Thirty-fourth Generation Rudolf I de Warrene was born 998. The Family of Following this in 1070 was the Wapentake of Appletree, Warenne originated from Normandy France. The de which covered a large part of south Derbyshire, granted to Warenne surname derives from the castle of that name on Henry on the promotion of Hugh d'Avranches to become the River Varenne which flows through the territory William Earl of Chester. At the centre of this was Tutbury Castle acquired in Upper Normandy. Ruins of this old 11th Century where he rebuilt and founded the priory in 1080. castle are found today near Bellencombre, Seine-Maritime. His major landholdings, however, were those of the Anglo- He is said to have held land outside the walls of Rouen Saxon Siward Barn, following a revolt in 1071, including under Robert I, Duke of Normandy (d. 1035). He also held more land in Berkshire and Essex and also Gloucestershire, land at Vascoeuil, which he gave about 1053 to the abbey Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. of St. Pierre des Préaux, and in the pays de Caux, north of Rouen, where he sold four churches with tithes to the Holy These included part of the wapentakes of Litchurch and Trinity in 1059, and gave another church, also with tithes, in Morleyston, which contained an area later to be known as 1074. Duffield Frith. To command an important crossing over the Derwent he built Duffield Castle. In the wapentake of Hamston was the west bank of the River Dove, where he He married Beatrice de Vascoeuil (Vicomte built Pilsbury Castle. Both these were of typical Norman 35 Tesselin of Rouen _) born 1020, whose mother was almost timber motte and bailey construction. The latter history of certainly a sister of Gotmund Rufus de Vascoueuil, Pilsbury is unknown, but Duffield was rebuilt as a stone daughter of Tesselin, Vicomte of Rouen. She was living fortress sometime in the Twelfth century. about 1053. He was a key administrator in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, Rudolf I de Warrene and Beatrice de Vascoeuil had the and among the most powerful Anglo-Norman magnates. In following child: 1086 he was a legatus ('commissioner’) on the West Midland circuit of the Domesday survey. 1. Rudolf II33 de Warrene. Henry had by his wife, Bertha, three sons - Enguenulf, Rudolf died 1059. Beatrice also died 1059. William and Robert. A daughter, Amicia, married Nigel d'Aubigny, probably the brother of Henry I's butler. Henry Ermengarde of Auvergne birth date unknown. had built Duffield Castle to protect and administer the Frith, She married Count Odo II (Eudes) of Blois. (See Count and he placed it in the charge of Enguenulf. Meanwhile Odo II (Eudes) of Blois for the children resulting from this William inherited the family's Norman estates. He joined marriage.) Robert Curthose and was captured at Tinchebrai. Henry de Ferriers birth date unknown. Henry de The date of Henry de Ferrers' death is uncertain, but it Ferrers (also known as Henri de Ferrières) was a Norman would seem to be between 1093 and 1100. He was buried soldier from a noble family who took part in the conquest of in Tutbury Priory. England and is believed to have fought at the Battle of Hastings of 1066 and, in consequence, was rewarded with Enguenulf died shortly afterwards and the English estate much land in the subdued nation. passed to Robert, who King Stephen later made the first Earl of Derby. His elder brother William fell in the battle. William and Henri were both sons of Walkeline de Ferrers (d.c. 1040)Seigneur Martin I de Vitre birth date unknown, had the of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire, Eure in upper Normandy. The following child: Ferrers family holding at Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire was the caput of their large Norman barony. 1. Ruivallon33 de Vitre. Henry became a major land holder and was granted 210 Count Regnier III of Hainaut (Count Regnier II of manors throughout England and Wales, but notably in Hainaut35, Count Regnier I "Long-Neck" of Hainaut36, Count Derbyshire and Leicestershire by King William for his Giselbert of Darnau37, Count Giselbert of Massgau38, Count conspicuous bravery and support at Hastings. Gainfroi39, Duke Mainier of Austria40_) was born 920. Count of Hainaut from 940 to 958. He first served William I as castellan of Stafford, and in about 1066 or 1067 he was granted the lands in Berkshire He was born in Brabant as the son of Reginar II, Count of and Wiltshire of Goderic, former sheriff of Berkshire, and, by Hainaut. Together with his brother Rodolphe, he took part the end of 1068 he also held the lands of Bondi the Staller in the rebellion of his uncle Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. When in present day Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Gilbert was killed in 939, Regnier had to pledge fealty to Northamptonshire, and Essex. He is thought to have been King Otto the Great. He then allied himself with King Louis appointed the first Anglo-Norman High Sheriff of Berkshire. IV of France, but King Otto sent duke Hermann of Swabia to quell the rebels in 944. 1 siege on 30 November. Lothair and Capet, the tables turned He married Adela of Dagsbourg (Count Hugh II of once more, chased the German king and his liege back to Dagosbourg35_) born 961. Count Regnier III of Hainaut and Aachen and retook Laon. Adela of Dagosbourg had the following children: As he had been a vassal also of Lothair, his acts on behalf of Otto were considered treason and he was thereafter 1. Count Regnier IV of Hainaut33 . excluded from the throne. On Lothair's death (986), the 2. Count Lambert I "The Bearded" of Brabant was born magnates elected his son Louis V and on the latter's death ca 950. (987), Hugh Capet. Thus, the House of Capet came to the throne over the disgraced and ignored Charles. Charles' Otto appointed Conrad the Red as duke of Lotharingia, who marriage to the lowborn daughter of a vassal of Hugh was tried to diminish the power of Reginar. However, when championed by his opponents as a cardinal reason to deny Conrad rose against Otto, Reginar supported him. In an him the throne. In order to have free hand towards France, anarchic situation, Reginar appropriated the dowry of he resigned his duchy to regency of his eldest son Otto. Queen Gerberge, Otto's sister and mother of the French Charles made war on Hugh, even taking Rheims and Laon. king, and also church property. In 953, Bruno, Archbishop However, on Maundy Thursday 991 26 March, he was of Cologne, who had also been appointed duke of captured, through the perfidy of the Bishop Adalberon, and Lotharingia, restored order and defeated Reginar. with his young second son Louis imprisoned by Hugh in Orléans, where he died a short while later, in or before 993. As Reginar refused to submit, he was exiled to Bohemia, Adelheid died 979. where he died in 987. In 1666, the sepulcher of Charles was discovered in the Duke Charles (King Louis IV35 "d'Outre-Mer", King Basilica of Saint-Servais in Maastricht. His skin appears to Charles III "The Simple" of36 France, King Louis II "The have been interred there only in 1001, but that is not the Stammerer"37 , Ermentrude38 de Orleans_). Charles (Laon, date of his death, as some scholars assumed. Though 953–993 in Orléans) was the son of Louis IV of France and Charles ruled Lower Lorraine, the Dukes of Lorraine (Upper Gerberga of Saxony and younger brother of King Lothair. Lotharingia) counted him as Charles I of Lorraine. He was a sixth generation descendant of Charlemagne. Count Godfrey of Verdum birth date unknown, Charles married firstly (970) Adelais daughter of Robert called the Prisoner or the Captive (le Captif), sometimes the of Vermandois, count of Meaux and Troyes. Among their Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from children were: 959 and the count of Verdun from 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the margravate of Antwerp and Ename. 1. Otto, succeeded him as Duke of Lower Lotharingia Between 974 and 998, he was also the count of Hainault 2. Adelaide and Mons. 3. Gerberga of Lower Lorraine, countess of Brussels, who married Lambert I, Count of Leuven He was the son of Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, 4. Louis, followed his father to France and died in prison and Oda of Metz. He was the brother of Adalberon, 5. Charles (b. 989), died young Archbishop of Reims, who crowned Hugh Capet the king of 6. Ermengarde, married Albert I, Count of Namur France. Charles was excluded from the throne of France, and the He was the founder of the House of Limburg or House of German Emperor Otto II, made him duke of Lower Lorraine Ardennes-Verdun, a cadet branch of the House of in 977. Ardennes. He was always loyal to the Ottonians, whom he was related through his maternal grandmother. His father probably gave him royal powers in Burgundy, but Lothair took them back upon reaching his majority. In 977, He appears as the new count of Verdun in 963, though he accused Lothair's wife, Emma, daughter of Lothair II of already count of Bidgau and Methingau through inheritance Italy, of infidelity with Adalberon, Bishop of Laon. The since 959. council of Sainte-Macre at Fismes (near Reims) exonerated the queen and the bishop, but Charles maintained his claim In 963, he married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of was driven from the kingdom, finding refuge at the court of Saxony, of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of his cousin, Otto II.