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Descent from English royalty Part 1 (Basic frame: Alfred the Great to Edward III)
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Descent from English royalty Part 2 (Descent from Henry I)
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Descent from English royalty Part 3 (Descent from Kings Stephen and Edward I)
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Descent from English royalty Part 4 (Descent from Henry II, John and Henry III)
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Descent from English royalty Part 5 (Descent from Edward III)
- George Washington (descendant of Edward III of England: father[2] through both paternal grandparents of Lady Margaret Percy as well as her husband; mother[3] through both parents of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny) (Chart 5 alongside)
- Thomas Jefferson (descendant of Edward III of England through Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny[4]) (Chart 5 alongside)
- James Madison (descendant of Edward I of England through Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel[5]) (Chart 4 alongside)
- James Monroe (descendant of Edward III of England through John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl[6]) (Chart 5 alongside)
- John Quincy Adams (descendant of Edward III of England through Cardinal Henry Beaufort[7]) (Chart 5 alongside)
- Andrew Jackson (descendant of Edward III of England through w/o Martin De La See and Sir Anthony Jackson)[8][9]
- William Henry Harrison and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison (descendants of Edward I of England through Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon and Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor)[10] (Chart 3 alongside)
- Zachary Taylor (descendant of Edward I of England through father of Eleanor de Bohun; her mother descended from Henry III and husband was son of Edward III. Another descent from Edward III was through Anne de Greystoke, granddaughter of Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem; her husband descended from Henry I through Dervorguilla I of Galloway) (Charts 3 and 5 alongside)
- Franklin Pierce (descendant of Henry I of England through Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester) (Chart 2 alongside)
- Rutherford Hayes (descendant of William I of Scotland and William the Conqueror)[citation needed]
- Grover Cleveland (descendant of Edward I of England through Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Arundel, Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel, Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk and Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde)[11] (Chart 3 alongside)
- Theodore Roosevelt [descendant of James I of Scotland (through George Seton, 6th Lord Seton) and Edward III of England (through Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots)] (Chart 5 alongside)
- William Taft (descendant of Edward III of England through both paternal grandparents of Lady Margaret Percy as well as her husband) (Chart 5 alongside)
- Warren Harding (descendant of Henry II of England)[citation needed]
- Calvin Coolidge (descendant of Edward I of England through Katherine de Stafford and Peter Hildyard, son-in-law of Martin De La See) (Chart 5 alongside for descent from Henry III and Edward III)
- Herbert Hoover (descendant of Edward III of England through Lady Katherine Neville) (Charts 3 and 5 alongside)
- Franklin Roosevelt (descendant of James II of Scotland)[citation needed] (Chart 2 alongside for descent from Henry I of England; Chart 5 for descent from Edward III)
- Harry S. Truman (descendant of Robert III of Scotland)[citation needed]
- Richard Nixon (descendant of Henry II of England)[citation needed]
- Gerald Ford (descendant of Edward I of England)[citation needed] (Charts 2 and 3 alongside)
- Jimmy Carter (descendant of Edward III of England)[citation needed]
- Bill Clinton (descendant of Robert II of Scotland through w/o James Ross, 4th Lord Ross)
- George H. W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush (descendants of Edward I of England and Robert II of Scotland[citation needed] (Chart 3 alongside for descent from Edward I)
- Barack Obama (descendant of Edward I of England and William the Lion of Scotland)[citation needed] (Chart 4 alongside for descent from Henry II of England)
According to a chart published by twelve-year-old student BridgeAnne d'Avignon, all U.S. presidents except
Martin Van Buren (due to his Dutch ancestry) can trace descent from
King John of England.
[12] However, Van Buren's ancestry can be traced from
King Stephen of England through w/o
Gerard I van Horne, Count of Horne (see chart 3 alongside).
As a result, all presidents are direct descendants of Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror.
HM Queen
Elizabeth II is among the closest living relatives of George Washington, through their descent from
Augustine Warner, Jr.,
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses. His daughter
Mildred was the grandmother of Washington, while his daughter Mary is an ancestor of the Queen's mother,
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
[13] (see
here for common descent chart)
Presidents related to Irish royalty
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Roosevelt ancestry
Bibliography Books Some of the important secondary sources for tracing ancestry of U.S. presidents to British and other royalties are as under:
Webpages- Medieval Genealogy for the Medievally-Challenged (Like Me) by Martin E. Hollick: This online article by a professional genealogist details various sources on the matter.
- Jewels of the Crown, issue 4, Fall 2009: online newsletter; compares common ancestry of Presidents Madison and Obama and discusses the afore-mentioned sources.
- Ancestors of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Twenty-second Generation): This webpage with its linked pages gives details about the royal ancestry of the Roosevelt family; President Van Buren descends from a branch of this line (chart 2 above).
- Descent of William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison from Edward I (Longshanks): This RootsWeb page traces royal ancestry of Presidents Harrison (chart 3 above).
- Ancestors of Paul Bailey McBride: This RootsWeb page details the Courtenay line of descent from Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall, an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. This line leads to Presidents Jefferson and Harrison (chart 2 above).
- Greene family pages: This is a descent from Fergus of Galloway who possibly married one of the illegitimate daughters of Henry I of England. This pagegroup contains pages on Hutchinson-Lillie line and Fay-Bush line leading to Presidents Bush and Hutchinson-Lyman line leading to Franklin Roosevelt (chart 2 above).
- Ferrers, Earls of Derby: This line bifurcates from the Galloway line and leads to George Washington (chart 2 above).
- Presidents of the United States: This RootsWeb page gives royal lineages of various presidents.
- Ancestors of Michael Anthony Thompson (Seventeenth Generation): This page, with linked pages, describes the Savage line, having descent from Henry II, Henry III and Edward I and leading to James Madison (chart 4 above).
- Presidential Ancestry: This page gives detailed royal lineages of several presidents, but a bit erroneous.
Gives descent of Washington's paternal grandfather from
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I (chart 3 above); descent of John Quincy Adams from Cardinal
Henry Beaufort, grandson of Edward III (chart 5 above); erroneous descent of Mary Isham (ancestress of Thomas Jefferson) from
William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, illegitimate son of Henry II (erroneous because, his granddaughter Emmeline, w/o
Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly, died childless)(However, Mary Isham did have valid royal descent: her ancestors were Sir William Hopton and his wife
Margaret Wentworth (d/o
Margery le Despencer); husband descendant of King
William the Lion of Scotland through his illegitimate daughter Isabella, w/o
Robert de Ros, one of the
Magna Carta sureties [this union also led to Franklin Roosevelt through
Sir John Temple (shown in Chart 5)], and wife descendant of
Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, through
Eva of Leinster and
Isabella de Beauchamp)although her husband,
William Randolph, did descend from Longespée, through the
Mowbray line (shown in chart 4); and descent of Franklin Roosevelt and the Bush duo from Henry I through the Galloway line (chart 2 above).
Isabella de Beauchamp, descendant of
Brian Boru, was an important ancestress of American presidents. The above line to Thomas Jefferson was through her son by second marriage,
Philip Despencer [also ancestor of
Calvin Coolidge through
Philip Wentworth (shown in Chart 5)]. Another son by her second marriage,
Hugh Despenser the Younger, was ancestor of Presidents Washington, Bush and Franklin Roosevelt (chart 3). Her daughter by first marriage,
Maud Chaworth, had six daughters, out of which,
Joan of Lancaster was ancestress of Thomas Jefferson through the
Mowbray line mentioned above (chart 4);
Eleanor of Lancaster was ancestress of George Washington's paternal grandfather through the
Sutton line (chart 3) as well as his mother through
Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (chart 5) and a possible ancestress of John Quincy Adams through
Alice FitzAlan, Lady Cherleton (chart 4) and also ancestress of Theodore Roosevelt and James Monroe through
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (chart 5);
Mary of Lancaster was ancestress of Washington through the Percy-Gascoigne line (chart 4). Isabella's brother's descendant,
Philippa de Beauchamp, was ancestress of George Washington and William Taft (see chart 2).
- Kyme, Baron (E, 1295 - abeyant 1577) on Cracroft's Peerage: This lineage descends from Henry I through the Galloway line; leads to Washington through William Tailboys (chart 2) and to Presidents Bush and Franklin Roosevelt through Sir John Tailboys (chart 2).
- Descendants of Edward III: most American presidents descended through lineages described in this document.
- Descent of Martin Van Buren: shows descent from Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek (descendant of Stephen, King of England through his daughter Marie I, Countess of Boulogne) through Isabelle van Horne and the Burchgraeff family (chart 3). From Godfrey's brother, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, descends Theodore Roosevelt (chart 3).
- Ancestry of Barack Obama by William Addams Reitwiesner: shows ancestry up to Martha Eltonhead (chart 4).
- Descent from Henry II: shows descent of Martha Eltonhesd from Henry II through w/o Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand (shown in chart 4), citing Douglas Richardson as source (see here for original).
- Maud (Matilda) de Swynnerton: This page, with its linked pages, gives biographical details about ancestors of Martha Eltonhead.
- Ancestors of Pres. George Walker Bush: shows ancestry up to generation 23. [Error in generation 21: shows Sir Edward Stradling (1474-1535) as ancestor, thereby making the Bushes descendants of Henry Beaufort; correct ancestor was Sir Edmund Stradling of Winterbourne (1429-61), Sheriff of Wiltshire; see here for discussion. Further error in generation 19: shows Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley (chart 3) as son of James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley and Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby, thereby showing a descent from Joan of Acre through Isabel de Verdun and Elizabeth of England through Sir Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby; in effect, Maurice Berkeley was Lady Ferrers's half-brother.]
- Daniel T. Rogers(b. 1943) - all my relatives: This page, with linked pages, gives ancestry of James Monroe.
