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Godefroid Unknown1,2
M, #20978, Deceased
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Family:
| Daughter | Gerberga Unknown+ |
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| Marriage | Godefroid Unknown was married.1 |
| Death | He died Y Y, Y.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18699 |
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Glyn Jones
M, #20979, Deceased, b. 1927, d. 1978
| Consanguinity | Partner of Menai Jones (3rd cousin of Adrian John Snelson) |
Family: Menai Jones (b. 12 January 1936, d. 18 November 2003)
| Person References | Descendents of William Snelson c.1670 William Snelston bef 1668 - aft 1707 |
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| User Reference Number | Glyn Jones; 23831 |
| Birth | He was born in 1927. |
| Marriage | Glyn Jones and Menai Jones were married in October 1955 in Pwllheli. |
| Death | He died in 1978, at age ~51. |
| His wife Menai Jones died on 18 November 2003 in Bangor, Wales. |
Matilda Unknown1,2
F, #20987, Deceased, d. 2 November 1083
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Parents
| Father | Baldwin V Unknown (d. 1 September 1067) |
| Mother | Adela (Alice) Unknown (d. 1079) |
Family: William The Conqueror Unknown (d. 9 September 1087)
| Daughter | Gundred Unknown+ (b. about 1063, d. 27 May 1085) |
| Son | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown+ (b. 1068, d. 2 December 1135) |
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| Also Known As | Matilda Unknown was also known as Matilda Unknown. |
| Birth | She was born Person Source, Y.3 |
| Residence | She resided Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England and the wife of William the Conqueror. She was the daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders, and Adela Capet (1000-1078/9), daughter of Robert II of France. A spoiled young lady accustomed to speaking her mind and getting her way, the 4'2'-tall (Britain's smallest queen) Matilda (or 'Maud') told the representative of William, Duke of Normandy (later king of England as William the Conqueror), who had come asking for her hand, that she was far too high-born (being descended from King Alfred the Great of England) to consider marrying a bastard. When that was repeated to him, William, all 5'10' of him, rode from Normandy to Bruges, found Matilda on her way to church, dragged her off her horse (some said by her long braids), threw her down in the street in front of her flabbergasted attendants, and then rode off. After that, she decided to marry him, and even a papal ban (on the grounds of consanguinity) did not dissuade her. They were married in 1052. There were rumors that Matilda had been in love with the English ambassador to Flanders, a Saxon so pale he was nearly an albino, named Brihtric (but nicknamed 'Snow'), who was already married. Whatever the truth of the matter, years later when she was acting as Regent for William in England, she used her authority to confiscate Brihtric's lands (without even any formal charges, much less a trial) and throw him into prison, where he died under suspicious circumstances consistent with poisoning. When William was preparing to invade England, Matilda outfitted a ship, the Mora, out of her own money and gave it to him. For many years it was thought that she had something to do with creating the Bayeux Tapestry, but historians no longer believe that; it seems to have been commissioned by William's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, and made by Saxons in Kent. Matilda bore William ten children, and he was believed to have been faithful to her, at least up until the time their son Robert rebelled against his father and Matilda sided with Robert against William. After she died, in 1083 at the age of 51, William became tyrannical, and people blamed it on his having lost her. She was buried at St. Stephen's in Caen, Normandy (then, France now), where William was also eventually buried. Years later, their graves were opened and their bones measured, proving their physical statures.1 |
| User Reference Number | She; 18574 |
| Birth | She was born about 1031 in Flanders, France.1 |
| Marriage | Matilda Unknown and William The Conqueror Unknown were married in 1053.2,1 |
| Her daughter Gundred Unknown was born about 1063. | |
| Her father Baldwin V Unknown died on 1 September 1067. | |
| Her son Henry I Beauclerc Unknown was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England. | |
| Her mother Adela (Alice) Unknown died in 1079. | |
| Death | Matilda Unknown died on 2 November 1083 in Caen, Basse-Normandie, France.2,1 |
| Her husband William The Conqueror Unknown died on 9 September 1087 in St. Gervais, Seine-Maritime, France. |
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Harry Clothier
M, #20988, Deceased
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Family:
| Son | George Clothier+ (b. 1841, d. 1924) |
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| User Reference Number | Harry Clothier; 23702 |
| His son George Clothier was born in 1841 in Frankleigh, Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire. |
Margaret Atheling1,2,3
F, #20996, Deceased, b. about 1044, d. 16 November 1093
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Parents
| Father | Edward Atheling (d. 1057) |
| Mother | Agatha Yaroslavna (d. 13 July 1024) |
Family: Malcolm III Unknown (b. about 1030, d. 13 November 1093)
| Daughter | Matilda Unknown+ (b. about 1079, d. 1 May 1118) |
| Son | David I Unknown+ (b. 1084, d. 24 May 1153) |
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| Also Known As | Margaret Atheling was also known as Margaret Atheling. |
| Also Known As | She was also known as Margaret Atheling. |
| Also Known As | She was also known as Margaret Unknown. |
| Residence | She resided See notes.1 |
| User Reference Number | She; 18429 |
| Note | Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Residence Saint Margaret (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the heir to the Anglo-Saxon Throne of England. She married Malcolm III, King of Scots, becoming his Queen consort. The daughter of the English prince Edward the Exile, son of Edmund Ironside, Margaret was probably born in Hungary. The provenance of her mother Agatha is disputed. According to popular belief, Margaret was a very serious person, so much that no one ever could recall seeing her laugh or smile. When her uncle, Edward the Confessor, the French-speaking Anglo-Saxon King of England, died in 1066, she was living in England where her brother, Edgar Ætheling, had decided to make a claim to the vacant throne. After the conquest of the Kingdom of England by the Normans, the traditional story has it, however much it may be doubted, that the widowed Agatha decided to leave Northumberland with her children and return to the Continent, but a storm drove their ship to Scotland where they sought the protection of King Malcolm III. The spot where she is said to have landed is known today as St Margaret's Hope, near the village of North Queensferry. Malcolm was probably a widower, and was no doubt attracted by the prospect of marrying one of the few remaining members of the Anglo-Saxon royal family. The marriage of Malcolm and Margaret soon took place and was followed by several invasions of Northumberland by the Scottish king, probably in support of the claims of his brother-in-law Edgar. These, however, had little result beyond the devastation of the province. Far more important were the effects of this alliance upon the history of Scotland. Margaret used her connections to facilitate the introduction of the continental Benedictine monastic order, helping Malcolm to found a church which was the precursor to Dunfermline Abbey. Moreover, a considerable portion of the old Northumbrian kingdom had been conquered by the Scottish kings in the previous centuries, but up until this time the English population had little influence upon the ruling element of the kingdom. Malcolm's marriage possibly improved the condition of the ethnically Anglo-Saxon population he ruled, and under Margaret's sons, Edgar, Alexander I and David I, the Scottish royal court became more like that of its Anglo-Norman and continental neighbours. Margaret was very religious, and saw to the building of churches and the preservation of sacred relics. She supposedly rebuilt the monastery of Iona, and provided a free ferry (between what is now North and South Queensferry) and housing for pilgrims coming to visit the shrine of Saint Andrew. She was a lavish alms-giver, and paid the ransoms of English hostages held by the Scots. She then died at the age of 48. Margaret and Malcolm had eight children, six sons and two daughters: * Edward, killed 1093. * Edmund of Scotland * Ethelred, abbot of Dunkeld * King Edgar of Scotland * King Alexander I of Scotland * King David I of Scotland * Edith of Scotland, also called Matilda, married King Henry I of England * Mary of Scotland, married Eustace III of Boulogne Her husband, Malcolm, and their eldest son, Edward, were killed in siege against the English at Alnwick Castle on 13 November 1093. Her son Edmund was left with the task of telling his mother of their deaths. Margaret was ill, and she died on 16 November 1093, three days after the deaths her husband and her eldest son. Her children tried to hide the fact of their father and brother's deaths but when Margaret did find out she either died of sadness or a broken heart. It is notable that while Malcolm's children by his first wife Ingibjörg all bore Gaelic names, those of Margaret all bore non-Gaelic names. Later tradition often has it that Margaret was responsible for starting the demise of Gaelic culture in the lowlands and Scotland in general. The forenames of Margaret's children were probably intended to bear Margaret's claims to the Anglo-Saxon throne in the period before permanent Norman rule was recognized, and so the first group of children were given Anglo-Saxon royal names. Moreover, it is unlikely that they were originally seen as successors to the Scottish throne, as Malcolm had other (grown) sons and brothers who were much more likely to succeed him. Furthermore, Margaret freely patronized Gaelic churchmen, and Gaelic remained an expanding language in northern Britain. Nevertheless, these sons regarded their Anglo-Saxon heritage as important, as the latter was one of the main devices for legitimizing the authority of the Scottish kings in Lothian and northern England. Margaret was canonised in 1251 by Pope Innocent IV on account of her great benefactions to the Church. The Roman Catholic church formerly marked the feast of Saint Margaret of Scotland on 10 June, but the date was transferred to 16 November in the liturgical reform of 1972. Queen Margaret University College, founded in 1875, is named after her. |
| Her mother Agatha Yaroslavna died on 13 July 1024. | |
| Birth | Margaret Atheling was born about 1044 in Hungary.1 |
| Her father Edward Atheling died in 1057. | |
| Marriage | Margaret Atheling and Malcolm III Unknown were married about 1070 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland.2,3,1 |
| Her daughter Matilda Unknown was born about 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland. | |
| Her son David I Unknown was born in 1084 in Scotland. | |
| Her husband Malcolm III Unknown died on 13 November 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. | |
| Death | Margaret Atheling died on 16 November 1093, at age ~49, in Edinburgh, Scotland.3,1 |