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He took power in 1066, following his army's victory over the Anglo-Saxons of England. As king, William maintained tight control over the country's central government. William was born at Falaise, in the Normandy region of northwestern France. He was the son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and inherited Normandy in 1035, at about the age of 8. During his youth, there were many disorders. In 1047, William put down a great rebellion at the battle of Val-es-dunes, near Caen, with the aid of his lord, King Henry I of France. From that time on, William ruled Normandy with an iron hand. William claimed that King Edward the Confessor of England promised him succession to the English throne as Edward's nearest adult heir. However, Edward's brother-in-law Harold became king in 1066 through a deathbed grant by Edward and election by the nobles. William promptly prepared to invade England. But before William could sail, the king of Norway invaded northern England. King Harold hurried north and defeated the Norwegian invaders at Stamford Bridge, near York. William landed before Harold could return to defend the southern coast. The Normans destroyed the Anglo-Saxon army and killed Harold at the Battle of Hastings on Oct. 14, 1066. On Christmas Day, 1066, William was crowned king. William then put down local rebellions. He took lands from those who resisted him. He kept some of these lands for himself and gave the rest to his followers in return for military service. To emphasize the lawfulness of his crown, William confirmed the laws of Edward the Confessor and kept all the powers of the Anglo-Saxon monarchy. He levied Danegeld, the only national tax on landed property in all of Europe at that time. At Salisbury in 1086, he made all the landholders swear allegiance directly to him as king. William was devout, firm in purpose, and unchanging in gaining his ends. His greatest monument is Domesday Book, a survey of the land and principal landholders of his realm. KING 1066-1087 14 Oct 1066 = Battle of Hastings. William of Normandy is renowned in English history as the Conqueror but to his contemporaries he was known as William the Bastard. His father Robert was Duke of Normandy, but his mother Herleve was the daughter of a Falaise tanner, albeit a prosperous one. Although Herleve bore her ducal lover two children, of whom William was born either 1027 or 1028, the social gap meant there was no question of marriage. Herleve was later married off to one of Duke Robert's vassals, by which gentleman she had two or more sons: Robert who became Count of Mortain and a mighty Anglo-Norman baron, and Odo who became Bishop of Bayeux, an equally mighty prince of the Church. Bastardy was then common, and being illegitimate was not necessarily a bar to inheriting a natural father's land or title, but when William was born it was becoming more of a handicap. There was a strong reforming movement within the Christian Church which aimed, among other things, to enforce its teachings more strictly, including the sanctity of holy matrimony. When in 1034 Duke Robert decided to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. the good lick necessary in any successful life smiled for the first time on William, for the duke had no legitimate children and therefore decided to recognise his bastard son as his heir. More surprisingly, he managed to persuade the Norman nobility to swear fealty to the boy. While returning from the Holy Land in 1035, Robert died suddenly and the eight/ or nine year old William found himself Duke of Normandy. For a while the Norman lords kept their word and recognised the boy as their lawful Duke but with the death of his powerful protector, anarchy reigned. For ten bloody years William's luck held and the warring factions managed to kill each other rather than him, but it was not until 1054, when he was twenty/six or seven years old, that he finally emerged as the undisputed Duke of Normandy. In the process he had become a man of iron, but he was also a man of God who feared for his immortal soul and he was not without vision and imagination. He appreciated that force was not the sole answer to the problem of ruling men, even if it was a major factor. In the Years from 1054 to 1066 William not only consolidated his power in Normandy - and extended it into the bordering country of Maine - he reorganised the structure of Norman society. As early as 1049, long before he became one of the most powerful rulers in mainland Europe, William had acquired sufficient reputation to negotiate a marriage with Matilda, a daughter of Count Baldwin of Flanders. This alliance was a political coup and despite papal disapproval he went ahead with the marriage, a bold action for a devout Christian ruler. Physically he and Matilda were an ill/assorted pair; she was a little over four feet tall, whereas he was close to six feet, immensely strong and tough, with a harsh guttural voice. Mentally they seem to have been well attuned and the marriage was remarkably successful, particularly if it is remembered that political gain and interest, not love or even compatibility, were the hallmarks of royal alliances. As the Norman empire expanded William was able to leave his wife as regent, a task she performed with great efficiency and loyalty. She bore him at least nine children and he earned a reputation for total fidelity which was even more remarkable that their marital harmony. Fortune again favoured him in his marriage with a wife whom he could trust, not a quality of which he had had much experience in the treacherous, turbulent years of his youth. When thoughts of adding the kingdom of England to the dukedom of Normandy first entered William's mind is a matter of conjecture. It is possible hid determination to marry Matilda was prompted by such an idea, because she was a direct descendant of Alfred the Great, whereas his relationship to the English monarchy was much more tenuous. In fact there was no established right of succession in England at the time, so it was a question of who could lay claim to the throne. In the Norman version of events leading up to 1066 - as depicted in the Bayeux tapestry and by the Anglo-Norman chroniclers - Duke William visited King Edward in London in 1051. Edward - known to posterity as the Confessor - had spent much of his childhood in exile at the Norman court and was to an extent Norman/oriented. During the visit he is supposed to have promised that he should he die without an heir Duke William would be his rightful successor. Then there is a leap to 1064 and the arrival of Harold Godwinson in Normandy, by which time it had become obvious that King Edward would not produce an heir. Harold was a member of the family which had established itself as the Earls of Wessex and after some changes of fortune had become the most powerful in England. He had as good (or bad) a claim to the English throne as William, with the extra factor that he was a native of the country. Whether Harold actually intended to go to Normandy in 1064 and what his mission was if he did, is now a matter of dispute. The Norman version is that Harold arrived in Normandy, albeit via the domain of Ponthieu, explicitly to reaffirm his allegiance to Duke William as the next rightful King of England, nominated by King Edward. And moreover that he swore allegiance on sacred relics , though where he actually swore his oath varies even in the Norman accounts. This episode is the crux of the Norman version. Once Edward the Confessor died in January 1066 and Harold Godwinson had himself crowned king, William was morally and legally entitled, even driven, to fight for the inheritance which had been usurped. The version was accepted at the time by other European rulers and, most importantly, by the Pope. William was able to land in England with the papal seal of approval for a justified invasion, bearing a holy banner. (His half-brother Odo, who as a Bishop was not supposed to carry arms, arrived wielding a holy sceptre). The Norman account can be accepted as a truth or seen as evidence that in the propaganda war - as it would now be called - Duke William beat King Harold even more decisively than he did in battle. The last Saxon king of England has since had many apologists. They deride the idea that King Edward would have willed away his crown as early as 1051, or even that the Saxon Harold would have gone to Normandy specifically to swear allegiance to a Norman duke; if he did swear, it was under duress and therefore an invalid oath. There is general agreement that as Edward the Confessor lay dying he nominated Harold as his successor and he was thus accepted by the Witanegemot (the assembly of Saxon nobility). But the Normans explained that this nomination was extracted from a dying, unworldly, perhaps slightly senile man and was itself invalid, apart from the fact that Harold had forsworn himself. Early in 1066 Harold had the crown of England with the consent of his peers, but also with the knowledge that Duke William of Normandy considered it his by right. Harold soon called up the fyrd ( a Saxon militia of freemen) in the south of England and they responded. The months went by; Harold was more or less forced to disband the fyrd because while they were willing to fight, they were not disciplined to wait. Then in the middle of September another expected invader actually arrived, Harold Hardrada of Norway who was a claimant to the English throne. Hardrada's claim was as good as anybody's: it lay through Edward the Confessor's Anglo-Danish predecessors Kings Canute and Hardacanute and promises allegedly made by them to Hardrad's father. King Harold marched north and on 25 September inflicted a crushing defeat on Harold of Norway at Stamford Bridge, near York. Again the necessary element of luck was with William, because as his enemy Harold Godwinson went to kill the other serious claimant Harold Hardrada for him, the weather changed for the better. On 12 September William's forces landed at Pevensey in Sussex, with neither the fyrd nor King Harold's own troops to oppose them. However, there was nothing lucky about the way William overcame his Norman nobles' reluctance to support an invasion of England (they thought he was over-reaching himself), nor in the way he organised his invasion forces. That was a masterly piece of planning and staff-work, assembling men, horses, ships, weapons, supplies and then keeping them disciplined and intact while they waited and waited for favourable weather conditions. In the meantime, having fought a long, bitter and bloody battle at Stamford Bridge, King Harold marched back to London, had a brief respite, gathered more troops and marched south to meet the Normans. It might have been wiser if Harold had rested longer and reorganised his tired army particularly as William was being extremely cautious and had done nothing more than establish a bridgehead slightly nearer to Hastings. But Harold presumably believed that attack was the best form of defence and on 14 October an event took place of which virtually everybody in Britain knows the date, the battle of Hastings 1066. It was, as the Duke of Wellington said later of another battle, a damn close run thing; but as darkness fell King Harold lay dead, though probably not with an arrow in his eye, and the Saxon forces scattered into the night. Update: from Queen's Official Web Site 8/10/97. The Normans William I The victory of William I, 'the Conqueror' (reigned 1066-1087) at Hastings and his subsequent coronation in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066 did not give him complete control of England. Remaining resistance was, however, severely crushed and castles were built to control the country (including a fortress on the site of Windsor Castle, and the White Tower at the Tower of London). The lands of defeated Saxon nobles were given to William's followers in return for military service by a certain number of knights, so that the tenants' foremost obligation was allegiance to the king. This firmly established the feudal system. In 1086, William commissioned the Domesday Book, to record land holdings for the assessment of taxes and other dues. William spent long periods in Normandy to maintain his authority there, dealing with rebellions and French invasions. William died in 1087 leaving Normandy to his eldest son, Robert, and England to his second son, William II Rufus (reigned 1087-1100). Additional Information: William was born of Robert, Duke of Normandy, and Herleva of Falaise. William's father left on a pilgrimage to the holy land when William was only seven. Before leaving, Robert made the nobles swear allegiance to his son. Robert died on the trip. Although he was illegitimate, his claim to the duchy held and the government was given to the ministers until William turned 18. This was a chaotic time for Normandy, with various rebellions, and William saw several of his close friends assassinated. William was kept alive to adulthood thanks to the protection of the Bishop of Rouen and the devotion of his tutors. The tutor took up the practice of sleeping in the same room as the boy, to protect him, and many times William spent the night hiding in a peasant cottage. The Danish conquest of England in 1013 resulted in the West Saxon royalty fleeing to Normandy. One of them, Edward the Confessor, later retook the throne of England in 1042. At the time, William was 14 years old. The kings of England at this time tended to be less powerful than their nobles, and Edward had no sons. Edward looked upon the Normans as the only people he could trust, and actually designated William to be his heir. At the time of Edward's death, there were three powerful factions competing for the throne of England. One was the Danish & Norwegian faction, led by Harold Hardraada, who intended to reconquer it after losing it in 1042. Another was the son of the powerful Saxon Earl Godwin, named Harold Godwinson. The third was William. The Danes had the strongest legal claim to the throne, but would have to win it by conquest -- something the vikings were rather good at. The Saxons based their claim on tradition and nationality, and they were already there. William had his claim by right of bequest from Edward. On January 5, 1066, Edward died. Harold Godwinson, after riding all night, was crowned on January 6, claiming that Edward had changed his will and designated him the real successor. He was even able to produce a document to prove it. Hardraada had intended to invade immediately, but was setback by rebellion and delayed his invasion until September. William also spent the summer building up an army and a fleet to invade England. Harold gathered his army in Southern England, but due to supply problems was forced to disband on September 8, only 10 days before the Vikings landed in the north. By September 20, the Vikings had taken the city of York and conquered a portion of northern England. Harold quickly gathered together a new army and marched across England. On September 25, the Saxons and Vikings met in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. The battle lasted the entire day, and the outcome was unsure. However, it was sufficient to break the Viking war machine, and seemed to secure Harold's place on the English throne. William landed in Hastings two days later. After the conquest, Viking's would never again rule in England. William had been pinned into his harbor for weeks due to unfavorable winds. Amazingly, his significant leadership skills allowed him to hold his forces together and keep them ready for an invasion. Thus, when the wind changed, he was ready to go and landed in England on September the 27th. Expecting an attack from Harold, William's troops started throwing up fortifications and strongholds in the area. Harold immediately marched for London, where he raised another army. He arrived with his new troops on the night of the 13th of October, and gave battle on the 14th of October. The battle lasted for the entire day, with neither side seeming to gain the upper hand. After a while, though, the superior discipline of the Normans began to show through, as the Saxon troops slowly melted away. Harold himself was killed by an arrow. The conquest was not yet complete, but it was assured. William became the king of both England and Normandy. He set up laws and took a census which is recorded in his Domesday book. He held out against further Viking raids, and put down rebellions in both England and Normandy. William originally intended to leave the combined throne of England and Normandy to his son Robert. After Robert rebelled against his father, however, William split the kingdom in two: Upon his death in 1087, Robert would become the duke of Normandy, and Robert's brother William would become the king of England. William's Domesday book was among the first of its kind -- the first known case of an English king taking a census. It is a major source of information on medieval England. King Guillaume I De Normandie Of England and Maud Husband King Guillaume I De Normandie Of England ¹ ³ ⁵ ⁸ ⁹ Born: 14 Oct 1024 - Falaise Castle Normandy, France ⁹ ¹⁰ Christened: 1066 - Norman Conquest, As An Adult; Died: 9 Sep 1087 - Priory Of St. Gervais Near Rouen ⁷ ⁹ Buried: - St Stephen's Abbey Caen Normandy AFN: 92D5-NS Father: Duke Robert VI Beauclerc Of Normandy (Abt 0999-1035) ¹ ³ ⁵ ⁷ ⁸ ¹¹ Mother: Harlette (Herleva) De Falaise Of Normandy (1003-Abt 1050) ¹ ³ ⁵ ⁷ ⁸ ¹¹ Marriage: Between 1040 and 1069 Other Spouse: Queen Matilda Of England (1031-1083) ¹ ³ ⁵ ⁷ ⁸ - 1052 - Cathedral Of Notre Dame D'eu, Normandy ⁷ ⁹ Other Spouse: Miss De Ponthieu (Abt 1029- ) ⁷ ⁸ Noted events in his life were: • Baptism ¹², Crowned 25/12/1066 Westminster Abbey Wife Maud ¹ Born: Abt 1024 Christened: Died: Between 1049 and 1118 Buried: Children 1 M William Peverell ¹ Born: Abt 1045 Christened: Died: Between 1046 and 1135 Buried: General Notes (Husband) 1 NAME The /Bastard/ WILLIAM I, THE CONQUEROR (1027?-1087), was the first Norman king of England. He took power in 1066, following his army's victory over the Anglo-Saxons of England. As king, William maintained tight control over the country's central government. William was born at Falaise, in the Normandy region of northwestern France. He was the son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and inherited Normandy in 1035, at about the age of 8. During his youth, there were many disorders. In 1047, William put down a great rebellion at the battle of Val-es-dunes, near Caen, with the aid of his lord, King Henry I of France. From that time on, William ruled Normandy with an iron hand. William claimed that King Edward the Confessor of England promised him succession to the English throne as Edward's nearest adult heir. However, Edward's brother-in-law Harold became king in 1066 through a deathbed grant by Edward and election by the nobles. William promptly prepared to invade England. But before William could sail, the king of Norway invaded northern England. King Harold hurried north and defeated the Norwegian invaders at Stamford Bridge, near York. William landed before Harold could return to defend the southern coast. The Normans destroyed the Anglo-Saxon army and killed Harold at the Battle of Hastings on Oct. 14, 1066. On Christmas Day, 1066, William was crowned king. William then put down local rebellions. He took lands from those who resisted him. He kept some of these lands for himself and gave the rest to his followers in return for military service. To emphasize the lawfulness of his crown, William confirmed the laws of Edward the Confessor and kept all the powers of the Anglo-Saxon monarchy. He levied Danegeld, the only national tax on landed property in all of Europe at that time. At Salisbury in 1086, he made all the landholders swear allegiance directly to him as king. William was devout, firm in purpose, and unchanging in gaining his ends. His greatest monument is Domesday Book, a survey of the land and principal landholders of his realm. KING 1066-1087 14 Oct 1066 = Battle of Hastings. William of Normandy is renowned in English history as the Conqueror but to his contemporaries he was known as William the Bastard. His father Robert was Duke of Normandy, but his mother Herleve was the daughter of a Falaise tanner, albeit a prosperous one. Although Herleve bore her ducal lover two children, of whom William was born either 1027 or 1028, the social gap meant there was no question of marriage. Herleve was later married off to one of Duke Robert's vassals, by which gentleman she had two or more sons: Robert who became Count of Mortain and a mighty Anglo-Norman baron, and Odo who became Bishop of Bayeux, an equally mighty prince of the Church. Bastardy was then common, and being illegitimate was not necessarily a bar to inheriting a natural father's land or title, but when William was born it was becoming more of a handicap. There was a strong reforming movement within the Christian Church which aimed, among other things, to enforce its teachings more strictly, including the sanctity of holy matrimony. When in 1034 Duke Robert decided to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. the good lick necessary in any successful life smiled for the first time on William, for the duke had no legitimate children and therefore decided to recognise his bastard son as his heir. More surprisingly, he managed to persuade the Norman nobility to swear fealty to the boy. While returning from the Holy Land in 1035, Robert died suddenly and the eight/ or nine year old William found himself Duke of Normandy. For a while the Norman lords kept their word and recognised the boy as their lawful Duke but with the death of his powerful protector, anarchy reigned. For ten bloody years William's luck held and the warring factions managed to kill each other rather than him, but it was not until 1054, when he was twenty/six or seven years old, that he finally emerged as the undisputed Duke of Normandy. In the process he had become a man of iron, but he was also a man of God who feared for his immortal soul and he was not without vision and imagination. He appreciated that force was not the sole answer to the problem of ruling men, even if it was a major factor. In the Years from 1054 to 1066 William not only consolidated his power in Normandy - and extended it into the bordering country of Maine - he reorganised the structure of Norman society. As early as 1049, long before he became one of the most powerful rulers in mainland Europe, William had acquired sufficient reputation to negotiate a marriage with Matilda, a daughter of Count Baldwin of Flanders. This alliance was a political coup and despite papal disapproval he went ahead with the marriage, a bold action for a devout Christian ruler. Physically he and Matilda were an ill/assorted pair; she was a little over four feet tall, whereas he was close to six feet, immensely strong and tough, with a harsh guttural voice. Mentally they seem to have been well attuned and the marriage was remarkably successful, particularly if it is remembered that political gain and interest, not love or even compatibility, were the hallmarks of royal alliances. As the Norman empire expanded William was able to leave his wife as regent, a task she performed with great efficiency and loyalty. She bore him at least nine children and he earned a reputation for total fidelity which was even more remarkable that their marital harmony. Fortune again favoured him in his marriage with a wife whom he could trust, not a quality of which he had had much experience in the treacherous, turbulent years of his youth. When thoughts of adding the kingdom of England to the dukedom of Normandy first entered William's mind is a matter of conjecture. It is possible hid determination to marry Matilda was prompted by such an idea, because she was a direct descendant of Alfred the Great, whereas his relationship to the English monarchy was much more tenuous. In fact there was no established right of succession in England at the time, so it was a question of who could lay claim to the throne. In the Norman version of events leading up to 1066 - as depicted in the Bayeux tapestry and by the Anglo-Norman chroniclers - Duke William visited King Edward in London in 1051. Edward - known to posterity as the Confessor - had spent much of his childhood in exile at the Norman court and was to an extent Norman/oriented. During the visit he is supposed to have promised that he should he die without an heir Duke William would be his rightful successor. Then there is a leap to 1064 and the arrival of Harold Godwinson in Normandy, by which time it had become obvious that King Edward would not produce an heir. Harold was a member of the family which had established itself as the Earls of Wessex and after some changes of fortune had become the most powerful in England. He had as good (or bad) a claim to the English throne as William, with the extra factor that he was a native of the country. Whether Harold actually intended to go to Normandy in 1064 and what his mission was if he did, is now a matter of dispute. The Norman version is that Harold arrived in Normandy, albeit via the domain of Ponthieu, explicitly to reaffirm his allegiance to Duke William as the next rightful King of England, nominated by King Edward. And moreover that he swore allegiance on sacred relics , though where he actually swore his oath varies even in the Norman accounts. This episode is the crux of the Norman version. Once Edward the Confessor died in January 1066 and Harold Godwinson had himself crowned king, William was morally and legally entitled, even driven, to fight for the inheritance which had been usurped. The version was accepted at the time by other European rulers and, most importantly, by the Pope. William was able to land in England with the papal seal of approval for a justified invasion, bearing a holy banner. (His half-brother Odo, who as a Bishop was not supposed to carry arms, arrived wielding a holy sceptre). The Norman account can be accepted as a truth or seen as evidence that in the propaganda war - as it would now be called - Duke William beat King Harold even more decisively than he did in battle. The last Saxon king of England has since had many apologists. They deride the idea that King Edward would have willed away his crown as early as 1051, or even that the Saxon Harold would have gone to Normandy specifically to swear allegiance to a Norman duke; if he did swear, it was under duress and therefore an invalid oath. There is general agreement that as Edward the Confessor lay dying he nominated Harold as his successor and he was thus accepted by the Witanegemot (the assembly of Saxon nobility). But the Normans explained that this nomination was extracted from a dying, unworldly, perhaps slightly senile man and was itself invalid, apart from the fact that Harold had forsworn himself. Early in 1066 Harold had the crown of England with the consent of his peers, but also with the knowledge that Duke William of Normandy considered it his by right. Harold soon called up the fyrd ( a Saxon militia of freemen) in the south of England and they responded. The months went by; Harold was more or less forced to disband the fyrd because while they were willing to fight, they were not disciplined to wait. Then in the middle of September another expected invader actually arrived, Harold Hardrada of Norway who was a claimant to the English throne. Hardrada's claim was as good as anybody's: it lay through Edward the Confessor's Anglo-Danish predecessors Kings Canute and Hardacanute and promises allegedly made by them to Hardrad's father. King Harold marched north and on 25 September inflicted a crushing defeat on Harold of Norway at Stamford Bridge, near York. Again the necessary element of luck was with William, because as his enemy Harold Godwinson went to kill the other serious claimant Harold Hardrada for him, the weather changed for the better. On 12 September William's forces landed at Pevensey in Sussex, with neither the fyrd nor King Harold's own troops to oppose them. However, there was nothing lucky about the way William overcame his Norman nobles' reluctance to support an invasion of England (they thought he was over-reaching himself), nor in the way he organised his invasion forces. That was a masterly piece of planning and staff-work, assembling men, horses, ships, weapons, supplies and then keeping them disciplined and intact while they waited and waited for favourable weather conditions. In the meantime, having fought a long, bitter and bloody battle at Stamford Bridge, King Harold marched back to London, had a brief respite, gathered more troops and marched south to meet the Normans. It might have been wiser if Harold had rested longer and reorganised his tired army particularly as William was being extremely cautious and had done nothing more than establish a bridgehead slightly nearer to Hastings. But Harold presumably believed that attack was the best form of defence and on 14 October an event took place of which virtually everybody in Britain knows the date, the battle of Hastings 1066. It was, as the Duke of Wellington said later of another battle, a damn close run thing; but as darkness fell King Harold lay dead, though probably not with an arrow in his eye, and the Saxon forces scattered into the night. Update: from Queen's Official Web Site 8/10/97. The Normans William I The victory of William I, 'the Conqueror' (reigned 1066-1087) at Hastings and his subsequent coronation in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066 did not give him complete control of England. Remaining resistance was, however, severely crushed and castles were built to control the country (including a fortress on the site of Windsor Castle, and the White Tower at the Tower of London). The lands of defeated Saxon nobles were given to William's followers in return for military service by a certain number of knights, so that the tenants' foremost obligation was allegiance to the king. This firmly established the feudal system. In 1086, William commissioned the Domesday Book, to record land holdings for the assessment of taxes and other dues. William spent long periods in Normandy to maintain his authority there, dealing with rebellions and French invasions. William died in 1087 leaving Normandy to his eldest son, Robert, and England to his second son, William II Rufus (reigned 1087-1100). Additional Information: William was born of Robert, Duke of Normandy, and Herleva of Falaise. William's father left on a pilgrimage to the holy land when William was only seven. Before leaving, Robert made the nobles swear allegiance to his son. Robert died on the trip. Although he was illegitimate, his claim to the duchy held and the government was given to the ministers until William turned 18. This was a chaotic time for Normandy, with various rebellions, and William saw several of his close friends assassinated. William was kept alive to adulthood thanks to the protection of the Bishop of Rouen and the devotion of his tutors. The tutor took up the practice of sleeping in the same room as the boy, to protect him, and many times William spent the night hiding in a peasant cottage. The Danish conquest of England in 1013 resulted in the West Saxon royalty fleeing to Normandy. One of them, Edward the Confessor, later retook the throne of England in 1042. At the time, William was 14 years old. The kings of England at this time tended to be less powerful than their nobles, and Edward had no sons. Edward looked upon the Normans as the only people he could trust, and actually designated William to be his heir. At the time of Edward's death, there were three powerful factions competing for the throne of England. One was the Danish & Norwegian faction, led by Harold Hardraada, who intended to reconquer it after losing it in 1042. Another was the son of the powerful Saxon Earl Godwin, named Harold Godwinson. The third was William. The Danes had the strongest legal claim to the throne, but would have to win it by conquest -- something the vikings were rather good at. The Saxons based their claim on tradition and nationality, and they were already there. William had his claim by right of bequest from Edward. On January 5, 1066, Edward died. Harold Godwinson, after riding all night, was crowned on January 6, claiming that Edward had changed his will and designated him the real successor. He was even able to produce a document to prove it. Hardraada had intended to invade immediately, but was setback by rebellion and delayed his invasion until September. William also spent the summer building up an army and a fleet to invade England. Harold gathered his army in Southern England, but due to supply problems was forced to disband on September 8, only 10 days before the Vikings landed in the north. By September 20, the Vikings had taken the city of York and conquered a portion of northern England. Harold quickly gathered together a new army and marched across England. On September 25, the Saxons and Vikings met in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. The battle lasted the entire day, and the outcome was unsure. However, it was sufficient to break the Viking war machine, and seemed to secure Harold's place on the English throne. William landed in Hastings two days later. After the conquest, Viking's would never again rule in England. William had been pinned into his harbor for weeks due to unfavorable winds. Amazingly, his significant leadership skills allowed him to hold his forces together and keep them ready for an invasion. Thus, when the wind changed, he was ready to go and landed in England on September the 27th. Expecting an attack from Harold, William's troops started throwing up fortifications and strongholds in the area. Harold immediately marched for London, where he raised another army. He arrived with his new troops on the night of the 13th of October, and gave battle on the 14th of October. The battle lasted for the entire day, with neither side seeming to gain the upper hand. After a while, though, the superior discipline of the Normans began to show through, as the Saxon troops slowly melted away. Harold himself was killed by an arrow. The conquest was not yet complete, but it was assured. William became the king of both England and Normandy. He set up laws and took a census which is recorded in his Domesday book. He held out against further Viking raids, and put down rebellions in both England and Normandy. William originally intended to leave the combined throne of England and Normandy to his son Robert. After Robert rebelled against his father, however, William split the kingdom in two: Upon his death in 1087, Robert would become the duke of Normandy, and Robert's brother William would become the king of England. William's Domesday book was among the first of its kind -- the first known case of an English king taking a census. It is a major source of information on medieval England. Waldron De Saint Clare and Margar De Normandie Compte De St Clair Husband Waldron De Saint Clare ¹ ³ Born: Abt 1015 - Of, , Normandy, France Christened: Died: Abt 1074 - Y Buried: Father: Mother: De St Claire-En-Auge ( - ) ¹ Marriage: Other Spouse: Helena Le Bon (Abt 1020-After 1054) ¹ ³ - Abt 1051 - France Noted events in his life were: • Alt. Birth ¹⁰, Normandy, France, Abt 1015 Wife Margar De Normandie Compte De St Clair ¹ Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Duc Richard II Plantaganet De Normandie (0962-1027) ¹ ³ ⁵ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹¹ Mother: Princess Juetta De Bretagne (0982-1017) ¹ ³ ⁵ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹¹ Noted events in her life were: • Occupation, Archbishop Of Rouen Children 1 M Baron William St. Clair Of Rosslyn ¹ Born: 1076 - Normandy, France Christened: Died: Buried: Spouse: Dorothy Of Raby Dunbar ( - ) ¹ 2 M Richard St. Clair ¹ Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 3 M Bretel St. Clair ¹ Born: Christened: Died: Buried: General Notes (Husband) The Sinclairs soon multiplied to such an extent tha t t h e y c ould not all stay at the castle of Sinclair--o r St . C la ir , as it was always called in Normandy. So th ey we re g ive n v arious other castles about France. Abou t the y ear 1 00 6 at t he Castle of St. Lo, was born Walde rne, Ear l of S t . Clair , a descendant of Malger, Earl o f Corbueil . Walde rn e, marri ed his cousin Mary, a daught er of Richa rd, Duk e o f Normand y and had three sons. Ric hard, Bretel , and Wi llia m, all bor n in Normandy. General Notes (Wife) Clare was an English hermit in Normandy, who was mart y r e d i n the year 834 [actually 884], and became St. Cla i r . Th e to wn of St. Clere is near the hermit's retreat , a n d near by ca stle also. took the name St. Clair. The family which took the castle's name is of Norse or i g i n , and like William the Norman Conqueror trace its d es ce n t t hrough Rollo the Viking. In the year 912 [the t rea t y wa s i n 911; Rollo was baptized in 912] Charles th e Si mp le, K in g of France met Rollo, who had ravaged th e coas t s of Nor man dy, at the castle of St. Clair, and t here ma d e him Duk e o f Normandy. Rollo's son William was called William Longsword a n d h e h a d another nickname. My information names the w if e o f Wal de rne as Margaret instead of Mary. This is pe rha ps t he dif fer ence between French and English. You r clip pin g says th at W illiam St. Clair s/o Walderne, di d not l ik e the Conque ror s o with some other discontente d barons , w ent to Scotla nd an d placed himself in the se rvice o f Kin g Malcolm III a nd hi s Queen St. Margaret. S ince the y di d not marry unti l 1070 t his puts William St . Clair i nto S cotland long afte r the con quest of 1066 . So one ass umes t hat St. Margaret w as just ad ded to th e story a s a fact th at happened after 1 066. Malcolm returned with help from England's King Edwa r d t h e C onfessor around 1056 to drive out MacBeth. He w a s cor on ate d on St. Patrick's Day 1058. William's son , H enry t h e Crus ader, was born at Rosyln about 1060. Th is m eans th a t by 106 0 William was already there in Midl othia n Scotla nd . Pete Cu mming's article (Spring 1995 Yo urs Ay e) says " Th e first o f the St. Clairs came into th e are a during th e re ign of Mal colm Canmore (1057) and w ere gr anted land s of th e Barony Ro sline during this tim e. Duri ng the reig n of Mal colm's son D avid I (1124-53) , the Sin clairs move d into Ros lin." Now i f you are to l ook at the se last 2 se ntences, th ere seems t o be a conf lict of fac ts. The probl em is probab ly resolve d if th e Sinclairs, d uring the reig n of David I , moved in t o a new building a t Rosslyn. Rollo, thus made the first Duke of Normandy, was t h e s o n o f Rogenwald the Rich, a favorite of Harold th e Fa ir H ai re d of Norway. Rollo had a son William Longwo od [a ctual l y Lon gsword], whose son, Richard, is the dir ect an cesto r o f th e Sinclairs of Norman blood, and als o of Wil liam t he C onque ror. Richard's son, Richard, was the father of Robert, fa t h e r o f the Conqueror. Richard's son Malger, Robert's u nc l e a nd t he Conqueror's great-uncle, was the Earl of C orb ue il , and h e is the ancestor of the Sinclair faimly , aft e r i t leaves t he royal line. General Notes for Child Baron William "The Seemly" St. Clair Of Rosslyn This first Sinclair in Scotland arrived with Margaret, daughter of Edward the Confessor of England; she married Malcolm III Canmore and became Queen Margaret. Before that, he had fought with his father Walderne against William Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val es Dunes. He may or may not have fought at the Battle of Hastings, for or against the same William, who became known as the Conqueror. William the Seemly died fighting William the Conqueror one last time when the later invaded Scotland. Malcom III of Scotland was generally known as Malcolm 'Canmore' which name comes from the Gaelic Ceann-mor which means 'great or big head.' He lived between 1031-1093 becoming King of Scotland in 1053. He spent his youth in Northumbria with his uncle, Earl Siward who, in 1054, established Malcolm in Cumbria and Lothian. In 1057, after Macbeth was killed, he became King of all Scotland. His first wife, Ingeborg, was the widow of Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney. When she died, he married Margaret, the sister of Edgar 'the Atheling' who had come to Scotland with William the Seemly'' St Clair and others from Hungary. The date for this second marriage is given as 1069 but Margaret's own arrival in Scotland is pre-Norman Conquest. She made William 'the Seemly' St Clair her cup-bearer (which has far greater significance than that name would seem to imply) because he was (and I quote) 'perfect in all his members'. The King gave him Rosslyn in 'life-rent' but this was changed to 'in free heritage' when William's son, Henry, took over when his father had been killed whilst fighting against the forces of his 'cousin' William, 'the Conqueror'. The St Clair presence in Scotland came by a different route i.e. when William 'the Seemly', the third son of Walderne, accompanied the Saxon Princess, Margaret, to Scotland. William 'the Conqueror' sent a great army under the command of the Duke of Gloucester to invade Scotland. William 'the Seemly' St Clair had been given the task of defending the border against the possibility of an English attack. When the attack came, Malcolm reinforced the Sinclair forces with those commanded by the Earls of March and Monteith. During the ensuing battle William Sinclair dashed forward with his forces 'to put the enemy out of order' . The report goes on to say: "He was slain by a multitude of his enimnes but not before he made fall many in heaps down by his feet". The news of his death coming to the two other chietains, March and Monteith, they fell 'so boldly upon the enimie that they scarce left any alive'. The King and the Queen lamented this misfortune and gave William's son, Henry Sinclair, the lands of Rosslyn 'in free heritage' (his father had held it in 'life rent'); made him a knight and a captain of 600 men. Henry outlived King Malcolm but was equally respected by King David I of Scotland who gave him the lands of Cardain and the command of 8,000 men. He routed the English army at the Battle of Allerton (now in Yorkshire) thereby avenging the death of his father. David Alan Duke and Pamela Gaye De Normandie Husband David Alan Duke (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Russell Alexander Duke Mother: Rosalyn McSpadden Marriage: Wife Pamela Gaye De Normandie (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Children 1 M John Franklin Duke (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: William The Elder De La Pole Sir and Katherine De Norwich Husband William The Elder De La Pole Sir ³ Born: Christened: Died: 21 Jun 1366 ¹³ Buried: - Carthusian Priory, Hull Marriage: Wife Katherine De Norwich ³ Born: Christened: Died: 1381 Buried: - Carthusian Priory, Hull Children 1 M Michael De La Pole 1st Earl ³ Born: Abt 1330 Christened: Died: 1389 ¹⁴ Buried: - Carthusian Priory, Hull Spouse: Katherine Wingfield (Abt 1349-Bef 1381) ³ Marr: Bef 18 Oct 1361 2 M Edmund De La Pole Sir ³ Born: Christened: Died: After 1384 Buried: 3 M Walter De La Pole Sir ³ Born: Christened: Died: 1378 Buried: 4 M Thomas De La Pole Sir ³ Born: Christened: Died: 24 Nov 1361 Buried: 5 F Blanche De La Pole ³ Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 6 F Katherine De La Pole ³ Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 7 F Margaret De La Pole ³ Born: Christened: Died: Buried: General Notes for Child Michael De La Pole 1st Earl 1 UPDA 2 DATE 6 AUG 1385 2 PLAC Acceded: Lord de la Pole, Elisabeth De Noyelles Husband Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Elisabeth De Noyelles ³ Born: Christened: Died: 1558 Buried: Father: Mother: Magdalena Van Culemborg ( - ) ³ Children 1 F Elisabeth Van Bronckhorst-Batenburg ³ Born: 1551 Christened: Died: 1596 Buried: Duke Buchard Von Schwaben Of Swabia and Reginlinde De Nullenburg Husband Duke Buchard Von Schwaben Of Swabia ¹ ⁷ Born: Abt 0882 - Burgundy, France ⁷ ¹⁰ ¹⁵ Christened: Died: 29 Apr 0926 - Ivera Buried: Father: Berkhard I Of Swabia Von Schwaben Count In The Baar (Abt 0865-Abt 0911) ¹ Mother: Marriage: Wife Reginlinde De Nullenburg ¹ ⁷ Born: Abt 0887 - Of France ⁷ ¹⁵ Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Count Eberhard II Of Thurgau ( - ) ¹ Mother: Gisela Of Nullenberg ( - ) ¹ Children 1 F Queen Bertha Von Swabia Of Burgundy ¹ ⁷ ⁹ AKA: Bertha Von Swabia, Bertha Von Swabia Born: Abt 0907 - Of, Burgundy, France ⁷ ¹⁰ Christened: Died: 11 Aug 0967 ⁷ ⁹ ¹⁵ Buried: AFN: FLHG-8J Spouse: King Rudolf II Burgundy Of Burgundy (Abt 0902-0937) ¹ ³ ⁷ ⁹ Marr: Abt 0924 ⁷ ⁹. (Divorced) General Notes (Husband) !BIRTH:edwardiii.ged, edwardiii.ged !DEATH:edwardiii.ged, edwardiii.ged General Notes for Child Queen Bertha Von Swabia Of Burgundy [royalty.ged] TITL [QUEEN OF BURGUNDY]/ Aertje De Nyse Husband Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Aertje De Nyse Born: Abt 1656 - New Amsterdam, Kings Co., New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: - 1657-1750 ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Jeronemous Rapalje and Annetje Teunis De Nyse Husband Jeronemous Rapalje Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Annetje Teunis De Nyse Born: 18 Feb 1646 - New Amsterdam ¹⁶ Christened: Died: - 1662-1740 ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Cornelius De Nyse Husband Cornelius De Nyse Born: 25 Apr 1696 ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Denyse Teunissen De Nyse (1654-1713) Mother: Helena Cortelyou (1666-After 1726) Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Denyse Teunissen De Nyse and Elizabeth Polhemius Husband Denyse Teunissen De Nyse Born: 16 Apr 1654 - Itamarca, Brazil ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 1713 - New Utrecht, New York ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Marriage: 22 Oct 1682 ¹⁶ Other Spouse: Helena Cortelyou (1666-After 1726) - 12 Apr 1685 - New Utrecht, New York ¹⁶ Wife Elizabeth Polhemius Born: Abt 1661 - Brooklyn, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Bef 1685 Buried: Father: Johannes Theodorus Polhemius (Abt 1598-1676) Mother: Catherine Van Werven (Abt 1624-Abt 1702) General Notes (Husband) [bobspu.ged] m1. Elizabeth Polhemius m2. Helena Cortelyou Source: Richard Cline Mar 1998 Gerrett Janse Snedeker and Elsje Teunis De Nyse Husband Gerrett Janse Snedeker Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Dec 1669 ¹⁶ Wife Elsje Teunis De Nyse Born: 10 May 1648 - New Amsterdam ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Frederick Van Liew and Helena De Nyse Husband Frederick Van Liew Born: 30 Apr 1694 - Jamaica, Long Island, Queens, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 27 Nov 1756 - Franklin, New Jersey ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Frederick Hendrickson Van Liew (1656-1726) Mother: Dinah Janse (1662-1740) Marriage: 6 Mar 1717 - Brooklyn, New York ¹⁶ Wife Helena De Nyse Born: 5 Mar 1700 - Brooklyn, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 6 Mar 1784 - Franklin, New Jersey ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Denyse Teunissen De Nyse (1654-1713) Mother: Helena Cortelyou (1666-After 1726) Children 1 F Dinah Van Liew Born: 16 Aug 1718 - Three Mile Run, New Jersey ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 22 Nov 1762 ¹⁶ Buried: 2 F Helena Van Liew Born: 15 Oct 1721 - Middlesex, Somerset County, New Jersey Christened: Died: 6 Jul 1778 - New Jersey ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Rem Ditmars (1707-1775) Marr: 6 Aug 1739 - Somerset County, New Jersey ¹⁶ 3 F Mariejte Van Liew Born: 17 Mar 1723 - Three Mile Run, New Jersey ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 26 Oct 1761 - Blowenburg, Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Joost Duryee ( - ) Marr: 5 Jun 1750 - Long Island, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ 4 M Frederick Van Liew Born: 5 Dec 1727 - Somerset Co., New Jersey ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 25 May 1758 - Somerset Co., New Jersey ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Antje Bennett ( - ) 5 F Denice Van Liew Born: 5 Mar 1728 - Somerset Co., New Jersey ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 17 Oct 1777 Buried: Spouse: Eldea Wyckoff ( - ) 6 M Cornelius Van Liew Born: 7 Dec 1734 - Somerset Co., New Jersey ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 29 Jan 1777 Buried: 7 M Johannes Van Liew Born: 16 Apr 1736 - Somerset County, New Jersey ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 10 Oct 1794 ¹⁶ Buried: Jacobus Van Tuyl and Hilligond De Nyse Husband Jacobus Van Tuyl Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Hilligond De Nyse Born: 1642 - New Amsterdam, Kings Co., New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 1707 Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) James De Nyse Husband James De Nyse Born: Abt 1660 ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Jaques Teunisen De Nyse and Reymeriga Simonson Husband Jaques Teunisen De Nyse Born: 1686 - New Utrecht, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 1739 Buried: Father: Denyse Teunissen De Nyse (1654-1713) Mother: Helena Cortelyou (1666-After 1726) Marriage: Wife Reymeriga Simonson Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Joris De Nyse Husband Joris De Nyse Born: Abt 1662 ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Dirk Jansen Woertman and Merritje De Nyse Husband Dirk Jansen Woertman Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: 1660 - New Amsterdam, Netherlands ¹⁶ Wife Merritje De Nyse Born: 3 Apr 1644 - New Amsterdam, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Abt 1719 - Brooklyn, New York ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) General Notes (Husband) [bobspu.ged] Film No. 0982133J, "Bergen's Register", p.393 states that Dirck emigrated from Amsterdam in 1647. He settled in Brooklyn and was a member of the R.D. Church there in 1661; was a town officer in 1673; took the oath of allegiance in 1687; on ass. roll of 1693 and the census roll of 1698. October 10, 1706, sold his Brooklyn lands, which covered several patents on the East River south of Fulton Ferry to Jores Remsen, his son-in-law. His will dated April 10, 1694. He signed his name "Dierck Janssen Woertman". Source: Richard Cline Mar 1998 Nys De Nyse Husband Nys De Nyse Born: 1580 - Netherlands ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Children 1 M Teunis Nyssen De Nyse Born: Abt 1615 - Bunnik, New Utrecht, Netherlands ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Aug 1663 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Marr: 11 Feb 1640 - New Amsterdam, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ General Notes for Child Teunis Nyssen De Nyse [bobspu.ged] Emigrated to America in 1638 from Binnik/Binnick, a village near Arnheim, in Sticht of Hythuyzen, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands. Theunis administered the estate of his father-in-law, John Seals on April 2, 1647, obtainwd a patent from Gov. Kieft for "Old Jan's land", described as "on the south side of the land belonging to Everhardus Bogardus, Minister". Source: "Somerset County Historical Quarterly", p. 226. Somerset NJ. Other Source: Richard Cline Mar 1998 Teunis De Nyse Husband Teunis De Nyse Born: 1687 ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Denyse Teunissen De Nyse (1654-1713) Mother: Helena Cortelyou (1666-After 1726) Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Teunis De Nyse Husband Teunis De Nyse Born: 1643 - New Amsterdam, Kings Co., New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse (Abt 1615-1663) Mother: Phoebe Jan Seals (Abt 1626-1666) Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Teunis Nyssen De Nyse and Phoebe Jan Seals Husband Teunis Nyssen De Nyse Born: Abt 1615 - Bunnik, New Utrecht, Netherlands ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Aug 1663 - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Nys De Nyse (1580- ) Mother: Marriage: 11 Feb 1640 - New Amsterdam, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ Wife Phoebe Jan Seals Born: Abt 1626 - Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 13 Dec 1666 - Flatbush, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ Buried: Father: John Seals (Abt 1585-1645) Mother: Phillipa Soales (Abt 1585-Abt 1630) Other Spouse: Hendrick Deboar ( - ) Other Spouse: Jan Cornelis Buys ( - ) - 24 Aug 1663 ¹⁶ Children 1 F Jannetje De Nyse Born: 22 Dec 1641 - New Amsterdam ¹⁶ Christened: Died: - 1642-1735 ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Jan Hansen Bergen ( - ) 2 F Hilligond De Nyse Born: 1642 - New Amsterdam, Kings Co., New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 1707 Buried: Spouse: Jacobus Van Tuyl ( - ) 3 M Teunis De Nyse Born: 1643 - New Amsterdam, Kings Co., New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: 4 F Merritje De Nyse Born: 3 Apr 1644 - New Amsterdam, Kings County, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Abt 1719 - Brooklyn, New York ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Dirk Jansen Woertman ( - ) Marr: 1660 - New Amsterdam, Netherlands ¹⁶ 5 F Annetje Teunis De Nyse Born: 18 Feb 1646 - New Amsterdam ¹⁶ Christened: Died: - 1662-1740 ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Jeronemous Rapalje ( - ) 6 F Elsje Teunis De Nyse Born: 10 May 1648 - New Amsterdam ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: Spouse: Gerrett Janse Snedeker ( - ) Marr: Dec 1669 ¹⁶ 7 F Femmentje Teunis De Nyse Born: 3 Apr 1650 - New Amsterdam ¹⁶ Christened: Died: - 1650-1743 ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Michael Hansen Bergen ( - ) 8 M Jan Teunis De Nyse ¹⁶ Born: 12 Apr 1654 - New Amsterdam, Kings Co., New York ¹⁶ Christened: - Emigrated To America In 1638 ¹⁶ Died: - Somerset Co., New Jersey 1685-1745 ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Cataltnntje Bogart ( - ) Marr: 16 Nov 1679 - Flatbush, New York ¹⁶ 9 M Denyse Teunissen De Nyse Born: 16 Apr 1654 - Itamarca, Brazil ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 1713 - New Utrecht, New York ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Elizabeth Polhemius (Abt 1661-Bef 1685) Marr: 22 Oct 1682 ¹⁶ Spouse: Helena Cortelyou (1666-After 1726) Marr: 12 Apr 1685 - New Utrecht, New York ¹⁶ 10 F Aertje De Nyse Born: Abt 1656 - New Amsterdam, Kings Co., New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: - 1657-1750 ¹⁶ Buried: 11 M Cornelius Teunis De Nyse Born: Sep 1657 - Brooklyn, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Abt 1731 - Somerset County, New Jersey ¹⁶ Buried: Spouse: Neeltje Bogart ( - ) Marr: 22 Aug 1687 - Flatbush, New York ¹⁶ 12 M James De Nyse Born: Abt 1660 ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: 13 M Joris De Nyse Born: Abt 1662 ¹⁶ Christened: Died: Buried: General Notes (Husband) [bobspu.ged] Emigrated to America in 1638 from Binnik/Binnick, a village near Arnheim, in Sticht of Hythuyzen, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands. Theunis administered the estate of his father-in-law, John Seals on April 2, 1647, obtainwd a patent from Gov. Kieft for "Old Jan's land", described as "on the south side of the land belonging to Everhardus Bogardus, Minister". Source: "Somerset County Historical Quarterly", p. 226. Somerset NJ. Other Source: Richard Cline Mar 1998 General Notes (Wife) [bobspu.ged] m1. Hendrick DeBoar m2. Teunis Nyssen \De Nyse\ m3. Jan Cornelis Buys Source: Richard Cline Mar 1998 General Notes for Child Jan Teunis De Nyse [bobspu.ged] Jan was an Elder at the organization of the First Reformed Church of Raritan (Somerville) in 1666, and afterward was a member of the legislative House of Assembly. Source: Richard Cline Mar 1998 Other Source: "Somerset County Historical Quarterly", p. 226. Somerset NJ. General Notes for Child Denyse Teunissen De Nyse [bobspu.ged] m1. Elizabeth Polhemius m2. Helena Cortelyou Source: Richard Cline Mar 1998 Tunis Teunisen De Nyse and Catherine Van Dyke Husband Tunis Teunisen De Nyse Born: 15 Jun 1704 - New Utrecht, New York ¹⁶ Christened: Died: 10 Dec 1797 - New Jersey ¹⁶ Buried: Father: Denyse Teunissen De Nyse (1654-1713) Mother: Helena Cortelyou (1666-After 1726) Marriage: 1730 ¹⁶ Wife Catherine Van Dyke Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Sources 1 J. Feagin, Gedcom from J. Feagin. 2 Leroy Collier; Some Martin Families, descendants of Martin de Tours; Bowling Green, KY 1992; Robert Dulaney Reeves; 929.273 M363cl. 3 Peter Western, </pre><a href="http://www.genealogydatabase.co.uk/tngsoonad.html">http://www.genealogydatabase.co.uk/tngsoonad.html</a><pre>. 4 GEDCOM File : 2143789.ged. 5 sargents gedcom. 6 No Title Given, 36. 7 June Ferguson Unknown, June Ferguson's Royalty GED. 8 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA ABBR Ancestral File (R)). 9 royalfam.ged. 10 Sir Anthony Wagner, The Royal Arms College, "Decendents of Edwar-. 11 ROYAL92.GED Gedcom file. 12 No Title Given, 115. 13 Ibid, 434-437. 14 Ibid, 437-440. 15 Gary Boyd Roberts?-Aug 2000-Pres.GED. 16 Richard Cline Mar 1998. 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