pages 250-9 in ANCIENT ANCESTORS

He may have had an illegitimate son Edward of Wigmore by Eleanor, wife of Thomas Butler, Lord Sudeley (see under Sudeley for ancestors). She may have been the one EDWARD called “the holiest harlot in the Kingdom who never left off praying in church except to make visits to the royal bedchamber.

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JOHN “of Gaunt”, b 1340, Earl of Richmond 1342, Duke of Lancaster 1362, Duke of Aquitaine 1389, and jure uxoris Earl of Lancaster, Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, d 3.2.1399, m 1^stly Blanche of Lancaster (d of plague 1369), dau of Henry, Duke of Lancaster (blind), son of EDMUND “Crouchback” (son of HENRY III) by his wife BLANCHE, dau of ROBERT II of Artois (see under Artois for ancestors)

PHILIPPA, b 1360, m JOÄO I of Portugal (see under Portugal for descendants)

John b ca 1362, d young

Elizabeth, b 1363, m 1^stly John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke; she was then seduced by and 2^ndly m John de Holland, Duke of Exeter; beheaded 1400, by whom she had 3 sons

& 2 daus. She 3^rdly m John Cornwall, Baron Fanhope and Milbroke

Edward, b 1365, d young

John, b 1366, d young

HENRY IV, King of England (1399-1413), b 1367, succeeded his cousin King Richard II, (see below for descendants)

Isabel, b 1368, d young.

JOHN “of Gaunt”xe "HOLLAND - Earls of Kent & Huntingdon, Dukes of Exeter"

2^ndly m in 1371 CONSTANZA, titular Queen of Castile and León, dau of PEDRO I “the Cruel” of Castile, son of ALPHONSO XI (see under Castile for ancestors)

KATHERINE, b 1372, m ENRIQUE III of Castile and León (see under Castile for descendants)

John (of Gaunt), b 1374, d an infant

JOHN 3^rdly m in 1396 KATHRYN de SWYNFORD, governess of John’s children by his first wife and his long time mistress, widow of Sir Hugh (Otho) de Swynford (by whom she had a son Sir Thomas Swynford, Sheriff of Lincoln, and a dau Blanche), dau of Sir PAYN ROET (ROELT), Guienne King of Arms from Hainault (possibly a descendant of the Roeux family) by his wife a damsel of Queen Philippa of Hainault. Her sister Philippa m Geoffrey Chaucer.

Before their marriage JOHN and KATHRYN had

JOHN BEAUFORT, Earl of Somerset, b 1373, (see below) grandfather of King HENRY VII

Henry Beaufort, b 1375, Bishop of Lincoln and then Winchester (1404-47), Chancellor of England (1403-10), Cardinal, d 1447, buried in Winchester Cathedral

Thomas Beaufort, b 1377, Earl of Dorset, Duke of Exeter, Chancellor of England (1410-12)

Edmund Beaufort, 4^th Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset, m Eleanor, dau of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick

JOANE BEAUFORT, b 1379, m 1^stly Robert, Lord Ferrers; she 2^ndly m as 2^nd wife of RALPH de NEVILLE (see under Neville for descendants)

JOHN of GAUNT was known as magnus fornicator and by Marie de Saint-Hilaire had an illegitimate dau Blanche who m Sir Thomas Morieux

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HENRY IV, King (1399-1413), Earl of Derby, created Duke of Hereford 1397, m 1^stly MARY, d 1394, dau of HUMPHREY de BOHUN, Earl of Hereford and Essex (see under Bohun for ancestors)

Son, b & d 1382

HENRY V

Thomas, Duke of Clarence, b 1388, killed dsp 1421, 2^ndly m Margaret, dau of THOMAS HOLLAND, Earl of Kent

John, Duke of Bedford, Earl of Kendal, Regent of France 1422, b 1389, dsp 1435, m 1^stly Anne, d 1432, dau of John “the Fearless”, Duke of Burgundy; he 2^ndly m

Jacqueline of Luxemburg-St. Pol; she 2^ndly m RICHARD WYDEVILLE, 1^st Earl Rivers

Humphrey Plantagenet, K.B., Duke of Gloucester, b 1390, Protector in UK 1422, killed 1447 (possibly à la EDWARD II), m 1^stly as 3^rd husband of Jacqueline, Duchess of

Hainault, dau of Willem VI, Count of Holland (while she was currently m to her 2^nd husband Jean IV Duc de Brabant, leading to a challenge of single combat between her

two husbands; she d 1436) divorced 1426. She had 1^stly m Jean, Dauphin and 4^th son of Charles VI of France, and had 2^ndly m Jean IV, Duc de Brabant; she 4^thly m

Floris van Borselin, Count of Ostervant). Humphrey 2^ndly m his concubine Eleanor, dau of REGINALD, Lord Cobham (see under Cobham for ancestors). Eleanor was

later imprisoned as a witch.

Blanche, b 1392, m Ludwig III, Duke of Bavaria, Elector Palatine of the Rhine

Philippa, b 1394, m Erik VII of Pomerania, King of Denmark (1396-1439), Sweden and Norway

HENRY IV 2^ndly m Joan, d 1437, widow of Jean V, Duke of Brittany and dau of Charles II of Navarre

He was also said to have had an illegitimate son

Edmund Labourde

HENRY V, King (1413-22), d 1422 of “camp fever”, m KATHERINE of Valois, d 1438, dau of CHARLES VI of France. She 2^ndly m OWEN TUDOR, beheaded 1461 after battle of Mortimer’s Cross (see under Wales, Princes and Kings for their descendants)

Henry VI, King of England & France (1422-1461 & 1470-71), b 1421, periodically insane, lost his memory July 53-Christmas 54, killed in Tower of London 1471 by

direction of EDWARD IV to his brother RICHARD, Duke of Gloucester (later King RICHARD III), in 1444 m Margaret, (b 1429) dau of René of Anjou, titular

King of Jerusalem

Edward, Prince of Wales, probably a bastard, killed dsp 1471 at Battle of Tewkesbury, betrothed and possibly m Anne, d 1485, dau of RICHARD NEVILLE, Earl of

Warwick. She later m King Richard III

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JOHN BEAUFORT, KG, (son of JOHN of Gaunt), b at Beaufort Castle, Anjou ca 1373, d 1409, Earl of Somerset 1397, Marquess of Dorset and Somerset 1397, m in 1399 as 1^st husband of MARGARET, 3^rd dau of THOMAS de HOLLAND, 2^nd Earl of Kent (see under Holland, Earls of Kent, for ancestors)

Henry Beaufort, 2^nd Earl of Somerset, b 1401, d 1418

JOHN BEAUFORT, 3^rd Earl and 1^st Duke of Somerset

JOAN, m 1^stly in 1424 JAMES I of Scotland, murdered 1437, (see under Scotland, Kings, for descendants)); she 2^ndly m Sir JAMES STEWART “the Black Knight

of Lorne”

Thomas Beaufort, b 1405, known as Earl of Perche, d unmrrd 1432

EDMUND BEAUFORT, K.G., b 1406, killed at 1^st Battle of St. Albans 1455, 4^th Earl and 2^nd Duke of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset, m ELEANOR, widow of

Thomas, 8^th Earl of Ross & dau of RICHARD BEAUCHAMP,Earl of Warwick (see under Beauchamp for ancestors). She m 3^rdly Walter Rokesley

Henry Beaufort, b 1436, 2^nd Duke of Somerset, beheaded 1464 unmrrd

Edmund Beaufort, b ca 1439, beheaded 1471 unmrrd

John Beaufort, killed at Battle of Tewkesbury 1471

Thomas Beaufort, d young ca 1462

MARGARET, m 1^stly HUMPHREY, 7^th Earl of Stafford (see under Stafford for descendants); she 2^ndly m SirRichard Dayrell

Eleanor Beaufort, m 1^stly as 2^nd wife of James Butler, 5^th Earl of Ormonde (beheaded 1461); she 2^ndly m Sir Robert Spencer

Elizabeth Beaufort, m Sir Henry Lewes

Mary Beaufort, m a Burgh

Anne Beaufort, m Sir William Paxton

Joan Beaufort, m 1^stly Robert, Lord Howth; she 2^ndly m Sir Richard Fry

Margaret Beaufort

JOHN BEAUFORT, 3^rd Earl and 1^st Duke of Somerset, K.G.,b 1404, d 1444, m as 2^nd husband of MARGARET, d 1509, (widow of Oliver St. John of Bletso, and later 3^rdly m Leo, 6th Baron de Welles) only dau of JOHN BEAUCHAMP, 3^rd Baron of Bletso by EDITH, dau of Sir JOHN STOURTON

MARGARET, m 1449/50 as a child JOHN de la POLE, Duke of Suffolk, marriage dissolved 1452/3; she 2^ndly m EDMUND TUDOR 1^st Earl of Richmond (see

under Wales, Princes and Kings for ancestors); she 3^rdly m Henry Stafford, 1^st Earl of Derby; and she 4^thly m as 2^nd wife of Thomas, Lord Stanley who then became jure

uxoris Earl of Derby.

HENRY VII

HENRY VII (1485-1509), b 1456/7, remains in Westminster Abbey, besieged in Harlech Castle 1461-8. Born after death of and succeeded his father as Earl of Richmond, defeated and succeeded King Richard III at Battle of Bosworth Field 1485. He m ELIZABETH 1486, eldest dau of King EDWARD IV (see above) and when she died in childbed 1503 HENRY standardised the English pack of cards, depicting her as the Queen of Hearts holding a Tudor rose

Arthur, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, b 1486, dspvp of TB 1502, m in 1501

Catherine, dau of FERNANDO V, King of Aragón and his wife ISABEL, Queen of Castile and León. There was later a question as to whether the marriage

had been consummated; however, on the 2^nd day, Arthur had boasted “I’ve been in Spain all night”. Catherine 2^ndly m Arthur’s younger

brother Henry VIII (see below)

MARGARET, b 1489, d 1541, m 1^stly in 1503 JAMES IV, King of Scots, killed at Battle of Flodden 1513 (see under Scotland, Kings, for descendants). She 2^ndly m as

2^nd wife of ARCHIBALD, 6^th Earl of Angus.(see under Douglas for descendants)

Henry VIII, b 1491

Elizabeth, b 1492, d 1495, remains in Westminster Abbey

MARY TUDOR, b 1496, m 1^stly in 1514 as 3^rd wife of Louis XII, King of France. She 2^ndly m as 3^rd wife of CHARLES BRANDON, 1^st Duke of Suffolk, parents of

Lady Jane Grey, “the nine days Queen” (see under Brandon for descendants)

Edmund, b 1499, d 1500, Duke of Somerset

Catherine, b & d 1503

King Henry VIII (1509-1547), b 1491, d 1547 with chronic infected leg ulcer. He 1^stly m in 1509 Catherine of Aragón, (divorced 1533) widow of his brother Arthur (see above)

Dau 1, stillborn 1510

Henry, Duke of Cornwall, b & d 1511

Son 2, b & d 1513

Son 3 b & d 1514

Mary, b 1516, Queen of England (1553-1558), betrothed to the Dauphin of France, m 1554 as 2^nd wife of King FELIPE II of Spain

Dau 3, stillborn 1518

By his mistress Elizabeth Blount, widow of Gilbert, Lord Talboys of Kyme, sister of William Blount, Lord Mountjoy, and dau of Sir John Blount by Catherine, dau & heiress of Sir Hugh Pershall, Henry had a bastard son,

Henry FitzRoy, KG, b 1519, d 1536, Earl of Nottingham, Duke of Somerset and Richmond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, warden of the Cinque Ports, m Mary, dau of the Duke

of Norfolk

King Henry’s other mistresses included Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne and her mother ELIZABETH

He made his mistress Anne Boleyn the Marquess of Pembroke and then 2^ndly m her in 1533. Anne, b 1503, was beheaded on Tower Green 19.6.1536 by a Frenchman with a sword after Mark Smeaton a court lute player confessed under torture to being her lover and implicated also as her lovers Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston and William Brereton all knights of the privy chamber, and the Earl of Northumberland. They subsequently all confessed under torture to being intimate with her. Her brother George, Lord Rochford was also accused by his wife of incest with Anne, who had been Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Catharine and was dau of THOMAS BOLEYN, 1^st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde (see under Boleyn

for ancestors) by his wife ELIZABETH, dau of THOMAS HOWARD, 2^nd Duke of Norfolk

Elizabeth, Queen of England (1558-1603), b 1533

Son 4, stillborn 1536

King Henry 3^rdly m 1536 Jane, (d 1537) sister of the Duke of Somerset and dau of Sir JOHN SEYMOUR (see under Seymour for ancestors). She died of puerperal fever 12 days after the birth of Edward VI, King (1547-53 when he died apparently of TB) b 1537

King Henry 4^thly m 1540 Anne, (marriage annulled 6 mths later) dau of Johann III, Duc de Clèves

King Henry 5^thly m 1540 Catherine, (beheaded on Tower Green 1542 after being discovered in flagrante delicto with her cousin Thomas Culpepper) dau of Lord Edmund Howard (see under Howard, Dukes of Norfolk, for ancestors)

King Henry 6^thly m 1543 Catherine, dau of Sir Thomas Parr. She had 1^stly m John Neville, 3^rd Baron Latimer, and 2^ndly m Edward, 2^nd Baron Borough. After King Henry's death she 4^thly m in 1547 Thomas, 1^st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, brother of Jane (King Henry’s 3^rd wife).

King Henry may also have had 2 other illegitimate sons

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JAMES STUART I, King of Scotland (1567-1603), King of Britain (1603-25), son of MARY, Queen of Scots (see under Scotland, Kings, for ancestors), m ANNE, b 1574, d 1619, dau of FREDERIC II, King of Denmark and SOPHIA, dau of the Duke of Mecklenberg

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, b 1594, d 1612

ELIZABETH, b 1596, m FRIEDRICH V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, King of Bohemia, d 1632

Rupert “Prince Rupert the Cavalier”

Maurice

SOPHIA, m ERNST-AUGUST, Elector of Hanover

GEORGE I, King of Britain (1714-27) - see below

CHARLES I

+ 2 sons, d as infants

+ 3 daus, Margaret, Mary, Sophia, all d as infants

JAMES’s homesexual lovers included the Duke of Buckingham whose son George Villiers, 2^nd Duke of Buckingham, b 1627, d 1687, killed the Earl of Shrewsbury in a duel provoked by Buckingham’s seduction of the Earl’s wife.

CHARLES STUART I, King of Britain (1625-45), b 1600, beheaded 1649, m HENRIETTA MARIA of France, b 1609, d 1669 (see under France, Kings, for ancestors)

Charles, b 1629, d an infant

CHARLES II (Note: a paper by Anthony Adolph in the Genealogists Magazine, of Sept/Oct. 2002, v27, pp300-304 summarises the case for Charles II being the

illegitmate son of Henrietta Maria by Henry Jermyn (1605-84), Earl of St. Albans)

Mary, b 1631, m William, Prince of Orange

JAMES II, b 1633, King of Britain (1685-89), m 1^stly Anne, dau of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

Mary II, Queen of Britain (1689-94 of smallpox), m her cousin Prince William II of Orange, d 1702

Anne, Queen of Britain (1702 -14), m Prince George of Denmark, had 18 miscarriages

JAMES II 2^ndly m in 1673 Maria Beatrice d’Este, b 1658, d 1718, dau of Alfonso IV, Duke of Modena

3 miscarriages + 5 still-births

James “the Old Pretender”, d 1766, m Clementine Sobiewski

James “the young Pretender”, d 1788

Henry, Cardinal of York, d 1807

Louise Marie, b 1692

JAMES II also had by 4 children by ARABELLA CHURCHILL including a dau

HENRIETTA FITZJAMES, m HENRY, 1^ST Lord WALDEGRAVE, ancestor of the Earls Spencer and Diana, Princess of Wales

Henry, 4^th Duke of Gloucester

Elizabeth d 1650

Anne, d 1640

Katherine

Henrietta Anne, m Philippe, Duke of Orléans

CHARLES II, b 1630, King of Britain (1660-85), m in 1662 Catherine, b 1638, d 1705, dau of John IV, Duke of Braganza & King of Portugal

CHARLES II had at least 16 illegitimate children, including the following.

By Lucy, dau of Richard Walter of Haverfordwest

James Crofts Scott, Duke of Monmouth, KG, b 1649, beheaded 1685, m 1662 Anne Scott aet 12, Duchess of Buccleuch

Charles Scott, Earl of Doncaster

James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, m Henrietta Hyde

Henry Scott, 1^st Earl of Deloraine

By Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon, wife of Francis Boyle, 1^st Viscount Shannon

Charlotte Jemima Henrietta FitzCharles, b 1650, m James Howard, Earl of Suffolk

By Catherine Pegge

Charles FitzCharles, b 1657, 1^st Earl of Plymouth, m Bridget Osborne

Catherine FitzCharles, b 1658, d a nun at Dunkirk 1759

By BARBARA VILLIERS, Duchess of Cleveland (a cousin of LOUIS XIV), b 1641, d 1709, dau of WILLIAM VILLIERS, 2^nd Viscount Grandison. She had m in 1659 Roger Palmer, whom King Charles made Earl of Castlemaine, by whom she had Anne FitzRoy, b 1661, m Henry Leonard, Earl of Sussex

Barbara (Benedicta) FitzRoy, b 1661, d a nun at Pontoise 1737

Charles FitzRoy, b 1662, Duke of Southampton, m 1^stly Mary Wood; he 2^ndly m Anne Poultney

HENRY FITZROY, b 1663, Duke of Grafton, Earl of Euston, m 1672 Lady ISABELLA BENNETT (aet 5), dau of Earl of Arlington, ancestors of successive Dukes

of Grafton

Charlotte FitzRoy, b 1664, m Edward Henry Lee, 1^st Earl of Lichfield

George FitzRoy, b 1665, Duke of Northumberland, m 1^stly Katherine Wheatley; he 2^ndly m Mary Dutton

Note: BARBARA was subsequently said to have fellatioed a Bishop and bitten off the tip of his penis, had an affair with a highwayman, and bigamously m Robert Fielding. Her descendants included Diana, Princess of Wales, and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

By ELEANOR (NELL) GWYNN

CHARLES BEAUCLERK, Duke of St. Albans, b 1670, ancestor of later Dukes of St. Albans

James Beauclerk, Lord Beauclerk, b 1671

By Moll (Mary) Davies, a singer and actress

Mary Tudor, b 1673

By LOUISE RENÉE de PERRENCÖET de KÉROUAILLE, Duchess of Portsmouth, Duchesse d’Aubigny d 1734

CHARLES LENNOX, 1^st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Duc d’Aubigny b 1672, d 1750, m Lady ANNE BELLASIS. Had 3 children and have present day

descendants

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GEORGE I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (1660-1727) (see above for descent from King JAMES I), m his cousin Princess DOROTHEA of Zell whom he later divorced and imprisobed in the Castke of Ahlde

GEORGE II

LOUISA, m as 1^st wife of FREDERIK V of Denmark and Norway (see under Denmark for descendants)

GEORGE II, b 1683, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (1727-60), m in 1705 CAROLINE of Anspach, b 1683, d 1737

FREDERICK, Prince of Wales

FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, b 1707, d 1751, m in 1736 AUGUSTA of Saxe-Gotha, b 1718, d 1772

GEORGE III

Edward, Duke of York, b 1739, d 1767, secretly m in 1766 Maria Walpole, Countess of Waldegrave, b 1735, d 1807, a natural dau of Sir Edward Walpole

William Henry, Duke of Cumberland, b 1745, d 1790, secretly m 1^stly in 1770 Olive Wilmot and secretly m 2^ndly in 1771 Anne Horton, b 1746, d 1808

CAROLINE MATILDA, b 1751, d 1775, m in 1766 (div 1772) CHRISTIAN VII, King of Denmark (1766-1808) (see under Denmark for descendants)

+ 4 others

GEORGE III, b 1738, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (1760-1820), secretly m in 1759 Hannah Lightfoot, b 1730

3 children

GEORGE III then officially m in 1761 CHARLOTTE of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, b 1744, d 1818

George IV, b 1762, King of England etc (1820-30), secretly m in 1785 Maria Fitzherbert. He then officially m in 1795 Caroline of Brunswick, b 1768, d 1821

Charlotte, b 1796, d 1817

Frederick, Due of York, b 1763, d 1827, m in 1790 Frederica of Prussia, b 1767, d 1840

WILLIAM IV, b 1765, King of England etc (1830-37), secretly m Dorothea Bland (Mrs Jordan), b 1761, d 1816

George FitzClarence, 1^st Earl of Munster, b 1794, d 1842

Lord Henry FitzClarence, b 1795, d 1817

Lady Sophia FitzClarence, b 1796, d 1837

Lady Mary FitzClarence, b 1798, d 1864

Lord Frederick FitzClarence, b 1799, d 1854

Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence, b 1801, d 1856

Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, b 1802, d 1856

Lady Augusta FitzClarence, b 1803, d 1858

Lord Augustus FitzClarence, b 1805, d 1854

Lady Amelia FitzClarence, b 1807,d 1858

WILLIAM IV then officially m in 1818 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, b 1792, d 1849

Charlotte, b & d 1819

Elizabeth, b 1821, d 1821

EDWARD, Duke of Kent - see below

ADOLPHUS, Duke of Cambridge, b 1774, d 1850, m in 1817 AUGUSTA of Hesse-Cassel, b 1797, d 1889

George, Duke of Cambridge, b 1819, d 1904, secretly m in 1847 Louisa Fairbrother (Mrs FitzGeorge), b 1822, d 1916

Colonel George FitzGeorge, b 1843, d 1907

RearAdmiral Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge, b 1846, d 1922

Colonel Sir Augustus FitzGeorge, b 1847, d 1835

Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, b 1822, d 1916

MARY ADELAIDE, b 1833, d 1897,m FRANCIS, 1^st Duke of Teck, b 1837, d 1900

MARY of Teck, b 1867, d 1953, m GEORGE V, King of England, etc, - see below

+ 9 others

EDWARD, Duke of Kent, b 1767, d 1820, secretly m Mlle Julie de St. Laurent

Sons

EDWARD then m in 1818 VICTORIA of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, b 1786, d 1861

VICTORIA

VICTORIA, b 1819, Queen of England, etc (1837-1901), m in 1840 ALBERT of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, b 1819, d 1861

Victoria, m Emperor Friedrich III of Prussia (he had syphilis)

Alice, b 1843, d 1878, m Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, b b 1837, d 1892

ALFRED, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, b 1844, d 1900, m in 1874 MARIE of Russia

MARIE, b 1875, d 1938, m King FERDINAND (b 1856) I of Roumania (1914-27)

EDWARD VII - see below

EDWARD VII, b 1841, King of England etc (1901-10), m in 1863 ALEXANDRA of Denmark, b 1844, d 1925

GEORGE V

GEORGE V, b 1865, King of England etc (1910-36), m in 1893 MARY of Teck XE "Teck - Dukes" (see above), b 1867, d 1953

Edward VII, b 1894, d 1972, King of England, Scotland and Wales (1936)

GEORGE VI

EPIROS - Despots

JOHN ANGELUS DUCAS, Sebastocrator, son of CONSTANTINE ANGELUS (see under Angelus dynasty below) and THEODORA dau of ALEXIUS I COMNENUS (see under Comnenus dynasty for ancestors)

Constantine

Isaac, m dau of Alexius Branus

ANNA, m MAIO ORSINI, Count Palatine, Lord of Cephalonia & Zante (see under Cephalonia for descendants)

MICHAEL I

Theodore, Ruler of Epiros (1215-30) and Emperor in Thessalonica (1224-30), m Maria Petraliphina

John, Emperor in Thessalonica (1237-42) & Despot (1242-44)

Demetrios, Despot in Thessalonica (1244-46)

Anna, m Radoslav of Serbia

Manuel, Emperor in Thessalonica (1230-37), m 1^stly a sister of STEFAN NEMANYA, Grand Zupan of Serbia and 2^nd a dau of IOVAN ASÊN II, Tsar of Bulgaria

MICHAEL I, Despot of Epiros (1204-14), conquered Albania, 1^stly m MELISSENE

dau, m Eustace of Flanders

Constantine

Theodora

MICHAEL I 2^ndly m the widow of Senacherim

Maria, m Constantine Maliasenus

Constantine

MICHAEL II, possibly illegitimate

MICHAEL II, Despot of Epiros (1237-71), m THEODORA PETRALIPHINA

dau, m Alexius Raoul

MICHAEL (DEMETRIO), m 1^stly ANNA PALAEOLOGINA (dau of MICHAEL VIII); he 2^ndly m dau of Georgiye-Terteriy, Ruler of Bulgaria (1280-92)

Constantine

ANDRONICUS, protobestiarius

ANNA, m JOHN II ORSINI (see below)

John, m dau of Constantine Tornices

NICEPHORUS I, Despot of Epiros (see below)

HELENA, d 1271, m as 2^nd wife of MANFRED of Sicily (see under Sicily for descendants)

ANNA, d 1284, m 1^stly GUILLAUME II de VILLEHARDOUIN, Prince of Achaia (d 1278); she 2^ndly m NICHOLAS II de St. Omer, Prince of Thebes (d 1294)

By another wife or a concubine he had

Theodore

JOHN I DUCAS

JOHN I DUCAS, Sebastrocrator in Thessalonica, d 1296, m dau of TARONAS

Michael

HELENA, m 1^stly Guillaume Ide la Roche, Prince of Athens

Guy II de la Roche, Duke of Athens, d 1331

HELENA 2^ndly m HUGUES de Brienne (see under Brienne for descendants)

Theodore, Sebastocrator in Thessalonica, d 1303

KONSTANTINOS

dau, m Andronicus Tarchaniotes

dau, m as 2^nd wife of STEFAN UROSCH MILUTIN of Serbia

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NICEPHORUS I, Despot of Epiros (1271-96), m 1^stlyMARIA dau of THEODORE II LASCARIS, Emperor of Nicaea (she 2^ndl m JOHN ORSINI, see below)

Thomas, Despot of Epiros (1296-1318), m as 1^st husband of Anna, dau of MICHAEL IX, Associate Emperor (1295-1320). She 2^ndly m Nicholas Orsini of Cephalonia,

d 1323

MARIA, m GIOVANNI I, Count Palatine of Cephalonia (see under Cephalonia for descendants)

THAMAR, m as 1^st wife of PHILIPPE of Taranto, Prince of Achaia

NICEPHORUS 2^ndly m Anna, dau of Jean Cantacuzenus and niece of MICHAEL VIII PALAEOLOGUS of Byzantium

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MARGARITONE de BRINDISI, Count Palatine of Cephalonia, d 1195

Guglielmo

Dau, m Enrico Pescatore, Count of Malta, d 1239

Dau, m Leone Vetrano, Seigneur de Corfu, d 1206

Dau, m RICCARDO ORSINI XE "ORSINI (See under Cephalonia and Epirus)"

MAIO

MAIO ORSINI, Count Palatine of Cephalonia, Lord of Cephalonia and Zante XE "Zante - Signores" , m ANNA, dau of JOHN DUKAS, Sebastocrator

RICCARDO

RICCARDO ORSINI, Count Palatine of Cephalonia, d 1304, 1^stly m sister of Thomas III of Salona

GIOVANNI (JOHN) I

RICCARDO 2^ndly m Marguerite, dau of Guillaume II de Villehardouin, d 1315

Guillerma, m 1^stly John Chauderon and 2^ndly Nicholas III of St. Omer

Dau, m Engelbert of Liedekerque

GIOVANNI (JOHN) I ORSINI, Count Palatine of Cephalonia, d 1317, m MARIA, dau of NIKEPHORUS I, Despot of Epiros (see above)

Nicolas I, Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Despot of Epiros (1318-23 when murdered by brother

JOHN, m Anna Palaeologina, dau of MICHAEL IX

GIOVANNI (JOHN) II

Guido

MARGARITA, Dame de Zante, m GUGLIELMO TOCCO, ancestors of Counts Palatine of Cephalonia 1358-1483

GIOVANNI (JOHN) II ORSINI, Count Palatine of Cephalonia (1323-36), m as 2^nd husband of ANNA PALAEOGINA, dau of MICHAEL IX of Byzantium

Nikephorus (Nicolas) II, panhypersebastos 1340, Despot (1347-59 when killed in battle), m Maria, dau of JOHN VI, CANTACUZENE

Antonios Cantacuzenus, a monk at Meteora

THOMAIS, m SINISA UROS, Despot of Thessalonica (see under Serbia for ancestors)

EPIROS - Kings

Note: in this section names in bold capitals do not infer present day descendants.

THARYPUS, King of the Molossians 429 BCE (said to have descended from a Neoptolemus, son of Achilles!)

ALCETAS, King of Epiros

NEOPTOLEMUS

ARYMBAS (see below)

NEOPTOLEMUS, King of Epiros (ca 370-360 BCE)

ALEXANDER I

OLYMPIAS, m King PHILLIP II of Macedon (see under Macedon for descendants)

ALEXANDER I, King of Molossian Epiros (342-326 when murdered), m CLEOPATRA, dau of King PHILIPPOS II of Macedon (see under Macedon for ancestors)

ALEXANDER II, King of Molossian Epiros (302-296), m OLYMPIAS, dau of PYRRHUS I

PHTHIA, m DEMETRIUS II, King of Macedon (239-29)

Neoptolemus, plotted to poison Pyrrus who got in first by inviting Neoptolemus to a sacrifice where he killed him.

Cadmea

Ptolemy

Pyrrhus II, King of Epiros

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ARYMBAS (see above)

AEACIDES

AEACIDES, King of Epiros (326-ca 313), m PHTHIA, dau of MENON of Pharsalos

PYRRHUS I

DEIDAMEIA, m DEMETRIUS I, King of Macedon (see under Macedon for descendants)

Troias

PYRRHUS I, King of Epiros (296-72 when killed at Argos), 1^stly m Antigone, step-dau of PTOLEMY I Soter of Egypt

Ptolemy, d 272 BCE

PYRRHUS I, 2^ndly m LANASSA, dau of AGATHOCLES, Tyrant (317-304) & King of Syracuse (304-289)

OLYMPIAS, m ALEXANDER II, King of Epiros (see above)

PYRRHUS I also had a dau Nercis who m Gelon II, son of Hieron II, King of Syracuse (270-215) & their son Hieronymus was King of Syracuse (215-214 when besieged and captured by the Romans

EPPENSTEIN

MARKWART I von EPPENSTEIN, Count of Viehbachgau

MARKWART II von EPPENSTEIN, Count in Lower Isar, alive 951

MARKWART III

RICHGARD, d 1013, m ULRICH von EBERSBURG (see under Ebersburg for descendants

MARKWART III von EPPENSTEIN, Count of Ufgau, Margrave of Upper Carinthia, d ca 1000, m MARDEMUT, dau of ADALBERT I, Count of Carinthia (see under Carinthia for ancestors)

ADALBERT

ADALBERT, Margrave of Carinthia, d a monk 1039, m BEATRICE, dau of HERMAN II, Duke of Swabia (see under Swabia for ancestors)

WILIBIRG, m OTTOKAR VI, Count of Chiemgau (see under Chiemgau for descendants)

ERZERUM - Seljuk Princes

SELJUK

MIKAIL, ancestor of the Seljuk Rulers of Persia, Kerman, Aleppo and Damascus

ARSLAN PEYGHU

SULEIMAN I ibn KUTULMISH, took from Byzantium & ruled most of Asia Minor (1077-85)

Da’ud Kilidj Arslan I, Sultan (1092-1107), m dau of Chaka, Turkish Emir of Smyrna (murdered by his son-in-law 1092)

Melek I Saïsan, Sultan (1107-16)

MA’SUD I, Sultan (1116-56)

AZZ ed-din KILIDJ ARSLAN II

AZZ ed-din KILIDJ ARSLAN II, Sultan (1156-88)

Koth ed-din Melek II, Sultan (1188-92)

Rokn ed-din Suleïman II, Sultan (1199-1203)

Azz ed-din Kilidj Arslan III, Sultan (1203)

Ghiath ed-din Kaïkhosru I, Sultan (1203-10), ancestor of Sultans till 1308 when Seljuk Empire destroyed by the Mongols

TUGRIL

MUGITHADDIN TUGRIL SHAH, Seljuk Prince of Erzerum, m RUSUDANI, Queen of Georgia (1223-45) - see under Iberia for ancestors

DAWITH (DAVID) IV “Narim”, joint-King of Georgia (1247-58) fled Mongols and became King of Imereti (1258-92), ancestor of Kings of Imereti till

1401/2 and then Arab governors till 1810 when the province was annexed by Russia

ESCHAUFFON

ABBO le BRETON

ARNOLD le GROS

GIROIE d’ESCHAUFFON

GIROIE d’ESCHAUFFON, d 1020, m GISELE de MONTFORT, dau of THURSTON de MONTFORT (see under Montfort for ancestors)

HAWISE d’ESCHAUFFON, m ROBERT de GRENTMESNIL (see under Grentmesnil for descendants)

ESPEC - Lords of Kirkham, Hamlake & Helmesley

RANULPH ESPEC of Aunou & Astelle, ca 1030

WILLIAM

Richard

WILLIAM ESPEC, d ca 1086

HAWISE, m WILLIAM I de Busli (see under Busli for descendants)

Walter Espec, Lord of the Manor of Espec

Robert de Carum (Kerr)

William de Carum (Kerr)

ADELINE, co-heir of brother Walter, m PIERS (PETER) de ROS (see under Ros for descendants)

ESSEX - Earls (See also under Bohun, Bourchier, Clare, Devereux, FitzPiers, Manderville & Montfichet)

WYMARCHE

ROBERT, b 1007, d 1071

SUAIN de Essex, c 1086

ROBERT

ROBERT de Essex, m as 1^st husband of GUNNORA, dau of ROGER BIGOT (see under Bigot for ancestors) and ADELIZA de Grentmesnil

HENRY

HENRY de Essex, b 1106, d 1163, m CICELY

LUCIA (ALICE), m as 3^rd wife of AUBREY de VERE, 1st Earl of Oxford (see under Vere for descendants)

HENRY 2^ndly m Adeliza, dau of ALBERIC le VERE

ESSEX – Saxon Kings

Aescwine, said to have founded the East Seaxe Kingdom of Essex (527-87) which included the area now called Middlesex

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Sledda, King of Essex (ca 587- bef 604), m Ricula, dau of St. AETHELBERT Jute King of Kent (see under Kent, Jute Kings, for ancestors)

Saebright, King of Essex (bef 604-ca 616)

Sexred, King of Essex (ca 616)

Sigeberht I “the Little”, King of Essex (ca 617-bef 653)

Sighere, King of Essex (665-83), m St. Osyth of Mercia (see under Mercia, Kings, for ancestors)

Offa, King of Essex (709)

Son 2

Swithred, King of Essex (746-after 758)

Saeward, King of Essex (ca 617)

Son 3

Sexbald, King of Essex

Swithelm, King of Essex (ca 660-65)

XE "St. Osyth of Mercia" Sebbi, joint-King of Essex (ca 665-83), sole King (683-95) & then became a monk

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Sigeberht II“the Good”, King of Essex (ca 653-60)

Saelred, King of Essex ( 709-46)

Swafred, joint-King of Essex (ca 695- bef 709)

Sigeric, King of Essex (758-98) when he abdicated

Sigered, King of Essex (798-825) when Essex was taken over by Egbert, King of Wessex

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