Isabel de Vermandois lived from 1085 to 1131. So she is two generations before the barons who signed the Magna Carta in 1215. In 2015 for the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta I showed that Anne Eure, who lived c.1530-c.1566, was a descendant of everyone who signed the Magna Carta that left descendants. So there's little wonder that eight of Isabel's children are ancestors of Anne Eure who lived 450 years before her.
The English aristocracy and landed gentry were pretty insular during this time. You easily find yourself descended from the same people over and over again. I have four main royal gateway ancestors and I have found all of this from them.
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