Family/Spouse: Ranulph of Moray. Ranulph and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Fiona of Moray and died.

Notes:

"Carrick" Complete Peerage, Vol 1 (#III, pages 55-61)
THE COMPLETE PEERAGE
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,SuttonPublishing Ltd, Gloucester.

Origins of Prince Fergus
By Dr. Fergus Day Hort Macdowall of Garthland
http://members.tripod.com/leomcdowell/id23.htm

"... The most likely advent of Fergus is that he was judiciously selectedby David, perhaps initiated by Edgar and confirmed by Henry I, fortraining in the Norman courts at London and Carlisle as the potentialsolution for the peaceful control of Galloway. The English court hadproved a valuable school for David and his brothers, and even for MalcolmIII, and it was considered a training ground for future kings andgovernors. "Undergoing the same process was another young man, destinedto be the first of a famous line of Lords of Galloway - Fergus". Hissimilar role and status was made evident by his marriage, like that ofAlexander I or Scotland, to a natural daughter of Henry I of England.According to his ardent following and the law of Galloway which hemaintained, Fergus would have had to have been the tanistry-electedcandidate of the old native governing families of Galloway territoriallyborn to rule over the predominantly Irish-Scots population. Strathclydeconnections would bridge the time of Norse alienation of Galloway fromthe crown, and blood ties to the Norse or to past Danish overlords weredesirable for their peoples? acquiescence.

This is partly confirmed by Dominica Legge?s interpretation of theArthurian romance "Roman de Fergus", written by Guillaume le Clerc in OldFrench ca. 1200, probably in honor of the wedding of Fergus?great-grandson Alan Lord of Galloway. Fergus? father is said to have beena Viking (Soumilloit in French, or Somerled in Norse). Legge suggestedthat he was Sumarlidi Hauldr who was killed by Sweyn in 1156. Unless thatdate is wrong this identification is not likely, considering that Ferguswould have been 60 years old at that time. This Sumarlidi would be littlechronological improvement over Somerled king of the Isles and Argyll whowas killed at Renfrew in 1164. The latter married a natural daughter ofOlaf king of Man who was in turn Fergus? son-in-law. Crawford supposedthat Earl Malcolm of Galloway under Sigurd II was an ancestor of Fergus.McGill ventured that Fergus inherited the lordship of Galloway by descentfrom the first son of Thorfinn?s Earl MacGill of Galloway, and thatFergus? contemporary Somerled of Innse Gall and Argyll was also descendedfrom MacGill?s father Earl Gilli. The latter was not among Somerleds?known paternal ancestors but could have been an ordained member of thesame Cinel. Some descendants of Gilli lived in Cumbria just beforeDavid?s earlship. (Nigel) Tranter thoughtfully constructed the name"Fergus macSuibhne macMalcolm macGilliciaran of Carrich" and suggestedthat Fergus was elevated by David following their alliance to expel HakonClaw of the Orkneys from Galloway. (P.H.) M?Kerlie was of dividedopinion, for he said of Fergus, "There is every presumption that he wasof Celtic origin, and held the lands of Galloway on the Celticprinciple", yet he also said that Fergus was a "stranger" or "foreigner"and "of Norse origin", especially advanced and imposed on Galloway byDavid as Prince of Cumbria. M?Kerlie further stated, "it is just possiblethat Fergus, Lord of Galloway, of whose ancestry nothing otherwise isknown, may have been a descendant of Earl Gilli, for the Norse elementmust have been strong in Galloway"...

Fergus + Elizabeth (of Normandy) Princess of England. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry I Beauclerc King of England and Sybil (of Alcester) Corbet) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

For a listing of web sites that have the genealogy of family lines ofroyal houses, many noble houses and more, go to the entry "INFORMATION,Royal Houses family lines web sites" in this file.

Henry + Sybil (of Alcester) Corbet. Sybil (daughter of Robert (of Alcester) Corbet) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
1 _MSTAT Friends

Notes:

For a listing of web sites that have the genealogy of family lines ofroyal houses, many noble houses and more, go to the entry "INFORMATION,Royal Houses family lines web sites" in this file.

"NOTES: William of the House of Normandy; The first Norman King; On 28Sep 1066 William secured the sanction of Pope Alexander II for a Normaninvasion of England. By 1070 the Norman conquest of England was complete.William introduced the Continental system of feudalism; by the Oath ofSalisbury of 1086 all landlords swore allegiance to William, thusestablishing the precedent that a vassal's loyalty to the king overrodehis fealty to his immediate lord. During a campaign against King Philip Iof France, William fell from a horse and was fatally injured. William wasthe illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy and Arletta, atanner's daughter. He is sometimes called "William the Bastard"."
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/r29.html#I1380

"Reigned 1066-1087. Duke of Normandy 1035-1087. Invaded England defeatedand
killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. TheNorman conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by theestablishment of feaudalism under which his followers were granted landin return for pledges of service and loyalty. As King William was notedfor his efficient if harsh rule. His administration relied upon Normanand other foreign personnell especially Lanfranc Archbishop ofCanterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book."
From Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web athttp://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01380

For extensive further genealogy information on William see:
GENEALOGY.EU by Miroslav Marek athttp://genealogy.euweb.cz/normandy/normandy.html

Stirnet Genealogy athttp://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/continent/mn/normans1.htm#wilconq

Royal Genealogies at http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/r29.html#I1380

Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web athttp://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01380

For the sources of information in this file, see under "INFORMATION,Sources of" and also "INFORMATION, General Clan Genealogy ".

William the Conqueror
http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/william.html
Part of The Domesday Book at http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/index.html
See also The Domesday Book at http://rpglibrary.org/utils/meddemog/

1066 at http://www.1066.co.nz/
A Medieval Mosaic
by Michael A.Linton
Welcome to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of England astold by the Bayeux Tapestry. Travel back in time to the 11th Century andthe invasion of England in the days of William the Conqueror.

The Conqueror and His Companions
by J.R. Planch?, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.
at http://www.patpnyc.com/conq/index.shtml
Extensive histories of The Conqueror, his family and may of William'scompanions.
Part of Pat Paterson's Page at http://www.patpnyc.com/conq/index.shtml

RHYME TO REMEMBER THEM BY

Willy, Willy, Harry, Ste,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three,
One, two, three Neds, Richard two,
Henries four, five, six - then who?
Edwards four, five, Dick the bad,
Harries twain and Ned the lad,
Mary, Bessie, James the vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again,
William & Mary, Anna Gloria,
Four Georges, William and Victoria,
Edward, George, then Ned the eighth
quickly goes and abdicat'th,
leaving George, then Liz the second,
and with Charlie next it's reckoned.

That's the way our monarchs lie
since Harold got it in the eye!

PS. Sorry, Lady Jane Grey - you got the chop!

This rhyme has been rememorised by British school children for a greatmany years. In this version the current Royal family has been added. Itcomes from "English Monarchs Dates & Ages" by John Owen Smith athttp://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/histdate/monarchs.htm

William married Matilda of Flanders in 1053. Matilda (daughter of Baldwin V Count of Flanders and Ad?laide Countess De Coutance) was born about 1031 in Flanders, France; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen; was buried in Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]