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Children:
  1. (Unk son) De YPRA Birth: Abt 1131 Death: 1134 in Malghedem
  2. Robert De YPRA

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
illeg son [Ref: CP VII p130, Keats-Rohan DD p795]
Sources for death Information
date:
9 Kal Feb (24 Jan) 1164/5 [Ref: CP VII p132]
abt 1164/66 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP VII p132]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: CP VII p132(d), CP VII p132(e)]
Research Notes:
1127: claimed succession to the county of Flanders, after the murder of his cousin Charles the Good. His ambitions were tharted by the suspicion that he was implicated in the murder [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

1133: fled the country[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

attached himself to Stephen of Blois, count of Boulogne, by marriage [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

in charge of the Fleming mercenaries so important to Stephen throughout the civil war of his reign [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

1141: fled from the battle of Lincoln, but thereafter ensured the safety of the queen, raised a new army, and led it to victory against the king's enemies [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

though he held a large portion of the county of Kent, he was never formally styled Earl of Kent, nor was he so designated in his charters [Ref: CP VII p131]

though he acquired all the trappings of an earldom in Kent, Stephen never gave him the title for fear of offending the count of Flanders [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

abt 1144/46: founded the abbey of Boxley [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

gave property in Kent to the abbey of Saint-Bertin [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

became blind before the death of King Stephen in 1154; Henry II moved swiftly against the Flemish mercenaries and William fled the country [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p795]

1162: gave his kinswoman Leliosa, wife of Egelin de Furnes, and her daughter Petronilla as nuns to the abbey of Bourbourg [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p796]

married ___, niece of Clemency, da of William, Count of Burgundy and wife of Robert II, Count of Flanders [Ref: CP VII p132]



Pedigree of William De YPRA
                                                                /-----Baldwin II The Bald Count Of Flanders
                                                       /-----Arnold I The Old Count Of Flanders
                                                      |         \-----Alfthryth Of England
                                              /-----Baldwin III Count Of Flanders
                                             |        |         /-----Herbert II Count Of Vermandois
                                             |         \-----Alix De Vermandois
                                             |                  \-----Hildebrante/Liegarde/Adela
                                     /-----Arnold II The Young Count Of Flanders
                                    |        |                  /-----Billung Count In Saxony
                                    |        |         /-----Hermann Billung Duke Of Saxony
                                    |        |        |         \-----Fraderuna
                                    |         \-----Matilda Of Saxony
                                    |                  \-----Hildegarde Of Westerbourg
                            /-----Baldwin IV The Bearded Count Of Flanders
                           |        |                           /-----Anchier Count Of Orcheret, Margrave Of Ivrea
                           |        |                  /-----Adalbert The Rich Margrave Of Ivrea
                           |        |         /-----Berengar II King Of Italy
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Berengar I King Of Italy
                           |        |        |         \-----Gisele Of Friuli
                           |        |        |                  \-----Bertila Of Spoleto
                           |         \-----Rosela Of Italy
                           |                 |                  /-----Theobald Count Of Aries
                           |                 |         /-----Boso Count Of Aries
                           |                 |        |         \-----Bertha Of Lorraine
                           |                  \-----Willa Of Aries
                           |                          |         /-----Rudolph I King Of Upper Burgundy
                           |                           \-----Willa Of Tuscany
                           |                                    \-----Wille
                   /-----Baldwin V Count Of Flanders
                  |        |                                    /-----(Unk)
                  |        |                           /-----Wigeric Count in Bidgau
                  |        |                  /-----Siegfried Count Of Luxemburg
                  |        |                 |         \-----Cunegunde
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Ermentrude Of France
                  |        |         /-----Frederick I Count Of Luxemburg
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Hugh I Count In Abracian Nordgau
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Ebergard Count In The Nordgau, Count Of Alsace
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Hildegarde
                  |        |        |         \-----Hedwig Of Nordgau
                  |        |        |                  \-----Bertha
                  |         \-----Ogive Of Luxembourg
                  |                 |                           /-----Gebhard Duke Of Lorraine
                  |                 |                  /-----Udo Count In The Wetterau
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Ita
                  |                 |         /-----Herbert I Count In The Kinziggau
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Herbert I Count Of Vermandois
                  |                 |        |         \-----Cunegundis Of Vermandois
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Beatrice Of Morvois
                  |                  \-----Ermentrude Of Kinziggau
                  |                          |                  /-----Eberhard II Count In Bonngau
                  |                          |         /-----Megingoz Count Of The Avalgau
                  |                          |        |         \-----Gisela
                  |                           \-----Irmentrude
                  |                                   |         /-----Godfrey Duke Of Lorraine, Count Palatine
                  |                                    \-----Gerberga
                  |                                             \-----Ermentrude Of France
          /-----Robert Le FRISON, Count Of Flanders
         |        |                                             /-----Rupert IV The Strong Count Of Tours
         |        |                                    /-----Robert I King Of France
         |        |                                   |         \-----Aelis Of Tours And Alsace
         |        |                           /-----Hugh Magnus Duke Of The Franks, Count Of Paris
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Herbert I Count Of Vermandois
         |        |                          |         \-----Beatrix Of Vermandois
         |        |                          |                  \-----Beatrice Of Morvois
         |        |                  /-----Hugh Capet King Of France
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Otto The Illustrious Duke Of Saxony
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Henry I The Fowler King Of The Saxons
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Hedwige/Hadui/Haduich
         |        |                 |         \-----Hedwig Of Saxony
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Dietrich Count in Westfalen
         |        |                 |                  \-----Mechtilde Of Westfalen
         |        |                 |                           \-----Ragenhilda
         |        |         /-----Robert II The Pious King Of France
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Ranulf II Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Ebles Mancer Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Irmgard
         |        |        |        |         /-----William I Count Of Poitou, Duke Of Aquitaine
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Emliane
         |        |        |         \-----Adelaide Of Poitou
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Ketil
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Hrolfr (Rollo) Duke Of Normandy
         |        |        |                  \-----Gerloc Of Normandy
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Berenger Count Of Bayeux
         |        |        |                           \-----Poppa
         |        |        |                                    \-----(Unk Dau)
         |         \-----Adelaide Of France
         |                 |                           /-----Rotbaudo Seigneur De Angelcas
         |                 |                  /-----Boso II Count Of Provence
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----William Le Pieux, Duke Of Aquitaine
         |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Aquitaine
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Ingelburga
         |                 |         /-----William I Count Of Aries And Provence
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Louis The Blind King Of Provence, Italy, Emperor
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Charles Constantine Count Of Vienna
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Anna
         |                 |        |         \-----Constance
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Warner Vicomte Of Sens And Troyes
         |                 |        |                  \-----Teutberg
         |                 |        |                           \-----Teutberge
         |                  \-----Constance Of Provence
         |                          |                           /-----Ingelger Count Of Anjou
         |                          |                  /-----Fulk Le Roux Count Of Anjou
         |                          |                 |         \-----Adela Of The Gatinais
         |                          |         /-----Fulk II The Good Count Of Anjou
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Werner Seigneur De Locher Villandry And La Stai
         |                          |        |         \-----Roscilla
         |                          |        |                  \-----Forcanda
         |                           \-----Adelaide (Blanch) Of Anjou
         |                                   |                  /-----Gausfred
         |                                   |         /-----Gausfred Count Of Nevers
         |                                    \-----Gerberga Of Nevers
         |                                            |         /-----Hector Noble Of Arverne
         |                                             \-----Aba
         |                                                      \-----Aba Abbess Of Sauxillanges
 /-----Philip Count Of Loo
|        |                                    /-----Billung Count In Saxony
|        |                           /-----Hermann Billung Duke Of Saxony
|        |                          |         \-----Fraderuna
|        |                  /-----Bernard I Duke Of Saxony
|        |                 |         \-----Hildegarde Of Westerbourg
|        |         /-----Bernard II Duke Of Saxony
|        |        |        |                           /-----Lothar I Count Of Stade
|        |        |        |                  /-----Liuthar Count Of Stade
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Ludolph Duke Of Saxony
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Oda Of Saxony
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Oda
|        |        |        |         /-----Henry Count Of Stade
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Swanhilde
|        |        |         \-----Hildegard Of Stade
|        |        |                  \-----Hildegard
|         \-----Gertrude Of Saxony
|                 |                                             /-----Ernst II Count Of Sualafeld
|                 |                                    /-----Liutpold Margrave Of The Carinthian Mark
|                 |                           /-----Arnulf I The Bad Duke Of Bavaria
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Berhold Pfalzgraf Of Swabia
|                 |                          |         \-----Kuningunde
|                 |                  /-----Berthold I Margrave Of The Bavarian Nordgaus
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Unroch Margrave Of Friuli
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Eberhard Count In The Salichgau
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Ava
|                 |                 |         \-----Judith
|                 |         /-----Henrich Margrave Of Schweinfurt
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Lothar I Count Von Walbeck
|                 |        |        |         /-----Lothar II Count Of Walbeck
|                 |        |         \-----Eiliswintha Countess Of Walbeck
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Bruno Count Of Arnesburg
|                 |        |                  \-----Mathilda Of Arnsburg
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Volkmar Count In Harzgau
|                 |        |                           \-----Frederuna
|                  \-----Eilika Of Schweinfurt
|                          |                                    /-----Eudes Count In Lahngau
|                          |                           /-----Gebhard Duke Of Lorraine
|                          |                          |         \-----Judith
|                          |                  /-----Udo Count In The Wetterau
|                          |                 |         \-----Ita
|                          |         /-----Herbert I Count In The Kinziggau
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Pepin Count Of Senlis, Peronne, & St. Quentin
|                          |        |        |         /-----Herbert I Count Of Vermandois
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Vermandois
|                          |        |         \-----Cunegundis Of Vermandois
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Guerra I Count Of Morvois
|                          |        |                  \-----Beatrice Of Morvois
|                          |        |                           \-----Eve Of Roussillon
|                           \-----Gerberga Of Gleiberg
|                                   |                           /-----Eberhard I Count In Ortenau
|                                   |                  /-----Eberhard II Count In Bonngau
|                                   |                 |         \-----Wiltrud
|                                   |         /-----Megingoz Count Of The Avalgau
|                                   |        |         \-----Gisela
|                                    \-----Irmentrude
|                                            |                  /-----Gerhard Count In Metzgau
|                                            |         /-----Godfrey Duke Of Lorraine, Count Palatine
|                                            |        |         \-----Udo Of Saxony
|                                             \-----Gerberga
|                                                     |         /-----Charles III The Simple King Of Franks
|                                                      \-----Ermentrude Of France
|                                                               \-----Frederuna
William De YPRA



Descendants of William De YPRA
1. William De YPRA m.