Our common ancestors - Windsor - Contents
William Fitzwalter de Windsor
William FitzWalter de Windsor (see here), Castellan of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, had issue:
Sir William de Windsor, had issue:
William de Windsor, lord of Stanwell, Middlesex, had issue:
William de Windsor, died c.1275, having had issue:
William de Windsor, of Stanwell,
mar Margaret Drokensford,
died 1279 (7th Edward I), having had issue:
Sir Richard de Windsor, of Stanwell,
mar Julian Stapleton
[dau of Sir Nicholas Stapleton, Kt],
died 1326 (19th Edward II), having had issue:
Richard de Windsor, of Stanwell,
mar 2ndly to Julian Molyns [dau of James Molyns
by his wife Margaret de Bintworth,
dau of William de Bintworth]
and died 1367, having had issue by his 2nd wife:
Sir James de Windsor, of Stanwell,
mar Elizabeth Strechie
[dau of Sir John Strechie, Knt],
died 1371 (44th Edward III), having had issue:
Sir Miles de Windsor, of Stanwell, mar Alice de Wymondham [dau of Adam de Wymondham] and had issue:
Brian de Windsor, of Stanwell, mar Alice Drewe [dau of Thomas Drewe] and had issue:
Richard de Windsor, of Stanwell, mar Christian Falconer [dau of Richard Falconer] and had issue:
Miles de Windsor, of Stanwell,
mar Joan Green [dau of Walter Green],
died 1451, having had issue:
Thomas Windsor, of Stanwell,
mar Elizabeth Andrews
[descendant of Edward I]
and died 1485 (1st Henry VII), will pr 1485,
having had issue:
Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor
(see here),
cr pre-1529,
mar Elizabeth Blount
[descendant of Henry III]
and died 1543, having had issue:
- Eleanor de Windsor,
mar Sir Edward Neville, Kt. and had issue.
- This family took their name originally from Windsor,
but had their seat elsewhere
- at Stanwell, Middlesex,
and later at
Bradenham, Buckinghamshire.
- Later, in 1917, the Royal family, whose residence was at Windsor, changed their name to "Windsor".
