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Biography of James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele 1602-1674

Paternal Family Tree: Fiennes

1640 Short Parliament

1640 Long Parliament

Around 1602 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele was born to William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (age 19).

Around 1620 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 18) and Frances Cecil were married.

In 1625 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 23) was elected MP Banbury.

In 1626 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 24) was elected MP Oxfordshire.

In 1628 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 26) was elected MP Oxfordshire.

Around 1631 [his daughter] Elisabeth Fiennes was born to James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 29) and [his wife] Frances Cecil.

Short Parliament

In April 1640 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 38) was elected MP Oxfordshire in the Short Parliament.

Long Parliament

In November 1640 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 38) was elected MP Oxfordshire in the Long Parliament.

Around 12th May 1649, the date of the licence, [his son-in-law] John Twisleton 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his daughter] Elisabeth Fiennes (age 18) were married.

On 14th April 1662 [his father] William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (age 79) died at Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire. His son James (age 60) succeeded 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, 9th Baron Saye and Sele.

In 1674 [his daughter] Elisabeth Fiennes (age 43) died.

On 15th March 1674 James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele (age 72) died. His nephew William (age 33) succeeded 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele. Baron Saye and Sele abeyant between his two daughters [his daughter] Frances Fiennes and [his daughter] Elisabeth Fiennes.

In 1684 [his former wife] Frances Cecil died.

[his daughter] Frances Fiennes was born to James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele and Frances Cecil.

Royal Ancestors of James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele 1602-1674

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

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

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

Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

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

Ancestors of James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele 1602-1674

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fiennes 3rd Baron Saye and Sele 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fiennes 4th Baron Saye and Sele 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Fiennes 5th Baron Saye and Sele 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Croft Baroness Saye and Sele

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fiennes 6th Baron Saye and Sele 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Danvers

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Danvers

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Danvers Baroness Saye and Sele

GrandFather: Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Saye and Sele 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Father: William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Kingsmill of Sydmonton in Hampshire

GrandMother: Constance Kingsmill Baroness Saye and Sele

James Fiennes 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England