Louis VII of France & William the Conqueror

[Bob Demarest]

While searching the web for genealogical information on the Demarest family,
I came across the following lines of descent from Louis VII of France and
William the Conqueror. I have no experience with medieval genealogy, so I
was hoping that someone here might be able help me verify this information
(as I have my doubts that it is accurate). Thank you, Bob

1. Louis VII, King of France m. Eleanor of Aquitaine
2. Alix, Princess of France m. Thibaud V, Count of Blois
3. Marguerite, Countess of Blois m. Hugh d'Oisy III, Viscount of Cambray
4. Hawise Crevecoeur m. Gerard, Lord of Bournonville
5. Hawise Bournonville m. Jean de Rambures
6. Ermengarde de Rambures m. Baldwin V, Lord of Marets (s/o Baldwin IV,
Lord des Marets and Gillette de Jauche, d/o Simon de Jauche Governor of
Cambray)
7. William des Marets, 6th Lord of Marets m. Guiote de Hames (d/o Walter de
Hames)
8. Baldwin VI, 7th Lord des Marets m. Agnes de Forest (d/o Herbert de
Forest)
9. Baldwin VII, 8th Lord des Marets m. Jacqueline de Ranchicourt
10. Baldwin VIII, 9th Lord des Marets m. Emma de Neuville

1. William the Conqueror m. Matilda of Flanders
2. Sylvia of Normandy m. Louis de Bournonville
3. Raoul de Bournonville m. Ide Wallincourt
4. Gerard, Lord of Bournonville m. Hawise Crevecoeur
5. Hawise Bournonville m. Jean de Rambures
6. Ermengarde de Rambures m. Baldwin V, Lord of Marets
7. William des Marets, 6th Lord of Marets m. Guiote de Hames (d/o Walter de
Hames)
8. Baldwin VI, 7th Lord des Marets m. Agnes de Forest (d/o Herbert de
Forest)
9. Baldwin VII, 8th Lord des Marets m. Jacqueline de Ranchicourt
10. Baldwin VIII, 9th Lord des Marets m. Emma de Neuville

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[Sutliff]

Your suspicions seem well founded. William I and Matilda of Flanders
did not have a daughter named Sylvia. Turton in _The Plantagenet
Ancestry_ p. 268 mentions that is was Carpentier who was the one who
placed Sylvia as daughter of the Conqueror, but he (Turton) omitted
her ancestry as he could find no corroborative documentation in any
books.

I do not have a specific source to refute the other descent, but
Generation 4 looks problematic to be daughter of Generation 3. Perhaps
someone with access to _Europäische Stammtafeln_ can comment with more
authority on that descent.

Best regards,

Henry Sutliff

[A Tsar Is Born]

Flawless. Except that William had no daughter named Sylvia (a name quite
unknown in those parts in those days), and no child at all who married into
the Bournonville family.

Jean Coeur de Lapin
atsar...@hotmail.com