42nd Generation (Continued)

Family of Emma of Normandy (187) & AEthelred II the Unready King of England (423)

213. Godgifu\Goda of England, 33G Grandmother, F. Born abt 1004. Godgifu\Goda of died in 1055, she was 51.

REFN: 6088

Godgifu\Goda of first married Walter Dreux Ct de Mantes & de la Vexin, 33G Grandfather, M, son of Gautier II the White Count de Vexin, M (0944-1027) & Adele de Senlis, F (0944-). Born Bet. 1000 - 1002 in Normandy, France. Walter Dreux Ct de Mantes & died in Bithynia on 1 Jul 1035, he was 35.

REFN: 6089 Count of Vexin, called in English history, Walter de Mantes. Ruled 1027-1035. County of Vexon, Amiens and part of Lentis, Styled himself, "Cou nt by the will only of the King of Heaven. He became feudatory of Robert II, Duke of Normandy, with whom he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in which they s howed more pomp than piety. They both died by poison which their enemies gave them in Bithynia in June 1035. They were buried at Nice.

They had one child:
242 i. Ralph de Sudeley Earl of, M (1026-1057)

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abt 1036 when Godgifu\Goda of was 32, she second married Eustace II Count of Boulogne, M, son of Eustace I Count of Boulogne, M. Eustace II Count of died in 1093.

REFN: 7100

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