Ancestry charts of the current British Royal Family

All people are descended via various racial or ethnic lines of the antiquity, but in case of most, records do not exist. The British royal family is one of the few families, for whom ancestry can be traced to many notable lineages of the antiquity. They can be traced from Saxon, Scottish (Stuart dynasty), Welsh (Tudor dynasty), Irish, German (Hanover and Windsor), French (Norman and Angevin), Russian, Frank and perhaps even Byzantine lineages.

Descent from the Franks

Descent from the Franks (detailed)
  • There are multiple descents from Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor, some of which are shown below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charlemagne, King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 742–814)

 Hildegard of Vinzgouw (758-783)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Unknown

 Pepin of Italy, King of Lombardy (777-810)

 Bertha of ?Toulouse

 

 Louis I the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)

 Judith of Bavaria (805–843)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bernard I of Italy, King of Lombardy (797-818)

 Cunigunda of Laon

 

 Aeda (Adelais) (c. 798->810)

 Billung, Princeps in Saxony

 

 Gisela (born 821)

 Eberhard, Duke of Friuli (c. 815-866)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Pepin, Count of Vermandois (b. c. 815)

 Rothaide de Bobbio

 

 Oda (c. 806-913)

 Liudolf, Duke of Saxony (c. 805-864/866)

 

 Ingeltrude (837/40-870)

 Henry, Duke of Franconia (c. 830-886)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (c. 848/850-907)

 Bertha de Morvois

 

 Otto I the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony (c. 851-912)

 Hedwiga

 

 Gisela of Friuli (born 821)

 Adalbert I, Margrave of Ivrea (d. 0923/24)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Herbert II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes (884-943)

 Hildebranda (Liégarde, renamed Adele) of France

 

 Henry I the Fowler, Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia (876-936)

 Matilda of Ringelheim (877-968)

 

 Berengar II, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy (c. 900–966)

 Willa of Tuscany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux (c. 920-967/68)

 Adelaide-Werra de Châlon of Burgundy (920-967)

 

 Gerberga of Saxony (c. 913-984)

 Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (c. 890-939)

 

 Adalbert, King of Italy (c. 932-c. 975)

 Gerberga of Mâcon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Adele of Meaux (920-984)

 Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou (c. 938/940-987)

 

 Alberade of Lorraine (c. 929-973)

 Renaud, Count of Roucy (c. 920-967)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Fulk III, Count of Anjou (972-1040)

 Hildegarde of Sundgau

 

 Ermengarde of Anjou (952-992)

 Conan I, Count of Rennes, Duke of Brittany (927-992)

 

 Ermentrude

 Otto-William, Count of Burgundy and Mâcon (962-1026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ermengarde of Anjou (c. 1018-1076)

 Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais (d. 1043/46)

 

 Judith of Brittany (982-1017)

 Richard II the Good, Duke of Normandy (d. 1026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (1043–1109)

 Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1070-1117)

 

 Robert I the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy (1000–1035)

 Herleva of Falaise (c. 1003-c. 1050)

 

 Alice (Adeliza) of Normandy (c. 1002-1038)

 Reginald I, Count of Burgundy (986-1057)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Fulk V, Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem (1089/92-1143)

 Ermengarde, Countess of Maine (d. 1126)

 

 William I of England (c. 1028-1087)

 Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031-1083)

 

 William I, Count of Burgundy and Mâcon (1020–1087)

 Stephanie of Metz (c. 1035-1109)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Henry I of England (c. 1068-1135)

 Matilda of Scotland (born Edith) (c. 1080-1118)

 

 Ermentrude of Bourgogne (c. 1055-1105)

 Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliard, Bar and Verdun (lord of Mousson as Theodoric II) (c. 1045-1105)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Geoffrey V Plantagenêt, Count of Anjou (1113–1151)

 Matilda of England (1102–1167)

 

 

 

 

 Reginald I, Count of Bar, Lord of Mousson (c. 1090-1149)

 Giselle of Vaudémont (c. 1090-c. 1126)

 

 

 

 

 Henry II of England (1133–1189)

 Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122/24-1204)

 

 

 

 

 Reginald II, Count of Bar, Lord of Mousson (died 1170)

 Agnes of Champagne (d. 1207)

 

 

 

 

 John, King of England (1166–1216)

 Isabella of Angoulême (c. 1188-1246)

 

 

 

 

 Theobald I, Count of Bar and Louxembourg (c. 1158-1214)

 Ermesinde (Isabella) of Bar-sur-Seine (c. 1158-c. 1192)

 

 

 

 

 Henry III of England (1207–1272)

 Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223-1291)

 

 

 

 

 Henry II, Count of Bar (1190–1239)

 Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242)

 

 

 

 

 Beatrice of England, Countess of Richmond (1242–1275)

 John II, Duke of Brittany (1239–1305)

 

 

 

 

 Margaret of Bar (1220–1275)

 Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1216–1281)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Marie of Brittany (1268–1339)

 Guy III of Châtillon, Count of Saint Pol as Guy IV (c. 1254-1317)

 

 Waleran I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny (died 1288)

 Jeanne, Dame de Beauvoir (d. 1300)

 

 Philippa of Luxembourg (1252–1311)

 John II of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut and of Holland (1247–1304)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 John, Count of Saint-Pol (died 1344)

 Jeanne de Fiennes

 

 Waleran II, Lord of Ligny, Roussy and Beauvoir (1275–1354)

 Guyotte of Haubourdin, Châtelaine de Lille (c. 1275-1338)

 

 William I, Count of Hainaut (c. 1286-1337)

 Joan of Valois (c. 1294-1342)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 John I, Lord of Ligny (c. 1305-1364)

 Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg (d. 1346)

 

 Philippa of Hainault (1314–1369)

 Edward III of England (1312–1377)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mahaut of Châtillon, Countess of Saint-Pol (1335–1378)

 Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny, Count of Saint-Pol as Guy VI and Count of Ligny, Lord of Roussy and Beauvoir (1340–1371)

 

 

 

 

 Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge (1341–1402)

 Infanta Isabella of Castile (c. 1355-1392)

 

 

 

 

 John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir (1370–1397)

 Marguerite d'Enghien, Countess of Brienne (b. 1365)

 

 

 

 

 Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (c. 1375-1415)

 Anne de Mortimer (1390–1411)

 

 

 

 

 Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, and of Conversano (1390–1433)

 Margherita del Balzo (1394–1469)

 

 

 

 

 Richard Plantagenêt, 3rd Duke of York, 6th Earl of March, 4th Earl of Cambridge, and 7th Earl of Ulster (1411–1460)

 Cecily Neville (1415–1495)

 

 

 

 

 Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415/16-1472)

 Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405–1469)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth Woodville (1437–1492)

 Edward IV of England (1442–1483)

 

 Elizabeth of York (1466–1503)

 Henry VII of England (1457–1509)

*: Note: Parentage of Aeda (m/o Oda, w/o Liudolf, Duke of Saxony) is disputed. Her identification with Adélaïde, known daughter of Pepin of Italy, is based on three primary sources. As per Vita Hathumodae and Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, her daughter Oda was of Frankish descent. As per a statement of Fasti Corbeienses under the year 885, duke Liudolf's wife Oda was a neptis through a daughter of Pepin of Italy. The last was shown by Eduard Hlawitschka to be a fabrication.

  • The above chart is not exhaustive for descent from Charlemagne. It can be shown in other ways too. For example, the Byzantine descent shown later through Irene Angelina is also valid for descent from Charlemagne through her husband Philip of Swabia. His descent is shown in the second Saxon descent chart above. Three members shown in that chart, Charles the Simple, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and the latter's sister Gerberga of Saxony, had descended from Charlemagne. The descent of Gerberga of Saxony is shown in the above chart. Charles the Simple was a grandson of Charles the Bald, brother of Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, shown in the above chart. Adelaide of Paris, mother of Charles the Simple, had also descended from Charlemagne.

Irish connection

  • Isabella de Clare (shown in the first chart) had descended from Brian Boru, High King of Ireland.
  • Another descent from Brian Boru is through the current queen's mother, through the dynasty of Thomond [this lineage has been publicly claimed by the British Royal Family (see Pretender#Ireland)].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Echrad

 Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig (Brian Boru), High King of Ireland (c. 941-1014)

 Gormflaith ingen Murchada O'Faelain (c. 960-1030)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tadc mac Briain (died 1023)

 Mór

 

 Donnchadh mac Briain (Donough O'Brian), King of Munster (died 1064)

 Cacht ingen Ragnaill (d. 1054)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Toirdelbach Ua Briain (Turlough O'Brien), King of Munster (1009–1086)

 Dubchoblaig of the Uí Cheinnselaig

 

 Dearbforgail ingen Donnchad Ó Briain (1005–1090)

 Diarmait I mac Maíl na mBó Ó Cheinnselaig, King of Leinster (d. 1072)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Diarmait Ua Briain, King of Munster (1060–1118)

 

 

 Murchad mac Diarmata Ó Cheinnselaig, King of Leinster and Dublin (c. 1025-1070)

 Sabd ingen mac Bricc (1030–1070)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Toirdelbhach MacDiarmaida Ó Briain, King of Thomond

 

 

 Donnchad mac Murchada, King of Leinster and Dublin (1060–1115)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Diarmait II na-nGhal Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), King of Leinster (1110–1171)

 Mór Ní Tuathail (Mor O'Toole) (c. 1114-1191)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond (died 1194)

 Orlacan

 

 Aoife MacMurrough (Eva of Leinster) (1145–1188)

 Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland (1130–1176)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Donnchad Cairprech macDomnaill Mór, King of Thomond (died 1242)

 

 

 Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke (1172–1220)

 Sir William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1147–1219)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Conchobar Na Suidaine macDonnchada, King of Thomond

 

 

 Isabel Marshal (1200–1240)

 Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester (1180–1230)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tadhg Ó Briain, King of Thomond

 

 

 Isabella de Clare (1226–1264)

 Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (c. 1210-1295)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Toirdelbach MacTadhg Ó Briain, King of Thomond

 

 

 Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (1243–1304)

 Marjorie, 3rd Countess of Carrick (c. 1253/56-1292)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Muircheartach Ó Briain, King of Thomond

 Edaouin McGorman

 

 Robert I of Scots (1274–1329)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mathghamhain Maonmhaighe Ó Briain, King of Thomond (died 1369)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Brian Sreamhach MacMathghamhna O'Brien, King of Thomond (died 1400)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Toirdelbhach Bóg MacBriain Ó Briain, King of Thomond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tadhg an Chomhaid MacToirdelbhaig Ó Briain, King of Thomond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Raghnailt MacNamara

 Toirdelbhach Donn MacTadhg Ó Briain, King of Thomond

 Joan FitzMaurice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Conchobar MacToirdhealbaig Ó Briain, King of Thomond (died 1540)

 Anabella De Burgh

 

 Murchadh Carrach MacToirdhealbaig Ó Briain, King of Thomond (died 1551)

 Eleanor FitzGerald

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Donough O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond (died 1553)

 Helen Butler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Margaret O'Brien

 Dermod O'Brien, 2nd Baron Inchiquin (died 1557)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Murrough McDermot O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin (died 1573)

 Mabel Nugent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin (1562–1597)

 Margaret Cusack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin (1594–1624)

 Ellen FitzGerald

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mary O'Brien

 Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) (1609?-1702)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Eleanor Boyle

 William Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Michael Hill, M.P. and Privy Councillor (1672–1699)

 Anne Trevor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon (c. 1694-1771)

 Anne Stafford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Anne Hill-Trevor

 Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (1735–1781)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Governor General of India (1760–1842)

 Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland (d. 1816)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Anne Wellesley (1788–1875)

 Lord Charles Bentinck (1780–1826)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Reverend Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (1817–1865)

 (Caroline) Louisa Burnaby (1832–1918)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck (1862–1938)

 Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855–1944)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002)

 George VI of the United Kingdom (1895–1952)

 

 20 generations

 

 

 Elizabeth II (born 1926)

Viking-Norman descent

George I of Great Britain had descended, through both of his parents, from Rollo, the Viking founder of the ducal lineage of Normandy. Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, had a descent from King Henry II of England through his daughter Matilda.

Ancestry of Diana Spencer and possible ancestry of Catherine Middleton

  • Two granddaughters of Edward III, Philippa of Clarence and Joan Beaufort, were common ancestresses of Diana Spencer, Catherine Middleton and George Washington. The following chart incorporates data from research done by William Addams Reitwiesner.
    Note: Diana Spencer had descended from not one, but four granddaughters of King Edward III: Philippa of Clarence, Philippa of Lancaster, Catherine of Lancaster and Joan Beaufort. All four lines are shown below. Eleanor Neville and Cecily Neville, shown in the chart, were daughters of Joan Beaufort by her second marriage. Sir William Gascoigne, shown in the chart, descended from Mary (Margaret) Ferrers, daughter of Joan Beaufort by her first marriage. Diana Spencer had also descended from Kings Charles II and James II as shown below. The chart shows Washington's descent through his father. His mother descended from Joan Beaufort through her son Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and from Constance of York (another granddaughter of Edward III) through her daughter Isabel le Despenser.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Edward III of England (1312–1377)

 Philippa of Hainault (1314–1369)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338–1368)

 Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (1332–1363)

 

 Blanche of Lancaster (1345–1368)

 John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399)

 Constance of Castile (1354–1394)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355–1382)

 Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352–1381)

 

 Philippa of Lancaster (1359–1415)

 John I of Portugal (1358–1433)

 

 Catherine of Lancaster (1373–1418)

 Henry III of Castile (1379–1406)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth Mortimer (1371–1417)

 Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364/1366-1403)

 

 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374–1398)

 Alianore Holland (1373–1405)

 

 John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz (1400–1442)

 Isabella of Braganza (1402–1466)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393–1455)

 Eleanor Neville (c. 1397-1472)

 

 Anne de Mortimer (1390–1411)

 Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (c. 1375-1415)

 

 Isabella of Portugal (1428–1496)

 John II of Castile (1405–1454)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421–1461)

 Eleanor Poynings (1422–1480)

 

 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460)

 Cecily Neville (1415–1495)

 

 Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504)

 Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Margaret Percy (b. c. 1447)

 Sir William Gascoigne (c. 1450-1486)

 

 Edward IV of England (1442–1483)

 Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437-1492)

 

 Joanna of Castile (1479–1555)

 Philip I of Castile (1478–1506)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth Gascoigne (1470–1559)

 Sir George Tailboys, de jure 9th Baron Kyme (c. 1467-1538)

 

 Anne Gascoigne (c. 1474-1504)

 Sir Thomas Fairfax (c. 1475-1520)

 

 Elizabeth of York (1466–1503)

 Henry VII of England (1457–1509)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Anne Tailboys (1510–1577)

 Sir Edward Dymoke (1508–1566)

 

 Lucy Goodman

 William Fairfax (born 1496)

 

 Sir Nicholas Fairfax (1496–1571)

 Jane Palmes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Frances Dymoke (1550–1610)

 Sir Thomas Windebank, Clerk of the Signet to King James I (1550–1607)

 

 John Fairfax

 Mary Birch

 

 Margaret Fairfax

 Sir William Belasyse (c. 1523-1604)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mildred Windebank (1580–1630)

 Robert Reade (1551–1626)

 

 Benjamin Fairfax (1592–1675)

 Sarah Galliard

 

 Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Baronet (1555–1624)

 Ursula Fairfax (died 1633)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 George Reade, acting Governor of Virginia (1608–1671)

 Elizabeth Martiau (1620–1686)

 

 Benjamin Fairfax (died 1708)

 Bridget Stringer

 

 Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg (1577–1653)

 Barbara Cholmley (d. 1619)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mildred Reade (1643–1686)

 Col. Augustine Warner, Speaker of Virginia House of Burgesses (1642/43-1681)

 

 Sarah Fairfax (1654–1688)

 John Meadows, Vicar of Ousden (1622–1697)

 

 John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (1614–1689)

 Anne Paulet (d. c. 1694)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mary Warner

 John Smith

 

 Mildred Warner (1670/71-1701)

 Capt. Lawrence Washington, High Sheriff of Virginia (1659–1698)

 

 Philip Meadows, Mayor of Norwich (1679–1752)

 Margaret Hall (1691–1765)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mildred Smith (born 1682)

 Robert Porteus (c. 1679-c. 1758)

 

 Augustine Washington (1694–1743)

 Mary Ball (1708–1789)

 

 Sarah Meadows (c. 1725-1800)

 David Martineau, surgeon (1726–1768)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Reverend Robert Porteus (c. 1705-c. 1754)

 Judith Cockayne (1702–1789)

 

 George Washington, 1st President of the U.S.A. (1732–1799)

 

 

 Thomas Martineau, manufacturer of camelots and bombazine (1764–1826)

 Elizabeth Rankin (1771–1848)

 

 

 

 

 Mildred Porteus (1744–1815)

 Robert Hodgson (b. 1740)

 

 

 

 Elizabeth Martineau (1794–1850)

 Thomas Greenhow, surgeon, sanitary reformer (1792–1881)

 

 

 

 

 Very Rev. Robert Hodgson (c. 1766-1844)

 Mary Tucker (c. 1778-c. 1844)

 

 

 

 Frances Greenhow, educationist (1821–1892)

 Francis Lupton, cloth merchant (1813–1884)

 

 

 

 

 Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (1805–1891)

 Oswald Smith (1794–1863)

 

 

 

 Francis Martineau Lupton, cloth merchant (1848–1921)

 Harriet Albina Davis (1850–1892)

 

 

 

 

 Frances Dora Smith (1833–1922)

 Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1824–1904)

 

 

 

 Olive Lupton (1881–1936)

 Richard Middleton, solicitor (1879–1951)

 

 

 

 

 Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855–1944)

 Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (1862–1938)

 

 

 

 Peter Middleton, Pilot Instructor (1920–2010)

 Valerie Glassborow (1924–2006)

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002)

 George VI (1895–1952)

 

 

 

 Michael Middleton, air line officer (born 1949)

 Carole Goldsmith, stewardess (b. 1955)

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth II (born 1926)

 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948)

 Diana Spencer (1961–1997)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (born 1982)

 Catherine Middleton (born 1982)
  • Rosalind Bingham and Sarah Ferguson had descended from King Charles II of England through his mistress, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (This descent shown below under Byzantine connection).
  • Frances Roche, (mother of Diana Spencer), had Irish descent, her father being an Irish peer.
  • Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, (ancestor of Diana Spencer), had a descent from King Charles II of England through his daughter Mary Crofts (Mary Stuart) by mistress Lucy Walter (This paternity was claimed by Mary Stuart but not acknowledged by the king) as well as from Rory O'Moore (Irish noble) through the brother of Patrick Sarsfield.

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Byzantine connection

One established connection is given below, starting with Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos (for his descent, see Descent from antiquity#Caucasian route).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor (1156–1204)

 Herina (d. c. 1185)

 

 Irene Angelina (c. 1181-1208)

 Philip of Swabia, King of the Germans (1177–1208)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Marie of Swabia (1201–1235)

 Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207–1248)

 

 Elisabeth of Swabia (1203–1235)

 Ferdinand III of Castile (1199–1252)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Henry III, Duke of Brabant (c. 1230-1261)

 Adelaide of Burgundy (c. 1233-1273)

 

 Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284)

 Violant of Aragon (1236–1301)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Marie of Brabant (1254–1321)

 Philip III of France (1245–1285)

 

 Sancho IV of Castile (1258–1295)

 María de Molina (c. 1265-1321)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Margaret of France (c. 1279-1318)

 Edward I of England (1239–1307)

 

 Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285–1312)

 Constance of Portugal (1290–1313)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301–1330)

 Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell (c. 1297-1349)

 

 Alfonso XI of Castile (1311–1350)

 Maria of Portugal (1313–1357)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Joan, 4th Countess of Kent (1328–1385)

 Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (c. 1314-1360)

 

 Peter of Castile (1334–1369)

 María de Padilla (1334–1361)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350–1397)

 Alice FitzAlan (1350–1416)

 

 Isabella of Castile (c. 1355-1392)

 Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402)

 

 Constance of Castile (1354–1394)

 John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Margaret Holland (1385–1439)

 John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373–1410)

 

 Alianore Holland (1373–1405)

 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374–1398)

 

 

 Catherine of Lancaster (1373–1418)

 Henry III of Castile (1379–1406)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1403–1444)

 Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso (1405–1482)

 

 Anne de Mortimer (1390–1411)

 Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (c. 1375-1415)

 

 John II of Castile (1405–1454)

 Isabella of Portugal (1428–1496)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Margaret Beaufort (1441/43-1509)

 Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430–1456)

 

 Richard Plantagenêt, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460)

 Cecily Neville (c. 1415-1495)

 

 Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504)

 Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Edward IV (1442–1483)

 Elizabeth Woodville (1437–1492)

 

 Joanna of Castile (1479–1555)

 Philip I of Castile (1478–1506)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Henry VII (1457–1509)

 Elizabeth of York (1466–1503)

 

 

 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503–1564)

 Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547)

 

 

 

 

 Margaret Tudor (1489–1541)

 James IV of Scotland (1473–1513)

 

 

 Joanna of Austria (1547–1578)

 Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541–1587)

 

 

 

 

 James V of Scotland (1512–1542)

 Mary of Guise (1515–1560)

 

 

 Marie de' Medici (1575–1642)

 Henry IV of France (1553–1610)

 

 

 

 

 Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587)

 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, 1st Duke of Albany (1545–1567)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 James I of England (1566–1625)

 Anne of Denmark (1574–1619)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596–1662)

 Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596–1632)

 

 Charles I of England (1600–1649)

 Henrietta Maria of France (1609–1669)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charles II of England (1630–1685)

 Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649–1734)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672–1723)

 Anne Brudenell (1671–1722)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1701–1750)

 Sarah Cadogan (1705–1751)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Lord George Lennox (1737–1805)

 Louisa Kerr (1738–1830)

 

 

 

 

 11 generations

 

 

 Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond (1764–1819)

 Charlotte Gordon (1768–1842)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (1791–1860)

 Caroline Paget (1796–1874)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Cecilia Gordon-Lennox (1838–1910)

 Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (1830–1914)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Rosalind Bingham (1869–1958)

 James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869–1953)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Cynthia Hamilton (1897–1972)

 Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992)

 Frances Ruth Roche (1936–2004)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948)

 Diana Spencer (1961–1997)

Other possible connections are as under:

  • As seen from the first chart (detailed), Prince Philip descends from the Romanov dynasty of Russia through his paternal grandmother. The first Romanov Tsar's mother, Xenia Shestova, was possibly sired by Ivan the Terrible, who, in turn, descended from Sophia Palaiologina, granddaughter of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos.
  • Lady Calinica (w/o Radu I of Wallachia, see below), possible ancestress of Francis, Duke of Teck [shown in the first chart (detailed)], also had a Byzantine descent.

Questionable connections

Connections are also traced by enthusiasts to Arabic—Moorish and even Biblical lineages. (For Biblical lineage, see List of legendary kings of Britain#Tea Tephi).

  • A purported connection from Emperor Suzong of Tang dynasty of China enters the British line through Mary of Guise (shown in the first chart). The connection goes through the emperor's daughter Ninguo (w/o Bayanchur Khan, Khagan of Uyghur), Bavand Dynasty of Tabaristan, royalty of Vaspurakan Kingdom (descent of this family from the Bavandis and link between two branches of this family, as required for this connection, are unestablished), the Lampron Hethumids (starting with Gaday Arcruni, w/o Oshin of Lampron), Lusignan dynasty of Cyprus and Margaret of Savoy, niece-in-law of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (shown in the Frank lineage chart above).
  • A connection from Prophet Muhammad, entering the British line through Infanta Isabella of Castile (shown in the first chart), has been endorsed by Burke's Peerage, as per a letter written by them to the Prime Minister of the U.K. in 1986. The connection hinges on Zaida of Seville, who, for this connection to be true, needs to be daughter, wife and mother, respectively, of King Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad of Seville, King Alfonso VI of León and Castile and Sancha Alfónsez (wife of Rodrigo González de Lara), all three of which are controversial. Controversiality exists further back in time also. This line goes through Maria of Portugal (shown under Byzantine connection above). Other lines of descent from Muhammad go through María de Padilla (shown under Byzantine connection above), Isabella of Braganza (shown under Ancestry of Diana Spencer and Catherine Middleton above) and the wife of Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis (father-in-law of Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, patrilineal ancestor of Mary of Teck), but all are disputed.
  • A descent from Genghis Khan was proposed by Iain Moncreiffe in Royal Highness that requires descent of Thocomerius, Voivode of Wallachia, from Jöchi (presuming parentage from Mengu-Timur, possibly identifying Thocomerius with Toqta, Khan of the Blue Horde or one of his brothers), which is controversial. However, further on, this connection leads to Francis, Duke of Teck (shown in the first chart) through the half-brother of Dracula as proposed by Moncreiffe and Gerald Paget. This connection moves through Radu I of Wallachia. Another line through his sister Elisaveta (w/o Władysław Opolczyk, Duke of Opole), as proposed by William Addams Reitwiesner leads to Magdalene of Brandenburg (shown in the Viking lineage chart above). The Paget-Moncreiffe line has several uncertainties in between Mircea the Shepherd and Baroness Ágnes Kendeffy de Malmoviz (great-grandmother of Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde). (also see Descent from Genghis Khan#Basaraba). However, the lineage proposed by Reitwiesner is easily verifiable, as under:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thocomerius

 

 

 Basarab I, Voivode of Wallachia

 Anna

 

 

 Nicholas Alexander

 Maria Lackfi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Elisaveta

 Władysław II Opolczyk, Duke of Opole

 

 Radu I

 Lady Calinica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Katharina

 Henry VIII the Sparrow, Duke of Żagań–Głogów

 

 Mircea I the Elder

 Maria Tolmay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jan I, Duke of Żagań

 Scholastica of Saxony

 

 Vlad II Dracul

 Princess (Cneajna) Vasilissa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Anna of Żagań

 Albrecht VIII, Count of Lindau-Ruppin

 

 Vlad III (Dracula)

 

 

 Anna of Lindau-Ruppin

 George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

 

 

 Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

 Margarete of Münsterberg-Oels

 

 

 John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

 Margaret of Brandenburg

 

 

 Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

 Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen

 

 

 Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

 John George, Elector of Brandenburg

 

 

 Magdalene of Brandenburg

 Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

 

 

 Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

 George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

 Sophia of Hanover

 

 George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

 Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 George I of Great Britain

 Sophia Dorothea of Celle

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