Beatrice de Villiers
Birth c. 1138 in Little Crosby, Lancashire, England
Death at age 27, in 1165 in Bewsey, Warrington, England
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Beatrice de Villiers is my 26th great grandmother. And of all the ancestors I have discovered in my genealogical search, none so far have intrigued me more than she.
In my Book, she was not much more than a name. But as she was said to be an heiress, and attached to a husband with the title, a Sir, who also was written to be Lord of Sefton, I was much more curious than average to find out if there was anything more to know about her.
As I was looking through online articles and family trees that referred to Beatrice, I came across the story of her marriage to Sir Robert Molyneux.
From "Molyneux Genealogy" by Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux 1904)
"Robert de Molyneux,
son of Adam de Molyneux and Annota de Garnett, married temp. King John,
"The Lackland" Beatrix de Villiers, dau. and heiress of Sir Robert de
Villiers, son of Richard de Villiers, a crusader under Edward I of Little.
Robert aquired the estate of Little Crosby, Co. Lancaster.
Beatrix de Villiers, ambitious to be a queen, in love with King John,
loath to leave him, but by him (King John) given in marriage to one of his
barons (temp.) Sir Robert Molyneux. She did bitterly curse the House of
Molyneux and all that bear the name, calling down maledictions of
misery, blasting their loves with tragedy. Descending from the issue of
this marriage are the Earls of Sefton, Ireland, Teversall, and
Nottinghamshire."
This curse utterred by Beatrice, of Robert Molineux and all that bore his name. This tale of woe that came to pass near a thousand years ago, it remains. It is a jewel from the past, that I could have my imagination fully captured by thier stories, and know I am descended from this line, and in a small way, a part it, it is among the rarest type of gift.
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