Family 2: Countess Sonja Anita Maria HAUNTZ

Marriage - 29 APR 1972

1. Bettina
2. Bjorn
3. Catherina

Joan, Countess of Kent

Birth - 29 SEP 1328
Death - 8 AUG 1385, Wallingford, Castle, Berkshire, England
Father - Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent
Mother - Baroness Margaret of Liddell WAKE
Family 1: Thomas HOLLAND, Earl of Kent

1. Margaret HOLLAND

Family 2: Edward, Prince of Wales

Marriage - 10 OCT 1361, Windsor, England

1. Edward
2. Richard II, King of England

NOTES: Widow of Thomas de Holand and only daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, son of King Edward I.

Edward

Birth - 27 JAN 1365, Angouleme
Death - 1372, Bordeaux, France
Father - Edward, Prince of Wales
Mother - Joan, Countess of Kent

Richard II, King of England

Birth - 6 JAN 1367, Bordeaux, France
Death - 6 JAN 1400, Pontefract, Castle
Burial - Westminster, Abbey, London, England
Father - Edward, Prince of Wales
Mother - Joan, Countess of Kent
Family 1: Anne of Bohemia

Marriage - 20 JAN 1382, Westminster, Palace, London, England

Family 2: Isabella of France

Marriage - 1 NOV 1396, Calais

NOTES: Reign: 1377-1399; Richard is perhaps England's most tragic king. His reign began with great promise but after he attained his majority it proceeded from failure to failure, not always of his making. He was only 33 when he died.

Anne of Bohemia

Birth - 11 MAY 1366, Prague
Death - BEF 3 JUN 1394, Sheen Palace
Burial - Westminster, Abbey, London, England
Father - Emperor Charles IV
Family: Richard II, King of England

Marriage - 20 JAN 1382, Westminster, Palace, London, England

Isabella of France

Birth - 9 NOV 1387, Hotel du Louvre, Paris, France
Death - 13 SEP 1409, Blois
Burial - ABT 1624, Celestines, Paris
Father - Charles VI the Beloved, King of France
Mother - Isabelle of Bavaria
Family: Richard II, King of England

Marriage - 1 NOV 1396, Calais

Enguerrand VII de Courcy, Earl of Bedford

Death - 1396
Family: Isabella

Marriage - 27 JUL 1365, Windsor, England

NOTES: Formerly: Sire de Coucy. A.k.a.: Ingelram de Coucy, Earl of Bedford

Constanza (Constance), Queen of Castile

Death - 24 MAR 1394, Leicester, England
Father - King Pedro III of Castile
Family: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancast.

Marriage - SEP 1371, Roquefort

1. Katherine

NOTES: Constance, titular Queen of Castile and Leon. Dau. of Pedro III, King of Castile and his second wife.

John 2d HASTINGS, Earl of Pembroke

Death - 1375
Family: Margaret

Marriage - 19 MAY 1359, Reading

NOTES: 2d Earl of Pembroke John, Earl of Hastings & Pembroke

Lady Elizabeth de Burgh

Death - 10 DEC 1363, Dublin
Father - William DE BURGH, Earl of Ulster
Family: Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence

Marriage - 9 SEP 1342, Tower of London, London, England

1. Countess Philippa of Ulster

NOTES: Dau. and heiress of William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster and first wife of Lionel of Antwerp.

Duke Charles Frederick of Holstein-

Birth - 1700
Death - 1739
Family: Anna Petrovna ROMANOV

Marriage - 1725

1. Peter III ROMANOV, Emperor Russia

NOTES: Duke Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp.

Marie-Therese of Spain

Birth - 20 SEP 1638, Madrid, Spain
Death - 30 JUL 1683, Versailles, France
Burial - St Denis
Father - Philip IV, King of Spain
Mother - Elizabeth of France
Family: Louis XIV, King of France

Marriage - 9 JUN 1660, St Jean-de-Luz, France

1. Dauphin Louis de France

NOTES: Eldest dau. of Philip IV, King of Spain and his first wife Elisabeth of France (eldest dau. of King Henry IV). 3 sons, 3 daus.

Francoise d'Aubigne

Birth - 27 NOV 1635, Niort, France
Death - 15 APR 1719, St Cyr, France
Burial - St Cyr
Family: Louis XIV, King of France

Marriage - 12 JUN 1684, Versailles, France

NOTES: a.k.a.: Madame de Maintenon; Widow of Paul Scarron and dau. of Constantin d'Aubigne, Baron de Surimau, and his 2d wife Jeanne de Cardillac.

Louis XV, King of France

Birth - 15 FEB 1710, Versailles, France
Death - 10 MAY 1774, Versailles, France
Burial - St. Denis, France
Father - Louis, Duke of Burgundy
Mother - Marie Adelaide of Savoy
Family: Maria of Poland LECZINSKA

Marriage - 4 SEP 1725

1. Dauphin Louis

NOTES: Reign: 1715-74; His failure to provide strong leadership and badly needed reforms contributed to the crisis that brought on the Franch Revolution. He was frequently influenced by his mistresses, the most powerful of whom was the Marquise de Pompadour. Louis XV's reported prophecy, "After me, the deluge," was fulfilled in the overthrow of the French monarchy less than two decades later.

Maria of Poland LECZINSKA

Birth - 1703
Death - 1768
Father - Stanislaw LECZINSKI, King of Poland
Family: Louis XV, King of France

Marriage - 4 SEP 1725

1. Dauphin Louis

Louis XVI, King of France

Birth - 23 AUG 1754, Versailles, France
Death - 21 JAN 1793, Paris, France
Burial - 1815, St Denis, France
Father - Dauphin Louis
Mother - Marie-Josephe de Saxe
Family: Marie Antoinette of Austria

Marriage - 16 MAY 1770, Versailles, France

1. Duchess Marie Therese of Angouleme
2. Dauphin Louis Joseph
3. Louis XVII, King of France
4. Sophie Beatrix

NOTES: Reign: 1774-1793; On Louis's accession, France was impoverished and burdened with debts, and heavy taxation had resulted in widespread misery among the French people. After Louis granted financial aid to the American colonies revolting against Great Britain in the New World, his finance minister proposed drastic taxes on the nobility (who had been free from taxation). The anger of the French people against taxes and the lavish spending of the court resulted in 1788 in the recall of the finance minister who cold not prevent the bankruptcy of the government. On July 14, 1789, the Parisian populace razed the Bastille and a short time later imprisoned the king and royal family in the Palace of the Tuileries. In 1791 the royal family attempted to escape to Austria, but they were caught and brought back to Paris. Louis swore obedience to the new Franch constitution in 1791, but continued secretly to work against the revolution and to plot intrigues with France's enemies. Louis XVI was guillotined on Jan 21, 1793, in the Place de la Revolution (now Place de la Concorde) in Paris. Historians consider Louis XVI a victim of circumstances rather than a despot such as the previous French kings Louis XIV and Louis XV. He was weak and incapable as king and not overly intelligent. He preferred to spend his time at hobbies, such as hunting and making locks, rather than at his duties of state, and he premitted his wife to influence him unduly.

Marie Antoinette of Austria

Birth - 2 NOV 1755, Vienna, Austria
Death - 16 OCT 1793, Paris, France
Burial - 1815, St Denis, France
Family: Louis XVI, King of France

Marriage - 16 MAY 1770, Versailles, France

1. Duchess Marie Therese of Angouleme
2. Dauphin Louis Joseph
3. Louis XVII, King of France
4. Sophie Beatrix

NOTES: Yst dau of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria. 2 sons, 2 daus. She was guillotined in Paris on 16 Oct 1793.

Henry BRANDON, Earl of Lincoln

Birth - 1516
Death - 1534
Father - Charles BRANDON, Duke of Suffolk
Mother - Mary TUDOR

NOTES: a.k.a.: Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset

Frances BRANDON

Birth - 1517
Death - 1559
Father - Charles BRANDON, Duke of Suffolk
Mother - Mary TUDOR
Family 1: Henry GREY, Duke of Suffolk

1. Jane GREY, Queen of England
2. Lady Catherine GREY
3. Lady Mary GREY

Family 2: Adrian STOKES

Eleanor BRANDON

Death - 1547
Father - Charles BRANDON, Duke of Suffolk
Mother - Mary TUDOR
Family: Earl Henry of Cumberland CLIFFORD

1. Margaret CLIFFORD

Madeleine of France

Death - 1537
Father - Francis I, King of France
Mother - Claude of France
Family: James V, King of Scotland

Henry GREY, Duke of Suffolk

Death - 1554
Family: Frances BRANDON

1. Jane GREY, Queen of England
2. Lady Catherine GREY
3. Lady Mary GREY

NOTES: Titles: Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk; Executed

Lady Margaret DOUGLAS

Birth - 1515
Death - 1578
Father - Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl of Angus VI
Mother - Margaret TUDOR
Family: Matthew STUART, Earl Lennox 4th

1. Henry STUART, Lord Darnley
2. Charles STUART, Earl Lennox 6th

Matthew STUART, Earl Lennox 4th

Birth - 1516
Death - 1571
Father - John STEWART, Earl Lennox III
Mother - Unknown
Family: Lady Margaret DOUGLAS

1. Henry STUART, Lord Darnley
2. Charles STUART, Earl Lennox 6th

NOTES: Regent; This Earl of Lennox took French nationality in 1537. From him derives the French spelling of the surname, Stuart.

Charles STUART, Earl Lennox 6th

Death - 1576
Father - Matthew STUART, Earl Lennox 4th
Mother - Lady Margaret DOUGLAS
Family: Elizabeth CAVENDISH

1. Arabella STUART

Elizabeth CAVENDISH

Death - 1581
Father - Sir William CAVENDISH
Family: Charles STUART, Earl Lennox 6th

1. Arabella STUART

Arabella STUART

Death - 1615
Father - Charles STUART, Earl Lennox 6th
Mother - Elizabeth CAVENDISH
Family: William SEYMOUR, Duke Somerset

William SEYMOUR, Duke Somerset

Death - 1660
Father - Lord Edward Beauchamp SEYMOUR
Mother - Honora ROGERS
Family 1: Arabella STUART

Family 2: Frances DEVEREUX

NOTES: H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother descends from the marriage of William Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Frances Devereux.

Thomas BEAUFORT, Duke of Exeter

Father - John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancast.
Mother - Catherine Swynford ROET
Family: Margaret

Emperor Franz Josef of Austria

Birth - 18 AUG 1830, Vienna, Austria
Death - 21 NOV 1916
Father - Archduke Francis Charles
Family: Empress Elizabeth

Marriage - 1854

1. Archduke Rudolf
2. Daughter 1
3. Daughter 2

NOTES: a.k.a.: Francis Joseph I; Reign: Emperor of Austria 1848-1916; King of Hungary 1867-1916; the last important ruler of the Habsburg dynasty; his policies played a major role in the events that led to World War I. Beginning in the 1870's, Austria-Hungary gradually became subservient to its powerful neighbor and ally, the Prussian dominated German Empire. Franz Josef's later years were marked by a series of family tragedies. In 1889 his only son and heir, Archduke Rudolf, committed suicide. In 1898 his wife was assassinated by an Italian anarchist; and, in 1914 his nephew, Francis Ferdinand, who had replaced Rudolf as heir to the throne, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. The murder of Francis Ferdinand added to the crisis between Austria-Hungary and Germany and Servia and Russia and subsequent events led to World War I.

Archduke Rudolf

Birth - 1858
Death - 1889
Father - Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
Mother - Empress Elizabeth

NOTES: Committed suicide in 1889.

Daughter 1

Father - Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
Mother - Empress Elizabeth

Daughter 2

Father - Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
Mother - Empress Elizabeth

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Family: Sophie

Marriage - 1868

Joan HOLLAND

Death - 1434
Family: Edmund of Langley, Duke of York

Marriage - BEF 4 NOV 1393

Maud CLIFFORD

Father - Lord Thomas CLIFFORD
Family 1: John, Lord Latymer

Divorce

Family 2: Earl Richard of Cambridge PLANTAGENET

Anne STAFFORD

Father - Edmund, Earl of Stafford
Family: Edmund MORTIMER, Earl of March

Catherine WOODVILLE

Family: Jasper TUDOR, Earl of Pembroke

Robert I BRUCE, King of Scotland

Birth - 1274
Death - 1329, Cardoss Castle, Firth of Clyde, Scotland
Father - Robert BRUCE
Mother - Countess Margaret of Carrick
Family 1: Isobel of Mar

Marriage - 1296

1. Margery BRUCE