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Gherardini, Other Geraldinum of Tuscany, Baron of Windsor (died after 1078) GGF

Guéthénoc, 1st vicomte of Porhoët, Rohan and Guéméné (990 – 1040) 4GGF

Conan Meriadoc ap Gereint (305 – 367) King of Dumnonia, 1st Duke of Brittany 4GGF

Conan I “The Crooked” de Rennes, Duke of Brittany (944 – 1027) 5GGF

Alan Rufus, 1st Earl of Honour of Richmond (1026 – 1089) 2GGF

Robert II Stewart (1316 – 1390) 1st House of Stewart King of Scotland 3GGF

James II & VII Stuart, KG (1633 – 1701) King of England  9-11

Sir William le Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 – 1219) 6GGF

Richard “Strongbow” de Clare, Earl of Pembroke (1130 – 1176) Justiciar of Ireland 3GGF

Henri de Beaumont (1047 – 1119) Earl of Warwick GGF

Ragnarr “Loðbrók” Halfdansson (c. 765 – 845) King of Denmark & Sweden 6GGF

Bernard Law Montgomery KG (1887 – 1976) British Army Field Marshal 16-4

William d’Aubigny, Earl of Albemarle (died 1139) Pincerna Regis 4GGF

Sveidi ‘the Sea King’ Heytirsson (650 – 710)

Robert “Guiscard” de Hauteville, Duke of Apulia and Calabria (1015 – 1085) GGU

Ganger Hrólf “Rollo” (860 – 930) 1st Duke of Normandy, Count of Rouen 10GGF

William The Conqueror (1028 – 1087) 1st Norman King of England 7GGF

Rurik, Grand Prince of Novgorod, 1st Tsar of Russia (830 – 879) Primogenitor of Rurikid dynasty 8GGF

Charles II Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (1764 – 1845) British Prime Minister 13-5

John I de Balliol, Baron Balliol (1208 – 1268) founder of Oxford’s Balliol College GGF

Robert Boyle, FRS (1627 – 1691) Alchemist, Father of Chemistry 9-10

Sir John Howard, Duke of Norfolk. KG (1421 – 1485) Earl Marshal, Lord Admiral 3GGF

Charles Howard, KG, PC (1536 – 1624) Admiral of the English Fleet GGU

Aubrey II de Vere, Baron of Oxford (1062 – 1141) Chamberlain 10GGF

Charlemagne (742 – 814) King of Franks and Lombards 8GGF

Hugh Capet (939 – 996) 1st “King of the Franks” 4GGF

Clovis I Meroving (466 – 511) 1st King of Franks, 1st Christian Ruler of Gaul, Primogenitor of the Monarchy of France 7GGF

Sir Thomas de Holland, KG (1314 – 1360) 1st Baron Holand 2-22

Henry II Plantagenet (1133 – 1189) 1st Plantagenet King of England 5GGF

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 – 1204) Queen Consort of France and England 3GGM

Niall Mor Noígíallach of the Nine Hostages (380 – 454) 5GGF

Brian Boru (941 – 1014) Founder of the O’Brien Dynasty 3GGF

Crínán of Atholl (980 – 1045) Primogenitor of Dunkeld Dynasty  5GGF

St Aethelberht I (552 – 615) King of Kent, 1st English Christian King 3GGF

Alfred The Great (849 – 899) 3rd King of England 12GGF

Icel of Angel, 1st Iclingas King of Mercia (455 – 501) 6GGF

Hengest Wihtgilsson von Sachsen, 1st Jute King of Kent (414 – 488) 2GGF

Cerdic Gewissae of Wessex, 1st King of West Saxons (470 – 534) 4GGF

Sigge “Odin” Fridulfsson of Asgard (50 BC – 30 AD) 1st King of Scandinavia 7GGF

Lludd Llaw Eraint ap Beli Mawr, King of Britona (80- 18 BC) founder of City of London (Ludgate) 10GGF

Owain Glyndŵr, Lord of Glyndyfrdwy (1353 – 1415) “Prince of Wales” 6-17

Llywelyn the Great (1172 – 1240) Welsh Prince 2GGF

Henry VIII Tudor (1491 – 1547) King of England and Ireland 5-14

Elizabeth I Tudor, Queen of England & Ireland (1533 – 1603) 2-12

Henry de St Clair – Sinclair, 7th Earl of Rosslyn (1255 – 1336) GGU

Tonantius Ferreolus (418 – 476) Roman Praetorian Prefect of Gaul 5GGF

Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (1643 – 1728) Father of Calculus and Chemistry 7-7

Anthony Cooke, KB (1500 – 1576) English Humanist, Scholar GGF

By Steven Wood Collins

I spent most of my life unaware of my ancestral heritage. Sure, I knew of the personal history of my more immediate relatives; but beyond that, I never had any inkling as to my ancestral heritage. Then one day many years ago my sister said to me, “I sometimes wonder about our family background.” And so my quest to discover our genealogical roots commenced.

I started building my family tree with the very basic relationships, going back in time from my grandparents, one ancestor at a time. That initial effort proved to be the hardest part of the pursuit, mainly due to my lack of expertise as a novice genealogical researcher. As I gained familiarity with the databases and how to efficiently mine them, my progress gained ever-increasing momentum. Today, The Patricians! tree (Ancestry.com) contains nearly 120,000 individuals, stretching over 135 generations, 5,800 of which are my direct ancestors in a genealogical sense.

During this trek back in time, I encountered fascinating figures in both history and obscurity. This blog contains many stories about their genealogical relationship to me (and many of you). By far and away, as a student of history, the historically obscure individuals are of particular interest to me. I cite Baron “Blue Beard” Montmorency-Laval de Rais (1405 – 1440) as an example of a historically maligned personage whose real contribution to history, as both a playwright and hero of France, has yet to be properly recognized. Another example is Earl Edward de Vere (1550 – 1604), who’s yet to gain widespread recognition as the actual author of the body of literary work wrongly ascribed to William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616).

My life-long interest in international economics and finance continues unabated. I primarily demonstrate this professional involvement as a contributor to the Long Room, the members-only international finance professionals' forum hosted by the Financial Times of London.

I'm an avid recreational scuba diver who enjoys traveling to exotic dive sites. My love of the sea and marine life gives me an unbounded appreciation and support of “green” issues, especially those devoted to the conservation of endangered species and coral reefs.

He continually posts results of his personal genealogical research to his Goodreads Authors Blog. Entitled The Patricians - The Ancestral Heritage of Steven Wood Collins, the work represents thousand of hours of his research efforts and related commentary.

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