LOWRY ANCESTORS THE BAD Theodosius I the Great (died 395; 50 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Roman Emperor --...
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- LOWRY ANCESTORS THE BAD
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- Theodosius I the Great (died 395; 50 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Roman
Emperor -- when the citizens of Thessalonica rioted to protest the
Roman Garrison he had 7000 of the citizens murdered Theodo of
Bavaria (died 716; 37 th GGF of Tom Lowry) His daughter Uta became
pregnant and blamed Bishop Emmeram (later St Emmeram), leading her
brother to murder the saint Roricon I du Maine (died 839; 39 th GGF
of Tom Lowry) Fathered an illegitimate child with Rotrude, daughter
of Charlemagne Louis the Blind of Provence (died 928; 32 nd GGF of
Tom Lowry) Had his eyes gouged out after an unsuccessful attempt to
overthrow Berenger I of Italy
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- THE BAD Arnulf the Bad (died 937; 36 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Robbed the churches to fund his wars against the Hungarians Igor
the Grand of Kiev (died 945; 33 rd GGF of Tom Lowry) Killed by the
Drevlians while trying to collect taxes from them; they tied his
legs to two trees, bent the trees to the ground, then released
them, dismembering him Arnulf I of Flanders (died 964; 28 th GGF of
Tom Lowry) Invited William Longsword, Duke of Normandy, to a peace
conference, then murdered him Olga of Kiev (St Olga) (died 969; 33
rd GGM of Tom Lowry) Avenged the death of her husband by placing
Drevlians on ships, setting them to sea, then torching them. Also
known to have boiled many of them alive
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- THE BAD Roger de Toeni (died 1040; 27 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Captured many Muslims during the Crusades. Each day he killed and
butchered one muslim captive, then fed it to the remaining
prisoners Waltheof of Huntington (died 1076; 28 th GGF of Tom
Lowry) Beheaded for conspiring against William the Conqueror Eudes
I de Bourgogne (died 1103; 31 st GGF of Tom Lowry) Attempted to rob
Archbishop Anselm (later St Anselm) as he passed through his land,
but wound up paying homage and going on Crusade Fulk IV Rechin
(died 1109; 25 th GGF of Tom Lowry) His wife, Bertrade de Montfort,
left him to become the consort of Philip I, King of France
Enguerrand I de Coucy (died 1116; 26 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Divorced
his wife to marry Sibyl of Chteau-Porcien, who was still married to
the Lord of Lorraine who was absent and in a war and she was
pregnant by another man
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- THE BAD William IX of Aquitaine (died 1127; 29 th GGF of Tom
Lowry) Planned the First Crusade with Pope Urban in 1095; banished
2 wives to Fontverault Abbey, then abducted Viscountess Dangereuse
to marry her Thomas de Coucy (died 1130; 25 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
While on Crusade he captured Muslims and hung them by their
testicles Henry I of England (died 1135; 28 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Holds the record for the most illegitimate children by an English
monarch (estimated at 25) Louis VI 'The Fat' of France (died 1137;
29 th GGF of Tom Lowry) He was so fat he could not mount a
horse
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- THE BAD William X of Aquitaine (died 1137; 28 th GGF of Tom
Lowry) Married the daughter of his father's mistress Raynald de
Chatillon (died 1187; 24 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Pillaged Cyprus
during the Second Crusade; captured by Saladin and beheaded
Theobald V the Good of Blois (died 1191; 25 th GGF of Ethel Maud
Smith) Orchestrated the first blood libel in Europe, burning 31
Jews at the stake Constance of Sicily (died 1198; 24 th GGM of Tom
Lowry) Gave birth to her son Frederic II Hohenstaufen, future Holy
Roman Emperor, in a public square so there could be no question
about his legitimacy
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- THE BAD Baldwin I of Constantinople (died 1205; 22 nd GGF of
Tom Lowry) Went on Crusade, took the city of Constantinople, then
declared himself King of Constantinople Manfred de Saluzzo (died
1215; 23 rd GGF of Tom Lowry) Named his illegitimate son Bastardino
Isabella of Angouleme (died 1246; 26 th GGM of Tom Lowry) Accused
of trying to poison King Louis IX, sought sanctuary in Fontverault
Abbey where she died two years later Simon de Montfort (died 1265;
23rd GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Seized the throne of England at the
Battle of Lewes, only to be killed at the Battle of Evesham a year
later. His body was dismembered and shared among the Barons who had
defeated him
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- THE BAD Louis IX (St Louis) (died 1270; 21 st GGF of Tom Lowry)
Although later a saint, he was fiercely anti-semitic, burning over
12,000 copies of the Talmud in 1243 and expanding the Inquisition
in France Roger de Mortimer (died 1282; 19 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Killed Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham, then sent his
severed head to his wife, who proudly displayed it at a celebratory
banquet Sancho IV of Castile (died 1295; 20 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Executed more than 4000 of his countrymen who supported his brother
Philip IV the Fair of France (died 1314; 19 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Known as 'The Fair' for his looks, not his policies. He arrested
all the Jews of France to claim their money to fight his wars with
England, then expelled them from the country. In 1307 he destroyed
the Knights Templar, burning its leader, Jacques de Molay at the
stake in order to seize the Templars' assets
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- THE BAD Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (died 1318; 18 th
GGF of Tom Lowry) Killed in battle, his body was quartered and
distributed throughout Ireland, his head was sent to Edward II of
England David de Brechen (died 1320; 20 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Executed for participating in a plot to assassinate Robert the
Bruce Hugh le Despenser (died 1326; 19 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Chief
advisor and paramour of Edward II of England, hanged in 1326 by
barons threatened by his power and influence Roger de Mortimer
(died 1330; 17 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Conspired with his lover,
Isabella of France, against her husband, Edward II. Briefly ruled
England, but ultimately hanged by Edward III
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- THE BAD Thomas de Berkeley (died 1361; 19 th GGF of Ethel Maud
Smith) Participated in the murder of Edward II of England but was
acquitted William I Douglas (died 1384; 18 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Murdered his uncle, William Douglas 'The Flower of Chivalry' to
claim his lands Michael de la Pole (died 1389; 20 th GGF of Ethel
Maud Smith) Chief financial officer for Edward III, he was
impeached for embezzlement by the Merciless Parliament Alexander
Stewart (The Wolf of Badenoch) (died 1405; 18 th GGF of Tom Lowry)
Thomas Wyatt (died 1524; 12 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Imprisoned
in the Tower of London for an alleged affair with Anne Boleyn
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- THE BAD Henry de Percy (died 1408; 19 th GGF of Ethel Maud
Smith) Rebelled against the king (Henry IV), killed at the Battle
of Branham Moor, his head hung from the London Bridge Walter
Stewart (died 1436; 17 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Plotted to assassinate
James I of Scotland, for which he was executed in Edinburgh
(disembowled while alive), then drawn and quartered Archibald
Douglas (died 1439; 15 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Both of his sons were
beheaded by James II at the 'Black Dinner' at Edinburgh Castle
William Crichton (died 1455; 14 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith)
Supported James II of Scotland against the Black Douglases. In 1440
he invited William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas and his brother to
dinner at Edinburgh Castle, presented them with a bull's head at
the dinner table, then killed them (The Black Dinner)