ADFS::HardDisc4.$.Eavesfile.Genealogy.de Ewyas.De Ewyas Tree/ged Fri,28 Apr 2000.17:46:10 Aelfleade (? -) Father: Aethelhelm Husband: Eadward "The Elder" of England Child: Eadmund I of England Aelfthryth (Elfrida) (994 - 975) Father: Ordgar Husband: Eadgar "The Peaceable" of England Child: Aethelred II "The Unready" of England Aethelhelm (? -) Child: Aelfleade Alckmund (Ealhmund) of Wessex (? -) Wife: -- of Kent Child: Eggbert III of Wessex Aldgyth (? -) Father: Earl Alfgar Husband: Harold (House of Godwin) Widow of King Griffith who was killed by Harold. Alpals (Alpais) (? -) Father: Louis I "The Pious" Martel Mother: Himiltrude Husband: Beque I de Paris Child: Engletrude Berenger (? -) Child: Unoch di Fruli Bernard (Bomard) de Senlis (? -) Child: Adele de Senlis Caribert (Heribert) I de Laon (? -) Wife: Bertrada I Child: Bertrada II de Laon Charles (Charlemagne) Martel (2nd April 742 - 28th Jan 814) Father: Pepin III Martel Mother: Bertrada II de Laon Wife: Hildegarde von Schwaben Child: Louis I "The Pious" Martel Dreux (Walter) de Mantes (c.1015 - June 1035) Father: Gauthier II "Le Blanc" de Vexin Mother: Adele de Senlis Wife: Godgifu (Goda) of England Child: Ralphe (Raoul) "The Timid" de Ewyas Drogo Count of the Vexin Eadgifu (Elgiva) (? -) Husband: Eadmund I of England Child: Eadgar "The Peaceable" of England Edith (House of Godwin) (? -) Father: Godwin Earl of Wessex Mother: Gytha Husband: Edward "The Confessor" of England Daughter of Godwin Earl of Wessex. Edwin (? -) Father: Earl Alfgar Engletrude (c.790 -) Father: Beque I de Paris Mother: Alpals (Alpais) Husband: Unoch di Fruli Child: Everhard di Fruli Espriota (Spriota) de Senslis (? -) Husband: Guillaume I "Longsword" de Normandie Child: Richard I "The Fearless" de Normandie Eve (Adela) de Dreux (? -) Husband: Gauthier I de Vexin Child: Gauthier II "Le Blanc" de Vexin Godgifu (Goda) of England (? -) Father: Aethelred II "The Unready" of England Mother: Emma Beauclerc de Normandie Husband: Dreux (Walter) de Mantes Child: Ralphe (Raoul) "The Timid" de Ewyas Edward the Confessor's Sister Gyrth (House of Godwin) (? -) Father: Godwin Earl of Wessex Mother: Gytha Given East Anglia to run by Harold. Gytha (? -) Husband: Godwin Earl of Wessex Child: Edith (House of Godwin) Child: Earl Sweyn (House of Godwin) Child: Harold (House of Godwin) Child: Gyrth (House of Godwin) Child: Leofwin (House of Godwin) Harold (House of Godwin) (c. 1021 - 1066) Father: Godwin Earl of Wessex Mother: Gytha Wife: Aldgyth Harold II He was the most powerful member of the House of Godwin, became Earl of East Angles in 1045, Earl of the West Saxons in 1053 and became King of England. In 1055 he saved Hereford from the marauding Welsh (King Griffith and Earl Alfgar) and fortified Hereford. He used his power to check the spread of Norman influence. In 1058 the House of Godwin had control over three quarters of England and King Edward He was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Himiltrude (? -) Husband: Louis I "The Pious" Martel Child: Alpals (Alpais) Leofwin (House of Godwin) (? -) Father: Godwin Earl of Wessex Mother: Gytha Given Kent and Essex plus the shires of south-east England. Ordgar (? -) Child: Aelfthryth (Elfrida) Osburga (? -) Husband: Aethelwulf of England Child: Alfred "The Great" of England Petronilla (? -) Husband: Robert(2) de Ewyas Child: Sybilla de Ewyas Ragenhild (Hilda) (? -) Husband: Rogenwald "The Mighty" of More Child: Rollo (Robert) "The Ganger" de Normandie Ralphe (Raoul) "The Timid" de Ewyas (before 1011 - 21 Dec 1075) Father: Dreux (Walter) de Mantes Mother: Godgifu (Goda) of England Wife: Gueth "The Countess" Child: Harold de Ewyas Earl of Worcester and Hereford. Also Lord of Suddeley & Toddingham, Gloucestershire and Chilvers Cotton, Warwickshire. Born in Mantes, France. Buried Peterborough Abbey. He was son of King Edward's sister and the Count of Vexin. See Edward the Confessor's history. Redburga (? -) Husband: Eggbert III of Wessex Child: Aethelwulf of England Robert(2) de Ewyas (c.1125 - 1198) Father: Robert de Ewyas Mother: Sibyl Wife: Petronilla Child: Sybilla de Ewyas Rollo (Robert) "The Ganger" de Normandie (? -) Father: Rogenwald "The Mighty" of More Mother: Ragenhild (Hilda) Wife: Poppa de Senslis Child: Guillaume I "Longsword" de Normandie Rotruda (Chrotrude) of Allemania (? -) Husband: Charles Martel Child: Pepin III Martel Sibyl (? -) Husband: Robert de Ewyas Child: Robert(2) de Ewyas Child: Richard de Ewyas Child: William(2) de Ewyas Child: Herbert de Ewyas Valeran (Ralph) de Gucy (c.890 - 936) Father: Hucbold of Ostravant Mother: Heiliwich di Fruli Wife: Eldegarde d'Amiens Child: Gauthier I de Vexin William(2) de Ewyas (? -) Father: Robert de Ewyas Mother: Sibyl Earl Alfgar (? -) Child: Aldgyth Child: Edwin --de Bretagne (? -) Husband: Paskwitan II de Rennes Child: Poppa de Senslis Osgood Clopa (? -) Gueth "The Countess" (? -) Husband: Ralphe (Raoul) "The Timid" de Ewyas Child: Harold de Ewyas Gytha is alternative name Gunnora de Crepon (? -) Husband: Richard I "The Fearless" de Normandie Child: Emma Beauclerc de Normandie Aethelred II "The Unready" of England (c.966 - 1052) Father: Eadgar "The Peaceable" of England Mother: Aelfthryth (Elfrida) Wife: Emma Beauclerc de Normandie Child: Godgifu (Goda) of England Child: Alfred Atheling of England Child: Edward "The Confessor" of England Aethelwulf of England (? -) Father: Eggbert III of Wessex Mother: Redburga Wife: Osburga Child: Alfred "The Great" of England Alfred "The Great" of England (c.848 - 899) Father: Aethelwulf of England Mother: Osburga Wife: Ealswitha of Mercia Child: Eadward "The Elder" of England Alfred Atheling of England (? - 1036) Father: Aethelred II "The Unready" of England Mother: Emma Beauclerc de Normandie Eadgar "The Peaceable" of England (? -) Father: Eadmund I of England Mother: Eadgifu (Elgiva) Wife: Aelfthryth (Elfrida) Child: Aethelred II "The Unready" of England Eadmund I of England (? -) Father: Eadward "The Elder" of England Mother: Aelfleade Wife: Eadgifu (Elgiva) Child: Eadgar "The Peaceable" of England Eadward "The Elder" of England (? -) Father: Alfred "The Great" of England Mother: Ealswitha of Mercia Wife: Aelfleade Child: Eadmund I of England Edward "The Confessor" of England (1004 - 1066) Father: Aethelred II "The Unready" of England Mother: Emma Beauclerc de Normandie Wife: Edith (House of Godwin) Younger son of Aethelred "The Unready" and Emma Beauclerc de Normandie. Second cousin to William the Conqueror. A brief history of Edward the Confessor Edward (Eadward) The Confessor (s. 1042, d. 1066) was the younger son of Emma and Ethelred the Unready, and was born probably about 1004. This Emma - or, to call her by her English name, Edith - was the daughter of Richard Sanspeur [fearless], great grandfather of William the Conqueror who was therefore second cousin to Edward. The early days of Edward and his brother Alfred were spent in Normandy, at the court of their uncle, Richard the Good; for they had been carried there by Emma at the time of Sweyn's success in 1013, and did not return to their native land on their mother's marriage with Canute (1017). Hence the two young Athelings grew up to manhood abroad, and learnt to prefer the Norman-French customs and life to those of England. It is uncertain whether Edward had any share in the invasion of England that led to Alfred's death in 1036; but Robert the Devil seems to have made at least one effort for the restoration of his cousins a few years before this date. When Hardicanute (Harthacnut) succeeded his brother Harold, it was not long before he invited his half-brother Edward to return home, and thus be at hand to assume the throne should any misfortune happen to himself (1041). Accordingly, in the words of the Chronicle, on Hardicanute's death, in June, 1042, "all folk chose Edward, and received him for a king," though the coronation did not take place at Winchester till Easter next year. There seems to have been some opposition to Edward's succession - one party preferring the claims of a Danish pretender, Sweyn Estrithson, Canute's nephew - but the eloquence of Bishop Lyfing and Earl Godwin carried the day in favour of Ethelred's son. A year or two later, Magnus, King of Norway and Denmark, was preparing to make good his pretensions on England, but was prevented from carrying out his project by the attack of his rivals, Harold Hardrada and Sweyn (1045). It was probably for her connection with Sweyn's party that the Witan stripped Emma of her treasures (1043); while the dangers of this Danish element led, a year or two later, to the banishment of the great Danish lords in England, Sweyn's brother Osbeorn, and Osgod Clapa (1046). From this time the new king's throne was secure. Meanwhile, Edward had married Godwin's daughter Edith, and the power of the great earl's house was growing every day. At the time of Edward's succession there were four great earldoms, of which only one, Wessex, was in the hands of Godwin. Siward held Northumbria, Leofric Mercia, while another earl, whose name is lost, ruled East Anglia. But in 1043 Godwin's eldest son, Sweyn, received an earldom irregularly carved out of the western parts of Mercia and Wessex, including Hereford, Gloucester, Oxford, Berkshire and Somerset; about the same time his nephew, Beorn, received the earldom of the Middle Angles (1045). But Edward could never forget the land of his early life, and was constantly bringing foreigners over to hold rule in England. His nephew Ralph [Ralph "the Timid" de Ewyas], was made Earl of Worcester and Hereford in succession. It was, however, by manipulating the ecclesiastical appointments that Edward found his readiest way of placing the strangers in high office. In especial, a Norman monk, Robert of Jumičges, was nominated Bishop of London(1044), and some six years later Archbishop of Canterbury (1051); while another Norman, Ulf, was made Bishop of Dorchester (1049). But all the time these and many other Norman strangers were swarming into the land, the house of Godwin was becoming more and more the centre of the national party. In 1051 things came to a climax. In this year the king, who had a few months previously rejected the choice of the Canterbury monks and Godwin for the see of Canterbury, gave the great earl still further offence by requiring him to punish the men of Dover for vengeance they had inflicted on the insolent followers of Baldwin of Flanders. This Godwin refused to do without giving the offenders a fair trial. About the same time he had another charge against the king's foreign friends; for the "Welshmen," or French [Ralph probably] had built a castle in Sweyn's earldom of Hereford, and were working all the harm they could on the people thereabouts. Godwin, being summoned to attend a meeting of the Witan in Gloucester, gathered his own men and those of his sons at Beverstone, not far from Malmesbury, while the rival hosts of Siward, Leofric, and Ralph [de Ewyas] supported the king at Gloucester. The meeting place was transferred to London, and Godwin's case was brought forward apparently before he could arrive himself. Sweyn was outlawed once more, and Godwin and Harold summoned to appear as criminals. In these circumstances flight seemed the wisest course: Harold crossed over to Dublin, and Godwin to Flanders, whence they returned next year to drive out the Norman offenders with Archbishop Robert and Bishop Ulf at their head (1052). Next year, however, the great earl died, and was succeeded in his West Saxon province by his eldest living son Harold; for Sweyn had died on his way back from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem (Sept, 1052). Upon this, East Anglia was given to Leofric's son Aelfgar; while about the same time Siward took his expedition against Macbeth, and proclaimed Malcolm King of Scots (1054). On Siward's death, next year, his earldom was given to Harold's brother Tostig. In the same month Aelfgar was banished from the kingdom, but soon returned to aid the Welsh in their foray upon Hereford. Harold was now the most the most prominent man in the kingdom, and to him was entrusted the task of beating back the invaders, though in the reconcilement of Gruffydd he seems to have had the co-operation of Aelfgar's father, Leofric (1056) - apparently a token of some approaches to amity between the two great rival houses. East Anglia was now given to Harold's brother Gyrth, while another brother, Leofwin, had Kent and Essex, and the other shires of south- east England. In 1062 Gruffydd of Wales once more invaded England. But Harold and Tostig united their forces for the purpose of harrying his land; the English soldiers were bidden to adopt the arms and tactics of the Welsh, and before the year 1063 was out Gruffydd was dead, and his kingdom divided between two native princes, who swore fealty to Edward. In 1065 Northumberland rose in rebellion against Tostig, and elected Leofric's grandson, Morkere, as its earl. Morkere, in combination with his brother Eadwine, who had been Earl of Mercia since about the year 1062, appeared in arms at Northampton, perhaps meditating a division of the kingdom, and certainly declaring that the Northumbrians would no longer support the tyranny of Tostig. Edward would have pushed matters to extremes, but Harold persuaded the Oxford gemot to confirm the wishes of the Northerners. Accordingly the Northumbrians were promised a renewal of Canute's laws and Tostig was banished. This was the last important in Edward the Confessor's reign. At the end of the year 1065 his great church of Westminster was consecrated, and on Jan 5th, 1066, the king died. Edward had no children, and for many years Harold's position in the kingdom had ben such that it was scarcely possible, under all the circumstances, to elect any other successor. Pious, meditative, and given up to religious exercises, Edward, as it has been often said, was more fitted for a Norman cloister than the English throne. His virtues earned him popular respect; but he was deficient in practical vigour, and during a large part of his reign the actual business of administration was managed by members of the house of Godwin. Alexander de Ewyas (? -) Father: Harold de Ewyas Mother: Maud d'Avranches Harold de Ewyas (c.1057 - After 1120) Father: Ralphe (Raoul) "The Timid" de Ewyas Mother: Gueth "The Countess" Wife: Maud d'Avranches Child: Robert de Ewyas Child: Roger de Ewyas Child: John of Sudeley de Ewyas Child: Alexander de Ewyas Child: William de Ewyas Herbert de Ewyas (? -) Father: Robert de Ewyas Mother: Sibyl John of Sudeley de Ewyas (? - after 1139) Father: Harold de Ewyas Mother: Maud d'Avranches Wife: Grace de Traci Child: Ralph of Sudeley de Ewyas Child: William de Traci of Toddington (de Ewyas) Ralph of Sudeley de Ewyas (? -) Father: John of Sudeley de Ewyas Mother: Grace de Traci Richard de Ewyas (? -) Father: Robert de Ewyas Mother: Sibyl Hold lands in Droitwich from his Uncle John of Sudeley de Ewyas Robert de Ewyas (c.1085 - After 1147) Father: Harold de Ewyas Mother: Maud d'Avranches Wife: Sibyl Child: Robert(2) de Ewyas Child: Richard de Ewyas Child: William(2) de Ewyas Child: Herbert de Ewyas Roger de Ewyas (? -) Father: Harold de Ewyas Mother: Maud d'Avranches Sybilla de Ewyas (? -) Father: Robert(2) de Ewyas Mother: Petronilla Husband: Robert de Tregoz William de Ewyas (? -) Father: Harold de Ewyas Mother: Maud d'Avranches Everhard di Fruli (c.820 - 16 Dec 862) Father: Unoch di Fruli Mother: Engletrude Wife: Gisela of Italy Child: Heiliwich di Fruli Heiliwich di Fruli (? -) Father: Everhard di Fruli Mother: Gisela of Italy Husband: Hucbold of Ostravant Child: Valeran (Ralph) de Gucy Unoch di Fruli (c.780 - 839-853) Father: Berenger Wife: Engletrude Child: Everhard di Fruli Bertrada I (? -) Husband: Caribert (Heribert) I de Laon Child: Bertrada II de Laon Gisela of Italy (? -) Husband: Everhard di Fruli Child: Heiliwich di Fruli -- of Kent (? -) Husband: Alckmund (Ealhmund) of Wessex Child: Eggbert III of Wessex Bertrada II de Laon (c.720 - 12 July 783) Father: Caribert (Heribert) I de Laon Mother: Bertrada I Husband: Pepin III Martel Child: Charles (Charlemagne) Martel Charles Martel (? -) Wife: Rotruda (Chrotrude) of Allemania Child: Pepin III Martel Louis I "The Pious" Martel (? -) Father: Charles (Charlemagne) Martel Mother: Hildegarde von Schwaben Wife: Himiltrude Child: Alpals (Alpais) Pepin III Martel (714 - 24 Sept 768) Father: Charles Martel Mother: Rotruda (Chrotrude) of Allemania Wife: Bertrada II de Laon Child: Charles (Charlemagne) Martel Ealswitha of Mercia (? -) Husband: Alfred "The Great" of England Child: Eadward "The Elder" of England Rogenwald "The Mighty" of More (? -) Wife: Ragenhild (Hilda) Child: Rollo (Robert) "The Ganger" de Normandie Emma Beauclerc de Normandie (? -) Father: Richard I "The Fearless" de Normandie Mother: Gunnora de Crepon Husband: Aethelred II "The Unready" of England Child: Godgifu (Goda) of England Child: Alfred Atheling of England Child: Edward "The Confessor" of England English name Edith. Was the daughter of Richard Sanspeur (hence "The Fearless"), great grandfather of William the Conqueror. Guillaume I "Longsword" de Normandie (? -) Father: Rollo (Robert) "The Ganger" de Normandie Mother: Poppa de Senslis Wife: Espriota (Spriota) de Senslis Child: Richard I "The Fearless" de Normandie Richard I "The Fearless" de Normandie (28 Aug 933 - 20 nov 996) Father: Guillaume I "Longsword" de Normandie Mother: Espriota (Spriota) de Senslis Wife: Gunnora de Crepon Child: Emma Beauclerc de Normandie Notes fr. Rosamond McKitterick, *The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987*,London & NY (Longman) 1983, p 238-239: "When in 942 William was murdered at the instigation of Count Arnulf of Flanders, his son Richard, still a minor, succeeded him. Louis IV and Hugh the Great each tried to sieze Normandy, and Louis took chargeof Richard. He then ensconced himself at Rouen and Hugh took Bayeux, which still had a Scandinavian leader called Sictric. Richard escaped from his custody at Laon, retook Rouen, and called on another Viking leader, Harald of the Bassin, for help. The Normans under Richard were able to re-establish their autonomy and from 947 Richard governed in relative peace. In 965 he wore allegiance to the Carolingian king Lothar at Gisors. "Richard I and his new settler in-laws of the 960s were the winners who lasted. In becoming so they learned (and taught) two principles of success that marked them off from the Franks. They learned the value of a strong centralizing chieftain who could at least freeze the status quo once his own local chieftains had taken what they wanted. The more successful he was, the more chiefs attached themselves to him for just this: with his warranty, backed by his chieftains, their defeated enemies could not recover by violence what had been taken from them by violence. Thus were the Norman dukes 'settlers of quaarrels.' Fearlessness was the necessary quality in such a corrdinating chieftain, and Richard I, who has no encomiast of his deeds, has at least this sobriquet, "the Fearless" Those who were great fighters and the ruthlessly, selectively violent, were the great centralizers among the threatened and rapacious Norse." --*Predatory Kinship and the Creation of Norman Power, 840-1066* by Eleanor Searle, University of California Press, 1988 He was poisoned by the Count of Flanders. Gt grandfather of William "The Conqueror". Hucbold of Ostravant (? - After 895) Wife: Heiliwich di Fruli Child: Valeran (Ralph) de Gucy Beque I de Paris (? -) Wife: Alpals (Alpais) Child: Engletrude Paskwitan II de Rennes (? -) Wife: --de Bretagne Child: Poppa de Senslis Hildegarde von Schwaben (? -) Husband: Charles (Charlemagne) Martel Child: Louis I "The Pious" Martel Adele de Senlis (? -) Father: Bernard (Bomard) de Senlis Husband: Gauthier II "Le Blanc" de Vexin Child: Dreux (Walter) de Mantes Poppa de Senslis (? -) Father: Paskwitan II de Rennes Mother: --de Bretagne Husband: Rollo (Robert) "The Ganger" de Normandie Child: Guillaume I "Longsword" de Normandie Earl Sweyn (House of Godwin) (? - Sept 1052) Father: Godwin Earl of Wessex Mother: Gytha Had an earldom irregularly carved out of the western parts of west Mercia and Wessex, including Hereford, Gloucester, Oxford, Berkshire and Somerset. William de Traci of Toddington (de Ewyas) (? -) Father: John of Sudeley de Ewyas Mother: Grace de Traci Grace de Traci (? -) Husband: John of Sudeley de Ewyas Child: Ralph of Sudeley de Ewyas Child: William de Traci of Toddington (de Ewyas) Robert de Tregoz (? -) Wife: Sybilla de Ewyas Gauthier I de Vexin (c.923 - 987) Father: Valeran (Ralph) de Gucy Mother: Eldegarde d'Amiens Wife: Eve (Adela) de Dreux Child: Gauthier II "Le Blanc" de Vexin Gauthier II "Le Blanc" de Vexin (c.944 - 1027) Father: Gauthier I de Vexin Mother: Eve (Adela) de Dreux Wife: Adele de Senlis Child: Dreux (Walter) de Mantes Eggbert III of Wessex (? -) Father: Alckmund (Ealhmund) of Wessex Mother: -- of Kent Wife: Redburga Child: Aethelwulf of England Godwin Earl of Wessex (? - 1053) Wife: Gytha Child: Edith (House of Godwin) Child: Earl Sweyn (House of Godwin) Child: Harold (House of Godwin) Child: Gyrth (House of Godwin) Child: Leofwin (House of Godwin) Eldegarde d'Amiens (? -) Husband: Valeran (Ralph) de Gucy Child: Gauthier I de Vexin Maud d'Avranches (? -) Husband: Harold de Ewyas Child: Robert de Ewyas Child: Roger de Ewyas Child: John of Sudeley de Ewyas Child: Alexander de Ewyas Child: William de Ewyas Possibly a wife called Alveva