Duke and Duchess of Sussex
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Identifying another King
Bannockburn, Bruces of Clackmannan, david II, Declaration of Arbroath, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Dunfermline Abbey, Dupplin Moor, facial reconstruction, Foundation for Mediaeval Genealogy, FTB15831, genetic markers, Graham Holton, Ireland, Melrose Abbey, mtDNA evidence, Register of the Great Seal, Richard III, Robert I, royal remains, Scotland, University of Strathclyde, Y-chromosomeThe monarch in question is Robert I (Bruce) and the investigation, as part of the Foundation for Mediaeval Genealogy’s Declaration of Arbroath Family History Project, is being carried out by the University of Strathclyde: Graham Holton has reported good progress in this press release: Genetic marker discovered for descendants of Bruce clan, January 2022.A distinct…
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Perhaps the author of this Colombian article would have benefited from a good editor, but I think I’ve interpreted the gist of it. Three in the list of celebs leapt out at me, so to speak. Firstly Hilary Duff. Can someone tell me how Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army could be the…
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A further secret marriage …
Andre Previn, Beatrice, denialists, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Sussex, Ed Sheeran, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Eugenie of York, Jack Brooksbank, John Ashdown-Hill, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Louis XIV, Royal Marriage Secrets, royal marriages, secret marriage… has been contracted between Princess Beatrice of York and property developer Count Edoardo Mapozzi. Unlike the cases of her sister and cousins the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, we cannot easily trace a common ancestor for the couple. Of course, despite those who still claim that Edward IV’s 1461 secret marriage didn’t happen, Louis…
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Royal genealogy before it happens (3)
Bowes family, Charles II, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Dukes of York, Edward III, Edward IV, Eugenie of York, genealogy, Jack Brooksbank, James II, James IV, Lady Catherine Gordon, Lady Georgiana Cavendish, Lascelles, Lumleys, Marquis of Huntly, Mortimers, Robert 2nd Earl of Essex, royal marriages, scoliosis, Scotland, St. george’s Chapel, Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester, Thomas Fairfax, Windsor(as published in the Setember 2018 Bulletin) Seven years ago, before this blog officially began, a letter was published in the Ricardian Bulletin about the common Edward III descent of the Duke and Duchess, as she soon became, of Cambridge through the Gascoigne-Fairfax line. This, about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s mutual ancestry, followed…
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Seven years ago, before this blog officially began, a letter was published in the Ricardian Bulletin about the common Edward III descent of the Duke and Duchess, as she soon became, of Cambridge through the Gascoigne-Fairfax line. Now it has been announced that Prince Henry of Wales and the American actress Rachel (Meghan) Markle, or Duke and Duchess of…