From: "Douglas Richardson" <royalancestry@msn.com>
To: <GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: New List of the Bastards of King Henry I
Stewart Baldwin <sbaldw@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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On 25 Nov 2004 15:32:21 -0800, royalancestry@msn.com (Douglas
Richardson) wrote:
[snip]
As I was checking the index of the Michel book, I noticed references
to various bastard children of King Henry I of England. When I
checked the actual entries, I found that one of the French chronicles
gave a rather complete list of the bastards of King Henry I,
consisting of six sons and seven daughters. This list is strikingly
similar to one recorded by Robert de Torigny, who likewise identified
six sons and seven daughters for King Henry I. Presumably Robert de
Torigny and the anonymous author of the French chronicle had access to
the same source while compiling their list of Henry I's illegitimate
children. The two lists are not the same, however, as I note that the
chronicle published by Michel refers to one illegitimate son as
"Guillaumes," where Complete Peerage indicates that Torigny (who wrote
in Latin} calls the same person "Willelmus de Traceio" [that is,
William de Tracy].
How can this be considered a difference, considering that French
Guillaume is the same name as Latin Willelmus and English William?
Stewart Baldwin
Are you asking me a question, Stewart?
DR
It is obvious that the rhetorical question should not have been needed to be
asked.
For DR to ask whether it is a question is just beyond belief.
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia