My wife's Royal Descent

As discussed on a separate page, it is not as rare as you might think for Westerners to have a Royal Descent.

My wife has many Royal Descents:

The most recent English monarch she descends from is Edward III (died 1377).
All of her descents from Edward III are through Augustus Reebkomp.
She has 24 descents from Edward III. This page shows them all. She has so many descents from Edward III that they cannot fit on a single graph.

The most recent monarch of any sort she descends from is James II, King of Scotland (died 1460), who himself descends from Edward III. She has one descent from James II, King of Scotland.

Edward III (died 1377).
The most recent English monarch that my wife descends from.

James II, King of Scotland (died 1460).
The most recent monarch of any sort that my wife descends from.

History of discovery of these descents

My wife's Royal Descent is not really a discovery. Her family always knew they were descended from the 10th Earl of Pembroke. It was simply a matter of an afternoon by me in 1995 in the library at Cambridge following the lines through Burke's Peerage and the Complete Peerage to see that the 10th Earl descends from Edward III.
- I found it on the first day, whereas I spent 35 years proving my own descent from Edward III.
- I soon found out that both the 9th Earl of Pembroke and Mary Fitzwilliam descend from Edward III. See my knowledge of the Royal Descent as at April 1999.
In 1998, my wife and I discovered a descent of Arthur Gibbon from Katharine Skene (and hence from Robert III, King of Scotland and Henry I) by matching a single page of notes on Skene in the Gibbon family papers with the published genealogy of Skene and the Aberdeen parish records.
In 2005-2006, I worked out a descent of Mary Kerr from the main Kerr family (and hence from Robert III, King of Scotland and Henry I) after a tip-off in 2005 from Kelsey Williams.
In 2007, I discovered that Kitty Hunter descends from Sir Thomas Orby, 3rd Baronet rather than just the 1st Baronet, and hence descends from Edward III. So both Kitty Hunter and her lover the 10th Earl of Pembroke descend from Edward III.
In 2009, I got the best descent of all when I read in [Roberts, 2008] that General Robert Hunter descends from James II, King of Scotland, descendant of Edward III.
More descents have come in thanks to:
- Leo van de Pas.
- John Plummer.
- Steve Riggan.

Descents of Kitty Hunter

Kitty Hunter's ancestor Sir Charles Somerset (died 1599) has a remarkable male-line descent from Edward III.

Previously I had him in error here as son of the 4th Earl of Worcester, which would give many more Royal Descents. This was incorrect. He is son of the 2nd Earl, not the 4th Earl.

                                       Edward III 
                                        |
                           +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 
                           |                                                                  |
                          John of Gaunt                                                      Lionel Plantagenet
                           |                                                                  |
              +------------+---------------------------------+                               Philippa Plantagenet
              |                                              |                                |
             1st Earl of Somerset                           Joan de Beaufort                 Elizabeth Mortimer  
              |                                              |                                |
 +------------+-----------+                        +---------+--------------+                 | 
 |                        |                        |                        |                 |
Joan Beaufort            1st Duke of Somerset     1st Earl of Salisbury    Eleanor Neville   Henry Percy
 |                        |                        |                        |                 |
 |                        |                        |                        +-----+-----------+ 
 |                        |                        |                              | 
James II of Scotland     2nd Duke of Somerset     1st Marquess of Montagu        Ralph Percy 
 |                        |                        |                              | 
Mary Stewart             1st Earl of Worcester    Lucy Neville                   Margaret Percy 
 |                        |                        |                              | 
1st Earl of Arran        2nd Earl of Worcester    Elizabeth Browne               Guiscard Harbottle 
 |                        |                        |                              | 
Jean Hamilton             +------+-----------------+                             Mary Harbottle 
 |                               |                                                | 
6th Earl of Glencairn           Sir Charles Somerset                             Sir Edward Fitton
 |                               |                                                | 
 |                               |                                               Sir Edward Fitton  
Elizabeth Cunningham            Elizabeth Somerset                                | 
 |                               |                                               Sir Edward Fitton 
 |                               |                                                |
Jane Craufurd                   Sir Charles Gerard                               Penelope Fitton
 |                               |                                                |
 |                               +------+-----------------------------------------+ 
 |                                      | 
Elizabeth Craufurd                     1st Earl of Macclesfield 
 |                                      |  
James Hunter                           Charlotte Gerard
 |                                      | 
Robert Hunter                          Elizabeth Orby
 |                                      | 
 +------------+-------------------------+ 
              | 
             Thomas Orby Hunter     
              |                                                   
             Kitty Hunter == 10th Earl of Pembroke (affair)
              |              descendant of Edward III    
              |
             Augustus Reebkomp
              |
             Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
              |                      descendant of Henry I
              |
             Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
              |                        descendant of Henry I
              |
             Arthur F.V. Gibbon
              |
             Gerard Gibbon
              |
             John Gibbon
              |
             Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                 descendant of Edward III

Descents of 9th Earl of Pembroke

Because it is a simple tree, this is a good one on which to show dates of birth (known or estimated).

                  Edward III (born 1312)
                   |
                  John of Gaunt (born 1340)
                   |
                  Joan de Beaufort (born c.1379)
                   |
                  1st Earl of Salisbury (born 1400)
                   |
                  Alice Neville (born c.1430)
                   |
                  Elizabeth Fitz-Hugh (born c.1455)
                   |
                  Sir Thomas Parr (born c.1483)
                   |
                  Anne Parr (born 1514)
                   |
                  2nd Earl of Pembroke (born 1536-41)
                   |
                  4th Earl of Pembroke (born 1584)
                   |
                  5th Earl of Pembroke (bapt 1621)
                   |
                  8th Earl of Pembroke (born 1656)
                   |
                  9th Earl of Pembroke (born 1688) == Mary Fitzwilliam
                   |                                  descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  10th Earl of Pembroke (born 1734) == Kitty Hunter (affair)
                   |                                   descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  Augustus Reebkomp (born 1762)
                   |
                  Elizabeth Montgomery (born 1796) == Arthur Gibbon
                   |                                  descendant of Henry I
                   |
                  Arthur Augustus Gibbon (born 1829) == Mary Kerr
                   |                                    descendant of Henry I
                   |
                  Arthur F.V. Gibbon (born 1866)
                   |
                  Gerard Gibbon (born 1901)
                   |
                  John Gibbon (born 1939)
                   |
                  Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                      descendant of Edward III

Descents of Frances Shelley


                                               Edward III
                                                |
                    +---------------------------+---------------------------------------+
                    |                                                                   |
                   John of Gaunt                                                       Edmund Plantagenet
                    |                                                                   |
                   Joan de Beaufort                                                    Constance Plantagenet
                    |                                                                   |
 +------------------+-----------+-----------------------------+                        Isabel le Despencer
 |                              |                             |                         |
Elizabeth Ferrers              1st Earl of Salisbury         3rd Baron Abergavenny     Elizabeth Beauchamp
 |                              |                             |                         |
Joan Greystoke                 Alice Neville                  +-------------+-----------+
 |                              |                                           |
Joan Darcy                     Elizabeth Fitz-Hugh                         4th Baron Abergavenny
 |                              |                                           |
 |                       +------+-------------+                             |
 |                       |                    |                             |
George Beaumont         Anne Parr            William Parr                  Sir Edward Neville
 |                       |                    |                             |
 |                       |                   Mary Parr                      |
William Beaumont        Elizabeth Cheyne      |                             |
 |                       |                   John Tresham                  7th Baron Abergavenny
 |                       |                    |                             |
Anthony Beaumont        3rd Baron Vaux       Mary Tresham                   |
 |                       |                    |                             |
 |                       +------+-------------+                            8th Baron Abergavenny
 |                              |                                           |
Barbara Beaumont               George Vaux                                  |
 |                              |                                           |
Elizabeth Sheldon              Catherine Vaux                              9th Baron Abergavenny
 |                              |                                           |
 |                              +---------+---------------------------------+
 |                                        |
Elizabeth Weston                         11th Baron Abergavenny
 |                                        |
Sir John Shelley                         Winifred Neville
 |                                        |
 +-----------------+----------------------+
                   |
                  Frances Shelley == 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam
                   |                 descendant of Edward III
                   |
                  Mary Fitzwilliam == 9th Earl of Pembroke
                   |                  descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  10th Earl of Pembroke == Kitty Hunter (affair)
                   |                       descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  Augustus Reebkomp
                   |
                  Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
                   |                      descendant of Henry I
                   |
                  Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
                   |                        descendant of Henry I
                   |
                  Arthur F.V. Gibbon
                   |
                  Gerard Gibbon
                   |
                  John Gibbon
                   |
                  Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                      descendant of Edward III

Descents of 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam

                    Edward III
                     |
                    John of Gaunt 
                     |
                    Henry Beaufort
                     |
                    Jane Beaufort
                     |
                    Sir Henry Stradling
                     |
                    Thomas ap Henry Stradling
                     |
                    Jane Stradling
                     |
                    Edward Griffith
                     |
                    Ellen Griffith
                     |
                    Frances Bagenal
                     |
                    Margaret Plunkett
                     |
                    3rd Viscount Fitzwilliam
                     |
                    4th Viscount Fitzwilliam == Mary Stapleton
                     |                          descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    5th Viscount Fitzwilliam == Frances Shelley
                     |                          descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    Mary Fitzwilliam == 9th Earl of Pembroke                     
                     |                  descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    10th Earl of Pembroke == Kitty Hunter (affair)
                     |                       descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    Augustus Reebkomp
                     |
                    Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
                     |                      descendant of Henry I
                     |
                    Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
                     |                        descendant of Henry I
                     |
                    Arthur F.V. Gibbon
                     |
                    Gerard Gibbon
                     |
                    John Gibbon
                     |
                    Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                        descendant of Edward III

Descents of Frances Hotham

                    Edward III
                     |
                    Lionel Plantagenet   
                     |                                    
                    Philippa Plantagenet                                
                     |                                     
                    Elizabeth Mortimer     
                     |                                          
                    Elizabeth Percy       
                     |                                                 
                    Mary Clifford         
                     |                                                                              
                    Elizabeth Wentworth    
                     |                                                                               
                    Joan de la See                
                     |                                         
            +--------+-----------+                      
            |                    |                                                                    
           Isabel Hildyard      Katherine Hildyard       
            |                    |                                                 
           Richard Legard       John Holme                
            |                    |                                                 
            |                   Catherine Holme         
           Jane Legard           |                       
            |                   Frances Constable        
            |                    |                                                
           Sir John Hotham      Katherine Rodes 
            |                    |                                                 
            +--------+-----------+        
                     |                                         
                    Frances Hotham == Sir Philip Stapleton          
                     |                descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    Mary Stapleton == 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam
                     |                descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    5th Viscount Fitzwilliam == Frances Shelley
                     |                          descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    Mary Fitzwilliam == 9th Earl of Pembroke                     
                     |                  descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    10th Earl of Pembroke == Kitty Hunter (affair)
                     |                       descendant of Edward III    
                     |
                    Augustus Reebkomp
                     |
                    Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
                     |                      descendant of Henry I
                     |
                    Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
                     |                        descendant of Henry I
                     |
                    Arthur F.V. Gibbon
                     |
                    Gerard Gibbon
                     |
                    John Gibbon
                     |
                    Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                        descendant of Edward III

Descents of Marmaduke Constable


                     Edward III
                      |
 +--------------------+------+------------------------------+
 |                           |                              |
Edmund Plantagenet          Lionel Plantagenet             John of Gaunt
 |                           |                              |
 |                          Philippa Plantagenet            |     
 |                           |                              |
 |                          Roger Mortimer                  |
 |                           |                              |
Richard Plantagenet         Anne Mortimer                  Joan de Beaufort
 |                           |                              |
 +--------+------------------+                              |
          |                                                 |
         Richard Plantagenet                               Cecily Neville
          |                                                 |
          +--------+----------------------------------------+
                   |
                  Anne Plantagenet
                   |
                  Anne St.Leger
                   |
                  Catherine Manners
                   |
                  Marmaduke Constable == Jane Conyers
                   |                     descendant of Edward III
                   |
                  Catherine Constable
                   |
                  Henry Stapleton
                   |
                  Sir Philip Stapleton == Frances Hotham
                   |                      descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  Mary Stapleton == 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam
                   |                descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  5th Viscount Fitzwilliam == Frances Shelley
                   |                          descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  Mary Fitzwilliam == 9th Earl of Pembroke                     
                   |                  descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  10th Earl of Pembroke == Kitty Hunter (affair)
                   |                       descendant of Edward III    
                   |
                  Augustus Reebkomp
                   |
                  Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
                   |                      descendant of Henry I
                   |
                  Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
                   |                        descendant of Henry I
                   |
                  Arthur F.V. Gibbon
                   |
                  Gerard Gibbon
                   |
                  John Gibbon
                   |
                  Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                      descendant of Edward III

Descents of Christopher Conyers

 
                               Edward III
                               |                
            +------------------+-----------------+                 
            |                                    |
           John of Gaunt                        Thomas of Woodstock
            |                                    |
 +----------+-----------+                        |
 |                      |                        |
Joan Beaufort          Elizabeth of Lancaster   Anne of Gloucester
 |                      |                        |
William Neville        John de Holland          Anne Stafford 
 |                      |                        |                                
 |                      +---------+--------------+       
 |                                |               
Alice Neville                    Anne de Holland   
 |                                |       
 |                               Ralph Neville     
 |                                |       
William Conyers                  Anne Neville
 |                                |       
 +-----------+--------------------+       
             |              
            Christopher Conyers == Anne Dacre
             |                     descendant of Edward III 
             |
            Jane Conyers == Marmaduke Constable 
             |              descendant of Edward III 
             |                    
            Catherine Constable   
             |                    
            Henry Stapleton                                  
             |           
            Sir Philip Stapleton == Frances Hotham    
             |                      descendant of Edward III 
             |
            Mary Stapleton == 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam
             |                descendant of Edward III    
             |
            5th Viscount Fitzwilliam == Frances Shelley
             |                          descendant of Edward III    
             |
            Mary Fitzwilliam == 9th Earl of Pembroke                     
             |                  descendant of Edward III    
             |
            10th Earl of Pembroke == Kitty Hunter (affair)
             |                       descendant of Edward III    
             |
            Augustus Reebkomp
             |
            Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
             |                      descendant of Henry I
             |
            Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
             |                        descendant of Henry I
             |
            Arthur F.V. Gibbon
             |
            Gerard Gibbon
             |
            John Gibbon
             |
            Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                descendant of Edward III

Descents of Robert Greystoke

 
      Edward III
       |
      John of Gaunt 
       |
      Joan Beaufort 
       |
      Elizabeth Ferrers
       |
      Ralph Greystoke
       |
      Robert Greystoke == Elizabeth Grey    
       |                  descendant of Edward III  
       |
      Elizabeth Greystoke
       |
      Anne Dacre == Christopher Conyers
       |            descendant of Edward III 
       |
      Jane Conyers == Marmaduke Constable 
       |              descendant of Edward III 
       |                    
      Catherine Constable   
       |                    
      Henry Stapleton                                  
       |           
      Sir Philip Stapleton == Frances Hotham    
       |                      descendant of Edward III 
       |
      Mary Stapleton == 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam
       |                descendant of Edward III    
       |
      5th Viscount Fitzwilliam == Frances Shelley
       |                          descendant of Edward III    
       |
      Mary Fitzwilliam == 9th Earl of Pembroke                     
       |                  descendant of Edward III    
       |
      10th Earl of Pembroke == Kitty Hunter (affair)
       |                       descendant of Edward III    
       |
      Augustus Reebkomp
       |
      Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
       |                      descendant of Henry I
       |
      Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
       |                        descendant of Henry I
       |
      Arthur F.V. Gibbon
       |
      Gerard Gibbon
       |
      John Gibbon
       |
      Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                          descendant of Edward III

Descents of Elizabeth Grey

 
                              Edward III
                               |                
            +------------------+----------------+                 
            |                                   |
           John of Gaunt                       Lionel Plantagenet
            |                                   |
 +----------+-------------+                    Philippa Plantagenet
 |                        |                     |
Elizabeth of Lancaster   Joan Beaufort         Elizabeth Mortimer
 |                        |                     |
Constance Holland        Eleanor Neville       Henry Percy 
 |                        |                     |                                
 |                        +-------+-------------+       
 |                                |               
Edmund Grey                      Catherine Percy   
 |                                |       
 +-----------+--------------------+       
             |               
            Elizabeth Grey == Robert Greystoke
             |                descendant of Edward III 
             |
            Elizabeth Greystoke
             |
            Anne Dacre == Christopher Conyers
             |            descendant of Edward III 
             |
            Jane Conyers == Marmaduke Constable 
             |              descendant of Edward III 
             |                    
            Catherine Constable   
             |                    
            Henry Stapleton                                  
             |           
            Sir Philip Stapleton == Frances Hotham    
             |                      descendant of Edward III 
             |
            Mary Stapleton == 4th Viscount Fitzwilliam
             |                descendant of Edward III    
             |
            5th Viscount Fitzwilliam == Frances Shelley
             |                          descendant of Edward III    
             |
            Mary Fitzwilliam == 9th Earl of Pembroke                     
             |                  descendant of Edward III    
             |
            10th Earl of Pembroke == Kitty Hunter (affair)
             |                       descendant of Edward III    
             |
            Augustus Reebkomp
             |
            Elizabeth Montgomery == Arthur Gibbon
             |                      descendant of Henry I
             |
            Arthur Augustus Gibbon == Mary Kerr
             |                        descendant of Henry I
             |
            Arthur F.V. Gibbon
             |
            Gerard Gibbon
             |
            John Gibbon
             |
            Elizabeth Gibbon == Mark Humphrys
                                descendant of Edward III

Most recent titled ancestors

My wife's most recent titled ancestors are:

Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (died 1794).
Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (died 1750).
Richard Fitzwilliam, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam (died 1743).
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (died 1733).
Sir Thomas Orby, 3rd Baronet (died 1724).

And many more, back through the 1600s and earlier centuries.

Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (died 1794).
My wife's most recent titled ancestor.