �Odo comes� restored �villam...Culturas� to Marmoutier, for the souls of �...domini Hugonis archiepiscopi, cujus ibi corpus...jacet�, by charter dated to [986], subscribed by �Berte comitiss� uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi, filii eius Odonis adhuc in cunabulo�[119].� He succeeded his brother as EUDES II Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Ch�teaudun, de Tours, de Beauvais.�

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d) AGNES de Blois .� "La reine Berthe et ses enfants Thibaud, Eudes et Agn�s" confirmed a donation to Bourgeuil by Emma Ctss de Poitiers dated Sep 1001[120].� A charter dated to before 1024 records that "Odonis comitis, Bert� matris su�, Agnetis fili� ipsius" subscribed a charter dated to before 1024 recording a donation to Chartres Saint-P�re "in capitulo Sancti Petri" at the feet of "fratris sui Teoderici"[121].� [A fragmentary chronicle of the dukes of Aquitaine records that "Wido�comes de Thoarcio, vicecomitis Ebles filius" married "Agnete" who brought him "terram�de Salmuriaco" from "Odone patre comite Turonensi"[122].� It should be noted that these vicomtes de Thouars cannot be fitted into the family which has been reconstructed from other primary sources and is shown in the document POITOU.� The accuracy of this chronicle is open to doubt.� m GUY Vicomte de Thouars, son of EBLES Vicomte de Thouars & his wife Altrude de Limoges.]�

e) THIERRY de Blois (-[996/Sep 1101], bur Chartres Saint-P�re).� A charter dated to before 1024 records that "comes Tedbaldus" was buried "in capitulo Sancti Petri" at the feet of "fratris sui Teoderici"[123].�

f) LANDRY de Blois (-after 27 Sep 1007).� A charter of Robert II King of France dated 1007 confirmed the properties of "ecclesia B. Mari� Bellimontis�sita a castro Patris Martini" near Tours including the donation of "Liuziam" [Luz�] with the consent of "Odonis comitis et fratris sui Landrici"[124].�

4. EMMA de Blois ([953]-1 Aug, 1004 or later).� The Chronicle of Ad�mar de Chabannes records the marriage of "Willelmum" (son of "Willelmo Capite stup�") and "filiam Tetbaldi Campenensis�Emmam"[125].� The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence names "filiam Tetbaudi Campanensis�Emmam sive Emelinam" as the wife of "Willelmu duce�Caput Stup�filium eius Willelmum"[126].� She inherited property near Vernon in eastern Normandy from her mother which she gave to the abbey of Bourgueil in Aquitaine[127].� Her dowry in 968 was Chinon.� "Vuillelmus dux Aquitanorum" donated property to Saint-Jean d'Ang�ly for the soul of "�uxore mea Emma�" by charter dated [971][128].� She fled Poitou between 976 and 988 because of the adulterous behaviour of her husband[129].� "Ledgardis" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis ecclesiam", for the souls of "senioris mei�comitis Tedbaldi�patris mei Heirberti, Trecassini comitis", with the consent of "archipresule�Hugone et�comite Odone, filiis meis", by charter dated 5 Feb 978, signed by "�Emma comitissa Pictav� urbis�"[130].� "Willelmus Aquitanorum comes et dux et uxor mea Hemma et filius noster equivocus Willelmus" donated property to Saint-Maixent by charter dated Dec 992[131].� "Emme matris eius" subscribed the donation by "Willelmus dux Aquitanorum" of property to St Cyprien, Poitiers by charter dated [990/1004][132].� She confirmed her son's 27 Dec 1003 donation of Bretignolle to the Abbey of Bourgueil, but according to Richard she was still alive when her first grandson was born in 1004[133].� A necrology of Vend�me La Trinit� records the death "Kal Aug" of "Emma comitissa, Burgulii"[134].� m ([968]) GUILLAUME IV "Fier-�-Bras" Duke of Aquitaine [GUILLAUME II Comte de Poitou], son of GUILLAUME III �T�te d'Etoupes� Duke of Aquitaine [GUILLAUME I Comte de Poitou] & his wife Adela [Gerloc] [de Normandie] ([937]-Saint-Maixent 995 after May, bur Abbaye de Saint-Maixent).�

EUDES de Blois, son of EUDES I Comte de Blois & his wife Berthe de Bourgogne [Welf] ([982/83]-killed in battle Commercy 15 Nov 1037, bur Tours, Abbaye de Saint-Martin, Marmoutier).� �Odo comes� restored �villam...Culturas� to Marmoutier, for the souls of �...domini Hugonis archiepiscopi, cujus ibi corpus...jacet�, by charter dated to [986], subscribed by �Berte comitiss� uxoris eius, majoris filii eius Teutboldi, filii eius Odonis adhuc in cunabulo�[135].� "Odonis comitis, Rotberti filii eius, Tetbaldi filius eius, Odonis alterius filius, Hugonis vicecomitis Castridunensis, Raherii de Montigniaco" subscribed the charter dated 989 under which "Robert Vicomte de Blois" donated property to the abbey of Evron[136].� A charter dated 996 records the confirmation by "comitiss� Berth�" of the donation by "Odo comes" of property for the construction of the abbey of Bourgeuil, with the consent of "filiorum suorum Teobaldi�atque Odonis"[137].� He succeeded his brother in [1004] as EUDES II Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Ch�teaudun et de Tours.� �Berta...regina cum filiis meis Tetbaldo...episcopo nec non Odoni comitis� donated tonlieu over boats at Blois to Marmoutier by undated charter[138].� "Bert� regin�, Odonis comitis filii eius�" subscribed the charter dated 1004 under which "Gislebertus prepositus" recorded a donation[139].� Rodulfus Glaber records that "secundus Odo filius�prioris Odonis" seized all the estates of "Stephanus comes Trecorum et Meldorum, Heriberti filius" after the latter died without an heir[140].� Comte de Sancerre, Seigneur de Chinon et de Saumur.� Guillaume de Jumi�ges records that Comte Eudes refused to return the castle of Dreux to Richard II Duke of Normandy after the death of his first wife[141].� Rodulfus Glaber refers to the "perpetual quarrels and frequent wars" between "secundus Odo filius�prioris Odonis" and Foulques III Comte d'Anjou[142].� "Odonis�comitis" [Eudes II Comte de Blois] donated part of the county of Beauvais to "Rogerius sanct� Belvacensis sedis�pontifex", recorded in the charter dated 1015, confirmed by Robert II King of France[143].� The Chronicon Sancti Petri Vivi Senonensis records that, after fleeing Sens in 1016, Renaud [II] Comte de Sens sought refuge with �Odonem Comitem� (presumably Eudes II Comte de Blois) with whom he built �castrum Monsteriolum�super Sequan� fluvium� (Montereau)[144].� "Odo comes filius [Odonis comitis]" confirmed a donation of his father by charter dated to [1032/37], subscribed by "Tetbaldi filii eius, matris eius Ermengardis�Hervei vicecomitis"[145].� Rodulfus Glauber records the challenge by "Odo natus ex filia Chuonradi regis Austrasiorum, Berta nomine" to the accession by Emperor Konrad II to the kingdom of Burgundy after the death of his maternal uncle Rudolf III King of Burgundy[146].� Herimannus names "Odo sororis eiusdem [=Roudolfus, ignavus Burgundi� regulus] filium, princeps Gallic� Campani�" when recording his challenge to the succession of Emperor Konrad II to the kingdom of Burgundy in 1032[147].� After the emperor agreed an alliance with Henri I King of France, comte Eudes besieged Toul but was forced to retreat by the emperor who arrived in the town 20 Aug 1033.� In Spring 1034, he ravaged the Meuse valley.� Eudes captured Bar 14 Nov 1037, intending to continue to Aix-la-Chapelle where he would declare himself emperor.� The Annales Sangallenses record the battle between "Gozelinum et Uotonem comittibus" in 1037 in which Comte Eudes was defeated and killed[148].� His forces were defeated at Commercy where Comte Eudes was killed[149].� Rodolfus Glaber records his place of burial[150].� The necrology of Saint-Cloud records the death "XII Kal Dec" of "Odo palacii comes"[151].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XVII Kal Dec" of "Odo palatii comes"[152].� The necrology of Verdun Saint-Vanne records the death "XVII Kal Dec" of "Odo, Manasses, Euzuinus, Dudo comites ante Bar castrum prelio interempti"[153].�

m firstly ([1003/04]) MATHILDE de Normandie, daughter of RICHARD I "Sans-peur" Comte [de Normandie] & his second wife Gunnora --- (-[1005]).� Guillaume of Jumi�ges names �Emma...secunda Hadvis...tertia Mathildis� as the three daughters of Richard and his wife �Gunnor ex nobilissima Danorum prosapia ortam�, adding that Mathilde married �Odoni comiti� by whom she was childless, a later passage stating that her dowry was �medietatem Dorcasini castri�[154].� The same source recounts that this provided the basis for the dispute between Comte Eudes and Duke Richard which escalated into the construction of the ch�teau de Tilli�res (�castrum Tegulense�) {Verneuil, Eure} and Eudes's defeat while attempting to capture it.�

m secondly (1005) ERMENGARDE d'Auvergne, daughter of [GUILLAUME [IV] Comte d'Auvergne & his wife Humberge de Brioude] (11 or 12 Mar --- -after 1042).� The Flandria Generosa names "altera Ermengardis comitissa" as daughter of "Ermengardis comitissa Arvenensis", and mother of "Berta comitissa [=de Blois]", when outlining the basis for the consanguinity between Baudouin VII Count of Flanders and [Hawise] de Bretagne, which provided the grounds for the couple's separation[155].� As discussed fully in the document AUVERGNE, less chronological difficulties result if Ermengarde was in fact the daughter of Guillaume [IV] Comte d'Auvergne and his wife Humberge, although this is not without doubt.� The date of Ermengarde's marriage is fixed by the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines which names "comitissam Turonensem Ermengardem" as wife of "Odonem Campaniensem comitem" when recording in 1005 their joint restoration of "Turonis maioris monasterii"[156].� "Odonis comitis, Ermengardis uxoris eius, Bert� regin�" subscribed the charter dated after 1005 under which "comitem Odonem" donated property "in comitatu Dunensi�Boscus Medius" to "Sancti Petri"[157].� The necrology of Saint-P�re-en-Vall�e records the death "IV Id Mar" of "Ermengardis comitissa"[158].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "V Id Mar" of "Ermengardis comitissa"[159].�

Comte Eudes II & his second wife had four children:

1. THIBAUT de Blois ([1010]-29/30 Sep 1089).� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum names "Tetbaudus et Stephanus" as the two sons of Comte Eudes, specifying that Thibaut succeeded in "Carnotensem et Turonensem"[160].� He succeeded his father in 1037 as THIBAUT III Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Ch�teaudun, de Meaux, de Sancerre et de Troyes.�

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2. ETIENNE de Blois (-19 May [1048]).� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum names "Tetbaudus et Stephanus" as the two sons of Comte Eudes, specifying that Etienne succeeded in "Meldensium et Trecassinorum"[161].� Comte de Troyes.��

-�� COMTES de TROYES.�

3. BERTHE de Blois (-[11/13] Apr 1085).� The Chronicon Kemperlegiense records that "Alanus filius eius" succeeded "Gauffridus Dux Britanni� filius Conani filii Iuha�lis Berengarii" and married "Bertham filiam Odonis Comitis Carnotensis"[162].� The Flandria Generosa names "Berta comitissa" daughter of "altera Ermengardis comitissa", when outlining the basis for the consanguinity between Baudouin VII Count of Flanders and his wife Havise de Bretagne which provided the grounds for the couple's separation[163].� The Actus pontificum Cenomannis records that Bishop Gervais arranged the marriage of "Hugonem�Herberti filium" and "Bertam�Alani Britannorum comitis olim coniugem"[164].� Orderic Vitalis records that "Hugo filius Herberti", after the death of "Alannus Britannorum comes" who was poisoned �a Normannis in Normania�, married �Bertam ipsius relictam, Tedbaldi Blesensium comitis sororem�[165].� Her second marriage is confirmed by the Chronicon Ruyensis C�nobii which records the death in 1062 of "Herbertus Cenomannensium Comes et frater uterinus Conani ducis"[166].� "Comitis Tedbaldi sorori�Berte" donated property by charter dated 12 May 1069[167].� The Chronicon Britannico records the death in 1084 of "Bertha Comitissa mater Conani"[168].� The Chronicon Britannico Alter records the death in 1085 of "Bertha religiosa Comitissa", stating that she restored "Monasterium S. Melanii"[169].� The Chronicon Ruyensis C�nobii records the death in 1085 of "Berth� comitiss�"[170].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "II Id Apr" of "Berta comitissa"[171].� The Chronicon Kemperlegiensis records the death "Kal Jun" in 1085 of "Bertha Comitissa Britanni�, mater Conani Ducis, soror Fulconis"[172], although no other record has been found which confirms that Berthe had a brother named Foulques.� m firstly (1018) ALAIN III Duke of Brittany, son of GEOFFROY I Duke of Brittany & his wife Havise de Normandie ([997]-poisoned 1 Oct 1040).� m secondly (after 14 May 1046) HUGUES [IV] Comte du Maine, son of HERBERT [I] "Eveille-chien" Comte du Maine & his wife --- (-26 Mar 1051).�

THIBAUT de Blois, son of EUDES II Comte de Blois & his second wife Ermengarde d'Auvergne ([1010]-29/30 Sep 1089, bur Epernay).� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum names "Tetbaudus et Stephanus" as the two sons of Comte Eudes, specifying that Thibaut succeeded in "Carnotensem et Turonensem"[173].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Theobaldi filii Odonis Campaniensis" when recording that he lost Tours in 1041[174].� "Odo comes filius [Odonis comitis]" confirmed a donation of his father by charter dated to [1032/37], subscribed by "Tetbaldi filii eius, matris eius Ermengardis�Hervei vicecomitis"[175].� He succeeded his father in 1037 as THIBAUT III Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Ch�teaudun, de Meaux, de Sancerre et de Troyes.� He lost Beauvais some time after 1037.� Guillaume de Jumi�ges records that "comitem Tetbaldum" was captured by Geoffroy Comte d'Anjou who extorted the town of Tours from him by force[176].� The Chronica Rainaldi records that "Tetbaldus, filius Odonis comitis" was captured by "Goffrido comite Andecavorum" in 1044 after which the city of Tours surrendered[177].� Comte de Bar-sur-Aube, presumably after 1077, maybe de iure uxoris.� The necrology of Saint-P�re-en-Vall�e records the death "II Kal Oct" of "Tebaldus comes Carnotensium"[178].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that "comes Theobaldus [filius Odonis]" was buried "apud Spernacum"[179].�

m firstly (repudiated 1048) as her first husband, GERSENDE du Maine, daughter of HERIBERT [I] "Euigilans Canis/Eveille-chien" Comte du Maine & his wife ---([1025/35]-).� The Actus pontificum Cenomannis records that "Atho marchisius" left Maine in the hands of "Gaufridi de Meduana", also naming "uxor eiusdem marchisii Garcendis�filia Herberti Cenomannorum�comitis�Evigila Canem" and specifying that she had married firstly "Theobaldo duci Campanie" and that he had repudiated her[180].� She married secondly as his second wife, Alberto Azzo II d'Este.� Orderic Vitalis records that "Hugo filius Herberti" and his wife �Bertam ipsius relictam, Tedbaldi Blesensium comitis sororem� had �filium...Herbertum et tres filias�, of whom one married �Azsoni marchiso Liguri�� (which would be difficult to sustain chronologically and confuses the children of Hugues [IV] Comte du Maine with his sisters)[181].�

[m secondly ([1050/55]) GUNDRADA, daughter of --- (-[1055/60]).� Her marriage is confirmed by the charter dated 1089 under which �Stephanus comes� donated property to the abbey of Pontlevoy, for the souls of �Theobaldi comitis patris mei et matris me� Gundre��[182].� It is assumed that she died soon after giving birth to her son.� Another possibility is that �Gundre�� in this charter is in fact a distorted transcription of �Gersend��, the name of Thibaut�s known first wife.� This cannot be verified unless another primary source emerges which names the mother of Comte Etienne.]�

m [secondly/thirdly] (before 1061) ADELA [Alix], daughter of --- (-12 May [1093/1100], bur Saint-Faron).� "Adeladis comitisse" subscribed the donation to Cluny by "Rotrocus castri Mauritanie comes atque Dunensis castri vicecomes" dated 11 Jan 1078, immediately after "Tetbaldi comitis, Stephani comitis"[183], it being assumed that she was the wife of the former not the latter.� Her parentage is uncertain.� According to the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines, "Alaydis soror sancti Symonis" married "comiti Campanie Theobaldo", although Alberic confuses her with her supposed niece Adelais, daughter of H�ribert [IV] Comte de Vermandois, saying that she married "Hugoni fratri regis Philippi" after the death of her husband[184].� If Alberic is correct, the [second/third] wife of Comte Thibaut III was Adela [Alix] de Valois, daughter of Raoul [III] de Cr�py Comte du Vexin et de Valois & his first wife Aelis de Bar-sur-Aube.� The difficulty with Alberic�s statement is an undated charter, quoted by Acta Sanctorum, under which "Rodulfus comes" [identified as Comte Raoul [III]] donated property to Saint-R�my, confirmed by "Symonem filium meum, duos quoque generos meos, quos de filiabus meis habeo, id est Heribertum comitem et juvenem�Bartholomeum"[185].� If the wife of Thibaut III Comte de Blois had been another daughter of Comte Raoul [III], it is unclear why Thibaut would have been omitted from this document which appears to indicate clearly that Raoul had only two sons-in-law.� Nevertheless, a close relationship with the family of the comtes de Valois is indicated by a charter dated to [1077/81] under which "Teobaudus comes palatinus�cum mulierum Adelaide" donated property to Monti�render, naming "bone memorie predecessorum�patris sui Odonis comitis et Heriberto cognomento senioris�comes Rodulfus predecessor suus et propinquus"[186], the latter presumably referring to Comte Raoul [III].� In addition, Comte Thibaut acquired the county of Bar-sur-Aube.� If he had not been Raoul�s son-in-law, the basis for this acquisition is unclear.� The necrology of Saint-Loup, Troyes records the death "XII Mai" of "Aalais uxor Theobaudi comitis Campani�" and her burial "in monasterio Sancti Faronis"[187].�

Comte Thibaut III & his [second] wife had one child:�

1. ETIENNE [Henri] de Blois (-killed in battle Ramleh 19 May 1102).� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum names (in order) "Stephanus et Hugo" as sons of "comes Tetbaudus", specifying that Etienne "factus est Blesensium Carnotensium atque Meldensium comes" on their father's death[188].� �Stephanus comes� donated property to the abbey of Pontlevoy, for the souls of �Theobaldi comitis patris mei et matris me� Gundre�� by charter dated 1089[189].� As noted above, it is possible that �Gundre�� in this charter is in fact a distorted transcription of �Gersend��, the name of Thibaut�s known first wife.� This cannot be verified unless another charter emerges which names the mother of Comte Etienne.� He succeeded his father in 1089 as ETIENNE Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Ch�teaudun, de Sancerre et de Meaux.��

-�� see below.�

Comte Thibaut III & his [second/third] wife had three children:

2. EUDES de Blois (-1093).� The Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi names (in order) "Stephanum, Othonem, Hugonem fratres comites" as sons of "Theobaldus comes"[190].� Orderic Vitalis records that �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� had �consules Odonem et Hugonem fratres�[191].� The fact that he was the son of his father's third marriage is confirmed by "Odonis filius eius" subscribing the donation to Cluny by "Rotrocus castri Mauritanie comes atque Dunensis castri vicecomes" dated 11 Jan 1078, immediately after "Adeladis comitisse"[192].� He succeeded as EUDES [IV] Comte de Troyes.� "Hugo comes Campanie Teotbaldi comitis filius" donated property to the abbey of Molesme by charter dated 2 Apr 1104, which names "frater meus Odo comes�"[193].� [m BERTHE, daughter of ---.� "Berte comitisse" subscribed the donation to Cluny by "Rotrocus castri Mauritanie comes atque Dunensis castri vicecomes" dated 11 Jan 1078, immediately after "Odonis filius eius [Adeladis]"[194].� There is no proof that Berthe was the wife of Eudes, although the proximity of the two names in the list of subscribers suggests that this may be the case.� Eudes is not described as "comes" in the charter, but it is possible that this was an oversight as his half-brother Etienne was accorded the title.� No other contemporary "Berte comitisse" has yet been identified.� Neither has any other reference to any wife of Eudes been found.]�

3. PHILIPPE de Blois (-1100).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names (in order) "Philippum episcopum Cathalauensem et Hugonem Campanie comitem" as the two sons of "comiti Campanie Theobaldo" and his wife Adela[195].� Bishop of Ch�lons 1093.� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1093 of "Rogerus III Cathalaunensis episcopus" and the succession of "Philippus frater comitis Hugonis Campaniensis natus de Alaide sorore sancti Symonis filius illius Theobaldi qui apud Sparnacum obiit"[196].� "Hugo�comes Trecasinus cum Philippo fratre meo Catalaunensium episcopo" renounced rights over the village of Rouilly-Saint-Loup by charter dated [1100 or before] which names "patrem meum Theobaudum comitem"[197].� The Annales Sancti Petri Catalaunensis record the death in 1100 of �Philippus episcopus� and the succession of �Hugo�[198].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death in 1100 of "Philippus Cathalaunensis episcopus" and the succession of "Hugo"[199].�

4. HUGUES de Blois (-Palestine 14 Jun 1126).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names (in order) "Philippum episcopum Cathalauensem et Hugonem Campanie comitem" as the two sons of "comiti Campanie Theobaldo" and his wife Adela[200].� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum names (in order) "Stephanus et Hugo" sons of "comes Tetbaudus", specifying that Hugues "factus est �Trecassinorum comes" on their father's death[201].� Orderic Vitalis records that �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� had �consules Odonem et Hugonem fratres�[202].� He succeeded his brother in 1093 as Comte de Troyes.� ��

-�� COMTES de TROYES.�

ETIENNE [Henri] de Blois, son of THIBAUT III Comte de Blois & his [first/second wife Gersende du Maine/Gundrada ---] (-murdered Ramla 19 May 1102).� The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum names (in order) "Stephanus et Hugo" as sons of "comes Tetbaudus", specifying that Etienne "factus est Blesensium Carnotensium atque Meldensium comes" on their father's death[203].� Orderic Vitalis names �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes...Tedbaldi filius...palatini consulis et nepos Bert� Britnum comitiss� et Cenomannensium� when recording his marriage[204].� �Stephanus comes� donated property to the abbey of Pontlevoy, for the souls of �Theobaldi comitis patris mei et matris me� Gundre�� by charter dated 1089[205].� As noted above, it is possible that �Gundre�� in this charter is in fact a distorted transcription of �Gersend��, the name of Thibaut�s known first wife.� This cannot be verified unless another primary source emerges which names the mother of Comte Etienne.� He succeeded his father in 1089 as ETIENNE Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Ch�teaudun, de Sancerre et de Meaux.� He joined the contingent of Robert II Count of Flanders on the First Crusade in Sep 1096, along with Robert "Curthose" Duke of Normandy.� Albert of Aix records the arrival in Constantinople of "Robertus Normannorum comes, Stephanus Blesensis, Eustachius frater pr�dicti Ducis", dated to early 1097 from the context[206].� Albert of Aix records that "Willelmus Carpentarius, Willelmusque alter, quondam familiaris et domesticus imperatoris Constantinopolis, qui et sororem Boemundi principis Sicili� uxorem duxerat", escaped "out of fear", believing that the crusading army was doomed after it was besieged by Kerbogha atabeg of Mosul, from Antioch to Alexandretta where they met "Stephanus Blesensis" (who had left the siege "causa infirmitatis") and who thereupon prepared to leave for Europe by sea[207].� "Henricus comes cognomina Stephanus necnon et Adela uxor eius cum filiis nostris" granted immunities to Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated [Oct 1100/1101], signed by "Stephani comitis, Adele comitisse, Guillelmi, Stephani, Odonis, Teobaldi"[208].� Albert of Aix records that "Stephanus comes Blesensium, p�nitentia ductus" made plans to return to Jerusalem, dated to late 1100 from the context[209].� The group appointed Comte Raymond as their overall leader when they arrived at Constantinople[210].� After the combined armies left Constantinople in May 1101, they captured Ankara from the Seljuk Turks 23 Jun 1101 but were scattered after their defeat by the Turks at Mersivan[211]. ��Albert of Aix records "�Stephanus Blesensis�" among those who spent Easter in Jerusalem with Baudouin I King of Jerusalem, dated to 1102 from the context[212].� Robert of Torigny records that "Stephanus comes Blesensis" was killed "1102 XV Kal Aug apud Ramulam"[213].� Albert of Aix records that "Conradus, Arpinus, Stephanus Blesensis itemque Stephanus de Burgundia" were captured at Ramla after being burned in a tower, and that "Stephano itemque Stephano" were beheaded, dated to mid-1102 from the context[214].� Two of his letters to his wife Adela, written during the First Crusade, have survived and provide a unique first-hand account of events[215].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XIV Kal Jun" of "Stephanus palatinus comes"[216].� The necrology of Saint-Jean-en-Vall�e records the death "XIV Kal Jun" of "Stephanus nomine Henricus comes palatinus"[217].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "XIV Kal Jun" of "Henrici comitis"[218].�

m (Betrothed Breteuil, Chartres 1081) ADELA of England, daughter of WILLIAM I "the Conqueror" King of England & his wife Mathilde de Flandre (Normandy [1066/67]-Marigney-sur-Loire 8 Mar 1138, bur Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen).� She is listed by Orderic Vitalis last among the daughters of King William in his description of their careers[219].� She is named third in his list of the daughters of King William I by Matthew Paris[220], but this appears unlikely in view of Adela's child-bearing until her husband's death in 1102.� Her birth date is estimated bearing in mind that marriage frequently took place in early adolescence at the time, and also that Adela clearly continued to bear children right up to her husband's death.� Orderic Vitalis records the betrothal �apud Bretolium� of �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� and �Guillelmo rege...Adelam eius filiam� and their marriage �apud Carnotum�, dated to 1081[221].� Orderic Vitalis records that she encouraged her husband to join the First Crusade and did not hide her shame when he deserted from Antioch in 1098[222].� Regent of Blois 1102-1107, after the death of her husband.� She became a nun at the Cluniac priory of Marigney-sur-Loire in [1122].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "VIII Id Mar" of "Adela comitissa"[223], and in another manuscript the death "VIII Id Mar" of "Adela nobilis Blesensium comitissa regis Anglorum Willelmi filia"[224].�

Mistress (1): ---.� The name of Comte Etienne's mistress is not known.�

Comte Etienne & his wife had [eleven] children:

1. [HUMBERT de Blois (-young).� Comte de Vertus.� Humbert is shown by Weir[225] as the oldest son of Comte Etienne but the primary source on which this information is based has not yet been identified.]�

2. [AGNES (-after 1129).� "Hugo Carnotensis vicedominus�et Agnes uxor eius" donated property by charter dated to [1100/04][226].� The origin of Agnes is uncertain.� Dion comments that �on ne voit nulle part le nom de famille d�Agn�s�[227].� Roger of Hoveden names [her supposed son] Hugues �Hugo de Puteaco thesaurarius Eboracensis ecclesi�...regis Stephani nepos� when recording his appointment as bishop of Durham, dated to 1153[228].� If �nepos� in this passage can be correctly translated as nephew, she was the daughter of Etienne Comte de Blois et de Chartres and his wife Adela of England.� Dion states that Henri I �le Lib�ral� Comte de Champagne donated property for the anniversary of his father by charter dated 1152 which names [Agnes�s son] �Ebrardus de Puteolo consanguineus meus�[229], which corroborates the existence of a relationship between the Blois/Champagne and Puiset families although the term �consanguineus� could include more distant connections.� If she was the daughter of Comte Etienne, her marriage date indicates that Agnes must have been one of his older children.� "Hugo vicecomes�et uxorem suam Agnetam, et filios Ebrardum atque Burchardum" donated property to Chartres Saint-P�re by charter dated to [1101/29], with the consent of "comite Theobaldo"[230].� "Hugo Puteacensis vicecomes" donated property to the abbey of Sainte-Trinit� de Tiron by charter dated 1129 witnessed by "uxore eius Agnete et filiis�Evrardo, Bucardo filiorum vicecomitis"[231].� m (before 1104) HUGUES [III] du Puiset Vicomte de Chartres, son of ERARD [III] du Puiset Vicomte de Chartres & his wife Adelaide de Corbeil (-Palestine 1132).]

3. GUILLAUME de Blois ([1090/93]-[1150]).� Orderic Vitalis records that �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� and his wife had �filios quatuor: Guillelmum et Tedbaldum, Stephanumque et Henricum�, adding that Guillaume was �gener Geronis de Solleio et h�res� and �vir bonus...et pacificus, et sobole pollens atque facultatibus� (�a good and peaceful man, powerful through his descendants and his wealth�)[232].� Seigneur de Sully, by right of his wife.� He was disinherited, retaining only Sully.�

-�� SEIGNEURS de SULLY.�

4. THIBAUT de Blois ([1090/95]-10 Jan 1152, bur Lagny).� Orderic Vitalis records that �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� and his wife had �filios quatuor: Guillelmum et Tedbaldum, Stephanumque et Henricum�, adding that Thibaut was �h�res h�reditatis patern��[233].� "Henricus comes cognomina Stephanus necnon et Adela uxor eius cum filiis nostris" granted immunities to Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated [Oct 1100/1101], signed by "Stephani comitis, Adele comitisse, Guillelmi, Stephani, Odonis, Teobaldi"[234], which suggests that Thibaut may have been the fourth son although this is inconsistent with his having succeeded his father.� He succeeded his father in 1102 as THIBAUT IV �le Grand/le Vieil� Comte de Blois, de Troyes.�

-�� see below.�

5. EUDES de Blois (-25 Dec [after 1107]).� "Henricus comes cognomina Stephanus necnon et Adela uxor eius cum filiis nostris" granted immunities to Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated [Oct 1100/1101], signed by "Stephani comitis, Adele comitisse, Guillelmi, Stephani, Odonis, Teobaldi"[235].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "VIII Kal Jan" of "Odo filius comitis Stephani", stating that "Adela�comitissa mater eius" made a donation for his soul[236].� This entry is dated "after 1106" in the edition but the basis for this is not clear.� Eudes is shown in Europ�ische Stammtafeln[237] as the fifth son of Comte Etienne.� Weir suggests that he has been confused with Etienne's son Henri who, she states, is referred to as Eudes in one charter[238], but the Chartres necrology entry shows that Eudes was a separate person.�

6. MATHILDE de Blois (-drowned off Barfleur, Normandy 25 Nov 1120).� Her marriage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis, who also names her parents[239].� The Annales Cestrienses record the marriage in 1115 of �Ricardus comes Cestri�� and �Mathildam neptem Henrici regis filiam Stephanis comitis�[240].� William of Malmesbury records that she drowned with her husband following the sinking of the �Blanche Nef [White Ship]�[241].� The Continuator of Florence of Worcester names "�neptis regis Comitissa de Cestria" among those drowned in the sinking of the White Ship[242].� The Annales Cestrienses record that �in die S. Katerine� 1120 �filius regis et Ricardus comes Cestrie cum uxore sua� were sunk �apud Barbelfleo�[243].� m (1115) RICHARD d'Avranches Earl of Chester Vicomte d�Avranches, son of HUGUES d�Avranches "Lupus" Earl of Chester & his wife Ermentrude de Clermont [en-Beauvaisis] ([1093]-drowned off Barfleur, Normandy 25 Nov 1120).�

7. [ADELAIDE] de Blois .� Suger records that "Milo...de Monte Leherii" was obliged to divorce �sorore comitis�[244].� "Adela or Lithuise" is shown by Weir[245] as the daughter of Comte Etienne, and wife of Milon, but the primary source on which this information is based has not yet been identified.� "Lithuaise", daughter of Comte Etienne, is shown in Europ�ische Stammtafeln[246] as the wife of Milon.� It is assumed that the name "Lithuaise" results from confusion with his mother.� The source which confirms her name as Adela/Adelaide has not been identified.� m ([1112], divorced 1113) as his second wife, MILON [II] de Montlh�ry Vicomte de Troyes, son of MILON [I] "le Grand" Seigneur de Montlh�ry & his wife Lithuaise Vicomtesse de Troyes (-1118).

8. ELEONORE de Blois (-after 1148).� Kerrebrouck names Eleonore, daughter of Comte Etienne III, as the first wife of Raoul Comte de Vermandois[247] but the primary source on which this information is based has not yet been identified.� After her repudiation she found refuge with her brother Thibaut IV Comte de Champagne who declared war on her husband and appealed to Pope Innocent II, who excommunicated him.� Ctss El�onore appeared in person before Pope Eugene III at Reims 21 Mar 1148, but the Pope confirmed the annulment of her marriage[248].� m ([1120], repudiated 1142) as his first wife, RAOUL [I] �le Vaillant� Comte de Vermandois, wife, son of HUGUES "le Maisn�" de France Comte de Vermandois & his wife Adelais Ctss de Vermandois, de Valois et de Cr�py ([1094]-13 Oct 1152, bur Priory of Saint-Arnoul de Cr�py).�

9. ETIENNE de Blois (Blois [1096/97]-Dover 25 Oct 1154, bur Faversham Abbey, Kent).� Orderic Vitalis records that �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� and his wife had �filios quatuor: Guillelmum et Tedbaldum, Stephanumque et Henricum�, adding that Etienne received �comitatum Moritolii in Normannia et multos in Anglia...honores� from �Henrici regis avunculi sui�[249].� "Henricus comes cognomina Stephanus necnon et Adela uxor eius cum filiis nostris" granted immunities to Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated [Oct 1100/1101], signed by "Stephani comitis, Adele comitisse, Guillelmi, Stephani, Odonis, Teobaldi"[250], which suggests that Thibaut may have been the fourth son.� Created Comte de Mortain by Henry I King of England "after Guillaume Comte de Mortain was captured at Tinchebrai" (in 1106)[251].� Orderic Vitalis records that Etienne was invested with S�ez, Alen�on, Le M�le-sur-Sarthe and Almen�ches with La Roche-Mabille by his brother Comte Thibaut IV, after the latter was invested with these lands by Henry I King of England who had confiscated them from Robert de Bell�me[252].� It is difficult to date this event accurately.� Robert de Bell�me's territories were confiscated in 1112, but the passage in Orderic follows a description of the rebellion of Robert Giroie which is assumed to have taken place in Jul [1119].� Comte de Boulogne, by right of his wife, before 1125.� He succeeded 22 Dec 1135 as STEPHEN King of England.�

-�� KINGS of ENGLAND.�

10. [ALIX de Blois .� "Alice" is shown by Weir[253] as the youngest daughter of Comte Etienne and the wife of "Renaud III Comte de Joigny" but the primary source on which this information is based has not been identified.� La Thaumassi�re names �Alix femme de Regnaud IV Comte de Joigny� as youngest daughter of Etienne Comte de Blois and his wife, but does not cite the source on which this information is based[254].� m [as his first/second wife,] RENARD [III] Comte de Joigny, son of RENARD [II] Comte de Joigny & his wife Vaindemonde de Courtenay (-1150).]�

11. HENRI de Blois (Winchester [1098/99]-Winchester 1 Jul 1171, bur Winchester Cathedral[255]).� Orderic Vitalis records that �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� and his wife had �filios quatuor: Guillelmum et Tedbaldum, Stephanumque et Henricum�, adding that Henri was brought up �ab infantia...in c�nobio Cluniacensi�[256].� His date of birth is estimated on the assumption that Henri was younger than his brother the future King Stephen of England.� [Archdeacon of Winchester: the Gesta Episcoporum Virdunensium records that "quidam Heinricus�Guintoniensis Angli� archidiaconus" came [to Germany] with Matilda daughter of Henry I King of England, when recording his later appointment to the see of Verdun[257].� Poull identifies this person as Henri de Blois, son of Etienne Comte de Blois and his wife Adela de Normandie[258].� Poull adds that "Heinricus" was chaplain to Empress Matilda, citing the Gesta: the text does not specify precisely that he held this position, although it is implied.� Matilda left England for Germany in early 1110, and was married to Emperor Heinrich V in early 1114.� If the estimated birth date of Henri de Blois is correctly shown above, it is unlikely that he would have accompanied the future empress as early 1110, and even less likely that he became the empress�s chaplain at that time.� The Gesta continues by recording that "Heinricus", on the recommendation of Emperor Heinrich V, was elected Bishop of Verdun in 1118 but could not be consecrated due to the ongoing dispute between the papacy and the empire regarding lay investiture[259].� The Pope arranged his consecration in Milan by cardinal John of Cremona, but the emperor forbade the inhabitants of Verdun from receiving him and he took refuge in the fortress of Hattonchatel.� He was finally installed in 1120 with the military support of Renaud Comte [de Bar], Comte de Verdun, but was expelled in 1123 by Henri Comte de Grandpr� who stormed Verdun on the orders of Emperor Heinrich V.� He escaped by swimming across the river Meuse.� He was reinstalled as bishop following the peace of Chalade signed between Renaud de Bar and the emperor in 1124, but left after the death of Pope Calixtus[260].� The Gesta makes no reference to the subsequent fate of "Heinricus", and the question remains open whether this person could have been Henri de Blois.� His probable age suggests otherwise, considering the age before which bishops were not normally appointed at the time.� However, given the tense relations which existed between Emperor Heinrich and the church, it is not impossible that the former made the appointment whatever the age of his appointee.� No other "Henry archdeacon of Winchester" has yet been identified.]� Monk at the priory of Cluny.� Monk at Bermondsey Abbey, later abbot[261].� Orderic Vitalis records that he was appointed abbot of Glastonbury[262] in 1126.� He was nominated Bishop of Winchester 4 Oct 1129, and consecrated 17 Nov 1129.� The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records that "rex Anglorum Heinricus�cuius nepos Gl�stoniensis abbas Henricus" was elected bishop of Winchester in Oct and consecrated "XV Kal Dec"[263].� Matthew Paris records the creation of "Henricus abbas Glastoniensis, nepos Henrici regis" as bishop of Winchester in 1129[264].� He was elected Archbishop of Canterbury in 1136, subject to papal approval[265].�

Comte Etienne had [one illegitimate daughter by Mistress (1)]:

12. [EMMA .� The Hyde Register lists "Herbertus camerarius, Arnulfus filius eius, Emma uxor eius" immediately after the names of King Henry I and his first wife[266].� Secondary sources state that the wife of Herbert FitzHenry was Emma de Blois, illegitimate daughter of Etienne Comte de Blois.� This is presumably based on the Chronicle of Meaux, in Yorkshire, which names "comitis --- Herberti filius, ex Emma sorore regis Anglorum Stephani progenitus"[267].� As this source is dated to [1394/1400], it is unlikely to be conclusive in relation to events which occurred 250 years earlier, in the absence of other corroborative evidence.� Eyton includes no reference to any wife of Herbert FitzHenry in his article on the barony of FitzHerbert[268].� Until further evidence comes to light, it is suggested that the information should be treated with caution.� If it is correct, the chronology of the FitzHerbert family dictates that Emma must have been born while her supposed father was still young, probably before his marriage to Adela of England in 1080.� m HERBERT FitzHenry the Chamberlain, son of HENRY & his wife --- (-[1129/30]).]�

THIBAUT de Blois, son of ETIENNE Comte de Blois & his wife Adela of England ([1090/95]-10 Jan 1152, bur Lagny).� Orderic Vitalis records that �Stephanus Blesensis palatinus comes� and his wife had �filios quatuor: Guillelmum et Tedbaldum, Stephanumque et Henricum�, adding that Thibaut was �h�res h�reditatis patern��[269].� "Henricus comes cognomina Stephanus necnon et Adela uxor eius cum filiis nostris" granted immunities to Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated [Oct 1100/1101], signed by "Stephani comitis, Adele comitisse, Guillelmi, Stephani, Odonis, Teobaldi"[270], which suggests that Thibaut may have been the fourth son although this is inconsistent with his having succeeded his father.� It does not appear from other sources that Thibaut was younger than his brother Etienne.� Orderic Vitalis provides some indication of his birth year when he records that his mother Ctss Adela provided troops to Louis VI King of France at the time of the siege of Montmorency in [1108] "because Count Stephen her husband had gone on crusade and her eldest sons, William and Theobald, who were not yet of age, were unable to command troops of knights"[271].� The description is confused because Count Etienne had died several years earlier, but it nevertheless provides some indication of the comparative youth of the brothers Guillaume and Thibaut at the time.� This is corroborated by the charter dated 2 Apr 1104 under which "Hugo comes Campanie Teotbaldi comitis filius" donated property to the abbey of Molesme which names "�comitissam Adelaidem uxorem fratris mei comitis Stephani nepotes�" and is subscribed by "Teotbaldus puer filius Stephani comitis nepos huius comitis Hugonis"[272].� He succeeded his father in 1102 as THIBAUT IV �le Grand/le Vieil� Comte de Blois, de Troyes.� He was invested with the county of Chartres in 1107.� Chibnall speculates that the delay in this investiture may have been due to lack of proof that his father was dead rather than Thibaut's own youth[273], but Thibaut�s age is the obvious reason.� Orderic Vitalis states that Comte Thibaut supported Hugues du Puiset during his rebellion against Louis VI King of France in 1111, which led to more widespread warfare culminating in Thibaut defeating the king's forces near Meaux later in 1111[274].� Henry of Huntingdon records that Thibaut rebelled against King Louis in 1116, aided by his uncle Henry I King of England[275].� It is assumed that these two reports refer to the same rebellion, with contradictory dating.� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that "Hugo comes Campanie" became a Knight Templar in 1125 and was succeeded by "Theobaldus nepos eius"[276].� Orderic Vitalis states that Thibaut was proposed as successor to Henry I King of England by Normans at a meeting at Neubourg in Dec 1135, but when they heard that his younger brother had forestalled him, they agreed to serve King Stephen[277].� Orderic Vitalis also records that he was offered the crown of England in 1141 after his brother Stephen was captured at Lincoln, but declined the offer[278].� He entered into conflict with Raoul Comte de Vermandois in 1142-43.� Louis VII King of France declared war against him, laid siege to and captured Vitry but signed peace at Vitry in 1143.� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death "1152 VI Id Jan" of "comes Campanie Theobaldus" and his burial "apud Latinicacum"[279].� A list of foundations at Troyes records the memory "10 Jan" of "Thibault Comte de Champagne d�c�d� ce jour"[280].� The necrology of Saint-Etienne, Troyes records the death "10 Jan" of "Theobaldus comes Campanie"[281].� The necrology of Saint-Loup, Troyes records the death "10 Jan 1152" of "Teobaudus comes" and his burial "in ecclesia de Lagny"[282].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "IV Id Jan" of "Teobaldus comes palatinus", stating that "cuius filius Teobaldus comes Blesensis et Francie senescallus�matris sui Matildis" donated property for his soul[283].�

m ([1125]) MATHILDE von Sponheim, daughter of ENGELBERT Marchese of Istria [later Duke of Carinthia] [Sponheim] & his wife Uta von Passau [Ratpotonen] (-[13 Dec] [1160/1161]).� She is named by Orderic Vitalis, who calls her father "Duke Engelbert", when recording her marriage[284].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records in 1125 that �domnus Norbertus Premonstratensis ordinis institutor� was sent by "comite Campanie Theobaldo" to Germany to negotiate his marriage with "filiam...Ingelberti...marchionis Foroiuliensis", adding that �fratres eiusdem Ingelberti erant episcopus Ratisbonensis et archiepiscopus Coloniensis Fredericus�[285].� The same source names "comitissa Mathildis Campaniensis et uxor Renaldi comitis Nivernensis et comitissa Montis Veteris iuxta Coloniam et mater illorum Romanorum qui Froiepain dicuntur" as sisters of "archiepiscopi Coloniensis Frederici"[286].� In the case of the two sisters named first (of which the wife of Thibaut IV Comte de Blois was the older), other sources confirm that they were daughters of Engelbert Marchese of Istria [Duke of Carinthia].� Ascertaining the precise family relationship between all four presumed sisters and Friedrich [I] Archbishop of K�ln depends on interpreting apparently contradictory sources which link the archbishop with the Sponheim and Schwarzenberg/Regensberg families, a problem which is discussed in detail in the document K�LN ARCHBISHOPRIC.� "Teobaudus Blesensis comes" made a donation to Monti�render by charter dated 1139 with the consent of "Matildis comitissa uxor mee et Henricus filius meus"[287].� "Comitissa Mathildis et filius eius Henricus et Theobaudus et Stephanus" donated property to the abbey of Fontevraud by charter dated to [1125/49][288].� A list of foundations at Troyes records the memory "13 Dec" of "Mathilde �pouse du comte Thibaut"[289].� The necrology of Saint-Etienne, Troyes records the death "13 Dec" of "Mathildis comitissa"[290].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "Id Dec" of "comitissa Mathildis mater�archiepiscopi Senonensis Willelmi et�Henrici comitis, Teobaldi comitis atque comitis Stephani"[291].�

Mistress (1): ---.� The name of Comte Thibaut's mistress is not known.�

Comte Thibaut IV & his wife had ten children:�

1. HENRI de Blois (1126-Troyes 17 Mar 1181, bur Troyes, Saint-Etienne).� "Teobaudus Blesensis comes" made a donation to Monti�render by charter dated 1139 with the consent of "Matildis comitissa uxor mee et Henricus filius meus"[292].� William of Tyre records him as "Henricus comitis Trecensium filius Theobaldi senioris"[293].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Henricum comitem Trecensem palatinum�Theobaldum comitem Blesenem�Stephanum comitem de Sancerre�et Guillelmus" as the four sons of "comes Campanie Theobaldus"[294].� He succeeded his father in 1152 as HENRI I "le Lib�ral" Comte de Champagne et de Brie.��

-�� COMTES de CHAMPAGNE.�

2. MARIE de Blois (1128-11 Mar or 7 Aug [1190], bur Abbaye de Fontevraud).� William of Tyre records her as sister of Etienne de Champagne Comte de Sancerre, but does not name her[295].� The Annales S. Benigni Divisionensis record the mother of Hugues Duke of Burgundy as "filie comitis Theobaldi comitis Campanie"[296].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names (in order) "Maria Burgundie ducissa, secunda Agnes Barri Ducis comitissa, tertia quedam ducissa in partibus remotis, hanc postea duxit Guilelmus Goez in dyocesi Carnotensi, quarta comitis Mathildis Pertici, quinta monialis Fontis Ebraldi, sexta Adela Francorum regina" as the six daughters of "comes Campanie Theobaldus"[297].� She was regent for her son during his minority from Sep 1162 to Apr 1165.� "Maria ducissa Burgundie" donated property to C�teaux by charter dated [1171/72] which specifies that she was acting while "Hugo dux Burgundie filius meus" was on a journey to Jerusalem[298].� After 1165 she became a nun at Fontevraud, and was abbess in 1174.� A list of foundations at Troyes records the memory "13 Mar" of "Marie fille du Thibaut comte de Champagne et femme d'Eudes duc de Bourgogne", recording that she was buried at Fontevraud where she died "le 11 de ce mois"[299].� m (1145) EUDES II Duke of Burgundy, son of HUGUES II "Borel/le Pacifique" Duke of Burgundy & his wife Mathilde de Mayenne (1118 or [1120]-27 Sep 1162, bur C�teaux).

3. THIBAUT de Blois ([1130]-Acre 1191, bur Abbaye de Pontigny).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Henricum comitem Trecensem palatinum�Theobaldum comitem Blesenem qui tenuit Carnotum [et] Stephanum comitem de Sancerre�et Guillelmus" as the four sons of "comes Campanie Theobaldus"[300].� He succeeded his father in 1152 as THIBAUT V "le Bon" Comte de Blois et de Chartres.�

-�� see below.��

4. ISABELLE de Blois (1130-13 Aug after 1168).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to, but does not name, the third of the six daughters of "comes Campanie Theobaldus" as "quedam ducissa in partibus remotis, hanc postea duxit Guilelmus Goez in dyocesi Carnotensi" specifying that her two daughters were "matrem Gaufridi de Dunzei et Agnetam domnam de Monteforti in Cenomania"[301].� The primary source which confirms her first marriage more precisely has not yet been identified.� She returned to France after her first husband died.� Her second marriage is confirmed by Robert of Torigny which names "Herveus de Juen" as husband of "Guillermus Goeth�primogenitam filiam natam ex una sororem comitis Teobaldi"[302].� "Guillaume Go�t", on leaving on crusade, confirmed a donation to Gu�-de-Launay abbey made by �Bodard de Saint-Michel�, with the consent of �sa femme Isabelle et de ses filles Mathilde et Agnes�, by charter dated 1168[303].� The necrology of the Prieur� de Fontaines records the death "13 Aug" of "Domina Elisabeth�monacha, ducissa, soror domine Marie ducisse"[304].� m firstly ([1140/43]) ROGER Duke of Apulia, son of ROGER II King of Sicily & his first wife Infanta do�a Elvira de Castilla ([1121]-12 May 1148).� m secondly ([1150/55]) GUILLAUME [IV] Go�t de Montmirail Baron du Perche-Go�t, son of --- (-[1170]). �

5. ETIENNE de Blois (-Acre 1191).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Henricum comitem Trecensem palatinum�Theobaldum comitem Blesenem�Stephanum comitem de Sancerre quod Sacrum Cesaris est dictum�et Guillelmus" as the four sons of "comes Campanie Theobaldus"[305].� William of Tyre names him and his father[306].� Comte de Sancerre.��

-�� COMTES de SANCERRE.�

6. GUILLAUME de Blois (-Laon 7 Sep 1202).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Henricum comitem Trecensem palatinum�Theobaldum comitem Blesenem�Stephanum comitem de Sancerre�et Guillelmus" as the four sons of "comes Campanie Theobaldus", specifying that Guillaume was archbishop of Sens, later archbishop of Reims, "ad quem magister Petrus Comestor scripsit Scolasticum Hystoriam"[307].� William of Tyre names him and his father[308].� Bishop of Chartres 1164.� Archbishop of Sens 1168� Archbishop of Reims 1176.� Robert of Torigny records that "Guillermus frater comitis Thebaldi archiepiscopus Senonensis et episcopus Carnotensis" was transferred to the "archiepiscopum Remensem" in 1177[309].� Cardinal.� The Annales Sancti Nicasii Remenses record the death "apud Laudunum vigilia navitatis beate Marie" of "Willelmus�Remensis archiepiscopus�regis Francorum Philippi avunculus"[310].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death "VII Id Oct" 1203 of �Remensis archiepiscopus Guilelmus regis avunculus et comitum Campanie patruus� after holding office for 26 years[311].�

7. MATHILDE de Blois (-1 Jan [1184]).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "comitis Mathildis Pertici" as the fourth of the six daughters of "comes Campanie Theobaldus"[312].� A list of foundations at Troyes records the memory "1 Jan" of "madame Mahaut ou Mathilde de Champagne, fille du comte Thibaut, mari�e � Rotrou Comte du Perche"[313].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "Kal Jan" of "Mathildis comitissa Perticensis uxor Rotrodi comitis"[314].� m (before 1160) ROTROU [II] Comte du Perche, son of ROTROU [I] "le Grand" Comte du Perche & his second wife Mathilde [of England] (-killed in battle before Acre 27 Jul 1191).�

8. AGNES de Blois (-7 Aug 1207, bur Trois-Fontaines).� The Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi refers to the wife of "Rainaldus frater Theoderici electi Metensis" as "filia comitis Campanie�soror regine Francie"[315].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Agnes Barri Ducis comitissa" as second of the six daughters of "comes Campanie Theobaldus", and in a later passage names "comitissa Agnes" as wife of "comitis Raynaldi"[316].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines also records that "Agnes [mater comitis Barri Theobaldi]" was buried "in abbatia Trium Fontium"[317].� Dame de Ligny-en-Barrois.� A list of foundations at Troyes records the memory "11 Aug" of "Agnes de Bar fille du comte Thibaut"[318].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "VII Id Aug" of "Agnes comitissa Montionis"[319].� m (1155) RENAUD [II] Comte de Bar, son of RENAUD [I] Comte [de Bar] & his wife Gis�le de Vaud�mont (-25 Jul 1170).�

9. ALIX de Blois ([1140]-Paris 4 or 13 Jun 1206, church of the Cistercian Abbey of Pontigny, Yonne).� William of Tyre records her as "Ala filia Theobaldi senioris" as well as her marriage[320].� The Chronicon Hanoniense names "Alam sororem�Henrici comitis Campanensis" as the wife of "Ludovicus rex"[321].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Adela Francorum regina" as the sixth of the six daughters of "comes Campanie Theobaldus", and in a later passage names "filia comitis Theobaldi�Adala" as mother of the wife of Alexios Komnenos[322].� She was anointed queen after her marriage in Notre-Dame de Paris.� Regent of France for her son King Philippe II Jun-Dec 1191, during his absence abroad.� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death "1206�Non Iun" of "Adela regina Francorum mater regis Philippi"[323].� The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "Id Jun" of "Ala Francorum regina, mater Philippi regis"[324].� The Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis records the death in 1206 of "la reine Ad�le, m�re de Philippe roi de France" at Paris and her burial "en Bourgogne, � Pontion"[325].� m (Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris 13 Nov 1160) as his third wife, LOUIS VII King of France, son of LOUIS VI "le Gros/le Batailleur" King of France & his wife Ad�la�de de Maurienne [Savoy] (1120-Paris, Palais Royal de la Cit� 18/19 Sep 1180, bur Abbaye cistercienne de Notre-Dame-de-Barbeaux near Fontainebleau, transferred 1817 to l'�glise de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).�

10. MARGUERITE de Blois (-6 Nov ----).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to, but does not name, the fifth of the six daughters of "comes Campanie Theobaldus" as "monialis Fontis Ebraldi"[326].� Nun at Fontevraud.� A list of foundations at Troyes records the memory "6 Nov" of "Marguerite fille du Thibaut Comte de Champagne et religieuse � Fontevrault" where she was buried after dying "le 6 de ce mois"[327].�

Comte Thibaut IV had one illegitimate son by Mistress (1):��

11. HUGUES [de Blois] (-after 1163).� Robert of Torigny records the succession in 1163 of "Hugo naturalis filius comitis Theobaldi senioris" as "abbas Latiniacensis" specifying that he was previously "monachus Tironis�abbas Hommensis in Anglia�abbas Certesiensis"[328].� Monk of Tiron.� Abbot of St Benet�s, Holme [1146]-50.� Abbot of Chertsey [1149]-1163.� King Stephen granted Chertsey abbey to "Hugoni abbati nepoti meo" by charter dated to [1149][329].� "Henricus Trecensium comes palatinus" donated property to Tiron Sainte-Trinit� and �Hugoni abbati Cisterciensi fratri meo�, by charter dated 1156[330].� Abbot of Lagny-sur-Marne 1163[331].�

THIBAUT de Blois, son of THIBAUT IV Comte de Blois & his wife Mathilde von Sponheim [Carinthia] ([1130]-Acre 1191, bur Abbaye de Pontigny).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Henricum comitem Trecensem palatinum�Theobaldum comitem Blesenem qui tenuit Carnotum [et] Stephanum comitem de Sancerre�et Guillelmus" as the four sons of "comes Campanie Theobaldus"[332].� He succeeded his father in 1152 as THIBAUT V "le Bon" Comte de Blois et de Chartres.� He was appointed Seneschal of France in 1154 by Louis VII King of France.� "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" donated property to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun with the consent of "Adelicia comitissa uxore mea, filiis quoque et filiabus meis Theobaldo et Ludovico atque Henrico, Margarita et Ysabella" by charter dated 1183[333].� "Theobaldus comes Blesensis, Francie senesscalus" donated property to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea�filiis meis Ludovico, Philippo et filiabus mei Margarita, Ysabella" by charter dated 1190[334].� Matthew Paris records the death at Acre in 1191 of "Theodbaldus Bloeensis comes, Stephanus frater eius comes"[335].� He died of disease at the siege of Acre[336].�

m firstly as her second husband, SIBYLLE de Ch�teau-Renard, widow of --- d�Anneau, daughter of ---.� She is shown in Europ�ische Stammtafeln[337] as the first wife of Comte Thibaut V but the primary source on which this information is based has not yet been identified.�

m secondly (1164) ALIX de France, daughter of LOUIS VII King of France & his first wife El�onore d�Aquitaine (1150-11 Sep after 1195).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mariam comitissam Trecensum et Aelidem comitissam Blesensem" as the two daughters of "regi Francie Ludovico" & his wife "Alienor Guilielmi filia comits Pictavorum et Aquitanie ducis"[338].� Her parentage is confirmed by Matthew Paris, who specifies that she was the younger sister and married the younger brother "Theodbaldus filius magni comitis Theodbaldi Flandrensis", although he does not give her name[339].� "Adelicia comitissa uxore mea�" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1183[340].� "Adelicia uxore mea�" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus comes Blesensis, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1190[341].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "III Id Sep" of "Adelicia�Blesensium comitissa", stating that "cuius filius�comes Blesensis Ludovicus" donated property for her soul[342].�

Comte Thibaut V & his second wife had seven children:

1. THIBAUT de Blois (-[1183/90]).� "�Filiis quoque et filiabus meis Theobaldo et Ludovico atque Henrico, Margarita et Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1183[343].� He must have died before 1190 as he is not named with his other brothers and sisters in his father's charter of that date.�

2. MARGUERITE ([1170]-12 Jul 1230).� "�Filiis quoque et filiabus meis Theobaldo et Ludovico atque Henrico, Margarita et Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1183[344].� "Hugo vicecomes Meldensis" donated property to Cavea monastery, with the consent of "domina Margarete uxore mea", by charter dated to [1185][345].� Her first marriage is confirmed by the charter dated [Jun/Aug] 1208 under which "Margareta uxor Galterii de Averna comitissa palatina Burgundie" confirmed an agreement between "Willelmum militem de Monasteriis" and Saint-Martin-des-Champs which also names "Hugo de Oysi filius Symonis vicecomitis, olim maritus meus"[346].� "Hugo de Oisiaco vicecomes Meldensis, castellanus Cameracensis" donated property to "ecclesiam B. Mari� de Pratis", for the soul of "uxoris me� Margaret�", by charter dated 1189[347].� "Filiabus mei Margarita, Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus comes Blesensis, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1190[348].� "�Philippo fratre et sororibus Marguerita, Isabella et Adelicia" consented to the donation by "Louis C. de Blois et de Clermont" to the abbey of l'Etoile by charter dated 1190[349].� William of Tyre (Continuator) records "la fille dou conte Thibaut de Blois" being the wife of "Otes dus de Borgoigne"[350].� "�Sororibus meis Margarita, Ysabella, Adelicis" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 27 Jan 1196[351].� "�Sororibusque meis Margarita et Ysabella et Adelicia" consented to the confirmation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" of the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated Mar 1200[352].� The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis records that "dominus Galterus filius [Jacobi] primogeniti" married "Margareta comitatus Blesensis h�rede"[353].� "�Sororibus meis Margarita, Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes�Iherosolimam proficiscens" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun by charter dated May 1202[354].� "Margareta uxor Galterii de Averna comitissa palatina Burgundie" confirmed an agreement between "Willelmum militem de Monasteriis" and Saint-Martin-des-Champs by charter dated [Jun/Aug] 1208 which also names "Hugo de Oysi filius Symonis vicecomitis, olim maritus meus"[355].� She succeeded her nephew in 1218 as Ctss de Blois et de Ch�teaudun.� The necrology of the abbey of Vauduisant records the death "IV Id Jul" of "comitisse Blesensis Marguerite"[356].� The necrology of La Cour-Dieu records the death �IV Id Jul� of �comitissa Blesensis�[357].� m firstly ([1183]) as his second wife, HUGUES [III] d'Oisy ch�telain de Cambrai, son of SIMON d'Oisy, ch�telain de Cambrai & his wife Ada de la Fert�-Ancoul (-29 Aug 1189).� m secondly ([1190]) OTTO von Staufen Comte Palatin de Bourgogne, son of Emperor FRIEDRICH I "Barbarossa" & his second wife Beatrix Ctss Palatine de Bourgogne ([Jun/Jul] 1170-Besan�on 13 Jan 1200, bur Besan�on Saint-Etienne).� m thirdly (after 1200) GAUTHIER [II] d'Avesnes Seigneur d'Avesnes, son of JACQUES Seigneur d'Avesnes & his wife Adeline de Guise (-[1243/46]).� Comte de Blois et de Guise.�

3. LOUIS de Blois ([1171/72]-killed in battle near Adrianople 15 Apr 1205).� "�Filiis quoque et filiabus meis Theobaldo et Ludovico atque Henrico, Margarita et Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1183[358].� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Ludovicum Blesensum " as son of "Aelidem comitissam Blesenem"[359].� "�Filiis meis Ludovico, Philippo�" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus comes Blesensis, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1190[360].� His paternity is confirmed by the charter dated 1206 under which "Katelina Blesis et Clarimuntis comitissa" took "villam Ceresium" into her protection which names "Theobaldus comes felicis memorie et eius filius comes Ludovicus dominus meus"[361].� He succeeded his father in 1191 as LOUIS Comte de Blois.� "Louis C. de Blois et de Clermont" donated property to the abbey of l'Etoile at the request of "Adelicie comitisse Blessensis matris" and with the consent of "Catharina uxore et Philippo fratre et sororibus Marguerita, Isabella et Adelicia" by charter dated 1190[362].� "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" donated property to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun for the souls of "patris mei comitis Theobaldi�et�matris mee Adelicie" with the consent of "Katerina uxore mea et Philipo fratre meo et sororibus meis Margarita, Ysabella, Adelicis" by charter dated 27 Jan 1196[363].� Villehardouin names "Comte Louis de Blois et de Chartrain" among the leaders of the Fourth Crusade in 1199, commenting that he was "just twenty-seven" at the time[364].� That his departure may have been delayed until early 1200 is suggested by the charter dated Mar 1200 (assuming that this is correctly dated) under which "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" confirmed the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Katherina uxore mea, Theobaldo filio meo, Johanna filia mea, Philippo fratre meo, sororibusque meis Margarita et Ysabella et Adelicia"[365].� "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" confirmed a donation to Chartres Notre-Dame by his father, with the consent of "Katherina uxor mea, filiis meis Theobaldo et Radulfo et filia mea Johanna et Philippo fratre meo", by charter dated 1201[366].� "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes�Iherosolimam proficiscens" donated property to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun with the consent of "Katherina uxore mea, Theobaldo filio meo, Iohanna filia mea et sororibus meis Margarita, Ysabella" by charter dated May 1202[367].� He was assigned Nikaia under the terms of the Mar 1204 treaty which divided the empire between Venice and the crusaders, and defeated Theodoros Laskaris at Poimanenon together with the forces of Henri de Flandre (brother of Baudouin I Latin Emperor of Constantinople).� Louis did not press his advantage in Nikaia but returned to Thrace where he was killed defending the Latin Empire against the Bulgarians[368].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XVII Kal Mai" of "Ludovicus comes Blesensis", stating that "matris sue Adelicie et uxoris sue Katerine" donated property for his soul[369].� m (1184) CATHERINE de Clermont, daughter of RAOUL "le Roux" Comte de Clermont [en-Beauvaisis] & his wife Alix de Breteuil (-19/20 Sep [1212/23]).� "�Filiarum mearum Katerine et Adelidis" consented to two donations by "Radulfus comes Claromonensis" to the abbey of Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp by charters dated 1178[370].� "�Filio que meo Philippo et Katarina filia mee" consented to the donation by "Radulfus comes Clarimontis" to the abbey of Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp by charter dated 1182[371].� "Catharina uxore�" consented to the donation by "Louis C. de Blois et de Clermont" to the abbey of l'Etoile by charter dated 1190[372].� She succeeded as Ctss de Clermont in 1192.� "Katerina uxore mea�" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 27 Jan 1196[373].� "Katherina uxore mea�" consented to the confirmation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" of the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated Mar 1200[374].� "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" confirmed a donation to Chartres Notre-Dame by his father, with the consent of "Katherina uxor mea, filiis meis Theobaldo et Radulfo et filia mea Johanna et Philippo fratre meo", by charter dated 1201[375].� "Katerina Blesensis et Claromontensis comitisse" consented to a donation to the abbey of Notre-Dame d'Ourscamp by charter dated 1202[376].� "Katherina uxore mea�" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes�Iherosolimam proficiscens" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun by charter dated May 1202[377].� "Katelina Blesis et Clarimuntis comitissa" took "villam Ceresium" into her protection by charter dated 1206 which names "Theobaldus comes felicis memorie et eius filius comes Ludovicus dominus meus"[378].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XII Kal Oct" of "Katerina�comitissa Blesensis et Clarimontis", also naming "viro suo�comite Ludovico�Theobaldus comes filius suus"[379].� Comte Louis & his wife had three children:

a) THIBAUT de Blois (-16 or 22 Apr 1218).� "�Theobaldo filio meo, Johanna filia mea�" consented to the confirmation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" of the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated Mar 1200[380].� "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" confirmed a donation to Chartres Notre-Dame by his father, with the consent of "Katherina uxor mea, filiis meis Theobaldo et Radulfo et filia mea Johanna et Philippo fratre meo", by charter dated 1201[381].� "�Theobaldo filio meo, Iohanna filia mea�" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes�Iherosolimam proficiscens" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun by charter dated May 1202[382].� He succeeded his father in 1205 as THIBAUT VI Comte de Blois et de Clermont.� "Theobaldus Blesensis et Clarimontis comitis" donated property to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun with the consent of "Clemencia uxore mea" by charter dated Apr 1218[383].� On his death the county of Clermont [en-Beauvaisis] was sold to the French crown[384].� The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "X Kal Mai" of "Theobaldus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes", stating that "matris sui Katherine comitisse" donated property for his soul[385].� m firstly (before 19 Sep 1213) MATHILDE d'Alen�on, daughter of ROBERT Comte d'Alen�on & his second wife Jeanne de Preuilly Dame de la Guerche et de Bouchet.� A manuscript genealogy of the Lords of Beaumont names �Joannem et Matildam� as the children of �Robertum comitem Alencheii� and his wife �Joanna�filia domini Josberti de Guirchia�, adding that Matilda married �comiti Blesensi Theobaldo�[386].� m secondly as her first husband, CLEMENCE des Roches, daughter of GUILLAUME des Roches Seneschal of Anjou & his wife Marguerite Dame de Sabl� [Nevers] (-after Sep 1259).� The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.� "Clemencia uxore mea" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis et Clarimontis comitis" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun by charter dated Apr 1218[387].� She married secondly Geoffroy [VI] Vicomte de Ch�teaudun.� Her second marriage is confirmed by the charter dated Oct 1226 under whichj "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" donated property to the donation to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun with the consent of "Clemencia quondam comitissa Blesensi uxore mea"[388].� "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" donated a fair to Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Clemencia uxore mea, condam comitissa Blesensi", by charter dated Jul 1229[389].�

b) RAOUL de Blois (-[1201/May 1202]).� "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" confirmed a donation to Chartres Notre-Dame by his father, with the consent of "Katherina uxor mea, filiis meis Theobaldo et Radulfo et filia mea Johanna et Philippo fratre meo", by charter dated 1201[390].� Raoul presumably died before May 1202, the date of a charter in which his older brother and sister are named.�

c) JEANNE de Blois (-after May 1202).� "�Theobaldo filio meo, Johanna filia mea�" consented to the confirmation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" of the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated Mar 1200[391].� "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" confirmed a donation to Chartres Notre-Dame by his father, with the consent of "Katherina uxor mea, filiis meis Theobaldo et Radulfo et filia mea Johanna et Philippo fratre meo", by charter dated 1201[392].� "�Theobaldo filio meo, Iohanna filia mea�" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes�Iherosolimam proficiscens" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun by charter dated May 1202[393].�

4. HENRI de Blois (-[1183/90]).� "�Filiis quoque et filiabus meis Theobaldo et Ludovico atque Henrico, Margarita et Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1183[394].� He must have died before 1190 as he is not named with his other brothers and sisters in his father's charter of that date.�

5. ISABELLE de Blois (-25 Nov 1248).� "�Filiis quoque et filiabus meis Theobaldo et Ludovico atque Henrico, Margarita et Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1183[395].� "�Filiabus mei Margarita, Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus comes Blesensis, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1190[396].� "�Philippo fratre et sororibus Marguerita, Isabella et Adelicia" consented to the donation by "Louis C. de Blois et de Clermont" to the abbey of l'Etoile by charter dated 1190[397].� "�Sororibus meis Margarita, Ysabella, Adelicis" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 27 Jan 1196[398].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[399].� "�Sororibusque meis Margarita et Ysabella et Adelicia" consented to the confirmation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" of the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated Mar 1200[400].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[401].� "�Sororibus meis Margarita, Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes�Iherosolimam proficiscens" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun by charter dated May 1202[402].� She succeeded her nephew in 1218 as Ctss de Chartres et de Romorantin.� "Isabel comitissa Carnotensis et domina Ambazie" donated property to Notre-Dame de l'Eau by charter dated Aug 1218[403].� "Isabellis comitissa Carnotensis et domina Ambazye" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe naming "frater meus Ludovicus comes Blesensis quondam bone memorie" by charter dated 23 Jun 1221[404].� "Iohannes comes Carnotensis et dominus Oysiaci et Isabella comitissa Carnotensis uxor eius" donated property to the abbey of Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin by charter dated May 1222[405].� Her second marriage is confirmed by the charter dated Apr 1226 under which "Johannes comes Carnotensis et dominus Oysiaci et�Ysabella comitissa Carnotensis et domina Ambazie uxor eius" donated property to Notre-Dame de l'Eau[406].� The necrology of the Fr�res Pr�cheurs de Chartres records the death "25 Nov" of "Ysabella comitissa Carnutensis"[407].� m firstly (before 1196) SULPICE [III] Seigneur d'Amboise, son of HUGUES [II] Seigneur d'Amboise & his wife Mathilde de Vend�me (-19 Jun 1218).� m secondly (before May 1222) JEAN [II] Seigneur de Montmirail, son of JEAN [I] de Montmirail Vicomte de Meaux & his wife Helvise de Dampierre (-14 Sep 1240, bur Chartres).�

6. PHILIPPE de Blois ([after 1183]-[May 1202]).� "�Filiis meis Ludovico, Philippo�" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus comes Blesensis, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1190[408].� "�Philippo fratre et sororibus Marguerita, Isabella et Adelicia" consented to the donation by "Louis C. de Blois et de Clermont" to the abbey of l'Etoile by charter dated 1190[409].� It is probable that he was born either shortly before or after 1183 as he is not named in his father's charter of that date.� "�Philipo fratre meo�" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 27 Jan 1196[410].� "�Philippo fratre meo�" consented to the confirmation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" of the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated Mar 1200[411].� "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" confirmed a donation to Chartres Notre-Dame by his father, with the consent of "Katherina uxor mea, filiis meis Theobaldo et Radulfo et filia mea Johanna et Philippo fratre meo", by charter dated 1201[412].� "�Philipo fratre meo�" confirmed the donation to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teadun by "Ludovicus Blesis et Clarimontis comes" by charter dated May 1202[413].� He presumably died during May 1202, the date of another charter under which his brother Louis Comte de Blois made a donation to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun without naming him.�

7. ADELAIDE de Blois ([after 1183]-[Mar 1200/May 1202]).� "�Philippo fratre et sororibus Marguerita, Isabella et Adelicia" consented to the donation by "Louis C. de Blois et de Clermont" to the abbey of l'Etoile by charter dated 1190[414].� It is probable that she was born either shortly before or after 1183 as she is not named in his father's charter of that date.� Her absence from her father's charter dated 1190 is more puzzling, as she was presumably born by that date.� "�Sororibus meis Margarita, Ysabella, Adelicis" consented to the donation by "Ludovicus comes Blesensis et Clarimontis" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 27 Jan 1196[415].� Abbess of Fontevraud 1190.� "�Sororibusque meis Margarita et Ysabella et Adelicia" consented to the confirmation by "Ludovicus Blesensis et Clarimontis comes" of the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated Mar 1200[416].� She presumably died before May 1202, the date of a charter under which her brother Louis Comte de Blois made another donation to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun

C.�� COMTES de BLOIS 1218-1397 (AVESNES, CH�TILLON)

GAUTHIER [II] d'Avesnes, son of JACQUES Seigneur d'Avesnes & his wife Adeline de Guise (-11 Jul [1243/46]).� The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Galtherus [que] factus est comes Blesensis et�quatuor sorores comitiss�" as children of "Iacobo [filii Nicolao de Avenes]"[417].� Seigneur d'Avesnes, de Guise, de Cond�, de Leuze, de Landrechies et de Tr�lon.� He succeeded in 1218 as Comte de Blois, by right of his wife.� The necrology of La Cour-Dieu records the death �V Id Jul� of �Galterius de Avernis�[418].�

m (after 1200) as her third husband, MARGUERITE Ctss de Blois, widow firstly of HUGUES [III] d'Oisy Ch�telain de Cambrai and secondly of OTTO von Staufen Comte Palatin de Bourgogne, daughter of THIBAUT IV Comte de Blois & his wife Ad�le de France ([1170]-12 Jul 1230).� "Margareta uxor Galterii de Averna comitissa palatina Burgundie" confirm an agreement between "Willelmum militem de Monasteriis" and Saint-Martin-des-Champs by charter dated [Jun/Aug] 1208 which also names "Hugo de Oysi filius Symonis vicecomitis, olim maritus meus"[419].� She succeeded her nephew in 1218 as Ctss de Blois et de Ch�teaudun.� The necrology of the abbey of Vauduisant records the death "IV Id Jul" of "comitisse Blesensis Marguerite"[420].� The necrology of La Cour-Dieu records the death �IV Id Jul� of �comitissa Blesensis�[421].�

Gauthier [II] & his wife had one child:�

1. MARIE d'Avesnes (-after 1241[422]).� The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis names "unicam�filiam Mariam" as child of "dominus Galterus filius [Jacobi] primogeniti" and his wife, adding that she married "comiti Sancti-Pauli Hugoni"[423].� She succeeded her mother in 1231 as Ctss de Blois.� Dame d'Avesnes, de Guise, de Leuze, de Landrechies et de Tr�lon.� The testament of �Maria comitissa Blesis et Sancti Pauli� is dated 12 Apr 1241 and names �dominus meus Hugo de Castellione comes Sancti Pauli et Blesis et�matertera mea Ysabellis comitissa Carnotensis�Richardo de Bellomonte et�consanguinea mea Matildi uxore sua�[424].� m (Apr 1226) as his second wife, HUGUES Seigneur de Ch�tillon, son of GAUCHER [III] Seigneur de Ch�tillon-sur-Marne Comte de Saint-Pol & his wife Elisabeth Ctss de Saint-Pol (before 1196-9 Apr 1248).� He succeeded in 1231 as Comte de Blois, by right of his wife.� He succeeded in 1240 as Comte de Saint-Pol.� Hugues & his second wife had four children:�

a) JEAN de Ch�tillon (-28 Jun 1279, bur Abbaye de Laguiche, Coulanges, Loir-et-Cher).� The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis names "Joannem, Guidonem et Galterum" as the three children of "comiti Sancti-Pauli Hugoni" and his wife[425].� He succeeded in 1249 as Comte de Blois, de Chartres et de Dunois.� Seigneur d'Avesnes, de Guise et de Leuze.� "Iohannes de Castellione comes Blesensis et dominus Avenis et Alleidis uxor eius" donated property to the abbey of Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin by charter dated Jul 1259[426]. �m (contract 11 Dec 1254) ALIX de Bretagne, daughter of JEAN I Duke of Brittany & his wife Infanta do�a Blanca de Navarra (Ch�teau de Sucinio, Sarzeau, Morbihan 6 Jun 1243-2 Aug 1288, bur Abbaye de Laguiche, Coulanges, Loir-et-Cher).� Dame de Pontarcy et de Brie-Comte-Robert, as her dowry.� "Iohannes de Castellione comes Blesensis et dominus Avenis et Alleidis uxor eius" donated property to the abbey of Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin by charter dated Jul 1259[427]. �She founded the abbey of Laguiche near Blois in 1277, where she was later buried.� She visited Palestine in 1287, erecting a monument to Ptolemy in Syria.� A charter dated Jan 1295 records that �Johannis comitis Britannie� and �Hugonis de Castellione comitis Blesen.� agreed a division of territories following the deaths of �la contesse Jehane de Blois...sans hoir [...et du conte Pierre d�Alen�on son mary]...du conte Jehan de Bloys et de la contesse Aaliz notre seur sa femme�[428].� Comte Jean & his wife had one child:�

i) JEANNE de Ch�tillon ([1253]-19 or 29 Jan 1291, bur Abbaye de Laguiche, near Blois).� The Gesta Philippi Tertia Francorum Regis of Guillaume de Nangis records the marriage in 1272 of "comes Alensonis Petrus frater Philippi regis Franci�" and "Johannam filiam Johannis comitis Blesensis"[429].� Ctss de Blois, de Chartres, de Dunois, d'Alen�on et du Perche.� The Gesta Philippi Tertia Francorum Regis of Guillaume de Nangis records that "uxor...eius Johanna Blesis comitissa" was childless after the death of "comes Alansonis Petrus Philippi regis Franci� frater" and that she lived "in sancta viduitate"[430].� She sold the county of Chartres to the crown 1286.� The Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis records the death in 1291 of "Johanna comitissa Blesis"[431].� The necrology of Chartres records the death "IV Kal Feb" of "Joanna de Castellione comitissa Carnotensis vidua Petri de Francia comitis de Alen�onio filii Ludovici regis"[432].� A charter dated Jan 1295 records that �Johannis comitis Britannie� and �Hugonis de Castellione comitis Blesen.� agreed a division of territories following the deaths of �la contesse Jehane de Blois...sans hoir [...et du conte Pierre d�Alen�on son mary]...du conte Jehan de Bloys et de la contesse Aaliz notre seur sa femme�[433].� m (by treaty Paris Feb 1263, 1272) PIERRE de France Comte d'Alen�on, son of LOUIS IX King of France & his wife Marguerite de Provence (1251-Salerno 6 or 7 Apr 1284, bur Paris, �glise des Cordeliers).�

b) GUY [II] de Ch�tillon (after 1226-12 Mar 1289, bur Chercamp).� The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis names "Joannem, Guidonem et Galterum" as the three children of "comiti Sancti-Pauli Hugoni" and his wife[434].� He succeeded in 1249 as Comte de Saint-Pol.�

i) HUGUES [II] de Ch�tillon (1258-1307).� The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis names "Hugonem comitem Blesensem qui nunc est, et Guidonem nunc comitem Sancti-Pauli, et Jacobum dominum Lutos�" as the children of "Johannes�fratri Guidoni [comes] Sancti Pauli" and his wife[435].� He succeeded in 1292 as Comte de Blois et de Dunois.�

-�� see below.�

ii) GUY [III] de Ch�tillon (-6 Apr 1317).� The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis names "Hugonem comitem Blesensem qui nunc est, et Guidonem nunc comitem Sancti-Pauli, et Jacobum dominum Lutos�" as the children of "Johannes�fratri Guidoni [comes] Sancti Pauli" and his wife[436].� He succeeded as Comte de Saint-Pol.� The Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis records that, after the death in 1291 of "Johanna comitissa Blesis", "eius consanguinei comes sancti Pauli...Hugo et fratres ipsius, atque Galtherius Castellionis dominus" divided her inheritance, specifying that "Hugo" left "comitatum sancti Pauli" to "Guidoni fratri suo"[437].�

-�� COMTES de SAINT-POL.�

iii) other children: COMTES de SAINT-POL.�

c) other children: COMTES de SAINT-POL.�

The primary sources which confirm the parentage and marriages of the following members of this family have not been identified, unless otherwise specified below.�

HUGUES [II] de Ch�tillon, son of GUY [II] de Ch�tillon-sur-Marne Comte de Saint-Pol & his wife Mathilde de Brabant (1258-1307).� The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis names "Hugonem comitem Blesensem qui nunc est, et Guidonem nunc comitem Sancti-Pauli, et Jacobum dominum Lutos�" as the children of "Johannes�fratri Guidoni [comes] Sancti Pauli" and his wife[438].� He succeeded in 1292 as Comte de Blois et de Dunois.� The Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis records that, after the death in 1291 of "Johanna comitissa Blesis", "eius consanguinei comes sancti Pauli...Hugo et fratres ipsius, atque Galtherius Castellionis dominus" divided her inheritance, specifying that "Hugo" left "comitatum sancti Pauli" to "Guidoni fratri suo"[439].�

m ([Betrothed 1266?,] 1287) BEATRIX de Flandre, daughter of GUY de Dampierre Count of Flanders & his second wife Isabelle de Luxembourg ([1266?] or [1270/73?]-after 1307).� Gilles de Roye�s Annales Belgici record the marriage in 1266 of �Beatrix filia Guidonis comitis Flandri�� and �Hugoni de Castellione comiti S. Pauli�[440].� This date seems unlikely to be correct considering her parents� marriage in May 1264.� It also appears inconsistent with the charter dated 1283 quoted above, unless a betrothal agreement was signed between the parties in 1266.� If that is correct, Beatrix must have been recently born at the time.� If the date 1266 is incorrect, her marriage in 1287 suggests her birth in [1270/73].� Letters dated 31 May 1329 record a claim by �Iean de Chastillon Comte de S. Pol� against �Guidonem comitem Blesensem�, naming �Beatrix quondam comitissa Blesensis mater dicti comitis Blesensis� and �Hugonis quondam comitis Blesensis mariti sui et patris dicti nunc comitis�[441].�

Hugues [II] & his wife had two children:�

1. GUY [I] de Ch�tillon (-after 12 Aug 1342, bur Abbaye de Laguiche, Coulanges, Loir-et-Cher).� Comte de Blois et de Dunois.� Letters dated 31 May 1329 record a claim by �Iean de Chastillon Comte de S. Pol� against �Guidonem comitem Blesensem�, naming �Beatrix quondam comitissa Blesensis mater dicti comitis Blesensis� and �Hugonis quondam comitis Blesensis mariti sui et patris dicti nunc comitis�[442].� Seigneur d�Avesnes, de Guise et de Tr�lon.� m MARGUERITE de Valois, daughter of CHARLES Comte de Valois [Capet] & his first wife Marguerite of Sicily [Anjou-Capet] ([1295]-Jul 1342).� The Continuatio of the Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis which records the betrothal in 1308 of "Guido quondam comitis Blesensis primogenitus" and "filia Karolii Valesii ex conjuge Catherina adhuc tener� �tatis"[443].� This source apparently incorrectly identifies the bride�s mother.� Guy [I] & his wife had three children:�

a) LOUIS [I] de Ch�tillon (-killed in battle Cr�cy 26 Aug 1346).� Comte de Blois et de Soissons.� Seigneur d�Avesnes, de Guise, de Chimay, de Nouvion-en-Thi�rache.� m (5/10 Nov 1336) as her first husband, JEANNE de Beaumont, daughter of JEAN de Hainaut Seigneur de Beaumont & his wife Marguerite de Nesle Ctss de Soissons (1323-[16/31] Dec 1350).� She succeeded her mother in 1350 as Ctss de Soissons and Dame de Chimay.� She died of plague.� She married secondly (before 13 Feb 1348) Guillaume I "le Riche" Marquis de Namur.� Louis [I] & his wife had three children:�

i) LOUIS [II] de Ch�tillon (-1372).� Comte de Blois et de Dunois. Seigneur d�Avesnes, de Landrecies, de Tr�lon, de Chimay.�

ii) JEAN [II] de Ch�tillon (-Jun 1381).� Comte de Blois et de Dunois.� m (14 Feb 1372) as her second husband, MECHTILD Dss of Gelre, widow firstly of GODEFROI Comte de Looz-Chiny, and secondly of JOHANN II Graf von Kleve, daughter of REINALD [II] Graaf van Gelre & his first wife Sophie Berthout Vrouwe van Mechelen ([1325]-Huissen 21 Sep 1384, bur Arnhem).� The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop names "Mergreta�" as the second of the four daughters of "dye Rennaldus�grave van Gelre" and his wife "Soffie dye docter van den heerre van Mechghelen" married "dye grave van Valois" and died in 1384[444].� The Continuation of Levoldus�s mid-14th century Chronica Comitum de Marka records that �Mergildis comitissa quondam Clevensis soror predictorum fratrum� married �domino de Beloys� in 1372[445].�

iii) GUY [II] de Ch�tillon (-22 Dec 1397).� Comte de Soissons.� He succeeded his brother in 1381 as Comte de Blois et de Dunois.� m ([22 Aug 1370]) as her first husband, MARIE de Namur, daughter of GUILLAUME I Comte de Namur & his second wife Catherine de Savoie (-11 Aug 1412).� She married secondly Clignet de Breban.� Guy [II] & his wife had one child:�

(a) LOUIS [II] de Ch�tillon (-Beaumont en Hainaut 15 Jul 1391).� Comte de Dunois.� m (contract Bourges, Cher 29 Mar 1386, Bourges Saint-Etienne 1386) as her first husband, MARIE de Berry, daughter of JEAN de France Duc de Berry & his first wife Jeanne d'Armagnac (-Lyon Jun 1434, bur Abbaye de Souvigny-en-Bourbonnais, Allier).� She married secondly (contract Paris 27 Jan 1393) Philippe d'Artois Comte d'Eu.� She married thirdly (contract Paris 27 May 1400, in person Paris, Palais du Roi 21 Jun 1401) Jean de Bourbon Comte de Clermont, who succeeded his father in 1410 as Duc de Bourbon.�

b) CHARLES de Blois-Ch�tillon (1319-killed in battle near Auray 29 Sep 1364, bur Guingamp �glise des Cordeliers).� He succeeded in 1341 as Duke of Brittany, Comte de Penthi�vre, Seigneur de Guise, by right of his wife.�

-�� COMTES de PENTHIEVRE.�

c) MARIE de Ch�tillon ([1323]-1363).� The testament of �Raoul Duc de Loherenne et marchis�, dated Aug 1346, bequeathes property to �ma...femme Marie de Blois...� and appoints as executors �ma...fame Marie de Blois...�[446].� Regent of Lorraine for her son 1346-1361.� The primary source which confirms her second marriage has not been identified.� m firstly (contract May 1334, dispensation 30 May 1334) as his second wife, RAOUL Duke of Lorraine, son of FERRY IV Duke of Lorraine & his wife Elisabeth of Austria ([Mar/Apr] 1320-killed in battle Cr�cy 26 Aug 1346, bur Stulzbron).� m secondly (1353 before 9 Aug) FRIEDRICH [VIII] Graf von Leiningen-Dagsburg, son of FRIEDRICH [VII] Graf von Leiningen-Dagsburg & his wife --- (-[3 Mar 1376/19 Jan 1378]).�

2. JEAN de Ch�tillon (-1329).� Seigneur de Ch�teau-Renard et de Millan�ay.�

D.�� VICOMTES de BLOIS (10th-11th CENTURIES)

1. GUARNEGAUD (-after 5 Jul 905).� Vicomte [de Blois].� �Ademari comitis, Attonis vicecomitis...Guarnegaudi...Ragenaldi...Fulconis, Gauzfredi� subscribed the charter dated Apr 886 under which �Odo...comes et...abbas...Sancti Martini� returned property in Italy �Solarium...et Vallem Caumoniam� to the abbey[447].� "Rotberti rerum Sancti Martini abbatis, Guarnegaudi vicecomitis, Burchardi comitis, Fulconis, Ardradi vicecomitis..." subscribed the charter dated 22 Mar [891/92] which records the judgment at Tours in favour of Saint-Martin against Ricbert who had mistreated serfs[448].� �...Attonis vicecomitis, Guarnegaudi vicecomitis, Fulconis vicecomitis� subscribed the charter dated 22 May 899 under which �Rotbertus...Sancti Martini abbas et comes� restored �cellam beati Clementis martyris� to Saint-Martin[449].� �...Attonis vicecomitis, Guarnegaudi vicecomitis, Fulconis vicecomitis, Rainaldi vicecomitis...� subscribed the charter dated 13 Sep 900 under which �Rotbertus...beati Martini abba...et comes� restored �cellul�...Sancti Clementis�, previously donated by �predecessor noster domnus Odo germanus noster...tunc abbas deinde Francorum rex�, to Saint-Martin[450].� "Archambaldus et uxor mea Ingilrada" donated property "in pago Turonico in vicaria Evenense...in villa...Fontanas...in villa...Linarias" to Saint-Martin de Tours by charter dated 5 Jul 905, subscribed by �Fulconis Turonorum et Andecavorum vicecomitis, Gauzleni comitis et yppocomitis palatii...Guarnegaudi vicecomitis vel graphionis, Burchardi comitis vel graphionis...�[451].�

1. ROBERT [I] (-1003).� Vicomte de Blois.� "Robert Vicomte de Blois" donated property to the abbey of Evron by charter dated 989 subscribed by "Odonis comitis, Rotberti filii eius, Tetbaldi filius eius, Odonis alterius filius, Hugonis vicecomitis Castridunensis, Raherii de Montigniaco"[452].� m ---.� The name of the wife of Robert [I] is not known.� Robert [I] & his wife had one child:�

a) ROBERT [II] (-after 1 Mar 1006).� ["Robert Vicomte de Blois" donated property to the abbey of Evron by charter dated 989 subscribed by "Odonis comitis, Rotberti filii eius, Tetbaldi filius eius, Odonis alterius filius, Hugonis vicecomitis Castridunensis, Raherii de Montigniaco"[453].� As noted above under comtes de Blois, there are some doubts about the authenticity of this charter.� One interpretation is that "Rotberti filii eius" applies to the donor, not "Odonis comitis" whose name directly precedes his in the list of subscribers, as Eudes Comte de Blois is not otherwise recorded with a son named Robert.]� Vicomte de Blois.� "Roberti vicecomitis, Nanterii et Joscelini eius filiorum�Joscelini Miliduni vicecomites" subscribed the charter dated 1 Mar 1006 under which "Burchardus�castri comes Curbolii�cum filio meo Rainaldo�Parisensium episcopo" authorised donations to the abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Foss�s[454].� m ---.� The name of Robert's wife is not known.� Robert [II] & his wife had two children:

i) NANTHER (-after 1 Mar 1006).� "Roberti vicecomitis, Nanterii et Joscelini eius filiorum�Joscelini Miliduni vicecomites" subscribed the charter dated 1 Mar 1006 under which "Burchardus�castri comes Curbolii�cum filio meo Rainaldo�Parisensium episcopo" authorised donations to the abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Foss�s[455].�

ii) JOSCELIN (-after 1 Mar 1006).� "Roberti vicecomitis, Nanterii et Joscelini eius filiorum�Joscelini Miliduni vicecomites" subscribed the charter dated 1 Mar 1006 under which "Burchardus�castri comes Curbolii�cum filio meo Rainaldo�Parisensium episcopo" authorised donations to the abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Foss�s[456].�

1. HERVE (-after [1060]).� Vicomte de Blois.� "Odo comes filius [Odonis comitis]" confirmed a donation of his father by charter dated to [1032/37], subscribed by "Tetbaldi filii eius, matris eius Ermengardis�Hervei vicecomitis"[457].� "Odo comes" [Eudes II Comte de Blois] donated the church of Saint-M�dard dans le Vend�mois to Saint-Martin, with the consent of "Salomon de Labarzinio, Walterius filius Hamelini, Burchardus", by charter dated to [1037], witnessed by "Herveus vicecomes�"[458].� "Gelduinus" donated property by charter dated to [1038/40] subscribed by "�Hervei vicecomitis"[459].� "Radulfo vicecomite, Guillelmo vicecomite, Erfredo vicecomite, Herveo vicecomite de Bleso�" witnessed a charter dated 1039 which records that "miles�Walterius�filius Hamelini de Lingaiis" was sentenced to relinquish property held from Geoffroy II "Martel" Comte d�Anjou for having killed "cognatum predicti comitis�Mauricium", Comte Geoffroy donating the property to La Trinit� de Vend�me[460].� "Herveus vicecomes Blesensis" donated property by charter dated [1041/42] which names "filii ipsius Hervei�Gelduinus�et Gaufridus et Stephanus fili� quoque Ermengardis atque Girberga qu� nuncupator etiam Claricia"[461].� A charter dated to [1059/64] records donations to Marmoutier in Bl�mars wood, witnessed by �...Herueus quondam vicecomes nunc monachus...�[462].� m ---.� The name of Herv�'s wife is not known.� Herv� & his wife had five children:

a) HILDUIN (-after [1088]).� "Filii ipsius Hervei�Gelduinus�et Gaufridus et Stephanus�", specifying that Hilduin succeeded his father, are named in the charter dated [1041/42] under which "Herveus vicecomes Blesensis" donated property[463].� Vicomte de Blois.� �...Gilduini vicecomitis Blesensis...� subscribed the charter dated to [1061/65] under which �Wicherium filium Guicherii de castro Reginaldi� claimed rights in the forest of Bl�mars[464].� �Gilduinus� donated �quemdam clausum vinearum prope turrem Blesis� to Marmoutier, in accordance with the wish expressed by his father �Herueus vicecomes Blesis...monachus�, by charter dated to before 1088[465].�

b) GEOFFROY (-after [1041/42]).� "Filii ipsius Hervei�Gelduinus�et Gaufridus et Stephanus�" are named in the charter dated [1041/42] under which "Herveus vicecomes Blesensis" donated property[466].�

c) ETIENNE (-after [1041/42]).� "Filii ipsius Hervei�Gelduinus�et Gaufridus et Stephanus�" are named in the charter dated [1041/42] under which "Herveus vicecomes Blesensis" donated property[467].�

d) ERMENGARDE (-after [1041/42]).� "�fili� quoque Ermengardis atque Girberga qu� nuncupator etiam Claricia" are named in the charter dated [1041/42] under which "Herveus vicecomes Blesensis" donated property[468].�

e) GERBERGE [Claricia] (-after [1041/42]).� "�fili� quoque Ermengardis atque Girberga qu� nuncupator etiam Claricia" are named in the charter dated [1041/42] under which "Herveus vicecomes Blesensis" donated property[469].�

1. ROBERT (-before 1105).� Vicomte de Blois.� m as her first husband, MATHILDE de Ch�teaudun, daughter of HUGUES Vicomte de Ch�teaudun & his wife Agn�s de Fr�teval (-25 Sep after 1130).� "�Filii eius Maulde et Pagano qui nondum erat christianus" consented to the donation by "Hugonis vicecomitis" by charter dated to [1080/1100][470], the actual date presumably being in the early part of this range if his son Geoffroy was not yet baptised.� "Hugo vicecomes de Castroduno" donated property with the consent of "�Gausfredo filio eius, Matilda filia eius" by charter dated to [1095/1100][471].� The primary source which confirms her first marriage has not yet been identified.�� She married secondly (1105) Geoffroy [II] "Grisegonelle" Comte de Vend�me.� Her second marriage is confirmed by the charter dated 1119 under which "Gaufridus de Castroduno" (her brother) donated property to the abbey of Sainte-Trinit� de Tiron with the consent of "uxore mea [unnamed] Hugone filio meo et duabus filiabus meis Aupazia et Helvissa atque nepote meo Gofredo filio comitis Vindocinensis"[472].� "Gaufredus comes Vindocinensis qui cognominatus et Grisa Gonella�uxor eius Mathildis�comitissa necnon Eschirater eiusdem comitis" donated property by charter dated 1107[473].� "�Mithildis comitissa Vindocinensis filia eiusdem Hugonis�" consented to the donation by "Hugo vicecomes Castriduni" by charter dated [1110/11][474].� A list of anniversaries of Vend�me La Trinit� records the death "IX Kal Oct" of "Mathildis comitissa Vindocinensis"[475].�

E.�� VICOMTES de BLOIS (SEIGNEURS de LISLE en VEND�MOIS)

ROBERT de Lisle, son of RENAUD de la Tour & his wife Berthe --- (-1214).� "Robertus de Insula" returned property to La Trinit� de Vend�me, for the soul of "Bartholomei fratris Rainaldi patris sui", with the consent of "Rainaldus frater ipsius Roberti et mater eorum Berta et duo patrui eorum Hugo et Hamelinus", by charter dated 1152[476].� Vicomte de Blois.� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Trinit� de Vend�me, on the death of "Rainaldi fratris sui" buried at the abbey, with the consent of "Rainaldus et Philippus filii Roberti et Matildis uxor eius", by charter dated to [1160/65][477].� "Robertus de Insula Blesensis vicecomes" donated property with the consent of "uxore mea Mahot�filiis et filiabus meis�Reginaldo, Gaufrido et Berta" by charter dated to [1165][478].� A charter dated 1190 records donations of revenue to La Trinit� de Vend�me by "Petrus Papeillum", on leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of "Robertus de Insula�et Rainaldus predicti Roberti filius"[479].� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Maldtidis uxor mea, Raginaldus filius meus major natu et Gaufridus filius meus", by charter dated to [1190][480].� "Robertus de Insula dominus�cum filiis meis Raginaldo et Goffredo" noted an agreement with Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated Jan 1201[481].�

m firstly MATHILDE, daughter of --- (-after [1190]).� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Trinit� de Vend�me, on the death of "Rainaldi fratris sui" buried at the abbey, with the consent of "Rainaldus et Philippus filii Roberti et Matildis uxor eius", by charter dated to [1160/65][482].� "Uxore mea Mahot�filiis et filiabus meis�Reginaldo, Gaufrido et Berta" consented to the donation by "Robertus de Insula Blesensis vicecomes" by charter dated to [1165][483].� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Maldtidis uxor mea, Raginaldus filius meus major natu et Gaufridus filius meus", by charter dated to [1190][484].�

m secondly LUCIE, daughter of ---.�

Robert & his first wife had four children:�

1. RENAUD (-after Jul 1214).� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Trinit� de Vend�me, on the death of "Rainaldi fratris sui" buried at the abbey, with the consent of "Rainaldus et Philippus filii Roberti et Matildis uxor eius", by charter dated to [1160/65][485].� "Uxore mea Mahot�filiis et filiabus meis�Reginaldo, Gaufrido et Berta" consented to the donation by "Robertus de Insula Blesensis vicecomes" by charter dated to [1165][486].� A charter dated 1190 records donations of revenue to La Trinit� de Vend�me by "Petrus Papeillum", on leaving for Jerusalem, with the consent of "Robertus de Insula�et Rainaldus predicti Roberti filius"[487].� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Maldtidis uxor mea, Raginaldus filius meus major natu et Gaufridus filius meus", by charter dated to [1190][488].� "�Rainaldus de Insula�" witnessed the charter dated 1195 under which "Burchardus�Vindocinensis comes" created a foundation for maintenance of two lamps at La Trinit� de Vend�me[489].� "Rainaldus, Insul� Jheremi� dominus" restored rights to Marmoutier, taken by "patris mei Rotberti et fratris mei Gauffridi necnon uxoris me� Alienor" by charter dated to [1200][490].� "Robertus de Insula dominus�cum filiis meis Raginaldo et Goffredo" noted an agreement with Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated Jan 1201[491].� "Raginaldus dominus de Insula" donated wood for the poor, with the consent of "fratris mei Gaufridi militis et uxoris mee Alienordis", by charter dated Jul 1214 which names "patris mei Roberti de Insula"[492].� Vicomte de Blois.� Blesois 194, 195, 209.� m ELEONORE, daughter of --- (-after Jul 1214).� "Rainaldus, Insul� Jheremi� dominus" restored rights to Marmoutier, taken by "patris mei Rotberti et fratris mei Gauffridi necnon uxoris me� Alienor" by charter dated to [1200][493].� "Raginaldus dominus de Insula" donated wood for the poor, with the consent of "fratris mei Gaufridi militis et uxoris mee Alienordis", by charter dated Jul 1214 which names "patris mei Roberti de Insula"[494].��

2. GEOFFROY (-1231).� "Uxore mea Mahot�filiis et filiabus meis�Reginaldo, Gaufrido et Berta" consented to the donation by "Robertus de Insula Blesensis vicecomes" by charter dated to [1165][495].� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Maldtidis uxor mea, Raginaldus filius meus major natu et Gaufridus filius meus", by charter dated to [1190][496].� "Rainaldus, Insul� Jheremi� dominus" restored rights to Marmoutier, taken by "patris mei Rotberti et fratris mei Gauffridi necnon uxoris me� Alienor" by charter dated to [1200][497].� "Robertus de Insula dominus�cum filiis meis Raginaldo et Goffredo" noted an agreement with Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated Jan 1201[498].� "Raginaldus dominus de Insula" donated wood for the poor, with the consent of "fratris mei Gaufridi militis et uxoris mee Alienordis", by charter dated Jul 1214 which names "patris mei Roberti de Insula"[499].� A charter dated Sep 1231 records an agreement between "Gaufridus de Insula miles" and the abbey of la Madeleine de Ch�teaudun about Mornais wood[500].� Vicomte de Blois.� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[501].� m ADELICIA, daughter of ---.� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[502].� Geoffroy & his wife had seven children:�

a) ROBERT .� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[503].�

b) RENAUD (-after Sep 1269).� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[504].� Vicomte de Blois.� "Reginaldus de Insula miles vicecomes Blesensis" recorded a transaction �in terra nostra de Insula�, with the consent of �Philippi fratris nostri�, by charter dated Aug 1248[505].� "Raignauld de Lisle vicomte de Blois" redeemed vines at Pezou owned by the monks of Chauvigny, with the consent of �sa femme Mahot et de ses enfants Raignauld, Geoffroy et Berte�, by undated charter[506].� A charter dated Sep 1269, addressed to "Mac� vidame de Chartres et Renault de Precign� chevaliers", records the dispute between �Boichart comte de Vend�me et Renaut de Lille chevalier� concerning rights �en Lille et au Rolleiz�[507].� m MATHILDE, daughter of ---.� "Raignauld de Lisle vicomte de Blois" redeemed vines at Pezou owned by the monks of Chauvigny, with the consent of �sa femme Mahot et de ses enfants Raignauld, Geoffroy et Berte�, by undated charter[508].� Renaud & his wife had three children:

i) RENAUD . "Raignauld de Lisle vicomte de Blois" redeemed vines at Pezou owned by the monks of Chauvigny, with the consent of �sa femme Mahot et de ses enfants Raignauld, Geoffroy et Berte�, by undated charter[509].�

ii) GEOFFROY .� "Raignauld de Lisle vicomte de Blois" redeemed vines at Pezou owned by the monks of Chauvigny, with the consent of �sa femme Mahot et de ses enfants Raignauld, Geoffroy et Berte�, by undated charter[510].�

iii) BERTHE .� "Raignauld de Lisle vicomte de Blois" redeemed vines at Pezou owned by the monks of Chauvigny, with the consent of �sa femme Mahot et de ses enfants Raignauld, Geoffroy et Berte�, by undated charter[511].�

c) PHILIPPE (-after Aug 1248).� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[512].� "Reginaldus de Insula miles vicecomes Blesensis" recorded a transaction �in terra nostra de Insula�, with the consent of �Philippi fratris nostri�, by charter dated Aug 1248[513].�

d) GEOFFROY .� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[514].�

e) MATHILDE .� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[515].�

f) ADELICIA .� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[516].�

g) ISABELLE .� "Gaufridus de Insula miles" granted revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Adelicia uxore mea filiis et filiabus meis Roberto, Raginaldo, Philippo et Gaufrido, Matilde, Adelicia et Ysabelle", by charter dated Sep 1231[517].�

3. BERTHE (-after [1165]).� "Uxore mea Mahot�filiis et filiabus meis�Reginaldo, Gaufrido et Berta" consented to the donation by "Robertus de Insula Blesensis vicecomes" by charter dated to [1165][518].�

4. PHILIPPE .� "Robertus de Insula" donated property to La Trinit� de Vend�me, on the death of "Rainaldi fratris sui" buried at the abbey, with the consent of "Rainaldus et Philippus filii Roberti et Matildis uxor eius", by charter dated to [1160/65][519].�

5. ISABELLE .�

Chapter 2.�� TOURS

A.�� COMTES de TOURS

The county of Tours was held by different Carolingian nominees in the 9th century.� It was acquired by the Comtes de Blois some time in the mid-10th century.�

1. HUGUES, son of --- (-20 Oct 837, bur Monza).� Thegan refers to the wife of Emperor Lothar as "filiam Hugi comitis, qui erat de stirpe cuiusdam ducis nomine Etih" and in the following paragraph names her "Irmingarda"[520].� "Karolus�augustus�imperator Romanum�rex Francorum et Langobardorum" donated property "in pago Andegavino in loco Laniaco�et in pago Rodonico" to Kloster Pr�m by charter dated 28 Apr 807 which names "Hugo comes"[521].� Comte de Tours: Einhard names "Haido episcopus Baslensus et Hugus comes Toronicus et Aio Langobardus de Foroiluii" as imperial missi who met the missi from Constantinople in 811[522].� The Annales Fuldenses record that the emperor sent "Haitonem Basilensem episcopus et Hug comitem Turonicum et Aio Langobardum de Aquileia" as missi to Constantinople in 811 to confirm the peace "cum Niceforo"[523].� The Gesta Francorum names "Hug comitem Turonicum" in 811[524].� Timiolus and abbot of St Julien d'Auxerre 811.� The extensive interests of Hugues in Alsace are confirmed by the following document: a charter confirms imperial agreement to an exchange of property agreed 2 Sep 1820 between �Huc quondam comes� and �monasterium...Wizunburg� which specifies numerous places in Alsace[525].� The reference �quondam� is unexplained unless the document was prepared later than the date specified, either during the period which followed Hugues�s asset confiscations in [828] or after he died.� Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris records that Emperor Louis was met at "Compendium" by "Pippinus filius eius cum magnatis primis patris sui�Hug et Matfrido�Gotefrido"[526].� The Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names "Hugonem et Mathfridum comites" as missi of Pepin King of Aquitaine [in 827][527].� Wilsdorf highlights the likelihood that the failure of their campaign against the Moors in the march of Spain at this time was due to delay in Hugues and Matfried arriving with their army in time to prevent the devastation of areas around Barcelona and Girona[528].� This appears confirmed by the Vita Hludowici Imperatoris which records that the affair was submitted to an assembly at Aachen in Feb 828 which recommended the confiscation of their assets as punishment[529].� This presumably included the county of Tours, in the case of Hugues who, as noted below, was called �timidus� by Thegan.� Wilsdorf highlights the probable involvement of Hugues in the plots in [830/36], resulting from the rivalry between Emperor Louis (and his wife Judith) and the emperor�s eldest son Lothaire, which resulted in further periods of successive rehabilitation and disgrace for Hugues, culminating in his exile to northern Italy[530].� Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris records that "Hlutharius" submitted to his father Emperor Louis I [in 836] followed by "socer eius Hug timidus"[531].� The Vita Hludowici Imperatoris records that "Wala Corbeiensis abbas, Matfridus, Hugo, Lantbertus, Godefridus, itemque filius eius Godefridus, Agimbertus comes Pertensis�sed et Richardus" died between "Kal Sep usque ad missam sancti Martini" [in 836][532].� The Gesta Francorum records that "Lantbertus et Hugus" were among the "plureo ex primoribus Itali�" who were killed at Ticino "837 III Kal Ian noctu octies" when "tremuisse perhibetur"[533].� The Annales Fuldenses also record the earthquake at Ticino in Italy "837 III Kal Ian" in which "plures ex primoribus Itali�" were killed including "Lantbertus et Hugus"[534].�

2. --- .� Comte de Tours [828].� The identity of Hugues�s immediate successor in Tours, after his assets were confiscated in [828], has not been ascertained.�

3. HUGUES, son of CONRAD [Welf] Comte de Paris & his wife --- �(-Orl�ans 12 May 886, bur Saint-Germain d'Auxerre).� Known as "HUGUES l'Abb�".� Abbot of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre 853.� Imperial missus in Auxerre 853.� Abbot of Saint-Riquier until 861.� Abbot of Saint-Bertin 859/62.� He was a supporter of King Lothar 861/865.� Elected Archbishop of K�ln 864.� Comte d'Auxerre 865.� Marquis de Neustrie, Comte de Tours et d'Angers 866.� Abbot of Saint-Martin de Tours 866.� Abbot of St Vaast, Arras [874].� Abbot of Saint-Aignan, Orl�ans before 876.� Abbot of Saint-Julien d'Auxerre 877.� Abbot of Sainte-Colombe de Sens 877.� Chaplain of the Imperial chapel [880].�

4. ROBERT (-after 23 Jun 908).� Comte de Blois.� Comte de Tours.� "Roberti comitis" subscribed the charter dated Nov 902 under which "Warnegaudi vicecomitis et uxoris eius Helen�" donated property[535].� �Domnus Rotbertus gregis beati Martini ex basilica levita ac thesaurarius� [Robert Comte de Tours] returned �situm in pago Turonico in loco...Mercuriolus� to Marmoutier by charter dated 23 Jun 908, subscribed by �Tetbaldus vicecomes...�[536].�

B.�� VICOMTES de TOURS

[Two] brothers, parents not known:�

1. ATTO .� He is named as father of Ardrad in the latter�s 29 Sep 898 charter cited below.� No document has yet been found which names him in his own capacity.� m ---.� The name of Atto�s wife is not known.� Atto & his wife had two children:�

a) ATTO (-after 13 Sep 900).� Vicomte [de Tours].� "Le vicomte Atton et...sa femme Emma" exchanged property "en Touraine dans la viguerie de Doulus...Sembonne et Mazi�res et dans la viguerie d�Abilly...Viis superior" with the abbot of Tours Saint-Martin by charter dated Apr 878[537].� �Ademari comitis, Attonis vicecomitis...Guarnegaudi...Ragenaldi...Fulconis, Gauzfredi� subscribed the charter dated Apr 886 under which �Odo...comes et...abbas...Sancti Martini� returned property in Italy �Solarium...et Vallem Caumoniam� to the abbey[538].� "Ardradus" donated "villam...Bainam...in pago Aurelianense" to Saint-Martin de Tours, for the soul of �genitoris mei domni Attonis�, with the consent of �frater meus Atto�, by charter dated 29 Sep 898, subscribed by �Attonis fratris sui vicecomitis, Gunberti avunculi ipsorum, Fulconis vicecomitis...�[539].� �...Attonis vicecomitis, Guarnegaudi vicecomitis, Fulconis vicecomitis� subscribed the charter dated 22 May 899 under which �Rotbertus...Sancti Martini abbas et comes� restored �cellam beati Clementis martyris� to Saint-Martin[540].� �...Attonis vicecomitis, Guarnegaudi vicecomitis, Fulconis vicecomitis, Rainaldi vicecomitis...� subscribed the charter dated 13 Sep 900 under which �Rotbertus...beati Martini abba...et comes� restored �cellul�...Sancti Clementis�, previously donated by �predecessor noster domnus Odo germanus noster...tunc abbas deinde Francorum rex�, to Saint-Martin[541].� m EMMA, daughter of ---.� "Le vicomte Atton et...sa femme Emma" exchanged property "en Touraine dans la viguerie de Doulus...Sembonne et Mazi�res et dans la viguerie d�Abilly...Viis superior" with the abbot of Tours Saint-Martin by charter dated Apr 878[542].�

b) ARDRAD (-after 29 Sep 898).� "Ardradus" donated "villam...Bainam...in pago Aurelianense" to Saint-Martin de Tours, for the soul of �genitoris mei domni Attonis�, with the consent of �frater meus Atto�, by charter dated 29 Sep 898, subscribed by �Attonis fratris sui vicecomitis, Gunberti avunculi ipsorum, Fulconis vicecomitis...�[543].�

2. [GOMBERT (-after 29 Sep 898).� "Ardradus" donated "villam...Bainam...in pago Aurelianense" to Saint-Martin de Tours, for the soul of �genitoris mei domni Attonis�, with the consent of �frater meus Atto�, by charter dated 29 Sep 898, subscribed by �Attonis fratris sui vicecomitis, Gunberti avunculi ipsorum, Fulconis vicecomitis...�[544].� It is not known whether Gombert was the paternal or maternal uncle of the donor.]�

1. THIBAUT [Tetbald] [I] "l'Ancien", son of --- (-[944], bur Tours Saint-Martin).� Vicomte de Tours: ��Tetbaldus vicecomes...� subscribed the charter dated 23 Jun 908 under which �domnus Rotbertus gregis beati Martini ex basilica levita ac thesaurarius� [Robert Comte de Tours] returned �situm in pago Turonico in loco...Mercuriolus� to Marmoutier[545].� "Domni Fulconis Andecavorum comitis, Tedbaldi Turonorum vicecomitis" subscribed the charter dated 30 Oct 909 under which the testamentary executors of "domni Gauzuini" donated property to Saint-Martin de Tours[546].� "�Tetbaldi vicecomitis�" subscribed the charter of "Hugo rector abbati� sancti Martini" relating to Tours Saint-Martin dated 931[547].�

Chapter 3.�� NOBILITY in TOURS

A.�� SEIGNEURS d'AMBOISE

1. LISIARD .� Seigneur d�Amboise.� A charter dated 1110 records the rights of Marmoutier in the priory of Sabl�, recording that "Hugo vicarius Andecavensis, post mortem patris sui Alberici" first donated the priory, that "Liziardus de Ambasiaco" donated mills at Sabl�, that Hugues also donated the priory of "B�ria" with the consent of "quatuor filii eius Guillelmus, Albericus, Hamelinus et Gaufridus", that after the death of "Roberto, Burgundi� Sabolii domino", "Liziardus filius eius" confirmed the donations by "avus�Robertus", the charter signed by "Guido, Liziardi frater, Henricus monachus, Hersendis mater, Gedheldis soror"[548].� The references to Sabl� suggest that the original donation recorded in this charter is probably dated to the 10th century (see the document ANJOU, COUNTS & NOBILITY, SEIGNEURS de SABLE for further details).� The document suggests that Lisiard�s donation may have been contemporaneous.� If that is correct, Lisiard Seigneur d�Amboise was a different person from the other individuals called Lisiard who are named in the same document.�

1. ERARD (-before 1097).� m ELISABETH, daughter of --- (-after 1097).� "Hugo de Ambassiaco miles Ebrardi filius" donated property revenue from "apud Mesliacum" on leaving for Jerusalem by acte dated "anno XIII ordinationis Bernardi abbatis" [1097], signed by "Elizabetha Hugonis matre et eiusdem nepote Geraldo, filio Gaufridi de Malliaco, cognate suo, Hervei filio, et Milscendis de Rupibus"[549].� Everard & his wife had one child:�

a) HUGUES d�Amboise (-after 1108).� "Hugo de Ambassiaco miles Ebrardi filius" donated property revenue from "apud Mesliacum" on leaving for Jerusalem by acte dated "anno XIII ordinationis Bernardi abbatis" [1097], signed by "Elizabetha Hugonis matre et eiusdem nepote Geraldo, filio Gaufridi de Malliaco, cognate suo, Hervei filio, et Milscendis de Rupibus"[550].� �Hugo filius Sulpicii de Caluomonte� relinquished claims to �domum apud Blesis� in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of �Elysabeth uxor ipsius Hugonis...et Sulpitius filius eius�, in the presence of �...Hugo filius Ebrardi de Ambaziaco...�, by charter dated 1108[551].�

SULPICE [I] d'Amboise, son of LISOIS Seigneur de Bazoges & his wife Hersende de Buzan�ais (-1 Jun [1081], bur Pontlevoy).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Supplicium et Lisoium" as the two sons of Lisois & his wife[552].� "Lisoyus castri�Calvi Mons oppidanus" granted free rights of passage through his land to the monks of Saint-Florent by charter dated to [1060], signed by "Hersendis uxoris eius, Sulpicii filii eius atque Hugonis fratris eius�"[553].� Seigneur d'Amboise, Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.� The Gesta Ambaziensium records the death "Kal Jun" of "Supplicius"[554].�

m DENISE [de Foug�res], daughter of [FRANGALO Seigneur de Foug�res] & his wife Cana --- (-28 Apr after 1081, bur Pontlevoy).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Gosfridus de Calvo Monte�neptam suam sororis su� Chan� filiam�Dionisiam" as the wife of "Supplicio Lisoii filio"[555].� The Gesta Ambaziensium records the death "IV Kal Mai" of "Dionisia�coniux [Supplicio]" and her burial "Pontilevi iuxta parentes"[556].�

Sulpice [I] & his wife had three children:�

1. HUGUES [I] (-Jerusalem 24 Jul [1129/30], bur Jerusalem Mount Olives).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Hugonem et duas filias Aanordim et Emendendim" as the children of "Supplicius de Calvomonte" & his wife Denise[557].� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire 1096.� �Hugo filius Sulpicii� confirmed donations to Marmoutier made by �Gausfredus de Caluomonte...etiam pater suus Sulpicius et mater sua Dionisia� by charter dated to before 1100[558].� Seigneur d'Amboise.� "Radulfo de Bulgeniaco, Hugone de Ambasia, Rainaldo, Gaufridi fratre" signed the charter dated to [1104/24] which records that "Guicherius Castri Rainaldi" deposited property at Marmoutier and that "Guicherii filius Gaufridus" requested return of the property, the dispute being litigated at the court of "domin� su� Adel� Blesensis comitiss�" (which narrows the dating to before [1107] when her son Thibaut IV was invested as count)[559].� �Hugo filius Sulpicii de Caluomonte� relinquished claims to �domum apud Blesis� in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of �Elysabeth uxor ipsius Hugonis...et Sulpitius filius eius�, in the presence of �...Hugo filius Ebrardi de Ambaziaco...�, by charter dated 1108[560].� "Hugo de Ambazia" waived his right of capture on certain conditions, with the consent of "Supplicio filio suo", by charter dated to [1105/28][561].� �Hugo...Ambaziaci castri dominus� relinquished claims to property of �hominis beati Martini Hilgodi� in favour of Marmoutier by charter dated 1114[562].� The Gesta Ambaziensium records that Hugues fought in the army of Foulques King of Jerusalem in Damascus but died "Jerusalem IX Kal Aug" and was buried "in Monte Oliveti prope ecclesiam"[563].� m ([1103]) ELISABETH de Jaligny Dame de Jaligny-en-Bourbonnais, daughter of GUILLAUME Seigneur de Jaligny & his wife Ermengarde de Bourbon (-12 Oct 1154, bur Pontlevoy).� The Gesta Consulum Andegavensium records that "Gosfridum Martellum" arranged the marriage of "Elisabeth sororem suam ex matre sua et Guillelmo Jalinniaci ortam" and "Hugoni de Calvo Monte" and gave "Ambaziacum" as her dowry[564], although this contradicts the Gesta Ambaziensium which records that Amboise came into the family with the mother of Sulpice [I] (see above).� �Hugo filius Sulpicii de Caluomonte� relinquished claims to �domum apud Blesis� in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of �Elysabeth uxor ipsius Hugonis...et Sulpitius filius eius�, in the presence of �...Hugo filius Ebrardi de Ambaziaco...�, by charter dated 1108[565].� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Elisabeth sororem suam [Uldini]" as the wife of "Hugonis�Supplicium primogenitum"[566].� Hugues [I] & his wife had four children:�

a) SULPICE [II] (before 1106-Ch�teau de Ch�teaudun 24 Aug 1153).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Supplicium, Hugonem et Oldinum atque filam Dionisiam" as the children of "Hugonis�Supplicium primogenitum" & his wife[567].� "Hugo de Ambazia" waived his right of capture on certain conditions, with the consent of "Supplicio filio suo", by charter dated to [1105/28][568].� �Hugo filius Sulpicii de Caluomonte� relinquished claims to �domum apud Blesis� in favour of Marmoutier, with the consent of �Elysabeth uxor ipsius Hugonis...et Sulpitius filius eius�, in the presence of �...Hugo filius Ebrardi de Ambaziaco...�, by charter dated 1108[569].� Seigneur d'Amboise.� He died in prison.� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "IX Kal Sep" of "Sulpicius de Ambaziaco"[570].� m AGNES de Donzy, daughter of HERVE [II] Seigneur de Donzy & his wife --- de la Fert� (-2 Mar after 1155).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Agnete" as the wife of Sulpice [II] but does not give her origin[571].� A history of Amboise written at Marmoutier records that �Hugo dominus Ambazi�� arranged the marriage of �Supplicio filio suo� and �Agnetem filiam Hervei de Danzeio�[572].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "VI Non Mar" of "Agnes domina Ambazie"[573].� Sulpice [II] & his wife had [five] children:�

i) HUGUES [II] (-[1190/94], bur Saint-Florentin).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "duos filios�Hugonem et Herveum et duas filias Dionisiam�et Elizabeth" as the children of Sulpice [II] & his wife[574].� Seigneur de Jaligny.� Seigneur d'Amboise.�

-�� see below.�

ii) HERVE (-12 Jan ----).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "duos filios�Hugonem et Herveum et duas filias Dionisiam�et Elizabeth" as the children of Sulpice [II] & his wife[575].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "II Id Jan" of "Herveus de Ambazia frater domini Hugonis"[576].�

iii) DENISE (-10 or 20 May before 1160, bur Bourg-Dieu).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "duos filios�Hugonem et Herveum et duas filias Dionisiam�et Elizabeth" as the children of Sulpice [II] & his wife, specifying that Denise married "Eboni Dolis" by whom she was mother of "Radulfum et Odonem"[577].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "VI Id Mai" of "Dionisia filia Sulpitii"[578].� At first sight it may appear more likely that this entry refers to an otherwise unrecorded daughter of Sulpice [I], on the basis of it being more probably that a married daughter of Sulpice [II] would have been referred to in the necrology by her husband's name.� However, the death of her sister Elisabeth is also recorded in the same necrology by reference to her father, the identification being confirmed by the Gesta Ambaziensium (see below).� m EBBO [II] Seigneur de D�ols, son of RAOUL [VI] Seigneur de D�ols & his wife Beatrix de Ch�teaumeillant (-1160).�

iv) ELISABETH (-10 Jul ----, bur Pontlevoy).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "duos filios�Hugonem et Herveum et duas filias Dionisiam�et Elizabeth" as the children of Sulpice [II] & his wife, specifying that Elisabeth married "Andrea de Aluia" and died "VI Id Jul" and was buried at Pontlevoy[579].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "VI Id Jul" of "Elisabet filia Sulpicii"[580].� m ANDRE d'Alluye, son of ---.� 1155.�

v) [HUGUES (-27 Feb ----).� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "III Kal Mar" of "Hugo puer de Ambazia"[581].� His parents are not known.� However, the family of Sulpice [II] is the only one in which no other son named Hugues is otherwise recorded.]�

b) HUGUES (-9 Jan ----).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Supplicium, Hugonem et Oldinum atque filam Dionisiam" as the children of "Hugonis�Supplicium primogenitum" & his wife[582].� "�Hugo filius Hugonis de Ambazia�" signed the charter dated 1147 under which "Joannes Vindocinensis comes" part of the forest of G�tines to the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me, with the consent of "duo filii mei Burchardus primogenitus et Lancelinus"[583].� Seigneur de Colombiers.� m LISOISE, daughter of GEOFFROY "le Roux" Seigneur de Cravant & his wife [Marie].� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Lisoiam filiam Gosfridi Rufi" as the wife of Hugues, specifying that she brought "oppidum�Columbarium" as her dowry[584].�

c) ELDIN [IV] (-murdered 1154).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Supplicium, Hugonem et Oldinum atque filam Dionisiam" as the children of "Hugonis�Supplicium primogenitum" & his wife[585].� Seigneur de Jaligny.�

d) DENISE .� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Supplicium, Hugonem et Oldinum atque filam Dionisiam" as the children of "Hugonis�Supplicium primogenitum" & his wife, specifying that Denise married "Ernulfi de Borbonio" but was childless[586].� m ERNOUL de Bourbon, son of ---.�

2. ANORDIS .� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Hugonem et duas filias Aanordim et Emendendim" as the children of "Supplicius de Calvomonte" & his wife Denise, specifying in a later passage that Anordis married "Johanni Lineriarum domino" by whom she had "Guillelmum, Odonem, Giraudum Beati Martini thesaurarium, Seguinum et Johannem"[587].� m JEAN de Lini�res, son of ---.�

3. ERMENSENDE .� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Hugonem et duas filias Aanordim et Emendendim" as the children of "Supplicius de Calvomonte" & his wife Denise, specifying in a later passage that Ermensinde married "Archembaudus Bresis" by whom she had "Ilgerium�absque herede obit" and "Campaniam" who married "Ridellus Riliaci"[588].� m as his first wife, ARCHAMBAUD de Bray, son of ---.� The Gesta Ambaziensium records that "Archembaudis Bresis" married "Gillam neptis Radulfi archiepiscopus" after the death of his first wife[589].� 1120.�

HUGUES [II] d'Amboise, son of SULPICE [II] Seigneur d'Amboise & his wife Agnes de Donzy (-[1190/94], bur Saint-Florentin).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "duos filios�Hugonem et Herveum et duas filias Dionisiam�et Elizabeth" as the children of Sulpice [II] & his wife[590].� Seigneur de Jaligny.� Seigneur d'Amboise.� �Hugo Ambaziaci dominus� confirmed a donation to Marmoutier made by �Gofferius� by charter dated 1164[591].� �Hugues sire d�Amboise� exchanged property with Fontaines abbey, with the consent of �Sulpice, Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils et de toutes ses filles�, by charter dated 1184 in the presence of �Bertrand d�Amboise�[592].�

m MATHILDE de Vend�me, daughter of JEAN Comte de Vend�me & his first wife Berthe du Puy-sur-Fou (before 1139-3 Feb 1199, bur Abbaye de Fontaine-les-Blanches).� "Sulpicius dominus Ambazi� et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo�et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[593].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[594].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[595].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "III Non Feb" of "Mahildis domina de Ambazia"[596].� The necrology of Vend�me La Trinit� records the death "III Non Feb" of "Mathildis de Ambazia"[597].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[598].� Her place of burial is confirmed by the charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?) under which [her son] �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there[599].�

Hugues [II] & his wife had eight children:�

1. SULPICE [III] (-19 Jun 1218).� �Hugues sire d�Amboise� exchanged property with Fontaines abbey, with the consent of �Sulpice, Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils et de toutes ses filles�, by charter dated 1184 in the presence of �Bertrand d�Amboise�[600].� "Sulpicius dominus Ambazi� et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo�et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[601].� Seigneur d'Amboise.� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[602].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[603].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[604].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[605].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there, with the consent of �Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?)[606].� �Sulpice d�Amboise� donated property to Notre-Dame de Fontaines, with the consent of �sa femme Elisabeth et de sa fille Mathilde�, for the souls of �...Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me sa s�ur� buried there, by charter dated Apr 1213[607].� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "XIII Kal Jul" of "Sulpicius Anbaziacensis"[608].� m (before 1196) as her first husband, ISABELLE de Blois, daughter of THIBAUT V Comte de Blois et de Chartres & his second wife Alix de France (-25 Nov 1248).� "�Filiis quoque et filiabus meis Theobaldo et Ludovico atque Henrico, Margarita et Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus Blesensis comes, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1183[609].� "�Filiabus mei Margarita, Ysabella" consented to the donation by "Theobaldus comes Blesensis, Francie senesscalus" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1190[610].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[611].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[612].� �Ysabelle Ctsse de Chartres dame d�Amboise veuve de feu bonne m�moire Sulpice sire d�Amboise� donated property to Pontlevoy abbey, with the consent of �Hugues son fils et de Mahault sa fille�, by charter dated 1217 (probably misdated)[613].� She succeeded her nephew in 1218 as Ctss de Chartres et de Romorantin.� "Isabel comitissa Carnotensis et domina Ambazie" donated property to Notre-Dame de l'Eau by charter dated Aug 1218[614].� "Isabellis comitissa Carnotensis et domina Ambazye" donated property to Notre-Dame de la Trappe naming "frater meus Ludovicus comes Blesensis quondam bone memorie" by charter dated 23 Jun 1221[615].� Her second marriage is confirmed by the charter dated Apr 1226 under which "Johannes comes Carnotensis et dominus Oysiaci et�Ysabella comitissa Carnotensis et domina Ambazie uxor eius" donated property to Notre-Dame de l'Eau[616].� She married secondly (before May 1222) Jean [II] Seigneur de Montmirail.� "Iohannes comes Carnotensis et dominus Oysiaci et Isabella comitissa Carnotensis uxor eius" donated property to the abbey of Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin by charter dated May 1222[617].� �Johannes comes Carnotensis et Isabella Carnotensis comitissa, domina Ambasi�� signed a charter dated Dec 1232[618].� The necrology of the Fr�res Pr�cheurs de Chartres records the death "25 Nov" of "Ysabella comitissa Carnutensis"[619].� Sulpice [III] & his wife had [five] children:�

a) JEAN (-12 Oct, after 1201).� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[620].�

b) [daughter .� �G. de Trainel� guaranteed the loyalty of �Dreu de Mello le jeune son fr�re� by charter dated Feb 1211 (O.S.), which refers to the marriage of Dreux and �la fille de Sulpice d�Amboise�[621].� This daughter may have been Mathilde who is named below.]�

c) MATHILDE (-12 May 1256).� �Sulpice d�Amboise� donated property to Notre-Dame de Fontaines, with the consent of �sa femme Elisabeth et de sa fille Mathilde�, for the souls of �...Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me sa s�ur�, by charter dated Apr 1213[622].� �Ysabelle Ctsse de Chartres dame d�Amboise veuve de feu bonne m�moire Sulpice sire d�Amboise� donated property to Pontlevoy abbey, with the consent of �Hugues son fils et de Mahault sa fille�, by charter dated 1217 (probably misdated)[623].� �Richard de Beaumont et Mahaud sa femme� donated �la roche qui est sous leur ch�teau de Montrichard� to Pontlevoy abbey by charter dated 4 Apr 1219 (N.S.)[624].� Her first marriage is confirmed by the charter dated 1235 under which [her husband] �Richard de Beaumont seigneur d�Amboise, de Montrichard et de Chaumont� ratified a donation to Tours Saint-Martin made by �Mathilde sa femme�, and confirmed a donation of part of �[les] p�ages de Montrichard� made by �Guillaume d�Amboise son oncle�[625].� "Ricardus de Bellomonte et Matildis uxor eius" confirmed the donation by "matris et domine Isabelle�comitisse Carnotensis" to the abbey of Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin by charter dated 1232[626].� �Richard de Beaumont seigneur du Lude et de Chaumont� donated serfs to la Boissi�re abbey, with the consent of �Mahaud sa femme�, by charter dated Aug 1236[627].� Dame d'Amboise, de Montrichard et de Chaumont.� �Mathilde veuve de Richard vicomte de Beaumont, dame de Beaumont, de Montrichard, d�Amboise� donated revenue �sur les festages de Montrichard� to �la maison des Chartreux� by charter dated May 1243[628].� Ctss de Chartres 1250.� �Mathilde d�Amboise veuve de Richard (de Beaumont), femme de Jean comte de Soissons� made an agreement with Tours Saint-Julien by charter dated Apr 1254 (N.S.)[629].� The necrology of Notre-Dame du Parc records the death 11 May 1256 of �Mahaut vicomtesse de Beaumont, dame d�Amboise, de Montrichart, et de Raoul vicomte de Beaumont...�[630].� m firstly (before 4 Apr 1219) RICHARD de Beaumont, son of RAOUL [VIII] Vicomte de Beaumont & his wife Agnes --- (-after Sep 1242, maybe 17 Sep 1242, before 1249).� He succeeded his father as Vicomte de Beaumont.� m secondly as his second wife, JEAN [II] de Nesle Comte de Soissons, son of RAOUL de Nesle Comte de Soissons & his second wife Yolande --- (-[Apr 1270/Feb 1272]).� Comte de Chartres, Seigneur d'Amboise.�

d) HUGUES [III] (-before 1226).� �Ysabelle Ctsse de Chartres dame d�Amboise veuve de feu bonne m�moire Sulpice sire d�Amboise� donated property to Pontlevoy abbey, with the consent of �Hugues son fils et de Mahault sa fille�, by charter dated 1217 (probably misdated)[631].� Seigneur d'Amboise.� �Hugues sire d�Amboise� arbitrated a dispute involving Pontlevoy abbey, the dispute later being renewed �en la cour de Richard de Beaumont sire d�Amboise et de dame Mahault sa femme�, recorded in a charter dated 1226[632].�

e) [SULPICE (-18 Nov 1213).� He is shown in Europ�ische Stammtafeln as the possible son of Sulpice [III] Seigneur d�Amboise[633], but the primary source on which this speculation is based has not yet been identified.]� same person as �?� SULPICE (-[23 Dec] ----).� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "X Kal Jan" of "Sulpicius miles et Ermensendis uxor eius"[634].� It is assumed that this Sulpice was a member of the family of the Seigneurs d'Amboise.� m ERMESENDE, daughter of ---.� The necrology of Pontlevoy records the death "X Kal Jan" of "Sulpicius miles et Ermensendis uxor eius"[635].� Presumably this entry records either the date of death of her husband, or the date of a joint donation by the couple.�

2. HUGUES (-before 1216).� �Hugues sire d�Amboise� exchanged property with Fontaines abbey, with the consent of �Sulpice, Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils et de toutes ses filles�, by charter dated 1184 in the presence of �Bertrand d�Amboise�[636].� "Sulpicius dominus Ambazi� et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo�et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[637].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[638].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[639].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[640].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[641].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there, with the consent of �Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?)[642].� Seigneur de Berrie.� "Hudo de Ambazia dominus Berrie", with the consent of "Margarita uxor mea et filii mei Guillebertus et Johannes et W^us", confirmed the donation to Saint-Laon de Thouars by "W. de Luche", by charter dated 1204[643].� m (before 1198) MARGUERITE, daughter of [RENAUD & his wife ---] (-after 1216).� "Hudo de Ambazia dominus Berrie", with the consent of "Margarita uxor mea et filii mei Guillebertus et Johannes et W^us", confirmed the donation to Saint-Laon de Thouars by "W. de Luche", by charter dated 1204[644].� The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.� Dame de Berrie 1216[645].� Hugues & his wife had eight children:�

a) GILBERT .� "Hudo de Ambazia dominus Berrie", with the consent of "Margarita uxor mea et filii mei Guillebertus et Johannes et W^us", confirmed the donation to Saint-Laon de Thouars by "W. de Luche", by charter dated 1204[646].� 1198/1216[647].�

b) MATHILDE (-aftrer 1198).� The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.�

c) JEAN [I] de Berrie (-Ch�teau de Berrie 6 Jul 1274, bur Loudun).� "Hudo de Ambazia dominus Berrie", with the consent of "Margarita uxor mea et filii mei Guillebertus et Johannes et W^us", confirmed the donation to Saint-Laon de Thouars by "W. de Luche", by charter dated 1204[648].� Seigneur d'Amboise et de Montrichard.�

-�� see below.�

d) GUILLAUME .� "Hudo de Ambazia dominus Berrie", with the consent of "Margarita uxor mea et filii mei Guillebertus et Johannes et W^us", confirmed the donation to Saint-Laon de Thouars by "W. de Luche", by charter dated 1204[649].� Seigneur de Berrie 1238.�

e) GUY .� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.� Monk at Fontevraud.� Prior at Saint-Laurent.�

f) daughter .� The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.� m JEAN de Sailly, son of ---.� ��

g) daughter .� The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.� m (before 1216) ROGER de Jarrie , son of ---.� ��

h) ALIX (-after Jan 1220).� The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.� Dame de Jaligny.� �Alix domina de Castellione�, as administrator for �mariti mei...in transmarinis partibus existensis�, issued a charter dated Jan 1220 relating to a dispute involving �castri Ialligniaci�[650].� m as his first wife, EUDES [I] de Ch�tillon Seigneur de Ch�tillon-en-Bazois, son of --- de Ch�tillon[-en-Bazois] & his wife Elisabeth --- (-before 1233).�

3. JEAN (-12 Oct ----).� �Hugues sire d�Amboise� exchanged property with Fontaines abbey, with the consent of �Sulpice, Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils et de toutes ses filles�, by charter dated 1184 in the presence of �Bertrand d�Amboise�[651].� "Sulpicius dominus Ambazi� et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo�et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[652].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[653].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[654].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[655].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[656].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there, with the consent of �Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?)[657].� Provost at Amboise.�

4. GUILLAUME (-before 1238).� �Hugues sire d�Amboise� exchanged property with Fontaines abbey, with the consent of �Sulpice, Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils et de toutes ses filles�, by charter dated 1184 in the presence of �Bertrand d�Amboise�[658].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[659].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[660].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[661].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[662].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there, with the consent of �Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?)[663].� Canon at Chartres.� Prior at Saint-Florentin.� m (before 1234) DENISE d'Azay-sur-Cher, daughter of ---.� The primary source which confirms her origin and marriage has not yet been identified.�

5. ELISABETH (-21 Sep, before 1212, bur Notre-Dame de Fontaines).� "Sulpicius dominus Ambazi� et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo�et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[664]. ��Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[665].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[666].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[667].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[668].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there, with the consent of �Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?)[669].� The martyrologe-obituaire of Tours records the death �XI Kal Oct� of �Elisabeth Engolismensis comitissa soror domini Ambasi�� and her donation of annual money �in p�dagio Ambasi�� for her anniversary[670].� �Sulpice d�Amboise� donated property to Notre-Dame de Fontaines, with the consent of �sa femme Elisabeth et de sa fille Mathilde�, for the souls of �...Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me sa s�ur� buried there, by charter dated Apr 1213[671].� m VULGRIN [III] Comte d'Angoul�me, son of GUILLAUME [VI] "Taillefer" Comte d'Angoul�me & his second wife Marguerite de Turenne (-1181 before 29 Jun).�

6. AGNES (-after 20 Mar [1202/03]).� "Sulpicius dominus Ambazi� et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo�et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[672].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[673].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[674].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[675].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there, with the consent of �Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?)[676].� m ([1194/96]) as his first wife, AMAURY [VI] de Montfort Comte d'Evreux, son of AMAURY [V] de Montfort Comte d'Evreux & his wife Mabel of Gloucester (-[1213]).�

7. DENISE (-after 20 Mar [1202/03]).� "Sulpicius dominus Ambazi� et Matildis mater mea et omnes fratres et sorores Hugo�et Johannes, Helisabeth et Agnes atque Dionisia" donated property to the abbey of Fontaines-les-Blanches by charter dated 1194[677].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[678].� �Mathilde dame d�Amboise� donated property to Liget abbey, for the soul of �Hugues d�Amboise son mari�, with the consent of �Sulpice, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fils, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, et de Denise, ses filles�, by charter dated 1198[679].� "Sulpitius dominus Ambazi�" granted concessions to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Isabel uxoris me� et fratrum meorum Hugonis, Johannis et Willielmi et sororum mearum Isabel comitiss� Engolismensis et Dyonisi�", for the soul of "domin� Matildis felicis memori�matris me�", by charter dated 1199[680].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated harvest to Fontaines abbey, for the soul of �Mathilde sa m�re�, with the consent of �Isabelle sa femme, de Jean son fils, de Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Isabelle comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1201[681].� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� donated property to Fontaines abbey, in acknowledgement of �sa m�re Mathilde� being buried there, with the consent of �Hugues, Jean et Guillaume ses fr�res, d�Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, d�Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux et de Denise, ses s�urs�, by charter dated 20 Mar 1202 (O.S.?)[682].�

8. MATHILDE (-[1196/98]).� �Sulpice seigneur d�Amboise� confirmed that �Hugues d�Azay� had granted �la d�me de Carbonel� to �Mathilde m�re de Sulpice� who had donated it to the monks of Pont-Levoy, for the soul of �son p�re Hugues�, confirmed by �Sulpice...Hugues, Jehan et Guillaume ses fr�res, par Elisabeth comtesse d�Angoul�me, Agn�s comtesse d�Evreux, Denise et Mathilde ses s�urs�, by charter dated 1196[683].� Mathilde was presumably still an infant in 1194 as she was not named in her brother�s charter of that date (see above).� She presumably died soon after the 1196 charter as she is not named in her mother�s charter dated 1198.�

The primary sources which confirm the parentage and marriages of the following members of this family have not been identified, unless otherwise shown below.�

JEAN [I] de Berrie, son of HUGUES d'Amboise Seigneur de Berrie & his wife Marguerite [Dame de Berrie] (-Ch�teau de Berrie 6 Jul 1274, bur Loudun).� "Hudo de Ambazia dominus Berrie", with the consent of "Margarita uxor mea et filii mei Guillebertus et Johannes et W^us", confirmed the donation to Saint-Laon de Thouars by "W. de Luche", by charter dated 1204[684].� Seigneur d'Amboise et de Montrichard 1258.� �Jean de Berrie seigneur d�Amboise� donated revenue �sur les p�ages de Montrichard� to Pontlevoy, for the soul of �feu Gillebert de Berrie son fils� who was buried there, by charter dated 6 Dec 1272[685].�

m AGNES, daughter of --- (-[1274/82]).�

Jean [I] & his wife had three children:�

1. GILBERT (-before 6 Dec 1272, bur Pontlevoy).� �Jean de Berrie seigneur d�Amboise� donated revenue �sur les p�ages de Montrichard� to Pontlevoy, for the soul of �feu Gillebert de Berrie son fils� who was buried there, by charter dated 6 Dec 1272[686].�

2. JEAN [II] (-before 1304).� Seigneur d'Amboise, de Chaumont-sur-Loire, de Montrichard, de Bl�re et de Berrie.� m ---.� The primary source which confirms the name of Jean�s wife has not been identified.� Carr� de Busserolle notes that Jean [II] Seigneur d�Amboise was recorded in 1325 (how can that date be correct?) as seigneur de la Guerche [en Touraine], commenting that �on suppose qu�il devint propri�taire de la Guerche par le mariage qu�il avait contract� avec Letice, fille de Geoffroy de la Guerche�[687].� The charters quoted below under LA GUERCHE indicate that this suggested marriage is impossible.� Other secondary sources name �Jeanne de Charost� as Jean�s wife: a person of that name was the second wife of Jean�s grandson Anseau (see below).� Jean [II] & his wife had four children:�

a) GUILLAUME (-1282).�

b) PIERRE [I] (-[Aug 1319/1322]).� Seigneur de Palluau 1292.� Seigneur d'Amboise, de Montrichard et de Berrie.� �Pre Sire d�Amboise� confirmed a donation to Pontlevoy abbey made by �feu Mgr. Jn. Sire d�Amboise son p�re� by charter dated Nov 1313[688].�

-�� see below.�

c) HUGUES [I] (-before 1346).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

-�� SEIGNEURS de CHAUMONT-sur-LOIRE.�

d) GILBERT (-1348 or after).� Archdeacon at Saint-Martin de Tours 1314.� Cantor 1348.�

3. ISABELLE d�Amboise .� The marriage contract between "Johannes de Berria dominus Ambasi� miles...Ysabellim filiam dicti domini Ambasie" and "Guillelmo domino de Sancta Maura militi...Guillelmi filii eiusdem domini de Sancta Maura" is dated 1270[689].� m (contract 1270) as his first wife, GUILLAUME [IV] Seigneur de Sainte-Maure, son of GUILLAUME [III] Seigneur de Sainte-Maure & his wife Jeanne de Rancon (-[8 Jul 1296/1300]).�

PIERRE [I] d�Amboise, son of JEAN [II] Seigneur d�Amboise & his wife --- (-[Aug 1319/1322]).� Seigneur de Palluau 1292.� Seigneur d'Amboise, de Montrichard et de Berrie.� �Pre Sire d�Amboise� confirmed a donation to Pontlevoy abbey made by �feu Mgr. Jn. Sire d�Amboise son p�re� by charter dated Nov 1313[690].� �Jne Dame d�Amboise et de Chevreuse� acknowledged holding a fief from Saint-Denis, and �Nicolas d�Eserosne� made the same acknowledgement �comme procureur de Mgr Pre Sgr d�Amboise et de Chevreuse�, by charter dated Jun 1317[691].� �Guy de Chastillon Cte de Bloise sire d�Avesnes et Pre Sgr d�Amboise chev.� reached an agreement concerning justice in certain properties by charter dated Aug 1319[692].�

m (before 11 May 1309) JEANNE de Chevreuse Dame de Chevreuse, de Maincourt et de Maurepas, daughter of ANSEAU Seigneur de Maincourt et de Maurepas & his wife Beatrix du Bois (-1343). �P�re Anselme records her parentage and marriage, noting that she was �veuve et tutrice de ses enfans en 1322� and died in 1343[693].� Mouti� provides more biographical details[694].� �Jne Dame d�Amboise et de Chevreuse� acknowledged holding a fief from Saint-Denis, and �Nicolas d�Eserosne� made the same acknowledgement �comme procureur de Mgr Pre Sgr d�Amboise et de Chevreuse�, by charter dated Jun 1317[695].�

Pierre [I] & his wife had seven children:�

1. INGELGER [I] d�Amboise (-[1373]).� Seigneur d�Amboise.� Seigneur de Chevreuse.� Mouti� cites numerous sources in which Ingelger is named dated between 6 Jul 1331 and 1373[696].� m firstly (before 1330) MARIE de Flandre Dame de Dendermonde, de Nesle-en-Picardie et de Mondoubleau, daughter of JEAN de Flandre Seigneur de Dendermonde et de Nesle-en-Picardie & his wife Beatrix de Ch�tillon (-[8 Jul 1349/1355]).� Her parentage and marriage are indicated by a charter dated 31 Jul 1334 between �Beatricem de Sancto Paulo dominam de Nigella� and �Engiardier dominum de Ambasia militem� relating to the dowry �in terra de Nigella� on his marriage[697].� Judgment was given 23 Nov 1336 in a claim made by �dominus de Ambazia...et uxoris sua...filia et h�redis Ioanni de Flandria quondam domini de Nigella� and �Beatricem de Sancto Paulo dominam de Nivella matrem predict� uxoris su�� relating to dowry[698].� A charter dated 16 Feb 1346 (O.S.) records an agreement between "Ingelger I d�Amboise et Marie de Flandre son �pouse" and �Guillaume I de Craon et Marguerite de Flandre son �pouse�, also on behalf of �Isabelle et Mathilde�, concerning the succession of �Jean de Flandre leur p�re, de Jean et Guy de Flandre leurs fr�res�, Guillaume and Marguerite receiving �la Fert��, while Ingelger kept �Saint-Calais, la Chauvali�re et tous les droits de sa famille en Mondoubleau�[699].� m secondly (before 1356) as her second husband, ISABELLE de Thouars Ctss de Dreux et de Benon, widow of GUY de Nesle Seigneur de Mello, daughter of LOUIS Vicomte de Thouars & his first wife Jeanne Ctss de Dreux (-after 1387).� She married thirdly as his second wife, Guillaume d�Harcourt Seigneur de la Fert�-Imbault et de Montfort-le-Rotrou.� �Ysabellis de Thouarcio domina de Ambasia� noted obligations under her contract of marriage with �defunctum Guidonem de Nigella marescallum Franci��, listed �Ioannes de Thouarcio miles, Simon de Thouarcio domicellus, Petronilla ad pr�sens vicecomitissa Thouarcii [...defunctus Almaricus dominus de Credonio tunc ipsius Petronill� maritus], Ysabellis de Thouarcio domina de Ambazia [...Guidonis de Nigella primi sui mariti...defuncto [uxor] Ingergerio domino de Ambazia]...et...Margareta de Thouarcio domina de Chemilliaco� as the other children of �Ioanna quondam vicecomitissa Thouarcii et comitissa Drocensis...[uxor] defuncto Ludovico quondam vicecomite Thouarcii�, by charter dated 1387[700].� A charter dated 1394 records a dispute between �Guillelmum de Haricuria militem dominum de Ferritate-Imbaudi ad causam Ysabellis de Thoarcio eius uxoris domin� de Ambazia et de Gamachiis� and �comitem Augi et Ysabellim de Melduno eius uxorem ad causam ipsius uxoris� concerning the succession of �Ludovicus quondam miles vicecomes de Thoarcio et Ioanna eius uxor comitissa Drocensis...�, noting that Isabelle had married �Guidone de Nigella milite quondam marescallo Franci�� to whom her parents had granted �terram de Bridiers� on 3 Aug 1351[701].� Ingelger [I] & his first wife had children:�

a) JEANNE d�Amboise (-before 18 Sep 1403).� Dame de Nesle-en-Picardie et de Mondoubleau.� A charter dated 16 Dec 1369 records an agreement between �Charles comte de Dommartin et Jeanne d�Amboise sa femme dame de Nesle en Vermandois et...dame Isabeau de Nesle veuve de feu messire Jean de Montmorency Sgr de Beausault, Breteuil et autres lieux, dame des dits lieux� and �messire Jean de Nesle Sgr d�Off�mont fils de Mgr Guy de Nesle fr�re de la dite dame Isabeau� relating to payments given to �la dite dame Isabeau� by �feu messire Jean de Nesle a�eul du dit Jean de Nesle Sgr d�Off�mont� under her marriage contract[702].� Vicomtesse de Ch�teaudun.� m (before 23 Feb 1351) CHARLES de Trie Comte de Dammartin, son of JEAN [III] de Trie Comte de Dammartin & his wife Jeanne de Sancerre (-after 1368).�

b) MARGUERITE d�Amboise .� Dame de Nesle-en-Picardie, inherited from her mother.� m [as his second wife,] PIERRE [III] de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgaugier, son of PIERRE [II] de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgaugier & his wife --- (-after 10 Sep 1372).�

Ingelger [I] & his second wife had children:�

c) PIERRE [II] d�Amboise (-[1418/22], bur Amboise).� Seigneur d�Amboise.� �Pierre Seigneur d�Amboise et de Noyon sure Andele et Jehanne de Rohan nostre espouse� granted �[la] terre de Bellesousse� to �escuyer Amy dit le Bastard du Perche� by charter dated 2 Sep 1396[703].� Vicomte de Thouars 1397.� "Pierres d�Amboise vicomte de Thouars, comte de Benaon" ordered payment of revenue due to the abbey of Saint-Laon de Thouars by charter dated 11 Dec 1398[704].� m firstly as her second husband, JEANNE de Rohan Dame de Noyon, widow of ROBERT d�Alen�on Comte du Perche, daughter of JEAN Vicomte de Rohan & his first wife Jeanne Dame de L�on (-after 20 Jan 1408, bur Amboise Saint-Florentin).� �Pierre Seigneur d�Amboise et de Noyon sure Andele et Jehanne de Rohan nostre espouse� granted �[la] terre de Bellesousse� to �escuyer Amy dit le Bastard du Perche� by charter dated 2 Sep 1396[705].� The testament of �Jehanne de Rohan dame de Ambaise, vicontesse de Thouars, dame de Noyon sur Andelle et du Pont Saint Pierre�, dated 20 Jan 1407 (O.S.) under the authority of �Pierre seigneur d�Ambaise et viconte de Thouars mon...expoux�, requested burial �en l�eglise Nostre Dame de Saint Florentin estant ou chastel d�Ambaise�, named �mon...expous mond. seigneur d�Amboise, viconte de Thouars, mes...freres messire Oudart de Rohan, messire Ingerchier d�Amboise seigneur de Roche Corbon et de Marent, frere de mond. seigneur...� as executors[706].� m secondly ISABELLE de Goyon, daughter of BERTRAND [III] de Goyon Seigneur de Matignon & his wife Marie de Rochefort.�

d) INGELGER [II] d�Amboise (-before 14 Jan 1410).� His family origin is confirmed by the burial entry of his widow.� Seigneur de Rochecorbon.� m as her first husband, JEANNE de Craon, daughter of PIERRE de Craon Seigneur de la Fert�-Bernard & his wife Jeanne de Ch�tillon (-28 Dec 1421, bur Angers Cordeliers).� She married secondly (after 1410) Pierre de Beauvau Seigneur de la Roche-sur-Yon (-[1435]).� A manuscript of the Cordeliers d�Angers lists members of the Craon family buried "dans la chapelle Saint-Jean", including �Jehanne de Craon veusve de feu monsieur Ingelger d�Amboise et de Rochecorbon, fr�re du vicomte de Thouars, mari�e � tr�s noble homme monsieur Pierre de Beauvau� who died 28 Dec 1421[707].� Ingelger [II] & his wife had children:�

i) LOUIS d'Amboise (-28 Feb 1469, bur Thouars Saint-Leon).� Seigneur de Rochecorbon.� Seigneur d�Amboise.� Vicomte de Thouars.� �Louis d�Amboise Vte de Thouars, Sgr de la Gacilly�, as husband of �Marie de Rieux�, swore allegiance to the duke of Brittany for lands at Ploermel by charter dated 13 Sep 1427[708].� Prince de Talmond.� m firstly (before 1427) MARIE de Rieux, daughter of JEAN [III] Seigneur de Rieux & his wife Beatrix de Montauban (-24 Jan 1465, bur Nantes �glise des Cordeliers).� �Louis d�Amboise Vte de Thouars, Sgr de la Gacilly�, as husband of �Marie de Rieux�, swore allegiance to the duke of Brittany for lands at Ploermel by charter dated 13 Sep 1427[709].� �Dame Marie de Rieux femme de Mre Louis d�Amboise Vte de Thouars� acknowledged receipt from �Fran�ois de Rieux son fr�re� of amounts due from the succession of �feu Mre Jn de Rieux leur p�re� by charter dated 23 Mar 1445[710].� m secondly (24 Jan 1466) COLETTE de Chambes, daughter of JEAN de Chambes Seigneur de Montsoreau [counsellor and first ma�tre d'h�tel of the King, captain and governor of La Rochelle] & his wife Jeanne Chabot (-Saint-Sever 14 Dec 1471, bur Saint-Sever).� She was mistress of Charles de France Duc de Berry, later Duc de Guyenne.� P�re Anselme names �Colette de Chambes-Montsoreau, veuve de Louis seigneur d�Amboise� as mother of the two illegitimate daughters of Charles Duc de Guyenne named below but does not cite the primary source which confirms this information[711].� She left her husband mid-1469 to live with Charles Duc de Guyenne.� Louis & his first wife had three children:�

(a) FRAN�OISE d'Amboise (Ch�teau de Thouars 9 May 1427-Coets near Nantes 4 Nov 1485, bur Nantes).� Dame de B�non.� m (1442) PIERRE de Bretagne Comte de Guingamp, son of JEAN VI Duke of Brittany & his wife Jeanne de France (7 Jul 1418-Nantes 22 Sep 1459, bur Nantes Notre-Dame).� He succeeded his brother in 1450 as PIERRE II "le Simple", Duke of Brittany.�

(b) PERRONELLE d�Amboise (-28 Jul 1453).� m (before 1443) as his first wife, GUILLAUME d�Harcourt Baron de Montgommery, Comte de Tancarville, son of JACQUES [II] d�Harcourt Baron de Montgommery & his second wife Marguerite de Melun Ctss de Tancarville (-27 Oct 1484).�

(c) MARGUERITE d�Amboise (-1475).� Heiress of Thouars.� m (Poitiers 22 Aug 1446) LOUIS [I] de la Tr�mo�lle Seigneur de la Tr�mo�lle Comte de Guines, son of GEORGES de la Tr�mo�lle Comte de Guines, Seigneur de la Tr�mo�lle, de Sully et de Craon & his second wife Catherine de l�Isle-Bouchard ([1431]-1483).� He succeeded as Vicomte de Thouars, Prince de Talmond, de iure uxoris.�

ii) MARIE d�Amboise .� "Jehanne de Craon jadis femme de...Ingerger d�Amboyse chevalier, en son vivant seigneur de Roche-Corbon et de Marent...Jehanne de Chastillon jadis femme de feu monsieur Pierre de Craon et monsieur Anthoyne de Craon chevalier filz dudit feu monsieur Pierre et de la dicte madame Jehanne de Chastillon et fr�re de la dicte...Jehanne de Craon" and �messire Jehan de Craon aussi chevalier sire de la Suze et de Champtoc�� agreed the marriage of �Amaulry de Craon filz et h�ritier futur dudit monsieur de la Suze et de madame B�atrix de Rochefort� and �mademoyselle Marie d�Amboize fille aisn�e dudit feu monsieur Ingerger et de ladicte madame Jehanne de Craon jadis sa femme� by charter dated 14 Jan 1409 (O.S.)[712].� m (contract Paris 14 Jan 1410) AMAURY de Craon Seigneur de Briolay, son of JEAN de Craon Seigneur de la Suze & his first wife Beatrix de Rochefort.�

iii) JACQUELINE d�Amboise (-after 7 May 1449).� Sainte-Marthe records her parentage and marriage contract dated 17 Jul 1424[713].� m (contract 17 Jul 1424) JEAN de la Tr�moille Seigneur de Jonvelle, son of GUY [VI] de la Tr�mo�lle Seigneur de la Tr�mo�lle & his wife Marie Dame de Sully et de Craon (-[1447/7 May 1449]).�

2. CESAR d�Amboise (-before 30 May 1362).� �Ingelger Sgr d�Amboise�, as testamentary heir of �feu Mr C�sar d�Amboise son fr�re�, ordered the payment of a bequest to the chapter of Saint-Martin by charter dated 30 May 1362[714].�

3. JEAN d�Amboise (-after 1342).� Documents dated 1338, 1340, 1341 and 1342 record a dispute between �Johannem de Levis� and �Johannem d�Ambosia et de Caprosia�[715].�

4. GUY d�Amboise (-after 1345).� P�re Anselme names �Guy d�Amboise seigneur de Maurepas� as third son of Pierre [I] Seigneur d�Amboise and his wife, without citing the primary source which confirms the information[716].� Documents dated between 31 Jul 1335 and 1345 record the homage of various vassals at Maurepas[717].�

5. ANSEAU d�Amboise (-after 1345).� P�re Anselme names �Anceau d�Amboise seigneur de Chivr� et de Bler�� as fourth son of Pierre [I] Seigneur d�Amboise and his wife, without citing the primary source which confirms the information[718].� Seigneur de Civry-en-Touraine et de Bler�-en-Touraine.� Undated documents recorded receipt by Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu of harvest �sur le lieu de La Brosse, paroisse de Nottonville� from �Anseau d�Amboise seigneur de La Brosse, Isabeau du M�e et Jean Cl�ment seigneur de la Brosse�[719].� �Anseau d�Amboise chevalier seigneur de Blere� detailed �sa terre de Sacy, appel�e le finage de Merry� to the seigneur de Noyers �� cause de Jeanne de Charros sa femme� by charter dated 1345[720].� m firstly MATHILDE du Mez Dame de la Brosse, daughter of --- [Cl�ment].� P�re Anselme names �Mahault du Mez dame de la Brosse� as wife of �Anceau d�Amboise seigneur de Chivr� et de Bler��, fourth son of Pierre [I] Seigneur d�Amboise and his wife, without citing the primary source which confirms the information[721].� m secondly (before 21 Apr 1344) JEANNE de Charost Dame de Sacy, daughter of GAUTHIER [IV] Seigneur de Charost & his wife Marguerite de Chauvigny (-after 21 Apr 1344).� Thaumas de la Thaumassi�re records her parentage[722].� Maussabr� provides more details about the Charost family[723].� In a document dated 21 Apr 1344, the parlement de Paris ratified an agreement between �Anseau d�Amboise chr. et Jeanne de Charost sa femme� and �Marguerite de Chauvigny dame de Charost et ses enfants Robert, Jean, Pierre et Aim� de Charost, fr�res de Jeanne�[724].� �Anseau d�Amboise chevalier seigneur de Blere� detailed �sa terre de Sacy, appel�e le finage de Merry� to the seigneur de Noyers �� cause de Jeanne de Charros sa femme� by charter dated 1345[725].� Anseau & his first wife had one child:�

a) ANSEAU d�Amboise (-[after 1405]).� P�re Anselme names �Anceau d�Amboise seigneur de Bler�, chambellan du duc de Berry en 1405� as son of �Anceau d�Amboise seigneur de Chivr� et de Bler��, records his marriage to �Catherine� and their daughter �Jeanne morte sans alliance�, without citing the primary source which confirms the information[726].�

6. JEANNE d�Amboise (-after 1374).� The primary source which confirms her parentage has not been confirmed.� �Guillaume seigneur de ---, de Plessac, de Mortaigne et de Cozes� acknowledged rights of the prior of Mortagne to the market moved from �nostre chastel de Cozes�, naming �nostre...compaigne Jehanne d�Ambaize, dame de Revel, de Thiffauges, de Plassac, de Mortaigne et de Cozes�, by charter dated 28 Dec 1353[727].� m firstly GEOFFROY de Mortagne Vicomte d�Aulnay, son of PONS de Mortagne Vicomte d�Aulnay & his wife --- (-[1340]).� m secondly GAUCHER de Thouars Seigneur de Tiffauges, son of ---.� m thirdly as his second wife, GUILLAUME [I] Flotte Seigneur de Revel, son of PIERRE de Flotte Seigneur de Revel, Chancelier de France & his wife --- (-after 28 Dec 1353).�

7. MARGUERITE d�Amboise (-after Jan 1348).� A judgment of the parlement de Paris dated Jan 1348 rejected a claim by Aimery de Thouars, husband of Marguerite d�Amboise, against C�sar d�Amboise relating to �les revenus de la Villeneuve de Blairon� inherited from �sa feue m�re dame d�Amboise et de Chevreuse�[728].� m AIMERY de Thouars, son of HUGUES de Thouars Seigneur de Pouzauges et de Maul�on & his first wife Isabelle de Noyers (-after 28 Aug 1356)

B.�� SEIGNEURS de BAUGENCY

LANCELIN [I] [Landry] de Baugency, son of --- (-[1051/60]).� Seigneur de Baugency.� "Domna Agnes comitissa" [wife of Geoffroy II "Martel" Comte d�Anjou] bought "ecclesiam Sancti-Beati�juxta�castrum Vindocini" from "Lancelino dominico vasso de castro Balgentiaco" and "apud Castrum-Dunum alteram ecclesiam" from "filiis eiusdem Lancelino�Johanne et Lancelino" by charter dated to before 1040[729].� A charter dated to [1050] records the sale by "Guismando" of a mill at La Chappe to "Hildiardis, uxor Fulcherii de Vindocino", with the consent of "filii quoque predicte Hildiardis, Fulcherius�et Wulgrinus�Arnulfus�nepos eius�et Lancelinus de Balgenciaco"[730].� Under a charter dated 30 Nov 1092, it is noted that "Lanscelinus Belvacensis" wrongly claimed property rights over Sainte-Croix d'Orl�ans and that "defuncto�Lanscelino, Lanscelinus filius eius" repeated the claims[731].�

m ---.� The name of Lancelin's wife is not known.�

Lancelin [I] & his wife had five children:�

1. LANCELIN [II] [Landry] de Baugency (-22 Dec [1098 or after]).� Son of Lancelin according to Orderic Vitalis, who says that his mother was the daughter of the Comte du Maine [732], which appears to result from confusion with the wife of his brother Jean.� "Domna Agnes comitissa" [wife of Geoffroy II "Martel" Comte d�Anjou] bought "ecclesiam Sancti-Beati�juxta�castrum Vindocini" from "Lancelino dominico vasso de castro Balgentiaco" and "apud Castrum-Dunum alteram ecclesiam" from "filiis eiusdem Lancelino�Johanne et Lancelino" by charter dated to before 1040[733].� His parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 12 Apr 1067 under which his sister "Adeleldis uxor Joscelini Bodelli cognominati" donated land "ad locum�Rocius" to La Trinit� de Vend�me for her husband�s burial, with the consent of "Lancelini de Balgentiaco et Hervei de Lavarzino fratrum suorum"[734].� Seigneur de Baugency.� "Lancelinus miles�de Baugenciaco" donated donated "ecclesiam�prope murum castri mei�honore Sancti Sepulchri" to La Trinit� de Vend�me, for the souls of "�filii mei Radulphi", the charter dated [2 Feb/1 Jun] 1079, signed by "Radulfo filio ipsius Lancellini et sorore eius�Herveo fratre ipsius Lancelini de Lavarzino�"[735].� Under a charter dated 30 Nov 1092, it is noted that "Lanscelinus Belvacensis" wrongly claimed property rights over Sainte-Croix d'Orl�ans and that "defuncto�Lanscelino, Lanscelinus filius eius" repeated the claims[736].� The necrology of Vend�me La Trinit� records the death "XIII Kal Dec" of "Landricus qui et Lancelinus fundator Sancti Sepulcri de Balgenciaco"[737].� m ---.� The name of Lancelin's wife is not known.� Lancelin [II] & his wife had [five] children:

a) RAOUL de Baugency (before Feb 1069-[1130]).� "Lancelinus de Balgentiaco, Rodulfus filius eius" subscribed a charter dated Feb 1069 under which "Rotbertus de Villenolio gener Lancelini" donated property and names "uxorem suam Agnes�et fratrem suum Willelmum"[738].� Son of Lancelin, grandson of Lancelin senior, according to Orderic Vitalis1452.� "Lancelinus miles�de Baugenciaco" donated donated "ecclesiam�prope murum castri mei�honore Sancti Sepulchri" to La Trinit� de Vend�me, for the souls of "�filii mei Radulphi", the charter dated [2 Feb/1 Jun] 1079, signed by "Radulfo filio ipsius Lancellini et sorore eius�Herveo fratre ipsius Lancelini de Lavarzino�"[739].� "Radulfus filius Lancelini de Balgentiaco" donated "capellam castelli�Monsfollulus" to La Trinit� de Vend�me by charter dated 26 Apr 1085[740].� "Radulfus�filius Lancelini de Balgenciaco" donated property by charter dated May 1092[741].� William of Tyre names Raoul de Baugency among those who left on the First Crusade in 1096 with Robert Count of Flanders[742].� Seigneur de Baugency.� "Domnus Radulfus de Balgentiaco" donated a wood to La Trinit� de Vend�me, with a reserve for "uxor eius domna Mathildis", by charter dated 1105[743].� "Radulfo de Bulgeniaco, Hugone de Ambasia, Rainaldo, Gaufridi fratre" signed the charter dated to [1104/24] which records that "Guicherius Castri Rainaldi" deposited property at Marmoutier and that "Guicherii filius Gaufridus" requested return of the property, the dispute being litigated at the court of "domin� su� Adel� Blesensis comitiss�" (which narrows the dating to before [1107] when her son Thibaut IV was invested as count)[744].� "�Radulfus de Baugenci" subscribed a charter dated 1125 under which "Bernardus Castelli Radulfi et Havidis uxor eius" sold property[745].� "Simon balginciacensis dominus" donated property to C�teaux for the souls of "Radulphi mea patris et domine Adenordis et mei heredis" by charter dated to the mid-12th century[746].� �Radulfus de Balgentio et filius eius Symon...� witnessed the charter dated to before 1130 under which �miles...Guillelmus de Villa-Arcelli� donated �terram...in Dunensi territorio...circa locum...Fons-Viridis� to the monastery of Notre-Dame de Josaphat[747].� m firstly (before 1069) MATHILDE, daughter of ---.� The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.� m secondly ([1090]) MATHILDE de Vermandois, daughter of HUGUES de France Comte de Vermandois et de Valois [Capet] & his wife Adelais Ctss de Vermandois [Carolingian] (-after [1130]).� The Genealogi� Scriptoris Fusniacensis refers to (but does not name) the second of the daughters of "Hugonem Magnum [et] Adelaide comitissa Veromandensium" as wife of "Radulfo de Baugenci", parents of "Simonem eiusdem loci principem"[748].� "Domnus Radulfus de Balgentiaco" donated a wood to La Trinit� de Vend�me, with a reserve for "uxor eius domna Mathildis", by charter dated 1105[749].� �Mahildis mater Simonis de Baugencio� donated �terram...apud Venum� to the priory of Saint-Barth�lemy de Semoy, with the consent of �filiis meis Simone, Lanscelino atque Radulfo�, by undated charter[750].� The testament of "Simon Balgenciacensis dominus" dated to [1146/53] names "Radulfi mei patris et Matildis mei matris"[751].� Raoul & his second wife had eight children:�

i) HUGUES .� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.� [1104/08].�

ii) SIMON de Baugency (-27 Aug [1153/54]).� The Genealogi� Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Simonem eiusdem loci principem" as son of "Radulfo de Baugenci" & his wife[752].� �Radulfus de Balgentio et filius eius Symon...� witnessed the charter dated to before 1130 under which �miles...Guillelmus de Villa-Arcelli� donated �terram...in Dunensi territorio...circa locum...Fons-Viridis� to the monastery of Notre-Dame de Josaphat[753].� Seigneur de Baugency.� �Mahildis mater Simonis de Baugencio� donated �terram...apud Venum� to the priory of Saint-Barth�lemy de Semoy, with the consent of �filiis meis Simone, Lanscelino atque Radulfo�, by undated charter[754].� "Domnus Balgenciaci�Simon" donated the fair of St Bienheur� to the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me by charter dated 1145, witnessed by "Bartholomeus de Vindocino�"[755].� "Simon Balginciacensis dominus" donated property to C�teaux for the souls of "Radulphi mea patris et domine Adenordis et mei heredis" by charter dated to the mid-12th century[756].� "Symon de Balgenciaco" approved a donation to La Trinit� de Vend�me by "Symon de Phaia", with the consent of "Lancelinus frater eiusdem Symonis", by charter dated to [1150][757].� "Symon de Balgenciaco" donated the fairs of Saint-Bienheur� to La Trinit� de Vend�me for the burial of "filio�Ridelli de Relliaco" by charter dated 1150, which specifies that "Adenordis uxor ipsius Simonis" refused her consent but begged her husband on her deathbed to confirm the donation[758].� A charter dated 1154 records the deathbed confession of "Symonem domnum Balgentiaci" that he had unjustly appropriated property of La Trinit� de Vend�me and the settlement by "Lancelinus frater eius"[759].� The testament of "Simon Balgenciacensis dominus" dated to [1146/53] names "Radulfi mei patris et Matildis mei matris" as well as "domine Adenordis", recording that the last named was then deceased and implying but not stating explicitly that she was Simon's wife[760].� The testament makes no reference to any children.� The necrology of Orl�ans Cathedral records the death �VI Kal Sep� of �Symon de Balgenciaco�[761].� m ADENORDIS, daughter of --- (-[26 Aug] before [1153]).� "Symon de Balgenciaco" donated the fairs of Saint-Bienheur� to La Trinit� de Vend�me for the burial of "filio�Ridelli de Relliaco" by charter dated 1150, which specifies that "Adenordis uxor ipsius Simonis" refused her consent but begged her husband on her deathbed to confirm the donation[762].� The testament of "Simon Balgenciacensis dominus" dated to [1146/53] names "Radulfi mei patris et Matildis mei matris" as well as "domine Adenordis", recording that the last named was then deceased and implying but not stating explicitly that she was Simon's wife[763].� A list of anniversaries of Vend�me La Trinit� records the death "VII Kal Sep" of "Simon de Balgenciaco et Aanordis matris eius"[764], although it is not known whether the date refers to the death of Simon junior or that of his mother.�

(a) SIMON de Baugency (-[26 Aug] before [1146/53]).� A list of anniversaries of Vend�me La Trinit� records the death "VII Kal Sep" of "Simon de Balgenciaco et Aanordis matris eius"[765], although it is not known whether the date refers to Simon's death or that of his mother.�

iii) LANCELIN [III] (-before 1192).� �Mahildis mater Simonis de Baugencio� donated �terram...apud Venum� to the priory of Saint-Barth�lemy de Semoy, with the consent of �filiis meis Simone, Lanscelino atque Radulfo�, by undated charter[766].� "Domnus Lancelinus de Baugenciaco�" witnessed the charter dated 1139 under which "Goffridus Grisagonella comes Vindocini et Johannes filius eius" donated part of the forest of G�tineau to the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me[767].� Seigneur de Baugency.�

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iv) RAOUL (-after May 1148).� �Mahildis mater Simonis de Baugencio� donated �terram...apud Venum� to the priory of Saint-Barth�lemy de Semoy, with the consent of �filiis meis Simone, Lanscelino atque Radulfo�, by undated charter[768].�

v) GUILLAUME .� before [1149].� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.�

vi) AGNES de Baugency .� The De Genere Comitum Flandrensium, Not� Parisienses records "Agnes uxor domini Ingelranni de Cociaco" as daughter of "domina de Baugenciaco primogenita [comitis Hugonis li Maines]"[769].� A more explicit reference which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.� m (1132) ENGUERRAND [II] de Coucy, son of THOMAS Seigneur de Coucy & his third wife M�lisende de Cr�cy (-after 1147, bur Nazareth).�

vii) MATHILDE de Baugency .� The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.� [1104/08].� m EUDES [Archambaud] [III] Seigneur de Sully, son of GUILLAUME de Blois Seigneur de Sully & his wife Agnes de Sully (-after 1162).�

viii) [HERVE .� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.� [1140/43].� Abb� d'Ourscamp.�

b) HILDEGARDE de Baugency (-before 1070).� The Gesta Consulum Andegavensium refers to the first wife of "Fulco Rechin" as "filiam Lancelini de Baugenciaco"[770].� The primary source which confirms her name has not been identified.� m ([1068]) as his first wife, FOULQUES IV "le R�chin" Comte d'Anjou, son of GEOFFROY II Comte de G�tinais, Seigneur de Ch�teau-Landon & his wife Ermengarde d'Anjou (1043-14 Apr 1109).�

c) AGNES de Baugency .� The Origine et Historia Brevi Nivernensium Comitum records that "Guillelmus�[filios]�Renaldum" married secondly "Idam�filiam Lancelini de Balgentiaco"[771].� Her parentage is confirmed by a charter dated 1134 under which "Guillelmus comes Nivernensis, qui fuit natus de filia Lancelini de Baugenciaco" renounced practices which prejudiced the abbey of Saint-Michel[772].� "Rotbertus de Villenolio gener Lancelini" donated property by charter dated Feb 1069 which names "uxorem suam Agnes�et fratrem suum Willelmum", subscribed by "Lancelinus de Balgentiaco, Rodulfus filius eius"[773].� m firstly (before Feb 1069) ROBERT de Villeneuil, son of ---.� m secondly (1075 or after) as his second wife, RENAUD [II] Comte de Nevers, son of GUILLAUME I Comte de Nevers & his wife Ermengarde Ctss de Tonnerre (-5 Aug 1089).�

d) [daughter .� "Lancelinus miles�de Baugenciaco" donated donated "ecclesiam�prope murum castri mei�honore Sancti Sepulchri" to La Trinit� de Vend�me, for the souls of "�filii mei Radulphi", the charter dated [2 Feb/1 Jun] 1079, signed by "Radulfo filio ipsius Lancellini et sorore eius�Herveo fratre ipsius Lancelini de Lavarzino�"[774].� It appears likely that the unnamed sister of Raoul de Baugency who signed this charter was different from the two sisters named above, who were both married at the time.]�

e) RAOUL de Montfollet .� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.� A charter dated 1090 records an agreement between "Radulphus de Montefoleto" and the provost of Bezai concerning the churches of Lanc� by charter dated 1090[775].� m ---.� The name of Raoul's wife is not known.� Raoul & his wife had [one possible child]:

i) [GERARD de Montfollet .� [1100].]� m ---.� The name of Gerard's wife is not known.� Gerard & his wife had three children:�

(a) GEOFFROY .� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.� [1100].� [1128].�

(b) RADEGONDE .� The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.� [1100].�

2. JEAN de la Fl�che (-before [1097], bur Angers, Saint-Aubin).� Son of Lancelin according to Orderic Vitalis, who says that his mother was the daughter of the Comte du Maine[776], which appears to result from confusion with his wife.� "Domna Agnes comitissa" [wife of Geoffroy II "Martel" Comte d�Anjou] bought "ecclesiam Sancti-Beati�juxta�castrum Vindocini" from "Lancelino dominico vasso de castro Balgentiaco" and "apud Castrum-Dunum alteram ecclesiam" from "filiis eiusdem Lancelino�Johanne et Lancelino" by charter dated to before 1040[777].�

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3. HERVE de Baugency (-after [2 Feb/1 Jun] 1079).� His parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 12 Apr 1067 under which his sister "Adeleldis uxor Joscelini Bodelli cognominati" donated land "ad locum�Rocius" to La Trinit� de Vend�me for her husband�s burial, with the consent of "Lancelini de Balgentiaco et Hervei de Lavarzino fratrum suorum"[778].� Seigneur de Lavardin.� A charter dated to [1060/81] records that "Ingebaldus Brito�uxori eius Hildegardi" unjustly appropriated property which had been donated to Marmoutier, and names "filiis�eorum primogenito Wlgrino�Fulcherio et Paganello�Hugo", witnessed by "Herveo de Lavarzino, Avelina uxore eius�"[779].� A charter dated to [1077] records the settlement of a dispute between La Trinit� de Vend�me and "Herveo castelli Lavarzini domino", witnessed by "Radulfus vicecomes et uxor eius Agatha"[780].� "Lancelinus miles�de Baugenciaco" donated donated "ecclesiam�prope murum castri mei�honore Sancti Sepulchri" to La Trinit� de Vend�me, for the souls of "�filii mei Radulphi", the charter dated [2 Feb/1 Jun] 1079, signed by "Radulfo filio ipsius Lancellini et sorore eius�Herveo fratre ipsius Lancelini de Lavarzino�"[781].� m AVELINE de Lavardin, daughter of SALOMON [I] de Lavardin & his wife Adela ---.� A charter dated to [1060/81] records that "Ingebaldus Brito�uxori eius Hildegardi" unjustly appropriated property which had been donated to Marmoutier, and names "filiis�eorum primogenito Wlgrino�Fulcherio et Paganello�Hugo", witnessed by "Herveo de Lavarzino, Avelina uxore eius�"[782].� The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.� A charter dated 1070, which records a claim against Marmoutier by "Gaufredus de Turniaco", is issued "apud Lavarzinum ante Avelinam Salomonis filiam"[783].�

4. ADELAIDE .� "Adeleldis uxor Joscelini Bodelli cognominati" donated land "ad locum�Rocius" to La Trinit� de Vend�me for her husband�s burial, with the consent of "Lancelini de Balgentiaco et Hervei de Lavarzino fratrum suorum", by charter dated 12 Apr 1067[784].� "Gauscelinus cognomento Bodellus" donated a serf to Marmoutier, with the consent of "Adeladis�uxor Gauscelini�et Chotardus filius Gauscelini sed de alia uxore�et Lisiva filia Adeladis", by charter dated to [1040/60][785].� m firstly ---.� m secondly as his second wife, JOSCELIN Bodelle, son of --- (-6 Apr 1059).� "Jocellinus cognomento Bodellus", on his deathbed, donated half of "ecclesi� Tauriaci", with the consent of "uxor eius atque filius illius Helias" (adding that "major�filius eius�Petrus cognomento Chotardus" was not present), to La Trinit� de Vend�me by charter dated 6 Apr 1059, witnessed by "Fulco comes, Helias filius Joscelini" who consented[786].�

5. SIMON .� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.� m ---.� The name of Simon's wife is not known.� Simon & his wife had one child:

a) GUY . �The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.� [1060/80].�

1. ROBERT de Baugency (-after 1163).� "�Robertus de Bagancei" subscribed a charter dated 1163 under which "Eustachius et Agnes uxor, Adam Niger et Osmunda uxor filiique Bertinus et Robertus filiaque Maholdis uxor Stefani" donated property to the Knights Hospitallers[787].�

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LANCELIN [III] de Baugency, son of RAOUL Seigneur de Baugency & his wife Mathilde de Vermandois (-before 1192).� �Mahildis mater Simonis de Baugencio� donated �terram...apud Venum� to the priory of Saint-Barth�lemy de Semoy, with the consent of �filiis meis Simone, Lanscelino atque Radulfo�, by undated charter[788].� "Domnus Lancelinus de Baugenciaco�" witnessed the charter dated 1139 under which "Goffridus Grisagonella comes Vindocini et Johannes filius eius" donated part of the forest of G�tineau to the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me[789].� "Symon de Balgenciaco" approved a donation to La Trinit� de Vend�me by "Symon de Phaia", with the consent of "Lancelinus frater eiusdem Symonis", by charter dated to [1150][790].� A charter dated 1153 and 1156 records an agreement between La Trinit� de Vend�me and "Lancelinus de Balgenciaco dominus" concerning a vine, naming "hi domini Balgenciacenses...Lancelinus senex, Radulfus eius filius, Symon primogenitus filius Radulfi" [referring to his ancestors][791].� A charter dated 1154 records the deathbed confession of "Symonem domnum Balgentiaci" that he had unjustly appropriated property of La Trinit� de Vend�me and the settlement by "Lancelinus frater eius"[792].� Seigneur de Baugency.�

m firstly HERSENDE, daughter of ---.� The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.�

m secondly ALIX, daughter of ---. �The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.�

Lancelin [III] & his second wife had children:�

1. JEAN de Baugency (-[Jul 1215/Oct 1216]).� Seigneur de Baugency.� "Johannes Baugenciaci dominus" abandoned harvesting rights to the monks of Saint-S�pulchre, for the soul of "uxoris me� Elisabeh" and with the consent of "filiis meis Joanne et Radulpho et filiabus meis", by charter dated 1203[793].� m firstly (before 1194) ELISABETH, daughter of ---.� "Johannes Baugenciaci dominus" abandoned harvesting rights to the monks of Saint-S�pulchre, for the soul of "uxoris me� Elisabeh" and with the consent of "filiis meis Joanne et Radulpho et filiabus meis", by charter dated 1203[794].� m secondly ALIX, daughter of ---.� Jean & his first wife had children:�

a) JEAN de Baugency (-before 1215).� "Johannes Baugenciaci dominus" abandoned harvesting rights to the monks of Saint-S�pulchre, for the soul of "uxoris me� Elisabeh" and with the consent of "filiis meis Joanne et Radulpho et filiabus meis", by charter dated 1203[795].�

b) RAOUL de Baugency (-after 1203).� "Johannes Baugenciaci dominus" abandoned harvesting rights to the monks of Saint-S�pulchre, for the soul of "uxoris me� Elisabeh" and with the consent of "filiis meis Joanne et Radulpho et filiabus meis", by charter dated 1203[796].�

c) daughters .� "Johannes Baugenciaci dominus" abandoned harvesting rights to the monks of Saint-S�pulchre, for the soul of "uxoris me� Elisabeh" and with the consent of "filiis meis Joanne et Radulpho et filiabus meis", by charter dated 1203[797].�

d) SIMON [II] de Baugency (-before 1260).� Seigneur de Baugency.� "Symon dominus de Beaugenciaco" abandoned harvesting rights in favour of Vend�me La Trinit�, with the consent of "Johanne uxoris nostre et heredum nostrorum", by charter dated 1230[798].� m firstly JEANNE, daughter of --- (-before Jul 1248).� "Symon dominus de Beaugenciaco" abandoned harvesting rights in favour of Vend�me La Trinit�, with the consent of "Johanne uxoris nostre et heredum nostrorum", by charter dated 1230[799].� m secondly as her first husband, AMICIE de la Brosse, daughter of PIERRE [III] de la Brosse Seigneur de Langeais et de Ch�tillon-sur-Indre & his wife Philippa de Saint-Venant.� She married secondly Philippe de Vezaines.� Simon [II] & his first wife had children:�

i) RAOUL [II] de Baugency (-after 1302).� Seigneur de Baugency.� "Raol sires de Baugency" transferred a house to Saint-S�pulchre de Baugency, with the consent of "Persoys ma femme dame de Baugenci", by charter dated 6 Aug 1271[800].� "Radulphus Balgentiaci dominus" granted exemptions to the priory of Saint-Etienne, referring to events "tempore defuncti patris mei domini Simonis quondam domini de Balgentiaco", by charter dated 11 May 1282[801].� m PERSOIS, daughter of --- (-after 6 Aug 1271).� "Raol sires de Baugency" transferred a house to Saint-S�pulchre de Baugency, with the consent of "Persoys ma femme dame de Baugenci", by charter dated 6 Aug 1271[802].�

ii) GEOFFROY de Baugency (-before Sep 1294).� Seigneur de Tavers et de Sau�ois.�

C.�� SEIGNEURS de BUEIL

The following reconstruction of this family is an outline which shows selected family members only, mainly for hyperlinking to other families studied in Medieval Lands.� The information has not been verified against primary source documentation, unless otherwise stated.�

1. JEAN [II] de Bueil (-1366 or after).� Seigneur de Bueil.� "Jehan chevalier seignor de Bueil" renounced certain rights �du moulin d�Enfernau� by charter dated 18 Apr 1354[803].� His testament is dated 1366[804].� m --- de Palluau, daughter of [GEOFFROY de Palluau Seigneur de Montr�sor & his wife ---.� The likely explanation for [her probable son] Jean [III] de Bueil being recorded as Seigneur de Montr�sor is that the seigneurie was inherited from his mother�s family.� If that is correct, the chronology suggests that this person was the sister of Pierre de Palluau who died before 1373, and was therefore probably the daughter of Geoffroy de Palluau.� This family origin and marriage are shown by Busserolle, who does not cite any primary source[805].]� Jean [II] & his wife had one child:�

a) [JEAN [III] de Bueil (-after 1390).� P�re Anselme shows Jean [III] as the son of Jean [II] without citing any primary source which confirms that it is correct[806].� Seigneur de Bueil.� Seigneur de Montr�sor[807].]�

-�� see below.�

JEAN [III] de Bueil, son of [JEAN [II] Seigneur de Bueil] & his wife [--- de Palluau] (-after 1390).� P�re Anselme shows Jean [III] as the son of Jean [II] without citing any primary source which confirms that it is correct[808].� Seigneur de Bueil.� Seigneur de Montr�sor[809].�

m firstly ANNE d�Avoir, daughter of ---.� She was heiress of her brother Pierre d�Avoir Seigneur de Ch�teau-Fromont, S�n�chal et Ch�telain d�Angers et de Tours, who died childless in 1390[810].�

m secondly ISABELLE de la Roche, daughter of PHILIPPE de la Roche & his wife Agnes de Villequier.�

Jean [III] & his first wife had children:�

1. JEAN [IV] de Bueil (-killed in battle Agincourt 25 Oct 1415).� He is named in the 26 Sep 1383 testament of Louis de France Duc d�Anjou[811].� Seigneur de Bueil.� Grand-ma�tre des Arbalestriers de France [1392/96][812].� [m firstly ---.� The date of Jean [IV]�s known marriage is late, considering the chronology of his life, suggesting an otherwise unrecorded earlier marriage (which, if correct, was presumably childless).� This possibility is also indicated by Pierre de Bueil, Jean�s younger brother, marrying before 1387.]� m [secondly] (1404) MARGUERITE de Clermont, daughter of BERAUD [II] Dauphin d�Auvergne & his third wife Marguerite Ctss de Sancerre (-after 30 Jan 1413).� Proceedings dated 1436 name �Beraldus, Johannes, Ludovicus et Robertus, Johanna, Maria, Jaqueta et Margareta� as the eight children of "defunctus Beraldus Dalphini comes" and his [third] wife �Margaret� comitiss� de Sacroc�sare�[813].� Dame d�Aubijoux.� Jean [IV] & his [second] wife had children:�

a) JEAN [V] de Bueil (-[7] Jul [1477], bur Bueil).� Seigneur de Bueil.� A charter dated 27 Sep 1438 records a dispute involving �...Jehan seigneur de Bueil, Loys de Bueil seigneur de Mermande son frere et...Chambellan Pierre d�Amboise seigneur de Chaulmont et Agnes de Bueil sa femme� concerning the succession of "feu Berauld Daulphin le Grant et...feu Berauld Daulphin le second son fils et de Jeanne Daulphine fille d�icellui Berauld le second"[814].�

-�� COMTES de SANCERRE.�

b) LOUIS de Bueil (-Tours 1446).� Seigneur de Marmande.� A charter dated 27 Sep 1438 records a dispute involving �...Jehan seigneur de Bueil, Loys de Bueil seigneur de Mermande son frere et...Chambellan Pierre d�Amboise seigneur de Chaulmont et Agnes de Bueil sa femme� concerning the succession of "feu Berauld Daulphin le Grant et...feu Berauld Daulphin le second son fils et de Jeanne Daulphine fille d�icellui Berauld le second"[815].� He was killed jousting against an Englishman in the presence of the French king[816].� Louis had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:�

i) JACQUES de Bueil .� The contract between �Jehan seigneur de Bueil chevalier comte de Sancerre...ou nom de Anthoine de Bueil son filz aisn�� and �Pierre Berart chevalier seigneur de Bler� et de Chiss� mre d�ostel du Roy nostre syre et tresorier de France ou nom et comme procureur du Roy nostre dit seigneur� for the marriage of �le dit Anthoine de Bueil� and �dame Jeanne de France s�ur naturelle du Roy et fille du roy Charles dernier trespass�� is dated 23 Dec 1461 at Tours and records land which �ledit sire de Bueil� had promised to give �Jacques filz bastart de feu Loys de Bueil son fr�re�[817].� .�

c) PIERRE de Bueil .� Seigneur de la Motte-Souzay.�

d) AGNES de Bueil (-after 27 Sep 1438).� A charter dated 27 Sep 1438 records a dispute involving �...Jehan seigneur de Bueil, Loys de Bueil seigneur de Mermande son frere et...Chambellan Pierre d�Amboise seigneur de Chaulmont et Agnes de Bueil sa femme� concerning the succession of "feu Berauld Daulphin le Grant et...feu Berauld Daulphin le second son fils et de Jeanne Daulphine fille d�icellui Berauld le second"[818].� m (23 Aug 1428) PIERRE d�Amboise Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire, son of HUGUES [III] d�Amboise Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire & his wife Jeanne Guenand (-Ch�teau de Meillan 28 Jun 1473, bur Sainte-Claire de Bourges).�

2. PIERRE de Bueil (-Apr 1414).� He served in the army in Guyenne 1374 and was present at the siege of Bergerac in 1377[819].� Seigneur du Bois.� m (before 1387) ANGLESIE [de L�vis], daughter of ---.� According to P�re Anselme, she was Angl�sie de L�vis, daughter of Thibaut de L�vis Seigneur de S�rignac et de Florensac & his wife Angl�sie de Montaigut Dame de Montbrun], adding that her father-in-law demanded her agreed dowry in 1390[820].� If 1390 is the right date (and the birth date of her daughter suggests that it could be correct), Anselme�s indicated parentage is impossible from a chronological point of view.� Her name indicates descent from Angl�sie de Montaigut: the chronology suggests that Angl�sie [de L�vis] could have been her granddaughter.� Pierre & his wife had one child:�

a) MARIE de Bueil (before 1388-after 1422).� Her birth date is estimated from P�re Anselme stating that she was eleven years old at the time of her first marriage[821].� m firstly (before 1399) HARDOUIN Seigneur de Fontaines, son of --- (-1399).� m secondly (1403) JEAN de Ch�teaubriand Seigneur de Chalin et des Roches-Baritaut, son of --- (-before 1422).�

3. HARDOUIN de Bueil (-Jan 1418).� Bishop of Angers.�

4. MARGUERITE de Bueil (-after 30 Apr 1382).� Her testament, as a widow, is dated Apr 1382[822].� m JEAN de Brez� Seigneur de Varenne et de Brizac, son of --- (-before 1382).�

D.�� SEIGNEURS de CHAUMONT-sur-LOIRE

LISOIS de Bazoges, son of HUGUES Seigneur de Lavardin & his second wife Odeline [Emmeline] de Beaumont (-1061 or after).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Licoium, Algeriumque et Albericum" as the children of "vir illustris�Hugo" & his second wife[823].� Seigneur d'Amboise, by right of his wife.� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire 1044.� "�Lisoii de Ambazia, Alberici fratris eius�" witnessed the charter dated 1055 under which Geoffroy II "Martel" Comte d�Anjou donated land in the forest of Gastine to Marmoutier[824].� "Lisoyus castri�Calvi Mons oppidanus" granted free rights of passage through his land to the monks of Saint-Florent by charter dated to [1060], signed by "Hersendis uxoris eius, Sulpicii filii eius atque Hugonis fratris eius�"[825].� "�Lisoio de Calvo Monte�" signed the charter dated 1061 under which Geoffroy III "le Barbu" donated a serf to Marmoutier[826]. �

m HERSENDE de Buzan�ais, daughter of ARCHAMBAUD de Buzan�ais & his wife ---.� The Gesta Ambaziensium records the marriage of "Lisoio" and "filiam Archembaudi de Busenciacho�Hersendis", specifying that Archembaud was brother of "Supplicius Beati Martini thesaurarius", that Hersende was his older daughter and that she brought Amboise as her dowry[827].� "Lisoyus castri�Calvi Mons oppidanus" granted free rights of passage through his land to the monks of Saint-Florent by charter dated to [1060], signed by "Hersendis uxoris eius, Sulpicii filii eius atque Hugonis fratris eius�"[828].�

Lisois & his wife had six children:�

1. SULPICE [I] d'Amboise (-1 Jun [1081], bur Pontlevoy).� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Supplicium et Lisoium" as the two sons of Lisois & his wife[829]. �Seigneur d'Amboise et de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

-�� SEIGNEURS d�AMBOISE.�

2. HUGUES (-after [1060]).� "Lisoyus castri�Calvi Mons oppidanus" granted free rights of passage through his land to the monks of Saint-Florent by charter dated to [1060], signed by "Hersendis uxoris eius, Sulpicii filii eius atque Hugonis fratris eius�"[830].�

3. LISOIS .� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Supplicium et Lisoium" as the two sons of Lisois & his wife, specifying in a later passage that Lisois was given "Lochas�et medietatem Viradii"[831].� Seigneur de Verneuil 1068/1084.�

4. EUPHEMIE .� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Eufemiam, Sibillam et Elisabeth" as the three daughters of Lisois & his wife, specifying that Euphemie married "Bucardus de Monthesaurio filius Rogerii Diabolarii" by whom she had "Albericum"[832].� m BOUCHARD de Montr�sor, son of ROGER "le Diable" de Montr�sor & his wife ---.�

5. SIBYLLE .� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Eufemiam, Sibillam et Elisabeth" as the three daughters of Lisois & his wife, specifying that Sibylle married "Theobaldus filius Corbonis" by whom she had "Robertum de Rupibus"[833].� 1085/1096.� m (after 1064) as his second wife, THIBAUT [I] Seigneur de Rochecorbon, son of CORBON & his wife --- (-before 1088).�

6. ELISABETH .� The Gesta Ambaziensium names "Eufemiam, Sibillam et Elisabeth" as the three daughters of Lisois & his wife, specifying that Elisabeth married firstly "Fulchoius iuvenis filius Fulchoii de Torinneio", by whom she had "filam Corbam" who married "Gosfridus Burellus", and secondly "Orricum Pejorem Lupo" by whom she had no heirs[834].� m firstly FOUCOIS de Thorign�, son of ---.� 1081.� m secondly ORRY "Pire-loup", son of ---.�

HUGUES [I] d�Amboise, son of JEAN [II] Seigneur d�Amboise & his wife --- (-before 1346).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

m (1304) JEANNE de Saint-V�rain, daughter of ERARD [I] Seigneur de Saint-V�rain & his wife Jeanne de Mello (-before 1316).�

Hugues [I] & his wife had children:

1. JEAN d�Amboise (-[Sep 1346/23 Oct 1347]).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire et de Saint-V�rain.� m (contract Oct 1331) JEANNE de Beaumont, daughter of ROBERT Vicomte de Beaumont & his wife Marie de Craon (-after 23 Oct 1347, bur Roches).� The testament of [her son] �Hugues d�Amboise sgr de Chaumont et de Saint-Verain�, dated 8 Jun 1396, chose burial �en l�abbaye de Roches, jouxte la s�pulture de Jeanne de Beaumont sa m�re jadis dame de Saint-Verain�[835].� Jean & his wife had children:�

a) HUGUES [II] d�Amboise (-[1 Jul 1404/21 May 1406], bur Roches).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire et de Saint-V�rain.� The testament of �Hugues d�Amboise sgr de Chaumont et de Saint-Verain�, dated 8 Jun 1396, chose burial �en l�abbaye de Roches, jouxte la s�pulture de Jeanne de Beaumont sa m�re jadis dame de Saint-Verain�, ordered execution of the testaments of �Jean d�Amboise son p�re et de sa m�re�, and made bequests to ecclesiastical institutions[836].� m firstly (1355) ANNE de Saint-V�rain, daughter of --- (-before Sep 1380).� �Hue d�Amboise Sgr de Chaumont et de St.-Verain� donated property to the Chartreux de Basseville to pray for himself and �feue Anne de Saint-V�rain sa femme� by charter dated Sep 1380[837].� m secondly ([9 Sep/12 Dec] 1383, divorced before 17 May 1394) as her second husband, MARGUERITE de Joinville, widow of EUDES Seigneur de Culant, daughter of AME de Joinville Seigneur de M�ry-sur-Seine & his wife --- (-after 2 Jul 1416).� P�re Anselme records that �Marguerite de Joinville dame de M�ry� swore to the king that she had inherited one third of Lachy after the death of her father Am� by charter dated 1378 (presumably misdated as her father is named in the charter dated 30 Apr 1379 quoted above)[838].� Her first marriage is confirmed by the record of �Eudes chevalier Seigneur de Culans� holding �la terre situ�e au parc de Lachy� from the king in 1379[839].� Her family origin and two marriages are confirmed by a charter dated 9 Sep 1383 recording an agreement between "Hugues d�Amboise s. de Chaumont et de S. Vrain chevalier, chambellan du roi et Marguerite de Joinville sa femme veuve d�Eudes s. de Culan...ayant la garde d�Annor dame de Culant fille de Marguerite et d�Eudes" and �Guichard de Culan chevaler� concerning the inheritance of �feu Gilbert dernier seigneur de Culan, fr�re de ladite Annor�[840].� "Marguerite de Joinville comtesse de Vaud�mont" transferred rights �� Arnancourt� to �sa cousine Marguerite de Joinville dame de Chaumont-sur-Loire� by charter dated 2 Jul 1416[841].� The dating of this document indicates that Marguerite must have been divorced from her second husband, who is recorded in 1394 with another wife Isabelle who was co-heiress of Jean de Joinville Seigneur de Doulevant (see below), but continued to be called �dame de Chaumont-sur-Loire�.� No record has been found of the death of Marguerite.� m thirdly (before 17 May 1394) ISABELLE de Joinville, daughter of --- de Joinville & his wife --- (-1420 or after).� �Ferry de Lorraine Cte de Vaudemont, Sgr de Joinville, Hue d�Amboise Sgr de Chaumont-sur-Loire et Jac. de Hens Sgr de T�norgues�, all having rights �� la succession de feu Mre Jn de Joinville Sgr de Doulevant � cause de leurs femmes�, reached agreement concerning land which �feu Henry Cte de Vaudemont sire de Joinville� had assigned to �feu Jn de Joinville� by charter dated 17 May 1394[842].� �Jac. de Hens et Jne de Joinville sa femme� transferred to �Ferry de Lorraine et � Margueritte de Joinville sa femme� half of what they possessed �par indivis avec Hue d�Amboise et Ysabelle de Joinville sa femme, leur s�ur et beau fr�re� in revenue �sur la halle de Joinville, provenant de la succession de feu Mre Jn de Joinville Sgr de Doulevant leur oncle� by charter dated 30 Jul 1395[843].� Europ�ische Stammtafeln mentions the testament of Isabelle de Joinville dated 1420[844].� This document has not been traced.� Hugues [II] & his second wife had children:�

i) HUGUES [III] d�Amboise (-killed in battle Agincourt 25 Oct 1415).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

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2. JEANNE d�Amboise .� m (1329) as his second wife, GUY de l�Arch�v�que Seigneur de Soubise, son of GUILLAUME [VI] l�Arch�v�que Seigneur de Parthenay & his second wife Marguerite de Thouars (-after 1363).�

3. CATHERINE d�Amboise .� Vialart records her parentage and marriage, noting her husband�s descent from the seigneurs de Surg�res and that she died childless, but cites no sources on which this information is based[845].� m as his first wife, TRISTAN de Clermont, son of JOACHIM de Clermont Seigneur de Surg�res et de Dampierre & his first wife Isabelle de Surg�res.�

HUGUES [III] d�Amboise, son of HUGUES [II] d�Amboise Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire & his second wife Marguerite de Joinville (-killed in battle Agincourt 25 Oct 1415).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

m JEANNE Guenand, daughter of GUILLAUME Guenand Seigneur de Bordes & his wife Annette d�Amboise Dame de la Maisonfort.�

Hugues [III] & his wife had children:�

1. PIERRE d�Amboise (-Ch�teau de Meillant 28 Jun 1473, bur Sainte-Claire de Bourges).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.� m (23 Aug 1428) AGNES de Bueil, daughter of JEAN [IV] Seigneur de Bueil & his [second] wife Marguerite de Clermont (-after 27 Sep 1438).� A charter dated 27 Sep 1438 records a dispute involving �...Jehan seigneur de Bueil, Loys de Bueil seigneur de Mermande son frere et...Chambellan Pierre d�Amboise seigneur de Chaulmont et Agnes de Bueil sa femme� concerning the succession of "feu Berauld Daulphin le Grant et...feu Berauld Daulphin le second son fils et de Jeanne Daulphine fille d�icellui Berauld le second"[846].� Pierre & his wife had children:�

a) CHARLES [I] d�Amboise (-before 16 Mar 1480, bur Amboise �glise des Cordeliers).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

-�� see below.�

b) JEAN d�Amboise .� Bishop of Langres.�

c) LOUIS d�Amboise (-1505, bur Albi).� Bishop of Albi.�

d) JEAN d�Amboise (-after 1515).� Seigneur de Bussy.�

-�� SEIGNEURS de BUSSY[847].�

e) PIERRE d�Amboise (-Blois 1 Sep 1505, bur Ch�teau de Dissay).� Bishop of Poitiers.�

f) JACQUES d�Amboise (-27 Dec 1516, bur Cluny).� Abb� de Jumi�ges 1476.� Abb� de Cluny 1481.� Bishop of Clermont.� A contract, dated 19 Apr 1516, records that �Jacques d�Amboise evesque de Clermont curateur de damoiselle Catherine d�Amboise fille et heritiere par moiti� de feu...Guy d�Amboise en son vivant chevalier seigneur de Ravel et dame Fran�oise Dauphine vefue dudit feu chevalier mere de ladite damoiselle...� had agreed the marriage between �messire Fran�ois de la Tour chevalier et ladite damoiselle Catherine d�Amboise�, referring to the contract dated 4 Aug 1512 between �feu messire Jacques d�Amboise en son vivant seigneur de Ravel et...damoiselle Antonie d�Amboise sa femme s�ur de ladite Catherine ladite dame Fran�oise Dauphine et lesdites damoiselles ses filles� appointing �ledit seigneur evesque de Clermont comme curateur desdites damoiselles� and the marriage contract between �[le] seigneur de Tournon et dame Catherine d�Amboise sa s�ur�, witnessed by �Georges d�Amboise archevesque de Rouen, Geoffroy d�Amboise abb� de Clugny...�[848].�

g) GEORGES d�Amboise ([1459/60]-Lyon 25 May 1510, bur Rouen Cathedral).� Bishop of Montauban.� Archbishop of Narbonne, Archbishop of Rouen 1493.� Cardinal 1498.�

h) HUGUES d�Amboise .� Seigneur d�Aubijoux.�

-�� SEIGNEURS d�AUBIJOUX[849].�

i) MARGUERITE d�Amboise (-after 15 Feb 1495).� m firstly JEAN Crespin Seigneur du Bec-Crespin et de Mauny, son of GUILLAUME Crespin Seigneur de Mauny & his wife --- (-after 3 Apr 1453).� m secondly JEAN de Rochechouart, son of JEAN de Rochechouart Seigneur de Mortemart & his second wife Jeanne de Torsay (-Mortemart 30 Mar 1477).� He succeeded his father as Seigneur de Mortemart.�

j) CATHERINE d�Amboise (-after 15 Jul 1529[850]).� A charter dated 26 Jul 1504 records orders from �dominus Johannes de Grimaldis, Monaci...dominus� to recover jewels from �domina Catherina d�Amboysa relicta...domini Tristandi Guillelmi de Claromonte quondam...sive a...domicella Caterina de Claromonte eius filia�, given to the last-named by �ipse...dominus� in contemplation of their marriage[851].� m TRISTAN Guillem de Clermont Seigneur de Clermont-Lod�ve, son of PONS [II] de Caylus-de-Castelnau & his first wife Antoinette de Clermont (-[Feb/Dec] 1498[852]).�

CHARLES [I] d�Amboise, son of PIERRE d�Amboise Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire & his wife Anne de Bueil (-before 16 Mar 1480, bur Amboise �glise des Cordeliers).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

m CATHERINE de Chauvigny, daughter of ANDRE de Chauvigny Seigneur de Ravel & his wife Catherine [Jacquette] de Beaujeu (-after 16 Mar 1480).�

Charles [I] & his wife had children:�

1. CHARLES [II] d�Amboise (-before 12 Dec 1515).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.� Amiral et Grand-Ma�tre de France.� m ([28 Jun 1485]) as her first husband, JEANNE Malet Dame de Marcoussis, daughter of LOUIS Malet Seigneur de Graville, Amiral de France & his wife Marie de Balsac (-Ch�teau de Marcoussis 18 Sep 1540, bur Marcoussis �glise des C�lestins).� She married secondly Ren� Seigneur d�Illiers.� Charles [II] & his wife had one child:�

a) GEORGES d�Amboise ([1502/03]-killed in battle Pavia 17 Feb 1525, bur Amboise �glise des Cordeliers).� Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire.�

2. LOUIS d�Amboise (-Ancona 1517, bur Laurette).� Bishop of Autun 1501.� Bishop of Albi.� Cardinal 1506.�

3. GUY d�Amboise (-before 11 Jan 1508).� Seigneur de Ravel.� m (18 Nov 1481) FRAN�OISE Dauphine, daughter of ERARD de l�Espinasse dit Berault Dauphin Seigneur de Combronde et de Jaligny & his second wife Antoinette de Polignac.� Her family origin and marriage are confirmed by the 19 Apr 1516 marriage contract of her daughter Catherine.� Guy & his wife had two children:�

a) CATHERINE d�Amboise (-[1516/17]).� The marriage contract between �Fran�ois de la Tour escuyer seigneur de Limeuil� and �damoiselle Catherine d�Amboise fille et heritirere par moiti� de feu...Guy d�Amboise en son vivant chevalier seigneur de Ravel� is dated 26 Aug 1515[853].� A second contract, dated 19 Apr 1516, records that �Jacques d�Amboise evesque de Clermont curateur de damoiselle Catherine d�Amboise fille et heritiere par moiti� de feu...Guy d�Amboise en son vivant chevalier seigneur de Ravel et dame Fran�oise Dauphine vefue dudit feu chevalier mere de ladite damoiselle...� had agreed the marriage between �messire Fran�ois de la Tour chevalier et ladite damoiselle Catherine d�Amboise�, referring to the contract dated 4 Aug 1512 between �feu messire Jacques d�Amboise en son vivant seigneur de Ravel et...damoiselle Antonie d�Amboise sa femme s�ur de ladite Catherine ladite dame Fran�oise Dauphine et lesdites damoiselles ses filles� appointing �ledit seigneur evesque de Clermont comme curateur desdites damoiselles� and the marriage contract between �[le] seigneur de Tournon et dame Catherine d�Amboise sa s�ur�, witnessed by �Georges d�Amboise archevesque de Rouen, Geoffroy d�Amboise abb� de Clugny...�[854].� m (contracts 26 Aug 1515, 19 Apr 1516) as his first wife, FRAN�OIS [II] de la Tour Vicomte de Turenne, son of ANTOINE de la Tour Vicomte de Turenne & his wife Antoinette de Pons (5 Jul 1497-Limeuil 5 Jul 1497- Villocher 12 Jul 1532, bur Brive �glise des Cordeliers).�

b) ANTOINETTE d�Amboise (-2 Jul 1552).� Dame de Ravel, de Chaumont-sur-Loire, de Meillant, de Sagonne, de Lini�res et de Jaligny.� A contract, dated 19 Apr 1516, records that �Jacques d�Amboise evesque de Clermont curateur de damoiselle Catherine d�Amboise fille et heritiere par moiti� de feu...Guy d�Amboise en son vivant chevalier seigneur de Ravel et dame Fran�oise Dauphine vefue dudit feu chevalier mere de ladite damoiselle...� had agreed the marriage between �messire Fran�ois de la Tour chevalier et ladite damoiselle Catherine d�Amboise�, referring to the contract dated 4 Aug 1512 between �feu messire Jacques d�Amboise en son vivant seigneur de Ravel et...damoiselle Antonie d�Amboise sa femme s�ur de ladite Catherine ladite dame Fran�oise Dauphine et lesdites damoiselles ses filles� appointing �ledit seigneur evesque de Clermont comme curateur desdites damoiselles� and the marriage contract between �[le] seigneur de Tournon et dame Catherine d�Amboise sa s�ur�, witnessed by �Georges d�Amboise archevesque de Rouen, Geoffroy d�Amboise abb� de Clugny...�[855].� m firstly her cousin, JACQUES d�Amboise Seigneur de Bussy, son of ---.� m secondly ANTOINE de La Rochefoucauld Seigneur de Barbezieux, son of FRAN�OIS [I] Comte de La Rochefoucauld & his wife ---.� m thirdly LOUIS de Luxembourg Comte de Roucy, son of CHARLES de Luxembourg Comte de Brienne, de Ligny et de Roussy & his wife Charlotte d�Estouteville Dame de Beyne (-11 Feb 1571).�

4. MARIE d�Amboise (-9 Jan 1519).� m firstly (5 Feb 1487) ROBERT [II] Comte de Braine, Seigneur de Commercy, son of AME [II] Comte de Braine Seigneur de Commercy [Saarbr�cken] & his wife Guillemette de Luxembourg (-Paris 4 Sep 1504, bur Braine Saint-Yved).� Comte de Roucy 1497.� m secondly as his second wife, JEAN [VI] de Cr�quy Baron de Cr�quy, son of JEAN [V] Baron de Cr�quy & his second wife Louise de la Tour.�

5. CATHERINE d�Amboise (-1 Jan 1550).� m firstly CHRISTOPHE de Tournon, son of JACQUES Seigneur de Tournon & his wife Jeanne de Polignac.� m secondly (1501) PHILIBERT de Beaujeu Seigneur d�Amplepuis et de Lini�res [Forez], son of --- (-1541).� m thirdly (contract 11 Jun 1542) LOUIS de Cl�ve Comte d�Auxerre, son of ENGELBERT von Kleve Comte de Nevers & his wife Charlotte de Bourbon-Vend�me (-24 Sep 1545, bur Nevers Franciscan Church).�

E.�� SEIGNEURS de LA GUERCHE [en Touraine]

La Guerche [en Touraine] is located on the right bank of the river Creuse in the present-day French d�partement of Indre-et-Loire (the river marking the border with the d�partement of Vienne), arrondissement Loches, canton Descartes.� As will be seen below, there is considerable confusion in secondary sources between different places named �la Guerche�: these include la Guerche en Touraine, la Guerche en Bretagne (see the document BRITTANY-NANTES, PORHO�T, RENNES), and la Guierche near Saint-Amand-sur-S�vre (see below).�

1. THIBAUT de la Guerche (-after 30 Nov 1077).� "...Tetbaldus de Wirchia..." witnessed the charter dated 30 Nov 1077 under which "Rotbertus Burgundio" donated pasture rights in Brionne forest to Vend�me La Trinit�[856].�

2. GUILLAUME de la Guerche (-after [1087]).� �...Guillelmus de Guircha...� witnessed the charter dated to [1087] under which �Ribotellus de Haya� donated property �apud Mantelonem� to Noyers[857].�

3. RAINAUD de la Guerche (-after [1110]).� �Guarinus� donated half his burial rights in Barrou church, held from �domino meo Raginaldo la Wirchia et Mauricio filio suo�, to Preuilly by undated charter dated to the end-11th century[858].� �Rainaldus de Guircha et uxor eius Petronilla...Mauricius de Guircha...� witnessed the charter dated to [1110] which records donations of property in �Buxeriis� to Noyers[859].� m PETRONILLE, daughter of --- (-after [1110]).� �Rainaldus de Guircha et uxor eius Petronilla...� witnessed the charter dated to [1110] which records donations of property in �Buxeriis� to Noyers[860].� Rainaud & [his wife] had one child:�

a) MAURICE de la Guerche (-after [1108]).� �Guarinus� donated half his burial rights in Barrou church, held from �domino meo Raginaldo la Wirchia et Mauricio filio suo�, to Preuilly by undated charter dated to the end-11th century[861].� �Rainaldus de Guircha et uxor eius Petronilla...Mauricius de Guircha...� witnessed the charter dated to [1110] which records donations of property in �Buxeriis� to Noyers[862].� �Mauricius Guirchi� positus in extrema...� donated land �apud Drachiacum...[et] ad Monticulum� to Noyers by charter dated to [1108], which records that he died in on the same day and that �Guarinus filius eius� confirmed the donation[863].� m ---.� The name of Maurice�s wife is not known.� Maurice & his wife had one child:�

i) WARIN de la Guerche .� �Mauricius Guirchi� positus in extrema...� donated land �apud Drachiacum...[et] ad Monticulum� to Noyers by charter dated to [1108], which records that he died in on the same day and that �Guarinus filius eius� confirmed the donation[864].� m ---.� The name of Warin�s wife is not known.� Warin & his wife had [one possible child]:�

(a) [MAURICE de la Guerche (-after [1148]).� A census at Gatfr� dated to [1148] records �Marrico de Guircha, un denar. Pict.�[865].� The document provides no indication of Maurice�s parentage but both his name and the chronology of the family suggest that he may have been the grandson of the earlier Maurice.]�

How Gosbert de Preuilly inherited la Guerche en Touraine has not been ascertained: maybe his mother was heiress of the territory.�

GOSBERT de Preuilly dit de la Guerche, son of PIERRE [I] de Preuilly Seigneur de Preuilly [Vend�me] & his wife --- (-[1204/05]).� A charter dated to before 27 Sep 1151 records, among other donations, that "Eginard [error for Pierre?] de Montrabert seigneur de Preuilly" donated property near �[le] monast�re de Poz�...� to B�cheron, with the consent of "ses quatre fils...Pierre du Montrabert, Josbert, Jourdain et Gauthier", while a charter dated to [1160] records the same donation made by �Eschivardus [error for Petrus?] dominus Pruliaci� with the consent of �filiis suis Petro de Morambua, Josberto, Jordane et Galtero�[866].� Seigneur de la Guerche et du Bouchet {le Bouchet, paroisse de Crucheray}.� �Petrus de Montrabei dominus Pruliaci� confirmed the donation of property �[de] viam de Pozai ad Cremilliame...et decimas� to B�cheron by charter dated 1175, witnessed by �Josbertus de Gurchia, Jordanus et Walterus, fratres mei...�[867].� �Gosberto de Guircha...� witnessed the charter dated to [1187] which records a dispute between �Gosbertus de Podio� and Noyers abbey[868].� "Gosbertus de Boschet" donated property to the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me for his anniversary, with the consent of "uxoris mee Aaliz et Johanne filie mee", by charter dated to end-12th century[869].� �Petrus de Monte Rabei� donated �centum...in pedagio Roche� to B�cheron, with the consent of �fratris mei Josberti [...de Guerchia], Aanor uxor mea, filii mei Eschivardus et Gaufridus�, by charter dated to 1204[870].� �Eschivardus de Pruliaco� confirmed the donation of �centum...in pedagio Roche� made to B�cheron by �pater meus Petrus de Monte Rabei�, with the consent of �Matildis uxor mea et filii mei Gaufredus, Josbertus, Enricus, Jordanus, Gauterius et Petrus...Gaufrido fratre meo�, by charter dated 1204[871].� A charter dated 1217 records that �defunctus Jobertus dominus Guirchie bone memorie� had donated �pedagii sui in toto dominio Guirchie� to B�cheron, later confirmed by �Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni et Aalicia uxor mea� with the consent of �Gaufridus filius noster et filie nostre Ysabella, Aalicia et Johanna et Agnes�[872].�

m ([1148] or before) ADELA, daughter of BARTHELEMY [de Vend�me] & his wife --- (-after 1194).� A charter dated to [1148] records that the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me claimed a serf from "Bartolomeus" and, after his death while on Crusade, from "filia sua Josberto de Boschet�desponsata", by charter dated 1147[873].� "Bartholomeus de Vindocino" confirmed the donation of land "in Perticho" to the bishop of Chartres, on leaving for Jerusalem with the support of �dominum Engelbaldum...Turonensem archiepiscopum et Vulgrinum fratres suos, dominamque Mariam sororem suam necnon et dominum Gosbertum generum suum�, by charter dated to [1147/56][874].� "Domina Aales uxor avi mea et domina Johanna mater mea" consented to the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1194[875].� That "domina Aales uxor avi mea" was the wife of Gosbert de Preuilly is confirmed by the charter dated 1212 under which "G comes Castriduni et A uxor mea" donated property to the abbey of B�cheron in which he names "dominus Jobertus de Guerchia avus meus et Johanna mater mea filia ipsius, comitissa d'Alen�on"[876].� "Gosbertus de Boschet" donated property to the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me for his anniversary, with the consent of "uxoris mee Aaliz et Johanne filie mee", by charter dated to end-12th century[877].�

Gosbert & his wife had one child (Carr� de Busserolle also names �Guillaume de la Guerche� as son of Gosbert de Preuilly Seigneur de la Guerche[878], which is incorrect as Guillaume belonged to the family of the seigneurs de la Guerche en Bretagne (see BRITTANY-NANTES, PORHO�T, RENNES):�

1. JEANNE de Preuilly (-[1211/12]).� "Gosbertus de Boschet" donated property to the abbey of La Trinit� de Vend�me for his anniversary, with the consent of "uxoris mee Aaliz et Johanne filie mee", by undated charter dated to end-12th century[879].� "Hugo Castriduni vicecomes" sold "terram nemoris Vindocinensis...inter Romilliacum et Calviniacum" to Marmoutier, with the consent of �Johannes de Lavardin, Gaufridus de Lavardin, Hugo de Sancto Agilo, Dometa uxor eius et filius ipsius, Gaufredus Vogrin, Ursio de Fracta Valle et Nevelo filius eius et eorum uxores et liberi...eorum...Johanna vicecomitissa uxor mea et Gaufredus filius noster�, by charter dated to [1175/84][880].� "G comes Castriduni et A uxor mea" donated property to the abbey of B�cheron by charter dated 1212 in which he names "dominus Jobertus de Guerchia avus meus et Johanna mater mea filia ipsius, comitissa d'Alen�on"[881].� "Domina Aales uxor avi mea et domina Johanna mater mea" consented to the donation by "Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni" to H�tel-Dieu, Ch�teaudun by charter dated 1194[882].� �Johanna comitissa Alen�onii et domina Wirchi�� confirmed the donation made to Merci-Dieu by �dominus Josbertus Wirchi� pater meus� by charter dated 1211[883].� "G comes Castriduni et A uxor mea" donated property to the abbey of B�cheron by charter dated 1212 in which he names "dominus Jobertus de Guerchia avus meus et Johanna mater mea filia ipsius, comitissa d'Alen�on"[884].� A manuscript genealogy of the Lords of Beaumont records the marriage of �Robertum comitem Alencheii� and �Joanna�filia domini Josberti de Guirchia�[885].� A charter dated Dec 1221 (error for before Sep 1201) of "Arturus dux Britannie comes Andegavensis, Cenomanensis et Richemontis" confirmed donations made to Perseigne abbey, including a donation made by "Johanna pie recordationis quondam comitissa de Alenchone et domina de Bocheto", witnessed by "domina Constancia matre mea�"[886].� m firstly HUGUES [V] "Callidus" Vicomte de Ch�teaudun, son of HUGUES [IV] Vicomte de Ch�teaudun & his wife Marguerite de Saint-Calais (-1191).� m secondly (after 1191) as his second wife, ROBERT [III] Comte d'Alen�on, son of JEAN [I] Comte d'Alen�on & his wife Beatrix du Maine (-Mortevieille 8 Sep 1217, bur Abbaye de Perseigne).�

After the death of Jeanne de Preuilly, la Guerche en Touraine passed to Geoffroy [V] Vicomte de Ch�teaudun, her son by her first marriage: a charter dated 1217 records that �defunctus Jobertus dominus Guirchie bone memorie� had donated �pedagii sui in toto dominio Guirchie� to B�cheron, later confirmed by �Gaufridus vicecomes Castriduni et Aalicia uxor mea� with the consent of �Gaufridus filius noster et filie nostre Ysabella, Aalicia et Johanna et Agnes�[887].� Another document suggests that an interest in la Guerche had also passed to Eschivard [II] Seigneur de Preuilly, nephew of Jeanne�s father: �Eschivardus de Pruill� et Goffredus filius eius� granted toll exemptions to Noyers abbey �apud Pruille, apud Querchiam, apud rupem de Poizai� by charter dated 1218 (presumably misdated as other documentation suggests that Eschivard [II] died before 1215, see VEND�ME)[888].� An undated document indicates that Geoffroy de Preuilly, son of Eschivard [II], swore homage to the archbishop of Tours for la Guerche[889].� Carr� de Busserolle says that la Guerche was inherited by Eschivard [III], son of Geoffroy[890].� However, he names �Jean de Beaumont� as seigneur in 1300[891], which presumably refers to Jean Vicomte de Beaumont (see the document MAINE) who married the heiress of la Guerche en Bretagne.�

The subsequent fate of la Guerche en Touraine is unclear.� Carr� de Busserolle indicates that the seigneurie was in the early 14th century held by Geoffroy de la Guerche, who is named below[892].� However, Duchesne records that Geoffroy�s la Guerche was �en la paroisse de Saint-Amant, pr�s de Chasteaumur, vulgairement dite la Guierche Saint-Amant [presumably La Guierche, near Saint-Amand-sur-S�vre, d�partement Deux-S�vres, arrondissement Bressuire, canton Maul�on], � distinction de la Guerche de Touraine et de celle de Bretagne�.� The question is further confused by Carr� de Busserolle noting that Geoffroy had a brother �Guillaume...religieux et procureur-g�n�ral de l�abbaye de Preuilly�, commenting that �nous ignorons s�il �tait de la maison de Preuilly et comment la seigneurie de la Guerche vint en sa possession�[893]: the supposed connection with Preuilly suggests that la Guerche en Touraine was the place in question.� Duchesne�s own description is confused as he names Gosbert de la Guerche [la Guerche en Touraine, see above] as Geoffroy�s ancestor.� He also names �un autre Geofroy de la Guierche, qui fut un des seigneurs de la province de Poitou, lesquels acompagnerent Raimond de Poitiers...en la Terre-Sainte� as Geoffroy�s ancestor, quoting a charter dated 1140 witnessed by �Geofroy de la Guierche�[894].� That earlier Geoffroy has not otherwise been identified.�

1. GEOFFROY de la Guerche (-[after 1301]).� Seigneur de la Guerche.� Carr� de Busserolle notes that Geoffroy de la Guerche (indicating la Guerche en Touraine) �vivait en 1301� (no source reference)[895].� Geoffroy is named as the deceased father of the three daughters named below in the 11 Jun 1323 charter quoted below.� m ---.� The name of Geoffroy�s wife is not known.� Geoffroy & his wife had three children:�

a) JEANNE de la Guerche (-after 11 Jun 1323).� Duchesne records her parentage and marriage[896].� Dame de la Guerche et de Tign�.� �Thibaut Chasteigner chevalier Seigneur de la Chasteigneraye et des Pastiz et Iohanne de la Guierche sa femme� and �Hardouin de la Porte valet et Ysabeau de la Guierche sa femme� reached agreement, under which the former granted revenue to �Letice et Ysabeau de la Guierche filles feu Geoffroy de la Guierche et s�urs � moy la davant dite Iohanne�, by charter dated 11 Jun 1323[897].� m THIBAUT Chasteigner Seigneur de la Chasteigneraye et de l�Isleau, son of [GUY Chasteigner Seigneur de la Chasteigneraye et du Pastis & his wife ---] (-after 1342).� Thibaut & his wife had two children:�

i) MARIE Chasteigner (-[1406/07]).� Duchesne records her parentage and marriage[898].� Dame de la Chasteigneraye, de la Guerche, du Pastis et de Tign�.� A charter dated 1351 records an agreement between �Mariam Chastaignere dominam de Archiaco suo et ut ballum habentem liberorum suorum� and �Fulcaudum de Archiaco militem�[899].� A document dated 8 Jul 1351 records a dispute between �Mariam Chastaignere relictam defuncti novissim� domini de Archiaco nomine suo et ut tutricem Aimardi et Ioann� de Archiaco liberorum suorum� and �Foucaudum de Archiaco militem� concerning the succession to Archiac[900].� A document dated 13 Apr 1400 records �madame Marie Chasteigner dame de la Chasteignerye, de la Guerche et du Pastis�[901].� A document dated 1406 records �Marie Chasteigner dame de la Chasteignerye et du Pastis�[902].� Duchesne records her death in [1406/07] �grandement �g�e et destitu�e de toute post�rit��[903].� A document dated 24 Nov 1414 records a dispute regarding the succession rights of �Margaretam de Vivona� after the death of �Mari� Chastegneroye eius amit�� relating to �terras de Guerchia, de Tigne et de Pastisio� claimed by �Ludovicum d�Appelvoisin militem�[904].� m AYMAR Seigneur d�Archiac, son of AYMAR Seigneur d�Archiac & his wife Marguerite de Rochechouart (-before 8 Jul 1351).�

ii) MARIE Chasteigner ). �Duchesne records her parentage and marriage[905].� Dame de Pouill� et de l�Isleau.� A document dated 25 Jun 1351 records an agreement between �Mariam Chasteigniere relictam defuncti Savarici de Vivona scutiferi filii primogeniti Savarici de Vivona militis dominis de Thorcio� and �dictum militem�[906].� m SAVARY [IV] de Vivonne, son of SAVARY [III] de Vivonne Seigneur de Thors & his wife Mathilde de Clisson Dame des Essarts ([1323]-before 25 Jun 1351).�

b) LETICE de la Guerche (-after Jun 1327).� Duchesne records her parentage and marriage[907].� Carr� de Busserolle notes that Jean [II] Seigneur d�Amboise was recorded in 1325 (how can that date be correct?) as seigneur de la Guerche [indicating la Guerche en Touraine], commenting that �on suppose qu�il devint propri�taire de la Guerche par le mariage qu�il avait contract� avec Letice, fille de Geoffroy de la Guerche�[908].� The charters quoted below such that this suggested Amboise marriage is impossible.� �Simon Chasteigner, Gilbertus et Ioannes eius fratres valeti filii quondam et heredes domini Gilberti Chasteigner militis et Ioann� uxoris su� defunctorum et Letissia uxor dicti Simonis� reached agreement on their parents� succession by charter dated early Jan 1318[909].� �Thibaut Chasteigner chevalier Seigneur de la Chasteigneraye et des Pastiz et Iohanne de la Guierche sa femme� and �Hardouin de la Porte valet et Ysabeau de la Guierche sa femme� reached agreement, under which the former granted revenue to �Letice et Ysabeau de la Guierche filles feu Geoffroy de la Guierche et s�urs � moy la davant dite Iohanne�, by charter dated 11 Jun 1323[910].� Her family origin is confirmed by the marriage contract dated [end Jun] 1327 between [her daughter] �Jeanne Chasteigner fille de Simon Chasteigner escuyer et de Letice de la Guerche sa femme� and �Guillaume Rogre escuyer fils de Guillaume Rogre chevalier et de dame Ieanne Poupard�[911].� m SIMON Chasteigner Seigneur de Saint-Georges de Rexe, son of GILBERT [II] Chasteigner Seigneur de la Melleraye et de R�aumur & his wife Jeanne Barrabin Dame de Saint-Georges de Rexe (-1327).�

c) ISABELLE de la Guerche (-after 11 Jun 1323).� Duchesne records her parentage and marriage[912].� �Thibaut Chasteigner chevalier Seigneur de la Chasteigneraye et des Pastiz et Iohanne de la Guierche sa femme� and �Hardouin de la Porte valet et Ysabeau de la Guierche sa femme� reached agreement, under which the former granted revenue to �Letice et Ysabeau de la Guierche filles feu Geoffroy de la Guierche et s�urs � moy la davant dite Iohanne�, by charter dated 11 Jun 1323[913].� m HARDOUIN de la Porte, son of HARDOUIN de la Porte Seigneur de Vezins & his wife ---. �

Carr� de Busserolle indicates that the seigneurie de la Guerche en Touraine later passed by marriage to the Seigneurs d�Amboise (shown to be incorrect, see above), then to a younger branch of the Seigneurs de l�Isle-Bouchard, subsequently to the Maill� family, and thereafter successively by inheritance or sale to the Roug�, Thalensac, Ch�teaugiron, Frotier, Malestroit, Chambes and Villequier families[914].� The Villequier family from the mid-15th century bore the title �Vicomte de la Guerche�.� Carr� de Busserolle cites few primary sources which confirm this information, which has not been copied into the present document.�

Four siblings, parents not known.� Their relationship, if any, with the other la Guerche families shown above has not been ascertained.� The name Nivelon suggests a connection with the Seigneurs de Fr�teval (see the document CENTRAL FRANCE-CHARTRES, CH�TEAUDUN).�

1. NIVELON de la Guerche (-after Jan 1210).� "Nevelo de Guerchia miles" sold revenue in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "sororibus meis Heloyse et Juliana", by charter dated Jan 1210[915].�

2. HELOISE (-after Mar 1241).� "Nevelo de Guerchia miles" sold revenue in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "sororibus meis Heloyse et Juliana", by charter dated Jan 1210[916].� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "...sororibus suis Juliana et Heloysi, Gaufrido de Arrois milite marito dicte Heloysis, Radulpho et Willelmo supradicte Juliane filiis, Johanne de Tochis et Heloysi uxore sua, Petro de Riparia milite et Matilidi uxore sua", by charter dated Mar 1241[917].� m GEOFFROY de Arrois, son of --- (-after Mar 1241).�

3. JULIANE (-after Mar 1241).� "Nevelo de Guerchia miles" sold revenue in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "sororibus meis Heloyse et Juliana", by charter dated Jan 1210[918].� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "...sororibus suis Juliana et Heloysi, Gaufrido de Arrois milite marito dicte Heloysis, Radulpho et Willelmo supradicte Juliane filiis, Johanne de Tochis et Heloysi uxore sua, Petro de Riparia milite et Matilidi uxore sua", by charter dated Mar 1241[919].� m ---.�

4. HERBERT de la Guerche [de Fresnaye] (-[1250/May 1259]).� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania, sororibus suis Juliana et Heloysi, Gaufrido de Arrois milite marito dicte Heloysis, Radulpho et Willelmo supradicte Juliane filiis, Johanne de Tochis et Heloysi uxore sua, Petro de Riparia milite et Matilidi uxore sua", by charter dated Mar 1241[920].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[921].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[922].� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles" sold revenue to Ch�teaudun La Madeleine by charter dated 1250[923].� m MATHILDE, daughter of --- (-after Mar 1247).� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[924].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[925].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[926].� Herbert & his wife had seven children:�

a) NIVELON .� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[927].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[928].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[929].�

b) HERBERT .� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[930].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[931].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[932].�

c) JEAN .� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[933].�

d) PIERRE .� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[934].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[935].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[936].�

e) HELOISE (-after May 1259).� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[937].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[938].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[939].� "Heloisis quondam filia defuncti Haberti de Fresneio quondam militis, relicta defuncti Radulphi Desridereit dicti Monachi" sold revenue from property held from �Nevelone de Fresneio fratre suo� to Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, with the consent of �Guillotus filius eiusdem Heloisis�, by charter dated May 1259[940].� m RAOUL Desr�e, son of --- (-before May 1259).�

f) EREMBURGE .� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[941].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[942].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[943].�

g) TIPHAINE .� "Herbertus de Guerchia miles frater Nevelonis de Guerchia militis" confirmed the sale of revenue� in Ch�teaudun to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of "Matildis uxore sua et filiis et filiabus suis Nevelone, Herberto, Johanne, Petro, Heloysi, Eremburgi et Theophania...", by charter dated Mar 1241[944].� "Herbertus de Fresnaio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Mathildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Eremburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Feb 1244[945].� "Herbertus de Fresneio miles" donated revenue to La Madeleine de Ch�teaudun, with the consent of �Matildi uxore mea, filiis et filiabus meis Nevelone, Herberto, Petro, Heloysa, Erenburgi et Theophania�, by charter dated Mar 1247[946].�

F.�� SEIGNEURS de MONTBAZON

1. BARTHELEMY de Montbazon .� Seigneur de Montbazon.� m MARIE de Dreux, daughter of ROBERT [II] de Dreux Seigneur de B� & his first wife --- ([1285/1300]).� P�re Anselme shows her parentage and marriage without citing any source on which the information is based[947].� Barth�lemy & his wife had two children:�

a) ISABELLE de Montbazon .� P�re Anselme shows her parentage and marriage without citing any source on which the information is based nor providing any indication of the family of her husband[948].� m JEAN Seigneur de l�Isle, son of ---.�

b) RENAUD de Montbazon (-[1368]).� P�re Anselme shows his parentage without citing any source on which the information is based[949].� [m firstly EUSTACHIE d�Antenaise, daughter of ---.� P�re Anselme says that Renaud married �Eustache d�Antenaise� by whom he was father of Jeanne[950].� The sources quoted below indicate that Jeanne de Craon was Jeanne�s mother.� However, it is not known whether Eustachie was an earlier wife of Renaud.]� m [secondly] JEANNE de Craon, daughter of MAURICE [VII] de Craon Seigneur de Sainte-Maure et de Marcillac & his wife Marguerite de Mello ([1329/31?]-before 12 Jan 1376).� Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the following document: a decision of the Parliament of Paris, dated 28 Feb 1404 (O.S.), in the dispute between "Marie de Sully veuve de Guy VI" and �Olivier de Clisson et Robert de Beaumanoir� concerning �la ch�tellenie de Bournezeau et des terres de Ponceaux et de Puymauffrais en Poitou�, declared that �Marguerite de Mello donna � Maurice VII, outre Isabelle et Amaury, une fille...Jeanne� who had married �le seigneur de Montbazon�[951].� The existence of this second daughter of Maurice [VII] is surprising considering the following document which suggests that Amaury [IV] Seigneur de Craon had only one sister: "Olivier de Clisson tuteur d�Amaury et de sa s�ur" acknowledged receipt of money for their maintenance from �Jean de Ch�lon second �poux de Marguerite de Mello� by charter dated 11 Nov 1336[952].� An explanation could be that Jeanne was still an infant when her mother remarried (maybe she was born posthumously), was too young to leave with a guardian, and was taken to Burgundy by her mother to live in her stepfather�s household.� This would also explain her absence from earlier sources relating to the Craon family.� Jeanne probably died young, maybe soon after her marriage, leaving an only daughter whose rights to participate in the succession of her maternal uncle Amaury [IV] were recognised by her maternal aunt Isabelle, who also bequeathed property to her by testament (see below).� Renaud & his [second] wife had one child:�

i) JEANNE de Montbazon (-before 26 Jul 1395).� Dame de Montbazon, de Montsoreau, de Ch�teauneuf et de Jarnac-sur-Charente.� "Loys seigneur de Seuly et de Craon" varied the agreement between �notre...compaigne Isabeau dame de Seuly et de Craon� and �notre...cousin messire Guillaume de Craon le jeune seigneur de Marcillac� concerning the succession of �notre...fr�re feu monseigneur Almaury seigneur de Craon, dernier trespass�� by reason of �notre...cousine la dame de Montbazon femme dudit monsieur Guillaume�, whereby the latter received �le chastel et chastellenie de Pressigny en Touraine...de Saincte More...de Nou�tre et de Ferri�re...�, by charter dated 12 Jan 1375 (O.S.)[953].� Broussillon was misled by �cousine� in this document into thinking that Jeanne could not have been �ni�ce� of Isabelle, ignoring the possibility that the term was used in the general sense of relative (which would not be unusual, considering the flexibility with which relationship terms were used in medieval documents).� Jeanne�s position in the family is confirmed by the 28 Feb 1404 document quoted above which confirms the parentage of her mother, and by the consanguinity cited in the Papal dispensation for her second marriage cited below.� Her first marriage is confirmed by the following document: �Jean de Bourbon Comte de la Marche, de Vend�me et de Castres� granted property to �Jeanne de Monbazon, veuve de Simon de Vend�me, remari�e � Guillaume de Craon� to settle her dower by letters dated 7 Oct 1379[954].� It is also confirmed by the affinity cited in the following Papal dispensation for her second marriage, as her two husbands descended from Jean II Duke of Brittany (Simon de Vend�me: Jean II - Arthur II - Alix de Bretagne; Guillaume de Craon: Jean II - Marie de Bretagne - B�atrix de Ch�tillon - Marguerite de Flandre)[955].� Pope Urban V issued a dispensation dated 26 Apr 1364 at Avignon for the marriage between �Guillermo de Credinio, nato nobilis Guillelmi de Credonio vicecomitis Castriduni, militi Andegaven. dioc� and �Johanne, domine castri de Montebasoni, Turonen. dioc� for 3^o consanguinity on one part and 4^o affinity on two parts[956].� The testament of "Isabeau de Craon dame de Sully", dated 15 Sep 1383, bequeathed property to �...sa ni�ce de Montbason...�[957].� m firstly SIMON de Vend�me, son of BOUCHARD [IX] Comte de Vend�me & his wife Alix de Bretagne (-after 3 Sep 1363, bur Vend�me Saint-Georges).� m secondly [her mother�s first cousin] GUILLAUME de Craon Seigneur de Marcillac, son of GUILLAUME de Craon Vicomte de Ch�teaudun & his wife Marguerite de Flandre (-[13 Jul 1409/6 Jun 1410]).� He succeeded his father as Vicomte de Ch�teaudun.�

G.�� SEIGNEURS de SAINTE-MAURE

Sainte-Maure, today known as Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, lies in the present-day arrondissement of Chinon, d�partement Indre-et-Loire, about 10 kilometres due east of L�Isle-Bouchard and about 25 kilometres north of Ch�tellerault.� It should be noted that the primary sources quoted below, while indicating that this family was noble and resident at Sainte-Maure, in no case described the head of the family as seigneur (�dominus�) before the early 13th century.�

1. GOSCELIN [I] de Sainte-Maure (-after [1078]).� �Vir nobilis de Sancta Maura Goscelinus� donated his share �in ecclesia de Sepmis� to Noyers by charter dated to [1078], witnessed by �Goffredus Peloquinus...�[958].� m ARAMBURGE, daughter of ---.� �Hugo Castri Sant� Maur�� founded the priory of Saint-Mexme at Sainte-Maure, for the souls of �patris...mei jam defuncti...Goscelini et matris me�...adhuc viv� Aramburgis...atque fratrum meorum Gosberti et Guillelmi�, by undated charter[959].� Goscelin [I] & his wife had three children:�

a) HUGUES [I] de Sainte-Maure (-[1116]).� His parentage is confirmed by the undated charter under which �Hugo Castri Sant� Maur�� founded the priory of Saint-Mexme at Sainte-Maure, for the souls of �patris...mei jam defuncti...Goscelini et matris me�...adhuc viv� Aramburgis...atque fratrum meorum Gosberti et Guillelmi�[960].�

-�� see below.�

b) GOSBERT de Sainte-Maure .� �Hugo Castri Sant� Maur�� founded the priory of Saint-Mexme at Sainte-Maure, for the souls of �patris...mei jam defuncti...Goscelini et matris me�...adhuc viv� Aramburgis...atque fratrum meorum Gosberti et Guillelmi�, by undated charter[961].�

c) GUILLAUME de Sainte-Maure .� �Hugo Castri Sant� Maur�� founded the priory of Saint-Mexme at Sainte-Maure, for the souls of �patris...mei jam defuncti...Goscelini et matris me�...adhuc viv� Aramburgis...atque fratrum meorum Gosberti et Guillelmi�, by undated charter[962].�

HUGUES [I] de Sainte-Maure, son of GOSCELIN [I] de Sainte-Maure & his wife Aramburge --- (-[1116]).� His parentage is confirmed by the undated charter under which �Hugo Castri Sant� Maur�� founded the priory of Saint-Mexme at Sainte-Maure, for the souls of �patris...mei jam defuncti...Goscelini et matris me�...adhuc viv� Aramburgis...atque fratrum meorum Gosberti et Guillelmi�[963].� A charter dated to [1081] records an exchange of property with Noyers �audiente Hugone de Sancta Maura et filio eius Goscelino...�[964].� A charter dated to [1088] records a war between �comitem Vindocinensem� and �Hugonem de Sancta Maura�[965].� �Galterius Poteruns� donated �terram intra Haiam� to Noyers, with the consent of �Hugone de Sancta Maura et Hugone filio eius cum Cassamota uxore sua�, by charter dated to [1099], witnessed by �Goscelino de Sancta Maura...�[966].� A charter dated to [1102] records that �vir nobilis Hugo de Sancta Maura� had �duos filios valentes Goscelinum...et Hugonem� who were killed and that he donated property for the souls of �filiorum suorum Guillelmi, Goscelini et Hugonis�, with the consent of �duo filii Hugonis, Guillelmus et Petrus et filia eius Marquissa et uxor Goscelini filii eius...Falcabella�[967].� An undated charter (dated to [1102]) records that �Boso vicecomes Castri Adraldi et Bartholom�us de Insula et Hugo de Sancta Maura� besieged �rupem...Mirmanda� and attacked Faye, and that subsequent donations were made to Noyers[968].� A charter dated to [1105] records an agreement between Marmoutiers and Noyers abbeys concerning �ecclesiam...sancti Egidii...in castro...Insula�, naming �Aimerici filii Yvonis et Gerardi fratris sui...Gaufredo genero eiusdem Aimerici, Hugone de Sancta Maura...�[969].� �Aimericus proconsul Castri Araldi, Bartholom�us dominus Insul�, Aimericus dominus Fagi�, Paganus dominus Montis-Basonis, Hugo dominus Sanct� Maur�...� witnessed the charter dated to [1113] which records an agreement between the monks of Noyers and �Hugo Goscelini� concerning �terr� quam habebat Guitburgis mater Radulfi de Fontanellis�[970].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura� donated a serf to Noyers, for the soul of �filii sui Guillelmi junioris�, with the consent of �Hugo nepos eius�, by charter dated [1115][971].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura� donated �ecclesi� Sanct� Maur�...decimam� to Noyers, with the consent of �Hugo filius Goscelini filii mei�, by charter dated [1116][972].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, anticipating his death, confirmed earlier donations made to Noyers (1) for the soul of �Guillelmi prioris filii mei�, (2) on the deaths of �filiorum meorum Guillelmi [error for Gozlini?] et Hugonis�, and (3) lastly for the soul of �filii mei Guillelmi qui ultimus omnium defunctus est�, with the consent of �Hugo nepos meus filius filii mei�, by charter dated [1116][973].�

m firstly ---, daughter of JEAN de Cainon & his wife --- (-bur Noyers).� A charter dated to [1087] records that �quidam juvenis filius unius...Hugonis...de Sancta Maura Guillelmus� fell ill during the siege of �quoddam castrum in Guasconia�, donated �ecclesiam...Parilliacus ante Cainonem castrum� (which �Johannes de Cainone� had granted to �patri meo cum matre mea�) to Noyers, requested burial at Noyers �ubi mater eius sepulta fuerat�, died and was taken back for burial at Noyers where his father confirmed his son�s donation, that �patruus eius domnus Aimericus cognomento Paganus filius Johannis de Cainone� donated property �pro sorore mea et nepote hic sepultis�, and that �domnus Hugo� donated other property with the consent of �uxor eius Adenordis...Goscelinus et Hugo filii eorum�[974].�

m secondly ([1070/75]) ADENORDE de Montreuil, daughter of BERLAY [I] de Montreuil & his wife --- de Saumur ([1050/60]-after [1087]).� The Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum records that "Ugo de Sancta Maura" married "Aanordim filiam Berlai de Musteriolo ortam ex sorore Gelduini de Salmurio" by whom he had "Goscelinum et Ugonem"[975].� Insufficient information is known about the dating of the early Montreuil and Saumur families to test the chronology, and therefore reliability, of this statement.� The estimated date of her marriage is suggested by the probable date of birth of her stepson Guillaume and the fact that her two sons married in the late 11th/early 12th century.� This in turn suggests Adenorde�s birth in [1050/60], which suggests that her father was not the same person as Berlay [II] Seigneur de Montreuil (see ANJOU).� A charter dated to [1087] records that �domnus Hugo� donated property after the death of his son Guillaume, with the consent of �uxor eius Adenordis...Goscelinus et Hugo filii eorum�[976].�

[m thirdly ---.� No direct evidence of this possible third marriage has been found.� However, Hugues [I]�s younger son named Guillaume (first named in [1101]) must have been several years younger than his brothers Goscelin [II] and Hugues [II].� This suggests the possibility that he and his possible younger siblings may have been born from a later unrecorded third marriage of their father.]�

Hugues [I] & his first wife had one child:�

1. GUILLAUME de Sainte-Maure ([1067/70]-Gascony [1086/87], bur Noyers).� �Rainaldus de Grandi Campo et nepotes eius...� donated �ecclesiam...Savinniacus� to Noyers, confirmed by �domnus Aimericus dominus Fagi�� who was suzerain, by charter dated to [1081], witnessed by �...Guillelmus filius Hugonis de Sancta Maura...�[977].� Guillaume�s description as �juvenis� in the following document suggests that he was between 15 and 20 years old when he died, bearing in mind that he must have been old enough to participate in the siege.� A charter dated to [1087] records that �quidam juvenis filius unius...Hugonis...de Sancta Maura Guillelmus� fell ill during the siege of �quoddam castrum in Guasconia�, donated �ecclesiam...Parilliacus ante Cainonem castrum� (which �Johannes de Cainone� had granted to �patri meo cum matre mea�) to Noyers, requested burial at Noyers �ubi mater eius sepulta fuerat�, died and was taken back for burial at Noyers where his father confirmed his son�s donation, that �patruus eius domnus Aimericus cognomento Paganus filius Johannis de Cainone� donated property �pro sorore mea et nepote hic sepultis�, and that �domnus Hugo� donated other property with the consent of �uxor eius Adenordis...Goscelinus et Hugo filii eorum�[978].�

Hugues [I] & his second wife had three children:�

2. GOSCELIN [II] de Sainte-Maure ([1075]-killed [1102]).� The Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum records that "Ugo de Sancta Maura" married "Aanordim filiam Berlai de Musteriolo ortam ex sorore Gelduini de Salmurio" by whom he had "Goscelinum et Ugonem"[979].� A charter dated to [1081] records an exchange of property with Noyers �audiente Hugone de Sancta Maura et filio eius Goscelino...�[980].� A charter dated to [1087] records that �domnus Hugo� donated property after the death of his son Guillaume, with the consent of �uxor eius Adenordis...Goscelinus et Hugo filii eorum�[981].� �Domina Girberga de Insula et filius eius Burchardus� sold property �apud Insulam� to Noyers by charter dated to [1087], witnessed by �Goscelino de Sancta Maura...�[982].� �Galterius Poteruns� donated �terram intra Haiam� to Noyers, with the consent of �Hugone de Sancta Maura et Hugone filio eius cum Cassamota uxore sua�, by charter dated to [1099], witnessed by �Goscelino de Sancta Maura...�[983].� The Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum records that "Gosselinum et Ugonem filios Ugonis de Sancta Maura" helped "Hugo dominus Ambaziaci" [Hugues [I] Seigneur d�Amboise] against "comes Fulco" [Foulques IV �le Rechin� Comte d�Anjou][984].� A charter dated to [1102] records that �vir nobilis Hugo de Sancta Maura� had �duos filios valentes Goscelinum...et Hugonem� who were killed and that he donated property for the souls of �filiorum suorum Guillelmi, Goscelini et Hugonis�, with the consent of �duo filii Hugonis, Guillelmus et Petrus et filia eius Marquissa et uxor Goscelini filii eius...Falcabella�[985].� m (before [1102]) FALCABELLA, daughter of --- (-after [1102]).� A charter dated to [1102] records that �vir nobilis Hugo de Sancta Maura� had �duos filios valentes Goscelinum...et Hugonem� who were killed and that he donated property for the souls of �filiorum suorum Guillelmi, Goscelini et Hugonis�, with the consent of �duo filii Hugonis, Guillelmus et Petrus et filia eius Marquissa et uxor Goscelini filii eius...Falcabella�[986].� Goscelin [II] & his wife had one child:�

a) HUGUES [III] de Sainte-Maure ([1100/1102]-[1179/80]).� �Hugo de Sancta Maura� donated a serf to Noyers, for the soul of �filii sui Guillelmi junioris�, with the consent of �Hugo nepos eius�, by charter dated [1115][987].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura� donated �ecclesi� Sanct� Maur�...decimam� to Noyers, with the consent of �Hugo filius Goscelini filii mei�, by charter dated [1116][988].�

-�� see below.�

3. HUGUES [II] de Sainte-Maure (-killed [1102]).� The Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum records that "Ugo de Sancta Maura" married "Aanordim filiam Berlai de Musteriolo ortam ex sorore Gelduini de Salmurio" by whom he had "Goscelinum et Ugonem"[989].� A charter dated to [1087] records that �domnus Hugo� donated property after the death of his son Guillaume, with the consent of �uxor eius Adenordis...Goscelinus et Hugo filii eorum�[990].� �Galterius Poteruns� donated �terram intra Haiam� to Noyers, with the consent of �Hugone de Sancta Maura et Hugone filio eius cum Cassamota uxore sua�, by charter dated to [1099], witnessed by �Goscelino de Sancta Maura...�[991].� A charter dated to [1101] records that �Oggerius de Mota...� donated �terr� apud Salvaticum� to Noyers, with the consent of �...Aimericus et Girardus filii Ivonis...Hugone de Sancta Maura et Guillelmo filio eius...�[992].� The Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum records that "Gosselinum et Ugonem filios Ugonis de Sancta Maura" helped "Hugo dominus Ambaziaci" [Hugues [I] Seigneur d�Amboise] against "comes Fulco" [Foulques IV �le Rechin� Comte d�Anjou][993].� A charter dated to [1102] records that �vir nobilis Hugo de Sancta Maura� had �duos filios valentes Goscelinum...et Hugonem� who were killed and that he donated property for the souls of �filiorum suorum Guillelmi, Goscelini et Hugonis�, with the consent of �duo filii Hugonis, Guillelmus et Petrus et filia eius Marquissa et uxor Goscelini filii eius...Falcabella�[994].� m (before [1099]) CASSAMOTA, daughter of --- (-before [1102]).� �Galterius Poteruns� donated �terram intra Haiam� to Noyers, with the consent of �Hugone de Sancta Maura et Hugone filio eius cum Cassamota uxore sua�, by charter dated to [1099], witnessed by �Goscelino de Sancta Maura...�[995].� Heiress of la Haye and the vicomt� de Tours: the Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum names "Gosselinum et Ugonem filios Ugonis de Sancta Maura", adding that "primogenitus" [error] married "Quasimotam" who brought �jure hereditario oppidum Haie et viceconsulatus Turonis�[996].� Her absence from the charter dated to [1102] which records the death of her husband, in contrast to the wife of his older brother Goscelin [II], suggests that Cassamota may have been deceased at the time.�

4. DENISE de Saint-Maure (-[1096]).� Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the charter dated to [1096] under which �Yrwisus cognomento Chabruns...quam filii mei Gosbertus et Pollardus et uxor filii mei Gosberti filia Hugonis de Sancta Maura� donated property �in villa...Aziacus� to Noyers[997].� Her name is confirmed by the charter dated to [1096] which records that �Hyrrwissus Cabruns�, before becoming a monk, donated property �ad Aziacum� to Noyers with the consent of �filiis suis Gosberto et Aimerico Pollardo�, that after the death of �Dionisia uxore Gosberti� he donated further property for her anniversary and those of �patris eius et fratrum eius et avi eius Raginaldi Cabronis et Herm� avi� su� et matris eius Agath��, and that Gosbert made donations before leaving for Jerusalem[998].� m (before [1096]) GOSBERT, son of HERVE Chabron & his wife ---.�

Hugues [I] & his [second/third] wife had [three] children:�

5. GUILLAUME de Sainte-Maure (after [1087]-before [1115]).� He was presumably born after the death of his older half.brother of the same name.� A charter dated to [1101] records that �Oggerius de Mota...� donated �terr� apud Salvaticum� to Noyers, with the consent of �...Aimericus et Girardus filii Ivonis...Hugone de Sancta Maura et Guillelmo filio eius...�[999].� A charter dated to [1102] records that �vir nobilis Hugo de Sancta Maura� had �duos filios valentes Goscelinum...et Hugonem� who were killed and that he donated property for the souls of �filiorum suorum Guillelmi, Goscelini et Hugonis�, with the consent of �duo filii Hugonis, Guillelmus et Petrus et filia eius Marquissa et uxor Goscelini filii eius...Falcabella�[1000].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura� donated a serf to Noyers, for the soul of �filii sui Guillelmi junioris�, with the consent of �Hugo nepos eius�, by charter dated [1115][1001].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, anticipating his death, confirmed earlier donations made to Noyers (1) for the soul of �Guillelmi prioris filii mei�, (2) on the deaths of �filiorum meorum Guillelmi [error for Gozlini?] et Hugonis�, and (3) lastly for the soul of �filii mei Guillelmi qui ultimus omnium defunctus est�, with the consent of �Hugo nepos meus filius filii mei�, by charter dated [1116][1002].�

6. [PIERRE de Sainte-Maure (-[after 1115]).� A charter dated to [1102] records that �vir nobilis Hugo de Sancta Maura� had �duos filios valentes Goscelinum...et Hugonem� who were killed and that he donated property for the souls of �filiorum suorum Guillelmi, Goscelini et Hugonis�, with the consent of �duo filii Hugonis, Guillelmus et Petrus et filia eius Marquissa et uxor Goscelini filii eius...Falcabella�[1003].� This document could indicate that Guillaume, Pierre and Marquise were children either of Hugues [I] or Hugues [II].� As Hugues [I] was recorded elsewhere with a younger son named Guillaume, it seems probable that Pierre and Marquise were his other younger children.� The chronology also suggests the improbability of Hugues [II] having three children who were old enough to have given consent to a transaction in [1102].� If that is correct, Pierre must have been alive in [1115], the date of the charter in which his supposed father confirmed donations for the souls of his four known deceased children.]�

7. [MARQUISE de Sainte-Maure .� A charter dated to [1102] records that �vir nobilis Hugo de Sancta Maura� had �duos filios valentes Goscelinum...et Hugonem� who were killed and that he donated property for the souls of �filiorum suorum Guillelmi, Goscelini et Hugonis�, with the consent of �duo filii Hugonis, Guillelmus et Petrus et filia eius Marquissa et uxor Goscelini filii eius...Falcabella�[1004].� This document could indicate that Guillaume, Pierre and Marquise were children either of Hugues [I] or Hugues [II].� As Hugues [I] was recorded elsewhere with a younger son named Guillaume, it seems probable that Pierre and Marquise were his other younger children.� The chronology also suggests the improbability of Hugues [II] having three children who were old enough to have given consent to a transaction in [1102].]�

HUGUES [III] de Sainte-Maure, son of GOSCELIN [II] de Saint-Maure & his wife Falcibella --- ([1100/1102]-[1179/80]).� �Hugo de Sancta Maura� donated a serf to Noyers, for the soul of �filii sui Guillelmi junioris�, with the consent of �Hugo nepos eius�, by charter dated [1115][1005].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura� donated �ecclesi� Sanct� Maur�...decimam� to Noyers, with the consent of �Hugo filius Goscelini filii mei�, by charter dated [1116][1006].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, anticipating his death, confirmed earlier donations made to Noyers (1) for the soul of �Guillelmi prioris filii mei�, (2) on the deaths of �filiorum meorum Guillelmi [error for Gozlini?] et Hugonis�, and (3) lastly for the soul of �filii mei Guillelmi qui ultimus omnium defunctus est�, with the consent of �Hugo nepos meus filius filii mei�, by charter dated [1116][1007].� �Hugo juvenis de Sancta Maura� confirmed donations made to Noyers �in tempore Hugonis patrui sui� by charter dated [1116][1008].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura juvenis filius Goscelini� settled disputes with Noyers about serfs donated by �Hugone de Sancta Maura seniore� for the souls of �filiorum suorum Goscelini...et Hugonis�, with the consent of �Guillelmus filius ipsius Hugonis...uxor eius Hugonis...Aalidis...�, by charter dated to [1135][1009].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura...Avis uxor eius� donated �thalamos adh�rentes ecclesi� Sanct� Maur�� to Noyers by charter dated to [1140], witnessed by �Petrus Goscelini et Hugo filius eius...�[1010].� A charter dated to [1149] records that �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, during the time of �Goffredi comitis Andegavensis�, constructed �castellum...Gronnium�, was wounded by an arrow in his head when the castle was besieged, and donated property to Noyers while being treated, with the consent of �filii eius Guillelmus et Goscelinus�, witnessed by �Hugo vice-comes Castri Araldi, Radulfus frater eius, Petrus de Monte Rabeio, Burcardus de Insula...�[1011].� A charter dated to [1149] records that, after the death of �Guillelmo de Sancta Maura�, �Hugo� freed a serf in whom �de parte matris eorum� he held a half share, that later �Hugo juvenis� made further donations to Noyers[1012].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura filius Goscelini, Guitet de Podiis et filiis eius� freed serfs, with the consent of �Goscelinus filius eius...Guillelmus eiusdem Hugonis filius...uxor illius Hugonis [...Aalidi]...et filia eiusdem Agathes...Agnes eiusdem nihilominus filia�, by charter dated to [1153][1013].� The Chronicon Turonense Magnum records in 1173 the rebellion of his three sons Henry, Richard and Geoffrey against Henry II King of England �consilio Radulfi de Faia et Hugonis de Sancta Maura�[1014].� Ralph de Diceto�s Ymagines Historiarum record in 1172 that in Ireland �Hugo de Saintemore et Radulfus de Faie avunculus regin� Alienor� encouraged �regis filii regis� to rebel against his father �on the advice of the queen it was said� (�consilio sicut dicitur eiusdem regin��)[1015].� A charter dated to [1180] records that, after the death of �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, �Guillelmo et Goscelino filiis eius� donated annual harvest to Noyers[1016].�

m ([1130]) AELIDIS [Avis], daughter of --- (-after [1153]).� �Hugo de Sancta Maura juvenis filius Goscelini� settled disputes with Noyers about serfs donated by �Hugone de Sancta Maura seniore� for the souls of �filiorum suorum Goscelini...et Hugonis�, with the consent of �Guillelmus filius ipsius Hugonis...uxor eius Hugonis...Aalidis...�, by charter dated to [1135][1017].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura...Avis uxor eius� donated �thalamos adh�rentes ecclesi� Sanct� Maur�� to Noyers by charter dated to [1140][1018].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura filius Goscelini, Guitet de Podiis et filiis eius� freed serfs, with the consent of �Goscelinus filius eius...Guillelmus eiusdem Hugonis filius...uxor illius Hugonis [...Aalidi]...et filia eiusdem Agathes...Agnes eiusdem nihilominus filia�, by charter dated to [1153][1019].�

Hugues [III] & his wife had four children:�

1. GUILLAUME [I] de Sainte-Maure ([1130/35]-[1205/09]).� A charter dated to [1149] records that �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, during the time of �Goffredi comitis Andegavensis�, constructed �castellum...Gronnium�, was wounded by an arrow in his head when the castle was besieged, and donated property to Noyers while being treated, with the consent of �filii eius Guillelmus et Goscelinus�[1020].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura filius Goscelini, Guitet de Podiis et filiis eius� freed serfs, with the consent of �Goscelinus filius eius...Guillelmus eiusdem Hugonis filius...uxor illius Hugonis [...Aalidi]...et filia eiusdem Agathes...Agnes eiusdem nihilominus filia�, by charter dated to [1153][1021].� A charter dated to [1180] records that, after the death of �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, �Guillelmo et Goscelino filiis eius� donated annual harvest to Noyers[1022].� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure.� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1023].� m ---.� The primary source which confirms the name of Guillaume�s wife has not been identified.� Guillaume [I] & his wife had one child:�

a) HAWISE de Sainte-Maure ([1155/65]-after 1209).� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1024].� �Willelmus de Precianiaco dominus castelli et terr� Sanct�-Maur�� granted toll exemptions to Liget, with the consent of �Havis uxoris me� et Willelmi primogeniti mei�, by charter dated 1209, witnessed by �Hardoinus frater meus...�[1025].� m ([1170/80]) GUILLAUME de Pressigny, son of --- (-after 1209).�

2. GOSCELIN de Sainte-Maure (-after [1180]).� A charter dated to [1149] records that �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, during the time of �Goffredi comitis Andegavensis�, constructed �castellum...Gronnium�, was wounded by an arrow in his head when the castle was besieged, and donated property to Noyers while being treated, with the consent of �filii eius Guillelmus et Goscelinus�[1026].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura filius Goscelini, Guitet de Podiis et filiis eius� freed serfs, with the consent of �Goscelinus filius eius...Guillelmus eiusdem Hugonis filius...uxor illius Hugonis [...Aalidi]...et filia eiusdem Agathes...Agnes eiusdem nihilominus filia�, by charter dated to [1153][1027].� A charter dated to [1180] records that, after the death of �Hugo de Sancta Maura�, �Guillelmo et Goscelino filiis eius� donated annual harvest to Noyers[1028].�

3. AGATHA de Sainte-Maure (-after [1153]).� �Hugo de Sancta Maura juvenis filius Goscelini...Goscelinus et Hugo filii eius...Agathes filia eius� settled disputes with Noyers about serfs donated by �Hugone de Sancta Maura seniore� for the souls of �filiorum suorum Goscelini...et Hugonis�, with the consent of �Guillelmus filius ipsius Hugonis...uxor eius Hugonis...Aalidis...�, by charter dated to [1135][1029].� �Hugo de Sancta Maura filius Goscelini, Guitet de Podiis et filiis eius� freed serfs, with the consent of �Goscelinus filius eius...Guillelmus eiusdem Hugonis filius...uxor illius Hugonis [...Aalidi]...et filia eiusdem Agathes...Agnes eiusdem nihilominus filia�, by charter dated to [1153][1030].�

4. AGNES de Sainte-Maure (-after [1153]).� �Hugo de Sancta Maura filius Goscelini, Guitet de Podiis et filiis eius� freed serfs, with the consent of �Goscelinus filius eius...Guillelmus eiusdem Hugonis filius...uxor illius Hugonis [...Aalidi]...et filia eiusdem Agathes...Agnes eiusdem nihilominus filia�, by charter dated to [1153][1031].�

1. GOSCELIN de Sainte-Maure (-after [1135]).� �Goscelinus de Sancta Maura� donated property �de casamentis meis� to Noyers by charter dated to [1135][1032].� From a chronological point of view, it is difficult to fit Goscelin into the main Sainte-Maure family set out above.� He may have been a nobleman who took his name from the locality but was unrelated to the family.�

Two brothers, parents not identified:�

1. GOSCELIN de Sainte-Maure (-after [1182]).� �Quidam miles de honore Fai�...Aimericus de Charg�� donated property to Noyers, in the presence of �Goscelinus de Sancta Maura, Hugo frater eius...�, by charter dated to [1182][1033].�

2. HUGUES de Sainte-Maure (-after [1182]).� �Quidam miles de honore Fai�...Aimericus de Charg�� donated property to Noyers, in the presence of �Goscelinus de Sancta Maura, Hugo frater eius...�, by charter dated to [1182][1034].�

GUILLAUME de Pressigny, son of --- (-after 1209).� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1035].� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure, de iure uxoris.� �Willelmus de Precianiaco dominus castelli et terr� Sanct�-Maur�� granted toll exemptions to Liget, with the consent of �Havis uxoris me� et Willelmi primogeniti mei�, by charter dated 1209, witnessed by �Hardoinus frater meus...�[1036].�

m ([1170/80]) HAWISE de Sainte-Maure, daughter of GUILLAUME [I] de Saint-Maure & his wife --- ([1155/65]-after 1209).� �Guillaume seigneur de Sainte-Maure� granted toll exemptions to Merci-Dieu, confirmed by �Guillaume de Pr�cigny gendre du dit Guillaume de Sainte-Maure, par sa femme Hayyse, par leur fils Josbert et Hugues et par leurs filles Garcie, Aremberge, P�tronille et Dom�te� by charter dated 1205[1037].� �Willelmus de Precianiaco dominus castelli et terr� Sanct�-Maur�� granted toll exemptions to Liget, with the consent of �Havis uxoris me� et Willelmi primogeniti mei�, by charter dated 1209, witnessed by �Hardoinus frater meus...�[1038].�

Guillaume & his wife had seven children:�

1. GUILLAUME [II] de Pressigny (-[1218/23]).� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1039].� �Willelmus de Precianiaco dominus castelli et terr� Sanct�-Maur�� granted toll exemptions to Liget, with the consent of �Havis uxoris me� et Willelmi primogeniti mei�, by charter dated 1209, witnessed by �Hardoinus frater meus...�[1040].� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure.� Carr� de Busserolle notes that he donated property to Beaugerais abbey in 1218 but provides no citation reference to the document[1041].� He was named as deceased in his brother�s 1223 charter quoted below.�

2. JOSBERT de Pressigny ([1175/85]-after 1245).� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1042].� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure.� �Jobertus dominus Sancte Maure� confirmed the donation made to B�cheron by �Vuillelmus frater meus Sancte Maure dominus...in extremis� by charter dated 1223[1043].� "Josbertus dominus Sanct� Maur�" granted privileges to Cormery, with the consent of "uxoris me� fili� comitis Vindocini", by charter dated 1228[1044].� Carr� de Busserolle notes that he is named in other charters dated 1223, 1226, 1229, 1235 and 1245 but provides no citation references[1045].� m --- de Vend�me, daughter of --- Comte de Vend�me & his wife --- (-after 1228).� "Josbertus dominus Sanct� Maur�" granted privileges to Cormery, with the consent of "uxoris me� fili� comitis Vindocini", by charter dated 1228[1046].� No indication has been found of the identity of her father.� While Jean de Montigny was Comte de Vend�me at the date of this charter, from a chronological point of view it appears more likely that her father was one of the earlier comtes de Vend�me.� Maybe she was a younger daughter of Comte Bouchard [VII].� Josbert & his wife had one child:�

a) GUILLAUME [III] de Sainte-Maure ([1215/25]-1271).� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not been identified.� His birth date is estimated approximately for the purpose of verifying the reconstruction of his descent as set out below.� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure.�

-�� see below.�

3. HUGUES de Pressigny .� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1047].�

4. GARCIE de Pressigny .� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1048].�

5. AREMBERGE de Pressigny .� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1049].�

6. PETRONILLE de Pressigny .� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1050].�

7. DAMETE de Pressigny .� �Dominus W[illelmus] de Sancta Maura� donated property to B�cheron, confirmed by �W[illelmus] de Priscigniaco gener predicti Vuillelmi de Sancta Maura et successor eius� and with the consent of �uxor mea Haoys filia eius...filii mei et filie W., Josbertus, Hugo, Garsia, Arenbourgis, Petronilla, Dometa, by charter dated 1205[1051].�

GUILLAUME [III] de Sainte-Maure, son of JOSBERT de Pressigny Seigneur de Sainte-Maure & his wife --- de Vend�me ([1215/25]-1271).� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not been identified.� His birth date is estimated only approximately for the purpose of verifying the reconstruction of his descent as set out below.� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure.� A charter dated May 1269 records the agreement between �Aufons fiuz de roi de France, coens de Poitiers et de Tholose� and �...Guillaume sires de Sainte More...� and others for the repurchase of their fiefs[1052].�

m ---, daughter of --- & his wife --- de Rancon (-1302, bur Suilly).� Her parentage and marriage are indicated by the charter dated 1269 under which "Hugo...Parteniaci miles" and [her husband] "Guillielmus dominus de Sancta Maura miles...et nomine liberorum dicti Guillelmi" divided the succession of �defuncti Gaufridi de Ranconio senioris...ad ipsos liberos...[et] defuncti Gaufridi iunioris�, making specific provision for the life of �Isabelis uxor...Mauricii de Bellauilla militis� and for �Amaneus de Lebreto et Ioscelinum de Castalione milites ratione uxorum suarum�[1053].� She is shown in Europ�ische Stammtafeln as the daughter of Geoffroy [V] de Rancon & his wife Jeanne d�Aulnay[1054].� The primary source which confirms her name has not been identified.� P�re Anselme records that the testament of "Guillaume de Sainte Maure chancelier de France, son petit-fils" confirms her burial �en l�abbaye de Suilly�[1055].�

Guillaume [III] & his wife had children:�

1. GUILLAUME [IV] de Saint-Maure ([1235/45]-[8 Jul 1296/1300]).� His parentage is confirmed by his marriage contract quoted below.� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure.� After the death of Maurice [III] de Belleville Seigneur de Montaigu (second husband of Isabelle de Lusignan, widow of Guillaume�s maternal uncle Geoffroy [VI] de Rancon), Guillaume took possession of Marcillac: a charter dated 3 Nov 1274 notified that �nobilis vir Guillelmus de Sancta Mora dominus de Marciliaco� gave homage for the castle of Marcillac and other properties to the bishop of Angoul�me[1056].� This possession was disputed by Isabelle, as shown by the charter dated 24 Dec 1277 in which �Hugo de Aquacava clericus, senescallus de Marcilhaco� gave homage for Marcillac to the bishop of Angoul�me in the name of �nobilis domin� Hysabellis de Marchia domin� de Marcilhaco�, stating that this was delayed because of �multiplicitatem negotiorum suorum� which followed the death of �domino Mauricio de Bellavilla marito dict� domin��[1057].� The dispute concerning Marcillac is explained further by the following document: �Hysabellis de Lesigniaco domina Quimiumquerii et de Marciliaco� gave homage to the bishop of Angoul�me for the usufruct of all properties for which �Guillelmus de Sancta Mora, proprietarius feudi moventis a dicto domino episcopoin castro et castellania de Marciliaco�, which usufruct had been established �propter nuptias a...domino Gaufrido de Rancunio, ultimo defuncto, quondam marito nostro�, by charter dated 14 Jan 1278[1058].� �Jehan chevalier d�Avoir� acknowledged his obligation to accompany �monsegnor de Saincte-Maure...Guillaume� to �la sainte terre d�Outremer� by charter dated Jun 1278[1059].� �Guillelmus de Sancta Maura miles dominus eiusdem loci et de Marciliaco� acknowledged holding Marcillac as the fief of the bishop of Angoul�me by charter dated 13 Jun 1293[1060].� A charter dated 8 Jul 1296 records that �domino Guillelmo de Sancta Maura domino eiusdem loci et de Marciliaco milite� acknowledged holding Marcillac as the fief of the bishop of Angoul�me, in the presence �dominis Petro de sancta Maura fratre pr�nominati domini de Marciliaco, Turonensi,...�[1061].� m firstly (contract 1270) ISABELLE d�Amboise, daughter of JEAN [I] de Berrie Seigneur d�Amboise & his wife Agnes ---.� The marriage contract between "Johannes de Berria dominus Ambasi� miles...Ysabellim filiam dicti domini Ambasie" and "Guillelmo domino de Sancta Maura militi...Guillelmi filii eiusdem domini de Sancta Maura" is dated 1270[1062].� m secondly as her second husband, AGNES de Pons Dame de Mareuil, widow of SAVARY Vicomte de Thouars, daughter of [GEOFFROY [III] Seigneur de Pons & his wife A---] (-after 20 Dec 1302).� Her second marriage is confirmed by the marriage contract between "Amaury seigneur de Craon et de Sableill vallet" and "madame Agn�s de Ponz dame de Maroylle jadis fame monsour Guillaume seignour de Seincte More et Alliz jadis fame Guillaume de Seincte More vallet...Ysabeau de Seincte More fille do dit Guillaume de Seincte More et de ladite Aalliz", dated 24 Aug 1300[1063].� "Agnes de Pons dame de Mareuil et Pressigny" relinquished �tous les droits de son douaire sur Noirmoutier� in favour of Amaury [III] de Craon and Isabelle his wife by charter dated 20 Dec 1302[1064].� Guillaume [III] & his first wife had one child:�

a) GUILLAUME [V] de Sainte-Maure ([1271/72]-before 24 Aug 1300).� The primary source which confirms his parentage has not been identified, although it is indicated by the marriage contract of his daughter dated 24 Aug 1300, in which his own and his supposed father�s widow are both named.� Seigneur de Sainte-Maure.� m ([1288/90]) as her first husband, ALIX de Thouars, daughter of SAVARY de Thouars Vicomte de Thouars & his wife Agnes de Pons (-before 29 Apr 1315).� "Gui vicomte de Toarz chevalier�Geufray sire de Chastiau Bruiant chevalier et�Marguerite de Lezeignen sa fame dame de la Chiese et mers audit vicomte de Toarz et�Agnes de Ponz dame de Maroil, fame �a en arri�re � noble home Savari, jadis viconte de Toarz" provided for the inheritance of "la dite noble dame Agn�s de Pons et a Aaliz sa fille, et fille audit Savari jadis viconte de Toarz, notre oncle", with the consent of "madame Marguerite d�Eu nostre fame", by charter dated 25 Jul 1278[1065].� The marriage contract between "Amaury seigneur de Craon et de Sableill vallet" and "madame Agn�s de Ponz dame de Maroylle jadis fame monsour Guillaume seignour de Seincte More et Alliz jadis fame Guillaume de Seincte More vallet...Ysabeau de Seincte More fille do dit Guillaume de Seincte More et de ladite Aalliz" is dated 24 Aug 1300[1066].� She married secondly as his first wife, Geoffroy [VIII] de Ch�teaubriand.� Her second marriage is indicated by the charter dated 29 Apr 1315 under which Amaury [III] Seigneur de Craon and Geoffroy de Ch�teaubriant "d�o� il r�sulte que ce dernier avait �pous� feu Alix de Thouars, fille d�Agn�s et belle-m�re d�Amaury III" by whom she had "une fille unique d�c�d�e avant la r�daction de l�acte"[1067].� Guillaume [V] & his wife had one child:�

i) ISABELLE de Sainte-Maure ([1290]-15 Dec 1310, bur Angers Cordeliers).� The marriage contract between "Amaury seigneur de Craon et de Sableill vallet" and "madame Agn�s de Ponz dame de Maroylle [jadis fame monsour Guillaume seignour de Seincte More] [error?] et Alliz jadis fame Guillaume de Seincte More vallet...Ysabeau de Seincte More fille do dit Guillaume de Seincte More et de ladite Aalliz" is dated 24 Aug 1300[1068].� �Almarricus de Credonio miles, dominus de Marcilhiaco� gave homage to the bishop of Angoul�me for his rights in Marcillac, �racione Hysabellis uxoris nostr� fili� quondam domini Guillelmi de Sancta Maura olim domini de Marcilhiaco�, by charter dated 16 Apr 1309[1069].� It is interesting to note that Isabelle�s father was not named �miles� in this document, in contrast to her husband, which indicates that Guillaume [V] her father was never knighted (he is named �vallet� in the marriage contract dated 24 Aug 1300) and was a different person from Guillaume [IV].� A manuscript of the Cordeliers d�Angers lists members of the Craon family buried "dans la chapelle Saint-Jean", including �Madame Ysabel de Saincte-Maure dame de Craon premi�re femme de messire Amory sire de Craon� who died 15 Dec 1310[1070].� m (contract 24 Aug 1300) as his first wife, AMAURY [III] Seigneur de Craon, son of MAURICE [V] Seigneur de Craon & his wife Mathilde Berthout van Mechelen ([1280]-26 Jan 1333, bur Angers Cordeliers).�

2. other children .� Their existence is confirmed by the charter dated 1269 under which "Hugo...Parteniaci miles" and [her husband] "Guillielmus dominus de Sancta Maura miles...et nomine liberorum dicti Guillelmi" divided the succession of �defuncti Gaufridi de Ranconio senioris...ad ipsos liberos...[et] defuncti Gaufridi iunioris�[1071].�

3. PIERRE [I] de Sainte-Maure (-after 1328, bur Saint-Espin).� A charter dated 8 Jul 1296 records that �domino Guillelmo de Sancta Maura domino eiusdem loci et de Marciliaco milite� acknowledged holding Marcillac as the fief of the bishop of Angoul�me, in the presence �dominis Petro de sancta Maura fratre pr�nominati domini de Marciliaco, Turonensi,...�[1072].� S�nemaud records that Pierre de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgaugier �deuxi�me fils de Guillaume [III] et de Jeanne de Rancon� made his testament dated 1328, left by �Mahaud sa femme, [ses fils] Pierre II, Guillaume de Sainte-Maure doyen de l��glise de Tours, chancellier de France, Guy de Sainte-Maure...et des filles�, and that the last named son was ancestor of �la branche de Jonzac et de Montausier�[1073].� The testament of [his son] �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), founded an anniversary �dans l��glise de saint Espin au dioc�se de Tours, o� le corps de deffunct son pere est inhum��[1074].� m MATHILDE, daughter of ---(-[1328/34], bur Sully).� S�nemaud records that Pierre de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgauger �deuxi�me fils de Guillaume [III] et de Jeanne de Rancon� made his testament dated 1328, left by �Mahaud sa femme...�[1075].� The testament of [her son] �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), founded an anniversary �en l�abbaye de Sully o� gist sa mere�[1076].�� Pierre [I] & his wife had [seven] children:�

a) PIERRE [II] de Sainte-Maure (-after 17 Jan [1334/35]).� S�nemaud records that Pierre de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgaugier �deuxi�me fils de Guillaume [III] et de Jeanne de Rancon� made his testament dated 1328, left by �Mahaud sa femme, [ses fils] Pierre II, Guillaume de Sainte-Maure doyen de l��glise de Tours, chancellier de France, Guy de Sainte-Maure...et des filles�, and that the last named son was ancestor of �la branche de Jonzac et de Montausier�[1077].� Seigneur de Montgaugier.� The testament of �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), requested burial in the church of Tours, gave instructions to �Pierre de sainte Maure son frere aisn� ou par Guy de saint Maure son frere� and named as executors �...Pierre et Guy de sainte Maure ses freres...�[1078].� m ---.� The source which names Pierre�s wife has not been identified.� It is possible that she was ISABELLE de Precigny [Pressigny?] Dame de Laleu et de Lommeau, daughter of GUILLAUME de Precigny [Pressigny?] Seigneur de Laleu et de Lommeau [near La Rochelle] & his wife ---.� P�re Anselme identifies this person as the first wife of �Pierre [II] de Saint-Maure� (whom he says married �Marguerite d�Amboise� as his second wife) commenting that she died childless[1079].� As noted below, the chronology suggests the separate existence of Pierre [III], who would have married Marguerite d�Amboise.� The question of the identity of the husband of Isabelle de Pr�cigny remains: without any dates relating to herself and her father, no data is available to indicate whether Pierre [II] or Pierre [III] might have been her husband.]� Pierre [II] & his wife had [two children]:�

i) [PIERRE [III] de Sainte-Maure (-after 10 Sep 1372).� P�re Anselme amalgamates Pierre [II] and Pierre [III] as one person[1080].� From a chronological point of view, this is unlikely to be correct.� Pierre [II] was named in the 1334 testament of his brother Guillaume, which also named as executor their nephew Pierre de Palluau who was presumably adult at the time, placing his birth to [1310] at the latest.� If that is correct, his mother and her brother Pierre [II] must have been born before [1295], a suggestion which is consistent with the suggested chronology of Pierre [II]�s cousin Guillaume [V] de Saint-Maure (see above). Seigneur de Montgaugier]�

-�� SEIGNEURS de NESLE, COMTES de NESLE.�

ii) [ISOLDE de Sainte-Maure (-after 1377).� �Iseult de Sainte-Maure jadis veuve de messire Pierre de Paluau chevalier seigneur de Montr�sor, et depuis remari�e � Jean de la Jaille chevalier� purchased a chapel jointly with �Geoffroy de Paluau chevalier seigneur de la Motte sous-Paluau� by charter dated 1377[1081].� P�re Anselme indicates that Isolde was the daughter of Pierre [I] de Sainte-Maure[1082].� This suggestion appears to result from confusion with the daughter of Pierre [I] who was the mother of another Pierre de Palluau, who was named executor of the 1334 testament of [his maternal uncle] Guillaume de Sainte-Maure (see below).� From a chronoligcal point of view, it is more likely that Isolde was the daughter of Pierre [II].� m firstly PIERRE de Palluau Seigneur de Montr�sor, son of GEOFFROY de Palluau Seigneur de Montr�sor & his wife --- (-before 1373).� m secondly ([1372/73]) JEAN de la Jaille, son of --- (-after 1377).]�

b) GUILLAUME de Sainte-Maure (-Charit�-sur-Loire 24 Jan [1334/35], bur Tours Saint-Gatien).� Tr�sorier of Laon.� Canon and doyen of Tours saint-Martin 1327.� Chancellor of France 1329.� S�nemaud records that Pierre de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgauger �deuxi�me fils de Guillaume [III] et de Jeanne de Rancon� made his testament dated 1328, left by �Mahaud sa femme, [ses fils] Pierre II, Guillaume de Sainte-Maure doyen de l��glise de Tours, chancellier de France, Guy de Sainte-Maure...et des filles�, and that the last named son was ancestor of �la branche de Jonzac et de Montausier�[1083].� The testament of �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), requested burial in the church of Tours, gave instructions to �Pierre de sainte Maure son frere aisn� ou par Guy de saint Maure son frere� regarding a bequest, bequeathed property to �Jeanne de sainte Maure sa s�ur...sa ni�ce fille de deffunt Hugues de saint Maure son frere et � son mary...a sa ni�ce Isabelle de Palluau�, and named as executors �...Pierre et Guy de sainte Maure ses freres, Olivier de Clisson, Guy Turpin chevalier, Pierre de Palluau son neveu�[1084].�

c) GUY de Sainte-Maure (-after 24 Sep 1340).� S�nemaud records that Pierre de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgauger �deuxi�me fils de Guillaume [III] et de Jeanne de Rancon� made his testament dated 1328, left by �Mahaud sa femme, [ses fils] Pierre II, Guillaume de Sainte-Maure doyen de l��glise de Tours, chancellier de France, Guy de Sainte-Maure...et des filles�, and that the last named son was ancestor of �la branche de Jonzac et de Montausier�[1085].� The testament of �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), requested burial in the church of Tours, gave instructions to �Pierre de sainte Maure son frere aisn� ou par Guy de saint Maure son frere� and named as executors �...Pierre et Guy de sainte Maure ses freres...�[1086].�

-�� SEIGNEURS de JONZAC, COMTES de JONZAC[1087].�

d) HUGUES de Sainte-Maure (-before 17 Jan [1334/35]).� He is named as deceased in the testament of his brother Guillaume, quoted below.� m ---.� The name of Hugues�s wife is not known.� Hugues & his wife had one child:�

i) daughter .� The testament of �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), requested burial in the church of Tours, bequeathed property to �...sa ni�ce fille de deffunt Hugues de saint Maure son frere et � son mary...�[1088].� The name of her husband is not known.� m (before 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?)) ---.�

e) JEANNE de Saint-Maure (-after 17 Jan [1334/35]).� The testament of �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), requested burial in the church of Tours, bequeathed property to �Jeanne de sainte Maure sa s�ur...�[1089].�

f) --- de Sainte-Maure .� Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the testament of [her brother] �Guillelmus de S. Maura decanus Turonensis�, dated 17 Jan 1334 (O.S.?), which bequeathed property to [her daughter] �...a sa ni�ce Isabelle de Palluau� and named as executors [her son] �...Pierre de Palluau son neveu�[1090].� P�re Anselme states that she was �Iseul ou Isabeau de Sainte Maure, dame de Bellefontaine� who married firstly �Pierre de Paluau seigneur de Montresor et de Lu�ay� and secondly �Pierre de la Jaille avec lequel elle vivoit en 1373 et 1375�[1091].� This suggestion is improbable from a chronological point of view: her son was presumably adult when named executor of his maternal uncle�s testament, placing his birth to [1310] at the latest and indicating that the person named in 1373 was unlikely to be his mother.� One of the documents on which Anselme relied was presumably the following: �Iseult de Sainte-Maure jadis veuve de messire Pierre de Paluau chevalier seigneur de Montr�sor, et depuis remari�e � Jean de la Jaille chevalier� purchased a chapel jointly with �Geoffroy de Paluau chevalier seigneur de la Motte sous-Paluau� by charter dated 1377[1092].� This charter indicates the existence of two branches of the Palluau family.� It is likely that the daughter of Pierre [I] de Sainte-Maure married a member of the la Motte-sous-Palluau branch, the wife of Pierre de Palluau Seigneur de Montr�sor belonging to a later Sainte-Maure generation as suggested below.� m --- de Palluau, son of ---.�

g) [ISABELLE de Sainte-Maure (-after 1347).� P�re Anselme says that �on la dit fille de Guillaume seigneur de Sainte-Maure et de Jeanne de Rancon� and records her marriage[1093].� The chronology is unfavourable for a daughter of Guillaume [III] de Saint-Maure (born [1215/25]) to have married a husband who was still active in 1341.� It appears more likely that Isabelle, if she was a member of the Sainte-Maure family, was the daughter of Pierre [I] de Sainte-Maure Seigneur de Montgaugier.� Dame de Belle-Fontaine.� m PHILIPPE de Prie Seigneur de Prie, de Moulins-en-Berry, de Buzan�ois et de Montpoupon, S�n�chal de Beaucaire et de N�mes, son of --- (-[1341/47]).]�

H.�� TROUSSEAU, SEIGNEURS de LAUNOY et de VERETZ

1. PIERRE Trousseau (-before 12 May 1341).� Seigneur de Lannoy, de Veretz en Touraine, et de Ch�teaux en Anjou (now Ch�teau La Valli�re, d�partement Indre-et-Loire[1094]).� His date of death is indicated by the letter from Philippe VI King of France to Robert de Dreux Seigneur de B� appointing him �pour g�rer les biens de Pierre Trosselli, son neveu [=petit-fils], fils de feu Pierre Trosselli jadis seigneur de Castris notre chambellan�[1095].� m firstly ---.� The name of Pierre�s first wife is not known.� m secondly (before 1328) ISABELLE de Dreux, daughter of ROBERT [III] de Dreux Seigneur de B� & his first wife Beatrix de Coulandon (-[before 1354]).� A charter dated 14 Jun 1328 confirmed that �Pierre Troussel chevalier chambellans nostre sire le Roy et...Ysabeau de Dreus sa fame� received annual revenue �en la ville de Sainct Brice...de l�heritage ladite madame Ysabeau�[1096].� �Pierre Troussiau Seigneur de Launoy Troussiau et de Verez� granted property to �Guillaume Trousseau son aisn� fuiz de sa permiere femme� in view of the rights of �les enfans nez et � naistre dudit pere et de Ysabeau de Dreues � present sa femme� by charter dated Aug 1328[1097].� It is difficult to know whether �les enfans nez...� should be interpreted literally to indicate that Isabelle and her husband already had children at that date, or whether the phrase merely constitutes the formula normally used in such documents to cover all eventualities relating to the couple�s children.� Pierre & his first wife had one child:�

a) GUILLAUME Trousseau (-after 8 Mar 1354).� �Pierre Troussiau Seigneur de Launoy Troussiau et de Verez� granted property to �Guillaume Trousseau son aisn� fuiz de sa permiere femme� in view of the rights of �les enfans nez et � naistre dudit pere et de Ysabeau de Dreues � present sa femme� by charter dated Aug 1328[1098].� Seigneur de Veretz en Touraine.� �Guillaume Troussel chevalier sire de Verez en Touraine...et...Marguerite de Bau�ay sa femme� sold property from �la succession de feu...Pierre Troussel sire de Chastiaulx iadis son pere� to �Thibaut sires de Mathefelon et de Durestal chevalier et conseiller du Roy et �...Beatrix de Dreux sa femme� by charter dated 8 Mar 1353 (O.S.?)[1099].� m MARGUERITE de Bau�ay, daughter of --- (-after 8 Mar 1354).� She is named in the 8 Mar 1353 (O.S.) charter of her husband.� Her precise parentage has not been ascertained.� Guillaume & his wife had one child:�

i) PIERRE Trousseau (-after 1398).� P�re Anselme names �Pierre Trousseau II chevalier, seigneur de Ch�teaux, Chambellan du roi Charles VI et son bailly � Chartres, vivant en 1398� as son of Guillaume Trousseau & his wife[1100].�

Pierre & his second wife had one child:�

b) PIERRE Trousseau (-after 11 Sep 1391).� Minor 12 May 1341, as indicated by the letter quoted above under his father.� Seigneur de Ch�teaux.� He was named as living in the 9 Jan 1362 (O.S.?) charter quoted below under his son Jean Pierre.� He was named as living in the 11 Sep 1391 charter of his daughter Marguerite cited below.� m ([12 May 1341/1343]) BERTRANDE de Bruniquel Vicomtesse de Bruniquel, daughter of RENAUD Vicomte de Bruniquel & his first wife Braide de Goth (-[22 Aug 1360/9 Jan 1362]).� The testament of Bertrande de Bruniquel �femme de Pierre de Troussel chevalier et dame de Ch�teaux�, dated 22 Aug 1360, chose burial in the place chosen by �Jean Galeti chevalier suum sororinum�, made bequests to �sa fille Isabelle seigneuresse de Ch�teaux et femme de Raymond Roger II de Comminges vicomte de Couserans et de Bruniquel...� sa fille Marguerite pour entrer comme religieuse minoresse au couvent de la Guilhe...� son fils Guillaume Troselli...�, appointed �son fils Jean Pierre� as her heir, and named as executors �Raymond Roger eius filium seu generum, dom Sanche Garsie vicomte de Lautrec, seigneur de Montredon et pr�v�t de l��glise Saint-Etienne de Toulouse...�[1101].� This testament shows that Bertrande sold the vicomt� de Bruniquel to her brother-in-law Raymond Roger de Comminges Vicomte de Couserans, confirmed by the charter dated 9 Jan 1362 (O.S.?) quoted below.� Pierre & his wife had four children:�

i) ISABELLE Trousseau (-after 1 Dec 1395).� P�re Anselme names �Isabeau Trousseau dite Trousselle, vicomte[sse] de Burniquel, fille de Pierre Trousseau seigneur de Launoy Trousseau et de Bertrande vicomtesse de Burniquel et s�ur de Marguerite Trousseau femme de Pierre de Chevreuse chevalier seigneur de Tremblay� as wife of �Roger de Cominges IV vicomte de Couserans� (indicating the son of Arnaud [I] de Comminges Vicomte de Couserans, which is impossible from a chronological point of view) without citing any sources on which this information is based[1102].� Her marriage contract is dated 18 Apr 1359, witnessed by �Pierre vicomte de Montclar, Barat de Castelnau seigneur de Th�mines, Arnaud d�Espagne, Bertrand de Villemur, Bernard de Comminges...�[1103].� The testament of Bertrande de Bruniquel �femme de Pierre de Troussel chevalier et dame de Ch�teaux�, dated 22 Aug 1360, made bequests to �sa fille Isabelle seigneuresse de Ch�teaux et femme de Raymond Roger II de Comminges vicomte de Couserans et de Bruniquel...� and named as executors �Raymond Roger eius filium seu generum...�[1104].� A charter dated 11 Sep 1391, included in a vidimus dated 8 Mar 1443 compiled at the request of Vicomte Raymond Roger III, records that �le seigneur Pierre de Chevreuse et Marguerite de Troussel sa femme, celle-ci de licence de son p�re Pierre...Jean Pierre de Troussel fils de ce dernier et de feu Bertrande de Toulouse� settled disputes with �Roger Roger de Comminges vicomte de Bruniquel�, under which the last-named would pay an amount to �Isabelle de Troussel femme de Raymond Roger II vicomte de Couserans et de Bruniquel pour un quart�[1105].� The testament of Isabelle �vicomtesse de Couserans et de Bruniquel veuve...[de] Raymond Roger de Comminges�, dated 29 Nov 1395 (codicil 1 Dec 1395), bequeathed property to �son fils a�n� Raymond Roger...sa fille Philippe mari�e au comte d�Astarac...� sa seconde fille Marguerite� and appointed �son second fils Arnaud Roger damoiseau� as her heir[1106].� m (contract 18 Apr 1359) RAIMOND ROGER [II] de Comminges Vicomte de Couserans, son of RAYMON ROGER [I] de Comminges Vicomte de Couserans & his second wife Mathe d�Armagnac (-1392).�

ii) JEAN PIERRE Trousseau (-after 11 Sep 1391).� The testament of Bertrande de Bruniquel �femme de Pierre de Troussel chevalier et dame de Ch�teaux�, dated 22 Aug 1360, appointed �son fils Jean Pierre� as her heir[1107].� A charter dated 9 Jan 1362 (O.S.?) records an agreement to reduce the sale price of the vicomt� de Bruniquel between �Pierre de Troussel mari de la d�funte, agissant comme tuteur de son fils Jean-Pierre� and �les tuteurs de Roger-Roger fils et h�ritier de Raymond Roger I pour les trois quarts de la vicomt��[1108].� A charter dated 11 Sep 1391, included in a vidimus dated 8 Mar 1443 compiled at the request of Vicomte Raymond Roger III, records that �le seigneur Pierre de Chevreuse et Marguerite de Troussel sa femme, celle-ci de licence de son p�re Pierre...Jean Pierre de Troussel fils de ce dernier et de feu Bertrande de Toulouse� settled disputes with �Roger Roger de Comminges vicomte de Bruniquel�, under which the last-named would pay an amount to �Isabelle de Troussel femme de Raymond Roger II vicomte de Couserans et de Bruniquel pour un quart�[1109].�

iii) GUILLAUME Trousseau .� The testament of Bertrande de Bruniquel �femme de Pierre de Troussel chevalier et dame de Ch�teaux�, dated 22 Aug 1360, made bequests to �...sa fille Marguerite pour entrer comme religieuse minoresse au couvent de la Guilhe...� son fils Guillaume Troselli...�[1110].�

iv) MARGUERITE Trousseau (-after 4 Apr 1407).� The testament of Bertrande de Bruniquel �femme de Pierre de Troussel chevalier et dame de Ch�teaux�, dated 22 Aug 1360, made bequests to �...sa fille Marguerite pour entrer comme religieuse minoresse au couvent de la Guilhe...� son fils Guillaume Troselli...�, appointed �son fils Jean Pierre� as her heir[1111].� P�re Anselme records her parentage and marriage with �Pierre de Chevreuse chevalier seigneur de Tremblay�, noting that her husband was �conseiller et chambellan du duc d�Anjou, gouverneur du comt� de Dreux, general de toutes les finances en Languedoc en 1390�, but does not cite the sources on which this information is based[1112].� A charter dated 11 Sep 1391, included in a vidimus dated 8 Mar 1443 compiled at the request of Vicomte Raymond Roger III, records that �le seigneur Pierre de Chevreuse et Marguerite de Troussel sa femme, celle-ci de licence de son p�re Pierre...Jean Pierre de Troussel fils de ce dernier et de feu Bertrande de Toulouse� settled disputes with �Roger Roger de Comminges vicomte de Bruniquel�, under which the last-named would pay an amount to �Isabelle de Troussel femme de Raymond Roger II vicomte de Couserans et de Bruniquel pour un quart�[1113].� Bourd�s records her second marriage[1114].� A charter dated 4 Apr 1407 records an agreement between �Marguerite de Troussel dite fille de feu Pierre et femme � pr�sent de messire Guillaume de Colleville seigneur de Vienne et chambellan du roi et du duc d�Orl�ans� and �le vicomte Arnaud Roger fils de feu Raymond Roger II et d�Isabeau de Troussel�, specifying that �la vicomtesse Bertrande� had sold the half of the vicomt� which she held[1115].� m firstly PIERRE de Chevreuse Seigneur du Tremblay, son of --- (-22 Dec 1393).� m secondly GUILLAUME de Colleville Seigneur de Vienne, son of --- (-after 4 Apr 1407).�

P�re Anselme suggests that the following family group was unrelated to the main Trousseau family shown above, noting that �Blanchard� suggested that Archbishop Pierre Trousseau was �de parens mediocres de la ville de Bourges�[1116].�

1. --- Trousseau (-before 1413).� m --- (-after 1 Jun 1413).� She is mentioned, but not named, as living in the 1 Jun 1413 testament of her son Pierre quoted below.� children:�

a) JEAN Trousseau .� He is named, married (his wife�s name is not stated) in the 1 Jun 1413 testament of his brother Pierre, quoted below.� m (before 1 Jun 1413) ---.�

b) JACQUELAIN Trousseau .� He is named with his wife in the 1 Jun 1413 testament of his brother Pierre, quoted below.� m (before 1 Jun 1413) MARIE de Saint-Germain, daughter of ---.� She is named with her husband in the 1 Jun 1413 testament of his brother Pierre, quoted below.�

c) PIERRE Trousseau (-Paris 16 Dec 1413, bur Bourges).� Elected Bishop of Poitiers [1409].� Archbishop of Reims May 1413.� The testament of �Petrus Trousselli...nuper episcopus Pictavensis nunc...Remensis archiepiscopus�, dated 1 Jun 1413, names �fratri meo Joanni Trousselli...matri ac fratribus meis...Jacquelini fratris mei [...et sorore mea Maria de Sancto Germano eius conjuge]...Guil. Odardi qui uxorem duxit Catharinam Trousselle...�[1117].� His epitaph at Bourges records the burial of �Trousselli Petrum�[1118].�

d) CATHERINE Trousseau .� She is named with her husband in the 1 Jun 1413 testament of Archbishop Pierre, her family relationship with whom is not specified but from the context of the document it is probable that she was his sister.� m (before 1 Jun 1413) GUILLAUME Odard, son of ---.�

[1] Merlet �Les comtes de Chartres� (1901), p. 27.�

[2] Tours Saint-Martin, LX, p. 96.�

[3] Annales Bertiniani I 834.�

[4] Merlet �Les comtes de Chartres�, p. 14.�

[5] Merlet �Les comtes de Chartres�, p. 13.�

[6] Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 49, MGH SS II, p. 637.�

[7] Ermoldi Nigelli Carmina, MGH Poet� Latini �vi Carolini I, Gosberti Carmen Acrostichum, p. 621.�

[8] Annales Bertiniani I 834.�

[9] Merlet �Les comtes de Chartres�, p. 24.�

[10] Chronica domni Rainaldi archidiaconi sancti Mauricii Andegavensis, p. 5.�

[11] Merlet �Origine de Robert le Fort� (1895), pp. 106-7.�

[12] Angers Cathedral, 9, p. 23.�

[13] Karoli II Conventus Silvacensis, Missi�et pagi� 10, MGH LL 1, p. 426.�

[14] Monti�ramey, 2, p. 2.�

[15] Karoli II Conventus Carisiaensis acta, MGH LL 1, p. 450.�

[16] Annales Fuldensium Pars Secunda, auctore Euodolfo 858, MGH SS I, p. 371.�

[17] MGH SS I, p. 371 footnote 42.�

[18] Richeri Historia I, 11, MGH SS III, p. 572.�

[19] Richeri Historia I, 11, MGH SS III, p. 572.�

[20] Richeri Historia I, 11, MGH SS III, p. 572.�

[21] Richeri Historia I, 11, MGH SS III, p. 572.�

[22] Chartes Vend�moises, XXI, p. 30.�

[23] <http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr//outils/originaux/charte1434/> (10 Apr 2023), and Delaville Le Roulx (1879), III, pp. 16-17.�

[24] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, pp. 5-17.�

[25] Historia sancti Florentii Salmurensis (1869), pp. 241, 247.�

[26] Rodulfus Glaber (1886), Lib. III, Cap. IX, 35, p. 86. �

[27] Willelmi Gemmetencis Histori� (Duchesne, 1619), Liber II, XI, p. 228.�

[28] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 904, MGH SS XXIII, p. 752.�

[29] <http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr//outils/originaux/charte1434/> (10 Apr 2023), and Delaville Le Roulx (1879), III, pp. 16-17.�

[30] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, IV, p. xcvi.�

[31] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 21.�

[32] RHGF, Tome IX, V, p. 566.�

[33] <http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr//outils/originaux/charte4814/> (10 Apr 2023).�

[34] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, pp. 27-9.�

[35] RHGF, Tome IX, p. 719.�

[36] RHGF, Tome IX, p. 722.�

[37] Saint-Beno�t-sur-Loire, Vol. I, XLVII, p. 120.�

[38] Mabille (1871) Chroniques des comtes d�Anjou par Marchegay et Salmon, Introduction, IX, p. cv.�

[39] Tours Saint-Martin, CXLIII, p. 144, and Lot �L�origine de Thibaud le Tricheur� (1907), pp. 173, 175, footnote 2.�

[40] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 31.�

[41] Arbois de Jubainville (1859), Tome I, p. 461.�

[42] ES II 46.�

[43] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, pp. 7, 17-19.�

[44] Historia sancti Florentii Salmurensis (1869), p. 241, footnote (1).�

[45] Lot �L�origine de Thibaud le Tricheur� (1907), pp. 186-9.�

[46] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 27.�

[47] Tours Saint-Martin, CXLIII, p. 144, and Lot �L�origine de Thibaud le Tricheur� (1907), pp. 173, 175, footnote 2.�

[48] Arbois de Jubainville (1859), Tome I, p. 461.�

[49] Chronique de Nantes, XXXIV, p. 102.�

[50] Chronique de Nantes XXXVII, pp. 107-8.�

[51] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, pp. 47-9.�

[52] Duchesne Montmorency (1624), p. 59.�

[53] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 32.�

[54] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 27.�

[55] RHGF, Tome IX, p. 719.�

[56] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 27.�

[57] Tours Saint-Martin, CXLIII, p. 144, and Lot �L�origine de Thibaud le Tricheur� (1907), pp. 173, 175, footnote 2.�

[58] Historia sancti Florentii Salmurensis (1869), pp. 241, 247.�

[59] Settipani (1993), p. 229.�

[60] Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapter 54-5.�

[61] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, X, p. cix.�

[62] Latouche (1910), Pi�ces Justificatives 1, p. 161.�

[63] McKitterick (1983), p. 322.�

[64] Lex (1892), p. 59, quoting Housseau Collection de Touraine XII, no. 10335, from Cartulaire noir de Saint-Florent de Saumur, f^o. XXXVII v^o.�

[65] Lot �L�origine de Thibaud le Tricheur� (1907), p. 177, footnote 1.�

[66] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, pp. 31-4.�

[67] Rodulfus Glaber, III.39, p. 165.�

[68] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 387.�

[69] Chartres Saint-P�re, Tome II, Liber Primus, 130, p. 351.�

[70] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. VIII, p. 63.�

[71] Arbois de Jubainville (1859) Tome I, p. 461.�

[72] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. XVIII, p. 77.�

[73] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du xi si�cle, p. 23.��

[74] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 31.�

[75] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, X, p. cix.�

[76] Latouche (1910), Pi�ces Justificatives 1, p. 161.�

[77] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, pp. 60-2.�

[78] Bijard (2022) Les Thibaldiens, p. 64.�

[79] Chartres Saint-P�re, II, Liber Primus, 130, p. 351.�

[80] Annales Masciacenses, MGH SS III, p. 170.�

[81] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. VIII, p. 63.�

[82] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. XVIII, p. 77.�

[83] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du XI si�cle, p. 4.�

[84] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Saint-P�re-enVall�e, p. 179.�

[85] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), Tome I, IV, p. 8.�

[86] Richard (1903) Tome II 7-8.�

[87] Chartres Saint-P�re, II, Liber Primus, 130, p. 351.�

[88] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.5, p. 105.�

[89] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.9, MGH SS VII, p. 65.�

[90] Ademari Historiarum III.41, MGH SS IV, p. 135.�

[91] McKitterick (1983), p. 322.�

[92] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. VII, p. 62.�

[93] Lex (1892), p. 59, quoting Housseau Collection de Touraine I, no. 226, from Cartulaire de Bourgeuil, f^o. 43 v^o.�

[94] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. VIII, p. 63.�

[95] Gerbert 17, p. 13.�

[96] Gerbert 59, p. 58.�

[97] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, IV, p. 8.�

[98] Gerbert 97, p. 89.�

[99] Chartes Vend�moises XXIV, p. 34.�

[100] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.38, p. 163.�

[101] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 9, MGH SS IX, p. 387.�

[102] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.9, MGH SS VII, p. 64.�

[103] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. XVIII, p. 77.�

[104] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, IV, p. 8.�

[105] Lex (1892), Pi�ces Justificatives, VI, p. 129.�

[106] Richer IV, supplementary notes following CVII, p. 308.�

[107] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, V, p. 10.�

[108] Marmoutier-Dunois III, p. 4.�

[109] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Quintus, Cap. V, p. 96.�

[110] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du xi si�cle, p. 5.��

[111] Chartes Vend�moises XXIV, p. 34.�

[112] Lex (1892), p. 61.�

[113] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, IV, p. 8.�

[114] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, IV, p. 8.�

[115] Chartes Vend�moises XXIV, p. 34.�

[116] Lex (1892), Pi�ces Justificatives, VI, p. 129.�

[117] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, V, p. 10.�

[118] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Quintus, Cap. V, p. 103.�

[119] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, IV, p. 8.�

[120] Lex (1892), p. 102, citing Labbe Alliance chronologique II, p. 553, and Housseau, D. II, n^o. 327.�

[121] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Quintus, Cap. IV, p. 95.�

[122] Ex Fragmentis Chronicorum Comitum Pictavi�, Ducum Aquitani�, RHGF, Tome X, p. 295.�

[123] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Quintus, Cap. V, p. 103.�

[124] RHGF, Tome X, p. 589.�

[125] Ad�mar de Chabannes III, 30, p. 150.�

[126] Chronicon Sancti Maxentii Pictavensis, p. 380.�

[127] Houts (2000), p. 183.�

[128] Saint-Jean d�Ang�ly, CXCII, p. 231.�

[129] Szabolcs de Vajay 'Berthe, reine d'Aragon' (1978), Vol. 2, p. 399.�

[130] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Tertius, Cap. VIII, p. 63.�

[131] Saint-Maixent, Vol. I, LXI, p. 77.�

[132] Poitiers Saint-Cyprien, 17, p. 22.�

[133] Richard (1903), Tome II 41.�

[134] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de la Trinit� de Vend�me, Calendrier n�crologique du xiii si�cle, p. 206.��

[135] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, IV, p. 8.�

[136] Chartes Vend�moises XXIV, p. 34.�

[137] Lex (1892), Pi�ces Justificatives, VI, p. 129.�

[138] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, V, p. 10.�

[139] Marmoutier-Dunois III, p. 4.�

[140] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.5, p. 105.�

[141] Willelmi Gemmetencis Histori� (Duchesne, 1619), Liber VI, X, p. 253.�

[142] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.6, p. 105.�

[143] Labande (1892), Pi�ces justificatives, I, p. 259.�

[144] Chronicon Sancti Petri Vivi Senonensis, Spicilegium II, p. 474.�

[145] Marmoutier-Dunois IV, p. 5.�

[146] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.37, p. 161.�

[147] Herimanni Augiensis Chronicon 1030, MHG SS V, p. 121.�

[148] Annales Sangallensis Maiores 1037 (1043), MGH SS I, p. 84.�

[149] Poull (1994), pp. 30-1.�

[150] Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum III.38, p. 163.�

[151] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.2, Coll�giale de Saint-Cloud, p. 813.�

[152] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du xi si�cle, p. 23.��

[153] Necrology Verdun Saint-Vanne, p. 148.�

[154] Willelmi Gemmetencis Histori� (Duchesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, Liber V, X, pp. 247 and 253.�

[155] Flandria Generosa 25, MGH SS IX, p. 323.��

[156] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1005, MGH SS XXIII, p. 778.�

[157] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Quintus, Cap. V, p. 96.�

[158] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Saint-P�re-enVall�e, p. 185.��

[159] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 209.�

[160] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 10, MGH SS IX, p. 388.�

[161] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 10, MGH SS IX, p. 388.�

[162] Chronicon Kemperlegiense, Stephani Baluzii Miscellaneorum, Liber I, Collectio Veterum, p. 521.�

[163] Flandria Generosa 25, MGH SS IX, p. 323.��

[164] Actus pontificum Cenomannis, p. 365.�

[165] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber IV, XII, p. 252.�

[166] Ex Chronico Ruyensis C�nobii, RHGF, Tome XII, p. 563.�

[167] Chartres Saint-P�re I, Liber Septimus, Cap. LXXXVI, p. 210.�

[168] Ex Chronico Britannico, RHGF, Tome XII, p. 557.�

[169] Ex Chronico Britannico Altero, RHGF, Tome XII, p. 559.�

[170] Ex Chronico Ruyensis C�nobii, RHGF, Tome XII, p. 563.�

[171] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du xi si�cle, p. 10.��

[172] Ex Chronico Kemperlegiensis, RHGF, Tome XII, p. 562.�

[173] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 10, MGH SS IX, p. 388.�

[174] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1041, MGH SS XXIII, p. 786.�

[175] Marmoutier-Dunois IV, p. 5.�

[176] Willelmi Gemmetencis Histori� (Duchesne, 1619), Liber VII, XVIII, p. 276.�

[177] Chronica domni Rainaldi archidiaconi sancti Mauricii Andegavensis, Chroniques des Eglises d'Anjou, p. 11.��

[178] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Saint-P�re-enVall�e, p. 195.��

[179] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1037, MGH SS XXIII, p. 785.�

[180] Actus pontificum Cenomannis, p. 377.�

[181] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber IV, XII, p. 252.�

[182] Arbois de Jubainville (1859) Tome I, p. 504.�

[183] Cluny, Tome IV.3517, p. 633.�

[184] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1062, MGH SS XXIII, p. 793.�

[185] Acta Sanctorum, September VIII, p. 725.�

[186] Monti�render, 52, p. 178.�

[187] Troyes Necrologies, 4 Obituaire de Saint-Loup, p. 342.�

[188] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 11, MGH SS IX, p. 390.�

[189] Arbois de Jubainville (1859) Tome I, p. 504.�

[190] Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi descendentium Mettensis 5, MGH SS XXV, p. 383.�

[191] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, p. 393.�

[192] Cluny, Tome IV, 3517, p. 633.�

[193] Molesme, Tome II, 19, p. 26.�

[194] Cluny, Tome IV, 3517, p. 633.�

[195] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1062, MGH SS XXIII, p. 793.�

[196] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1093, MGH SS XXIII, p. 802.�

[197] Troyes Saint-Loup, 3, p. 11.�

[198] Annales Sancti Petri Catalaunensis, MGH SS XVI, p. 489.�

[199] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1100, MGH SS XXIII, p. 814.�

[200] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1062, MGH SS XXIII, p. 793.�

[201] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 11, MGH SS IX, p. 390.�

[202] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, p. 393.�

[203] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 11, MGH SS IX, p. 390.�

[204] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, p. 393.�

[205] Arbois de Jubainville (1859) Tome I, p. 504.�

[206] Albert of Aix (RHC), Liber II, Cap. XXI, p. 314.�

[207] Albert of Aix (RHC), Liber IV, Cap. XXXVII, p. 414.�

[208] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome I, XXIV, p. 104.�

[209] Albert of Aix (RHC), Liber VIII, Cap. VI, p. 563.�

[210] Runciman (1978), Vol. 2, pp. 20-1.�

[211] Runciman (1978), Vol. 2, pp. 21-23.�

[212] Albert of Aix (RHC), Liber IX, Cap. I, p. 591.�

[213] Robert de Torigny, Tome I, 1102, p. 124.�

[214] Albert of Aix (RHC), Liber IX, Cap. V, p. 593.�

[215] Epistol� Stephani Comitis Carnotensis, RCH (Historiens Occidentaux) Tome III, pp. 885-90.�

[216] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du xi si�cle, p. 13.��

[217] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Saint-Jean-en-Vall�e, p. 231.��

[218] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 211.��

[219] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. III, Book� V, p. 115.�

[220] Matthew Paris, Vol. II, 1086, p. 21.�

[221] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, p. 393.�

[222] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. V, Book X, p. 325.�

[223] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du xi si�cle, p. 8.��

[224] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 56.��

[225] Weir (2002), p. 51.�

[226] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CLVII, p. 147.�

[227] Dion �Le Puiset� (1889), p. 29.�

[228] Roger of Hoveden, Vol. I, p. 213.�

[229] Dion �Le Puiset� (1889), p. 29, no citation reference.�

[230] Chartres Saint-P�re, II, Liber Secundus, 15, p. 412.�

[231] Tiron Sainte-Trinit�, CVIII, p. 127.�

[232] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, pp. 393-4.�

[233] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, pp. 393-4.�

[234] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome I, XXIV, p. 104.�

[235] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome I, XXIV, p. 104.�

[236] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, N�crologe du XI si�cle, p. 4.��

[237] ES II 46.�

[238] Weir (2002), p. 52.�

[239] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. V, Book X, p. 315.�

[240] Annales Cestrienses, p. 18.�

[241] William of Malmesbury, 419, p. 364.�

[242] Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon, Tomus II Continuatio, p. 74.�

[243] Annales Cestrienses, p. 18.�

[244] Suger Vita Ludovici Grossi Regis XXII, p. 80.�

[245] Weir (2002), p. 52.�

[246] ES II 46.�

[247] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 539.�

[248] Kerrebrouck (2000), pp. 539-40.�

[249] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, pp. 393-4.�

[250] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome I, XXIV, p. 104.�

[251] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. III, Book� V, p. 117, and Vol. VI, Book XI, p. 43.�

[252] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XII, p. 197.�

[253] Weir (2002), p. 51.�

[254] La Thaumassi�re (1689), p. 389.�

[255] Matthew Paris, Vol. II, 1171, p. 284.�

[256] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, pp. 393-4.�

[257] Laurentii Gesta Episcoporum Virdunensium, 24, MGH SS X, p. 504.�

[258] Poull (1994), p. 90.�

[259] Laurentii Gesta Episcoporum Virdunensium, 24, MGH SS X, pp. 504-5.�

[260] Poull (1994), pp. 90-1, and Laurentii Gesta Episcoporum Virdunensium, 24-27, MGH SS X, pp. 504-7.�

[261] Weir (2002), p. 52.�

[262] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XI, pp. 43-5.�

[263] Florentii Wigornensis Monachi Chronicon, Continuatio, p. 91.�

[264] Matthew Paris Vol. II, 1129, p. 156.�

[265] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XIII, p. 479.�

[266] Hyde Register, p. 50.�

[267] Chronica Melsa, Vol. I, XIX, p. 114.�

[268] Eyton (1858), Vol. VII, pp. 146-7.�

[269] Orderic Vitalis (Pr�vost), Vol. II, Liber V, XI, pp. 393-4.�

[270] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome I, XXIV, p. 104.�

[271] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XI, p. 159.�

[272] Molesme II, 19, p. 26.�

[273] Chibnall, Vol. VI, p. 157 footnote 6.�

[274] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XI, p. 161.�

[275] Henry of Huntingdon, II, 29, p. 53.�

[276] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1125, MGH SS XXIII, p. 826.�

[277] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XIII, p. 455.�

[278] Orderic Vitalis, VI, 548.�

[279] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[280] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, III Fondations �tablies en l'�glise royale de Troyes, p. 271.�

[281] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, p. 219.�

[282] Troyes Necrologies, 4 Obituaire de Saint-Loup, p. 342.�

[283] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 32.��

[284] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. VI, Book XI, pp. 42-3.�

[285] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1126, MGH SS XXIII, p. 826.�

[286] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1150, MGH SS XXIII, p. 840.�

[287] Monti�render 77, p. 201.�

[288] Fontevraud, 416, p. 409.�

[289] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, III Fondations �tablies en l'�glise royale de Troyes, p. 271.�

[290] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, p. 219.�

[291] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 112.��

[292] Monti�render 77, p. 201.�

[293] William of Tyre XXII.IV, p. 1068.�

[294] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[295] William of Tyre XX.XXV, p. 988.�

[296] Annales S. Benigni Divionensis 1190, MGH SS V, p. 46.�

[297] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[298] C�teaux, 206, p. 165.�

[299] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, III Fondations �tablies en l'�glise royale de Troyes, p. 271.�

[300] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[301] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[302] Robert de Torigny, Vol. II, p. 15.�

[303] Tiron Sainte-Trinit�, Tome II, p. 79 footnote 1, quoting Archives de la Sarthe, H 84 � H 87.�

[304] Obituaires de Sens Tome IV, Prieur� de Fontaines, p. 192.��

[305] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[306] William of Tyre XXII.IV, p. 1068.�

[307] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[308] William of Tyre XXII.IV, p. 1068.�

[309] Robert de Torigny, Vol. II, p. 62.�

[310] Annales S. Nicasii Remenses, MGH SS XIII, p. 84.�

[311] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1203, MGH SS XXIII, p. 881.�

[312] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[313] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, III Fondations �tablies en l'�glise royale de Troyes, p. 271.�

[314] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 30.��

[315] Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi descendentium Mettensis 3, MGH SS XXV, p. 383.�

[316] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152 and 1170, MGH SS XXIII, pp. 841 and 853.�

[317] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1214, MGH SS XXIII, p. 899.�

[318] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, III Fondations �tablies en l'�glise royale de Troyes, p. 271.�

[319] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 81.��

[320] William of Tyre XXII.IV, p. 1068.�

[321] Gisleberti Chronicon Hanoniense, MGH SS XXI, p. 515.�

[322] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152 and 1164, MGH SS XXIII, pp. 841 and 848.�

[323] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1206, MGH SS XXIII, p. 886.�

[324] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 319.��

[325] Guillaume de Nangis, p. 94.�

[326] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[327] Troyes Necrologies, 2 Obituaire de Saint-Etienne, III Fondations �tablies en l'�glise royale de Troyes, p. 271.�

[328] Chronique de Robert de Torigny I, 1163, pp. 346-47.�

[329] Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum, Vol. III, 169, p. 61.�

[330] Tiron Sainte-Trinit�, Tome II, CCCX, p. 83.�

[331] Domesday Descendants, p. 91.�

[332] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[333] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[334] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXXII, p. 24.�

[335] Matthew Paris Vol. II, 1191, p. 370.�

[336] Haymar Monachus, De Expugnatione Acconis, p. 38, cited in Runciman Vol. 3, p. 32.�

[337] ES II 47.�

[338] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[339] Matthew Paris, Vol. II, 1137, p. 166.�

[340] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[341] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXXII, p. 24.�

[342] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 93.��

[343] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[344] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[345] Toussaint du Plessis (1731), Tome II, Pi�ces justificatives, CLXIII, p. 75.�

[346] Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs III, 672, p. 273.�

[347] Miraeus (Le Mire) (1723), Tome I, Notitia Ecclesiarum Belgii, CXV, p. 718.�

[348] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXXII, p. 24.�

[349] Chartes Vend�moises CXXIV, p. 157.�

[350] William of Tyre Continuator XXIV.IX, p. 118.�

[351] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XLII, p. 29.�

[352] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[353] Balduinus de Avennis Genealogia, RHGF, Tome XIII, p. 560.�

[354] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LXVII, p. 45.�

[355] Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs III, 672, p. 273.�

[356] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Vauduisant, p. 55.��

[357] Obituaires de Sens Tome III, Abbaye de la Cour-Dieu, Extraits des deux obituaires, p. 172.�

[358] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[359] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1152, MGH SS XXIII, p. 841.�

[360] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXXII, p. 24.�

[361] Orl�ans Saint-Avit 12, p. 43.�

[362] Chartes Vend�moises CXXIV, p. 157.�

[363] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XLII, p. 29.�

[364] Villehardouin (1963), I, p. 29.�

[365] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[366] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 151, p. 14.�

[367] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LXVII, p. 45.�

[368] Gardner (1912), p. 66.�

[369] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 58.��

[370] Ourscamp Notre-Dame CCLX and CCLXIII, pp. 157 and 158.�

[371] Ourscamp Notre-Dame CCLXIV, p. 159.�

[372] Chartes Vend�moises CXXIV, p. 157.�

[373] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XLII, p. 29.�

[374] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[375] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 151, p. 14.�

[376] Ourscamp Notre-Dame CCLXIX, p. 162.�

[377] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LXVII, p. 45.�

[378] Orl�ans Saint-Avit 12, p. 43.�

[379] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 94.��

[380] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[381] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 151, p. 14.�

[382] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LXVII, p. 45.�

[383] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu CXVII, p. 80.�

[384] ES III 653.�

[385] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii si�cle, p. 61.��

[386] Dugdale Monasticon III, Shrewsbury Abbey, XI, Genealogia Dominorum Bellismontium, p. 522.��

[387] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu CXVII, p. 80.�

[388] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu CXXXVI, p. 93.�

[389] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, LXXXVIII, p. 95.�

[390] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 151, p. 14.�

[391] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[392] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 151, p. 14.�

[393] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LXVII, p. 45.�

[394] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[395] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[396] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXXII, p. 24.�

[397] Chartes Vend�moises CXXIV, p. 157.�

[398] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XLII, p. 29.�

[399] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[400] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[401] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[402] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LXVII, p. 45.�

[403] Notre-Dame de l'Eau II, p. 5.�

[404] Notre-Dame de la Trappe, I, p. 1.�

[405] Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin, 33, p. 28.�

[406] Notre-Dame de l'Eau II, p. 5.�

[407] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Fr�res Pr�cheurs de Chartres, p. 312.��

[408] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXXII, p. 24.�

[409] Chartes Vend�moises CXXIV, p. 157.�

[410] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XLII, p. 29.�

[411] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[412] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 151, p. 14.�

[413] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LXXIV, p. 50.�

[414] Chartes Vend�moises CXXIV, p. 157.�

[415] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XLII, p. 29.�

[416] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu LI, p. 35.�

[417] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1168, MGH SS XXIII, p. 853.�

[418] Obituaires de Sens Tome III, Abbaye de la Cour-Dieu, Extraits des deux obituaires, p. 172.�

[419] Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs III, 672, p. 273.�

[420] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Vauduisant, p. 55.��

[421] Obituaires de Sens Tome III, Abbaye de la Cour-Dieu, Extraits des deux obituaires, p. 172.�

[422] The date of her will.�

[423] Balduinus de Avennis Genealogia, RHGF, Tome XIII, p. 560.�

[424] Layettes du Tr�sor des Chartes II, 2902, p. 443.�

[425] Balduinus de Avennis Genealogia, RHGF, Tome XIII, p. 560.�

[426] Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin, 8, p. 14.�

[427] Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin, 8, p. 14.�

[428] Morice (1742), Tome I, col. 1105.�

[429] RHGF, Tome XX, Gesta Philippi Tertii Francorum Regis, p. 492.�

[430] RHGF, Tome XX, Gesta Philippi Tertii Francorum Regis, p. 524.�

[431] RHGF, Tome XX, Chronicon Guillelmi de Nangiaco, p. 574.�

[432] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cath�drale de Chartres, Obituaire Patin, p. 163.��

[433] Morice (1742) Preuves, Tome I, col. 1105.�

[434] Balduinus de Avennis Genealogia, RHGF, Tome XIII, p. 560.�

[435] Balduinus de Avennis Genealogia, RHGF, Tome XIII, p. 561.�

[436] Balduinus de Avennis Genealogia, RHGF, Tome XIII, p. 561.�

[437] RHGF, Tome XX, Chronicon Guillelmi de Nangiaco, p. 574.�

[438] Balduinus de Avennis Genealogia, RHGF, Tome XIII, p. 561.�

[439] RHGF, Tome XX, Chronicon Guillelmi de Nangiaco, p. 574.�

[440] Sweerts (1620), Tome I, �gidii de Roya Annales Belgici, 1267, p. 42.�

[441] Duchesne (1621) Ch�tillon, Preuves, p. 174.�

[442] Duchesne (1621) Ch�tillon, Preuves, p. 174.�

[443] RHGF, Tome XX, Continuatio Chronici Guillelmi de Nangiaco, p. 598.�

[444] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, Codex Diplomaticus Neerlandicus, Second Series (Utrecht 1860), vijfde deel, p. 191.�

[445] MGH, Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum, Nova Series, Tome VI (Berlin, 1929), Chronica Comitum de Marka, Fortsetzung, p. 106.�

[446] Calmet (1728), Tome II, Preuves, col. dcxii.�

[447] Mabille �Les invasions normandes...� (1869), Pi�ces Justificatives, V, p. 431.�

[448] Mabille, E. (1871) Chroniques des comtes d�Anjou par Marchegay et Salmon, Introduction, (Paris), p. lx.�

[449] Mabille �Les invasions normandes...� (1869), Pi�ces Justificatives, VIII, p. 440.�

[450] Mabille �Les invasions normandes...� (1869), Pi�ces Justificatives, IX, p. 442.�

[451] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, III, p. xciv.�

[452] Chartes Vend�moises XXIV, p. 34.�

[453] Chartes Vend�moises XXIV, p. 34.�

[454] Chartes Vend�moises XXVIII, p. 39.�

[455] Chartes Vend�moises XXVIII, p. 39.�

[456] Chartes Vend�moises XXVIII, p. 39.�

[457] Marmoutier-Dunois IV, p. 5.�

[458] Marmoutier-Vend�mois, XIII, p. 22.�

[459] Marmoutier-Dunois XXI, p. 21.�

[460] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome I, XVI, p. 34.�

[461] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CIV, p. 96.�

[462] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, XXXII, p. 38.�

[463] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CIV, p. 96.�

[464] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, XL, p. 51.�

[465] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, LXI, p. 70.�

[466] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CIV, p. 96.�

[467] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CIV, p. 96.�

[468] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CIV, p. 96.�

[469] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CIV, p. 96.�

[470] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CXI, p. 131.�

[471] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CL, p. 138.�

[472] Tiron Sainte-Trinit�, Tome I, XXI, p. 37.�

[473] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CLXIII, p. 152.�

[474] Marmoutier-Dunois, Cart� Prioratuum Dunensium, CLXIV, p. 155.�

[475] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de la Trinit� de Vend�me, List of anniversaries extracted from a lost necrology, p. 206.��

[476] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DXLI, p. 389.�

[477] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DLXV, p. 428.�

[478] Chartes Vend�moises XCVII, p. 125.�

[479] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DXCV, p. 466.�

[480] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XXXVIII, p. 43.�

[481] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 146, p. 7.�

[482] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DLXV, p. 428.�

[483] Chartes Vend�moises XCVII, p. 125.�

[484] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XXXVIII, p. 43.�

[485] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DLXV, p. 428.�

[486] Chartes Vend�moises XCVII, p. 125.�

[487] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DXCV, p. 466.�

[488] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XXXVIII, p. 43.�

[489] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DCXII, p. 487.�

[490] Marmoutier-Vend�mois, Pray, LXXIX, p. 402.�

[491] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 146, p. 7.�

[492] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, DCLV, p. 32.�

[493] Marmoutier-Vend�mois, Pray, LXXIX, p. 402.�

[494] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, DCLV, p. 32.�

[495] Chartes Vend�moises XCVII, p. 125.�

[496] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XXXVIII, p. 43.�

[497] Marmoutier-Vend�mois, Pray, LXXIX, p. 402.�

[498] Chartres Notre-Dame, Tome II, 146, p. 7.�

[499] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, DCLV, p. 32.�

[500] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, DCLXXXIV, p. 77.�

[501] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[502] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[503] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[504] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[505] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, p. 151, footnote 2, quoting �Mss. 5419, f. 52�.�

[506] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, p. 151, footnote 2, quoting �Charte in�dite aux archives d�Eure-et-Loir�.�

[507] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, DCCXXXIII, p. 151.�

[508] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, p. 151, footnote 2, quoting �Charte in�dite aux archives d�Eure-et-Loir�.�

[509] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, p. 151, footnote 2, quoting �Charte in�dite aux archives d�Eure-et-Loir�.�

[510] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, p. 151, footnote 2, quoting �Charte in�dite aux archives d�Eure-et-Loir�.�

[511] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, p. 151, footnote 2, quoting �Charte in�dite aux archives d�Eure-et-Loir�.�

[512] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[513] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome III, p. 151, footnote 2, quoting �Mss. 5419, f. 52�.�

[514] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[515] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[516] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98.�

[517] Ch�teaudun La Madeleine, XCIII, p. 98. �

[518] Chartes Vend�moises XCVII, p. 125.�

[519] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DLXV, p. 428.�

[520] Thegani Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 28 and 29, MGH SS II, p. 597.�

[521] DD Kar. 1, 205, p. 274.�

[522] Einhardi Annales 811, MGH SS I, p. 198.�

[523] Annales Fuldenses 811 MGH SS I, p. 355.�

[524] Gesta quorundam regum Francorum 811, MGH SS I, p. 355.�

[525] Zeuss, C. (1842) Traditiones possessionesque Wizenburgenses (Speier), LXIX, p. 73.�

[526] Thegani Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 36, MGH SS II, p. 597.�

[527] Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 41, MGH SS II, p. 630.�

[528] Wilsdorf �Les Etichonides� 1964, p. 12.�

[529] Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 42, MGH SS II, p. 631.�

[530] Wilsdorf �Les Etichonides� 1964, pp. 16-19.�

[531] Thegani Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 55, MGH SS II, p. 602.�

[532] Vita Hludowici Imperatoris 56, MGH SS II, p. 642.�

[533] Gesta quorundam regum Francorum 837, MGH SS I, p. 360.�

[534] Annales Fuldenses 837, MGH SS I, p. 360.�

[535] Chartes Vend�moises XXI, p. 30.�

[536] <http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr//outils/originaux/charte1434/> (10 Apr 2023), and Delaville Le Roulx (1879), III, pp. 16-17.�

[537] Tours Saint-Martin, CII, p. 119.�

[538] Mabille �Les invasions normandes...�, Biblioth�que de l�Ecole des Chartes, Tome XXX (1869), Pi�ces Justificatives, V, p. 431.�

[539] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, II, p. xcii.�

[540] Mabille �Les invasions normandes...�, Biblioth�que de l�Ecole des Chartes, Tome XXX (1869), Pi�ces Justificatives, VIII, p. 440.�

[541] Mabille �Les invasions normandes...�, Biblioth�que de l�Ecole des Chartes, Tome XXX (1869), Pi�ces Justificatives, IX, p. 442.�

[542] Tours Saint-Martin, CII, p. 119.�

[543] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, II, p. xcii.�

[544] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, II, p. xcii.�

[545] <http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr//outils/originaux/charte1434/> (10 Apr 2023), and Delaville Le Roulx (1879), III, pp. 16-17.�

[546] Mabille (1871), Pi�ces justificatives, IV, p. xcvi.�

[547] RHGF, Tome IX, p. 719.�

[548] Marmoutier-Tours, p. 51.�

[549] Marmoutier-Tours, p. 40.�

[550] Marmoutier-Tours, p. 40.�

[551] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, CXXVII, p. 123.�

[552] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 172.�

[553] Saint-Gondon sur Loire XXXV, p. 58.�

[554] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 183.�

[555] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 173.�

[556] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 185.�

[557] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 182.�

[558] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, LXXVI, p. 87.�

[559] Marmoutier-Tours, p. 48.�

[560] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, CXXVII, p. 123.�

[561] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, CCCCLIV, p. 240.�

[562] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, CXXXV, p. 128.�

[563] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 205.�

[564] Gestis Consulum Andegavensium, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 141.�

[565] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, CXXVII, p. 123.�

[566] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 192.�

[567] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 201.�

[568] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, CCCCLIV, p. 240.�

[569] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, CXXVII, p. 123.�

[570] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 213.��

[571] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 213.�

[572] Duchesne (1625) Vergy, Preuves, p. 86.�

[573] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 209.�

[574] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 213.�

[575] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 213.�

[576] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 209.��

[577] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, pp. 213 and 214.�

[578] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 209.��

[579] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 213.�

[580] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 211.��

[581] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 209.��

[582] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 201.�

[583] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome II, DXVI, p. 347.�

[584] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 213.�

[585] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 201.�

[586] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 201.�

[587] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, pp. 182 and 191.�

[588] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, pp. 182 and 191.�

[589] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 201.�

[590] Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum, Chroniques d'Anjou, p. 213.�

[591] Marmoutier (Bl�sois), I, CLXXII, p. 160.�

[592] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 313.�

[593] Chartes Vend�moises, CXXXI, p. 163.�

[594] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[595] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[596] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 209.��

[597] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de la Trinit� de Vend�me, p. 200.��

[598] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[599] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[600] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 313.�

[601] Chartes Vend�moises CXXXI, p. 163.�

[602] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[603] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[604] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[605] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[606] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[607] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2373, p. 271, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fol. 30 v�.�

[608] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 211.��

[609] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXV, p. 20.�

[610] Ch�teaudun H�tel-Dieu XXXII, p. 24.�

[611] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[612] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[613] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 316.�

[614] Notre-Dame de l'Eau, II, p. 5.�

[615] Notre-Dame de la Trappe I, p. 1.�

[616] Notre-Dame de l'Eau II, p. 5.�

[617] Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin, 33, p. 28.�

[618] Layettes du Tr�sor des Chartes II, 2209, p. 240.�

[619] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Fr�res Pr�cheurs de Chartres, p. 312.��

[620] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[621] Delisle (1856), 1329, p. 304.�

[622] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2373, p. 271, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fol. 30 v�.�

[623] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 316.�

[624] Angot �Vicomtes du Maine, Cartulaire� (1914), CCXXXIV, p. 413.�

[625] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2794, p. 334, citing �St. Martin - Pancarte blanche, fo. 119 v�.�

[626] Lieu-Notre-Dame-l�s-Romorantin, 24, p. 24.�

[627] Angot �Vicomtes du Maine, Cartulaire� (1914), CCLXIX, p. 417.�

[628] Angot �Vicomtes du Maine, Cartulaire� (1914), CCCIII, p. 422.�

[629] Angot �Vicomtes du Maine, Cartulaire� (1914), CCCIX, p. 423.�

[630] Angot �Vicomtes du Maine, Cartulaire� (1914), CCCXI, p. 423.�

[631] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 316.�

[632] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 317.�

[633] ES XIII 1.�

[634] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 215.��

[635] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Pontlevoy, p. 215.��

[636] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 313.�

[637] Chartes Vend�moises CXXXI, p. 163.�

[638] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[639] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[640] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[641] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[642] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[643] Thouars Saint-Laon, Pancarte, XCIV, p. 78.�

[644] Thouars Saint-Laon, Pancarte, XCIV, p. 78.�

[645] ES XIII 1.�

[646] Thouars Saint-Laon, Pancarte, XCIV, p. 78.�

[647] ES XIII 1.�

[648] Thouars Saint-Laon, Pancarte, XCIV, p. 78.�

[649] Thouars Saint-Laon, Pancarte, XCIV, p. 78.�

[650] Duchesne (1621) Ch�tillon, Preuves, p. 4.�

[651] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 313.�

[652] Chartes Vend�moises CXXXI, p. 163.�

[653] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[654] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[655] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[656] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[657] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[658] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 313.�

[659] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[660] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[661] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[662] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[663] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[664] Chartes Vend�moises CXXXI, p. 163.�

[665] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[666] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[667] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[668] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[669] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[670] Obituaire Tours (1865), p. 59.�

[671] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2373, p. 271, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fol. 30 v�.�

[672] Chartes Vend�moises CXXXI, p. 163.�

[673] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[674] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[675] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[676] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[677] Chartes Vend�moises CXXXI, p. 163.�

[678] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[679] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2105, p. 224, citing �Archiv. de l�abbaye de Liget�.�

[680] Grandmaison (1865), Appendix, LX, p. 186.�

[681] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2155, p. 232, citing �Cartul. de l�abbaye de Fontaines, fo. 226�.�

[682] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2174, p. 237, citing �Cartul. de Fontaines, fo. 24 r�.�

[683] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 2095, p. 222.�

[684] Thouars Saint-Laon, Pancarte, XCIV, p. 78.�

[685] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 3254, p. 406, citing �Archiv. de Pontlevoy�.�

[686] Mabille �Collection Dom Housseau� (1864), Tome XIV, 3254, p. 406, citing �Archiv. de Pontlevoy�.�

[687] Carr� de Busserolle (1880), Tome III, p. 275.�

[688] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 320.�

[689] Broussillon (1893), Tome I, 296, p. 215, citing Dom Fontenau, t. XXVI, p. 257.�

[690] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 320.�

[691] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 320.�

[692] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 321.�

[693] P�re Anselme, Tome VII, p. 120, no source citations.�

[694] Mouti� Chevreuse (1876), p. 308.�

[695] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 320.�

[696] Mouti� Chevreuse (1876), pp. 313-19.�

[697] Duchesne (1621) Ch�tillon, Preuves, p. 168.�

[698] Duchesne (1621) Ch�tillon, Preuves, p. 168.�

[699] Broussillon (1893), Tome II, 950, p. 135.�

[700] Duchesne (1631) Dreux, Dreux, Preuves, p. 304.�

[701] Duchesne (1631) Dreux, Dreux, Preuves, p. 304.�

[702] Guynemer (1912) Les Chartes, p. 133, citing �Dom Bertheau, Bib. Nat. Ms. Lat. 13.891, fo. 137�

[703] Morice (1744) Preuves, Tome II, col. 680.�

[704] Thouars Saint-Laon, CLIII, p. 96.�

[705] Morice (1744) Preuves, Tome II, col. 680.�

[706] Testaments enregistr�s au Parlement de Paris sous le r�gne de Charles VI.�

[707] Broussillon (1893), Tome I, 366, p. 232.�

[708] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 327.�

[709] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 327.�

[710] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 328.�

[711] P�re Anselme, Tome I, p. 118.�

[712] Broussillon (1893), Tome II, 892, p. 97.�

[713] Sainte-Marthe (1669), p. 137.�

[714] Dom Villevieille (Passier), Tome I, p. 323.�

[715] Mouti� Chevreuse (1876), p. 310.�

[716] P�re Anselme, Tome VII, p. 120.�

[717] Mouti� Chevreuse (1876), p. 310.�

[718] P�re Anselme, Tome VII, p. 120.�

[719] Inventaire-Sommaire des Archives Hospitali�res, Hospices de Ch�teaudun (1867), Archives hospitali�res, S�rie B, B. 508, p. 40.�

[720] Petit Noyers (1874), B. 10505, p. 371.�

[721] P�re Anselme, Tome VII, p. 120.�

[722] Thaumas de la Thaumassi�re Histoire (1868), Vol. III, p. .�

[723] Maussabr� �Familles de Berry� (1860), pp. 33-47.�

[724] Furgeot Parlement de Paris (1960), Tome II, 5676, p. 72.�

[725] Petit Noyers (1874), B. 10505, p. 371.�

[726] P�re Anselme, Tome VII, p. 120.�

[727] Documents la Tr�mo�lle (1874), VII, p. 68.�

[728] Mouti� Chevreuse (1876), p. 309.�

[729] Vend�me La Trinit�, Tome I, XXII, p. 42.�

[730] Marmoutier-Vend�mois, XXX, p. 46.�

[731] Sainte-Croix d'Orl�ans, III, p. 4.�

[732] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. IV, Book VIII, p. 197.�

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