Plantagenet Family Line
English Royal Family - Many English genealogies are connected to the Plantagenet Family. Plantagenet actually refers to the descendants of Matilda of Normandy, daughter of King Henry I, because her brother died without descendants.
Norman Family Generations[]
- Rollo of Normandy (860-932) - founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy in modern-day western France., md Poppa van Bayeaux. The historical record of his parentage is vague and indispute, but suggests origins in either Iceland, Norway or Denmark.
- William Longsword, 2nd Duke of Normandy (893-942) - md Sprota
- Richard I, Duke of Normandy (933-996) - md Emma de France (?-968)
- Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963-1027) - md Judith of Brittany (982-1017)
- Robert II, Duke of Normandy (c1000-1035) - Robert the Magnificent - md. Herleva of Falaise (1003-1050)
- William I of England (1027-1087) - Conqueror of England and Normandy - md. Matilda of Flanders
- Henry I of England (1068-1135) - King of England, md Matilda of Scotland
- Matilda of Normandy (1102-1167) - daughter of Henry I, md. Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Maine (1113-1151)
- Henry II of England (1133-1189) - King of England - md Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine (c1124-1204) - claim to English throne as grandson of Henry I (Treaty of Wallingford)
- John of England (1167-1216) - King of England, John Lackland Plantagenet of England - primogeniture son of Henry II, md Isabella, Countess of Gloucester (?-c1217)
- Henry III of England (1207-1272) - - King of England, Henry III Plantagenet of Winchester - primogeniture son of King John, md Eleanor of Provence (c1223-1291)
- Edward I of England (1239-1307) - King of England - primogeniture son of Henry III, md. Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290)
- Edward II of England (1284-1327) - King of England - primogeniture son of Edward I, md. Isabella Capet (c1295-1358)
- Edward III of England (1312-1377) - King of England - primogeniture son of Edward II, me Philippa of Hainaut (1311-1369)
- Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales (1330-1376) - died before his father, md. Joan of Kent (1328-1385)
- Richard II of England (1367-1400) - King of England - grandson primogeniture of Edward III, had no children from either his first wife, Anne of Bohemia (1366-1394), nor his second wife Isabella of Valois.
After this point the English crown passes to the House of Lancaster.
Wessex Family Generations[]
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which is the original source for the genealogy of Æthelwulf of Wessex (c795-858) and his forebears.
- Alfred the Great was the only English monarch to be given the epithet "the Great".
| # | Name | Spouse | Birth | Death | occupation | ancestry / descendants | |
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| WD-01 | Cerdic of Wessex (-534) King of Wessex |
unknown? | 495, Leader of 1st Saxon Invasion of England | Was Cerdic the Saxon invader that fought against the legendary King Arthur for control of 6th Century England? | |||
| WD-02 | Cynric of Wessex (-560) King of Wessex |
unknown? | Ongoing - Saxon Invasion of England | ||||
| WD-03 | Caewlin of Wessex (-593) King of Wessex |
unknown? | c540 Saxony | 593 Wessex | Leader of great Saxon invasion of England (556-584) | Starting in 592, this family fight their cousins of Ceoline Line for control of the throne of Wessex (Gewisse) in a number of battles that would last several generations. | |
| WD-04 | Cuthwine of Wessex (c565-) King of Wessex |
unknown? | 565 Wessex | c592 Wessex | Ongoing battles with the Ceoline Line for control of the throne of Wessex (Gewisse) | ||
| WD-05 | Cutha Cathwulf (592-) | unknown? | 592 Wessex | ?? Wessex | Ongoing battles with the Ceoline Line for control of the throne of Wessex (Gewisse). | ||
| WD-06 | Ceolwald of Wessex (c622-688) King of Wessex |
unknown? | c622 Wessex | 688 Rome | Died one week after visiting Pope in Rome. | ||
| WD-07 | Cenred of Wessex (c644-c694) King of Wessex |
unknown? | c644 Wessex | c694 Wessex | |||
| WD-08 | Ingild of Wessex (-718) King of Wessex |
unknown? | c680 Wessex | c718 Wessex | |||
| WD-09 | Eoppa of Wessex (c706-781) King of Wessex |
unknown? | c706 Wessex | 781 Wessex | |||
| WD-10 | Eafa of Wessex King of Wessex |
unknown? | c730 Wessex | c784 Wessex | Killed in Battle in 784 | ||
| WD-11 | Ealhmund of Kent King of Wessex |
unknown? | ?? | 784 England | Killed in battle with killed by King Sigeberht | ||
| WD-12 | Egbert of Wessex (c769-839) King of Wessex |
unknown? | c769 Wessex | 839 Wessex | |||
| WD-13 | Æthelwulf of Wessex (c795-858) King of Wessex |
Osburga (-bef856) | c844 Wessex | 870 Wessex | |||
| WD-14 | Alfred the Great (849-899) King of Wessex King of Anglo-Saxons |
Ealhswith (c852-905) | c849 Wessex | 899 Wessex | Alfred is most noted for the 886 resettlement of the ancient Roman city of London, defeating Viking invaders and unification of the several Anglo-Saxon tribes. | Alfred the Great Family Ancestry. The only English monarch to be given the epithet "the Great". | |
| WD-15 | Ælfthryth of Wessex (c872-929) Princess of England Countess of Flanders |
Baldwin II of Flanders (c865-918) Count of Flanders Grandson of "Charles the Bald" |
872 Wessex | 929 Flanders | In 900 AD, her husband arrainged the assassination of Fulk the Venerable, Archbishop of Reims, for which he was excommunicated from the Church by Pope Benedict IV. | ||
| WD-16 | Arnulf I of Flanders (c890-965) "Arnulf the Great" Count of Flanders |
Adele de Vermandois (910-960) House of Vermandois Charlemagne Family Ancestry |
c890 Flanders | c965 Flanders | |||
| WD-17 | Baldwin III of Flanders (940-962) Count of Flanders |
Mathilde Billung (c940-1008) | c940 Flanders | c962 Flanders | Died young while a co-count with his father. | ||
| WD-18 | Arnulf II of Flanders (c960-988) Count of Flanders |
Rozella of Italy | c960 Flanders | c988 Flanders | |||
| WD-19 | Baldwin IV of Flanders (980-1036) Count of Flanders |
Ogive von Luxemburg (c990-1036) | 980 Flanders | 1036 Flanders | |||
| WD-20 | Baldwin V of Flanders (1012-1067) Count of Flanders |
Adèle of France (1009-1079) Charlemagne Family Ancestry Capetian dynasty |
19 AUG 1012 Arras, France |
1 SEP 1067 Lille, France |
Provided supplies and troops to assist his son-in-law (William) in his conquest of England | ||
| WD-21 | Matilda of Flanders (c1031-1083) Duchess of Normandy Queen of England |
William I of England (1027-1087) AKA: William the Conqueror Duke of Normandy King of England House of Normandy Rollo Family Ancestry Charlemagne Family Ancestry |
1031 Flanders | 1083 Rouen, Normandy | Wife of the The Norman Duke invaded England in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings. | ||
| WD-22 | Henry I of England (1068-1135) | ||||||
| WD-23 | Matilda of Normandy (1102-1167) Holy Roman Empress Queen of England House of Plantagenet |
Geoffrey Plantagenet House of Plantagenet |
1102 Winchester, England | 10 SEP 1167 Rouen, France | The White Ship Disaster of 1120 created a major succession crisis for England. Matilda's inheritance was usurped by her cousin Stephen of England in 1135. She recovered Normandy, but ruled in England only in 1141 as Lady of the English. However, Matilda maintained her dynastic rights until she abdicated them in favour of her son Henry II of England in 1153 following the Treaty of Wallingford. | ||
| WD-24 | Henry II of England (1133-1189) King of England House of Plantagenet |
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| WD-25 | John of England (1167-1216) King of England House of Plantagenet AKA: John Lackland |
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| WD-26 | Henry III of England (1207-1272) King of England House of Plantagenet |
Éléonore de Provence (1223-1291) | 1 OCT 1207 Winchester Castle |
16 NOV 1272 Westminster Palace |
Henry's reign was marked by several conflicts, including the Second Barons' War, a civil war that took place between 1264 and 1267. | ||
| WD-27 | Edward I of England (1239-1307) AKA: Edward Longshanks King of England House of Plantagenet |
Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290) Spanish Princess |
17 JUN 1239 Westminster Palace | 7 JUL 1307 Burgh by Sands, Cumberland |
During his reign, he worked to strengthen the power of the English monarchy and establish English dominance over Wales and Scotland. He was known for his military campaigns, his legal reforms, and his efforts to increase the power of Parliament. | ||
| WD-28 | Edward II of England (1284-1327) AKA: Edward of Caernerfon King of England House of Plantagenet |
Isabella Capet (c1295-1358) Princess of France Descent of Charlemagne |
25 APR 1284 Caernarfon Castle, Wales |
21 SEP 1327 Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire |
Scandalized for his relationship with Peirs Gaverston, deposed from the throne by wife, son and their followers | ||
| WD-29 | Edward III of England (1312-1377) King of England House of Plantagenet |
Philippa of Hainaut (1311-1369) (Belgium royal family) |
13 NOV 1312 Windsor Castle |
21 JUN 1377 Sheen Palace |
Ttransformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe; his reign also saw the ravages of the Black Death. He is one of only five British monarchs to have ruled for more than fifty years. | 3 sons to rule as Kings of England, including successor branches House of York, and House of Lancaster. | |
| WD-30 | John of Gaunt Prince of England 1st Duke of Lancaster Duke of Aquitaine - House of Lancaster |
Catherine De Roet (1350-1403) | 6 MAR 1340 Ghent, Flanders |
3 FEB 1399 Leicester Castle |
Due to Gaunt's royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, he was one of the richest men of his era, and was an influential figure during the reigns of both his father and his nephew, Richard II of England. | Father of King Henry IV of England (1367-1413). | |
| WD-31 | John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset |
Margaret Holland (1385-1439) | 1371 England | 16 Mar 1409 England | Key ally of King Henry IV of England, later appointed Lord High Admiral of England and played a key role in suppressing the rebellion of Sir John Oldcastle. | ||
| WD-32 | John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset |
Margaret Beauchamp (c1410-1482) | 25 MAR 1404 England | 27 MAY 1444 England | Skilled military commander of the War of the Roses | ||
| WD-33 | Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509) Tudor dynasty |
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430-1456) | 31 MAY 1443 | 29 JUN 1509 | Married and childbirth at age 13 to the future King of England | ||
| WD-34 | Henry VII of England (1457-1509) - (House of Tudor) (Royal Claim: gggs of Edward III) | ||||||
| WD-35 | Margaret Tudor (1489-1541) House of Stuart |
James IV, King of Scotland (1473-1513) | 1489 England | 1541 Scotland | Queen consort of Scotland | Grand Marriage Union arranged by her brother King Henry VIII to unit Scotland and England. See #ST-03 below. House of Stuart | |
| WD-36 | James V of Scotland (1512-1542) | ||||||
| WD-37 | Mary of Scotland (1542-1586) | ||||||
| WD-38 | James I of England (1566-1625) AKA: James VI of Scotland |
Anne of Denmark (1574-1618) | 1566 | 1625 | He ruled Scotland for 36 years before inheriting the English throne in 1603 after the death of Queen Elizabeth I. Famous his name is attached to the KJV Bible translation | From House of Stuart See #ST-06 below | |
| WD-39 | Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662) Queen consort of Bohemia Princess of Great Britain |
Friedrich V. von der Pfalz (1596-1632) King of Bohemia |
1596 England | 1662 London | "The Winter Queen" she and her husband ruled for just one winter before being forced to live in exile in the Netherlands | ||
| WD-40 | Sophie von der Pfalz (1630-1714) Electress Consort of Hanover House of Hanover |
Ernst August von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1629-1698) | 1630 Germany | 1714 | Became Heir Presumptive to the British Throne by way of Parliamentary 1701 Act of Settlement. Missed become Queen by two months by dying before Anne of Great Britain (1665-1714). | Many noble houses of Europe descend thru Sophia. | |
| WD-41 | George I of Great Britain (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland Elector of Hanover House of Hanover |
Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1666-1726) | 1660 | 1727 | Married his cousin, but they relationship soured and he divorced her, then locked her in a dungeon for life. | He supported the War of the Spanish Succession and fought on the side of the Holy Roman Empire against France. | 1st British King of the House of Hanover. |
| WD-42 | George II of Great Britain (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland |
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| WD-43 | Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) House of Hanover |
Augusta von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (1719-1772) | 1707 Hanover | 1751 London | Heir presumptive, predeceased his father from a severe lung infection. | ||
| WD-44 | George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) King of United Kingdom King of Hanover House of Hanover |
Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) | 1738 England | 1820 England | 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War 1791-1815: Napoleonic Wars 1801: Act of Union creating the United Kingdom 1801: Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire, Reign lasted 60 years |
Together this couple had 15 children. | |
| WD-45 | Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767-1820) House of Hanover |
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861) | 1767 | 1820 | Predeceased father. His daughter became queen, 17 years after his death. | ||
| HN-46 | Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom House of Hanover |
Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1819-1861) | 1819 England | 1901 England | |||
| WD-47 | Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) | 1841 England | 1910 England | Although he was the son and heir of Victoria, Edward VII inherited his father's names and is therefore counted as inaugurating a new royal house. | ||
| WD-48 | George V of the United Kingdom (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom House of Windsor |
Victoria Mary of Teck (1867-1953) | 1865 England | 1936 England | The house name Windsor was adopted in 1917, during World War I. It was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of wartime anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom. | ||
| WD-49 | George VI of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom House of Windsor |
Victoria Mary of Teck (1867-1953) | 1895 England | 1952 England | Unexpectedly ascended to the throne when his brother Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (1894-1972) abdicated after just 1 year to marry an American socialite. Reign included World War II. | ||
| WD-50 | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom House of Windsor |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) | 1926 England | 2022 England | 70 year reign (1952-2022), was the longest of any British monarch | ||
| WD-51 | Charles III of the United Kingdom (1948-) King of the United Kingdom House of Windsor |
1948 England | Living |
Carlingian Family Generations[]
Generations to King Charlegmagne, beginning with Eleanor, wife of King Henry II:
- Arnulf of Metz (582-640) - Saint Arnulf of Metz (c. 582 – 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont. No proven ancestry beyond this point.
- Ansegisel (c606-bef679)
- Pepin of Herstal (635-714) -
- Charles Martel (686-741) -
- Pepin the Short (714-768) =
- Charlemagne (747-814) -
- Pepin of Italy (773-810) -
- Bernard of Italy (797-818) -
- Pepin de Vermandois (c815-aft848) -
- Herbert I de Vermandois (c848-907) -
- Herbert II de Vermandois (884-943) -
- Liutgarde de Vermandois (c920-978) - md William de Blois
- Emma de Blois (-1003) - md William IV of Aquitaine (937-994)
- William V of Aquitaine (969-1030)
- William VIII of Aquitaine (1025-1086)
- William IX of Aquitaine (1071-1126)
- William X of Aquitaine (1099-1137)
- Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine (c1124-1204) md Henry II of England (1133-1189) - King of England - claim to English throne as grandson of Henry I (Treaty of Wallingford)
Russian Royalty Generations[]
Beginning with Isabel_of_Gloucester_(c1173-1217), wife of King John I of England:
- Rurik (c832-879) - a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who in the year 862 gained control of Ladoga, built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod, and established the Kievan Rus'. He is the founder of the Rurik Dynasty, which ruled the Kievan Rus' and its successor states, including the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Tsardom of Russia, until the 17th century.
- Igor Ryurikovich of Kiev (c878-945)
- Svyatoslav I Igorevich of Kiev (c942-972)
- Vladimir I Svyatoslavich of Kiev (c958-1015)
- Yaroslav I Vladimirovich of Kiev (c978-1054)
- Anne of Kiev (c1028-1075) - wife of Henry I of France (1008-1060)
- Hugh de Vermandois (1053-1101) -
- Elizabeth de Vermandois (c1081-1131)
- Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104-1168)
- Hawise de Beaumont (c1125-c1172) -
- Isabel_of_Gloucester_(c1173-1217) - Queen of England