As a followup to an earlier post (see copy below), I recently found a
reference to Gaston de Béarn as "kinsman" [consanguineus] of King
Edward I of England in the published Annals of Worcester:
Year: 1275. Item orta est magna dissentio inter dominum regem Edwardum
et Gastonem de Bierna in Vasconia ... Gasto de Bierna, vir potens et
nobilis de Vasconia, regis consanguineus, sed ejus adversarius
capitalis, per regem Franciae ad regem Angliae mittebatur: qui in
carcere diutius tenebatur, remissus ad propria post pristinam
cautionem." [Reference: Henry Richards Luard, ed., Annales Prioratus de
Wigornia, in Annales Monastici 4 (Rolls Ser. 36)(1869): 468].
I wish to thank Thierry Stasser for previously establishing that Gaston
de Béarn was a first cousin once removed to King Edward I of England,
by common descent from Alphonso of Aragon, Count of Provence (died
1209).
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: http://www.royalancestry.net
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COPY OF EARLIER POST
Douglas Richardson wrote:
Dear Newsgroup:
King Edward I of England referred to Gaston de Moncade, Vicomte of
Béarn (died 1290), as his "cousin" [Reference: Foedera 2 Pt. 2: 620;
cf. Foedera, 2 Pt. 2: 620]. I find that the historian, F.W. Powicke,
has identified Gaston de Moncade as the uterine brother of Raimond
Bérenger V, Count of Provence, who was King Edward I's maternal
grandfather [Reference: F.W. Powicke, King Henry III and the Lord
Edward, 1 (1947): 223, footnote 1]. If so, then Gaston would have
been King Edward I's great uncle, not cousin. Other sources identify
Gaston as Raimond Bérenger's nephew, being the son of his sister,
Gersende. This would seem to make more sense.
Does anyone know the correct parentage for Gaston de Moncade? Gaston
de Moncade was the son-in-law of Boson de Matha, Count of Bigorre, who
was related to King Edward I through Edward's paternal grandmother,
Isabel of Angouleme. These people are ancestral to the Counts of
Foix.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah