Translation anyone ?

patcat

Well, its certainly got everyones 'grey matter' working this evening.
I like the sound of your idea Aqueoushumour, I suppose if you swapped Normans for Vikings it could tie in with the ship.

Just noticed reading the thread again, that LAS should be la normandie, sorry everyone, typo.

melissa75_2

Yeah it got me interested too. I definitely wouldn't put it on ebay until you had found out a bit more about it, you never know it might be worth something. I started reading about William the Conqueror after I read your thread. Apparently he was born in Normandy in 1028, and was the illegitimate son of the duke of Normandy, (hence his nickname William the ba****d!) Apparently he defended Normandy from the French and was a distant cousin of the then King of England Edward the Confessor, who was childless. As there was no obvious heir William thought it should be his!
I must be getting old as I am now finding this sort of stuff interesting!

frivolous_fay

A cousin of William the Conqueror is in my family tree

melissa75_2

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!

FloFlo

frivolous_fay wrote: »

A cousin of William the Conqueror is in my family tree

As long as he doesn't fall out of it you're ok.

Sola

frivolous_fay wrote: »

A cousin of William the Conqueror is in my family tree

I'm descended from William via three of his children (Henry I, Adela and Cecilia), and 19 of his grandchildren. The lines converged over the years into my great-grandparents who were 11th cousins 4 times removed. You and I must be distantly related Which cousin?

frivolous_fay

Sola wrote: »

I'm descended from William via three of his children (Henry I, Adela and Cecilia), and 19 of his grandchildren. The lines converged over the years into my great-grandparents who were 11th cousins 4 times removed. You and I must be distantly related Which cousin?

William (I think) Stod-gwert is the info I have. Looked after the boss's horses, so I heard!

Sola

Hmm, not a name I know; do you know the exact cousin-connection to William? It's possible your William is descended from the Conqueror's grandfather Richard The Good or great-grandfather Richard The Fearless; they both sired numerous offspring. Any other details? Wife? Kids?

frivolous_fay

Sola wrote: »

Hmm, not a name I know; do you know the exact cousin-connection to William? It's possible your William is descended from the Conqueror's grandfather Richard The Good or great-grandfather Richard The Fearless; they both sired numerous offspring. Any other details? Wife? Kids?

It's kind of a footnote near the top of our (otherwise pretty thorough) hand-drawn tree No descendants shown. I think complete information is only drawn in from around the 1500s or so.

pinkgem

my nan had her family tree done a few years ago and she told me that we were a direct descendant of william the conqueror