Biography of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 1726-1797

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Before 18th February 1724 [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet [aged 43] and [his mother] Isabella Wingfield Lady King [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Lady Queen of Boyle Abbot.

On 29th March 1726 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston was born to [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet [aged 45] and [his mother] Isabella Wingfield Lady King [aged 43].

On 1st January 1740 [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet [aged 59] died. His son [his brother] Robert [aged 15] succeeded 4th Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.

In 1748 [his brother] Robert King 1st Baron Kingsborough [aged 23] was created 1st Baron Kingsborough.

In 1754 [his son] Robert King 2nd Earl Kingston was born to Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 27]. He married 5th December 1769 Caroline Fitzgerald and had issue.

On 22nd May 1755 Robert King 1st Baron Kingsborough [aged 31] died unmarried. Baron Kingsborough extinct. His brother Edward [aged 29] succeeded 5th Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.

On 23rd October 1761 [his mother] Isabella Wingfield Lady King [aged 78] died.

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On 15th July 1764 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Kingston of Rockingham in Roscommon.

On 15th November 1766 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 40] was created 1st Viscount Kingston.

On 25th August 1768 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 42] was created 1st Earl Kingston.

On 5th December 1769 Robert King 2nd Earl Kingston [aged 15] and Caroline Fitzgerald were married. He the son of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 43].

In 1772 [his son-in-law] Laurence Harman Parsons 1st Earl of Rosse [aged 22] and Jane King were married. She the daughter of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 45].

In 1776 Richard Fitzgerald [aged 43] was killed in a duel by his daughter's father-in-law Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 49].

On 8th September 1797 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston [aged 71] died. His son Robert [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Earl Kingston, 2nd Viscount Kingston, 2nd Baron Kingston of Rockingham in Roscommon. Caroline Fitzgerald by marriage Countess Kingston.

[his daughter] Jane King was born to Edward King 1st Earl Kingston. She married 1772 Laurence Harman Parsons 1st Earl of Rosse and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 1726-1797

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 26 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 1726-1797

Great x 2 Grandfather: John King

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert King 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Drury 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carew 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carew 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Robert King 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lygon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Lygon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Folliot 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Strode of Stoke under Hampden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Strode Countess Roscommon

Father: Henry King 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Wingfield 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wingfield 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Radclyffe Gerard

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Wingfield of Carnew in Wicklow 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Lewis Wingfield 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell Oakham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell Oakham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Cromwell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Francis Rugge Baroness Cromwell Oakham

GrandFather: Edward Wingfield 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Isabella Wingfield Lady King 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gore

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Gore

Great x 2 Grandfather: Paul Gore 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Gore 1st Baronet

GrandMother: Eleanor Gore 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard St George

Great x 2 Grandfather: George St George 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor St George 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England