The Duke of Richmond's descent from King Henry VII

The Duke of Richmond's legitimate descent from Henry VII. He is of course a direct descendant of Charles II but through an illegitimate line:-

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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Ferdinando 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

(1583-1635/6)

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John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Elizabeth Cavendish

(1623-86)

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John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Jane Powlett

(1646-1701)

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Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater = Lady Elizabeth Churchill

(1681-1745)

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Lady Anne Egerton = William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey

(d 1762)

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George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey = Frances Twysden

(1735-1805)

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Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers = Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

(1774-1835)

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Lady Caroline Paget = Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond

(1796-1874)

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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond = Frances Harriet Greville

(1818-1903)

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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond = Amy Mary Ricardo

(1845-1928)

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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond = Hilda Madeline Brassey

(1870-1935)

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Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond = Elizabeth Grace Hudson

(1904-89) 

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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond = Susan Monica Grenville-Grey

(1929-2017)

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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond = Hon Janet Elizabeth Astor

(born 8 Jan 1955)

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)*.