 1130 - 1202 (72 years)
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| Name |
Hamelin Plantagenet |
| Birth |
1130 |
Normandy, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
2 Apr 1202 |
England |
| Person ID |
I53399 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2010 |
| Family 1 |
Isabel De Warenne, b. 1137, Surrey, England d. 13 Jul 1199, Lewes, Sussex, England (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage |
Apr 1164 |
E. Surrey, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Ida Plantagent, b. Abt 1154, Norfolk, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Jeffery De Warenne, b. Abt 1160 d. Aft 1199 (Age 40 years) |
| | 3. Earl William Plantagenet De Warenne, b. 1166, Surry, England d. 27 May 1240, London, England (Age 74 years) |
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| Family ID |
F21570 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Conisorough Castle
an artists impression of Hamelin's keep in 1201 |
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seems to have spent more time at his Yorkshire castle than any of the previous earls; he held the earldom for close on forty years, from 1163 until his death in 1202. It was this period that saw the construction of the great stone keep of the castle and its development as a place suitable for royalty - King John, nephew of Hamelin, did actually stay here in 1201.
The cylindrical keep probably dates from around 1180, Hamelin seems to have ordered its construction to his own design, there being no other example of this type of keep anywhere in the country.
| Conisborogh Castle |
A Norman castle belonging to William, Earl Warenne, son-in-law of William the Conqueror. The keep, the most interesting feature of the stronghold, projects slightly beyond the curtain wall near the north-east edge. The plan resembles a circle inscribed within a six sided star. The castle or area where it now stands appears to have belonged to the de Warenne family.
William de Warenne was made Earl of Surrey in 1088, and was followed in the same year by his son after William's death in battle. The third Earl died in the Crusades in 1147 leaving no male heir. His daughter, Isabel, married King Stephen's son, William de Blois who became the fourth Earl. But again no male heir was produced. Isabel married Hamelin Plantagenet, Henry II's brother. It is Hamelin who built the stone keep as it appears now at Conisbrough. The castle was visited by Hamelin's nephew King John in March 1202. |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:355 (Reliability: 3).
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