King's Kinsfolk: King Edward I of England's kinsman, John I,

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King's Kinsfolk: King Edward I of England's kinsman, John I,

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 11 apr 2006 16:39:42

Dear Newsgroup ~

King Edward I of England wrote a letter on May 8, 1294 to John Halton,
Bishop of Carlisle, requesting that prayers be made for the soul of the
recently deceased John I, Duke of Brabant, who the king called his
friend and kinsman by marriage ["carissimum amicum et affinem nostrum")
[Reference: James Raine, ed., Historical Papers and Letters from the
Northern Registers (Rolls Ser. 61) (1873): 106]. The king was related
to Duke John's 1st wife, Margaret of France, in the 2nd and 2nd degrees
of kindred, or if you prefer 1st cousins, by virtue of common descent
from Raymond Berenger V, Count of Provence, died 1245. The king was
likewise related to Duke John's 2nd wife, Margaret of Flanders, in the
3rd and 5th degrees of kinship, or if you prefer 2nd cousins twice
removed, by virtue of common descent from Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess
of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England. These kinships are charted
below.

1. Raymond Berenger V, Count of Provence, died 1245.
2. Eleanor of Provence, married King Henry III of England.
3. King Edward I of England, died 1307.

1. Raymond Berenger V, Count of Provence, died 1245.
2. Margaret of Provence, married Louis IX, King of France.
3. Margaret of France, married John I, Duke of Brabant.

1. Eleanor of Aquitaine, married (2nd) Henry II, King of England.
2. King John of England, died 1216.
3. King Henry III of England, died 1272.
4. King Edward I of England, died 1307.

1. Eleanor of Aquitaine, married (1st) Louis VII, King of France.
2. Marie of France, married Henri, Count of Champagne.
3. Marie of Champagne, married Baldwin VI-IX, Count of Flanders,
Emperor of Constantinople.
4. Margaret, Countess of Flanders, married Guillaume de Dampierre.
5. Guy de Dampierre, Count of Flanders and Namur.
6. Margaret of Flanders, married Jan I, Duke of Brabant.

Reviewing the respective ancestries of King Edward I and Duke John I, I
find that their nearest kinship was in the 5th and 6th degrees of
kindred, by virtue of common descent from both King Louis VI of France
and Fulk V, Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem. Thus, King Edward I was
more closely related to both of Duke John I's wives than he was to Duke
John I himself. This is evidently why he chose to call Duke John I his
kinsman by marriage ("affinem") rather than kinsman by blood
("consanguineus").

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Website: http://www.royalancestry. net

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