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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Children of Henry I
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:42:39 GMT

In a previous article, (Brian Tompsett) says:

>In article <4aq4rt$>, Azazella <> wrote:
>>Does anyone have a full list of the illegitimate children of Henry I and
>>the names of their mothers (when known)?
>
>From <http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01391>;
>
>, Henry I Beauclerc, King of England
>
>Married or Associated with Corbet, Sybilla
>
>Child 4: de Caen, Robert_of_Gloucester de Mellent, Earl of Gloucester, b. CIR
1090
>Child 5: , Sybilla
>Child 6: , Constance
>Child 7: , Matilda (Maud)
>Child 8: de Dunstanville, Rainald, Earl of Cornwall, b. ABT 1112
>Child 9: , Gilbert
>Child 10: de Tracy, William
>Child 11: , William, Constable
>Child 12: , Eustacie
>Child 13: , Alice (Aline)
>Child 14: , Gundred
>Child 15: , Rohese
>Child 16: , Daughter
>

Sybil appears to have been a busy woman! Seriously though, only about half
of these are attributed to Sybil, the others being by unknown mothers. The
best discussion of Henry's various possible children are the Royal
Bye-Blows articles of Walter Lee Sheppard, which appeared in the NEHGR,
along with follow-up discussion by him and other authors.

Todd

This thread:

• Children of Henry I by Azazella <>
  • Re: Children of Henry I by Systems Strategies and Solutions <>
  • Re: Children of Henry I by Bill Myers <>
  • Re: Children of Henry I by Brian Tompsett <>
  • Re: Children of Henry I by "William A. Reitwiesner" <>
  • Re: Children of Henry I by Pat Boren <>

  • Re: Children of Henry I by "Todd A. Farmerie" <>

  • Re: Children of Henry I by Bill Myers <>