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From: (Albert B. Bach)
Subject: Re: Robert I of Flanders, Robert II Capet & Russian connection?
Date: 1 Jul 2001 23:33:53 -0700
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My source (more in the Stewart reply below) called both sisters
comtesse d'Auxerre. Weis/Faris call Adella countess of Contenance.
You are correct.

(Bill Kullman) wrote in message news:<002701c10273$684a9f20$>...
> <big snip> see below
>
> > But what I didn't see until I saw a larger pedigree was that Adele of
> > Flanders has an ancestress in Anna of Byzantium.
> >
> > Adele is the 5th great-granddaughter of Anna, who was the daughter of
> > Leo VI the Philosopher and Zoe Carbonopsina Tzautzina.
> >
> > The linear ahnentafel:
> >
> > --- 1st Generation ---
> >
> > 1. Adele van Vlaanderen
> > Birth* c __ ___ 1064
> >
> >
> > --- 2nd Generation ---
> >
> > 2. Graaf van Vlaanderen Robrecht I "de Fries" van Vlaanderen
> > Birth* bt 1029-1032
> > Death* 13 Oct 1093 Kassel, Hessen, Germany.
> >
> >
> > --- 3rd Generation ---
>
> The mother of Robert I "the Freisan" is Princess Adel (Aelis) (Capet) of
> France, countess of Countenance d. 8 Jan 1079
> rather than her sister, Adelle, countess of Auxerre. [see AR 128-22 vs.
> 128-22]
> Correct me please if I'm in error on this.
>
> >
> > 5. comtesse d' Auxerre Adelle de France
> > Birth* bt 1015-1017 France.
> > Death* 08 Jan 1079 Messines, West Flanders.
> >
> >
> > --- 4th Generation ---
> >
> bill kullman
> on the old oregon trail>
> >

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