KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN AMERICA AND SCOTLAND

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KING FAMILY ANCESTORS IN AMERICA AND SCOTLAND
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JOHN S KINGGrandfather of Arthur E King Sr

• The King name goes back only to John S King, born
  1817 in New Jersey
• According to different censuses, Johns parents
  were most likely from Ireland, but the reports
  are inconsistent and some census reports list him
  as being born in New Jersey
• John himself is an ethereal character, never at
  home for the censuses, but his existence is
  well-documented in land leases and wills
• The first documentation of John is in the Piper
  family bible, noting the marriage of John to
  Elizabeth Piper in her home on August 31, 1848
• John and Elizabeth lived in New Castle, PA, where
  they had three children

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JOHN S KING

• A deed pertained to his purchase of about 2/3rds
  of an acre of property in 1867 on the New Castle
  to Butler Road just south of New Castle, for
  which he paid 800
• The property was on what is now East Washington
  Street in New Castle, but is now a vacant lot

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JOHN S KING

• John died around 1886 in Bully Hill, PA
• He is buried at Emlenton Cemetery in Clarion
  County, PA next to his son, Othello W King
• Bill King in South Carolina has uncovered a
  newspaper article referring to John S King as a
  thespian, which might explain his travels, and
  how he came to name one of his sons Othello
• John and Elizabeth had the following children
• Leroy Porter King (1850 1943)
• Othello W King (1851 1930)
• Eva Ella (Ella Mae) King (1859 1931)

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LEROY PORTER KINGFather of Arthur Ellis King Sr

• Born in New Castle, PA
• The 1880 census shows him living in Clarion
  County, PA and working as an oil producer
• At some point after 1875 he moved to Nortonville,
  KS with his mother, Elizabeth Piper King
• The 1900 census shows him living in Wellson
  Township, Lincoln County OK and working as a
  banker, later in the hardware business
• Federal Tract Books of the Oklahoma Territory
  show he owned the SW quarter of section 24,
  township 21, range 17, land entry number 491.
  Land was bought "commit to cash" so he could get
  immediate title and not wait 8 years
• This land was claimed in the Land Run of 1891 in
  McKinley Township, Lincoln County

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LEROY PORTER KING

• Leroy married Elizabeth Arinenta Troutman
• Leroy was known to have told others that his
  ancestors were from Ireland and came to America
  during the Potato Famine (1845-1852) , but John
  King was already in America at that time
• Leroy died at the home of his daughter, Florence
  Mabile, in 1943, in Centralia, IL
• He is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery in
  Oklahoma City

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LEROY PORTER KING

• Leroy had three children
• Arthur Ellis King
• Walter Piper King
• Florence Mabile King
• He served in the Kansas Militia in 1891 as a 2nd
  Lieutenant

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ARTHUR ELLIS KING SR

• Born 1880 in Parkers Landing, Venango Co, PA
• Moved to Nortonville, KS, then Wellston, OK with
  his parents
• Listed in the 1920 census as general manager of
  Southwestern Cotton Oil Company
• Residence at 301 NW 19th Street, Oklahoma City

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ARTHUR ELLIS KING SR

• Married Olga E Wykert in 1911

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ARTHUR ELLIS KING

• A E King Sr and Olga had five children
• Arthur Ellis King Sr
• Lois Olga (Sorghum) King
• Edward Leroy (Edroy) King
• Mary Jane King
• Robert W King

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PIPER FAMILY

• Elizabeth Piper (born 1824 in Muddy Creek, Butler
  County, Pennsylvania) was the wife of John S
  King, and thus the grandmother of A E King Sr
• According to census information, she worked as a
  millner, and her father, Samuel, was born in
  Ireland
• At some time she moved to Nortonville, KS with
  her son, Leroy P, where she died in 1909
• Samuel Piper was born around 1792 and emigrated
  to Pennsylvania sometime in the early 1800s
• He and his son William owned a stagecoach
  business
• Samuels wife was Sarah Pillow, of Irish descent

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TROUTMAN FAMILY

• Elizabeth Arinenta Troutman married Leroy Porter
  King and was the mother of A E King Sr
• She was born 1860 in Pennsylvania and died 1934
  in Oklahoma City
• The Troutman family goes back to Jacob Trautman
  (10th GGF of A E King Sr) who was born in 1535 in
  Lambsborn, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Hans Peter Trautman (4th GGF of A E King Sr) was
  born in Germany and came to Pennsylvania in the
  early 1700s
• George Peter Troutman (2nd GGF of A E King Sr)
  was born 1767 in Cumberland Valley, PA, and later
  moved to Trumbull County, Ohio where he farmed
  and was a member of the Lutheran Church

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TROUTMAN FAMILY

• Joseph Troutman (father of Elizabeth, grandfather
  of A E King Sr) was born 1793 near Sunbury,
  Pennsylvania, later moving to Clarion County, PA
• He lived at Troutmans Run (now a popular fishing
  retreat in Forest Co, PA) on the Allegheny River
  ,where he cleared 74 acres of land and erected
  buildings
• He worked as a carpenter
• He served in the War of 1812, going to Erie after
  Commodore Perry's victory, but was not engaged in
  any battles
• He was first a Democrat, later a Whig and held
  several township offices
• Both he and his wife were members of the
  Methodist church
• He married Jane F Pollock, a descendant of the
  powerful Clan Pollock in Scotland, a link which
  then linked the King family to the nobility and
  political leaders of Scotland

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WYKERT FAMILY

• Olga E Wykert married A E King Sr in 1911
• She was born in 1888 in Troy, Doniphan County, KS
• The 1910 census shows her living in Wellston
  Township, OK with her parents and working as a
  school teacher
• Her family goes back to Francis (Frantz) Wykert,
  born 1737 in Germany

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OLGA WYKERTWas an average student, at least in
the 2nd grade
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WYKERT FAMILY

• Francis (Frantz) Wykert moved from Germany (along
  the Rhine River) to Berks County, PA in 1756 at
  the age of 19
• He was the 2nd GGF of Olga Wykert
• He later moved to Washington County, PA, then to
  Marshall, WV
• He brought with him a diploma signed by the King
  of Wurtemberg outlining his family history
• His son, Nicholas Lawrence Wykert (GGF of Olga
  Wykert) lived in Hogs Run, WV, along the Ohio
  River 10 miles south of Wheeling
• He moved his family to Doniphan County, KS in
  1856

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WYKERT FAMILY

• Edward Sutton Wykert (father of Olga Wykert)
  married Sarah Elizabeth Aberle in 1884 in
  Doniphan County, KS (pictured)
• By 1900 the Wykerts had moved to Oklahoma County,
  where Edward worked as a traveling salesman
• Sarah Elizabeth Aberle (Saxey), mother of Olga
  Wykert)was around 3 in 1868 when the Cheyenne
  Indians, displaced from their land, massacred a
  number of settlers in Doniphan County (The Great
  Cheyenne Massacre)
• Her family later moved to Hydro, Oklahoma
• She died in 1950 and is buried in Fairlawn
  Cemetery in Oklahoma City

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ABERLE FAMILY

• Sarah Aberles family goes back to Frederick
  Aberle (born around 1790 in Baden-Wurtemburg,
  Germany), great-grandfather of Olga Wykert
• His son, John Aberle (grandfather of Olga Wykert)
  was born in Wurtemburg, but was in Troy, KS by
  1870, working as a farmer
• His family arrived in Baltimore in 1840 aboard
  the ship Ernst and Gustav sailing from Brennen,
  Germany
• To become a citizen he had to sign a letter
  denying any allegiance to the King of Wurtemburg
• He was the father of Sarah Aberle

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POLLOCK FAMILY(CLAN POLLOCK)

• The marriage of Jane F Pollock (great-grandmother
  of A E King Sr) to Joseph Troutman created a web
  tying the King family through Ireland to
  Scotland, to England, and ultimately to Normandy
• Sarahs grandfather, Charles Pollock (3rd GGF of
  A E King Sr) immigrated to White Deer, PA from
  Londonderry, Ireland sometime around 1740
• He was a Presbyterian who farmed, and later
  became a cashier at the National Bank of
  Kittenang, PA
• Charles brought with him several documents
  bearing the seal of Clan Pollock (a boar pierced
  by an arrow)

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CLAN POLLOCK SEALThe seal was first used on a
charter for the Paisley Abbey in Scotland
(1160)It is now on display in the British Museum
in LondonInscription translates to Boldly and
Earnestly
An article from Matthews American Armory and
Blue Book describes the use of the seal by
Charles Pollock in Pennsylvania, confirming the
descent of Jane F Pollock from the Pollock Clan
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POLLOCK FAMILY

• The Pollock family dates back to Fulbert the
  Saxon, born in 1075 in Falaise, Normandy (20th
  GGF of A E King Sr)
• Fulbert came to England after the Norman
  Conquest, and served as a knight for Walter
  FitzAlan, First High Steward of Scotland
• In return for his service at the Battle of the
  Standard, Fulbert was granted an estate in
  Renfrewshire, Scotland, where his descendants
  became the Barons of Pollock
• Fulberts grandson, Robert II de Pollock, donated
  land to found the Paisley Abbey in Renfrewshire
  (the abbey which later produced the paisley
  pattern for textiles)

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POLLOCK FAMILY

• Robertus Pollock (born 1265 15th GGF of A E
  King Sr) married Agnes Maxwell of clan Maxwell,
  making her the 15th GGM of A E King Sr
• The Pollock lands were then divided, the southern
  half given to Clan Maxwell
• Pollocks today are still allowed to wear the
  Maxwell tartan
• John de Pollock (14th GGF of A E King Sr) was
  knighted in 1372 and granted a charter to the
  lands of Caerlaverlock
• John de Pollock (12th GGF of A E King Sr) was
  made Sir John de Pollock by King James II of
  Scotland
• Charles Pollock (11th GGF of A E King Sr) married
  Margaret Stewart, 4th great-granddaughter of
  Robert the Bruce, tying the King family to the
  powerful Stewart (Stuart) family that ruled
  Scotland and Engand for generations
• The Stewarts were descended from Walter FitzAlan,
  First High Steward of Scotland, and included
  Robert the Bruce

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POLLOCK FAMILY

• Charles Pollock was appointed Deputy-Keeper of
  the Castle of Rothesay by King James III

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POLLOCK COAT OF ARMS
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POLLOCK FAMILY

• Charles son, David Pollock, also married a
  Stewart descendant (Marion Stewart), creating a
  second link to the Stewart/Stuards
• His son, John de Pollock (9th GGF of A E King Sr)
  was Receiver General to James IV of Scotland
• His wife, Margaret Semple (9th GGM of Tom Lowry)
  was from the powerful Clan Semple/Semphill,
  creating another ancestral link to Scottish
  nobility
• Sir John de Pollock (8th GGF of A E King Sr) made
  a disastrous decision to support Mary, Queen of
  Scots, in her wars against James IV
• He fought for her at the Battle of Langside, and
  the Pollock lands were forfeited following the
  defeat

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POLLOCK FAMILY

• Following the loss of lands in the cause of Mary,
  Queen of Scots, Robert Pollock (7th GGF of A E
  King Sr) moved the family to Londonderry, Ireland
• His second grandson (Charles Pollock) traveled
  from Ireland to America, and was the grandfather
  of Jane F Pollock
• The original Castle Pollock near Glasgow, built
  in the 12th century by Robert de Pollock (18th
  GGF of A E King Sr) no longer exists
• It was destroyed and rebuilt several times until
  1952, when it was demolished
• At that time Pollock Castle had 88 bedrooms
• It was used as an ammunition dump during World
  War II

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THE BRUCES OF SCOTLAND

• Margaret Stewart (6th GGD of Robert the Bruce)
  married Charles Pollock (11th GGF of A E King Sr)
  around 1440, making Robert the Bruce the 19th GGF
  of A E King Sr
• The Brus family of Scotland descended from
  Normandy Robert I de Brus (25th GGF of A E King
  Sr) was a knight who accompanied William the
  Conqueror from Normandy and supported him at the
  Battle of Hastings in 1066 (The Norman Conquest
  of England)
• Around 1113 King David of Scotland made Robert
  Lord of Annondale
• When William the Conquerors son, Henry I of
  England, died, the English throne was disputed by
  his daughter, Empress Maud, and his nephew,
  Stephen (The Great Anarchy)
• In the Great Anarchy, Robert II de Brus (24th GGF
  of A E King Sr) supported Stephen, who initially
  prevailed
• The Great Anarchy is the setting of Ken Folletts
  Pillars of the Earth

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GUISBOROUGH PRIORYNorth Yorkshire,
EnglandFounded 1119 by Robert I de Brus (25th
GGF of A E King)Destroyed in Henry VIIIs
dissolution of the monasteries
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THE BRUCE FAMILY

• Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (21st GGF
  of A E King Sr) was Justice and Constable of
  Scotland and England, and a regent of Scotland
• During his life Alexander III of Scotland died
  without heir, leading to a dispute regarding his
  successor known as the Great Cause
• Edward I of England was asked to step in and
  settle the successorship
• Robert V was among those vying for the crown (his
  mother was a descendant of King David I)
• The conflict for the crown, and the intervention
  of the English king, eventually led to the
  Scottish Wars of Independence
• This is the setting of the movie Braveheart, with
  Robert V depicted as the leper

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THE BRUCE FAMILY

• In the course of the Great Cause a woman was
  killed by English soldiers, a woman who was
  engaged to William Wallace (Braveheart)
• Wallace killed the English soldiers, then rallied
  the Scots behind him, launching what would become
  the Scottish Wars of Independence
• The Bruce family, with large landholdings in
  England, initially supported the English, but did
  not betray Wallace as depicted in the movie
• Following the defeat and execution of Wallace,
  Robert the Bruce (19th GGF of A E King Sr) took
  up the Scottish cause, later to prevail and
  become King of Scotland

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ROBERT THE BRUCE

• When Robert the Bruce died, his heart was carried
  to the Crusades, later to be returned to Scotland
  to be buried at Melrose Abbey
• His daughter Marjorie (18th GGM of A E King Sr)
  married Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland
• The Stewart (Stuart) family had been hereditary
  High Stewards for generations, and Robert I (son
  of Marjorie Bruce and Walter Stewart) succeeded
  Robert the Bruce as Robert II of Scotland (17th
  GGF of A E King Sr), first of the Stuart Kings of
  Scotland and England
• He was succeeded by Robert III (16th GGF of A E
  King Sr)
• Robert IIIs son, James I (15th GGF of A E King
  Sr) was born in 1337 in Scone Palace, royal
  residence of the Scottish kings

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ROBERT THE BRUCE
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SCONE PALACEPerthsire, ScotlandRoyal residence
of Scottish kingsBirthplace of James I Stuart
(15th GGF of A E King Sr)
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THE STUART KINGS

• Because of ongoing wars with England, James I
  (15th GGF of A E King Sr) was sent to France as a
  child for safety
• His ship was intercepted by the English and he
  was taken to London as a hostage by Henry IV
• Following the death of Robert III the Scottish
  nobility were in no hurry to ransom James I,
  enjoying their own power in his absence, and so
  he remained a hostage for 18 years
• In 1424 James I returned to Scotland, bringing
  with him a taste for the English court, and a
  wife who was a cousin of King Henry VI
• This relationship between the Stuarts of Scotland
  and the Plantagenet rulers of England would
  eventually bring the Stuarts to the throne of
  England, and would create the conflict that arose
  between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Elizabeth
  of England

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THE STUART KINGS

• James Is ways were not favored by the Scots, and
  in 1437 a group of Scottish nobles assassinated
  him at the Friars Preachers Monastery in Perth
• Ironically, he would have been able to escape
  through the sewer, but found it blocked
• The sewer opened next to the tennis court, and
  three days before the assassination he had
  ordered the sewer to be blocked because his
  tennis balls kept going into it
• James II was only 7 at the time of his fathers
  death
• During his minority the Douglas Clan gained great
  power in Scotland, later to fall into conflict
  with James II as he matured

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THE STUART KINGS

• The conflict between James II and the Douglases
  culminated in 1452 at Stirling Castle
• James II stabbed the 8th Earl of Douglas,
  following which James followers took an axe to
  his head

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THE STUART KINGS

• James II was fond of artillery, and died when a
  cannon he was firing exploded in a siege of
  Roxbury Castle
• James III (13th GGF of A E King Sr), although
  bringing the Renaissance of art and culture to
  Scotland, was largely unpopular because of his
  unfairness and alliance with England
• In 1482 James III was betrayed by his countrymen
  and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle
• James III later bought his release and resumed
  the throne
• In 1488 James III faced an army of his own
  countrymen at the Battle of Sauchieburn and was
  killed in battle
• His own son and heir, James IV, had opposed him
  in the battle

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THE STUART KINGS

• James IV Stuart (12th GGF of A E King Sr) came to
  the throne at the age of 15
• He was the most successful and productive of the
  Stuart Kings
• When war broke out between the French and
  English, and Henry VIII invaded France, James IV
  took the opportunity to invade England in support
  of France (The Auld Alliance)
• James IV met his death battling the English at
  the Battle of Flodden Field (1513) in which the
  Scottish forces were crushed
• James IVs successor (James V) was not in the
  King lineage, which passed through his daughter
  (Janet Stewart 11th GGM of A E King Sr)

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• Mary Cochrane and Thomas Pollock were the
  grandparents of Jane F Pollock
• Mary was the 6th GGD of James IV Stuart

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JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUESS OF MONTROSE

• Led the support for Charles I of England in the
  Wars of the three Kingdoms, in which Charles
  tried to impose the Anglican Church on Scotland
• Initially highly successful in battle, but
  Charles was eventually captured and executed by
  the Covenanters
• James was captured and hung, his body dismembered
• His head was hung from the Tollbooth at Edinburgh
  Castle
• Later buried in St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh
• Now considered a national hero
• 7th GGF of Arthur E King Sr
• His great-granddaughter, Mary Cochrane, married
  Thomas Pollock (4th GGF of AE King Sr)

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• Robert the Bruce (19th GGF of A E King, Sr) was
  the 7th GGS of William the Conqueror through his
  mothers family, making William the Conqueror the
  25th GGF of A E King Sr
• When the throne of England was questioned
  following the death of the childless Edward the
  Confessor, William amassed a force in Normandy
  and claimed the crown of England following his
  defeat of the English at the Battle of Hastings
  in 1066 (The Norman Conquest)
• For centuries thereafter England was ruled by his
  descendants
• William I was eventually succeeded by Henry I
  (24th GGF of A E King Sr), the gluttonous king
  featured in Pillars of the Earth

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• Henry I was a man of great appetites and great
  brutality
• He had two of his own grandchildren blinded and
  mutilated
• He is famed for having the greatest number of
  illegitimate children of any king in English
  history (estimated at 20-25)
• He died after stuffing himself with lampreys
• Henrys only legitimate son, William Adeline,
  died in 1127 when the White Ship, sailing from
  Normandy to England, went down (the opening scene
  of Ken Folletts Pillars of the Earth)
• Prior to his death, without a male heir, Henry I
  had named his daughter, Maud (25th GGM of A E
  King Sr), as his successor

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• England was not mentally ready for a female
  monarch, and her claim to the throne was
  contested by her cousin, Stephen, launching the
  Great Anarchy which would divide England for
  years
• Stephen eventually prevailed over Empress Maud,
  only to die without a male heir and have the
  kingdom claimed by Mauds son, Henry II (26th GGF
  of A E King Sr)
• Mauds husband was Geoffrey V Plantagenet of
  Anjou (25th GGF of A E King), the son of Fulk V
  dAnjou (26th GGF of Tom Lowry), a Norman
  crusader who had become King of Jerusalem
• The descendants of Maud and Goeffrey would be
  known as the Plantagenet rulers of England
• Henry IIs wife was Eleanor of Aquitaine (26th
  GGM of A E King Sr), daughter of William X, Duke
  of Aquitaine (27th GGF of A E King Sr), creating
  one of several links to the nobility of France

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• Eleanor of Aquitaine had previously been married
  to Louis VII the Younger of France, the divorce
  later annulled
• She had accompanied Louis VII on a disastrous
  Crusade one which was lost largely because of
  the massive baggage and social network Eleanor
  had brought
• It was the words of Henry II that led to the
  murder of Thomas Beckett in Canterbury Cathedral
• Henry II was disliked by all of his sons, who
  tried repeatedly to dethrone him
• Richard the Lionheart, oldest of the sons, died
  without heir after his unsuccessful Third
  Crusade, and John Lackland Plantagenet (25th GGF
  of A E King Sr) succeeded Henry I and King John I

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• John I was an unpopular king
• He was at war with his barons over rights (The
  First Barons War)
• He was the evil king in the Legend of Robin Hood
• He was forced by the nobility to sign the Magna
  Carta in 1215
• He died of dysentery (or poisoning) in 1216
• Johns wife was Isabella of Angouleme (25th GGM
  of A E King Sr), descendant of the powerful
  Taillefer family (Counts of Angouleme) of France,
  creating another link with the nobility of France
• John was followed by his son, Henry III (24th GGF
  of A E King Sr)

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• England flourished under the long and stable
  reign of Henry III
• He made Westminster his palace, building a shrine
  there for Edward the Confessor

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• Henry III convened the first English Parliament
  in 1264
• He ordered the building of York Castle in stone
  as a defense against Scotland

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• Despite the stability brought by Henry III, he,
  like his father, faced a Barons War, the
  opposition led by Simon de Montfort
• The Plantagenets prevailed in the war, and Henry
  III was succeeded by his son, Edward I Longshanks
  (23rd GGF of A E King Sr)
• Edward I ruled England during the Scottish Wars
  of Independence, executing William Wallace and
  constantly at war with Robert the Bruce
• His wife was the much-beloved Eleanor of Castile
  (25th GGM of A E King Sr), daughter of King
  Ferdinand III of Castile, creating a link to the
  nobility of Spain

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• Edward I died in the course of the Scottish Wars,
  succeeded by Edward II (19th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Edward II married Isabella of France (19th GGM of
  A E King Sr), daughter of King Philip IV the
  Fair, creating another link to the nobility of
  France
• Edward II was an ineffective leader, and quickly
  lost Scotland to Robert the Bruce at the Battle
  of Bannochburn (1314)
• His reign was plagued by conflict as he favored
  his male friends, Hugh le Despenser and Piers
  Gaveston, and in 1326 his estranged wife,
  Isabella, and her lover, Roger de Mortimer (18th
  GGF of A E King Sr) invaded England, deposing and
  imprisoning Edward II

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• Edward II died while imprisoned by his wife,
  succeeded by Edward III (18th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Isabella (Edward IIIs mother) and Mortimer
  continued to rule in his minority, but at the age
  of 17 he had Mortimer executed and his mother
  imprisoned
• Edward III was a successful king, bringing
  Englands military to its szenith
• During his reign (1348) the Black Death hit
  England, killing 1/3 of its population
• Edward IIIs heir apparent, Edward the Black
  Prince, Duke of York, died in battle in France,
  ultimately leading to the Wars of the Roses as
  the Plantagenet house split into two factions

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• The Wars of the Roses was fought between and
  Lancasters (the Red Rose -- descendants of John
  of Gaunt (17th GGF of A E King Sr) and the Yorks
  (the White Rose descendants of Edmund of
  Langley, Duke of York
• Both were sons of Edward III
• Richard II, son of Edward the Black Prince, had
  succeeded Edward III, but was defeated and
  deposed by Henry Bolingbroke (son of John of
  Gaunt), who became Henry IV
• After several exchanges of rule, Henry Tudor
  emerged victorious, marking the end of the
  Plantagenet rule and beginning the Tudor rule

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THE PLANTAGENETS OF ENGLAND

• The Wars of the Roses marked the end of
  Plantagenet rule, and the end of the King family
  connection to the rulers of England
• John of Gaunts granddaughter, Joan Beaufort,
  married James I of Scotland, becoming the 15th
  GGM of A E King Sr) and the King family
  connection continued through that line to the
  Pollock clan

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OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE

• Geoffrey V Plantagenet (25th GGF of A E King Sr)
  husband of Maud (daughter of William the
  Conqueror), son of Fulk V dAnjou (king of
  Jerusalem during the crusades), patriarch of the
  Plantagenet rulers of England
• William Marshall (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) 1st
  Earl of Pembroke, served as regent for the young
  King Henry III
• Simon de Montfort (9th GGF of A E Kng Sr) Earl of
  Leicester, led the barons against Henry III and
  died in the Battle of Evesham, killed by Roger de
  Mortimer (19th GGF of Tom Lowry) who sent
  Montforts head to his wife as a present
• Hugh le Despencer (20th GGF of E King Sr) chief
  advisor to and probable lover of Edward II.
  Executed by the enemies of Edward II

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OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE

• Roger II Bigod (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) signed
  the Magna Carta
• Hugh Bigod (22nd GGF of A E King Sr) signed the
  Magna Carta
• William dAubigny (24th GGF of A E King Sr)
  signed the Magna Carta
• Richard de Clare (23rd GGF of A E King Sr) signed
  the Magna Carta
• Gilbert de Clare (22nd GGF of A E King Sr) signed
  the Magna Carta
• Alan de Galloway (23rd GGF of A E King Sr)
  signed the Magna Carta
• Llywelyn the Great ap Iorwerth (21st GGF of A E
  King Sr) signed the Magna Carta
• Geoffrey de Mandeville (26th GGF of A E King Sr)
  founded the town of Amersham and Ramsey Abbey.
  During the Great Anarchy he threw out the clergy
  and used the abbey as a base from which to rob
  his subjects. Killed by King Stephens army in
  1144

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OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE

• Aubrey II de Vere (25th GGF of A E King Sr) was
  Master Chamberlain of England. Built Hedingham
  Castle in Essex. The castle was taken by Stephen
  during the Great Anarchy, returned by Henry II,
  and later besieged by King John
• Maud de Braose (20th GGM of A E King sr),
  Barroness Wigmore. Maud is credited for plotting
  the escape of Edward I, who was held priisoner in
  a neighboring castle during the First Barons War
• Richard Strongbow FitzGilbert de Clare (24th
  GGF of A E King) was Earl of Pembroke, led the
  English forces that conquered much of Ireland in
  1169

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OTHER ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF NOTE

• David, Earl of Huntingdon (23rd GGF of A E King
  Sr) led the siege of Nottingham Castle in 1194,
  thought to have been Robin Hood, or the person on
  whom the legend was based
• Lady Godiva of Coventry (25th GGM of A E King Sr)
  rode through the town naked to protest the taxes
  imposed by her husband
• Janet Douglas (11th GGM of A E King Sr) accused
  of witchcraft by James V of Scotland, and burned
  at the stake in 1537 her ghost still haunts
  Glamis Castle in Scotland as The Grey Lady

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KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND

• Most King ancestors who lived in Ireland were of
  Scottish origin, and lived in Ireland for short
  periods
• However, a number of Scottish and English
  ancestors distinguished themselves in Ireland
• Because Fergus Mac Erc (44th GGF of A E King Sr),
  who settled Dalriata in Scotland, and whose
  descendants became kings of Scotland, was
  descended from the kings of Dalriata in Ireland,,
  he ties the Lowry family back to the ancient
  kings and high kings of Ireland

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ANCIENT KINGS AND HIGH KINGS OF IRELAND

• Several of these kings and high kings, mostly
  ancestors of Fergus Mac Erc, are noteworthy
• Niall of the Nine Hostages (Niall Mor
  Noigiallach), 47th GGF of A E King Sr, captured
  his enemy, Eochaid, and chained him to a tree,
  inviting nine of his warriors to kill the enemy.
  But Eochaid broke his chains, killed all nine
  warriors, and later killed Niall as well
• Milesius (104th GGF of A E King Sr) alleged to
  have settled Ireland as the first king. Some
  geneologists have traced Milesius back to Japeth,
  son of Noah
• Roan Faeldergdoit (89th GGF of A E King Sr) was
  the first Irish king to require that his citizens
  wear gold rings on their hands
• Cobthach Coel Breg (75th GGF of A E King Sr)
  killed his brother to become king, then forced
  his brothers children to eat the corpse

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ANCIENT KINGS AND HIGH KINGS OF IRELAND

• Tuathal Teachtmar (56th GGF of A E King Sr)
  imposed a bi-annual fee on Leinster of 6000 cows,
  6000 sheep, and 6000 ounces of silver
• Cormac Mac Art (53rd GGF of A E King Sr) was
  confronted by St Patrick, and subsequently
  suppressed the druids in favor of Christianity
• Muireadeach Tireach (49th GGF of A E King Sr)
  married the daughter of Old King Cole. He was
  the father of Niall of the Nine Hostages, whose
  descendants became the patriarchs of the powerful
  Ui Neills and Connachts

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KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND

• Olaf the White (30th GGF of A E King Sr) was one
  of many Vikings to rule eastern Ireland
• He became king of Dublin around 853
• His wife was Aud the Deep Minded (39th GGM of Tom
  Lowry), daughter of Ketil Flatnose (30th GGF of A
  E King Sr)
• The Jelling Stones of Denmark were raised in
  honor or Olaf and Aud
• Olafs son, Thorstein the Red (29th GGF of A E
  King Sr) attempted to conquer Scotland but failed
• Olaf Sihtricson (26th GGF of A E King Sr) was
  king of Dublin and king of York in England
• Sigurd the Stout Lodvisson (25th GGF of A E King
  Sr) was the last of the Viking kings of Ireland

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BRIAN BORU

• High King of Ireland
• 28th GGF of A E King Sr
• Defeated the Viking rulers at the Battle of
  Clontarf (1014), a battle in which he was killed
• Patriarch of the OBrien Dynasty of Ireland

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KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND

• In 1167 Dermott MacMurrough, King of Leinster
  (24th GGF of A E King Sr) was expelled by the
  High King of Ireland
• He sought assistance from Henry II of England
  (26th GGF of A E King Sr)
• Henry II organized an army led by Richard de
  Clare, Earl of Pembroke (known as Strongbow)
  24th GGF of A E King Sr
• Strongbow and his Welsh archers restored Dermott
  to the throne of Leinster
• This opened the door for further incursions into
  Ireland by the Norman leaders of England

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KING ANCESTORS IN IRELAND

• Following the death of Strongbow, Henry II
  appointed William FitzAldelm de Burgh (24th GGF
  of A E King Sr) as Deputy of Ireland
• William founded The Priory of St Thomas the
  Martyr in Dublin
• Williams son, Richard mor de Burgh (23rd GGF of
  A E King Sr) became Justiciar of Ireland and
  founded the city of Galway
• Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (20th GGF of A E
  King Sr), founded Athassel Abbey in Tipperary,
  where he was buried
• Walters son, Richard og de Burgh, Earl of Ulster
  (19th GGF of A E King Sr) married Elizabeth Bruce
  (19th GGM of Tom Lowry), daughter of Robert the
  Bruce