Our Links to The War of Roses a most Historic Event in England's past.
Our 18th Great Grandparents were Robert
de Holland and Maud La Zouche.
Robert and Maude had 9 children.
Our line runs through their son Robert De
Holland and Margaret de Hetton.
King Richard III |
King Richard III's line runs through their son Thomas
De Holland Earl of Kent and his marriage to Joan of Kent.
Joan of Kent |
Joan married twice, once to Thomas de Holland and secondly
to King Edward IV (The Black Prince)
Through this marriage she had a son King
Richard II. She was then the mother and
mother in law of two Kings.
Thomas and Joan had a daughter Joan de Holland who married King Edward III.
Phillipa of Hainault |
King Edward III |
King Edward married
three times, and through his marriage to Phillipa of Hainault he had several
sons .
· Edward the Black Prince who married Joan of Kent.
·
They had Thomas Holland 2nd
Earl of Kent and
King Richard II
Blanche of Lancaster |
·
John Beauford |
and whose son was
King Henry IV.
Margaret de Bohun and King Henry IV |
·
Catherine of France |
Isabelle of Catille |
Edmund of Langley |
Edmund of Langley married Isabelle of Castille.
Their son was Richard 3rd Earl of Cambridge
Richard Earl of Cambridge |
Anne de Mortimer |
They had a son Richard 3rd Duke of York.
Richard 3rd Duke of York married Cecily Neville
and they had several children:
·
King Edward IV
·
George I Duke of Clarence
·
King Richard III King of England
·
Elizabeth of York Duchess of Sussex
·
Ann of York Duchess of Exeter
· Margaret of York Duchess of Burgundy
Now to follow Elizabeth of York's ancestors
Richard the Duke of York was the son of Edmund de Langley
and Isabel of Castile.
King Edward IV was the son of Richard the Duke of York and
Cecily Neville
King Edward IV married Elizabeth Woodville. she was originally his mistress but they
later married.
They had a son Henry V who was deemed illegitimate and ineligible to be King.
They also had a daughter Elizabeth of York. Elizabeth married King Henry VII
Her links follow back to our 18th great grandparents.
And to follow King Henry VII's ancestors:
On his paternal side:
Catherine of France was the daughter of King Charles V of
France and his wife Isabelle Princess of Bavaria. Through Catherine he had lineage through the
French Kings.
Edmund Tudor was the son of Catherine of France and Sir Owen
Tudor.
Catherine also married King Henry V father of
King Henry VI who married Margaret of Anjou
King Henry VII was the son of Edmund Tudor and Lady Margaret
Beaufort He was born in Pembroke Castle
Wales.
On his maternal side:
Lady Margaret Beaufort was the daughter of John
Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and
Margaret Beauchamp
John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset was the son of John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset
and
Margaret Holland
John Beaufort 1st Earl of
Somerset was the son of John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster and Katherine
Swynford
Margaret Holland as the daughter
of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl of Kent and Lady Alice Fitzalan
Thomas Holland was the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl of
Kent and Joan of Kent
Lady Alice Fitzalan was the daughter of Richard Fitzallen
10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster.
Thomas de Holland 1st Earl of Kent was the son of Robert de
Holland and Maud la Zouche!
The proof of our relationship with both sides who fought in the War of the Roses.
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