HOME SURNAME LIST NAME INDEX EMAIL US | ![]() She was married to Edmund De HOLAND [EARL OF KENT]. ![]() She was married to Thomas Le DESPENCER [EARL OF GLOUCESTER] in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Children were: Richard Le DESPENCER [BARON LE DESPENSER], Elizabeth Le DESPENCER, Isabel DESPENCER.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was married to Æthelfleda Queen of ENGLAND in 964. Children were: Edmund Prince of ENGLAND , Æthelred II King Of ENGLAND [The Unready] . ![]() She was married to Edward I King Of ENGLAND [The Elder] about 917. Children were: Edburh Prince of ENGLAND, Edgiva Princess Of England, Edmund I King Of ENGLAND [The Elder], Edred King Of ENGLAND. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He was married to Blanche D' ARTOIS [QUEEN OF NAVARRE] before 29 Oct 1275/76 in Paris, France. Children were: Henry PLANTAGENET [EARL OF LANCASTER]. ![]() Children were: Edward "of York" Prince Of ENGLAND [DUKE OF YORK], Constance Princess Of ENGLAND [COUNTESS OF GLOUCESTER], Richard Prince Of ENGLAND [EARL OF CAMBRIDGE]. ![]() He was married to Margaret "the Maiden" ERIKSDATTER QUEEN OF SCOTLAND on 6 Oct 1325 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England. Children were: Edmund Prince Of ENGLAND [EARL OF KENT], Robert PLANTAGENET [PRINCE OF ENGLAND] , Joan "Fair Maid Of Kent" Princess Of WALES [COUNTESS OF KENT], Thomas Prince Of ENGLAND , John Prince Of ENGLAND [EARL OF KENT]. ![]() He became King on the death of his half-brother, Ethelstan, on 27 Oct 940. Edmund tried to conquer the north of England. At home his civil administration appears to have been marked by efforts to enforce order. His secular laws refer to his efforts to prevent robberies and contain provisions rendering a person quilty of murder responsible for his own act rather than holding his whole family responsible, as clan-law had it. Edmund was slain in battle by a certain Liofa, who was himself slain by the King's men. After Edmund's death he was hallowed as a saint and miracles were worked at his tomb. Md. 2) Ethelfleda, Queen of England. Also Known os the "The Magnificent" Parents: Edward I King Of ENGLAND [The Elder] and Edgiva Queen of ENGLAND. He was married to Elgiva Queen of ENGLAND. Children were: Edgar King Of ENGLAND [The Peacable], Edwy (Eadwig) King Of ENGLAND [The Fair]. ![]() Edmund was King of England only for a few months. After the death of his father, Æthelred II, in April 1016, Edmund led the defense of the city of London against the invading Knut Sveinsson (Canute), and was proclaimed king by the Londoners. Meanwhile, the Witan (Council), meeting at Southampton, chose Canute as King. After a series of inconclusive military engagements, in which Edmund performed brilliantly and earned the nickname "Ironside", he defeated the Danish forces at Oxford, Kent, but was routed by Canute's forces at Ashingdon, Essex. A subsequent peace agreement was made, with Edmund controlling Wessex and Canute controlling Mercia and Northumbria. It was also agreed that whoever survived the other would take control of the whole realm. Unfortunately for Edmund, he died in November, 1016, transferring the Kingship of All England completely to Canute. Edmund is our 30th Great Granduncle Parents: Æthelred II King Of ENGLAND [The Unready] and Alfgifu (Aelflaed) GUNNARSSON [Queen/England]. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Children were: Richard II King Of ENGLAND. ![]() He was married to Victoria Mary Louisa Princess Of SAXE-COBURG on 29 May 1818 in Coburg, Sachsen Coburg, Thuringia. Children were: Victoria (Alexandrina) Queen Of ENGLAND.
![]() ![]() Edward I, the oldest surving son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence, was born in 1239. He was nicknamed Longshanks due to his great height and stature. Edward married Eleanor of Castille in 1254, who bore him sixteen children (seven of whom survived into adulthood) before her death in 1290. Edward reached a peace settlement with Philip IV of France that resulted with his marriage to the French king's sister, Margaret, who bore him three more children. Edward I was a capable statesman, adding much to the institutions initiated by Henry II . In 1295, his "Model Parliament" brought together representatives from the nobility, clergy, knights of the shires, and burgesses of the cities - the first gathering of Lords and Commons. Feudal revenues proved inadequate in financing the bourgeoning royal courts and administrative institutions; summoning national Parliaments became the accepted forum of gaining revenue and conducting public business. Judicial reform included the expansion of such courts as the King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, and the Chancery Court was established to give redress in circumstances where other courts provided on solution. Edward was pious, but resisted any increase of papal authority in England. Conservators of the Peace, the forerunners of Justices of the Peace, were also established as an instituion. Foreign policy, namely the unification of the island's other nations, occupied much of Edward's time. A major campaign to control Llywelyn ap Gruffydd of Wales began in 1277, and lasted until Llywelyn's death in 1282. In 1301, the king's eldest son was created Prince of Wales, a title still held by all male haeirs to the crown. Margaret, Maid of Norway and legitimate heir to the Scottish crown, died in 1290, leaving a disputed succession in Scotland . Edward was asked to arbitrate between thirteen different claimants. John Baliol, Edward's first choice, was unpopular; his next choice, William Wallace, rebelled against England until his capture and execution in 1305. Robert Bruce seized the Scottish throne in 1306, later to become a source of consternation to Edward II Edward died en route to yet another Scottish campaign in1307. His character found accurate evaluation by Sir Richard Baker, in A Chronicle of the Kings of England : He had in him the two wisdoms, not often found in any, single; both together, seldom or never: an ability of judgement in himself, and a readiness to hear the judgement of others. He was not easily provoked into passion, but once in passion, not easily appeased, as was seen by his dealing with the Scots; towards whom he shaowed at first patience, and at severity. If he be censured for his many taxations, he may be justified by his well bestowing them; for never prince laid out his money to more honour of himself, or good of his kingdom." Edward is our 22nd Great Grandfather He has a major role in the movie "Braveheart" Parents: Henry III King Of ENGLAND and Eleonore (Leonor) Countess Of PROVENCE [QUEEN OF ENGLAND]. He was married to Leonor Princess Of CASTILE AND LEON [QUEEN OF ENGLAND] on 18 Oct 1254 in Burgos, Castile, Spain. Children were: Eleanor Princess Of ENGLAND, Joan Princess Of ENGLAND , John Prince Of ENGLAND, Henry Prince Of ENGLAND, Juliana Or Katherine Princess Of ENGLAND, Joan "of Acre" Princess Of ENGLAND [COUNTESS GLOUCESTER AND HERTFORD], Alphonso Prince Of ENGLAND [EARL OF CHESTER], Isabel Princess Of ENGLAND, Margaret Princess Of ENGLAND, Berengaria Princess Of ENGLAND, Mary Princess Of ENGLAND, Alice Princess Of ENGLAND, Elizabeth Princess Of ENGLAND, Edward II King Of ENGLAND, Beatrice Princess Of ENGLAND, Blanche Princess Of ENGLAND. He was married to Marguerite Princess of FRANCE Queen/Eng on 8 Sep 1299 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Children were: Thomas Prince of England , Eleonor Princess of ENGLAND, Edmund "of Woodstock" Prince Of ENGLAND [EARL OF KENT]. ![]() Son of Alfred the Great, Edward immediately succeeded his father to the throne. His main achievement was to use the military platform created by his father to bring back, under English control, the whole of the Danelaw, south of the Humber River. Edward I., the Elder , "the Unconquerored King," was born about 870 and died about 924. He reigned 24 years from 900 to 924. He was not, like his father, a legislator or a scholar, although it is said that he founded the University of Cambridge, but he was great warrior. He gradually extended his sway over the whole island, in which project he was assisted by his sister the "Lady of Mercia" who headed her own troops and gained victories over both the Danes and Britons. Tradition assigns to Edward an even wider rule shortly before his death. In the middle of the ninth century the Picts and the Scots had been amalgamated under Kenneth MacAlpin, the King of the Scots, just as Mercia and Wessex were being welded together by the attacks of the Danes. It is said that in 925 the King of the Scots, together with other northern rulers, chose Edward "to father and lord." Probably this statement only covers some act of alliance formed by the English King with King of Scots and other lesser rulers. Nothing was more natural than that of the Scottish King, Constantine, should wish to obtain the support of Edward against his enemies; and it is natural that if Edward agreed to support him he would require some acknowledgment of the superiority of the English King. After a prosperous reign, King Edward died in Forndon, Northamptonshire in 925. He married (3) Lady Edgiva (Edgiva), daughter of Earl Sigelline (Sigilline), Earl of Meapham. He succeeded his father about 901, and raised the supremacy of Wessex into something little short of an imperial authority, extending his sway over Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria. Edward is our 34th Great Grandfather Parents: Alfred "The Great" King Of ENGLAND and Æthelswida (Alswitha) Queen Of ENGLAND. He was married to Ælflaeda Queen Of ENGLAND. Children were: Ælfweard, King Of ENGLAND, Edwin Prince Of ENGLAND, Ælfleda Princess Of ENGLAND, Eadgifu (Edgiva) Ogive Queen Of The FRANKS, Æthelhilda Princess Of ENGLAND, Edhilda Eadhylde Princess Of ENGLAND, Editha Princess Of ENGLAND [EMPRESS OF GERMANY], Elgiva Princess Of ENGLAND. He was married to Edgiva Queen of ENGLAND about 917. Children were: Edburh Prince of ENGLAND, Edgiva Princess Of England, Edmund I King Of ENGLAND [The Elder], Edred King Of ENGLAND. ![]() ![]() Edward was as much of a failure as a king as his father was a success. He lavished money and other rewards upon his male favorites, raising the ire of the nobility. The most notable was Piers Gaveston, his homosexual lover; on the day of Edward's marriage to Isabella, Edward preferred the couch of Gaveston to that of his new wife. Gaveston was exiled and eventually murdered for his licentious conduct with the king. Edward's means of maintaining power was based on the noose and the block - 28 knights and barons were executed for rebelling against the decadent king. Edward faired no better as a soldier. The rebellions of the barons opened the way for Robert Bruce to reconquer much of Scotland . Bruce's victory over English forces at the battle of Bannockburn, in 1314, ensured Scottish independence until the union of England and Scotland in 1707. War broke out with France in 1324, prompting Edward to send Isabella and their son Edward (later to become Edward III ) to negotiate with her brother and French king, Charles IV. Isabella fell into an open romance with Roger Mortimer (our 21st Great Grandfather), one of the Edward's disaffected barons. The rebellious couple invaded England in 1326, capturing and imprisoning Edward. The king was deposed, replaced by his son, Edward III (our 20th Great Grandfather). Edward II was murdered in September 1327 at Berkeley castle, by a red-hot iron inserted through his sphincter into his bowels. The juxtaposition of Edward I and Edward II was beautifully described by Sir Richard Baker, in reference to Edward I (our 22nd Great Grandfather) in A Chronicle of the Kings of England : "His great unfortunateness was in his greatest blessing; for of four sons which he had by his Queen Eleanor, three of them died in his own lifetime, who were worthy to have outlived him; and the fourth outlived him, who was worthy never to have been born." A strong indictment of a weak king. Edward is our 21st Great Grandfather He has a prominent role in the movie "Braveheart" Parents: Edward I "Longshanks" King Of ENGLAND and Leonor Princess Of CASTILE AND LEON [QUEEN OF ENGLAND] . He was married to Isabelle Princess Of FRANCE [QUEEN OF ENGLAND] on 22 Jan 1307/8 in Boulogne, Pas-De-Calais, France. Children were: Edward III King Of ENGLAND, John Prince Of ENGLAND [EARL OF CORNWALL], Eleanor Princess Of ENGLAND [DUCHESS OF GUELDRES], Joan Princess Of ENGLAND. ![]() ![]() Edward III, the eldest son of Edward II and Isabella of France, was born in 1312. His youth was spent in his mother's court, until he was crowned at age fourteen, in 1327. Edward was dominated by his mother and her lover, Roger Mortimer, until 1330, when Mortimer was executed and Isabella was exiled from court. Philippa of Hainault married Edward in 1328 and bore him many children; the 75% survival rate of her children (nine out of twelve) was incredible considering conditions of the day. The Hundred Years' War occupied the largest part of Edward's reign. He and Edward Baliol defeated David II of Scotland , and drove him into exile in 1333. The French cooperation with the Scots, French aggression in Gascony, and Edward's claim to the throne of France (through his mother Isabella; the Capetians failed to produce a male heir) led to the outbreak of War. The sea battle of Sluys (1340) gave England control of the Channel, and battles at Crecy (1346), Calais (1347), and Poitiers (1356) demonstrated English supremacy on the land. Edward, the Black Prince and eldest son of Edward III, excelled during this first phase of the war. The Black Death swept across England and northern Europe throughout 1348-1350, removing as much as half the population. The Treaty of Bretigny in 1360 brought a respite until the resumption of hostilities in 1369. English military strength, weakened considerably after the plague, gradually lost so much ground that by 1375, Edward agreed to the Treaty of Bruges, which only left England Calais, Bordeaux, and Bayonne. Domestically, England saw many changes during Edward's reign. Parliament divided into two Houses - Lords and Commons - and met regularly to finance the war. Treason was defined by statute for the first time (1352), the office of Justice of the Peace was created (1361), and English replaced French as the national language (1362). Philippa died in 1369 and the last years of Edward's reign mirrored the first; he was once again dominated by a woman, his mistress, Alice Perrers. Alice preferred one of Edward's other sons, John of Gaunt, over the Black Prince, which caused political conflicts in Edward's last years. Edward, the Black Prince, died one year before his father. Rafael Holinshed intimated that Edward spent his last year in grief and remorse, believing the death of his son was a punishment for usurping his father's crown. In Chronicles of England , Holinshed wrote: "But finally the thing that most grieved him, was the loss of that most noble gentleman, his dear son Prince Edward ... But this and other mishaps that chanced to him now in his old years. might seem to come to pass for a revenge of his disobedience showed to his in usurping against him..." Edward is our 21st Great Grandfather Parents: Edward II King Of ENGLAND and Isabelle Princess Of FRANCE [QUEEN OF ENGLAND]. He was married to Philippa Countess Of HAINAULT & HOLLAND [QUEEN OF ENGLAND] on 24 Jan 1327/28 in York, Yorkshire, England. Children were: Edward "The Black" Prince Of ENGLAND [PRINCE OF WALES], Isabel Princess Of ENGLAND, Joan Princess Of ENGLAND , William Prince Of ENGLAND, Lionel "of Antwerp" Prince Of ENGLAND [DUKE OF CLARENCE], John "Of Gaunt" Prince Of ENGLAND [DUKE OF LANCASTER], Edmund "of Langley" Prince Of ENGLAND [DUKE OF YORK], Blanche Princess Of ENGLAND, Mary Princess Of ENGLAND , Margaret Princess Of ENGLAND, William Prince Of ENGLAND, Thomas Prince Of ENGLAND [DUKE OF GLOUCESTER]. ![]() He was married to Elizabeth WYDEVILLE [QUEEN OF ENGLAND] on 1 May 1464 in Grafton, Northamptonshire, England. ![]() He was married to Alexandra Caroline Marie Princess Of DENMARK [QUEEN OF ENGLAND] on 10 Mar 1863 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Children were: George V Frederick Ernest Albert King Of ENGLAND. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() She was married to Gruffydd ap LLEWELYN [Prince/Wales] about 1058. Children were: Nest verch GRUFFYDD. ![]() She was married to Reinoud II "de Zwarte" Duke Of GUELDRES [COUNT OF GUELDRES AND ZUTPHEN] in 1332 in Nijmegen, Overijsel, Netherlands. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was married to Alfonso VIII "The Noble" SANCHEZ KING OF CASTILE on 22 Sep 1177 in Burgos, Castile, Spain. Children were: Berenguela Queen Of CASTILE, Sancho Prince Of CASTILE, Sancha Princess Of CASTILE, Enrique I King Of CASTILE , Urraca Princess Of CASTILE, Blanca Alphonsa Princess Of CASTILE [QUEEN OF FRANCE], Fernando Prince Of CASTILE, Constance Princess Of CASTILE, Mafalda Princess Of CASTILE, Leonor Princess Of CASTILE, Constanza Princess Of CASTILE, Enrique I King Of CASTILE. ![]() ![]() She was married to Baudouin II "the Bald" Count Of FLANDERS about 888. Children were: Arnoul I, Count Of FLANDERS. ![]() She was married to Ebles Duke Of AQUITAINE about 928 in France. Children were: Guillaume III (I) Duke Of AQUITAINE COUNT OF POITIERS, Ebles Abbot Of SAINT MARTIN . ![]() She was married to Edmund I King Of ENGLAND [The Elder] . Children were: Edgar King Of ENGLAND [The Peacable] , Edwy (Eadwig) King Of ENGLAND [The Fair]. ![]() Children were: Danial Fant EWEN. ![]() Children were: Charles, Prince Of [Prince Of Wales] ENGLAND. ![]() She was married to Humphrey De BOHUN [EARL OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX] on 14 Nov 1302 in London, England. Children were: Margaret De BOHUN, Eleanor De BOHUN, Humphrey De BOHUN, John De BOHUN [EARL OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX], Agnes BOHUN, Humphrey De BOHUN [Earl of Hereford], Margaret De BOHUN [COUNTESS OF DEVON], William De BOHUN [EARL OF NORTHAMPTON] [TWIN], Edward De BOHUN [TWIN] , Aeneas De BOHUN, Isabel De BOHUN. ![]() She was married to Henry VII King Of ENGLAND in London, England. Children were: Arthur Prince Of ENGLAND [PRINCE OF WALES], Margaret Queen Of Of SCOTLAND [PRINCESS OF ENGLAND], Henry VIII King Of ENGLAND, Mary Queen Of FRANCE [PRINCESS OF ENGLAND]. ![]() She was married to Friedrich V, Elector Of PALATINE in 1612 in London, England. Children were: Sofie Countess Palatine Of SIMMERN [ELECTRESS OF HANOVER]. ![]() He was married to Auguste Princess Of SAXE-GOTHA on 27 Apr 1736 in London, England. Children were: George III William Frederick Hanover King Of ENGLAND . He was married to Anne VANE. He was married to Jane HAMILTON. He was married to Grace BOYLE [COUNTESS OF MIDDLESEX]. ![]() ![]() He was married to Sofie Dorothea Princess Of BRUNSWICK on 21 Nov 1682 in Celle, Hanover, Germany. He was divorced from Sofie Dorothea Princess Of BRUNSWICK. Children were: George II August King Of ENGLAND [ELECTOR OF HANNOVER]. He was married to Ermengarde Melusina Baroness Of The SCHULENBERG [Duchessof Kendal]. He was married to Anna Margaretta BRETT. He was married to Katharine Marie Von MEYSENBUG. He was married to Sofie Caroline Baroness UFFELN NOT MD. He was married to Charlotte (Sophia) Von PLATTEN [COUNTESS OF DARLINGTON] NOT MD. |