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Simon de Saint-Liz

Male Abt 1055 - 1111  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Simon de Saint-Liz  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born Abt 1055  Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Comte de Saint-Liz (Lis or Senlis) 
    Occupation Bef 1090 
    Appears to have come to England early in the reign of King William II 
    Occupation 1090 
    2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton 
    Occupation 1090 
    Witnessed a charter to Bath Abbey as "Earl Simon" 
    Occupation 1096 
    Went to Jerusalem cruce signatus, and returned safely 
    Occupation 6 Aug 1100 
    Witnessed the charter of liberties issued by King Henry I at his coronation 
    Occupation Between 1090-1108 
    Built the castle of Northampton and founded the Priory of St. Andrew 
    Occupation 1108 
    Granted an ample charter to the Priory of St. Andrew in conjunction with Maud his wife 
    Occupation 1109 
    A benefactor to Daventry Priory, with a confirmation 
    Died 1111  Prieuré de La Charité-sur-Loire, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Died at the priory on the way to Jerusalem 
    Person ID I8984  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Ranulph de Saint-Liz,   b. Abt 1045, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud of Huntingdon,   b. 1072, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1130, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage Contract 1086 
    Married 1090 
    Children 
     1. Maud de Saint-Liz,   b. Abt 1094, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1163, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
     2. Simon II de Saint-Liz,   b. Abt 1103, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1153, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F4594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Vol. IV, p. 669 (chart IV); V. V, p. 737; V. VI, pp. 640-641 & V. XII/2, p. 745.

    2. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 459-460.

    3. [S628] Dictionnaire de la noblesse, seconde et troisième éditions, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois, (La Veuve Duchesne, libraire, Antoine Boudet, l'auteur, rue Saint-André-des-Arcs, Schlésinger frères, Paris, 1770-1778), Tome 3, p. 73.

    4. [S576] Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Troisième Édition, la Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 2 août 1726-1733), Volume 6, p. 268.