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Biography of John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 1662-1711

Paternal Family Tree: Holles

Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575

On 9th June 1655 [his father] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 22) and [his mother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 22) were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. He the son of [his grandfather] John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare (age 59) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare.

On 9th January 1662 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne was born to Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 28) and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 29) at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire.

On 16th January 1689 [his father] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 55) died. His son John (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl Clare, 4th Baron Haughton.

On 1st March 1690 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) and Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Clare. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59) and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59). He the son of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 57). They were first cousins.

On 8th September 1692 Ralph Montagu 1st Duke Montagu (age 53) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth "Mad Duchess" Cavendish Duchess Albermarle Duchess of Montagu (age 38) were married at Newcastle House. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne who had died the year before and the widow of Christopher Monck 2nd Duke Albemarle. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and [his aunt] Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 62).

In 1694 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 31) was created 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne. [his wife] Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 32) by marriage Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne.

On 11th February 1694 [his daughter] Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer was born to John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 32) and [his wife] Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.45%.

In 1698 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 35) was appointed 506th Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 47).

In July 1702 [his mother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 69) died.

On 15th July 1711 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 49) died. Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Earl Clare, Baron Haughton extinct.

On 24th December 1716 [his former wife] Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 55) died. She was buried in the St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover [Map].

Royal Ancestors of John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 1662-1711

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Philip IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 1662-1711

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Ancestors of John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 1662-1711

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Holles

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Holles

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scopham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Denzil Holles

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Denzell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Denzell

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sheffield 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Stanley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope

Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in Essex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Rawson

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Cooke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Port

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Port

Father: Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hardkyn

GrandMother: Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tracy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Tracy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Digby

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tracy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury

John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Thwaites

Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandFather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner

Mother: Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde

GrandMother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Gifford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford