Migration: England and France

 What what?

That's right, we have a huge (the majority) of our ancestry is from Europe. Check out the generations and main families.

As if being descended from Portuguese Royalty is not enough, we also have French and English royal blood, according to the written records.  I did not put it together at first, but back in the day, royalty from one country married royalty from other countries for political reasons, land deals, financial reasons, appointments to nobility or other titles such as Dukes and Viscounts, as well as in exchange for future favors, reminding me of sports trades we do now. One situation I read about had a 5 year old marry a 3 year old because they needed the paperwork that the countries were now linked by marriage for a political issue!

Some of our English & French ancestors are somewhat famous as well, you will recognize many of the names: 

• Phillipa Plantagenet, of Leicester, Queen of Portugal (born from the English royal line of Plantagenet kinds). (1360-1415) wife of Joao I King of Portugal.
• John Plantagenet, of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) born Belgium. Father of Phillipa.
• Blanche Grosmont of Lancaster Plantagenet (1345-1369) wife of John of Gaunt.
• Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Grosmont and Lancaster. (1310-1361), father of Blanche
• Isabel of Beaumont (1320-1361), Brienne, France. Mother of Henry Grosmont
• Henry de Beaumont (1280-1340), France, 4th Earl of Buchan, father of Isabel.
• Louis de Brienne (1235-1263) Brienne, France. Father of Henry Beaumont.
• John de Brienne (1170-1237), Brienne, France. Father of  Louis "1235". Count of Brienne, King of Jerusalem, Regent of the Latin Empire,

Brick wall after John de Brienne, he is my 20th GGF. 

Although there are some royals in the woodpile, there are more nobility than anything. Earls, Counts, Dukes, Duchesses, Viscounts, and Countesses are plentiful. We even have saints in the family! Will talk about those in a later post. More England and France... this lasted about 700 years!

• Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (Spain). (1161-1214). Wife of Alphonso VIII.
• Henry II Plantagenet, King of England (1133-1189). Father of Eleanor and my 25th GGF.
• Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113-1151) Count of Anjou (France), father of Henry II.
• Fulk V, King of Jerusalem (1089-1143) born in France, died in Isreal. Father of Geoffrey Anjou.
• Ermengarde, Countess of Maine (1096-1126), France. Wife of Fulk V.
• Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (France). Father of Fulk V.

• Hughes I de Perche (989-1046) French Nobleman. Father of Fulk IV.
• Beatrice de Macon Roucy (953-982) Mother of Fulk IV.
• Alberic/Aubry II de Macon (953-982), Viscount and Earl of Macon, Viscount of Narbonne, and Lord of Salins. Father of Beatrice. France.
• Lietaud I (895-965), from France, and father of Alberic. He was Count of Macon.
• Aubri/Albric de Narbonne (880-961) France, Father of Lietaud I.
• Mayeul I, Vicomte (Viscount) de Macon (845-911) of France. Father of Lietaud I.
• Lindoin, Vicomte de Narbonne ( 810-880) Viscount of Narbonne. Father of Mayuel I.
• Fracon I, Vicomte de Narbonne (785-875), father of Lindoin.  

Brickwall, Fracon I is my 34th GGF.

Crossing to the female branch, we have more from France:

• Liutaud (Female) De Narbonne (b. 802 France), wife of Francon I.
• Alberic de Narbonne (b. 776 France), father of Liutaud.
• Compte Milo de Narbonne (d. 782, France). Father of Alberic.

Germany & Belgium

For a brief (in geneaology terms) period of 120 years or so, we had some Belgian and German ancestors, many were also royalty or nobility:

• Hertug Guerin von Thursgau (735-772) Argenburd, Germany, Count of Thurgovie, father of Milo.
• Rutpert im Haspengau, Count of Haspengau (689-764) Germany. Father of Hertug.
• Lantbertus II, Neustrasia (670-741) born Belgium, Bishop of Metz (France). Father of Rutbert.
• Chrodobertus II, Neustrasia, Count of Hesbaye (620-678). Father of Lantbertus II.
• Lambert I de Haspengau (b. 620-651) Count of Hesbaye & Wormsgau, Duke of Germany. Father of Chrodobertus.
• Chodobertus V, (595-694) Mayor of the Palace of Neustria, Bishop of Tours, Bishop of Paris, Duke of Alemania (Germany). Father of Lambert I.
• Charibert de Narbonne (585-636) Count of Haspengau, Duke of Germany, Father of Chrodobertus I.
• Charibert I, King of Franks (517-567). France, father of Charibert de Narbonne.

Brick Wall, Charibert I is my 42 GGF.

Back to France...

• Doda de Poitiers, French noblewoman, (659-678), wife of Chrodobertus V of Norbonne.
• Kunza Gunza of Treves, French nobility (630-677) of Metz. born France, died in Germany. Mother of Doda.
• Warinus de Pointiers, Saint. (d. 676 France) husband of Kunza.
• Saint Clodulphe Bishop of Metz (604-597) Metz, France. Father of Kunza.
• Saint Marie Clotilde Sigrade de Alsace (France, 615-677), Mother of Kunza.
• Bodilon de Treves, (595-643) France
• Saint Ansoau de Treves (545-627) France
• Geberge of the Burgundians (b. 565, France)
• Desederius , Bishop of Verdun (512-564) of France
• Gunobald of Lyon (490-590) France
• Latinus de Burgundy (465-565) France
• Afranius Syafrius, Governor of Gaul (Lyon, France, 345-?)

Next Chapter: Turks, Persians, and Greeks, Oh My!