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King George of England III
M, b. Jun 4, 1738, d. Jan 29, 1820, #8124

Father

Prince Frederick of Wales b. Jan 20, 1706, d. Mar 20, 1751

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May 13, 2005

Birth*

Jun 4, 1738

Death*

Jan 29, 1820

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Child

Prince Edward Augustas of Hanover Duke of Kent+ b. Nov 2, 1767, d. Jan 23, 1820

King George of England VI
M, b. Dec 14, 1895, d. Feb 6, 1952, #8119

Father

King George Windsor V of England b. Jun 3, 1865, d. Jan 20, 1936

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Nov 14, 2005

Birth*

Dec 14, 1895

Sandringham, Norfolk, England

Death*

Feb 6, 1952

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Child

Queen Elizabeth of England II+ b. Apr 21, 1926

Gunhild of England
M, #7997

Father

King Canute of England I d. 1035

Mother

Queen Emma Of Normandy b. 986, d. between Mar 14, 1051 and 1052

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30th great-granduncle of Richard Prescott Bale.

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31st great-granduncle of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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31st great-granduncle of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Apr 26, 2005

Harthacnut of England
M, #7996

Father

King Canute of England I d. 1035

Mother

Queen Emma Of Normandy b. 986, d. between Mar 14, 1051 and 1052

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30th great-granduncle of Richard Prescott Bale.

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31st great-granduncle of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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31st great-granduncle of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Apr 26, 2005

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Hardicanute of England

King Henry of England I
M, b. Sep, 1068, d. Dec 1, 1135, #7673

Father

King William of England I the Conqueror b. 1027, d. Sep 9, 1087

Mother

Queen Matikla of Flanders b. circa 1030, d. 1083

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Relationship of Richard Prescot Bale and King Egbert of Wessex (1st King of England)

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27th great-grandfather of Richard Prescott Bale.

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28th great-grandfather of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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28th great-grandfather of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Oct 6, 2007

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King Henry Beauclerc I of ENGLAND, Henry was crowned at Westminster, on Aug. 5, 1100, three days after his brother, King William II, William the Conqueror's second son, had been killed in a hunting accident. Duke Robert Curthose, the eldest of the three brothers, who by feudal custom had succeeded to his father's inheritance, Normandy, was returning from the First Crusade and could not assert his own claim to the English throne until the following year. The succession was precarious, however, because a number of wealthy Anglo-Norman barons supported Duke Robert, and Henry moved quickly to gain all the backing he could. He issued an ingenious Charter of Liberties, which purported to end capricious taxes, confiscations of church revenues, and other abuses of his predecessor. By his marriage with Matilda, a Scottish princess of the old Anglo-Saxon royal line, he established the foundations for peaceable relations with the Scots and support from the English. And he recalled St. Anselm, the scholarly archbishop of Canterbury whom his brother, William II, had banished.

When Robert Curthose finally invaded England in 1101, several of the greatest barons defected to him. But Henry, supported by a number of his barons, most of the Anglo-Saxons, and St. Anselm, worked out an amicable settlement with the invaders. Robert relinquished his claim to England, receiving in return Henry's own territories in Normandy and a large annuity.

Although a crusading hero, Robert was a self-indulgent, vacillating ruler who allowed Normandy to slip into chaos. Norman churchmen who fled to England urged Henry to conquer and pacify the duchy and thus provided moral grounds for Henry's ambition to reunify his father's realm at his brother's expense. Paving his way with bribes to Norman barons and agreements with neighbouring princes, in 1106 Henry routed Robert's army at Tinchebrai in southwestern Normandy and captured Robert, holding him prisoner for life.

Between 1104 and 1106 Henry had been in the uncomfortable position of posing, in Normandy, as a champion of the church while fighting with his own archbishop of Canterbury. St. Anselm had returned from exile in 1100 dedicated to reforms of Pope Paschal II, which were designed to make the church independent of secular sovereigns. Following papal bans against lay lords investing churchmen with their lands and against churchmen rendering homage to laymen, Anselm refused to consecrate bishops whom Henry had invested and declined to do homage to Henry himself. Henry regarded bishoprics and abbeys not only as spiritual offices but as great sources of wealth. Since in many cases they owed the crown military services, he was anxious to maintain the feudal bond between the bishops and the crown.

Ultimately, the issues of ecclesiastical homage and lay investiture forced Anselm into a second exile. After numerous letters and threats between king, pope, and archbishop, a compromise was concluded shortly before the Battle of Tinchebrai and was ratified in London in 1107. Henry relinquished his right to invest churchmen while Anselm submitted on the question of homage. With the London settlement and the English victory at Tinchebrai, the Anglo-Norman state was reunified and at peace.

In the years following, Henry married his daughter Matilda (also called Maud) to Emperor Henry V of Germany and groomed his only legitimate son, William, as his successor. Henry's right to Normandy was challenged by William Clito, son of the captive Robert Curthose, and Henry was obliged to repel two major assaults against eastern Normandy by William Clito's supporters: Louis VI of France, Count Fulk of Anjou, and the restless Norman barons who detested Henry's ubiquitous officials and high taxes. By 1120, however, the barons had submitted, Henry's son had married into the Angevin house, and Louis VI--defeated in battle--had concluded a definitive peace.

The settlement was shattered in November 1120, when Henry's son perished in a shipwreck of the "White Ship," destroying Henry's succession plans. After Queen Matilda's death in 1118, he married Adelaide of Louvain in 1121, but this union proved childless. On Emperor Henry V's death in 1125, Henry summoned the empress Matilda back to England and made his barons do homage to her as his heir. In 1128 Matilda married Geoffrey Plantagenet, heir to the county of Anjou, and in 1133 she bore him her first son, the future king Henry II. When Henry I died at Lyons-la-Forêt in eastern Normandy, his favourite nephew, Stephen of Blois, disregarding Matilda's right of succession, seized the English throne. Matilda's subsequent invasion of England unleashed a bitter civil war that ended with King Stephen's death and Henry II's unopposed accession in 1154.

(Encyclopedia Britannica)

Marriage*

Principal=Princess Edith-Matilda Atheling of Scotland

Birth*

Sep, 1068

Selby, Yorkshire, England

Death*

Dec 1, 1135

Lyons-la-Foret, Normandy, France

Family

Princess Edith-Matilda Atheling of Scotland b. circa 1080, d. May 1, 1118

Children

Princess Elizabeth Beauclerc of England+ b. circa 1095

Empress Maud of England+ b. 1102, d. Sep 10, 1167

King Henry of England II
M, b. Mar 5, 1133, d. Jul 6, 1189, #8194

Father

Count Geoffrey Plantagenet V of Anjou "The Fair" b. Aug 24, 1113, d. Sep 7, 1151

Mother

Empress Maud of England b. 1102, d. Sep 10, 1167

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Relationship of Richard Prescot Bale and King Egbert of Wessex (1st King of England)

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25th great-grandfather of Richard Prescott Bale.

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26th great-grandfather of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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26th great-grandfather of Taylor Jane Bale.

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10th great-grandson of King Egbert of Wessex "1st King of England".

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May 31, 2005

Birth*

Mar 5, 1133

Marriage*

1154

Principal=Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine

Death*

Jul 6, 1189

Family

Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine b. 1122, d. 1204

Children

King Richard of England I "The Lionheart" b. Sep 8, 1157, d. Apr 6, 1199

Joan of England b. 1165, d. 1199

King John of England I "Lackland"+ b. Dec 24, 1166, d. Oct 19, 1216

King Henry of England III
M, b. Oct 1, 1207, d. Nov 16, 1272, #7027

Father

King John of England I "Lackland" b. Dec 24, 1166, d. Oct 19, 1216

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Relationship of Richard Prescot Bale and King Egbert of Wessex (1st King of England)

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23rd great-grandfather of Richard Prescott Bale.

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24th great-grandfather of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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24th great-grandfather of Taylor Jane Bale.

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12th great-grandson of King Egbert of Wessex "1st King of England".

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May 31, 2005

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Name Variation

Henry Plantagenet III

Birth*

Oct 1, 1207

Winchester, Hampshire, England^1,2

Marriage*

Jan 24, 1236

Canterbury Castle, Canterbury, Kent, England, Principal=Eleanor Berenger of Provence³

Death*

Nov 16, 1272

Westminster, Middlesex, England^4,5

Burial*

Nov 20, 1272

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Family	Eleanor Berenger of Provence b. 1217, d. Jun 24, 1291
Children	1.	King Edward of England I "Longshanks"+ b. Jun 17, 1239, d. Jul 7, 1307
	2.	Margaret Plantagenet b. Oct 5, 1240, d. Feb 26, 1275
	3.	Beatrice Plantagenet b. Jun 25, 1242, d. Mar 24, 1275
	4.	Edmund Plantagenet 'Crouchback'+ b. Jan 16, 1245, d. Jun 5, 1296
	5.	Richard Plantagenet b. circa 1247, d. before 1256
	6.	John Plantagenet b. circa 1250, d. before 1256
	7.	Katherine Plantagenet b. Nov 25, 1253, d. May 3, 1257
	8.	Henry Plantagenet b. 1256, d. 1257