Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Paternal Family Tree: Wettin
Maternal Family Tree: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence 1180-1242
On 6th March 1776 [her father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 25] and Sophie Saxe Hildburghausen Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Ernst Friedrich Saxe Hildburghausen 2nd Duke Saxe Hildburghausen. He the son of [her grandfather] Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 51] and [her grandmother] Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 52].
On 13th June 1777 [her father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 26] and [her mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. He the son of [her grandfather] Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 53] and [her grandmother] Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 53]. They were fifth cousins.
On 17th August 1786 Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 36] and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 29] at Coburg.
On 17th November 1798 [her brother-in-law] Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg [aged 27] and [her sister] Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 48] and [her mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 41].
On 24th April 1799 [her future husband] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 31] was created 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn.
On 8th September 1800 [her grandfather] Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 76] died at Coburg. His son [her father] Francis [aged 50] succeeded I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 9th December 1806 [her father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 56] died. His son [her brother] Ernest [aged 22] succeeded I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 3rd July 1817 [her brother] Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 33] and [her sister-in-law] Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 44] and Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He the son of [her father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and [her mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 60]. They were second cousin once removed.
On 29th May 1818 Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 50] and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 31] were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She by marriage Duchess Kent and Strathearn. She the daughter of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 61]. He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 79] and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 74]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 1st June 1818 [her brother-in-law] Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge [aged 44] and Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Cambridge. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 79] and [her mother-in-law] Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 74]. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 11th July 1818 [her brother-in-law] King William IV of the United Kingdom [aged 52] and Queen Adelaide of England [aged 25] were married at Kew, Surrey. She by marriage Duchess Clarence and St Andrews. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 80].
On 11th July 1818 [her husband] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 50] and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 31] were married at Kew Palace Kew, Surrey.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 24th May 1819 [her daughter] Victoria was born to [her husband] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 51] and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 32]. She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. She married 10th February 1840 her first cousin Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha, son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg, and had issue.
On 23rd January 1820 [her husband] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 52] died at Woolbrook Cottage Sidmouth, Devon.
On 14th March 1824 [her sister] Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg [aged 44] died.
In 1831 [her daughter] Princes Alexandrina Victoria of Kent [aged 11], the future Queen Victoria, visited Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire [Map] with her mother, the Duchess of Kent [aged 44], as part of an extensive tour of the country.
On 16th November 1831 [her mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 74] died.
Around 1832. Richard Rothwell [aged 31]. Portrait of Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 45].
On 23rd December 1832 [her brother] Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 48] and Marie Württemberg Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg [aged 61] and Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg. He the son of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were uncle and niece.
1835. George Hayter [aged 42]. Portrait of Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 48].
On 10th February 1840 [her son-in-law] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 20] and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 20] were married by Archbishop Charles Longley [aged 45] at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 53]. He the son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 56] and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg. They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
11th February 1840. Tuesday. Supplement to the London Gazette.
St James's Palace [Map]. February 10, 1840.
THIS day the Marriage of the [her daughter] QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY [aged 20] with [her son-in-law] Field Marshal His ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBOURG AND GOTHA, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter [aged 20], was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by his Suite, proceeded from Buckingham-Palace [Map] this day, about half past eleven o'clock, to St. James's-Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,.
Conveying General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. [aged 43]; George Edward Anson, Esq [aged 27]; and Francis Seymour, Esq [aged 26]; the Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour.
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Uxbridge [aged 42] (who afterwards returned to Buckingham-Palace [Map], to attend in Her Majesty's Procession), and the Officers of the Suite of His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, viz. Count Kolowrath [aged 62], Baron Alvensleben, and Baron De Lowenfels.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Colourg and Gotha [aged 56] (father), and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha [aged 21] (elder brother).
Her Majesty, attended by Her Royal Household, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent [aged 53], proceeded, at twelve o'clock, from Buckingham-Palace [Map] to St James's Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,
Conveying two Gentlemen Ushers, Charles Heneage, Esq [aged 33] and the Honourable Heneage Legge [aged 51]; Yeoman of the Yeomen of the Guard, Charles Hancock, Esq,; and the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour [aged 51].
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget [aged 23]; two Pages of Honour, Charles T. Wemyss, Esq and Henry William John Byng [aged 8], Esq j and the Groom in Waiting, the Honourable George Keppel.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying the Clerk Marshal, Colonel the Honourable H. E. G. Cavendish [aged 50]; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G. C. H. [aged 43]; and the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng [aged 33].
The fourth Carriage,.
Conveying the Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Mrs. Brand [aged 60]; the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Ilchester [aged 52]; the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinaird; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey [aged 48].
The fifth Carriage,.
Conyeying the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Honourable Caroline Cocks [aged 45]; the Duchess of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Lady K Howard; the Gold Stick, General Lord Hill, G. C.B., G. C. H.; and the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Torrington [aged 27].
The sixth Carriage,.
Conveying the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Countess of Sandwich [aged 27]; the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G. C.H. [aged 67]; the Lord Steward, the Earl of Erroll, K.T. G.C.H. [aged 38]; and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge.
The seventh Carriage,.
Conveying Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN; Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; and the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes to Her Majesty [aged 33].
The illustrious Personages, and others composing the Procession, then assembled in the Throneroom, and, having been called over by Garter Principal King of Arms, the Processions, moyed in the following order, to the Chapel Royal:
THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Serjeant Trumpeter.
Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester, Knt.
Lancaster Herald, George Frederick Beltz, Esq K.H [aged 65], York Herald, Charles George Young, Esq [aged 44].
The Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour, viz. Francis Seymour, Esq Gen. Sir George Anson, G.C B. George Edward Anson, Esq.
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Belfast, G.C.H., Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Uxbridge.
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THE QUEEN. Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.
Her Majesty's Train borne by the following twelve unmarried Ladies, viz.
Lady Adelaide Paget [aged 20], Lady Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox [aged 20], Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Villiers [aged 18], Lady Elizabeth Anne Georgiana Dorothea Howard [aged 23], Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper [aged 20], Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay [aged 18], Lady Elizabeth West [aged 21], Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston [aged 20], Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie [aged 20], Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget [aged 12], Lady Mary Charlotte Howard [aged 18].
Assisted by the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour.
Master of the Horse, The Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Mistress of the Robes, The Duchess of Sutherland.
Ladies of the Bedchamber, The Marchioness of Normanby [aged 41], The Duchess of Bedford [aged 56], The Countess of Burlington [aged 28], The Countess of Sandwich, The Baroness Portman [aged 30], The Dowager Lady Lyttleton [aged 52], The Lady Barham [aged 25].
Maids of Honour, The Hon. Amelia Murray, The Hon. Harriet Pitt, The Hon. Caroline Cocks, The Hon. Henrietta Anson, The Hon. Matilda Paget, The Hon. Harriet Lister, The Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish.
1841. John Lindsay Lucas [aged 34]. Portrait of Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 54].
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 29th January 1844 [her brother] Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 60] died. His son [her nephew] Ernest [aged 25] succeeded II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha. Princess Alexandrine of Baden [aged 23] by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha.
Queen Victoria's Journal 1848. 18th January 1848. Windsor Castle [Map]. A fine, frosty morning. — We took a walk after breakfast. — Poor Ld Powis [deceased] has died in a most melancholy way. The whole party were out shooting & his 3rd son [aged 22] accidentally shot his father in the thigh. At 1st he went on well, but unfortunately mortification set in, & he died. It is too dreadful for the unfortunate son. — [her granddaughter] Vicky [aged 7] sat to Dyce [aged 41] [See image], who began a new drawing. — Mama [aged 61] came to luncheon, & we walked out again afterwards. — Mama, &c — & Ld Liverpool [aged 63] (staying till the end of the week) dined. —
On 27th May 1848 [her former sister-in-law] Princess Sophia Hanover [aged 70] died at Vicarage Place Kensington. Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge [aged 50] and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 61] were present.
Around 1857. Franz Xaver Winterhalter [aged 51]. Portrait of Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 70].
On 16th March 1861 Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 74] died. She was buried at Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum Frogmore Estate Home Park Windsor, Berkshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar 10 x Great Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 11 x Great Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Maria Anhalt
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 7 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg 5 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 6 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 8 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld
GrandFather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 9 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Great x 1 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 11 x Great Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 6 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels 5 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Father: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Ulrich Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Rudolph 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 11 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
GrandFather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Mother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Albert Count of Erbach-Schönberg
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Albert II Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
Great x 1 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
GrandMother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Christian Count of Stolberg Gedern
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 8 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John Albert II of Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Gustav Adolph of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 11 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christine of Mecklenburg Güstrow 7 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick III Duke of Holstein Gottorp
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein Gottorp 6 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp 5 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon