Saturday, October 22, 2022

The Duke of Devonshire's descent from King Henry VII

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

King Henry VII = Elizabeth of York

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Mary Tudor = Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

(1496-1533)

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Lady Frances Brandon = Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorset and 1st Duke of Suffolk

(d 1559)

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Lady Katherine Grey = Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

(1538-1567/8)

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Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp = Honora Rogers

(1561-1612)

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William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset = Lady Frances Devereux

(1588-1660)

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Lady Mary Seymour = Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea

(d 1673)

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Lady Frances Finch = Thomas, Viscount Weymouth

(d 1712)

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Frances Thynne = Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Bt

(d 1750)

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Frances Worsley = John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

(1693/4-1743)

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Lady Georgiana Caroline Carteret = Hon John Spencer

(d 1780)

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John, 1st Earl Spencer = Margaret Georgiana Poyntz

(1734-83)

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Lady Georgiana Spencer = William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

(1757-1806)

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Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish = George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle

(1783-1858)

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Lady Blanche Georgiana Howard = William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

(1812-40)

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Lord Edward Cavendish, MP = Hon Emma Elizabeth Lascelles

(1838-91)

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Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC = Lady Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice

(1868-1938)

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Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG = Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil

(1895-1950)

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Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC, MC = Hon Deborah Freeman-Mitford

(1920-2004)

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Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, KCVO =Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale

(born 27 Apr 1944)

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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