DESCENT OF ISAREL DE TAILLEFUR,
second Wife of
KING JOHN OF ENGLAND from CHARLEMAGNE:

(1) Charlemagne: (2) Louis I, the Debonaire, Roman Emperor from 814 to 840; (3) Louis of Germany, born 806, died 876, married Emma; (4) Carloman, died 880, married Litwindia, of Corinthia; (5) Arnulph, died 899, married Oda, of Bavaria; (6) Edith of Germany, married Otto, Duke of Saxony, died 912; (7) Henry I, the Fowler, born 876, died 936, married Matilda of Ringleheim; (8) Hedwige, Married Hugh, Duke of France, who died 956; (9) Hugh Capet, King of France, born 938, died 996, married Adela, daughter of Otto I; (10) Robert, The Pious, born 971, died 1031, married Constance, daughter of William, Count of Toulouse, his son; (11) Henry I, King of France, born about 1005, died 1060, married, third, Anne of Russia, daughter of Jarouslous and grand-daughter of Vladimir, first Czar of Russia, their son; (12) Philip I. King of France from 1060 to 1108. By his first wife, Bertha, daughter of Florent I, Count of Holland, he had; (13) Louis VI, King of France, born 1081, died 1137, married in 1115 to Alice of Savoy, daughter of Count Hubert II, his son; (14) Peter, Prince of France, Lord of Courtenay and Auxerre, fifth son of Louis VII, who married Reginald, Lord of Courtenay, his daughter; (15) Alice, Married Aymer de Taillefer, who, as above said, had a daughter, Isabel, who married King John of England. (Genealogy of Isabel de Taillefer, Magna Charta, pp. 167, 184, 185, 186, 187) KING JOHN'S eldest son was;

(Gen. No. 129) HENRY III, KING OF ENGLAND, born 1 Oct. 1207, at Winchester, died 16 Nov. 1272, at St. Edmundsbury, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. He was crowned king 28 Oct. 1216, when only nine years of age. On 14 January 1236, he married Eleanor of Provence, whose descent from CLOVIS, King of the Franks, and from King Sancho III, of Navarre, is as follows;

QUEEN ELANOR'S GENEALOGY

(1) CLOVIS, King of the Franks, married Clothilde, his son; (2) Clothaire I, born 497, died 561, married Ingolde, their son; (3) Chilperice I, born 523, died 584, married Fredegonde, born 543, died 598, his son; (4) Clothaire II, born 584, died 628, married Bertrude, who died 618, his son; (5) Claribert II, born 608, died 631, married Gisela, daughter of Arnoud, of Gascony, his son; (6) Boggis, Duke of Aquitaine, died 688, married Oda, his son; (7) Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine, married Valtrude, daughter of Valtrude and her husband, Walchigise, Count of verdon, son of St. Arnolph, Bishop of Metz and his wife, Dodo, his son; (8) Hunold, Duke of Aquitaine, died 774, his son; (9) Waifir, Duke of Aquitaine, died 768, married his cousin, Adele, daughter of Loup I, Duke of Gascony, his son; (10) Loup II, Duke of Gascony, died 778, his son; (11) Adelrico, Duke of Gascony, died 812, his son; (12) Ximeno, Duke of Gascony, died 816, married Munia, his son; (13) Inigo Arista, first King of Navarre married Iniga Ximena, his son; (14) Careia II, of Navarre, married Urracca of Gascony, daughter of a cousin, Sancho II, his son; (15) Sancho I, became King of Navarre in 905, married his cousin Toda, daughter of Aznzr Galindez, Count of Aragon, his son; (16) Garcia III, became king in 921, died 970, married Teresa Iniquez of Aragon, and had (17) Sancho II Abarca, died 994, married Urracca Clara, daughter of Fortuna Ximenez, of Navarre, his second cousin, his son; (18) Garcia V, King of Navarre, died 999, married Ximena, daughter of Consslo, Count of Asturias and his wife, Teresa. They were the parents of the earlier of the two kings, both called Sancho III, this one; (19) Sancho III King of Navarre from 1000 to 1035, married Munia, daughter of Sancho of Castile, and thus united the two important Houses of Castile and Navarre, to which that of Aragon was later added, his son; (20) Ramirez I, founded the kingdom of Aragon, was killed in battle by the Moors 8 May 1063. By his wife Gisberge, he had; (21) Sancho-Ramirez, died 4 June 1094, King of Aragon, married, first, Felice, who died 14 April 1086, daughter of Hildouin, Count of Rouci, his son; (22) Ramirez II, King of Aragon, married Agnes, daughter of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine. His daughter; (23) Petronella was only two years old when her father abdicated the throne in her favor. He had arranged that Raymund Berenger V, Count of Barcelona, should govern the realm as Prince of Aragon, and that he should, at the proper time, marry Petronella. This was accomplished in accordance with his wish. Petronella died 18 October 1172, their son; (24) Alphonse II, King of Aragon, born 1151, died 25 April 1196, married his cousin Sanchia, who was descended as follows;

KING SANCHO III (Navarre) and his wife Munia, as stated above, were the parents of (1) Ferdinand I, King of Castile from 1033 to 1065, died in battle 27 Dec. 1065. In 1035, he married Sanchia, daughter of Alphonso V, King of Leon, and thus united the latter kingdom to his own; (2) Alphonso VI, King of Castile and Leon, married a daughter of Robert, Duke of Burgundy, his daughter; (3) Urracca, married first, Raimond of burgundy, who died in 1108, after which, Urracca married Alphonso I, King of Aragon. Her only child, son of Raimond, was; (4) Alphonso-Raimond VII, born 1103, died 1157. By his first wife, Berenguela, he had two sons, Sancho III (or Alphonso), and Ferdinand II, King of Leon, died 1188. By his second wife, Richilda of Poland, he had; (5) Sanchia, wife of Alphonso II, King of Aragon, as stated above. Her son; (6) Alphonso II, King of Provence, who reigned from 1196 to 1209, his son; (7) Raimond-Berenger IV, King of Provence, married Beatrice (Beatrix), daughter of Thomas, Count of Savoy, his daughter; (8) ELEANOR OF PROVENCE, became the wife of HENRY III KING OF ENGLAND as stated above.

After the death of Henry III, King of England, Queen Eleanor took the veil at Ambresbury in Wiltshire, and died there 24 June 1291. Their elder sons, John and Henry died young. Their third son;

(Gen. No. 130) EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND, (called Longshanks), Earl of Chester, born at Westminster 17 June 1239, married Eleanor of Castile. In 1272 he went on a Crusade as far as Acre, where his daughter JOAN (see later) was born, and although he inherited the crown that year, he did not return to England until 1274, being crowned on August 19th. He was eminent as a ruler and as a legislator, and succeeded in enacting many new laws. He determined to authorize no new legislation without the counsel and acquiescence of those who were most affected by it. Not until late in his reign did he call a whole Parliament together. Instead he called the Barons together in any matter that affected the Barons, and the representatives of the townsmen together in any matter that affected the townsmen, and so with other classes. Edward's first wife, ELEANOR OF CASTILE, whom he married in 1254, died 20 Nov. 1290. ELEANOR'S ANCESTRY follows;

ANCESTRY OF ELEANOR OF CASTILE

(1) Alphonso-Raimund VII, by his first wife, Berenguela, (daughter of Raimund IV of Barcelona and his wife Marie) had; (2) Ferdinand II, King of Leon from 1157 until 1188, in 160 married Urracca, daughter of Alphonse I, King of Portugal and Maud of Savoy. Urracca died in 1176 and they had the younger (3) Alphonse IX (Berengarin's husband), King of Leon, born 1166, died 1229. By his second wife, Berengaria, daughter of Alphonso IX, King of Castile and his wife, Eleanor, sister of King John and daughter of Henry II, King of England and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alphonso IX had a son; (4) Ferdinand III, born 1191, in whose favor his mother abdicated the throne of Castile in 1217. At his father's death, twelve years later, he became King of Leon, by his second wife, Joanna, daughter of Simon de Dammartin, Count d'Amale and his wife, Marie, Countess of Fonthieu, Ferdinand III had a daughter; (5) ELEANOR OR CASTILE, who as above stated, became the wife of EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND. (It was King Edward I, who first conferred the title of Prince of Wales, thus designating his fourth son Edward, who later became Edward II of England.)

The children of Edward I and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile were (a) John, died young; (b) Henry, died young; (c) Alphonso, Earl of Chester, born 24 November 1273, died 19 August 1284; (d) Edward, born 25 April 1284, became King Edward II; (e) Eleanor, married to Alphonso, King of Aragon, and second, to Henri, Count de Bar; (f) Joan of Acre, born in 1272, married first, to Gilbert de Clare, and second to Ralph de Monthermer (see later); (g) Margaret, married 9 July 1290, John Duke of Lorraine; (h) Mary, became a nun; (i) Elizabeth, born August 1282, married, first to John, Count of Holland, and second, to Humphrey de Pohun. The second daughter of King Edward I and his wife Eleanor of Castile, was as stated above;

(Gen. No. 131) PRINCESS JOAN OF ACRE, born in 1272, when her father, King Edward I went on a crusade as far as Acre, where she was born. In 1290, Joan married, as his second wife, Earl Gilbert de Clare, The "Red Earl", Crusader, Knight, ninth Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Cloucester, born 2 September 1243, died 7 December 1295. The "Red Earl" was descended from four of the twenty-five Magna Charta Surety Barons chosen by the Barons and Knights of England as Sureties to enforce the provisions laid down in the "Articles of the Barons", (the forerunner of Magna Charta,) which contained the first constitutional rights ever granted the subjects of a monarch. (No one signed Magna Charta, as neither King John nor the Barons could write, and at common law, sealing was sufficient to authenticate any formal document.)