William Athling

1103 - 1120  (17 years)

• Name	William Athling
  Birth	Before 5 Aug 1103  [1]
  Married	Matilda of Anjou, the daughter of Fulk V "le Jeune" King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou and Ermenbourg of Maine. [Matilda, married William Athling] After her husband drowned, she became a Nun, and was elected abbess of Fontevrault. They had no children.  [1, 2]
  Death	25 Nov 1120  [1, 2]
  When the White Ship sank in the English Channel. When the White Ship was wrecked on the deadly rock a boat was launched and William, the King's only legitimate son, was rowed to safety. The cries of his half-sister Maud, Countess of Perche, induced him to return to the wreck where they sank together. This was considered by some to be punishment for Henry I's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  + 1. The Empress Maud,   b. 7 Feb 1102, London, England d. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France  (Age 65 years) ▻ Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor,  m. 7 Jan 1114 ;   Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy,  m. 22 May 1127   2. Euphamia,   b. Jul 1101   d. young   3. Richard   4. William Athling,   b. Before 5 Aug 1103   d. 25 Nov 1120  (Age 17 years)
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of Henry I and Ansfride )
  > 1. Richard of Lincoln,   b. Before 1101   d. 25 Nov 1120  (Age 19 years) ▻ Amice de Montfort
  Half siblings	1 half brother and 3 half sisters (family of Henry I and unknown woman )
  + 1. Matilda,   b. 1086   d. 25 Nov 1120  (Age 34 years) ▻ Conan III, Duke of Brittany;   Routrou II, Count of Perche + 2. Elizabeth FitzRoy,   b. About 1095   d. 12 May 1166, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 71 years) ▻ Fergus of Galloway, Lord of Galloway + 3. Constance ▻ Roscelin, Viscount of Maine > 4. William de Tracy   d. Abt 1135
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of Henry I and Sibyl Corbet)
  + 1. Robert of Caen, Earl of Gloucester,   b. Abt 1090, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 57 years) ▻ Maud FitzHamon + 2. Reginald FitzRoy de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall,   b. Between 1110 and 1115   d. 1 Jul 1175, Chertsey, Surrey, England  (Age 65 years) ▻ Beatrice FitzWilliam > 3. Sybilla ▻ Alexander I, King of the Scots > 4. Rohese ▻ Henry de la Pomerai,  m. 1146
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of Henry I and Nest verch Rhys )
  + 1. Henry FitzRoy of Narberth and Pebidiog,   b. Abt 1105   d. 1157  (Age 52 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Halfdan   (9 x Great Grandfather)  Ita of Swabia  (6 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I22212
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy,   b. 1070, Selby, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Dec 1135, Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, France (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Matilda of Scotland,   b. 1078, Scotland d. 1 May 1118 (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1William Athling(1103 – 1120) 2Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy(1070 – 1135) 4William I, King of England(1027 – 1087) 8Robert I, Duke of Normandy(1000 – 1035) 16Richard II, Duke of Normandy(963 – 1026) 17Judith of Brittany(982 – 1017) 9Herleva de Falaise(1012 – 1050) 18Fulbert of Falaise 19Dode 5Maltilda of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England(1032 – 1083) 10Baldwin V de Lille, Count of Flanders(1012 – 1067) 20Baldwin IV de Lille, Count of Flanders and Valenciennes(980 – 1035) 21Ogive of Luxembourg(995 – 1030) 11Adelaide of France, Princess of France(1009 – 1078) 22Robert II, King of France(972 – 1031) 23Constance of Arles(986 – 1032) 3Matilda of Scotland(1078 – 1118) 6Malcolm III, King of the Scots(1031 – 1093) 12Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots(1007 – 1040) 24Thane Crinan Mormær of Atholl(978 – 1045) 25Bethoc of Scotland(984 – 1043) 13Suthen(1009 – 1040) 26Siward, Danish Earl of Northumbria 27 7Saint Margaret of Scotland(1045 – 1093) 14Edward the Atheling(1016 – 1057) 28Edmund, King of England(996 – 1016) 29Ealgyth of Northumbria 15Agatha von Braunschweig(1030 – 1067) 30Ludwig von Braunschweig, Count in the Derlingau(Abt 1003 – 1038) 31Gertrude von Egisheim( – 1077)

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).