RE: Badass Women of History--Empress Matilda

[stephmckenzie]

Oh, that's very cool, @heroic15397. My husband's earliest known ancestors on his dad's side originate there, too, and came over to England with William the Conqueror. I'm descended from William the Conqueror, too, through one of the lines on my mom's side, but my husband has a pretty much unbroken male line back there. Genealogy is fun. :)

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[heroic15397]

I don't know much about my father's side ancestral history before 1646. The oldest details I know about the family are as follow:

Three ships left together for North America on July 18, 1646; Le Cardinal, Le Notre Dame and Le Navire Neuf de la Poterie. The journey took two months. If they were aboard the Cardinal, the ship commanded by Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny, it sailed into Quebec harbor on September 23rd.

http://guilletcinqmarsfamily.homestead.com/TrottierFamily.html

Yes, I too, love genealogy. Descending from William the Conqueror through your mother, does that mean you're a Badass Woman of History, yourself? ;-)

[stephmckenzie]

I'm working on it. I plan to be known as one. :) :)