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541. Isabella (Matilda) was born about 1109 in Anjou, France. She died in 1154 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. After her husband drowned she became a Nun, and was elected abbess of Fontevrault.
She was married to William the
Atheling (son of King Henry I and
Matilda (Edith)) in Jun 1119 in Lisieux, France. William
the Atheling was born before 5 Aug 1103 in Winchester, England. He died
on 25 Nov 1120 in White Ship disaster, English Channel. Duke of Normandy, 1120.
From University of Hull, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01394:
"When the white ship was wrecked on the deadly rock a boat was launced and
William, the King's [William I Beauclerc] only legitimate son, was rowed to
safety. The cries ofhis half-sister the Countess of Perche induced him to return
to the wreckwhere they sank together. This was considered by some to be punishment
for Henry's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring. "