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Monday, October 24, 2022

Descent of the Duke of Wellington from King Henry VII

 The Duke of Wellington descends from the first Tudor King Henry VII. He may of course have multiple descents, but I show only one line here. 


HENRY VII

King of England = Elizabeth of York, dau of Edward IV

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Mary Tudor  = 1515, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, KG (1484-1545)

(1496-1533)

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Lady Eleanor Brandon  =1537, Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

(d. 1547)

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Lady Margaret Clifford  =1555, Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG

(c. 1540-96)

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Ferdinado Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby =c.1580, Alice Spencer

(c.1559-94)

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Lady Frances Stanley = John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater

(1583-c. 1636)

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Lady Elizabeth Egerton = David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter

(d 1686/7)

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John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter = Lady Frances Manners

(1628-87)

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John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter =  Lady Anne Cavendish

(1648-1700)

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John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter = Elizabeth Brownlow

(1674-1721)

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Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter = Hannah Sophia Chambers

(1701-1754)

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Hon Thomas Chambers Cecil = Charlotte Garnier

(1728-78)

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Henry Cecil, 1st Marquis of Exeter = Sarah Hoggins

(1754-1804)

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Lady Sophia Cecil = Henry Manvers Pierrepont

(1792-1823)

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Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont = Lord Charles Wellesley

(1820-1893)

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Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington = Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams

(1849-1934)

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Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington = Dorothy Violet Ashton

(1885-1972)

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Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington = Diana Ruth McConnel

(1915-2014)

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Arthur Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington = Princess Antonia of Prussia

(born 19 Aug 1945)

Source: *The Blood Royal of Britain: Being a Roll of the Livng Descendants of Edward IV and Henry VII, Kings of England and James III, King of Scotland, by the Marquis of Ruvigny & Raineval (published by TC & EC Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1903)*.


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