Beatrice de Vermandois

From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Northern France (covering her birth family): http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#BeatrixMHugue...

HUGUES "le Maisné" de France, son of HENRI I King of France & his second wife Anna Iaroslavna of Kiev (1057-Tarsus 18 Oct 1102, bur Tarsus, Church of St Paul).

He succeeded as Comte de Vermandois et de Valois, by right of his wife. He left France in Aug 1096 as head of the contingent of his brother Philippe I King of France which left on the First Crusade[1370]. He returned to France after the capture of Antioch in 1098 to raise another army which he led as part of the second wave of the First Crusade, leaving France in Mar 1101. He died from wounds received fighting the Turks near Tarsus in Asia Minor[1377].

m (after 1067) as her first husband, ADELAIS Ctss de Vermandois, de Valois et de Crépy, daughter and heiress of HERIBERT [IV] Comte de Vermandois & his wife Adelais de Valois ([1065]-28 Sep [1120/24]). Her husband left her as regent in Vermandois when he left on crusade. She married secondly (1103) as his first wife, Renaud de Clermont. In 1117, Louis VI "le Gros" King of France restored to her the county of Amiens which had been usurped by Thomas de Marle[1380].

Comte Hugues & his wife had nine children:

1. MATHILDE de Vermandois m (1090) as his second wife, RAOUL Seigneur de Baugency, son of LANCELIN Seigneur de Baugency & his wife --- (-[1130]).

2. AGNES de Vermandois ([1085]-after 1127) m [as his second wife,] BONIFACIO di Saluzzo Marchese del Vasto, son of ODDONE Marchese di Liguria Occidentale & his wife Berta di Susa (-after 1127).

3. CONSTANCE de Vermandois (-after 1118) m ([1102]) GODEFROI de la Ferté-Gaucher Vicomte de Meaux.

4. ISABELLE [Elisabeth] de Vermandois ([before 1088][1389]-17 Feb 1131, bur Lewes) m firstly ([1096], divorced 1115) ROBERT de Beaumont Comte de Meulan, Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger, son of ROGER de Vieilles Seigneur de Beaumont-le-Roger & his wife Adeline de Meulan ([1046]-5 or 6 Jun 1118, bur Préaux, monastery of Saint-Pierre). m secondly (1118) WILLIAM de Warenne Earl of Surrey, son of WILLIAM de Warenne Earl of Surrey & his first wife Gundred --- (-[11 May] 1138, bur Lewes Priory).

5. RAOUL [I] "le Vaillant" de Vermandois ([1094]-13 Oct 1152, bur St Arnould in Crépy). He succeeded his father in 1102 as Comte de Vermandois.

6. HENRI de Vermandois (-1130). Seigneur de Chaumont-en-Vexin.

7. SIMON de Vermandois (-Seleukia 10 Feb 1148, bur Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Ourscamp). He was elected Bishop of Noyon in Jul 1123. He was excommunicated in 1142 by Pope Innocent II for having authorised the divorce of his brother Comte Raoul I from his first wife. He accompanied Louis VII King of France on the Second Crusade in 1147, and died on the return journey[1399].

8. GUILLAUME de Vermandois (-after 1096). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.

9. BEATRIX de Vermandois (-after 1144).

The De Genere Comitum Flandrensium, Notæ Parisienses refers to (but does not name) the fourth daughter of "comite Hugone et Adela uxore" being the wife of "comes Garentie"[1400], although it is possible that this refers to "William de Warenne", second husband of the couple's daughter Elisabeth. Guillaume de Jumièges records that Hugues de Gournay married the sister of "Raoul de Péronne comte de Vermandois"[1401].

"Gornacensis dominus et…Hugo filius meus" donated property to Saint-Leu d´Esserent, for the soul of "Beatricis…uxoris meæ", by charter dated to [1144][1402].

m HUGUES [IV] Seigneur de Gournay-en-Bray, son of GERARD Seigneur de Gournay & his wife Edith de Warenne (-1180).

References:

[1368] Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 10, MGH SS IX, p. 389. [1369] WT I. XVII, p. 45. [1370] Orderic Vitalis, Vol. V, IX, p. 31, and Kerrebrouck, P. Van (2000) Les Capétiens 987-1328 (Villeneuve d'Asq), p. 537. [1371] Alexeiad, Book 10, p. 313. [1372] Runciman (1978), Vol. 1, pp. 142-4. [1373] Albert of Aix (RHC), Liber II, Cap. VII-VIII, pp. 304-5. [1374] Albert of Aix (RHC), Liber II, Cap. IX, p. 305. [1375] Runciman, S. (1978) A History of the Crusades (Penguin Books), Vol. 1, p. 250. [1376] Chronique de Robert de Torigny I, 1102, p. 124. [1377] Runciman, S. (1978) A History of the Crusades (Penguin Books), Volume 2, p. 27. [1378] Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis 7, MGH SS XIII, p. 253. [1379] Compiègne Saint-Corneille, Tome I, XXXIV, p. 70. [1380] Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 538. [1389] Considered the latest possible birth date of Elisabeth considering the birth of her first two known children in 1104. [1394] Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis 7, MGH SS XIII, p. 253. [1399] Kerrebrouck (2000), pp. 538-9. [1400] De Genere Comitum Flandrensium, Notæ Parisienses MGH SS, p. 257. [1401] WJ VIII.8, p. 254. [1402] Müller, E. (ed.) (1900) Le prieuré de Saint-Leu d´Esserent, Cartulaire première partie 1080-1150 (Pontoise) ("Esserent Saint-Leu"), XLVI, p. 48.

HUGUES [IV] de Gournay, son of GERARD de Gournay & his wife Edith de Warenne ([1098/1100]-1180).

Orderic Vitalis names "Hugo filius Girardi de Gornaco" and "Drogo vitricus eius"[948]. Matthew of Paris quotes a charter dated 1116 of King Henry I which records his grant of Biscot, Bedfordshire to the abbey of St Albans, witnessed by "…Adam de Port, Thomas de Sancto Johanne, Willelmus frater eius, Hugo de Gornaio"[949]. "Hugo de Gornaco" confirmed a donation by "Girardus pater meus" to the abbey of Saint-Sauveur, for the souls of "Beatricis…uxoris mee et Hugonis filii mei", by undated charter[950]. "Gornacensis dominus et…Hugo filius meus" donated property to Saint-Leu d´Esserent, for the soul of "Beatricis…uxoris meæ", by charter dated to [1144][951].

An undated charter of Henry II King of England refers to the transfer of the priory of Sigy to a new site by "Hugo de Gornaio"[952]. "Dominus Hugo de Gournaio et Milesend uxor illius" founded Clairruissel priory, with the consent of "filiorum nostrorum Girardi et Hugonis", by undated charter[953].

The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Hugo de Gurnaio" with 12 knights[954].

Ralph de Diceto records that "Hugo de Gornai, tam pater quam filius" were captured in 1173 "a Rege filio" during the rebellion of Henry the Young King against his father Henry II King of England[955].

"…Hugone de Gournayo…" subscribed the charter dated to [1172/78] under which Henry II King of England confirmed donations to the monks of Bec established at the church of Pré at Rouen which had been made by a charter of King Henry I dated 1122[956].

m firstly BEATRIX de Vermandois, daughter of HUGUES [I] Comte de Vermandois [Capet] & his wife Adelais Ctss de Vermandois.

m secondly (after [1151]) as her second husband, MELISENDE de Coucy, widow of ADELEME Châtelain d´Amiens, daughter of THOMAS de Marle Comte d´Amiens, Seigneur de Coucy, de Marle et de Boves & his third wife Mélisende de Crècy.

Hugues [IV] & his first wife had one child:

1. HUGUES de Gournay (-young). Guillaume de Jumièges records that Hugues de Gournay married the sister of "Raoul de Péronne comte de Vermandois" and had "un fils…Hugues"[964]. "Hugo de Gornaco" confirmed a donation by "Girardus pater meus" to the abbey of Saint-Sauveur, for the souls of "Beatricis…uxoris mee et Hugonis filii mei", by undated charter[965].

Hugues [IV] & his second wife had two children:

2. GERARD de Gournay (-young).

3. HUGUES [V] de Gournay (-25 Oct [1214]). The Annals of Dunstable record that “Hugo de Gurnaco” became a Templar "in Pictavia" and died in 1213[974]. m [JULIANE de Dammartin, daughter of AUBRY [II] Comte de Dammartin & his wife Mathilde [Mabile] de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis.

References:

[948] Orderic Vitalis (Prévost), Vol. IV, Liber XII, III, p. 317. [949] MP Vol. VI, 22, p. 36. [950] Gurney (1845), pp. 123-4, quoting Cartulary of Saint-Sauveur, in the possession of M. de Gerville de Valognes. [951] Müller, E. (ed.) (1900) Le prieuré de Saint-Leu d´Esserent, Cartulaire première partie 1080-1150 (Pontoise) ("Esserent Saint-Leu"), XLVI, p. 48. [952] Gurney (1845), p. 35, quoting History of the Abbey of St Ouen at Rouen, p. 463. [953] Gurney (1845), pp. 111-2, quoting Cartulary of the priory of Clairruissel, Archives of Rouen. [954] Red Book Exchequer, Part II, Infeudationes militum…duci Normanniæ…1172, p. 628. [955] Ex Radulfi de Diceto imaginibus historiarum, RHGF XIII, p. 191. [956] Actes Henri II, Tome II, DXXXII, p. 104. [964] WJ VIII.8, p. 254. [965] Gurney (1845), pp. 123-4, quoting Cartulary of Saint-Sauveur, in the possession of M. de Gerville de Valognes. [974] Luard, H. R. (ed.) (1866) Annales Monastici Vol. III, Annales Prioratus de Dunstaplia, Annales Monasterii de Bermundeseia (London), Annales de Dunstaplia, p. 42.

Beatrice (1082-after1144), married Hugh III of Gournay