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My Ancestry (English Royalty, St. Margaret, Cleopatra, Etc.)

My Ancestry (English Royalty, St. Margaret, Cleopatra, Etc.)

Last updated on: May 24, 2021 at 2:04 am by Dave Armstrong

My Ancestry (English Royalty, St. Margaret, Cleopatra, Etc.) 2021-05-24T02:04:57-04:00 Dave Armstrong

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I’ve had so much fun tracing my ancestry and also doing DNA tests. It gets really interesting and fruitful when you can manage to tie into some royal lineage. That way, the people are famous, the birth and death records are very good, and the Internet makes it very easy to obtain information even beyond the paid plans of Ancestry.com.

I “got into” the lineage of English royalty by means of King Edward IV (1442-1483; r. 1461-1483), and his mistress (one of “numerous” ones), Elizabeth Lucy Waite (1442-1487 or 1492). Their child, Elizabeth Plantaganet (c. 1464-c. 1545) married Sir Thomas Lumley (c. 1460-1487). They are my 13th great grandparents (figuring “2nd great grandparent” as my great great grandparent).

The Lumley line goes all the way down (i.e., by name, in my lineage) to Ruth Lumley (1836-1895). She lived in southern Ontario, in Elgin County (between London and Lake Erie) and was my father’s father’s maternal grandmother (my great great grandmother). Except for the founder of New Hampshire and Boston, David Thompson (1593-1628; descended from my paternal grandfather’s mother’s [#1 below] father), and some notable 13th-14th century Scottish freedom fighters, from my mother’s father’s mother’s line (McKay: married into the Stewarts in the 16th century), this brings about all the famous people in my ancestry (i.e., of whom I am a direct descendant). I will now illustrate and document how all that works: with corroborating links.

English Royalty Back to William the Conqueror and Rollo

Dave Armstrong (born in 1958 in Detroit)

Graham Armstrong (father, 1924-2009, born in Maidstone, Ontario, Canada)

William Armstrong (paternal grandfather, 1893-1984, born in Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada)

1) Emiline Keillor (great grandmother, 1869-1899, born in Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada)

2) Ruth Lumley (great great grandmother, 1836-1895, born in Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada)

3) Thomas Lumley (great great great grandfather, 1808-1882, born in Southampton, Nova Scotia)

4) John Lumley (1767-1842, born in Rillington, Yorkshire, UK)

5) Thomas Lumley (1729-1798)

6) Earl Thomas Lumley-Saunderson (1691-1752)

7) Earl Richard Lumley (1650-1721)

8) John Lumley (1612-1658)

9) Viscount Richard Lumley (1589-1663)

10) Roger Lumley (c. 1550-c. 1606)

11) Anthony Lumley (b.c. 1500)

12) Baron Richard Lumley (c. 1478-1510)

13) Sir Thomas Lumley (c. 1460-1487) <—> married Elizabeth Plantagenet (c. 1464-c. 1545, daughter of King Edward IV)

14) Edward IV, King of England (1442-1483; r. 1461-1483) <—> mistress Elizabeth Lucy Waite (1442-1487 or 1492)

15) Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411-1460)

16) Richard of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge (c. 1385-1415)

17) Edmund of Langley, Duke of York (1341-1402)

18) Edward III, King of England (1312-1377; r. 1327-1377; Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton: 1328: Scottish independence)

19) Edward II, King of England (1284-1327; r. 1307-1327; Battle of Bannockburn, 1314)

20) Edward I “Longshanks”, King of England (1239-1307; r. 1272-1307; “Braveheart”: William Wallace, Battle of Stirling Bridge, 1297)

21) Henry III, King of England (1207-1272; r. 1216-1272)

22) John, King of England (1166-1216; r. 1199-1216; during the life of Robin Hood)

23) Henry II, King of England (1133-1189; r. 1154-1189; clashed with St. Thomas Becket) <–> married Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Consort (1122-1204)

24) Empress Matilda (1102-1167, daughter of King Henry I) <—> married Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113-1151)

25) Henry I, King of England (c. 1068-1135; r. 1100-1135; son of William the Conqueror) <—> married Queen Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080-1118)

26) William the Conqueror (c. 1028-[9 Sep.] 1087; r. 1066-1087; conquered England in 1066)

27) Robert I the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy (1000-1035)

28) Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963-1026)

29) Richard I of Normandy (932-996)

30) William Longsword (c. 893-942)

31) Rollo (c. 860-c. 930; Viking who founded Normandy in northern France; either Norwegian or Danish)

English Royalty to St. Margaret of Scotland, King Alfred the Great, and King Cerdic

25) Henry I, King of England (c. 1068-1135; r. 1100-1135) <—> married Queen Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080-1118; daughter of St. Margaret of Scotland)

26) St. Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045-1093; daughter of Edward the Exile)

27) Edward the Exile (1016-1057)

28) Edmund II “Ironside” , King of the English (c. 990-1016; r. 1016)

29) Æthelred the Unready, King of the English (c. 966-1016)

30) Edgar the Peaceful, King of the English (c. 943-975)

31) Edmund I, King of the English (921-946)

32) Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 874-924)

33) King Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons (bet. 847-849 to 899)

34) Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (r. 839-858; d. 858)

35) Egbert, King of Wessex (771-775 to 839)

36) Ealhmund, King of Kent (r. 784)

37) Eafa of Wessex

38) Eoppa of Wessex (706?-770?)

39) Ingild of Wessex (d. 718)

40) Cenred of Wessex (650?-712?)

41) Ceolwald of Wessex (615?-658)

42) Cutha Cathwulf (b. 592)

43) Cuthwine of Wessex (b.c. 565)

44) Ceawlin of Wessex (d.c. 593)

45) Cynric, King of Wessex (r. 534-560)

46) Cerdic, King of Wessex (r. 519-534)

[Cerdic is generally regarded as the earliest verifiably historical figure in the British Royal line. His alleged ancestors are regarded as purely legendary. There are numerous wildly speculative and fanciful attempted genealogies from British, Irish, and Scottish royal lines back to biblical figures. See two examples (one / two). Virtually all scholars regard them as fictional]

Lumley Wife to Scottish and Pictish Kings

6) Earl Thomas Lumley-Saunderson (1691-1752) <—> married Frances Douglas-Hamilton, Countess (1700-1772; daughter of George Hamilton)

7) Lord George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney (1666-1737)

8) William Douglas-Hamilton (1634-1694)

9) William Douglas, Earl (1589-1660)

10) William Douglas, Earl (1552-1611)

11) William Douglas, Earl (1533-1591)

12) Agnes Keith (d. bef. 1548)

13) William Keith, Earl (d. 1581)

14) Robert Keith (1483-1513)

15) William Keith, Earl (d. bef. 1527)

16) William de Keith, Earl (d. bef. 1483)

17) Sir William Keith (d. 1444)

18) Sir Robert Keith (d. bef. 1430)

19) Elizabeth Gordon (15th c.) [some question about maternal line]

20) Anabella Stewart (c. 1436-1509)

21) James I, King of Scots (1394-1437; r. 1406-1437)

22) Robert III, King of Scots (bet. 1337-40-1406; r. 1390-1406)

23) Robert II, King of Scots (1316-1390; r. 1371-1390; daughter of Marjorie Bruce)

24) Marjorie Bruce (1296-1316; eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce)

25) Robert the Bruce, King of Scots (1274-1329; r. 1306-1329; first king after Scottish independence) <—> married Isabella of Mar (fl. 1277-1296; her maternal grandfather was Llywelyn the Great [c. 1173-1240], Prince of Wales, who would be a 24th great grandparent of mine)

26) Sir Robert de Brus VI (1243-c. 1304)

27) Sir Robert de Brus V (c. 1215-1295)

28) Sir Robert de Brus IV (c. 1195-1245) <—> married Isobel of Huntingdon (1199-1251; daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon)

29) David, Earl of Huntingdon (1152-1219)

30) Henry, Earl of Huntingdon (1114-1152)

31) King David I, King of Scots (c. 1084-1153)

32) Malcolm III, King of Scots (c. 1031-1093)

33) Duncan I, King of Scots (c. 1001-1040)

34) Bethóc (10th-11th c.; daughter of Malcolm II, King of Scots)

35) Malcolm II, King of Scots (c. 954-1034)

36) Kenneth II, King of Scots (r. 971-995; d. 995)

37) Malcolm I, King of Scots (r. 943-54; d. 954)

38) Donald II, King of Scots (r. 889-900; d. 900)

39) Constantine I, King of Picts (r. 862-877; d. 877)

40) Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Picts (810-858; r. 843-858; “according to national myth, [he] was the first king of Scots”)

English Royalty Back to Charlemagne, Cleopatra, and Ancient Syrian and Greek Kings

23) Henry II, King of England (1133-1189; r. 1154-1189) <–> married Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Consort (1122-1204; daughter of William X of Aquitaine; parent also of Richard I, the “Lionhearted” [1157-1199], crusader and king of England from 1189-1199, and childless)

24) William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099-1137)

25) William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071-1127) [known as the earliest troubador]

26) William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (c. 1025-1086)

27) William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969-1030)

28) William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (937-994)

29) William III, Duke of Aquitaine (915-963) Married to Geirlaug (aka Adèle), a daughter of Rollo (c. 860-c. 930), the Viking founder of Normandy]

30) Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine (c. 870-935)

31) Ranulf II, Duke of Aquitaine (850-890)

32) Ranulf I, Duke of Aquitaine (820-866)

33) Gerard, Count of Auvergne (c. 800-841) <—> married Mathilde? of Aquitaine (fl. 825, daughter of Pepin I)

34) Pepin I, King of Aquitaine (797-838)

35) Louis I “the Pious”, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)

36) Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Lombards and Holy Roman Emperor (748-814)

37) Pepin the Short, King of the Franks (c. 714-768)

38) Charles Martel, Duke and Prince of the Franks (c. 688-741)

39) Pepin II of Herstal, Duke and Prince of the Franks (c. 635-714)

40) Ansegisel (c. 602 or 610-d. bef. 679 or 662) [married St. Begga of Austrasia (d. 693) ]

41) St. Arnulf of Metz, Bishop (c. 582-645)

42) Bodegisel, Governor of Aquitaine (552?-585 or 588)

43) Mummolin (b. c. 500)

44) Munderic (d. 532/33) <—> married Athemia de Geneva, daughter of Florentinus (505-545)

45) Florentinus, Roman Senator (c. 480-aft. 513) <—> married Arthemia of Lyon (c. 485-506, daughter of St. Rusticus)

46) St. Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyons (c. 455-501)

47) Aquilinus, Bishop of Lyons (c. 430-c. 470)

48) Unknown name (c. 400-448). Married to Tullia (b. c. 410) — daughter of St. Eucherius, Bishop of Lyon (c. 380-c. 449)

49) Artemia of Clermont-Ferrand (b. c. 375)

50) Tetradius of Apamaea, Bishop of Clermont (345-386)

51) Iamblichus of Apamaea (b. c. 310)

52) Himerius III of Apamaea (c. 290-c. 345?)

53) Sopater of Apamea, Counselor to Constantine and Neoplatonist Philosopher (c. 260-bef. 337) <—> married Urania of Emesa (b. c. 265, daughter of Iamblichus of Emesa [present-day Homs, Syria] )

54) Iamblichus of Emesa (c. 245-c. 325); important Neoplatonist philosopher.

55) Antonious Sampsiceramus, Priest-King of Emesa [Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius Severus Uranius Antoninus] (b. c. 180-200; r. 235-254)

56) Uranius Antoninus, Priest-King of Emesa (d. 235; r. 210-235)

57) Gaius Julius Sulpicius, Priest-King of Emesa (d. 210)

58) Iamblichus, Prince of Emesa (b. c. 130)

59) Gaius Julius Longinus Soaemus, Priest-King of Emesa (d. c. 160)

60) Gaius Julius Sampsiceramus III Silas, Priest-King of Emesa (c. 58- c. 120; r. 78-120)

61) Gaius Julius Alexion, Priest-King of Emesa (r. 73-78)

62) Gaius Julius Sohaemus, Priest-King of Emesa (c. 5-c. 73; r. 54-73) <—> married Princess Drusilla of Mauretania (38-79, daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania)

[Sohaemus’ brother, Gaius Julius Azizus, married another Drusilla (38-79), who was the daughter of Herod Agrippa. Later, this Drusilla divorced him and married Antonius Felix: procurator of Roman Judea from 52-60. She is mentioned in the New Testament as having met St. Paul: “After some days Felix came with his wife Drusil’la, who was a Jewess; and he sent for Paul and heard him speak upon faith in Christ Jesus” (Acts 24:24, RSV). This event in Paul’s trial occurred in Caesarea Maritima: which I visited in 2014. Paul also appeared before Festus and Agrippa in the same city. It was the Roman administrative capital in Israel after 6 AD and was built by Herod the Great in 21 BC. This is probably the closest that I can approach biblical figures in my ancestry. To confuse matters all the more, Felix’ first wife was none other than Drusilla of Mauretania! He divorced her between 54-56, and she married Sohaemus in 56, and bore his son: Alexio II, and the line down to Sopater and other ancestors of mine, including Charlemagne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, goes through him.]

63) Ptolemy of Mauretania (bet. 13 and 9 BC-40 AD)

64) Cleopatra Selene II (40-c. 5 BC)

65) Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt (69-30 BC; r. 51-30 BC) [married Mark Anthony, Roman politician and general (83-30 BC)]

66) Ptolemy XII Auletes, King of Egypt (c. 117-bef. 51 BC)

67) Ptolemy IX Soter, King of Egypt (bet. 143-139-81 BC)

68) Ptolemy VIII Physcon, King of Egypt (c. 184-116 BC)

69) Ptolemy V Epiphanes, King of Egypt (210-180 BC)

70) Ptolemy IV Philopator, King of Egypt (244-204 BC)

71) Ptolemy III Euergetes, King of Egypt (c. 280-222 BC)

72) Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Pharaoh of Egypt (308/9-246 BC)

73) Ptolemy I Soter, Pharaoh of Egypt (c. 367-282 BC) [companion of Alexander the Great; built the library of Alexandria; paternal line is disputed]

74) Philip II, King of Macedon (382-336 BC) [father of Alexander the Great]

75) Amyntas III, King of Macedon (d. 370 BC)

I have good reason to believe (if the entire genealogical chain above is accurate, as it seems to at least plausibly be) that I am a descendant of Cleopatra (65th great grandmother), who was descended from notable ancient Macedonian (Greek) kings. In any event, my descent from English and Scottish royalty as well as Charlemagne is virtually certain.

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Ancestry Fun (Back to 928, Normandy, and Likely Vikings, Too) / King Edward IV of England (r. 1461-1483) [Facebook, 1-10-18]

Back to 260 A. D. Now in My Ancestry Searching (+ Debate on Ancient Genealogies) [Facebook, 1-17-18]

Cerdic: The Line Between History and Legend / Folklore, and Another Possible Ancestor [Facebook, 1-23-18]

The Armstrong Clan is Pictish in Origin [Facebook, 3-5-18]

My DNA Ancestry Results Are In / Spanish Origin of the Celts? [Facebook, 3-12-18]

My DNA Ancestry: Looking Back 10,000 Years [Facebook, 3-12-18]

Elizabeth Lucy Wayte: mistress of King Edward IV (r. 1461-1470) whose daughter married into the Lumley line that goes all the way down to my paternal grandfather [Facebook, 5-27-18]

Now I’m a Direct Descendant of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and Still Going Back Further in Time! [Facebook, 5-31-18]

My 23rd and 24th Great Grandfathers, Sir Alan Stewart (1272-1333) and Sir John Stewart (1246-1298): Scottish Freedom Fighters [Facebook, 6-6-18]

My DNA Ancestry Update / “Celtic”: 40.1% / Tuscany: 10.7% (Ancient Etruscan Civilization) [Facebook, 2-4-20]

Wife Judy’s DNA Ancestry Update [Facebook, 2-4-20]

Ethnic Makeup / Ancestry of My Children, Based on Genetics [Facebook, 2-4-20]

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Photo credit: Paul Robson (3-4-09). Lumley Castle near the city of Durham, close to the Scottish border, built in 1389 (and said to be haunted). 8th, 9th, 12th, and 13th grandparents in my ancestry were born there [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license]

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Updated with further information on 1-24-21.

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