Drogo of Mantes, Count of Valois, Amiens, and Vexin

996 - 1035  (39 years)

• Name	Drogo of Mantes
  Birth	996  [6]
  Title(s)	1027 (31 years)  [6]
  In 1027 he became the Count of Valois and Vexin.
  Death	1035  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Drogo died while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Walter II the White, Count of Amiens, Valois, and the Vexin   d. 1017 - 1024  (Father)  Adele  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I24627
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Walter II the White, Count of Amiens, Valois, and the Vexin   d. 1017 - 1024
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Adele
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Godgifu, Princess of England,   b. About 1010, England d. by 1049 (Age 39 years)  Other Partners: Eustace II, Count of Boulogne and Lens  m. After 1035
  Marriage	7 Apr 1024  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 28 years and 4 months - She : ~ 14 years and 4 months.
  Information	According to David Bates, the marriage between Godgifu and Eustace was criticized for unspecified reasons at the Council of Reims in 1049, which was presided over by the Pope. This seems to have resulted in an end to the marriage and her return to England, where she was treated generously by her brother.  [7]
  Children	3 sons
  +   1. Ralph de Sudeley, Earl of Hereford   d. 21 Dec 1057 ▻ Gytha     2. Gautier III, Count of Vexin  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Fulk of Vexin   d. 1068  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F8832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Drogo of Mantes, Count of Valois, Amiens, and Vexin(996 – 1035) 2Walter II the White, Count of Amiens, Valois, and the Vexin( – 1024) 3Adele

  
  

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

  [S1940] Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, (Lanham, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2011). [S1715] Searle, William George. Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1899). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Drogo of Mantes. [S304] Wikipedia, Godgifu, daughter of Æthelred the Unready.