The Royal Pedigree: From the American Colonies to Medieval Kings

 

• Generation 1 (The Gateway Immigrant): Oliver Mainwaring (III) (c. 1634–1723). He left Dawlish, Devon, crossed the Atlantic, settled in New London, Connecticut, and married Hannah Raymond.
• Generation 2 (Our 9th Great-Grandparents): Oliver Mainwaring (II), Gent. (c. 1587–1673) & Prudence Ashe (Esshe) (1599–1643) of Dawlish, Devon.
• Generation 3: Margaret Torbock (c. 1558–1641), who married Oliver Mainwaring (I), Gentleman of Exeter.
• Generation 4: William Torbock, Esq. (c. 1526–1558) of Torbock Hall, Lancashire, who married Katherine Gerard.
• Generation 5: Thomas Torbock, Esq. (c. 1497–1554), who married Elizabeth Moore.
• Generation 6: Margery Stanley (born c. 1470), who married Sir William Torbock.
• Generation 7: John Stanley, Esq. (c. 1425–1485) of Weever and Over Alderley, Cheshire, who married Elizabeth de Weever.
• Generation 8: Sir John Stanley (c. 1400–1469) of Lathom and Knowsley, M.P. for Lancashire, who married Elizabeth Harington.
• Generation 9: Sir John Stanley (c. 1386–1437), Constable of Carnarvon Castle and Justiciar of Ireland, who married Isabel de Lathom.
• Generation 10: Isabel de Harington (c. 1360–1441), who married the elder Sir John Stanley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
• Generation 11: Joan de Birmingham, who married Sir Nicholas de Harington.
• Generation 12: Joan de Cavendish, who married Sir John de Birmingham.
• Generation 13: Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere (1313–1356), who married Sir William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton.
• Generation 14: Lady Elizabeth de Clare (1295–1360), a powerful medieval businesswoman and founder of Clare College, Cambridge. She married Roger d'Amory.
• Generation 15: Princess Joan of Acre (1272–1307). Born in the Holy Land during the Crusades, she married Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester.
• Generation 16: King Edward I "Longshanks" (1239–1307) & Eleanor of Castile.
• Generation 17: King Henry III (1207–1272) & Eleanor of Provence.
• Generation 18: King John "Lackland" (1166–1216), famous for sealing the Magna Carta in 1215. He married Isabella of Angoulême.
• Generation 19: King Henry II (1133–1189) & Eleanor of Aquitaine.
• Generation 20: Empress Matilda (1102–1167), Holy Roman Empress and Lady of the English, who married Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou.
• Generation 21: King Henry I "Beauclerc" (1068–1135), who married Matilda of Scotland.
• Generation 22: William the Conqueror (c. 1028–1087), the Norman Duke who invaded England in 1066. He married Matilda of Flanders.

(Because King Edward I's great-great-great-grandson was King Edward III, this line seamlessly loops directly into King Edward III via the marriages of the Earls of Arundel and the Royal House of Lancaster, meaning our family carries multiple lines of Plantagenet blood!)

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