Ancestors of
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
(6 generations)
 

        1. Francis Russell
            5th Duke of Bedford 
            Born 23 July 1765 
            Died 2 March 1802 Woburn Abbey 

        2. Francis Russell 
            Marquess of Tavistock 
            Born 27 September 1739 London 
            Died 22 March 1767 Houghton Park, Beds. 
            Married 8 June 1764 Woburn 
        3. Lady Elizabeth Keppel 
            Born 15 November 1739 
            Died 2 November 1768 Lisboa, Portugal 

        4. John Russell 
            4th Duke of Bedford 
            Born 30 September 1710 Streatham, Surrey 
            Died 14 January 1771 Bloomsbury, Bedford House 
            Married 2 April 1737 
        5. Lady Gertrude Leveson-Gower 
            Born 15 February 1715 
            Died 1 July 1794 
        6. William Anne van Keppel 
            2nd Earl of Albemarle 
            Born 5 June 1702 Whitehall 
            Died 22 December 1754 Paris 
            Married 21 February 1722 Caversham, Oxon. 
        7. Lady Anne Lennox 
            Born 24 June 1703 
            Died 20 October 1789 New St.,Spring Gardens, Midx. 

        8. Wriothesley Russell 
            2nd Duke of Bedford 
            Born 1 November 1680 St.Giles's-in-the-Fields 
            Died 26 May 1711 
            Married 23 May 1695 Streatham, Surrey 
        9. Elizabeth Howland 
            Born 1682 
            Died 29 July 1724 Streatham 
       10. John Leveson-Gower 
            1st Earl Gower 
            Born 10 August 1694 
            Died 25 December 1754 
            Married 13 March 1711 St. Anne's, Soho 
       11. Lady Evelyn Pierrepont 
            Born 6 September 1691 
            Died 26 June 1727 London 
       12. Arnold Joost van Keppel 
            1st Earl of Albemarle 
            Born 1670 
            Died 30 May 1718 's-Gravenhage 
            Married 10 July 1701 's-Gravenhage 
       13. Geertruida van der Duyn 
            Born 1674 
            Died 13 December 1741 's-Gravenhage 
       14. Charles Lennox 
            1st Duke of Richmond 
            Born 29 July 1672 London 
            Died 27 May 1723 Goodwood, Sussex 
            Married circa 8 January 1693 
       15. Anne Brudenell 
            Born circa 1672 
            Died 9 December 1722 Whitehall 

       16. William Russell 
            Lord Russell 
            Born 29 September 1639 
            Died 21 July 1683 Lincoln Inn Field (beheaded) 
            Married 31 July 1669 Titchfield, Hants 
       17. Lady Rachel Wriothesley 
            Born 1637 
            Died 29 September 1723 Bloomsbury 
       18. John Howland 
       19. Elizabeth Child 
       20. Sir John Leveson-Gower 
            1st Baron Gower 
            Born 7 January 1675 
            Died 31 August 1709 Belvoir Castle 
            Married September 1692 
       21. Lady Catherine Manners 
            Born 19 May 1675 
            Died 7 March 1722 London, Great Russell St 
       22. Evelyn Pierrepont 
            1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull 
            Born circa 1665 
            Died 5 March 1726 Holme Pierrepont 
            Married 27 June 1687 * 
       23. Lady Mary Feilding 
            buried 20 December 1697 Holme Pierrepont 
       24. Osewald van Keppel 
            Heer tot Voorst 
            Died 1685 
       25. Reiniera Anna Geertruida van Lintelo tot de Marsch 
       26. Adam van der Duyn 
            Heer van 's-Gravenmoer 
            Born 2 February 1639 Rijswijk, H.Den Burgh 
            Died 18 December 1693 Mechelen 
            Married 12 March 1673 * 's-Gravenhage 
       27. Geertruid Pieterson 
            Born 27 November 1653 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 24 February 1703 's-Gravenhage 
       28. Charles II 
            King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1660-1685 
            Born 29 May 1630 St.James's, London 
            Died 6 February 1685 Palace of Whitehall 
       29. Louise de Penancoet de Kerouaille 
            Duchess of Portsmouth, Duchesse d'Aubigny 
            Born September 1649 K‚rouaille 
            Died 14 November 1734 Paris 
       30. Francis Brudenell 
            Lord Brudenell 
            Died 1698 
            Married circa 1 June 1668 
       31. Lady Frances Savile 
            Died 6 June 1695 

       32. William Russell 
            5th Earl & 1st Duke of Bedford 
            Born August 1616 
            Died 7 September 1700 London, Bedford House 
            Married 11 July 1637 London, St.Benet's Church 
       33. Lady Anne Carr 
            Born 9 December 1615 London 
            Died 10 May 1684 Woburn 
       34. Thomas Wriothesley 
            4th Earl of Southampton 
            Born 10 March 1607 
            Died 16 May 1667 Southampton House, Bloomsbury 
            Married 18 August 1634 Charenton, France 
       35. Rachel Massue de Ruvigny 
            Born 1603 
            Died 16 February 1640 Tothill St., Westminster 
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       38. Sir Josiah Child, of Wanstead, Essex 
            1st Baronet 
            baptised 27 February 1631 St. Bartholomew, London 
            Died 22 June 1699 
            Married 26 December 1654 Portsmouth 
       39. Hannah Boate 
            buried 29 July 1662 Portsmouth 
       40. Sir William Leveson-Gower, of Lilleshall 
            4th Baronet 
            Died December 1691 
       41. Lady Jane Granville 
            Died 27 February 1696 
       42. John Manners 
            1st Duke of Rutland 
            Born 29 May 1638 Boughton 
            Died 10 January 1711 Belvoir Castle 
            Married 8 January 1674 Exton, Rutland 
       43. The Hon. Catherine Noel 
            Born 10 August 1657 
            Died 24 January 1733 
       44. Robert Pierrepont 
            Born 1635 
            Died 26 April 1669 
       45. Elizabeth Evelyn 
       46. William Feilding 
            3rd Earl of Denbigh, 2nd Earl of Desmond 
            Born 29 December 1640 
            Died 23 August 1685 Canonbury House, Islington 
       47. Mary King 
            buried 12 September 1669 St.Michan's, Dublin 
       48. Dirk van Keppel 
       49. Alijt van der Voorst 
       50. Johan van Lintelo tot de Marsch 
       51. 
       52. Nicolaas van der Duyn 
            Heer van 's-Gravenmoer, Rijswijk en Den Burg 
            Died 27 July 1649 Rijswijk, H. Den Burgh 
            Married 24 November 1637 Rijswijk 
       53. Beatrix van der Bouchorst 
            baptised 4 October 1611 's-Gravenhage 
            Died 20 October 1642 Rijswijk, H. Den Burgh 
       54. Mr. Anthony Pieterson 
       55. Catharina Coenen 
       56. Charles I 
            King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1625-1649 
            Born 19 November 1600 Dunfermline 
            Died 30 January 1649 Whitehall (beheaded) 
            Married 11 May 1625 Paris (by Proxy) 
       57. Princess Henrietta Maria de France 
            Born 26 November 1609 The Louvre, Paris 
            Died 10 September 1669 Chƒteau de Colombes 
       58. Guillaume de Penancoet 
            Sieur de Kerouaille 
            Died 1690 
            Married 27 February 1645 
       59. Marie de Ploeuc de Timeur 
            Died January 1709 
       60. Robert Brudenell 
            2nd Earl of Cardigan 
            Born 5 March 1607 
            Died 16 July 1703 
       61. The Hon. Anne Savage 
            Died 16 June 1696 
       62. Thomas Savile 
            1st Earl of Sussex 
            baptised 14 September 1590 Doddington-Pigot 
            Died circa 1659 
            Married after  November 1640 
       63. Lady Anne Villiers 
            Died before 1 July 1670 

       64. Francis Russell 
            4th Earl of Bedford 
            Born 1593 
            Died 9 May 1641 
            Married 26 February 1609 St.Mary le Strand 
       65. The Hon. Catherine Brydges 
            Died 29 January 1657 
       66. Robert Carr 
            Earl of Somerset 
            Born circa 1587 
            Died 17 July 1645 London 
            Married 26 December 1613 Whitehall,Chapel Royal 
       67. Lady Frances Howard 
            Born 31 May 1590 
            Died 23 August 1632 
       68. 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 
       69. Elizabeth Vernon 
            Died after 23 November 1655 
       70. Daniel de Massue 
            Seigneur de Ruvigny 
            Died after 23 November 1655 
            Married circa 30 August 1598 
       71. Madeleine de Pinot des Fontaines 
       72. 
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       76. Richard Child 
            Merchant 
            Born 1611 London 
       77. Elizabeth Roycroft 
            Born 1613 Weston's Wick 
       78. Edward Boate 
            Master shipwright 
       79. Sarah 
       80. Sir Thomas Gower, of Stittenham 
            2nd Baronet 
            Born circa 1605 
            Died 1672 
       81. Frances Leveson 
       82. John Granville 
            1st Earl of Bath 
            Born 29 August 1628 Kilkhamton, Cornwall 
            Died 2 August 1701 St.James's 
            Married circa  October 1652 
       83. Jane Wyche 
            Died 3 February 1692 
       84. John Manners 
            8th Earl of Rutland 
            Born 10 June 1604 Aylestone, co Leicester 
            Died 29 September 1679 Nether Haddon 
            Married 1628 Barnwell Castle co Northampton 
       85. Frances Montagu 
            baptised 8 August 1613 Weekley co Northampton 
            Died 19 May 1671 
       86. Baptist Noel 
            3rd Viscount Campden 
            Born 1612 
            Died 29 October 1682 Exton 
            Married 6 July 1655 
       87. Lady Elizabeth Bertie 
            Died circa 20 July 1683 
       88. The Hon. William Pierrepont, of Thursby 
            Died August 1679 
       89. Elizabeth Harris 
       90. Sir John Evelyn, of West Dene, Wilts. 
       91. Elizabeth Cockes 
       92. George Feilding 
            1st Earl of Desmond 
            Born circa 1614 
            Died 31 January 1665 
            Married 17 April 1630 St.Peter's, Cornhill, London 
       93. Bridget Stanhope 
            Born circa 1615 
       94. Sir Robert King, of Boyle Abbey 
            Died 1657 
       95. Frances Folliott 
       96. Joachim van Keppel 
            Heer van de Woolbeek 
            Died 1584 
       97. Engel van Loen 
            Died 1584 
       98. 
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      104. Adam van der Duyn 
            Heer van 's-Gravenmoer 
            Died 16 October 1629 
            Married 1581 
      105. Margaretha Suys 
            Died 10 April 1606 
      106. Nicolaas van der Bouchorst 
            Heer van Wimmenum 
      107. Wilhelmina van der Noot 
      108. 
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      112. James VI-I 
            King of England 1603-1625, King of Scots 1567-1625 
            Born 19 June 1566 Edinburgh Castle 
            Died 27 March 1625 Theobalds Park, Herts. 
            Married 24 November 1589 Oslo 
      113. Princess Anna of Denmark and Norway 
            Born 12 October 1574 Skanderborg Castle, Jutland 
            Died 4 March 1619 Hampton Court Palace 
      114. Henri IV 
            King of France 1589-1610 
            Born 14 December 1553 Pau 
            Died 14 May 1610 Paris (murdered) 
            Married 27 December 1600 Lyon 
      115. Marie de' Medici 
            Born 26 April 1573 Firenze 
            Died 3 July 1642 K”ln 
      116. Rene de Penancoet 
            Sieur de Kerouaille et Villeneuve 
            Married 12 October 1602 * 
      117. Julienne Emery du Pont-l'Abbe 
            Dame du Chef-du-Bois, heiress of Pont-l'Abbe 
      118. Sebastien de Ploeuc 
            Marquis de Timeur 
            Married 8 January 1617 * 
      119. Marie de Rieux 
            Died 1628 
      120. Thomas Brudenell 
            1st Earl of Cardigan 
            Born circa 1583 
            Died 16 September 1663 Deene 
            Married circa 1606 
      121. Mary Tresham 
            Died 13 October 1664 
      122. Sir Thomas Savage 
            Viscount Savage, 2nd Baronet 
            Born circa 1586 
            Died 20 November 1635 Tower Hill 
            Married 14 May 1602 
      123. Elizabeth Darcy 
            Countess Rivers 
            Died 9 March 1650 
      124. John Savile 
            Baron Savile of Pomfret 
            Born 1556 
            Died 31 August 1630 
            Married 20 November 1586 Great Berkhamsted, Herts. 
      125. Elizabeth Carey 
      126. Christopher Villiers, of Ashley Park 
            1st Earl of Anglesey 
            Died 3 April 1630 Windsor 
      127. Elizabeth Sheldon 
            Died 12 April 1662 

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