MILDRED STEWART SHEPARD'S ROYAL ANCESTORS

Probably all of the members of this Shepard/Stewart family remember Mildred Shepard telling us that she was descended from many kings and queens! Here, in list form, you will see what Mildred was talking about. You will notice titles of Sir, Earl, Lady, Lord, and the like, as this list  goes back in time. These are titles of royalty.... descendants of Kings and Queens who had governmental duties to perform such as collecting taxes, serving in battles, leading battalions, parliamentary positions, and so forth.

The list begins with:
Our eighth great grandparents: Sir John Crandall and Elizabeth Drake of Monmouthshire, Wales until the early 1600s (see more about them in the Shepard blog written recently).

 Ninth great grandparents: Robert Drake of Devonshire, England and Elizabeth Prideaux who were married in the Anglican Church, Kings Nympton, Devon, England on the 4th of May in 1560.

 10th gg: John Drake of Mt. Drake, Ashe, and Exmouth, England and Amye Greenville of Stow, Cornwall, England. Amye died in 1619 in Devon, England.

 11th gg: Roger Greenville and his wife, Margaret Whilleigh

 12th gg: Thomas Greenville and his wife, Elizabeth Gilbert

 13th gg: William Greenville and his wife, Phillipa Bobville

 14th gg: William Greenville and his wife, Elizabeth Gorges

 15th gg: Theobald Greenville and his wife, Margaret DeCourtney

 16th gg: Hugh DeCourtney of Hacombe, Devonshire, England. He died in 1425. Spouse: Maude Bearmount

17th gg: Edward DeCourtney and his spouse, Lady Emeline Modeford who was born about 1330 in Modeford,  Somerset, England

18th gg: Sir Hugh DeCourtney, 10th Earl of Devon who was born 12 Jul 1303 and his wife, Lady Margaret DeBohun. They were married on 11 Aug 1325. Sir Hugh died 2 May 1377 and was buried at Exeter Cathedral. Margaret was born 3 Apr 1311 in Coldecote, Northampshire, England. She was age 14 when she married. She died 16 Dec 1391.

19th gg: Humphrey DeBohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and his wife, Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet of Rhuddan who was born at Pheshey Castle, Essex, England. Humphrey died 6 Mar 1322 in the Battle of Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, England.

20th gg: King Edward I who was born at Westminster Palace on the 17th of Jun 1239. His wife, Eleanora of Castile, was born in 1244. She was age 10 and he was age 15 when they married in 1254. Edward died 7 Jul 1307 in Burghby Sands, United Kingdom.

21st gg: King Henry III was born on 1 Oct 1207 at Winchester Castle. He married Eleanor of Provence, France in Jan 1236 in Canterbury. He died in 16 Nov 1272 in Westminster. Eleanor was born 1222 in Provence and died in 1291.

22nd gg: John "Lackland", King of England was born in 1167 and died 1216. His wife was Isabella of Angouleme.

23rd gg: King Henry Plantagenet II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Henry died in 1204. He was the only Plantagenet king who added his surname to his title. He had flaming red hair and he thought it handsome to wear the yellow broom flower in his hat, which in French was called "genet". 

To learn much, much more about the Plantagenets and their descendants, I recommend the book that my son, Dwan Shepard, purchased for us Oregon Shepards: "THE PLANTAGENETS" by Dan Jones. It is written in narrative style and easy to read. Subtitle: "The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England". Wikipedia and encyclopedias have brief entries about most of the folks on this list that FamilySearch.org helped me to compile.