Peerage Record – 10310

     Philippe II Auguste Capet, Roi de France was born on 21 August 1165 at Gonesse, Île-de-France, France^G.² He was the son of Louis VII, Roi des Francs and Adele de Champagne.^1,2 He married, firstly, Isabelle de Hainaut, daughter of Baudouin V (VIII) Comte de Hainaut Margrave de Namur and Marguerite I d‘Alsace-Lorraine Gravin van Vlaanderen, on 28 April 1180.² He married, secondly, Ingeborg Valdemarsdottir, daughter of Valdemar I ‘the Great’ Knutsson, King of Denmark and Sophie of Polotzk, on 14 August 1193. He and Ingeborg Valdemarsdottir were divorced in 1193.³ He married, thirdly, Agnes de Méranie, Princess of Méranie, daughter of Bertold III de Méranie, Duke of Meran, in 1196. He died on 14 July 1223 at age 57 at Mantes, Île-de-France, France^G.² He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France^G.
     He succeeded as the Roi de France in 1180.¹

     Louis VI Capet, Roi des Francs was born on 1 December 1081 at Paris, France^G.^2,3 He was the son of Philippe I Capet, Roi des Francs and Berthe van Hollant. He married, firstly, Lucienne de Rochefort in 1104. He and Lucienne de Rochefort were divorced. He married, secondly, Adelaide di Savoia, daughter of Umberto II Conte di Savoia and Gisèle de Bourgogne-Comté, in 1115. He died on 1 August 1137 at age 55 at Château Bethizy, Paris, France^G.² He was buried on 3 August 1137 at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France^G.
     Louis VI Capet, Roi des Francs also went by the nick-name of Louis ‘le Gros’ (or in English, ‘the Fat.¹‘) He succeeded as the Roi des Francs in 1108.¹

     Adelaide di Savoia was born in 1100.² She was the daughter of Umberto II Conte di Savoia and Gisèle de Bourgogne-Comté.^1,3 She married, firstly, Louis VI Capet, Roi des Francs, son of Philippe I Capet, Roi des Francs and Berthe van Hollant, in 1115. She married, secondly, Mathieu I, seigneur de Montmorency seigneur de d’Ecouen, de Marly et de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, son of Bouchard IV, seigneur de Montmorency seigneur d’Ecouen et Marly and Agnès de Beaumont-sur-Oise, dame de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in 1141.⁴ She died on 18 November 1154 at Paris, France.²
     She was also known as Adelaide de Maurienne.¹

     Philippe I Capet, Roi des Francs was born circa 1052.² He was the son of Henri I, Roi des Francs and Anne of Kiev.² He married, firstly, Berthe van Hollant, daughter of Florent I Graaf van Hollant en West Friesland and Gertrud Billung von Sachsen, in 1071/72.³ He and Berthe van Hollant were divorced in 1091.⁴ He married, secondly, Bertrada de Montfort, daughter of Simon de Montfort, Sire de Montfort l’Aumari and Agnes d‘Evreux, in 1095. He died on 29 July 1108 at Melun Castle, Melun, France.^2,5
     Philippe I Capet, Roi des Francs also went by the nick-name of Philippe ‘the Fair’.¹ He succeeded as the Roi des Francs in 1060.^4,1

     Berthe van Hollant was born in 1056.¹ She was the daughter of Florent I Graaf van Hollant en West Friesland and Gertrud Billung von Sachsen.^2,1 She married Philippe I Capet, Roi des Francs, son of Henri I, Roi des Francs and Anne of Kiev, in 1071/72.³ She and Philippe I Capet, Roi des Francs were divorced in 1091.² She died on 30 June 1094 at Montreuil-sur-Mer, France.^3,1

     Sir Randal Mac Donnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim was born in 1609.¹ He was the son of Randal Mac Sorley Mac Donnell, 1st Earl of Antrim and Alice O’Neill.¹ He and Lady Lucy Hamilton were engaged before 1627 but after refusing to go ahead with the marriage, he was ordered to pay £3000 to the lady.¹ He married, firstly, Catherine Manners, Baroness de Ros of Helmsley, daughter of Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland and Frances Knyvett, before 12 April 1635.² He married, secondly, Rose O’Neill, daughter of Sir Henry O’Neill and Martha Stafford, before 20 March 1655/56.¹ He died on 3 February 1682, without issue.^2,1 He was buried at Bonamargy^G.¹
     He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Antrim [I., 1620] on 10 December 1636.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Dunluce, co. Antrim [I., 1618] on 10 December 1636.¹ He was appointed Knight on 17 March 1638/39 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G, by the Lord Deputy Wentworth.¹ In 1640 He exerted himself greatly in the Royal cause.¹ He was created 1st Marquess of Antrim [Ireland] on 26 January 1644/45.¹ He undertook to raise an army in Ireland, and to transport it to Scotland in the King’s cause, believing that “all the clans of the Mac Donnells in the Highlands might be persuaded to follow him.”¹ In August 1651 he was “quartered by the rebels not far from Kilkenny in a very obscure and regarded condition” and apparently then opposed to the Loyalists, but, writes Lord Clanricarde, “I apprehend little danger from him unless he find a contrivement to appear for his Majesty, having gained the reputation of pulling down the side he is on.”¹ After December 1660 he was a prisoner in the Tower for some months over a charge of treasonable correspondence with the Confederate Roman Catholic Irish during 1640-1645.¹
     Clarendon describe him as a handsome man, very extravagent ‘of excessive pride and vanity, and of a marvellously weak and narrow understanding.¹‘
     On his death, the Marquessate of Antrim became extinct.¹

     Henri I, Roi des Francs was born in April 1008. He was the son of Robert II, Roi des Francs and Constance d‘Arles.^1,2 He and Mathilde Salian were engaged.³ He married Anne of Kiev, daughter of Yaroslav I, Grand Duke of Kiev and Ingegarde of Sweden, on 29 January 1044.² He died on 4 August 1060 at age 52 at Vitry-en-Brie, France^G.² He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France^G.
     He succeeded as the Roi des Francs in 1031.¹

     Robert II, Roi des Francs was born on 27 March 972 at Orléans, Orléanais, France^G.² He was the son of Hugues de Paris, Roi des Francs and Adelaide de Poitou.¹ He and Rozela d‘Ivrea were divorced in 992.³ He married, firstly, Rozela d‘Ivrea, daughter of Berengar II d‘Ivrea, King of Italy and Willa di Toscana, in 992.³ He married, secondly, Bertha de Bourgogne, daughter of Conrad, Roi de Jurane Bourgogne and Mathilde des Francs, in 996. He married, thirdly, Constance d‘Arles, daughter of Guillaume III Taillefer, Comte de Provence and Adelaide d‘Anjou, in 1003. He was also reported to have been married circa 1000. He and Bertha de Bourgogne were divorced in 1000 on the grounds of consanguinity.³ He died on 20 July 1031 at age 59.¹
     Robert II, Roi des Francs also went by the nick-name of Robert ‘the Pious’.⁴ He gained the title of Roi des Francs in 996.²

     Constance d‘Arles was born circa 973. She was the daughter of Guillaume III Taillefer, Comte de Provence and Adelaide d‘Anjou.¹ She married Robert II, Roi des Francs, son of Hugues de Paris, Roi des Francs and Adelaide de Poitou, in 1003. She was also reported to have been married circa 1000. She died on 25 July 1032.
     She was also known as Constance de Taillefer.²

     Kraft IV von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim was the son of Kraft III von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Anna von Leuchtenberg.¹ He married, firstly, Agnes von Ziegenhain, daughter of Gottfried VII Graf von Ziegenhain Graf von Nidda and Agnes von Falkenstein-Bolanden, before 28 October 1370.¹ He married, secondly, Elisabeth von Sponheim, daughter of Johann Graf von Sponheim and Walpurga Leiningen, before 22 March 1374.¹ He died in 1399.¹
     He was a member of the House of Hohenlohe.¹