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What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?: England, Australia, South Africa

What is your level of genealogy knowledge?: Beginning Family History Researcher

At 12:24am on July 27, 2009, hENDRIK DU pLESSIS said…: To find out more about the early history of your family, join
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At 5:19am on July 24, 2009, hENDRIK DU pLESSIS said…: DU PLESSIS, GUILLAUME IV, seigneur de du Plessis, de la Vervolière et de Breux http://a.decarne.free.fr/gencar/dat614.htm Gender: Male, born about 1177 in Poitou, Aquitaine, a region in the ancient barony of Angles. Died: about 1201. NOTE: Guillaume, du Plessis was nick-named Guy-Yom (The small) and owned, amongst other properties, the estates of Breux and Vervolière in the parish of Coussay-les-Bois (Coussay Woods), and the estate of Valignière in the parish of Neuilly-le-Noble (renamed Neuilly-le-Brignon after the Revolution). Notes: During the reign of Philippe August II, the Conqueror) (1180 –1223). Family: Wife: Unknown. Children: 1. Pièrre du Plessis (b. 1249). Sources: 'Dictionnaire des familles du Poitou' (Beauchet-Filleau) http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_dynasties/Les_dynasties_celebres/France/Dynastie_du_Plessis-Richelieu.htm http://a.decarne.free.fr/gencar/dat614.htm#14 2. Jean (John) du Plessis, d. 25 February 1262, Hook Norton, buried at Missenden Abbey, Buckinghamshire. Left Normandy, France in 1217 to emigrate to England, knighted 1227, m. (1) [1234 at Kidlington] Christian de Sanford (b. 1214 at North Moreton, Berkshire, d. 1241 at Kidlington, Oxfordshire, daughter of Sir Hugues de Sanford). Child: Sir Hugh du Plessis, b. 1236; m. (2) [before 14 September 1243] Margery de Newburgh, Countess of Warwick. Jean (John) thus became 8th Earl of Warwick in right of his wife)