Submitted by Leo van de Pas
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Ancestors of
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
(6 generations)
1. William Cavendish
2nd Duke of Devonshire
Born 1672
Died 4 June 1729 London, Devonshire House
2. William Cavendish
4th Earl & 1st Duke of Devonshire
Born 25 January 1641
Died 18 August 1707 London, Devonshire House
Married 26 October 1662 Kilkenny Castle, co Tipperary
3. Lady Mary Butler
Born 1646
Died 31 July 1710
4. William Cavendish
3rd Earl of Devonshire
Born 10 October 1617
Died 23 November 1684 Roehampton House, Surrey
Married 4 March 1639 London
5. Lady Elizabeth Cecil
Born 1620
Died 19 November 1689
6. James Butler
1st Duke of Ormonde
Born 19 October 1610 Clerkenwell, Midx.
Died 21 July 1688 Kingston Hall, Kingston Lacy
Married September 1629
7. Lady Elizabeth Preston
Baroness Dingwall
Born 25 July 1615
Died 21 July 1684 St.James's Square
8. William Cavendish
2nd Earl of Devonshire
Born 1590
Died 20 June 1628 London, Bishopsgate Str.
Married 10 April 1608 London
9. Christian Bruce
Born 28 December 1595
Died 16 January 1675 Southampton Buildings
10. William Cecil
2nd Earl of Salisbury
Born 28 March 1591 Westminster
Died 3 December 1668
Married 1 December 1608
11. Lady Catherine Howard
buried 27 January 1673 Hatfield
12. Thomas Butler
Viscount Thurles
Born before 1596
Died 15 December 1619 (drowned)
Married before 1610
13. Elizabeth Poyntz
Born circa 1588
Died May 1673 Thurles
14. Richard Preston
Lord Dingwall
Died 28 October 1628
Married 1614
15. Lady Elizabeth Butler
Died 10 October 1628
16. William Cavendish
1st Earl of Devonshire
Born 27 December 1552
Died 3 March 1626 Hardwicke
Married 21 March 1581 *
17. Anne Kighley
Died before 1619
18. Sir Edward Bruce
1st Baron Kinloss
Born 1548
Died 14 January 1610 London
19. Magdalene Clerk
Died after 3 January 1631
20. Robert Cecil
1st Earl of Salisbury
Born 1 June 1563 Westminster
Died 24 May 1612 St.Margaret's Priory,Marlbor.
Married 31 August 1589
21. Elizabeth Brooke
Born 1 January 1562
Died 24 June 1596 London, The Strand
22. Lord Thomas Howard
1st Earl of Suffolk
Baron Howard de Walden
Born 24 August 1561
Died 28 May 1626 Suffolk House nr Charing Cross
Married 1583
23. Catherine Knyvett
Born circa 1566
Died 8 September 1638
24. Walter Butler
11th Earl of Ormonde
Born 1569
Died 24 February 1633
Married before 1576
25. The Hon. Helen Butler
Died 28 January 1631
26. Sir John Poyntz, of Iron-Acton
Born 1560
buried 29 November 1633
Married 10 February 1582
27. Elizabeth Sydenham
Born 1562
buried 7 December 1595
28. Richard Preston, of Whitehill
Died 1571
29. Helen Coutts, of Bowhill
Died October 1575
30. Thomas Butler
10th Earl of Ormonde
Born 1531
Died 22 November 1614
Married 9 November 1582
31. Elizabeth Sheffield
Died November 1600
32. Sir William Cavendish, of Chatsworth
Born circa 1505
Died 25 October 1557
Married 20 August 1547 Bradgate
33. Elizabeth Hardwick
Born 1521
Died 13 February 1608 Hardwick Hall
34. Henry Kighley
35. Mary Carus
36. Edward Bruce, of Blairhall
Born 1505
Died 1565
37. Alison Reid, of Aikenhead
38. Alexander Clerk, of Balbirnie
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40. William Cecil
1st Baron Burghley
Born 13 September 1521
Died 4 August 1598 Burghley House, Strand, Midx.
Married 21 October 1545
41. Mildred Cooke
Born 24 August 1524 Romford
Died 5 April 1589 Burghley House, Strand, Midx.
42. William Brooke
10th Lord Cobham
Born 1 November 1527
Died 6 March 1597
Married 25 February 1560 Westminster Palace
43. Frances Newton
Died 17 October 1592
44. Thomas Howard
4th Duke of Norfolk
Born 10 March 1538
Died 2 June 1572 Tower Hill (beheaded)
Married circa 10 December 1558
45. Margaret Audley
Born 1540
Died 9 January 1564 Norwich
46. Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton
Died 14 June 1598
Married 13 May 1563
47. Elizabeth Stump, of Malmesbury
Died 13 July 1585
48. The Hon. John Butler, of Kilcash
Died 10 May 1570
49. Catherine MacCarty
50. Edmund Butler
2nd Viscount Mountgarret
Died 24 November 1602
51. Grizel FitzPatrick, of Upper Ossory
52. Sir Nicholas Poyntz, of Iron Acton
Born circa 1535 /1536
Died 1 September 1585
Married 12 May 1555
53. Anne Verney, of Pendley
54. Alexander Sydenham, of Luxborough
Died 1602
55. Anne Sydenham, of Brimpton
56. Thomas Preston, of Whitehill
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58. Alan Coutts, of Bowhill
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60. James Butler
9th Earl of Ormonde, 2nd Earl of Ossory
Born circa 1496
Died 28 October 1546 London (poisoned)
61. Lady Joan FitzGerald
Died 2 January 1565
62. John Sheffield
2nd Lord Sheffield
Born circa 1538
Died 10 December 1568
Married circa 1562
63. Douglas Howard
Born 1545
buried 11 December 1608
64. Thomas Cavendish
of Cavendish Overhall
Died 1524
65. Alice Smith, of Podbrook Hall
Died 12 November 1515
66. John Hardwick, of Hardwick
Born 1496
Died 24 January 1527
67. Elizabeth Leake
68. Henry Kighley, of Inskip
69. Cecily Butler
70. Thomas Carus
71. Catherine Preston
72. Sir David Bruce, of Clackmannan
Married circa 1497
73. Janet Blackadder
74. John Reid, of Aikenhead
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80. Richard Cecil, of Burleigh
Died 19 March 1553
81. Jane Heckington
Died 10 March 1588
82. Sir Anthony Cooke, of Gidea Hall, Essex
Born 1504
Died 11 June 1576
83. Anne FitzWilliam
84. George Brooke
9th Lord Cobham
Born circa 1497
Died 29 September 1558 Cobham Hall
Married before 1526
85. The Hon. Anne Braye
Died 1 November 1558
86. Sir John Newton
87. Margaret Poyntz
88. Henry Howard
Earl of Surrey
Born 1517 Tendring Hall
Died 21 January 1547 Tower Hill (beheaded)
Married 13 February 1532 *
89. Lady Frances de Vere
Born circa 1516
Died 30 June 1577 Soham Earl nr Framlingham
90. Thomas Audley
1st Baron Audley de Walden
Born 1488 Earls Colne, Essex
Died 30 April 1544 Christchurch
Married 22 April 1538
91. Lady Elizabeth Grey
92. Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton
Died circa 1574
93. Anne Pickering
Died 28 April 1582
94. Sir James Stump, of Malmesbury
Died 1563
95. Bridget Baynton, of Bromham
96. = 60 97. = 61
98. Cormac MacCarty
The MacCarthy Reagh
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100. Richard Butler
1st Viscount Mountgarret
Died 20 December 1571
101. Eleanor Butler
102. Barnaby FitzPatrick
1st Baron of Upper Ossory
Died 8 August 1575 / 15 Dec.1575
Married circa 1529 /1533
103. Lady Margaret Butler
104. Nicholas Poyntz, of Iron Acton
Born before 1510
Died circa 27 November 1556 will proven 8 July 1557
Married 1528 Yate
105. Joan Berkeley
Died 31 March 1563
106. Ralph Verney
Born 1510
Died 26 April 1546
Married 1528
107. The Hon. Elizabeth Braye
Born 1513
Died 1573
108. John Sydenham, of Leigh
Died before 22 August 1547 (date will proven)
109. Joan
Died before 28 January 1550 (date will proven)
110. Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton
Born 1494
Died 16 April 1556
111. Ursula Brydges
Died before February 1576 (date will proven)
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120. Piers Butler
8th Earl of Ormonde
Born 1467
Died 26 August 1539
Married circa 1485
121. Lady Margaret FitzGerald
"the Great Countess"
Died 9 August 1542
122. James FitzMaurice FitzGerald
10th Earl of Desmond
Died 18 June 1529 Dingle
Married 1485
123. Amy Mac-I-Brien-Ara
Died 9 August 1542
124. Edmund Sheffield
1st Baron Sheffield of Butterwicke
Born 22 November 1521
Died 31 July 1549 Norwich
Married before 31 January 1538
125. Lady Anne de Vere
Died before 14 February 1572
126. Lord William Howard
1st Baron Howard of Effingham
Born circa 1510
Died 12 January 1573 Reigate
Married before 1536
127. Margaret Gamage
Died 18 May 1581
Source Listing
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H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
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The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz,
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