Constance of France Princess of Antioch

• Preferred Name: Constance of France Princess of Antioch^{[1] [2]}
  
• Alternate Name: DE BLOIS
  
• Alternate Name: D'ANTIOCHE DE HAUTEVILLE DE POUILLE
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: LDSM-QNV
  
• Burial: JAN 1124
  
• Birth: 1078 in Hermentruvilleby, Rouen, Seine Et Maritime, France at LATI: N9.5 LONG: E0
  
• Death: 25 JAN 1124 in Canossa, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy at LATI: N4.5763 LONG: E0.4553
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Constance of France (1078-14 September 1125) was the daughter of King Philip I of France and Bertha of Holland. She was a member of the House of Capet and was Countess of Troyes from her first marriage and Princess of Antioch from her second marriage. She was regent during the minority of her son.
  
  Her mother was repudiated by her father for Bertrade de Montfort. It caused the displeasure of the church and an interdict was placed on France several times as a result. Constance was the eldest of five children and was the only daughter of her father from his first marriage. Constance's brother was Louis VI of France.
  
  «b»First marriage«/b»
  Between 1093 and 1095, Phillip I arranged for his daughter, Constance, to marry Hugh, Count of Troyes and Champagne. Philip hoped to influence Hugh's family, the powerful House of Blois, and offset the opposition of Count Fulk IV of Anjou after he had kidnapped Fulk's wife, Bertrade. But the union between Constance and Hugh was too late to achieve the desired result. Hugh's half-brother, Stephen II, Count of Blois, holder of most counties of the House of Blois was married. Stephen had married Adela of Normandy, daughter of William I of England, and their marriage had produced children.
  
  After ten years and without any surviving issue (their only known son, Manasses, died young in 1102), Constance demanded an annulment of their marriage, for unknown reasons. Constance obtained a divorce at Soissons on 25 December 1104, under grounds of consanguinity.
  
  «b»Second marriage«/b»
  Constance went to the court of Adela, wife of Stephen. She was acting as regent since Stephen was killed in the Holy Land. Adela was well educated and all seemed to be well at the Court. It appeared that Adela used all her power to help Constance get a divorce from Hugh, who later left to fight in the Holy Land.
  
  At the same time, Bohemond I of Antioch was just released by the Turks. He returned to Europe to obtain relief for the Crusaders in the Holy Land. The regency of the Principality of Antioch was assured by Bohemond's nephew Tancred, Prince of Galilee. Bohemond now needed a wife. He impressed audiences across France with gifts of relics from the Holy Land and tales of heroism while fighting the Saracens, gathering a large army in the process. Henry I of England famously prevented him from landing on English shores, so great was his influence expected to be on the English nobility. His new-found status won him the hand of Constance. Of this marriage wrote Abbot Suger:
  
  Bohemond came to France to seek by any means he could the hand of the Lord Louis' sister Constance, a young lady of excellent breeding, elegant appearance and beautiful face. So great was the reputation for valour of the French kingdom and of the Lord Louis that even the Saracens were terrified by the prospect of that marriage. She was not engaged since she had broken off her agreement to wed Hugh, count of Troyes, and wished to avoid another unsuitable match. The prince of Antioch was experienced and rich both in gifts and promises; he fully deserved the marriage, which was celebrated with great pomp by the bishop of Chartres in the presence of the king, the Lord Louis, and many archbishops, bishops and noblemen of the realm.
  
  The marriage was celebrated in the cathedral of Chartres between 25 March and 26 May 1106, and the festivities were held at the court of Adela, who also took part in negotiations. The groom took the opportunity to encourage the nobility to fight in the Holy Land, and also negotiated for a marriage between Bohemond's nephew Tancred, Prince of Galilee and Constance's half-sister Cecile of France.
  
  Pleased by his success, Bohemond resolved to use his army of 34,000 men, not to defend Antioch against the Greeks, but to attack Alexios I Komnenos. He did so; but Alexius, aided by the Venetians, proved too strong, and Bohemond had to submit to a humiliating peace, (the Treaty of Devol in 1108).
  
  After her marriage, Constance accompanied her husband to Apulia, where she gave birth to their first son, Bohemond, future Prince of Antioch, between 1107 and 1108. A second son, John, was also born in Apulia between 1108 and 1111, but died in early infancy, ca. 1115-1120. Bohemond became the vassal of Alexius, consented to receive his pay, with the title of sebastos, and promised to cede disputed territories and to admit a Greek patriarch into Antioch. Henceforth Bohemond was a broken man. He died without returning to the East, and was buried at Canosa in Apulia, in 1111.
  
  «b»Widowhood«/b»
  Constance acted as regent on behalf of her son and took the title of Queen as a daughter of the King of France, but she was imprisoned by Grimoald Alferanites, who proclaimed himself Lord of Bari. Constance was released in 1120 on the intervention of King Roger II of Sicily and the Pope, but in exchange for her release, Constance had to give up the regency over her son.
  
  She died on 14 September 1125, and Bohemond II then went to take over his principality of Antioch.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_France,_Princess_of_Antioch
  Constance of France, Princess of Antioch
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  Constance of France (1078 – 14 September 1125[1]) was the daughter of King Philip I of France and Bertha of Holland. She
  
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  CONSTANCE de France ([1078]-14 Sep 1126[315]). Orderic Vitalis names "Ludovicum-Tedbaldum et Constantiam" as the
  
  === !BIRTH-DEATH: Paul Theroff Constance of ===
  !BIRTH-DEATH: Paul Theroff Constance of France !Michael Raffin lists her as: Constance d' Antigny
  
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  === Sources: 1.Abbrev: "Ancestral Roots of S ===
  Sources: 1.Abbrev: "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists"
  Title: "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists"
  Author: F.L. Weiss
  Publication: Editions 1-6
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  Source Media Type: Book
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  2.Abbrev: Ancestors of Paul Bailey McBride
  Title: Ancestors of Paul Bailey McBride
  Author: Paul Bailey McBride
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  http://homepages.rootsweb/~pmcbr
  
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  === -Married Hugh I, Count of Champagne. --- ===
  -Married Hugh I, Count of Champagne. --------------------------------- Reference: Blue 46
  
  === !NAME-BIRTH-SPOUSE-MARRIAGE-FATHER-DEATH ===
  !NAME-BIRTH-SPOUSE-MARRIAGE-FATHER-DEATH: ROYALTY FOR COMMONERS; Roderick W. Stuart; 2nd Edition; Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Published 1988, 1992; 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202; Library of Congress Catalouge Card Number 92-71395; Notes: Constance, Princess of France; born about 1078; she died 1124/1126. She married in 1106, at Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France, as the 2nd wife of Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch, Duke of Calabria, in Italy; he was a Crusader; a leader of the 1st Crusade, in 1098; born 1052; he died 3 March 1111, at Canossa, Calabria, Italy; They were the parents of Bohemond II, Prince of Antioch, and Taranto, Duke of Calabria; born 1107/1108; slain in February 1130, in Sicily; he married in 1126, Alice de Rethel, Princess and Regent of Jerusalem, Palestine; born about 1110; she died after 1136; She was the daughter of Baldwin II, Count of Rathel and Edessa, King of Jerusalem, 1123/1124; a Crusader; He went with Geoffrey de Bouillon on the 1st Crusade, in 1098; born about 1058; he died 21 August 1131; he married in 1101, Malfia/Moraphia, she died about 1126/1127; she was the daughter of Gabriel the Armenian, Prince and Governor of Melitene on the Upper Euphrates, t first for the Eastern Emperor, then for the Sultan.!NAME-BIRTH-SPOUSE-MARRIAGE-FATHER-DEATH: ROYALTY FOR COMMONERS; Roderick W. Stuart; 2nd Edition; Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Published 1988, 1992; 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202; Library of Congress Catalouge Card Number 92-71395; Notes: Constance, Princess of France; born about 1078; she died 1124/1126. She married in 1106, at Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France, as the 2nd wife of Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch, Duke of Calabria, in Italy; he was a Crusader; a leader of the 1st Crusade, in 1098; born 1052; he died 3 March 1111, at Canossa, Calabria, Italy; They were the parents of Bohemond II, Prince of Antioch, and Taranto, Duke of Calabria; born 1107/1108; slain in February 1130, in Sici ly; he married in 1126, Alice de Rethel, Princess and Regent of Jerusalem, Palestine; born about 1110; she died after 1136; She was the daughter of Baldwin II, Count of Rathel and Edessa, King of Jerusalem, 1123/1124; a Crusader; He went with Geoffrey de Bouillon on the 1st Crusade, in 1098; born about 1058; he died 21 August 1131; he married in 1101, Malfia/Moraphia, she died about 1126/1127; she was the daughter of Gabriel the Armenian, Prince and Governor of Melitene on the Upper Euphrates, t first for the Eastern Emperor, then for the Sultan.
  
  === Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 103-24. ===
  Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 103-24.
  
  === !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF CERTAIN AME ===
  !SOURCE: ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF CERTAIN AMERICAN COLONISTS WHO CAME TO AMERICA BEFORE 1700, SEVENTH EDITION 1992, PG 98 LINE 103-24
  
  === TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE ===
  TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE LA FRANCE ET DE SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22L) TAB 6; TABLETTES CHRONOLOIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 1 P.52; BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 254; STAMMTEFELIN ZUR GESCHICITE DER EUROPAISCHEN STAATEN (GS NUMBER 940 D22F) VOL 2 P.14 ANDERSON'S ROYAL GENEALOGIES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 AN23R) TAB 374; GENEALOGISHE TABELLIN (GS NUMBER ESQ940 D2V) TAB 31; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.21; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.14; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;

• m. 10 DEC 1094

• m. 25 MAR 1106 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France

1. II.Bohemond Hauteville-házi Antiochiai és tarantói herceg, b. 1107 in Antioch     d. febrero de 1130 in Western Armenia, Empire ottoman

1. Title: en.Wikipedia Constance of France
   Publication: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_France;
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2. Title: Peerage, The
   Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 29 Jul 2019), Constance des Francs. Cit. Date: 31 Jan 2019;
   Note: Constance des Francs was born between 1072 and 1095. She was the daughter of Philippe I Capet, Roi des Francs and Berthe van Hollant. She married, firstly, Hugues I, Comte de Champagne, son of Thibaud III, Comte de Blois and Adle de Valois, in 1094.1 She and Hugues I, Comte de Champagne were divorced in 1104.1 She married, secondly, Bohemond I de Hauteville, Prince of Antioch, son of Robert de Hauteville, Duca di Puglia e Calabria and Albrade di Buonalbergo, in 1105.1 She died in 1125.1Child of Constance des Francs and Bohemond I de Hauteville, Prince of Antioch Bohemond II de Hauteville, Prince of Antioch+2 b. 1109, d. 1130Citations [S16] Jir Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 64. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 171. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.