Plantagenet Kings to modern day London
Rollo of Normandy Viking
circa 835/870 - 930 Born: Scandinavia
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Rollo was viking settler who founded the Duchy in Normandy.
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He was a leading warrior figure among the Norsemen who was able to secure a permanent foothold on Frankish soil
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He was granted lands between the mouth of the Seine and Rouen by Charles the Simple, king of West Francia in exchange for ending hostilities and swearing allegiance to Charles the Simple
William Longsword Normandy
905 - 942 Born: Normandy, France
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He was the second ruler of Normandy from 927 until his assassination in 942
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Early in his reign William faced a rebellion from the Normans and won decisive battles to end the siege of Rouen and assert his right to be duke
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William was killed in an ambush by followers of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, while at a peace conference to settle differences between them
King Edmund Ironside England
930 - 1016 Born: Wessex, England
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Edmund was the son of Ethelred the Unready by is first wife Elfgifu of York
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He was not expected to be king but following the death of his two elder brothers he became heir apparent
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He was given the 'Ironside' name because of his valour in resisting the Danish invasion led by Cnut
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He was briefly king following the death of his father in 1016
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Following 5 battles with the Danes, he was defeated and the country was divided with Edmund taking Wessex and Cnut the remainder of the country
Duncan I of Scotland
circa 1001 - 1040 Born: Atholl, Scotland
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He is the King Duncan in Shakespeare's Macbeth, although in realitiy he was a young man not the old man hes portrayed in the play.
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The real life Macbeth(Mac Bethad mac Findláich) was King Duncan's 'dux' meaning duke or war leader.
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He led an army into Macbeth's territory at Moray and was killed in action.
Prince Edward the Exile Wessex
1016 - 1057 Born: London, England
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Following his father's defeat by Cnut, Edward spent most of his life in the Kingdom of Hungary
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He and his brother were initially sent by Cnut to the Swedish court of Olof Skotkonung with instructions that the boys be murdered but Olof was an ally of their grandfather Ethelred the Unready and let them live
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When he discovered Edward was alive the childless king, Edward the Confessor, recalled him to England to become his heir
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It took three years to negotiate Edward's return from Hungary and within days of his arrival back in England in 1057 he died without every meeting the king
William the Conqueror
1028 - 1087 Born: Normandy
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William the Conqueror
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Born in 1028 in Normandy and died in 1087 aged 59
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He was the first Norman king of England reigning from 1066 after the victory over Harold Godwinsson until his death.
Saint Margaret of Scotland
circa 1045 - 1093 Birth: Kingdom of Hungary
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Margaret was born in Hungary while her father Edward was in exile
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Following the death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 her brother Edgar Etheling was elected to be king of England but was never crowned
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She and her family fled to Scotland where she later married Malcolm III of Scotland
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She mothered three kings of Scotland
Count Fulk IV de Anjou
1043 - 1109 Born: Israel
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Count Fulk IV de Anjou was born in 1043, the son of Hildegarde and Count. He had one son with Bertrade de Montfort in 1092. He died on 14 April 1109 at the age of 66.
Bertrade de Montfort
1070 - 1117 Born: Northern France
When Bertrade de Montfort was born in 1070, her father, Simon, was 45, and her mother, Agnes, was 40. She had one son with Count Fulk IV de Anjou in 1092. She died on 14 February 1117 at the age of 47.
Ermengarde Countess of Maine
1096 - 1126 Born: La Flèche
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Ermengarde Countess of Maine was born in 1096 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France, the daughter of Matilda and Elias. She had one son with Fulk King of Jerusalem in 1113. She died as a young mother in 1126 at the age of 30.
Henry I
1068 - 1135 Born: Selby, Yorkshire England
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He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders
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His elder brothers Robert and William inherited Normandy and England, leaving Henry landless
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He was with his brother William when he died in a hunting accident and took the opportunity to claim the English throne
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Henry fought battles in England and Normandy with his brother Robert until Henry was finally victorious and consolidated his rule in England and Normandy
The Fulk King of Jerusalem
1092 - 1143 Born: Israel
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When Fulk King of Jerusalem was born in 1092, his father, Count, was 49 and his mother, Bertrade, was 22. He had one son with Ermengarde Countess of Maine in 1113. He died on 13 November 1143 in Israel at the age of 51.
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In 1128 his son Geoffrey Plantangenet married Matilda, daughter of Henry 1 of England, and became the progenitor of England’s branch of the Angevin dynasty.
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Fulk first visited Palestine in 1120 and returned in 1129 to marry Melisende, daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem.
Geoffrey " The Handsome" Plantagenent 1113–1151
1113 - 1151 Born: Northern France
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When Geoffrey " The Handsome" Plantagenent was born on 24 August 1113, his father, Fulk, was 21 and his mother, Ermengarde, was 17. He had two sons with Matilda Empress Beauclerc between 1133 and 1136. He died on 7 September 1151 at the age of 38.
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His son is King Henry II of England
Empress Matilda
1102 - 1167 Born: Berkshire
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Matilda Empress Beauclerc Matilda was the daughter of King Henry I of England and Matilda of Scotland. Matildaof Scotland was the daughter of King Malcolm III and Saint Margaret Wessex, anEnglish princess.At the age of 12 Matilda was married to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. Shetravelled with him to Rose in 1116 and was crowned Empress in Saint Peter’s Basilica.The Emperor Henry died in 1125 and they had no children.Matilda’s brother William died in the White Ship disaster in 1120 leaving her fatherKing Henry I with no male heirs. In 1125 Matilda returned to Normandy, following herhusband’s death, and was married to Geoffrey of Anjou. King Henry named Matildahis heir but when he died in 1135 there was strong opposition and the throne wastaken by Stephen of Blois.Matilda crossed to England in 1139 and attempted to take the Kingdom by force.However after years of siege and conflict Stephen held on to his throne. He agreed toname Matilda and Geoffrey’s son Henry as his successor and Matilda returned toNormandy in 1148.When Stephen died in 1154, Henry became King Henry II of England.Matilda devoted the remainder of her life to the Church and she died in 1167. She wasburied under the high altar at the Abbey of Bec-Hellouin and later her remains wereremoved to Rouen Cathedral. the Empress Matilda was interred in the choir of Bec Abbey. It was the military occupants in the 19th century that discovered her tomb with her body wrapped in calfskin as was the custom in the 12th century. Her remains were transferred to Rouen Cathedral.
