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| Charlemagne |
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| Bertrade de Laon |
(727-783)
Frankish queen
Frankish queen
a.k.a.
Berthe de Laon
Bertha au Grand Pied
Bertha Broadfoot
Bertrada of Laon
Bertrada the Younger.
Daughter of:
Charibert of Laon
& Gisele d'Aquitaine.
Wife of:
Pepin the Short.
mar 1741
Mother of:
1. Charlemagne
2. Carloman
3. Gisela
Bertha Broadfoot
Bertrada of Laon
Bertrada the Younger.
Daughter of:
Charibert of Laon
& Gisele d'Aquitaine.
Wife of:
Pepin the Short.
mar 1741
Mother of:
1. Charlemagne
2. Carloman
3. Gisela
Her lover was:
Pepin the Short.
"Bertha, called 'au Grand Pied' because one foot was larger than the other, was first the concubine and then the wife of Pepin the Short...." (Lawrence, p. 103)
(1188-1252)
a.k.a. Blanche de Castile.
Daughter of:
Alfonso VIII de Castilla
& Eleanor of England
Wife of:
Louis VIII de France.
(married 1200)
Her alleged lover was:
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| Teobaldo I de Navarre by Anonymous, 13th century @ Bibliotheque nationale de France |
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| Teobaldo I de Navarre "Thibaut le Chansonnier" |
(1201-1253)
a.k.a.
Thibaut IV de Champagne
Theobald the Troubadour
Theobald the Posthumous.
Son of:
Thibaut III de Champagne
& Blanca de Navarra.
Husband of:
(d.1225)
mar 1220, div 1222
(d.1231)
mar in 1222
(1217-1256)
mar 1232-1253)
Teobaldo's other lovers:
1. Unnamed mistress
2. Marquesa Lopez de Rada.
"Thibaut IV, the minstrel-count of Champagne, was equally celebrated for his love and his verses, and his history presents the spectacle, so extraordinary in a barbarous age, of a great and powerful prince being ruled, for the greater part of his life, by a passion which, in general, although all-powerful in romance, has but little to do with the destinies of nations. He was tall and elegant in person, and possessed that union of the amiable and majestic in appearance which captivates the eye of woman. He was not a mere poet, like those of later times---no dreaming minstrel to woo Solitude for his love, and make verses to the moon; he was first in arms as well as in song, and managed the lance as skillfully as the pen, and moreover 'onques ne fut qui connut mieux l'art de bien dire aux dames.'
"Thibaut, like most men, owed his virtues and accomplishments to his mother, but Blanche of Navarre committed the mistake of sending her son, when yet in the heydey of proud, ardent, and inexperienced youth, to the court of the all-beautiful Blanche of Castile. She was fifteen years older than the youthful count; but the soul of a boy of genius can never mate itself among his equals in age. She was the Queen of France---but what of that? A true poet can always soar to his 'bright particular star,' even if she neither can nor will descend to him. Thibaut loved and sung, and all Europe rang with the praises of his lofty mistress. In vain the husband of the queen, Louis VIII, manifested his displeasure: the piety youth made love to his consort before his very eyes.
"It is not known what was the precise degree of encouragement which he received; but he followed her wherever she went; he continued to celebrate her in his songs, and to send her poems, which Blanche did not send back. At length Louis died, and the queen seized the regency The fiercer nobles rebelled; they disdained the sway of a woman; and Blanche;s government began to totter. Then Thibaut came upon the scene; and, renowned in arms as well as song, he held the discontented in check. But this was a critical moment. Blanche was now a widow, and the sovereign Count of Champagne, one of the most powerful of her subjects, might reasonably demand her hand as the reward of his protection. This did not come into the arrangements of the fair Castilian. To have a man love, and sing, and bleed, and die for her, was all very well, but to marry a vassal of France was another thing. She signified, with little delicacy, what was passing in her mind.
"Thibaut threw himself, in the desperation of insulted love, into the arms of the malcontents, who joyfully elected him their chief. Here is a situation for tragedy---which Blanche turned into comedy. She merely sent, by the same messenger who had been accustomed to bring her his poems, to desire an interview; and the poor count forgot his oath and his honour at her feet.
"The exigence was no sooner over than he was again neglected and disdained. Again he became her enemy; and again she brought him to her footstool by a word and a smile. His character as a man of honour gone, his influence in the state diminished, Thibaut at length looked back with horror upon a life lavished on a vain and fantastic love, which should have been devoted to glory. Besides, his mistress was not growing old; and when Blanche ventured to drive him away for the twentieth time, he replied (in a verse in French). These were the last verses sent by the Count of Champagne to Blanche of Castile." (Wanderings by the Seine from Rouen to the Source: :251-253)
"The exigence was no sooner over than he was again neglected and disdained. Again he became her enemy; and again she brought him to her footstool by a word and a smile. His character as a man of honour gone, his influence in the state diminished, Thibaut at length looked back with horror upon a life lavished on a vain and fantastic love, which should have been devoted to glory. Besides, his mistress was not growing old; and when Blanche ventured to drive him away for the twentieth time, he replied (in a verse in French). These were the last verses sent by the Count of Champagne to Blanche of Castile." (Wanderings by the Seine from Rouen to the Source: :251-253)
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Caribert I de Paris
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(517-567)
His lovers were:
1) Merofleda
a wood-carver's daughter:Caribert I, King of Paris
(517-567)2) Marcoveifa (d.567)
a wood-carver's daughter:Caribert I, King of Paris
(517-567)2) Marcoveifa (d.567)
sister of above
3) Theodogilda
3) Theodogilda
a.k.a. Theudechild.
a cowherd's daughter:
Unintended Consequence: "According, however, to Castil-Blaze, who has investigated with equal care the history of ballet and of the opera in France, traces of divertissements, more or less in dramatic style, may be found at so early a period as tht of King Caribert of Paris. This sovereign had previously cared only for the pleasures of hunting. The chase was his sole amusement, his daily occupation; and, in pursuit of wild beasts, he quite neglected his Queen Ingoberge, who remained desolate at home, and enjoyed only an occasional glimpse of her royal husband. In order to keep him near her, Ingoberge had recourse to the charms of music, and instituted concerts at her palace, consisting of hymns, chants, and national songs, such being the only music of that period. Caribert, however, seems to have found these entertainments depressing, and preferred the bugle-call of his huntsmen.
In despair at the little success by which her endeavours had been attended, the Queen now thought that a result might be obtained through entertain of a lighter and more engaging kind. Dancing and orchestral music she especially counted on; and the King, renouncing his field sports for a few days, found the Queen's new idea so much to his taste that he soon gave up hunting and shooting altogether.
The spirit, however, of the hunter was still strong within the breast of Caribert, Only he had changed the objects of his pursuit. Two sisters, of ravishing beauty, dancing like sylphs, and singing like syrens (sic), now occupied in his heart the place formerly held by partridges and deer. Meroflede and Morcovere were the medieval names of the young women who had so completely captivated their prince; and soon Caribert's wife, the too ingenious Ingoberge, saw that the remedy she had contrived was worse than the evil she had sought to avert. Laws in those days were loose, and kings powerful; and before long the singing and the dancing, the talent, the beauty, and the charm of the two sisters, had made such an impression on the happy King of Paris that he married them one after the other." (Madeline Guimard...:2-4)
In despair at the little success by which her endeavours had been attended, the Queen now thought that a result might be obtained through entertain of a lighter and more engaging kind. Dancing and orchestral music she especially counted on; and the King, renouncing his field sports for a few days, found the Queen's new idea so much to his taste that he soon gave up hunting and shooting altogether.
The spirit, however, of the hunter was still strong within the breast of Caribert, Only he had changed the objects of his pursuit. Two sisters, of ravishing beauty, dancing like sylphs, and singing like syrens (sic), now occupied in his heart the place formerly held by partridges and deer. Meroflede and Morcovere were the medieval names of the young women who had so completely captivated their prince; and soon Caribert's wife, the too ingenious Ingoberge, saw that the remedy she had contrived was worse than the evil she had sought to avert. Laws in those days were loose, and kings powerful; and before long the singing and the dancing, the talent, the beauty, and the charm of the two sisters, had made such an impression on the happy King of Paris that he married them one after the other." (Madeline Guimard...:2-4)
(1165-1223)
King of France
1180-1223.
Also known as:
Philippe the Conqueror
Philippe the Gift of God: " . . . After having languished for about a year under this malady, he died on the 18th of Sept. 1180, leaving the kingdom to his son Philip. This prince, surnamed the Gift of God, the Magnanimous, and the Conqueror, during his lifetime, and, as all these titles had fallen short of his merit, styled Augustus after his death, is considered one of the greatest princes that ever sat on the throne of France. . . ." (The Family Book of History: 234)
Philippe the Hammer of the English: " . . . [On one] August night in 1165, a sudden clamor of church bells broke in the midnight silence in Paris, bonfires flared in the streets and a cry went up, 'By the grace of Heaven, there is born to us tonight a prince who shall be a Hammer to the English.' King Louis' prayers had been answered at last, and the French went wild with joy. The prince was named Philip, and with his birth Eleanor's and Henry's plans to gain the throne of France were dashed." (Brooks: 97)
Philippe the Magnanimous: "The Magnanimous. A nickname given to , one of the greatest princes that ever reigned, and by far the wisest and most powerful of all the monarchs of France since Charlemagne." (Sobriquets & Nicknames, Vol 1888: 204)
Son of: Louis VII de France & Alix de Champagne.
Husband of:
1. Isabelle de Hainaut (1170-1190), mar 1180.
2. Ingeborg af Danmark (1176-1238), mar 1193.
3. Agnes de Meran (d.1201), mar 1196.
His lovers were:
1) Damoiselle d'Arras. (1167-?)
a.k.a. Dame II d'Arras.
Natural offspring:
Pierre Charlot de France (1205-1249)
a.k.a. Pierre Capet.
Comte de Noyon
Bishop of Noyon 1240
Archbishop of Tours
Chancellor of Charles d'Anjou, King of Sicily.
2) Richard I of England.
"...Philip Augustus and Richard had been lover in their youth, when the English prince was attending the French court as the favorite son of his remarkable mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her efforts to tutor Richard in the knightly art of courtly love, in the pleasure palaces of southern France, had not been entirely successful (Reston, 2001). After their falling out of love, the future kings became entangled in numerous dynastic struggles within and between the two rival domains...." (Johnston, 2008, p. 289)
"...According to the 12th-century historian Roger of Hoveden, a passionate love developed between the 29-year-old Richard and Philip, then 22 years of age: 'Richard, duke of Aquitaine...remained with Philip, the King of France, who so honored him for so long that they ate every day at the same table and from the same dish, and at night their beds did not separate them. And the king of France loved him as his own soul; and they loved each other so much that the king of England was absolutely astonished at the passionate love between them and marveled at it."
"Philip had evidently had a special fondness for Henry II's sons. Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, Henry's second son, had earlier stayed with Philip at his court in Paris for extended periods, and had become such a part of Philip's life that he made Geoffrey an official in his court. When Geoffrey, at the age of 28, was killed during a tournament, Philip's grief at the funeral was such that his aides had to restrain him from throwing himself into Geoffrey's grave." (Neill, 2009, p. 245)
"Philip had evidently had a special fondness for Henry II's sons. Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, Henry's second son, had earlier stayed with Philip at his court in Paris for extended periods, and had become such a part of Philip's life that he made Geoffrey an official in his court. When Geoffrey, at the age of 28, was killed during a tournament, Philip's grief at the funeral was such that his aides had to restrain him from throwing himself into Geoffrey's grave." (Neill, 2009, p. 245)
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