|
| |
Charles and Camilla - family ties
The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay,
(as they are known in Scotland)
When the families of the Prince of Wales and his new wife,
Camilla Parker Bowles, meet for get-togethers, there is little need
for introductions.
The couple knew each other before either married for the first
time.
And in fact, Camilla's great-grandmother was mistress to Charles'
great-great-grandfather.
But even their extended families can claim places in each other's
affections.
- In early-20th century England, King Edward VII's last love was
one Alice Keppel, the married maternal great-grandmother of
Camilla (who was later reportedly to say to Charles: "My
great-grandmother was your great-great-grandfather's mistress,
so how about it?") (See below).
- Three-quarters of a century later, Charles enjoyed a
friendship with keen horseman and polo player Andrew Parker
Bowles.
-
Andrew's father, Derek Parker Bowles, had been a close friend
of the Queen Mother - Charles' grandmother. She became Andrew's
godmother.
- Andrew Parker Bowles once dated Charles' sister, Princess
Anne, while Charles and Camilla were an item.
-
A generation later, Camilla and Andrew's own son, Tom, had a
royal godparent, too - none other than Charles, the man who is
about to become his mother's husband.
- So far, I have tracked back to Charles II, and my research
shows Camila Parker Bowles is descended from William
Douglas, 9th earl of Morton, her 9th generation grandparent. See
below for more links.
Charles II STUART
1630-1685
|
Charles LENNOX-=-Anne BRUDENELL
1672-1723 | c1671-1722
|
William KEPPEL--=--Lady Anne LENNOX
1702-1754 | 1703-1785
|
George KEPPEL
1724-1772
|
William Charles KEPPEL--=--Elizabeth SOUTHWELL
1772-1849 | -1817
|
Susan Trotter--=--George Thomas KEPPEL, 6th earl of Albemarle
1799-1891
|
William Coutts KEPPEL, Admiral Sir William Edmonstone
7th earl of Albemarle 4th Bart.
1832-1894 1810-1888
| |
Hon. George KEPPEL-=- Alice Frederica EDMONSTONE
1865-1947 | -1947
|
*Sonia Rosemary KEPPEL-=-Roland Calvert Cubitt,
1900-1986 | 3rd Baron Ashcombe
| 1900-1986
Bruce Middleton Hope SHAND-=-Rosalind Maud CUBITT
1917- | 1921-1994
|
Camilla SHAND-=-Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (Div)
1947-
* Although this lineage
shows Sonia as daughter of George KEPPEL, a TV Biography suggested
that she may have been the result of a liaison between Alice and
King Edward VII.
If it's true that Sonia was an unacknowledged illegitimate child
of Edward VII, then Prince Charles would be a half-second cousin
once removed of Camilla, as shown here:
Alexandra == Edward VII =?= Alice
George V Sonia
George VI Rosalind
Elizabeth II Camilla
Charles
| Elizabeth
Douglas |
= |
Sir Robert Sinclair, 1st Bart |
| John
Hamilton, Master of Bargeny |
= |
Jean Sinclair |
| Joanna
Hamilton |
= |
Sir Robert Dalrymple |
| William
Duff |
= |
Elizabeth Dalrymple |
| Anne
Duff |
= |
Alexander Gordon |
| Sir
Coutts Trotter |
= |
Margaret Gordon |
| Susan
Trotter |
= |
George Keppell |
| William
Douglas, 9th Earl of Morton |
= |
Anne Keith, though there is some
doubt over this |
| Margaret
Douglas |
= |
Archibald Campbell, 1st
Marquess of Argyll |
| Mary
Stewart |
= |
Archibald Campbell, 9th
Earl of Argyll |
| Elizabeth
Elphinstone |
= |
John Campbell |
| Archibald
Edmonstone |
= |
Anne Campbell |
| Sir
Archibald Edmonston |
= |
Susanna Harenc |
| Sir
Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet |
= |
Lousia Hotham |
| Sir
William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet, Admiral |
=
|
Mary Elizabeth Parsons |
In 1619, Martha Douglas, another 9th generation grandparent,
married Sir James Lockhart of Lee. i have been unable to
identify Martha. And who was the Elizabeth Douglas, mentioned above?
Can anyone help?.
In the same generation, Agnes Douglas, wife of the 7th earl of
Argyll is also a GGGGGGGGG Grandmother. She was the daughter
of Sir William Douglas 6th Earl
of Morton and Agnes Leslie
|
|
|
