DNA TEST AND SOLVE THE GUNDRADA DE WARREN CONTROVERSY?

The Parentage of Gundrada, Princess of England

REF; The Domesday Book [page 99 online]
Now is the time to talk DNA
It is time that the provocative statements regarding the parents of Princess Gundrada, daughter of William the conqueror and Matilda Queen of England are ended. Much erroneous and history blocking material has come from the pens and now modern keyboards of would-be historians who [for the most part] have no real idea of what they are talking about. One should note before getting into this controversy, that much was done, after the Norman era, to block claims to the rights to certain thrones and lordships in both England and France.
Ordericus Vitalis.
It has been ascertained that Ordericus Vitalis [historian c 1185ad] was of advanced years when he asserted that Gundrada was the sister of Gherbod the Fleming. Not only was this man of advanced years, he also hated the Normans and had much to say in his dislike for the conquerors. Ordericus has been discounted as a valid historian on the subject as his work has many qualified errors including his statement that Queen Matilda outlived the Conqueror and that her son-in-law had been made Earl by the conqueror and not [as he was in truth] by William Rufus.

Dugdale, Stapleton and Freeman.
These are three historians and Authors of note from the past who have all followed Ordericus' work and completely disregarded the efforts of more prominent and believable genealogists than one who made too many errors in his work whilst also disregarding charters, tomb inscriptions and etc.
So hated were the Conqueror and his wife by those who did not like defeat, that since the battle of Hastings, English historians have tried to show the Conqueror as a bastard [so what, if you go back a few years earlier, they all were] and Queen Matilda as having had affairs and even been married before she began having between nine and eleven children to William the Conqueror.
Modern day historians have become even worse, most have not read the charters and have not had the background in Latin that the old time chroniclers had. The modern day "would-be" prefers to discount Gundrada as a daughter of William the Conqueror completely even though she is mentioned as being "filiae Meae" [my daughter] by the conqueror in his charter at his manor in Norfolk and on Gundrada being married to William De Warren as "cujus filiam desponsavit". The controversy has erupted [I believe] because of title claims, hatred and other greed encouraged items down through history. Yes the Conqueror had a problem with his wish to marry Matilda, one Pope did not sanction the marriage because the two were far distant cousins [6th Generation on one side and perhaps four generations on the other side] but the next Pope allowed the marriage to go ahead. 

Modern day historians have tried to totally destroy Gundrada's birthright and for someone who was buried as a Princess Royal, who was acknowledged by Queen Matilda as being her daughter, who was acknowledged by King William the Conqueror as being his daughter on more than one occasion. Gundrada has also had her name brought into disrepute by modern day researchers with their wild and unknowing claims. Gundrada died in childbirth on the 27th of May 1085. She was buried beneath a beautiful black marble slab of stylized marble of the same type and style as her mother Matilda's was in her native Normandy. Even this did not last as the tombstone was later discovered being used as a cover for one Edward Shirley esq who was buried in a church in Sussex. The Marble slab was returned to Lewes about 1775. Yes it is time that this matter was settled and now we have the DNA science to offer up proof in history we should quickly take advantage of it before some history changer comes along and burns the evidence. 
DNA TEST GUNDRADA, WILLIAM AND MATILDA NOW!!

For those who do not know the details of Gundrada's burial, she was buried in a small lead coffin alone, her husband William de Warrene also had a like coffin which both were transferred into at sometime well after their deaths. The Warren line will be easy to follow as they were of a different line to the Conqueror and his VERY Royal wife Matilda whose line goes back to around 200 ad. The bones of Gundrada belong to the family of Matilda and William the Conqueror whilst the bones of William de Warrene belong to the family Warrene of Garenne in Normandy. Yes the Conqueror and William de Warrene were related but were about 6th cousins. There is no hope of a mix up in DNA unless the English historians continue their dislike of the Normans.


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