Biography of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois -1152
Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois
Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Lauretta Metz Countess Namur and Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Thierry Metz Count Flanders and Swanhilde Countess Flanders. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. They were second cousin twice removed.
Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers were married. She the daughter of William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine and Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. They were second cousin twice removed.
Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois was appointed I Count Vermandois.
Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois was born to Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois.
In 1080 [his grandfather] Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois (age 52) died. His son [his uncle] Odo "Insane" Vermandois I Count Vermandois succeeded I Count Vermandois but he was declared insane. His daughter [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois succeeded I Countess Vermandois.
On 18 Oct 1101 [his father] Hugh "Great" Capet (age 44) died.
In 1103 Renaud II Count Clermont (age 28) and [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois were married. He by marriage Count Vermandois. She the daughter of Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois.
In 1104 Hugh III of Le Puiset and [his future sister-in-law] Agnes Blois were married. She the daughter of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 37). She a granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1120 [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois died.
In 1125 Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Eleanor Blois were married. She the daughter of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 58). He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. They were second cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1125 [his brother-in-law] King Stephen I England (age 31) and Matilda Flanders (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Eustace Flanders III Count Boulogne and Mary Dunkeld Countess Boulogne. He the son of Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres and Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 58). He a grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
In 1129 [his sister-in-law] Agnes Blois died.
In 1143 [his daughter] Elizabeth Capet was born to Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers (age 18).
In 1145 [his son] Ralph Capet II Count Vermandois was born to Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers (age 20).
In 1145 [his sister-in-law] Alix Blois (age 45) died.
In 1147 [his wife] Eleanor Blois died.
In 1149 [his daughter] Eleanor Capet Countess Vermandois was born to Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers (age 24).
Philip Metz and [his daughter] Elizabeth Capet were married. She the daughter of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers. He the son of Thierry Metz Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders. They were third cousin once removed.
[his father] Hugh "Great" Capet and [his mother] Adelaide I Countess Vermandois were married. She the daughter of Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois. He the son of King Henry I of France and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France.
Philip Alsace and [his daughter] Elizabeth Capet were married. She the daughter of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers.
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert I King West Francia
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Vermandois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh I King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxon Ottonian
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ebles "Manzer aka Bastard" III Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
GrandFather: King Henry I of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Boson II Count Arles
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles
Great x 1 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Red" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandmother: Roscille Loches Countess Anjou
Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ratburnus I Viscount of Vienne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou
Father: Hugh "Great" Capet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik
GrandMother: Anne Rurik Queen Consort France
Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adalbert "The Pious" I Count Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 2 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois III Count Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Reginarids I Duke Lorraine
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerberge Reginarids Countess Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 1 Grandfather: Otto Vermandois I Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Count Bar
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengard of Bar Countess Vermandois
GrandFather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois
Great x 1 Grandmother: Pavia Countess Vermandois
Mother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois