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Constance Unknown1,2,3
F, #7206, Deceased, b. 973, d. 25 July 1034
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Parents
| Father | William I Unknown (b. about 950, d. 993) |
| Mother | Adelaide (Blanche) Unknown (b. about 948, d. 1012) |
Family: Robert II The Pious Unknown (b. 27 March 972, d. 20 July 1031)
| Daughter | Adela (Alice) Unknown+ (d. 1079) |
| Son | Hugh Magnus Unknown (b. 1007, d. 1026) |
| Son | Henry I Unknown+ (b. 4 May 1008, d. 4 August 1061) |
| Son | Robert I Unknown+ (b. 1011, d. 18 March 1076) |
Main Events
| Also Known As | Constance Unknown was also known as Constance Unknown. |
| Burial | Constance's remains were buried in Saint Denis Basilica.1 |
| Residence | She resided See notes.1 |
| User Reference Number | She; 18599 |
| Note | Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Residence Constance of Arles (973 - July 25, 1034 was the third wife and queen of King Robert II of France. She was the daughter of Guilhem II, count of Provence and great-grandson of Charles-Constantine; and Adelais (Blanche) of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou. She was the sister of Count Guilhem III of Provence. In 1003 she was married to King Robert, after his divorce from his second wife. The marriage was stormy; the family of Robert's second queen, Bertha, opposed her, and Constance was despised for importing her Provençal kinfolk. Robert's friend, Hugh of Beauvais, tried to convince the king to repudiate her in 1007. Constance's response was to have Beauvais murdered by the knights of her kinsman, Fulk III Nerra . In 1010 Robert even went to Rome, accompanied by his former wife Bertha, to seek permission to divorce Constance and remarry Bertha. Constance encouraged her sons to revolt against their father, and then favored her younger son, Robert, over her elder son, Henri. During the famous trial of Herefast de Crepon (who was alleged to be involved with the Cathars) in 1022, the crowd outside the church in Orleans became so unruly that, according to Moore: 'At the king's command, Queen Constance stood before the doors of the Church, to prevent the common people from killing them inside the Church, and they were expelled from the bosom of the Church. As they were being driven out, the queen struck out the eye of Stephen, who had once been her confessor, with the staff which she carried in her hand.' The symbolism, or reality, of putting an eye out is used often in medieval accounts to show the ultimate sin of breaking of one's oath, whether it be heresy, or treason to ones lordship, or in this case both. Stephen's eye was put out by the hand of a Queen wielding a staff (royal scepters were usually tipped with a cross) thus symbolically providing justice for the treasoned lord on earth and in heaven. Constance and Robert had seven children: * Advisa, Countess of Auxerre, (c.1003-after 1063), married Count Renaud I of Nevers * Hugh Magnus, co-king (1007 -September 17, 1025) * Henri (May 4, 1008 -August 4, 1060) * Adela, Countess of Contenance (1009 -June 5, 1063), married (1) Duke Richard III of Normandy (2) Count Baldwin V of Flanders * Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011 -March 21, 1076) * Eudes (1013 -1056) * Constance (1014 -unknown), married Manasses de Dammartin At Constance's urging, her eldest son Hugh Magnus was crowned co-king alongside his father in 1017. Hugh Magnus demanded his parents share power with him, and rebelled against his father in 1025. He died suddenly later that year, an exile and a fugitive. Robert and Constance quarelled over which of their surviving sons should inherit the throne; Robert favored their second son Henri, while Constance favored their third son, Robert. Despite his mother's protests, Henry was crowned in 1027. Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres, wrote a letter claiming that he was 'frightened away' from the consecration of Henry 'by the savagery of his mother, who is quite trustworthy when she promises evil.' Constance encouraged her sons to rebel, and Henri and Robert began attacking and pillaging the towns and castles belonging to their father. Robert attacked Burgundy, the duchy he had been promised but had never received, and Henry seized Dreux. At last King Robert agreed to their demands and peace was made which lasted until the king's death. King Robert died in 1031, and soon Constance was at odds with both her elder son, Henri, and her younger son Robert. Constance seized her dower lands and refused to surrender them. Henri fled to Normandy, where he received aid, weapons, and soldiers from his brother Robert. He returned to besiege his mother at Poissy, but Constance escaped to Pontoise. She only surrendered when Henri began the siege of Le Puiset and swore to slaughter all the inhabitants. Constance died in 1034, and was buried beside her husband Robert at Saint-Denis Basilica. |
| Birth | She was born in 973 in Toulouse, France.1 |
| Her father William I Unknown died in 993. | |
| Marriage | Constance Unknown and Robert II The Pious Unknown were married in 1003 in France.2,3,1 |
| Her son Hugh Magnus Unknown was born in 1007. | |
| Her son Henry I Unknown was born on 4 May 1008 in Rheims, Champagne, France. | |
| Her son Robert I Unknown was born in 1011. | |
| Her mother Adelaide (Blanche) Unknown died in 1012. | |
| Her son Hugh Magnus Unknown died in 1026. | |
| Her husband Robert II The Pious Unknown died on 20 July 1031 in Melun, France. | |
| Death | Constance Unknown died on 25 July 1034, at age ~61, in Melun, France.3,1 |
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Robert Warhull1,2
M, #7215, Deceased, b. about 1540
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Family:
| Daughter | Anne Warhull+ (b. about 1565) |
Main Events
| Marriage | Robert Warhull was married.1 |
| Death | He died Y Y, Y.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18454 |
| Birth | He was born about 1540 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England.1 |
| His daughter Anne Warhull was born about 1565 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. |
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Sarah Elizabeth Morton ?1
F, #7225, Deceased, b. about 1831, d. 1916
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Family: Edward Thurtle Watts (b. about 1830, d. between 1901 and 1911)
| Son | George Watts+ |
Main Events
| Also Known As | Sarah Elizabeth Morton ? was also known as Sarah Elizabeth Watts. |
| User Reference Number | She; 23434 |
| Birth | She was born about 1831 in Aylsham, Norfolk. |
| Marriage | Sarah Elizabeth Morton ? and Edward Thurtle Watts were married about 1850. |
| Her husband Edward Thurtle Watts died between 1901 and 1911. | |
| Death | She died in 1916, at age ~85, in Kensington, London [2]. |
Citations
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