Ancestry of
Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

Robert of Vermandois

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• • 36th Great-grandfather of Ben Jealous — 39th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 369635906286 
  • Father:
  • Herbert II of Vermandois 
  • Mother:
  • Liegarde of France   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 0910 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 or 29 AUG 0967 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Adelaide of Burgundy
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 0950 
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  Adele of Troyes (Ahnentafel No:184817953143 )

  • Notes: 

  • Count of Meaux and Troyes

    There are some sources that list Robert's mother as Hildebrand, his father's other wife.

• Sources for Robert of Vermandois

  • ¹ American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1989, Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 3.
  • ² Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 481.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 562-569.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 919.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Robert of Vermandois", (accessed 02/21/2010).

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