On Apr 18, 4:49=A0pm, "AaronParmen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 17, 10:40=A0pm, "AaronParmen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <AaronParmen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 17, 10:01=A0am, "AaronParmen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > <AaronParmen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Apr 17, 6:44=A0am, SomersetSue <SueBu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > Fortunately it doesn't seem to have been genetic for most of her
> > > > millions of descendants!
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> > > > She's probably the ancestor of most of this group, me included.
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> > > > Sue
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> > > well, apparently all the so-called western world,
> > > but impressive only to this group if you can prove your lineage
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> > > William I, The Conqueror___________Matilda, dau. of Baldwin V,
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> > > also, both Wiilliam and his wife Matilda were direct descent from
> > > Charlemagne by two different lineages, thus making this famed
> > > couple progenitors of most of our so-called western world
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> > > aaron
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> > after the success of The Conquest,
> > William I was crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066
> > at Westminster Abbey in London,
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> > and
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> > by February 1067 William I returned for 9 months to Normandy,
> > and crowned his wife Matilda Queen of England in May 1068
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> > aaron
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> Montfaucon found at Bayeux a tradition, possibly not more than a
> century old, that assigned the Bayeux tapestry to Queen Matilda, wife
> of William I The Conqueror King of England...
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> aaron
William's position as king was further enhanced when in 1068, his wife
and duchess, Matilda of Flanders, was crowned Queen of England--the
first woman to actually be crowned queen in English history (other
women such as Emma and Edith had been queens, but Matilda was the
first to be acutally crowned.)
William was not the second famous medieval leader to be crowned on
Christmas day. Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.
D.
MATILDA, Queen of England, from 1066-1083, wife of William I, King of
England, (aka, William The Conqueror) was the daughter of Baudouin V,
Count of Flanders (France), and the sixth in descent from Elfrida,
daughter of Alfred the Great.
ALFRED, called The Great (849-99), king of the West Saxons (871-99),
and one of the outstanding figures of English history. Born in Wantage
in southern England, Alfred was the youngest of five sons of King
Ethelwulf (790?-858). On the death of his brother Ethelred (r. 866-71)
Alfred became king, coming to the throne during a Danish invasion.
Although he succeeded in making peace with the Danes, they resumed
their marauding expeditions five years later, and by early 878 they
were successful almost everywhere. About Easter of 878, however,
Alfred established himself at Athelney and began assembling an army.
In the middle of that year he defeated the Danes and captured their
stronghold, probably at present-day Edington. During the following 14
years Alfred was able to devote himself to the internal affairs of his
kingdom. By 886 he had captured the city of London, and soon afterward
he was recognized as the king of all England.
In 893 the Danes invaded England again, and the following four years
were marked by warfare; eventually, the Danes were forced to withdraw
from Alfred's domain. The only ruler to resist Danish invasions
successfully, Alfred made his kingdom the rallying point for all
Saxons, thus laying the foundation for the unification of England.
Alfred was a patron of learning and did much for the education of his
people. He began a court school and invited British and foreign
scholars, notably the Welsh monk Asser (fl. 885-909?) and the Irish-
born philosopher and theologian John Scotus Erigena, to come there.
Alfred translated such works as The Consolation of Philosophy by the
Roman statesman and philosopher Boethius, The History of the World by
the Spanish priest Paulus Orosius (c. 385-420), and Pastoral Care by
Pope Gregory I. Alfred's laws, the first promulgated in more than a
century, were the first that made no distinction between the English
and the Welsh peoples.
both the above from online sources
aaron
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