Who is someone you were surprised to learn was actually an ancestor of King Charles III?

Who is someone you were surprised to learn was actually an ancestor of King Charles III?

u/AyomotBall — 9 days ago
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The common ancestor of the King of France and his queen

King Queen Degree of kinship Common ancestors
Charles II the Bald Ermentrude of Orléans 2nd cousin Gerold I of Anglachgau & Emma of Alemannia
Charles II the Bald Richilde of Provence
Louis II the Stammer Adelaide of Paris
Odo Théodrate of Troyes
Charles III the Simple Frederuna
Charles III the Simple Eadgifu of Wessex
Robert I Beatrice of Vermandois
Rudolph Emma of France 2nd cousin Adrian of Orléans & Waldrada of Autun
Louis IV Gerberga of Saxony
Lothair Emma of Italy 4th cousin once removed Louis I the Pious & Judith of Bavaria
Hugh Capet Adelaide of Aquitaine
Robert II Rozala of Italy 5th cousin twice removed Charlemagne & Hildegard
Robert II Bertha of Burgundy 2nd cousin Henry I the Fowler & Matilda of Ringelheim
Robert II Constance of Provence 8th cousin Charlemagne & Hildegard
Henry I Matilda of Frisia 3rd cousin twice removed Henry I the Fowler & Matilda of Ringelheim
Henry I Anne of Kiev
Philip I Bertha of Holland 5th cousin once removed Herbert I of Vermandois
Philip I Bertrade of Montfort 5th cousin Rollo of Normandy & Poppa of Bayeux
Louis VI Adelaide of Maurienne 4th cousin twice removed Fulk II of Anjou & Gerberga
Louis VII Eleanor of Aquitaine 3rd cousin once removed Robert II of France & Constance of Provence
Louis VII Constance of Castile 2nd cousin William I of Burgundy & Stephanie
Louis VII Adela of Champagne 3rd cousin Bernard II of Saxony
Philip II Isabella of Hainault 3rd cousin Gertrude of Saxony
Philip II Ingeborg of Denmark 4th cousin once removed Yaroslav I the Wise & Ingegerd of Sweden
Philip II Agnes of Merania
Louis VIII Blanche of Castile 3rd cousin Fulk V of Anjou & Eremburga of Maine
Louis IX Margaret of Provence 3rd cousin Alfonso VII of Castile
Philip III Isabella of Aragon 2nd cousin once removed Alfonso II of Aragon & Sancha of Castile
Philip III Maria of Brabant 4th cousin Thierry of Flanders & Sibylla of Anjou
Philip IV Joan I of Navarre 2nd cousin Louis VIII of France & Blanche of Castile
Louis X Margaret of Burgundy 1st cousin once removed Louis IX of France & Margaret of Provence
Louis X Clementia of Hungary 3rd cousin Louis VIII of France & Blanche of Castile/Raymond Berengar IV of Provence & Beatrice of Savoy
Philip V Joan II, Countess of Burgundy 2nd cousin Robert I of Artois & Matilda of Brabant
Charles IV Blanche of Burgundy 2nd cousin Robert I of Artois & Matilda of Brabant
Charles IV Marie of Luxembourg 3rd cousin Henry II of Brabant & Maria of Swabia
Charles IV Joan of Évreux 1st cousin Philip III of France
Philip VI Joan of Burgundy 1st cousin once removed Louis IX of France & Margaret of Provence
Philip VI Blanche of Navarre 1st cousin once removed Philip III of France
John II Joanna I of Auvergne 2nd cousin Philip III of France
Charles V Joanna of Burbon 1st cousin once removed Charles of Valois
Charles VI Isabeau of Bavaria 3rd cousin once removed Charles II of Naples & Mary of Hungary
Charles VII Marie of Anjou 2nd cousin John II of France & Bonne of Luxembourg
Louis XI Charlotte of Savoy 3rd cousin John II of France & Bonne of Luxembourg
Charles VIII Anne of Britanny 3rd cousin Charles V of France & Joanna of Burbon
Louis XII Joan of Valois 2nd cousin once removed Charles V of France & Joanna of Burbon
Louis XII Anne of Britanny 1st cousin once removed Louis I of Orléans & Valentina Visconti
Louis XII Mary of England 2nd cousin twice removed Charles V of France & Joanna of Burbon
Francis I Claude of France 2nd cousin Louis I of Orléans & Valentina Visconti
Francis I Eleanor of Austria 2nd cousin once removed Charles I of Burbon & Agnes of Burgundy
Henry II Catherine de' Medici 6th cousin Louis I of Burbon & Mary of Avesnes
Francis II Mary of Scots 3rd cousin John VIII of Vendôme & Isabelle de Beauvau
Charles IX Elisabeth of Austria 4th cousin Gaston IV of Foix & Eleanor of Navarre
Henry III Louise of Lorraine 4th cousin Charles I of Burbon & Agnes of Burgundy
Henry IV Margaret of Valois 2nd cousin Charles of Angoulême & Louise of Savoy
Henry IV Marie de' Medici 4th cousin Gaston IV of Foix & Eleanor of Navarre
Louis XIII Anne of Austria 2nd cousin Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor & Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
Louis XIV Maria Theresa of Spain 1st cousin Henry IV of France & Marie de' Medici/Philip III of Spain & Margaret of Austria
Louis XV Marie Leszczyńska
Louis XVI Marie Antoinette 2nd cousin once removed Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor & Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
Louis XIX Marie Thérèse of France 1st cousin Louis, Dauphin of France & Maria Josepha of Saxony
Louis-Philippe Maria Amaria of Naples and Sicily 3rd cousin once removed Louis XIV & Maria Theresa of Spain/Philippe I of Orléans & Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
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u/AyomotBall — 18 days ago

I’m planning to write a story about the Wars of the Roses with Jasper Tudor as the protagonist—could you tell me a bit about him?

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u/AyomotBall — 26 days ago

Every English or British queen consort or prince consort since Eleanor of Castile has been a descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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u/AyomotBall — 1 month ago

If John had remained alive even after Henry III reached adulthood, what do you think their relationship as father and son would have been like?

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u/AyomotBall — 1 month ago

If the descendants of Stephen of Blois had continued to inherit the English throne:

Stephen (b1092/1096, r1135-1154)

William III (b1137, r1154-1159)

Mary I (b1136, r1159-1182)

Ida (b1160, r1182-1216)

Matilda (b1202, r1216-1259)

Alberic (b1222, r1259-1284)

John I (b1253, r1284-1294)

John II (b1275, r1294-1312)

John III (b1300, r1312-1355)

Joan (b1322, r1355-1406)

John IV (b1371, r1406-1419)

Philip I (b1396, r1419-1467)

Charles I (b1433, r1467-1477)

Mary II (b1457, r1477-1482)

Philip II (b1478, r1482-1506)

Charles II (b1500, r1506-1558)

Philip III (b1527, r1558-1598)

Philip IV (b1578, r1598-1621)

Philip V (b1605, r1621-1665)

Charles III (b1661, r1665-1700)

Louis I (b1661, r1700-1711)

Louis II (b1682, r1711-1712)

Louis III (b1710, r1712-1774)

Louis IV (b1754, r1774-1793)

Louis V (b1785, r1793-1795)

Mary III (b1778, r1795-1851)

Henry II (b1820, r1851-1883)

Robert I (b1848, r1883-1907)

Henry III (b1873, r1907-1939)

Joseph (b1875, r1939-1950)

Elias (b1880, r1950-1959)

Robert II (b1909, r1959-1974)

Alice (b1917, r1974-2017)

Peter (b1968, r2017-)

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u/AyomotBall — 1 month ago