Paternal Family Tree: Loftus
On 18th November 1709 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely was born to Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 22] and Anne Ponsonby.
In 1745 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 35] and Frances Monroe Countess of Ely were married.
On 5th October 1751 [his father] Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 64] was created 1st Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford.
On 19th July 1756 [his father] Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 69] was created 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely.
On 31st December 1763 [his father] Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus [aged 76] died. His son [his brother] Nicholas [aged 55] succeeded 2nd Viscount Loftus of Ely, 2nd Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford.
On 23rd October 1766 [his brother] Nicholas Hume-Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 58] was created 1st Earl of Ely in Wicklow.
On 31st October 1766 [his brother] Nicholas Hume-Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 58] died. His son [his nephew] Nicholas [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Earl of Ely in Wicklow, 3rd Viscount Loftus of Ely, 3rd Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford.
On 12th November 1769 [his nephew] Nicholas Hume-Loftus 2nd Earl of Ely [aged 31] died. Earl of Ely in Wicklow extinct. His uncle Henry [aged 59] succeeded 4th Viscount Loftus of Ely, 4th Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford. [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely by marriage Viscountess Loftus of Ely.
In 1771 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 61] was created 1st Earl of Ely in Wicklow. [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely by marriage Countess of Ely in Wicklow.
1772 Angelica Kauffmann [aged 30]. "The Ely Family Group". Portrait of Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 62] and [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely, and their nieces Frances Monroe, seated at the harpsichord playing an aria from 'La Buona Figliuola' by Niccolo Piccini, a popular hit in Dublin at the time and Dorothea "Dolly" Monroe.
Frances Monroe: she was born to Henry Monroe of Roe's Hall in Down.
Dorothea "Dolly" Monroe: she was born to Henry Monroe of Roe's Hall in Down.
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In 1774 [his wife] Frances Monroe Countess of Ely died.
On 8th May 1783 Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely [aged 73] died without issue. Earl of Ely in Wicklow, Viscount Loftus of Ely and Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall in Wexford extinct. His estates passed to his nephew Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely [aged 45], the son of his sister Elizabeth Loftus, who adopted the surname Loftus.
In April 1806 [his father] Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus and [his mother] Anne Ponsonby were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.
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Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Loftus of Swineside 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archbishop Adam Loftus
Great x 2 Grandfather: Dudley Loftus
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Loftus of Fethard
Grandfather: Henry Loftus
Henry Loftus 1st Earl of Ely 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Ponsonby 
Grandfather: William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lygon 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Lygon 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Folliot 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Strode of Stoke under Hampden 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Strode Countess Roscommon
mother: Anne Ponsonby 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Moore of Mellifont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Garret Moore 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Colley of Carbury Castle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Colley Viscountess Moore and Wilmot
Great x 1 Grandfather: Randle Moore
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Loftus
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Loftus Viscountess Moore
Grandmother: Mary Moore