On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 5:33:35 PM UTC-8, taf wrote:
>That Jean/John is given so many different names is indicative of the degree
> to which the unscrupulous and overly-enthusiastic have combined different
> genealogical origin tales into a single spectacular fraud.
Normally I ignore this stuff, but I can't help myself. I just looked at this guy's entry on
geni.com, and the list of his children is just astoundingly inane:
John de Comyn
Oda de Conteville, wife of Waleran de Meulan
Herluin de Conteville
Eustace de Burgh
Agnes Peverel
Sigfruid de Luxembourg
(and some others)
That's at least six entirely distinct families linked together.
As to the Blois ancestry, it appears to be a version of the line that O'Hart published in the 19th century for the Burghs (or the two share a common source):
Charlemagne
Charles the Young
Roland
Godfrey, King of Jerusalem
Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem
Baldwin II, Count of Flanders and King of Jerusalem
John de Bourg, baron of Toursbourg
Harlowen de Burgo, lord of Conteville
Robert de Burgo, Earl of Cornwall
William de Burgo, Earl of Cornwall
Adelelm and John de Burgh, ancestors of later de Burghs and Burkes.
[Note: do not copy this line into your databases, people - it's not true.]
taf