Ancestors of
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
(6 generations)
 

        1. Charles Spencer
            3rd Duke of Marlborough 
            Born 22 November 1706 
            Died 28 October 1758 Muenster, Westfalen 

        2. Charles Spencer 
            3rd Earl of Sunderland 
            Born circa 1674 
            Died 19 April 1722 London, Sunderland Hse, Piccadilly 
            Married 14 September 1699 
        3. Lady Anne Churchill 
            Born 27 February 1682 
            Died 15 April 1716 

        4. Robert Spencer 
            2nd Earl of Sunderland 
            Born circa 1640 Paris 
            Died 28 September 1702 Althorp 
            Married 10 June 1665 London, St. Vedast's 
        5. Lady Anne Digby 
            Died 16 April 1715 
        6. John Churchill 
            1st Duke of Marlborough 
            Born 24 June 1650 Ashe 
            Died 16 June 1722 Blenheim 
            Married 1 October 1678 
        7. Sarah Jennings 
            Born 5 June 1660 Holywell nr St.Albans,Herts. 
            Died 18 October 1744 

        8. Henry Spencer 
            1st Earl of Sunderland 
            baptised 23 November 1620 Brington 
            Died 20 September 1643 Newbury (in battle) 
            Married 20 July 1639 Penshurst, Kent 
        9. Lady Dorothy Sydney 
            baptised 5 October 1617 Isleworth, Midx. 
            buried 25 February 1684 Brington 
       10. George Digby 
            2nd Earl of Bristol 
            Born October 1612 Madrid 
            Died 20 March 1677 Chelsea 
       11. Lady Anne Russell 
            Died 26 January 1697 
       12. Sir Winston Churchill 
            Born 1620 
            Died 1688 
       13. Elizabeth Drake 
       14. Richard Jennings, of Sandridge 
            Died 1688 
       15. Frances Thornhurst 

       16. William Spencer 
            2nd Lord Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            baptised 4 January 1592 Brington 
            Died 19 December 1636 
            Married 1615 
       17. Lady Penelope Wriothesley 
            Born circa 28 November 1598 
            Died 16 July 1667 
       18. Robert Sydney 
            2nd Earl of Leicester 
            Born 1 December 1595 Baynard's Castle, London 
            Died 2 November 1677 Penshurst 
            Married January 1615 
       19. Lady Dorothy Percy 
            baptised 20 August 1598 Petworth 
            Died 20 August 1659 
       20. John Digby 
            1st Earl of Bristol 
            Born February 1586 
            Died 21 January 1653 Paris 
            Married 31 May 1609 St.James's, Clerkenwell 
       21. Beatrice Walcott 
            Died 12 September 1658 
       22. Francis Russell 
            4th Earl of Bedford 
            Born 1593 
            Died 9 May 1641 
            Married 26 February 1609 St.Mary le Strand 
       23. The Hon. Catherine Brydges 
            Died 29 January 1657 
       24. John Churchill 
            Married 1616 
       25. Sarah Winston 
       26. Sir John Drake, of Ashe, Devon 
            Died 25 August 1636 
            Married 18 May 1616 
       27. The Hon. Helen Boteler 
            Died 2 October 1666 
       28. Sir John Jennings 
       29. 
       30. Sir Gifford Thornhurst, of Agnes Court 
            Baronet 
            Died 16 December 1627 
       31. Susan Temple 

       32. Robert Spencer 
            1st Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            Born 1570 
            Died 25 October 1627 Wormleighton 
            Married 15 February 1588 Brington, co Northampton 
       33. Margaret Willoughby, of Wollaton 
            Died 17 August 1597 
       34. Henry Wriothesley 
            3rd Earl of Southampton 
            Born 6 October 1573 Cowdray, Sussex 
            Died 10 November 1624 Bergen-op-Zoom (plague) 
            Married before 30 August 1598 
       35. Elizabeth Vernon 
            Died after 23 November 1655 
       36. Robert Sydney, of Penshurst, Kent 
            1st Earl of Leicester 
            Born 19 November 1563 Penshurst, Kent 
            Died 13 July 1626 Penshurst 
            Married 23 September 1584 St.Donats, co Glamorgan 
       37. Barbara Gamage 
            Died May 1621 
       38. Henry Percy 
            9th Earl of Northumberland 
            Born before 27 April 1564 Tynemouth Castle 
            Died 5 November 1632 
            Married 1594 
       39. Lady Dorothy Devereux 
            Died 3 August 1619 
       40. Sir George Digby, of Coleshill 
       41. Abigail Heveningham 
       42. Charles Walcott 
       43. 
       44. William Russell 
            1st Baron Russell, of Thornhaugh 
            Born circa 1558 
            Died 9 August 1613 Northall, Bucks. 
            Married 13 February 1585 * Watford 
       45. Elizabeth Long 
            Died 12 June 1611 
       46. Giles Brydges 
            3rd Lord Chandos 
            Born 1549 
            Died 21 February 1594 
            Married before  September 1573 
       47. Lady Frances Clinton 
            Died 12 September 1623 Woburn Abbey 
       48. Charles Churchill 
       49. Anne Beauchamp 
       50. Sir Henry Winston, of Standish 
       51. 
       52. John Drake, of Mount Drake & Ashe 
            buried 11 April 1628 
       53. Dorothy Button 
            Died 13 December 1631 
       54. John Boteler 
            1st Baron Boteler, of Brantfield 
            Died 27 May 1637 St.Martin's-in-the-Fields 
            Married circa 1604 
       55. Elizabeth Villiers 
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       60. Sir William Thornhurst, of Agnes Court 
       61. Anne Lyte Howard 
       62. Sir Alexander Temple 
       63. 

       64. Sir John Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            Died 9 January 1599 
       65. Margaret Catlin 
       66. Francis Willoughby, of Wollaton 
            Died circa 16 November 1596 
       67. Elizabeth Lyttleton, of Frankley 
       68. Henry Wriothesley 
            2nd Earl of Southampton 
            baptised 24 April 1545 St.Andrew's, Holborn 
            Died 4 October 1581 Ytchel, Hants. 
            Married 19 February 1566 
       69. The Hon. Mary Browne 
            Died 4 November 1607 
       70. Sir John Vernon, of Hodnet 
            Born 1546 
            Died 1592 
       71. Elizabeth Devereux 
       72. Sir Henry Sydney, of Penshurst, Kent 
            Born 20 July 1529 
            Died 1 May 1586 
            Married 29 March 1551 
       73. Lady Mary Dudley 
            buried 11 August 1586 
       74. John Gamage, of Coity 
       75. Catherine Powell 
       76. Henry Percy 
            8th Earl of Northumberland 
            Born circa 1532 
            Died 21 June 1585 Tower of London (shot) 
            Married before 28 January 1562 
       77. Catherine Nevill 
            Died 28 October 1596 
       78. Walter Devereux 
            1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford 
            Born 16 September 1539 
            Died 22 September 1576 Dublin Castle 
            Married circa 1560 /1565 
       79. Lettice Knollys 
            Born 1539 
            Died 25 December 1634 Drayton Basset 
       80. John Digby, of Coleshill 
            Died 15 November 1558 
       81. Anne Throckmorton 
       82. Sir Arthur Heveningham, of Ketteringham 
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       88. Francis Russell 
            2nd Earl of Bedford 
            Born 1527 
            Died 28 July 1585 Bedford House, The Strand 
       89. Margaret St.John 
            Died 27 August 1562 Woburn, Beds. 
       90. Henry Long, of Shingay 
            Born 31 March 1544 
            Died before 16 April 1573 (date will proven) 
       91. Dorothy Clerk, of Weston 
            buried 11 May 1618 
       92. Edmund Brydges 
            2nd Lord Chandos 
            Born before 1522 
            Died 11 March 1573 
            Married circa 1548 
       93. The Hon. Dorothy Braye 
            Born 1530 
            Died 31 October 1605 Minty 
       94. Edward Clinton 
            1st Earl of Lincoln 
            Born 1512 
            Died 16 January 1585 London 
            Married before 15 June 1541 
       95. Ursula Stourton 
            Died 4 September 1551 
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      104. Sir Bernard Drake, of Mount Drake & Ashe 
            Died 10 April 1586 
      105. Gertrude Fortescue 
            Died 13 February 1601 
      106. William Button 
      107. 
      108. Sir Henry Boteler 
            Died 20 January 1609 
      109. Catherine Waller 
      110. Sir George Villiers, of Brokesby 
            Born 1544 
            Died 4 January 1605 
      111. Audrey Saunders 
            Died May 1587 
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      122. Charles Lyte Howard 
      123. Roberta Webb 
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