Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden 1562-1643
On 28th June 1648 Henry Seymour [aged 22] and [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 17] were married at Little Hadham, Hertfordshire [Map]. He the son of William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 60] and Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset [aged 48]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Before 25th December 1660 [her father] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 31] and [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 30] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester [aged 58] and [her grandmother] Elizabeth Dormer. They were fourth cousins.
In 1664 Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde was born to Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 35] and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 33].
On 3rd April 1667 [her grandfather] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester [aged 65] died. His son [her father] Henry [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Marquess Worcester, 7th Earl Worcester, 9th Baron Herbert of Raglan. [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Worcester.
On 12th December 1671 [her half-brother] William Seymour 3rd Duke of Somerset [aged 17] died. His uncle John [aged 26] succeeded 4th Duke Somerset, 3rd Marquess Hertford, 4th Earl Hertford, 4th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset. Sarah Alston Duchess Somerset [aged 29] by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 31st August 1676 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury [aged 20] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Henry Seymour and [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 45]. He the son of Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury [aged 50]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1682 [her future husband] James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde [aged 16] and Anne Hyde were married. She the daughter of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester [aged 39] and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester [aged 36]. He the son of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and [her future mother-in-law] Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory [aged 46]. They were sixth cousins.
On 2nd December 1682 [her father] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 53] was created 1st Duke Beaufort by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 52]. [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 52] by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
In 1685 James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde [aged 19] and Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 56] and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 54]. He the son of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory [aged 49].
On 20th October 1685 Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury [aged 59] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 29] succeeded 3rd Earl Elgin, 2nd Earl Ailesbury, 2nd Viscount Bruce of Ampthill in Bedfordshire, 3rd Baron Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire, 2nd Baron Bruce of Skelton in Yorkshire. [her half-sister] Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 30] by marriage Countess Elgin, Countess Ailesbury.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 27th October 1685. I was invited to dine at Sir Ste. Fox's [aged 58] with my Lord Lieutenant, where was such a dinner for variety of all things as I had seldome seene, and it was so for the trial of a master cooke whom Sir Stephen had recommended to go with his Lordship Into Ireland; there were all ye dainties not onely of the season, but of what art could add, venison, plaine solid meate, fowle, bak'd and boil'd meates, banquet [desert], &c. in exceeding plenty and exquisitely dress'd. There also din'd my [her husband] Lord Ossory [aged 20] and Lady (the Duke of Beaufort's daughter) [aged 21], my Lady Treasurer, Lord Cornbery [aged 23], &c.
On 24th June 1686 [her brother-in-law] Henry Horatio O'Brien and [her sister] Henrietta Somerset Countess Suffolk [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 57] and [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 55]. He the son of Henry O'Brien 7th Earl Thomond [aged 66] and Sarah Russell Countess Thomond [aged 48]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 21st July 1688 James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 77] died. His grandson [her husband] James [aged 23] de jure 2nd Duke Ormonde, 2nd Marquess Ormonde, 13th Earl Ormonde, 6th Earl Ossory. Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Ormonde.
In 1691 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry [aged 29] and [her sister] Anne Somerset Countess Coventry [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 62] and [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 60]. He the son of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry [aged 62] and Winifred Edgecumbe [aged 54]. They were sixth cousins.
Around 1695. Michael Dahl [aged 36]. Portrait of Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde [aged 31].
In 1697 [her half-sister] Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury [aged 42] died.
On 12th January 1697 Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham [aged 24] and [her sister-in-law] Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham were married. She the daughter of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and [her mother-in-law] Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory. They were first cousins.
In 1698 Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham [aged 25] was created 1st Earl Grantham. [her sister-in-law] Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham by marriage Countess Grantham.
On 15th July 1699 Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry [aged 70] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Coventry, 6th Baron Coventry. Anne Somerset Countess Coventry [aged 25] by marriage Countess Coventry. He was buried in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map].
The Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Elmley [Map] was commissioned by his second wife [aged 29] for installation at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot [Map] but it rejected by his son. She, apparently, being somewhat imaginative in the inscription describing her provenance to from the Graham family. She was the daughter of Richard Grimes, a mean person, by trade a Turner, and sister of Richard Grimes, a Waterman. She had been niece of the Earl's housekeep, and a servant in his household, and he had married her in his declined old age: "Elizabeth, Countess by her dower right, descended from the noble family of the Grahams, daughter of Richard, son of Richard Graham of the County of Norfolk, Esquire, who valiantly fought as a captain for King Charles I. She placed this, a token of sincere love and utmost respect, as a final pledge of her soul, mourning deeply, in gratitude for the tender affection shown to her by her lord and husband—though blessed with no children. And after her death, she desired that her body be laid here with her most beloved husband."
"Elizabeth comitissa eius dotaria e nobili Grahamorum familia prognatta Richardi filii Ricardi Graham de Com. Norff. Armi. pro rege Carolo Primo strenue dimicantis capitanei, filia; Hoc amoris sinceri, summæ observantiæ gratio demun animi pignus, pro tenerrimo dni et mariti erga se affectu nulla licet beata prole, moestissima posuit; et post obitum corpus suum cum dilectissimo marito hic recondi voluit."
Monument including a white marble figure elbow reclining on a deep chest in front of a lengthy inscription and under an arch crowned with armorial bearings. Large sub-figures flank the chest and the armorial bearings. Earl's coronet. Signed by William Stanton [aged 60]. Powdered Wig. Heeled Shoes. Buckled Shoes.
Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry: Around 1662 he was born to Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. In 1691 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry and Anne Somerset Countess Coventry were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. He the son of Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry and Winifred Edgecumbe. They were sixth cousins. In August 1710 Thomas Coventry 2nd Earl Coventry died. His son Thomas succeeded 3rd Earl Coventry, 7th Baron Coventry.
Anne Somerset Countess Coventry: On 22nd July 1673 she was born to Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort. On 14th February 1763 Anne Somerset Countess Coventry died at Snitterfield, Warwickshire.


On 21st January 1700 [her father] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort [aged 71] died at Badminton, Gloucestershire. He was buried at Beaufort Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His grandson Henry [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Duke Beaufort, 4th Marquess Worcester, 8th Earl Worcester, 10th Baron Herbert of Raglan.
In April 1705 [her brother-in-law] Henry Howard 6th Earl Suffolk [aged 35] and [her sister] Henrietta Somerset Countess Suffolk [aged 36] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort and [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 74]. He the son of Henry Howard 5th Earl Suffolk [aged 77] and Mary Stewart. They were fifth cousins.
On 3rd June 1705 or 18th September 1721 [her brother-in-law] Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond [aged 33] and Elizabeth Crew Countess Arran [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and [her mother-in-law] Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory.
On 10th December 1709 Henry Howard 5th Earl Suffolk [aged 82] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Henry [aged 39] succeeded 6th Earl Suffolk. [her sister] Henrietta Somerset Countess Suffolk [aged 40] by marriage Countess Suffolk.
On 21st October 1710 [her son-in-law] John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham [aged 23] and Mary Butler Baroness Ashburnham were married. She by marriage Baroness Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex. She the daughter of James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde [aged 45] and Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde [aged 46].
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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In 1713 [her daughter] Mary Butler Baroness Ashburnham died.
On 7th January 1715 [her mother] Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort [aged 84] died.
On 10th August 1715 [her sister] Henrietta Somerset Countess Suffolk [aged 46] died at Audley End House, Saffron Walden [Map].
In 1717 [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Butler Countess Derby [aged 57] died. She was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
On 11th October 1724 [her sister-in-law] Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham died.
On 19th November 1733 Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde [aged 69] died. On 25th November 1733 she was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
On 16th November 1745 [her former husband] James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde [aged 80] died. His coffin-plate says 5th November 1645. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey. His brother [her former brother-in-law] Charles [aged 74] de jure 3rd Duke Ormonde (he didn't claim the title since his brother the second duke had been attainted for supporting the Jacobite rebellion), 3rd Marquess Ormonde, 14th Earl Ormonde, 7th Earl Ossory.
[her daughter] Mary Butler Baroness Ashburnham was born to James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde and Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde. She married 21st October 1710 John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham, son of John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham and Bridget Vaughan Baroness Ashburnham.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward North 1st Baron North
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christina North Countess of Worcester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Squier Baroness North
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandfather: Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Russell
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford
8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave
7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Russell Countess Worcester
10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saunders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cooke 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam
8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam
9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
father: Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dormer of Wing
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dormer
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Catesby of Whiston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Catesby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Pigot
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dormer
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gage
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Baroness Dormer
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Dormer
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Molyneux
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Radclyffe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Molyneux
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Gerard of Astley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Gerard
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holcroft
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ratclyffe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Ratclyffe
Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde
10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Capell 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Capell 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Manners
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland
10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Capell 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Grey
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Grey
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Browne
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gage
Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Baron Capell Hadham 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Roper of Well Hall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Roper
Great x 1 Grandmother: Theodosia Montagu
9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington
17 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Harrington
18 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
mother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Morrison
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Hussey Countess Bedford
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Grey Baroness Hussey Sleaford
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Morrison 1st Baronet
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Clerke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea Clerke
Grandmother: Elizabeth Morrison Baroness Capell Hadham
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hicks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hicks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Hicks Lady Cooper and Morrison
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard May
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden