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Augmentation of English Royal Arms

Overview of Plantagenet arms

Outside Influences

see: List of oldest heraldry

Influences
Coat of arms (c. 1220) The earliest depictions of the Staufer arms show a single lion; for a short time augmented to two lions, and after 1196 three lions or leopards. The tincture or and sable is attested in 1220. The seal of Henry (VII) of Germany (1216) shows three leopards (passant guardant).	The second Great Seal of King Richard the Lionheart (1189–1199) was the first Royal emblem of England to feature three lions	Arms of France (modern) which had reduced the semée of fleur-de-lys to 3.	Lesser arms of the Kings of Sweden showing 3 crowns	Arms of (the Kings of) Denmark

In the same period lions also appeared in the arms of Brabant, Flanders, Luxembourg, Holland, Limburg and other territories(see Dutch Republic Lion). It is curious that the lion as a heraldic symbol was mostly used in border territories and neighbouring countries of the Holy Roman Empire and France. It was in all likelihood a way of showing independence from the emperor, who used an eagle in his personal arms and the King of France, who used the famous Fleur-de-lis. In Europe the lion had been a well-known figure since Roman times, through works such as the fables of Aesop, and as a symbol of ancient royalty from Hercules to Alexander the Great.

Before Edward III

Arms of dynastic founder and kings
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (also William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, illegitimate son of King Henry II)	Henry II of England (possible) John, prior to becoming king (also his illegitimate son Richard FitzRoy)	Henry II of England (possible) and Richard I of England (1189–1198)	Kings of England 1198–1340, 1360–1369

The three lions passants guardants or attributed to William I and his successors Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, John and Henry III by Matthew Paris in Historia Anglorum and Chronica Majora in the 1250s.

The first documented use of royal arms dates from the reign of Richard I (1189–1199). Much later antiquarians would retrospectively invented attributed arms for earlier kings, but their reigns pre-dated the systematisation of hereditary English heraldry that only occurred in the second half of the 12th century. Lions may have been used as a badge by members of the Norman dynasty: a late-12th century chronicler reports that in 1128, Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and gave him a gold lion badge. The memorial enamel created to decorate Geoffrey's tomb depicts a blue coat of arms bearing gold lions. His son, Henry II (1133–1189) used a lion as his emblem, and based on the arms used by his sons and other relatives, he may have used a coat of arms with a single lion or two lions, though no direct testimony of this has been found. His children experimented with different combinations of lions on their arms. Richard I (1189–1199) used a single lion rampant, or perhaps two lions affrontés, on his first seal, but later used three lions passant in his 1198 Great Seal of England, and thus established the lasting design of the Royal Arms of England. In 1177, his brother John had used a seal depicting a shield with two lions passant guardant, but when he succeeded his brother on the English throne he would adopt arms with three lions passant or on a field gules, and these were then used, unchanged, as the royal arms ('King's Arms') by him and his successors until 1340.

Arms of the sons of kings and their issue
Prince of Wales	Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, son of King John	Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III	Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, son of Edmund Crouchback (1322–1326) (later inherited his father's arms)
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I	Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I	John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, son of Edward II

After Edward III

Arms of Kings
Kings of England 1340–1360, 1369–1395, 1399–1406	Richard II of England, 1395–1399	Kings of England 1406–1422, 1461–1470, 1471–1485	Henry VI of England, 1422–1461, 1470–1471

Arms of the sons of Edward III
Edward, the Black Prince	Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence	John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster	Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York	Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

Arms of the grandsons of Edward III
	Sons of John of Gaunt: House of Lancaster Sons of Edmund of Langley: House of York
Richard of Bordeaux, son of the Black Prince, until 1376		Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, son of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester

House of Lancaster

Arms of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster		Arms of Henry of Bolingbroke, eldest son of John of Gaunt
As Duke of Lancaster	As claimant King of Castile (1371)	As Duke of Hereford	As Duke of Hereford and Lancaster

House of Henry IV
Princes of Wales	Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence	John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford	Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

Arms of the House of Beaufort, legitimized sons of John of Gaunt
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset			Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Before 1396	After legitimation, 1396	France moderne adopted	After legitimation, 1396	France moderne adopted

House of York

Arms of the sons of Edmund of Langley
Edward of Norwich, as Earl of Rutland	Edward of Norwich, as Duke of York	Duke of York since the adoption of France moderne	Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Arms of the sons of Richard, 3rd Duke of York
Edward, Earl of March	Edmund, Earl of Rutland	George, Duke of Clarence	Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Arms of the grandsons of Richard, 3rd Duke of York
Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Edward IV	Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, son of Edward IV	Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, son of George, Duke of Clarence	Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, son of Richard III

Non-Plantagenet families

The heiresses of Norfolk and Kent transmitted the Plantagenet arms to non-Plantagenet families:

Mowbrays and Hollands
Mowbray Dukes of Norfolk	Holland Earls of Kent	John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter	John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter

Henry VI of England granted differenced versions of the Plantagenet arms to his maternal half-brothers. This was an extraordinary grant, since they were not descended from the English royal family.

House of Tudor
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond	Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford

Tudor Family Tree

See also: Tudor monarchs' family tree

The Tudors claim to the throne was the strongest one at the end of the Wars of the Roses, as it combined the Lancastrian claim in their descent from the Beauforts and the Royal Yorkist claim by the marriage of Henry VII to the heiress of Edward IV.

Royal Lineage (Simplified)

Edward III 1327–1377 Edward, the Black Prince Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York Richard II 1377–1399 Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster Henry IV 1399–1413 John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster Henry V 1413–1422 Catherine of France Owen Tudor John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404-1444) Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge Anne de Mortimer Henry VI 1422–1461, 1470–1471 Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby Richard, 3rd Duke of York Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales Edward IV of England George, 1st Duke of Clarence Richard III of England Isabella I of Castile Ferdinand II of Aragon Henry VII of England Elizabeth of York Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales Joanna of Castile Maria of Aragon Catherine of Aragon Henry VIII of England Arthur, Prince of Wales Margaret Tudor Mary Tudor Reginald Pole Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Isabella of Portugal James V of Scotland Lady Frances Brandon Philip II of Spain Mary I of England Elizabeth I of England Edward VI of England Mary, Queen of Scots Lady Jane Grey James VI of Scotland and I of England

Mountbatten

Promotions

(using pre 2008 shoulder boards)

Insignia	Rank	Assignment	Date
	officer cadet	Entered Royal Navy	1913
	Rated Midshipman	* H.M.S. Lion, 1916; H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, 1917; H.M. Submarine_ K6, 1918.	1916
	Sub-Lieutenant	* H.M.S. P31.	1918
	Lieutenant	* H.M.S. Renown, 1920 (Prince of Wales' Tour, Australia and New Zealand); H.M.S. Repulse, 1921 H.M.S. Renown, 1920 (Prince of Wales' Tour to India, Japan and the Far East); H.M.S. Revenge, 1923; Signal School, Portsmouth, 1924; R.N. College, Greenwich, 1925; Reserve Fleet Wireless and Signal Officer, 1926; Assistant Fleet Wireless Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1927–1928.	1920
	Lieutenant Commander	* Second Destroyer Flotilla Signal and Wireless, 1928–1929; Senior Instructor in Wireless at H.M. Signal School, Portsmouth, 1929–1931; Fleet Wireless Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1931–1933.	1928
	Commander	*Qualified as interpreter in French and German, 1933; In command of H.M.S. Daring, 1934; In command of H.M.S. Wishart, 1935; Appointed to Naval Air Division at Admiralty, 1936.	1932
	Captain	* In command of H.M.S. Kelly and Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, 1939 (mentioned in dispatches twice); In command of H.M.S. Illustrious, 1941.	1937
	Commodore (First Class)	* Commodore, Combined Operations, 1941–1942;	1941
	(acting) Vice-Admiral	* Chief of Combined Operations and Member of Chief of Staff’s Committee	1942–1943
	(acting) Admiral	* Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia	1943–1946
	Rear-Admiral	* Flag Officer commanding First Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet, 1948–1949.	1946
	Vice-Admiral	* Fourth Sea Lord, 1950–1952; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterrnean, 1952–1954.	1949
	Admiral	* Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterrnean, 1953–1954; First Sea Lord, 1955–1959.	1953
	Admiral of the Fleet	* Chief of the Defence Staff and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, 1959–1965.	1956
	Admiral of the Fleet	Retired (Admirals of the Fleet retain their rank on retirement)	1965

Awards

The Right Honourable Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS↵↵↵

Family tree House of Bebbanburg

Eadwulf I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh king of Northumbria (704 - 705)

??? daughter of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria see Northumbrian kings family tree

Earnwine of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh

Eardwulf II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh

Eardwulf III of Bamburgh king of Northumbria king (796 – 806 AD) ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh

??? Eanred of Northumbria king ofNorthumbria king (c.810 – c.850 AD)

Æthelthryth daughter of Ælla king of Northumbria

Earl Eadwulf of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh "king of the North Saxons" ((fl. c. 890 – 913))

Ealdred I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (913 – c. 933)

? Uhtred ealdorman in Derbyshire (fl. x 911–926, 930–50, and perhaps 955–58)

Osulf I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 946–963)

Waltheof of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 994)

? Eadwulf I 'Evil-Child' of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 963–973)

UHTRED 'the Bold' of Northumbria ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh ealdorman and ruler of all Northumbria (1006–16)

Eadwulf II 'Cudel' of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (died 1019)

1. Ecgfrida dau. of Ealdhun, Bishop of Dunham (fl. 990)

2. Sige dau. of Styr Ulfsson (fl. 1000)

3. Ælfgifu dau. of King Æthelred the Unready and Ælfgifu of York (fl. 1016)

Ealdred II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh ((died 1038)

Eadwulf III of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (died 1041)

Gospatrick founder of Clan Swinton Eadulf Rus was a son or grandson

Ealdgyth

Maldred bro. of King Duncan I of Scotland see genealogy

Siward(Sigurd) earl of Northumbria (r. 1041–55)

Ælfflaed

Ealdgyth m. Ligulf, 2 sons, one of which was named Uhtred

Osulf II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (1065–67)

Gospatrick (d. after 1073)earl of Northumbria (r. 1067–1068) earls of Dunbar (called Earl of Lothian or Earl of March)

Waltheof earl of Northumbria , Huntingdon and Northampton (1050 – 31 May 1076) = Judith of Lens, dau. Adelaide of Normandy sister of Wm. the Conqueror

Simon de Senlis 1.

Maud countess of Huntingdon (c.1074—1130/31)

2. King David I of Scotland

daughter

Adelise m. Raoul III of Tosny

Simon earl of Huntingdon and Northampton (c. 1098–1153)

Henry of Scotland (1114 – 12 June 1152) heir of Scotland earl of Northumbria, Huntingdon, and Northampton Kings of Scotland see genealogy

Family Tree of the Percys

See main article: House of Percy and Duke of Northumberland

William de Perci aux Gernons ("with whiskers", later became a common name in the family, "Algernon") arrived in England from Normandy 1067 from Percy-en-Auge in Normandy 1st feudal baron of Topcliffe, North Yorkshire (d. 1096/9)

Alan de Perci 2nd feudal baron of Topcliffe (d. circa 1130/5)

William II de Perci (d. 1174/5) 3rd feudal baron of Topcliffe

Godfrey I, Count of Louvain

Ida of Chiny (1078–1117)

Agnes de Perci (1134-1205)

Joscelin of Louvain (d.1180) 4th feudal baron of Topcliffe

Adeliza of Louvain

2. King Henry I of England 1.

Matilda of Scotland

Dukes of Brabant

Henry de Perci

Richard de Perci (d. 1244) 5th feudal baron of Topcliffe

Empress Matilda

William Adelin

House of Hesse Mountbattens

William III de Perci (1197-1245) 6th feudal baron of Topcliffe

King Henry II "FitzEmpress" of England

Henry de Perci (1228–1272) 7th feudal baron of Topcliffe

Henri de Perci 8th feudal baron of Topcliffe 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick by writ. (1273–1314)

Henry de Percy 9th feudal baron of Topcliffe 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick (1299–1352)

Henry de Percy 10th feudal baron of Topcliffe 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick (1320–1368)

Mary of Lancaster

Thomas Percy bishop of Norwich (d. 1369)

Margaret Neville

Henry Percy 11th feudal baron of Topcliffe 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick 1st Earl of Northumberland, 1377 forfeit 1405 (1341–1408)

Maud Lucy heiress of Egremont

Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (1343 – 1403)

Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364 – 1403)

Thomas Percy

Ralph Percy

Alan Percy

Mary Percy

Elizabeth (c. 1390 – 1437)

Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland, 1416 (1394–1455)

Henry 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421 - 1461 )

Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (1422 – 1460)

Katherine (1423 Aft. 1475 )

George Percy (1424 - 1474 )

Ralph Percy ( 1425 - 1464)

Richard Percy

William Percy Bishop of Carlise (1428 – 1462)

Joan Percy (1430 - 1482) married Lord Edmund d'Aganet, 8th Baron of Blyth

Anne Percy (1436 - 1522) married Thomas Hungerford of Rowden

Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (1449–1489) (restored 1470)

Sir Ralph Percy

Peter Percy

Sir Henry Percy

George Percy

John Percy

Henry Algernon Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478–1527)

Alan Percy (c. 1480 – 1560)

Joscelin Percy

Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland (1502–1537) , betrothed to Anne Boleyn

Thomas Percy (c. 1504 – 1537) participated the Pilgrimage of Grace revolt

Edward Percy

Thomas Percy 7th Earl of Northumberland (forfeit 1571; restored 1572) led the Rising of the North (1528–1572)

Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland (1532–1585)

Thomas Percy convicted in the Gunpowder Plot (c. 1560 – 1605)

Henry Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland "the Wizard Earl" (1564–1632)

Thomas Percy

William Percy

Sir Charles Percy

Richard Percy

Sir Joscelin Percy

Sir Alan Percy

Sir George Percy explorer, author, gov. of Virginia (1580–1632)

Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602–1668) Lord High Admiral of England, later a Parliamentarian in the English Civil War

Henry Percy Baron Percy of Alnwick (d.1659) royalist in the English Civil War

Joceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland (1644–1670) no male heirs, becomes the last male of direct Percy lineage to inherit the Earldom

Henry Percy Lord Percy (1668–1669) only son and heir apparent

Elizabeth Percy suo jure Baroness Percy (1667 – 1722)

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset

Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset Baron Percy (1684 – 1750) created Earl of Northumberland, with remainder to his son-in-law

George Seymour Viscount Beauchamp (1725 – 1744)

Elizabeth Percy suo jure 2nd Baroness Percy (1730 - 1776)

Sir Hugh Percy né Smithson 4th Baronet Smithson 2nd Earl of Northumberland by right of his wife,1750, and 1st Duke of Northumberland by creation 1766 (1714 – 1786)

DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, 1766

Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1714–1786) formerly Sir Hugh Smithson, Bt.

Elizabeth Seymour, 2nd Baroness Percy (1716–1776)

Earl of Beverley

Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817)

Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (1750–1830)

Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland (1785–1847)

Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland (1792–1865)

George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland (1778–1867)

Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (1810–1899)

Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland (1846–1918)

Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (1880–1930)

Henry George Alan Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland (1912–1940)

Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914–1988)

Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (1953–1995)

Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland (b. 1956)

Family Tree of the Nevilles

Uchtred living in the frmr kingdom of Northumbria (c. 1100)

Dolphin (c. 1129) lord or the manor of Staindrop, County Durham, Northumbria

Maldred FitzDolphin (c. 1130)

Geoffrey de Neville

Renata de Bulmer

Robert FitzMaldred (c. 1150)

Isabel de Neville

Geoffrey FitzRobert de Neville (b. c. 1197)

Geoffrey de Neville (b. c. 1225)

Robert de Neville (c. 1260/1270)

Ralph 1st baron Neville de Raby (v. 1262-1331)

Ralph 2nd baron Neville de Raby (v. 1291-1367)

John 3rd baron Neville de Raby (v. 1340-1388)

Alexander archbishop of York (v. 1340-1392)

Ralph 4e baron Neville de Raby 1st earl of Westmorland (v. 1364-1425)

John (v. 1387-1420)

Richard 5th earl of Salisbury (1400-1460)

Robert bishop († 1457)

William 1st earl of Kent (v. 1401-1463)

George 1st baron Latimer (v. 1407-1469)

Edward 3rd baron Bergavenny (av. 1414-1476)

Cecily ép. Richard of York, Duke of York (1415-1495)

Ralph 2nd earl of Westmorland (1406-1484)

John (v. 1410-1461)

Richard 16th earl of Warwick (1428-1471)

John 1st marquis Montagu (1431-1471)

George archbishop of York (1432-1476)

Thomas viscount Fauconberg (1429-1471)

Henry († 1469)

George 4th baron Bergavenny (v. 1440-1492)

Ralph 3rd earl of Westmorland (v. 1456-1499)

Anne ép. Richard III (1456-1485)

George duke of Bedford (1461-1483)

Richard 2nd baron Latimer (v. 1468-1530)

George 5th baron Bergavenny (v. 1469-1535)

Edward (1471-1538)

Ralph († 1498)

John 3rd baron Latimer (1493-1543)

Henry 6th baron Bergavenny (v. 1530-1587)

Edward 7th baron Bergavenny (v. 1526-1588)

Ralph 4th earl of Westmorland (1498-1549)

John 4th baron Latimer (1520-1577)

Mary ép. Thomas Fane (1554-1626)

Edward 8th baron Bergavenny (v. 1550-1622)

Henry 5th earl of Westmorland (1525-1569)

Fane Family earls of Westmorland

Henry 9th baron Bergavenny (av. 1580-1641)

Christopher (d. 1649)

Charles 6th earl of Westmorland (1542-1601)

John 10th baron Bergavenny (v. 1614-1662)

George 11th baron Bergavenny († 1666)

Richard (d.1643)

George 12th baron Bergavenny (1665-1695)

George

George 13th baron Bergavenny (1657-1720/1)

Edward Captain,RN (d. 1701)

George 14th baron (A)bergavenny (1702–1723)

Edward 15th baron (A)bergavenny (d.1724)

William 16th baron(A)bergavenny (d.1744)

George 17th baron (A)bergavenny 1st Earl of Abergavenny, 1784 (1727–1785)

Edward (1729- )

later Neville Family barons (A)Bergavenny earls and marquesses of Abergavenny current representative is Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny

Spencer Family Tree

Structure of the House

Italian Wiki General Table

Spencer family

Line of Althorp

Spencer of Spencercombe

Baronet of Yarnton

Baronet of Offley

Baron Spencer of Wormleighton

Earls of Sunderland

Dukes of Marlborough

Earls Spencer

Spencer-Churchill Dukes of Marlborough

Descent to Winston Churchill

Spencer Barons and Visconts Churchill

Spencer Origins

Spencer Origins family tree

Thomas Spencer 1366-?

Henry Spencer 1392-1476

Isabel Lincoln

John Spencer 1420-1486

Thomas Spencer

William Spencer

Nicholas Spencer

Elizabeth Empson

William Spencer ?-1498

Spencer of Hodnell

Sir John Spencer of Snitterfield

Sir John Spencer 1447-1522

Isabel Graunt

Jane Spencer

Stephen Cope

Thomas Spencer

Anthony Spencer

Jane Spencer

Richard Knightley

Sir William Spencer 1496-1532

Susan Knightley

Spencer of Badby (emigrated to America in XVII century)

Katherine Kitson

Sir John Spencer 1524-1586

altre 5 figlie

Anne, lady Mounteagle ?-1618

Elizabeth, lady Hunsdon 1552-1618

George Carey, II barone Hunsdon 1547-1603

Thomas Egerton 1540-1617

Alice Spencer 1559-1637

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby 1559-1594

Sir John Spencer 1549-1600

Mary Catlin

Sir Richard Spencer 1559-1624

Helen Elinora Brocket

Sir William Spencer 1555-1609

Spencer of Offley (extinct in 1699)

Spencer of Yarnton (extinct in 1741)

Robert Spencer, I Baron Spencer of Wormleighton From here descends Spencer, Baron Spencer of Wormleighton,earl of Sunderland

Spencer Family

Italian Wiki Spencer Family Table

Spencer Barons of Wormleighton and Earls of Sunderland family tree

Robert Spencer, I Baron Spencer of Wormleighton 1570-1627

Margaret Willoughby 1560-1597

John Spencer 1590-1610 a Blois

Mary Spencer 1588-1592

Richard Spencer Member of Parliament 1593-1661

Edward Spencer Member of Parliament 1595-1656

William Spencer, II Baron Spencer of Wormleighton 1591-1636

Penelope Wriotheslay 1598-1667

Henry Howard m.1663

Elizabeth Spencer 1618-1672

Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda 1628-1675

Alice Spencer 1625-1675

William Spencer of Ashton 1625-1688

Elizabeth Gerard

Margaret Spencer 1627-1693

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury 1621-1683

Robert Spencer, visconte Teviot 1629-1694

Jane Spencer of Yarnton 1657-1689

Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland 1620-1643

Dorothy Sidney 1617-1684

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax 1633-1695

Dorothy Spencer 1640-1670

Penelope Spencer 1644-1645

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1641-1702

Anne Digby 1646-1715

Robert Spencer 1666-1688

Anne Spencer 1667-1690

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton 1658-1712

Isabella Spencer 1668-1684

Elizabeth Spencer 1671-1704

Donough MacCarthy, IV Earl of Clancarty 1668-1734

Anne Churchill 1683-1716

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland 1675-1722

Arabella Cavendish 1673-1698

Judith Tichborne 1702-1749

Frances Spencer 1696-1742

Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle 1694-1758

Robert Spencer, 4th Earl of Sunderland 1701-1729

Anne Spencer 1702-1769

William Bateman, I visconte Bateman 1695-1744

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 1706-1758

John Spencer 1708-1746

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 1710-1771

Diana Spencer 1710-1735

NN 1718-1718

NN 1719-1719

William Spencer 1720-1722

Spencer-Churchill Dukes of Marlborough

Earls Spencer

Assumed Arms

The Spencers and The Despencers

The family is descended in the male line from Henry Spencer (died c. 1478). In the 16th century they claimed that Henry was a descendant of the cadet branch of the ancient House Le Despencer. The descent of the family from the Medieval Despencers has been debunked, especially by J. Horace Round in his essay The Rise of the Spencers. The Spencers were granted a coat of arms in 1504, "Azure a fess Ermine between 6 sea-mews’ heads erased Argent" which bears no resemblance to that used by the family after c. 1595, which was derived from the Despencer arms, "Quarterly Argent and Gules in the second and third quarters a Fret Or overall on a Bend Sable three Escallops of the first" (the scallops standing for the difference as a cadet branch). Round argued that the Despencer descent was fabricated by Richard Lee, a corrupt Clarencieux King of Arms. Citing Round, The Complete Peerage dismissed the alleged Despencer descent as an "elaborate imposture" which "is now incapable of deceiving the most credulous."

Arms of the Le Despencer Family, Barons Le Despencer, Earls of Winchester

Original coat of arms granted to the Spencer family 1504.

The (De)Spencer arms, adopted after c. 1595

Arms of the Spencer Family

Montagus and Montagues/Montacute

Their ancestor was one Richard Ladde, grandfather of the Lord Chief Justice Sir Edward, who changed his name to Montagu in about 1447. His descendants claimed a connection with the older house of Montagu or Montacute, Barons Montagu or Montacute and Earls of Salisbury, but there is no sound evidence that the two families were related. A case has been made out for the possibility that the Ladde alias came from a division among coheirs about 1420 of the remaining small inheritance of a line of Montagus at Spratton and Little Creton, also in Northamptonshire (Sources:English Genealogy, Anthony Wagner).

Montagu Arms Unquartered of Barons Montagu/Montacute

Monthermar arms, "Or, an eagle displayed vert beaked and membered gules."

Arms of Montague/Montacute, Earls of Salisbury

Arms of Montagu, dukes of Manchester, dukes of Montagu, and earls of Sandwich and Halifax, claiming to be cadets of the medieval Montagus.

Arms of Montagu Family

The Rozels of Bedford

Bookplate showing the coat of arms of the Duke of Bedford

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the Russell dukedom is: Argent, a lion rampant gules; on a chief sable, three escallops of the first.

The arms show a claim to be descended from the medieval lord Hugh de Rozel, which has been debunked, especially by J. Horace Round in his essay "The Rozels of Bedford". The family tree on the website of Woburn Abbey only refers to the descent from the provable Stephen Russell in 1394.

The chief from these arms is present in the arms of the modern coat of arms of the London Borough of Camden, because the dukes of Bedford used to own land in the present borough.

arms of John Russell of Kingston Russell, ca 1200

Bertrand Arms 13th Century

with a chief sable, the arms assigned by the heralds to the mythical Hugh de Rosel ca. 1066

Arms of the Duke of Bedford

Supposed lineage of Russell Arms