Ancestry of Matilda, Queen of William the Conqueror
BALDWIN 1. surnamed Bras defer, Count of Flanders, (great grand son of Lyderic, Count of Harlebec,
the first hereditary Governor of Flanders)
m.. in 862, Judith, widow of Ethelwolf, King of England, and dau. of Charles the Bald,
grandson of CHARLEMAGNE, and by her, who survived him,
left at his decease in 880, a son and successor,
BALDWIN II. surnamed the Bald, Count of Flanders, who carried on a successful war against Eudes, Count of France.
He m. Alfritha, dau. of ALFRED THE GREAT, King of England, and dying in 918, was s. by his son,
ARNOLPH I. surnamed the Great, Count of Flanders, who waged war against William, of Normandy, whom be defeated and slew.
By Alice, of Vermandois, his consort, who was fifth in descent from Charlemagne, Arnolph was father of
BALDWIN Ill. Count of Flanders and Artois, who wedded Matilda, dau. of
Herman Billung, Duke of Saxony, and left at his decease in 962 a son,
ARNOLPH II. Count of Flanders, whose wife, Susanna, was dau. of Berenger II.
King of Italy. He d. in 988, and was s. by his son,
BALDWIN IV., surnamed the Fair Beard, Count of Flanders, who is stated by some authorities to have married Orgina, dau. of Frederick,
Count of the Moselle, and by others, Eleanor, dau. of Richard II. Duke of Normandy.
Certain it is that lie died in 103t, and that he left a son and successor,
BALDWIN V. surnamed the Pious, Count of Flanders, who entered into hostilities, with the Emperor Otho 11.
and acquired from that monarch Valenciennes and the Isles of Zealand.
He subsequently, further increased his territories by another rich accession,
that of the citadel of Ghent. He m.. in 1027, Adela, dau. of Robert, King of France,
son of Hugh Capet, and had by her,
1. BALDWIN VI., called the Peaceable, Count of Flanders and Artois, who in. the Countess Richilda,
of Hainhault and Namur, and dying in 1070, left issue,
ARNOLTH III. Count of Flanders, surnamed the Unlucky, slain in battle 1072.
BALDWIN 1. Count of Hainault, whose great-grandson,
BALDWIN IV. Count of Hainault, in. MARGARET, sister and heir of Philip the Great,
Count of Flanders and Artois, and dying in 1194, left issue:
BALDWIN IX. Count of Flanders, Hainhault and Namur, elected Emperor of Constantinople, in 1204.
He was slain at Adrianople, in the following year.
HENRY, elected Emperor of Constantinople, in 1205, d. in 1216.
YOLANDE, m. Peter de Courteney, elected Emperor of Constantinople in 1216.
ISABEL, heiress of the county of Artois, in. in 1180, to Philip II. King of France.
2; ROBERT I. Count of Flanders and Artois, at the death of his nephew Arnolph in 1072.
From him derived the subsequent Counts of Flanders.
1. Judith, who in. 1st Tosti, Count of Northumberland, brother of Harold, and 2ndly, Guelph,
Duke of Bavaria, ancestor of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover,
whose son ascended the throne of England as George I.
2. MATILDA, who wedded WILLIAM the C0NQUER0R.
Junior Descendants of William the Conqueror,(As stated by "Burke")
THE families sprung from the marriage of WILLIAM DE WARREN. Earl of Warren and Surrey, with GUNDRED, the Conqueror’s youngest daughter,viz.
{NOT SO IT HAS BEEN DISPROVED THAT GUNDRED WAS A DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM}
FITZ-ALAN, descended from EDMUND, Earl of Arundel, by ALICE, his wife,
sister and heir of JOHN, Earl of Warren and Surrey, (see under HENRY III.)
PERCY, descended from HENRY, LORD PERCY, of Alnwick, by ALIANORE, his wife,
dau. of John, Earl of ‘Warren and Surrey, (see under HENRY III.)
GOURNAY, descended from Gerard de Gournay, Baron of Gournay, by Editha, his wife,
dau. of William de Warren, Earl of Warren and Surrey. Of this line we may enumerate the BARONS GOURNAY,
whose eventual representative, Julia, only dau. and heir of Hugh de Gournay,
m. WILLIAM, Lord Bardolph, of Wirmgay, and the GOURNAYS of Somersetshire and Norfolk.
From the latter, the Gurneys of West Barsham and Harpley, the GURNEYS of Keswick derived their descent.
Of the other scions of the marriage of Gerard de Gournay and Editha de Warren, were
The MOWBRAYS, Dukes of Norfolk, sprung from Roger de Albini, the elder son of Nigel de Albini,
by Gundred de Gournay, his wife, and the ALBINIS of Camho, derived from Henry, younger brother of Roger.
The TALBOTS of Bashall, co. York, and the TALBOTS, Earls of Shrews. bury, descended from
RICHARD DR TALBOT, by his wife, the second dau. of Gerard de Gournay, by Editha de Warren.
Of the Talbots of Bashall (now represented by RICHARD WALMESLEY LLOYD, Esq.,
son and heir of Richard Hughes Lloyd, Esq., of Plymog, Gwerclas, and Bashall), came
TALBOT, of Salesbury, co. Lancaster; ASSHETON, of Middleton, co. Lancaster:
FFARINGTON, of Worden, co. Lancaster; (now represented by JAMES NOWELL FFARINGTON, Esq. of Worden);
LIVESEY, of Livesey, co. Lancaster; BRADDYLL, of Braddyll; WHITE, of Bashall;
FERRERS, of Bashall; WALMESLEY, of Coldcoates and Bashall; LLOYD, of Plymog, Gwerclas, and Bashall, &c. &c.