Pedigree of Prince William of Wales


table prepared by
Clifton R. Fox
Professor of History
Tomball College
Tomball, TX, USA
September 6, 1997
e-mail comments: clifton.fox@nhmccd.edu


 Each living person has 

      two parents, 
      four grandparents, 
      eight great-grandparents,etc. 

 and an additional doubling of ancestors for each
 additional generation back which we examine. Ten
 generations back -- 300 years ago -- each of us has
 more than 1,000 ancestors [although some may be
 duplicates]. Twenty generations back, each of us
 possesses 1 million ancestors. 


 In the case of royal or aristocratic persons, we
 often ignore ancestry in many lines, especially
 female lines. The reality is that even persons of
 royal rank are descended from many ordinary
 people.


 The ancestry of Prince William of Wales illustrates
 the point. The TABLE I to the right lists the 127
 persons, starting with Prince himself, who comprise
 the first six generations of his forbearers. To read
 the table, remember the following rule:

      for each individual numbered X, the father's
      number is 2X and the mother's number is
      2X+1.
      For example, King George V is #16, so his
      parents are #32 and #33.



 In the sixth generation of Prince William's
 pedigree, 28 of the 64 individuals are commoners
 [to the best of my knowledge].


 A deeper lineage restricted to Prince William's
 descent from British monarchs can be found here.

 The Spencer family is traced here.
 
 TABLE I
 Six Generation Pedigree of Prince William of Wales
 

 THE PRINCE
 1.
      William of Wales
 HIS PARENTS
 2.
      Charles Prince of Wales
 3.
      Diana Spencer [Lady Spencer]
 GRANDPARENTS
 4.
      Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain
 5.
      Philip Mountbatten [of Greece]
 6.
      Edward Spencer Earl Spencer
 7.
      Frances Burke-Roche [Lady Fermoy]
 GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 8.
      George VI King of Great Britain
 9.
      Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon [of Strathmore]
 10.
      Andrew Prince of Greece
 11.
      Alice Mountbatten [of Milford Haven]
 12.
      Albert Spencer Earl Spencer
 13.
      Cynthia Hamilton [of Abercorn]
 14.
      Edmund Burke-Roche Baron Fermoy
 15.
      Ruth Gill
 FOURTH GENERATION
 16.
      George V King of Great Britain
 17.
      Mary Princess of Teck
 18.
      Claude Bowes-Lyon Earl of Strathmore
 19.
      Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck
 20.
      George I King of Greece
 21.
      Olga Grand Duchess of Russia
 22.
      Louis Mountbatten Marquis of Milford Haven
 23.
      Victoria Princess of Hesse
 24.
      Charles Spencer Earl Spencer
 25.
      Margaret Baring [of Revelstoke]
 26.
      James Hamilton Duke of Abercorn
 27.
      Rosalind Bingham [of Lucan]
 28.
      James Burke-Roche Baron Fermoy
 29.
      Frances Work
 30.
      William Gill
 31.
      Ruth Littlejohn
 FIFTH GENERATION
 32.
      Edward VII King of Great Britain
 33.
      Alexandra Princess of Denmark
 34.
      Francis Duke of Teck
 35.
      Mary of Cambridge
 36.
      Claude Bowes-Lyon Earl of Strathmore
 37.
      Frances Smith
 38.
      Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
 39.
      Caroline Burnaby
 40.
      Christian IX King of Denmark
 41.
      Louise Princess of Hesse-Cassel
 42.
      Constantine Grand Duke of Russia
 43.
      Elizabeth Princess of Saxe-Altenberg
 44.
      Alexander Prince of Hesse
 45.
      Julia von Hauke Princess of Battenberg
 46.
      Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse
 47.
      Alice Princess of Great Britain
 48.
      Frederick Spencer Earl Spencer
 49.
      Adelaide Seymour
 50.
      Edward Baring Baron Revelstoke
 51.
      Louisa Bulteel
 52.
      James Hamilton Duke of Abercorn
 53.
      Mary Curzon [Lady Howe]
 54.
      George Bingham Earl of Lucan
 55.
      Cecilia Gordon-Lennox [of Richmond]
 56.
      Edmund Burke-Roche Baron Fermoy
 57.
      Elizabeth Boothby
 58.
      Frank Work
 59.
      Ellen Wood
 60.
      Alexander Gill
 61.
      Barbara Marr
 62.
      David Littlejohn
 63.
      Jane Crombie
 SIXTH GENERATION
 64.
      Albert Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
 65.
      Victoria Queen of Great Britain
 66.
      =40
 67.
      =41
 68.
      Alexander Prince of Wurttemberg
 69.
      Claudine Countess Rhedey
 70.
      Adolphus Duke of Cambridge
 71.
      Augusta Princess of Hesse-Cassel
 72.
      Thomas Lyon-Bowes Earl of Strathmore
 73.
      Mary Carpentier
 74.
      Oswald Smith
 75.
      Henrietta Hodgson
 76.
      William Cavendish-Bentinck [of Portland]
 77.
      Anne Wellesley [Lady Wellesley]
 78.
      Edwyn Burnaby
 79.
      Anne Salisbury
 80.
      Frederick William Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
 81.
      Louise Caroline Princess of Hesse-Cassel
 82.
      William Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
 83.
      Louise Charlotte Princess of Denmark
 84.
      Nicholas I Emperor of Russia
 85.
      Charlotte Princess of Prussia
 86.
      Joseph Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 87.
      Amalia Duchess of Wurttemberg
 88.
      Louis II Grand Duke of Hesse
 89.
      Wilhemina Princess of Baden
 90.
      John Count of Hauke
 91.
      Sophie LaFontaine
 92.
      Charles Prince of Hesse-Cassel
 93.
      Elizabeth Princess of Prussia
 94.
      =64
 95.
      =65
 96.
      George Spencer Earl Spencer
 97.
      Lavinia Bingham [of Lucan]
 98.
      Horace Seymour
 99.
      Elizabeth Palk
 100.
      Henry Baring
 101.
      Cecilia Windham
 102.
      John Bulteel
 103.
      Elizabeth Grey [Lady Grey]
 104.
      James Hamilton Duke of Abercorn
 105.
      Louisa Russell [of Bedford]
 106. 
      Richard Curzon Earl Howe
 107.
      Anne Gore
 108.
      George Bingham Earl of Lucan
 109.
      Anne Brudenell [of Cardigan]
 110.
      Charles Lennox Duke of Richmond
 111.
      Caroline Paget [of Anglesey]
 112.
      Edward Roche
 113.
      Margaret Curtain
 114.
      James Boothby
 115.
      Charlotte Cunningham
 116.
      John Work
 117.
      Sarah Boude
 118.
      John Wood
 119.
      Ellen Strong
 120.
      David Gill
 121.
      Sarah Ogston
 122.
      William Marr
 123.
      Helen Bean
 124.
      William Littlejohn
 125.
      Janet Bentley
 126.
      James Crombie
 127.
      Katherine Forbes