Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 1661-1731

In 1653 [her father] William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont [aged 29] and [her mother] Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Caulfield.

Around 1661 Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter was born to William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont [aged 37] and Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont [aged 29].

In April 1671 [her father] William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont [aged 47] died. His son [her brother] William [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Viscount Charlemont in County Armagh, 5th Baron Caulfield.

On 27th January 1678 John Margetson [aged 22] and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 17] were married. His sister Anne Margetson [aged 21] married her brother William Caulfeild 2nd Viscount Charlemont [aged 23] six months later.

On 27th January 1678 [her daughter] Sarah Margetson was born to [her husband] John Margetson [aged 22] and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 17]. She married before 1704 her second cousin Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough, son of William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore, and had issue.

On 11th July 1678 William Caulfeild 2nd Viscount Charlemont [aged 23] and Anne Margetson [aged 21] were married at St Michan's Church, Dublin. His sister Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 17] had married her brother John Margetson [aged 22] six months before.

On 21st August 1690 [her husband] John Margetson [aged 34] died at Limerick, County Limerick during the Siege of Limerick.

On 23rd January 1693 George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 35] and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 32] were married.

Around 1695 [her son] George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter was born to [her husband] George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 37] and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 34] at Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire. He married 26th August 1722 Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter and had issue.

Before 1704 [her son-in-law] Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough [aged 24] and [her daughter] Sarah Margetson [aged 25] were married. They were second cousins.

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Around 1705 [her daughter] Alicia Carpenter was born to [her husband] George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 47] and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 44]. She died aged nine in 1714.

Around November 1712 [her mother] Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont [aged 80] died.

Before 1714 [her daughter] Alicia Carpenter [aged 8] died.

In 1719 [her husband] George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 61] was created 1st Baron Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary. Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 58] by marriage Baroness Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary.

On 26th August 1722 [her son] George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter [aged 27] and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter were married at Leyton, Essex.

On 21st July 1726 [her brother] William Caulfeild 2nd Viscount Charlemont [aged 71] died. James Caulfeild 3rd Viscount Charlemont succeeded 3rd Viscount Charlemont in County Armagh, 6th Baron Caulfield.

On 7th October 1731 Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter [aged 70] died.

On 10th February 1732 [her former husband] George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter [aged 75] died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Owlesbury [Map]. His son George [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary. Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter by marriage Baroness Carpenter of Killaghy in County Tipperary.

Royal Ancestors of Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 1661-1731

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

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

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

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

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

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

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

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

Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Royal Descendants of Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 1661-1731
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [1]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1]

Ancestors of Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 1661-1731

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Caulfeild of Great Milton in Oxfordshire

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Caulfeild

Grandfather: William Caulfeild 2nd Baron Caulfeild

father: William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John King

Grandmother: Mary King 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Drury 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Drury 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Drury 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Drury 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Carew 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carew 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carew 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Moore of Mellifont

Great x 1 Grandfather: Garret Moore 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda

Grandfather: Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Colley of Carbury Castle

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Colley Viscountess Moore and Wilmot

mother: Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Loftus of Swineside

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Loftus

Great x 1 Grandfather: Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus

Grandmother: Alice Loftus Viscountess Moore