A Royal Descent The crowned houses in the ancestry of Aynsley Norman Damery Frankish · Anglo-Saxon · Capetian France · Norman England · the Irish Kings of Leinster and Munster (Brian Boru) two royal descents converging on one living man · every rung documented in the family GEDCOM · July 2026 CROWNED HOUSESFrankish EmpireAnglo-Saxon EnglandCapetian FranceNorman EnglandLeinster — Uí CheinnselaigKings of Leinster — Uí DúnlaingeMunster — Brian Boru & the O’BriensCONNECTING HOUSESCounty of Flandersde Clare, Earls of Hertford & Gloucester How the lines joinThe European crowns — Charlemagne, Alfred andRobert II of France — reach Matilda of Flandersthrough the Counts of Flanders, severaldocumented generations compressed here:· Judith of Charlemagne’s line m. Baldwin I· Ælfthryth of Alfred’s line m. Baldwin II· Adela of France (Robert II’s dau.) m. Baldwin VThe Irish crowns meet at Diarmait Mac Murchada,whose two daughters carry the blood two ways —Aoife (→ the de Clares) and Orlaith (→ the O’Briens).the Uí Dúnlainge kings· ≈ 9 generations ·· 2 generations ·· ≈ 6 generations ·the O’Brien kings ofThomond · 5 generations≈ 20 generationsde Vere · Trussell · Freke · Ievers · White · Jones · Damery≈ 24 generationsO’Brien Earls of Thomond · FitzMaurice of Kerry · Piers · White · Jones · Damery Charlemagne King of the Franks; Emperor, 800 748 – 814 my 37× great-grandfather Alfred the Great King of the Anglo-Saxons c.848 – 899 my 34× great-grandfather Robert II 'the Pious' Capetian King of France 972 – 1031 my 29× great-grandfather Baldwin IV of Flanders Count of Flanders d. 1035 my 29× great-grandfather Baldwin V of Flanders Count of Flanders; Regent of France d. 1067 my 28× great-grandfather Matilda of Flanders Queen of England d. 1083 my 27× great-grandmother William the Conqueror Duke of Normandy; King of England c.1028 – 1087 my 27× great-grandfather Henry I 'Beauclerc' King of England c.1068 – 1135 my 26× great-grandfather Robert of Gloucester 1st Earl of Gloucester; son of Henry I d. 1147 my 25× great-grandfather William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester d. 1183 my 24× great-grandfather Amice of Gloucester Heiress of Gloucester d. 1225 my 23× great-grandmother Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl Earl of Hertford; Magna Carta baron d. 1217 my 23× great-grandfather Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl Earl of Hertford & Gloucester d. 1230 my 22× great-grandfather Richard de Clare, 5th Earl Earl of Hertford & Gloucester 1222 – 1262 my 21× great-grandfather Thomas de Clare Lord of Thomond, 1276 c.1245 – 1287 my 20× great-grandfather Margaret de Clare The Leeds Castle affair, 1321 d. 1333 my 19× great-grandmother Diarmait Mac Murchada King of Leinster (Uí Cheinnselaig) c.1110 – 1171 my 25× great-grandfather Aoife (Eva) MacMurrough Princess of Leinster fl. 1170 my 24× great-grandmother Richard ‘Strongbow’ Earl of Pembroke; invaded Ireland c.1130 – 1176 my 24× great-grandfather Isabel de Clare Countess of Pembroke c.1172 – 1220 my 23× great-grandmother William Marshal Earl of Pembroke; ‘the greatest knight’ c.1146 – 1219 my 23× great-grandfather Isabel Marshal Daughter of William Marshal 1200 – 1240 my 22× great-grandmother Dunlaing mac Enda Niada Founder of the Uí Dúnlainge 5th century my 44× great-grandfather Faelan mac Murchada King of Leinster; eponym of Uí Fáeláin d. 738 my 35× great-grandfather Maelmorda mac Muirecain King of Leinster; fell at Confey 917 d. 917 my 33× great-grandfather Cerball mac Faelain King of the Uí Fáeláin fl. 1130 my 27× great-grandfather Sadb Ní Fáeláin 1st wife of Diarmait of Leinster my 26× great-grandmother Orlaith (Orlacan) Diarmait’s dau.; m. Donal Mór O’Brien fl. 1170 my 25× great-grandmother Brian Boru High King of Ireland; d. Clontarf 1014 c.941 – 1014 my 30× great-grandfather Donal Mór O’Brien Last King of North Munster d. 1194 my 25× great-grandfather Donogh Cairbreach O’Brien First to bear the surname O’Brien d. 1242 my 24× great-grandfather Aynsley Norman Damery Cork, Ireland living Damery Family History · damery.family · a record of blood, honestly graded — the deepest rungs (above the Counts of Flanders, and above Dunlaing and Brian Boru) are documented but shown compressed
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