King of Castile and Leon Alphonso VI
During his reign, the city of Toledo was captured from the Moors.
Daughter of Robert, Duke of Burgundy.
Died in battle 27 December 1065. Married Sanchia, daughter of Alphonso V, King of Leon, and thus united the latter kingdom to his own.
Daughter of Alphonso V, King of Leon.
In the 22nd of King Edward I, had summons to attend the king with other great men to advise regarding the important affairs of the realm. For several years thereafter, he appears to have been constantly engaged in the wars and always distinguished himself.
Daughter of Thomas de Moulton.
Daughter of Reginald, Lord of Courtenay
Called "The Fat," King of France (1108-1137), son and successor of Philip I. Almost his entire reign was spent in subduing the robber barons who preyed on the environs of Paris, but were finally forced to yield to royal authority. For som 20 years during the period 1109-1135, Louis waged war against Henry I, the Norman King of England, and Agasinst Henry's son-in-law, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V; he successfully repelled an invasion by Henry V in 1124. Louis greatly strengthened the royal power in France, granted benefactions to the church and privileges to towns, and became known as the protector of the peasants and as a fearless military leader.
Called "The Fat," King of France (1108-1137), son and successor of Philip I. Almost his entire reign was spent in subduing the robber barons who preyed on the environs of Paris, but were finally forced to yield to royal authority. For som 20 years during the period 1109-1135, Louis waged war against Henry I, the Norman King of England, and Agasinst Henry's son-in-law, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V; he successfully repelled an invasion by Henry V in 1124. Louis greatly strengthened the royal power in France, granted benefactions to the church and privileges to towns, and became known as the protector of the peasants and as a fearless military leader.
Henry Browne was an early immigrant to Virginia and as a member of the Virginia Council was involved in the politics of Virginia from 1634 to 1662. Governor Argall in 1619 defined the Four Mile Tree (Four miles from Jamestown upriver) as the farthest limits of Jamestown. Henry Browne patented his plantation there on the southside of the James River purchasing portions of it from the heirs of John Smith.
He was a member of the Virginia Council in intervals from 1634 to 1662 and a vestryman of Southwarke Parish, Surry County Virginia, in 1661. Southside Virginia Families, Volume I, by John Bennet Boddie, Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, California, 1955.
Colonel Henry Browne of "Four Mile Tree." His only daughter married Major William Browne who became known as William Browne of "Four Mile Tree."
Governor of London Thomas de Clare
Governor of the City of London in the first of King Edward I. He was killed in the Battle of Ireland fourteen years later, in 1286.
Daughter of Sir Maurice FitzMaurice, Lord Justice of Ireland.