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Rollo DE NORMANDIE (870 -932) and Poppa. Another name for Rollo was Robert DE NORMANDIE I. Rollo was a Norwegian or Danish nobleman and the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy. His descendants were the Dukes of Normandy. Poppa was daughter of Berengar OF NEUSTRIA II
William DE NORMANDIE I (893 - 942) and Luitgarde DE VERMANDOIS. Another name for William was william I LONGSWORD. Luitgarde was the daughter of Herbert DE VERMANDOIS II.
Richard DE NORMANDIE I ( 933 -996) and Sprota. Another name for Richard was Richard the Fearless.
Richard DE NORMANDIE II (970-1026) and Judith DE CONAN (982-1017)Another name for Richard was Richard the Good.
Judith was daughter of Conan DE BRITTANY.
Robert I DE NORMANDIE, "The Magnificent" (1005-1035) and Harlette DE FALAISE His ancestor Rollo was also known as Robert I. He was the son of Richard II of Normandy and Judith, daughter of Conan I of Rennes.
King Of England William DE NORMANDIE, "The Conqueror" (1024 -1087) and Matilda of FLANDERS (1031-1083) Another name for William was William PEVERELL. Matilda was the daughter of Count Baudouin V OF FLANDERS
Henry I BEAUCLERC, King Of England (1068 -1135) and Princess Of Scotland Matilda ATHELING (1079-1118) daughter of Malcolm , III, of Scotland. Another name for Matilda was Edith.
Geoffrey V PLANTAGANET (1113-1151) and Matilda BEAUCLERC, Empress Of Germany Another name for Matilda was Maud.
John LACKLAND, King Of England (1166-1216) and Isabella de Taillefer D' ANGOULEME (1188 - 1246) [daughter of Aymer TAILLEFER, Count of Angouleme and Countess Alix DE COURTENAY
King Henry III PLANTAGANET, Of England (1206 -1272) and Countess Eleanor BERENGER, of Provence (1223-1291) daughter of Count Raymond BERENGER, V, of PROVENCE and Countess Beatrice , of SAVOY
Edmund PLANTAGANET, 1st Earl of Lancaster (1243 -1296 )and Princess Blanche D' ARTOIS (1245 -1302) daughter of Comte Robert I D' ARTOIS [81984] and Maud Mahaut OF BRABANT
Henry PLANTAGANET, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (1281-1345) and Maud DE CHAWORTH (1288-1316) , daughter of Sir Patrick DE CHAWORTH and Isabel II DE BEAUCHAMP
Richard FITZALAN, II, 3rd Earl of Arundel (1307 -1375) and (Eleanor PLANTAGANET (1311-1371) son of Edmund I FITZALAN [81939] and Alice DE WARENNE [81940].
Sir Thomas STANLEY, 1st Lord Stanley (1405-1458) and Joan GOUSHILL (1409 -1449) ( Another name for Joan was Joan GOWSELL).Thomas was son of Sir John STANLEY III [81884] and Isabel HARRINGTON [81885].
William TROUTBECK (1432 -1459) and Margaret STANLEY (b.1435)
Sir William GRIFFITHS (c 1445-1505/6) and Joan TROUTBECK (b.1459). son of Sir William GRIFFITH VYCHAN William Griffith, . According to Geni.com, he died in c-1539. The Griffiths of Penrhyn were one of the most powerful families in North Wales at the time and were a branch of the Tudor family descended from Ednyfed Fychan (d. 1246) and the Welsh royal and princely houses. (S1).
Sir William GRIFFITHS (1475 - 1531)and Jane PULESTON daughter of John PULESTON and Alice LEWIS .
Capt. Edward GRIFFITHS (1590 - 1660)
Thomas GRIFFITHS (1615 -1676) and someone IRWIN
Very Rev. Richard GRIFFITHS (1643-1716 ) and Jane LESLIE (1653-) He was the Rector of Coleraine and Dean of Ross. She was the daughter of Bishop John Leslie
Edward GRIFFITHS (1672-1750) and Abagail HANDCOCK (1688-1730). Abagail was the daughter of Sir William HANDCOCK, Kt. and Elizabeth CODDINGTON
Richard GRIFFITHS (1714 - 1788) and Elizabeth GRIFFITHS (1727 -1793) daughter of Thomas GRIFFITHS [81753] and Jane FOXCROFT Famous authors
Rev Dr John BUCK ( 1755 -1842), and Emily Catherine "Kitty" GRIFFITHS (1757 - 1848)
George Ashley COOPER (1793-1867) and Emily BUCK (1797-1891) NZ first colonial treasurer and a witness and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi.
William COOPER (1831-1884) and Margaret Jane DENT (1836-1869)
Alexander GILLIES (1858-1923) and Florence Jane COOPER (1864-1942)
Frederick Ernest JESSEP (1889-1966) and Leila Winifred GILLIES (1893-1974)
William (Billy) Frederick JESSEP (1910-1939) and Edna Olive BROWN (1913-2004)
Trevor Warren Jessep-Pond and Janice Adrienne Scott
Tania Jessep-Pond (Questel)
So, as I have found, I'm related to everyone, as is everyone else. But nice to know the connections. When I read about these ancient times, I know part of me was there, if any of the genes actually survive. Easy to trace how the mightiest gradually filter down to the ordinary.