The British Isles Descent How the crowns of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland reach Aynsley Norman Damery Dunlaing of Leinster (5th c.) is the deepest rung; the two great descents finally meet in the Hunt family, near the foot the Kings of Scots · 8 gensthe Kings of Deheubarth · 4 gensthe FitzGeralds of Kildare · 9 gensthe Uí Dúnlainge kings — Sadb m. Diarmaitthe O’Brien Kings of Thomondthe O’Brien Earls of Thomond · 11 gensthe Butler Earls of Ormond · 6 gensthe FitzMaurices of Kerry · 7 gens The Empress Matilda Lady of the English — dau. of Henry I 1102 – 1167 · my 26× m. Geoffrey of Anjou, ancestor of the Plantagenets Henry II King of England — first Plantagenet 1133 – 1189 · my 25× great-grandfather King John King of England — Magna Carta, 1215 1166 – 1216 · my 24× here the Plantagenet, Norman & Scots lines unite Henry III King of England 1207 – 1272 · my 23× great-grandfather Edward I ‘Longshanks’ King of England 1239 – 1307 · my 22× great-grandfather Elizabeth Plantagenet dau. of Edward I; m. Humphrey de Bohun 1282 – 1316 · my 21× great-grandmother Eleanor de Bohun m. James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond d. 1363 · my 20× great-grandmother Piers Butler 8th Earl of Ormond d. 1539 · my 14× great-grandfather Helen Butler m. Donogh O’Brien of Thomond 1523 – 1597 · my 13× great-grandmother Conor O’Brien 3rd Earl of Thomond — the island crowns unite 16th c. · my 12× The Hunts of Curragh where my two great descents meet 17th–18th c. here the de Vere and the de Clare lines both marry in Aynsley Norman Damery Cork, Ireland living Kenneth MacAlpin First King of Scots d. 858 · my 36× Matilda of Scotland Queen of England — m. Henry I 1080 – 1118 · my 27× via Malcolm Canmore & St Margaret — Alfred (34×) William the Conqueror King of England 1066 c.1028 – 1087 also via the shorter de Clare line Henry I King of England — son of the Conqueror 1068 – 1135 see the Continental sheet Rhodri Mawr King of Gwynedd and Wales d. 878 · my 33× Rhys ap Tewdwr King of Deheubarth d. 1093 · my 26× Nest ferch Rhys ‘Helen of Wales’ — m. the Geraldines c. 1085 · my 25× Margaret FitzGerald dau. of the 8th Earl of Kildare d. 1542 · my 14× Dunlaing mac Enda Niada King of Leinster — Uí Dúnlainge 5th c. · my 44× ★ the deepest rung in the whole family Brian Boru High King of Ireland — Munster c.941 – 1014 · my 30× Diarmait Mac Murchada King of Leinster — Uí Cheinnselaig d. 1171 · my 25× Orlaith (Orlacan) dau. of Diarmait & Sadb; m. Donal Mór fl. 1170 · my 24× Donal Mór O’Brien King of Thomond d. 1194 · my 25× Donogh O’Brien 1st Earl of Thomond — m. Helen Butler 16th c. · my 13× Damery Family History · damery.family · one of two gateway-trees (British Isles) — each named rung is a documented link in the descent
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