Family Tree of Alistair Graham

for my Grand Daughters Princess Leila and Princess Alyra

Last update Oct 2012

Once you can establish and prove a direct link with a royal or noble it becomes easier as they have everything recorded. And of course many are inter related with other noble families. Often they need to prove inheritance and titles and need to record all the family, dates of birth and death, to prove these ties. So many noble families have records back, mine goes 52 generations back to a roman senator in 405AD to 475AD Tonatius Ferreolus Praetorian - Prefect of Gaul. I was lucky enough, with some hard research to establish and help from other ancestry nuts, to find such a link. Also the history of these nobles are well recorded and documented. We know all the children, and their children and so on, as they are recorded ( even some illegitimate ones and children from affairs are known and documented) and the actual dates of birth and death are known facts passed down through those generations.

Many people, if not all, are of course related. I guess we are all related in some way or another back to Africa. Proving the direct blood line is not easy for most as they are from what is called common families and those people never had as good documentation of the generations. Sometimes in family bibles that were passed on but often none recorded all the families and children. They were too busy working or scratching out survival. Records were often burnt or lost. Basically they did not have a fortune to pass on so it was not important as to who were the children or where they went in the world.

Some ancestors of interest include Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Charles 'The Hammer' Martel, Kings and queens of France, Alfred King of England, and a few saints like Saint Begga and Saint Arnulf. A whole lot of work and research but extremely gratifying to finally establish proof of blood lines to all these dudes. In particular it is nice to have portraits of some of these notables. For most of my other family tree photographs cease before about 1900 and Portraits are rare indeed for us common folk. Some examples of our early portraits are set out below include many forms : Marble and stone sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, book plates, Cathedral stained glass and even coins and a cameo brooch.

..Tonantius .....Louis II......Lothaire cameo....Charlemagne....... ... ...
............Marble Statues.............Illuminated manuscripts.........Cameo ......Durer Portrait..Book Plate.........Coin.........Stained Glass......StoneMarble...............

Sources and Audit : Audit of the tree has been undertaken checking each link to verify any gaps or errors. Most generations are about 25 years. The father at birth of a child should be between age 16 to 70 (unusual but not impossible) while the Mother ideally between 15 and 50. In auditing we search for dates outside of this that expose a gap. If a father is 100 at the birth of his child it is an obvious gap and break in the link and blood line. Simlarly if a parent gives birth to a child after death it is a little difficult and hence another flaw or error. All the links have been checked and generations are within acceptable limits - with no gaps or overlaps. Thus establishing a true unbroken blood line.

Notes to Relatives :

You are welcome to enjoy this page and the information. Please bare in mind this takes literally hours and hours of research over many years and considerable expense. At present I am researching The Graham Montrose side of the tree and to investigate further (overcoming blocks) we need to establish a small fund so we can commission a semi professional over in Ireland to link the tree back to Scotland clan. Many of us outlay fees to ancestry.com or myheritage.com in monthly fees. All accumulating the very same facts. It would be better if we all grouped in to one family tree database and allowed administrators within the family who understand changing and updating info when found and verification. That way we could put the other money into research for better results. Contact Alistair if you have suggestions or ideas. Always welcome.

Branch A of Tree ........................ GoTo Branch B

'm' denotes husband or wife married into blood line - tab inset - still our direct ancestors but the Branch A line continues back through the main blood line.
Other Branches will be added with reference denotation to show where they branch off into another blood line.

I have chosen to include only those that are in the direct blood line Father/Mother to Son/Daughter. Otherwise the tree would be over 1200 and too large to navigate. So I have omitted brothers, sisters, cousins etc. Also I have taken the main branch blood line which goes back 55 generations now. Where both parents have link to interesting ancestors I have treated those in a separate tree line with reference to the main branch. Titled Tree Branch A, B, C and so on.

Generations

Gen
Portrait
Name
Titles
Birth
 Death
Notes and Links
1

Tonantius Ferreolus

Praetorian Prefect of Gaul
Birth 405 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Death 475 in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
 
2

Tonantius Ferreolus I

Roman Senator of Narbonne
Birth 420 in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Death 475 in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
  
3

Ferreolus of Rodez

 Roman Senator of Narbonne........... DUKE of MOSELLE FRANCE.......................................
Birth 470 in Rodez, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Death 10 Nov 553 in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Available notes
4

Ansbertus Gallo

 Roman Senator of narbonne Birth 520 in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Death 590 in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
  
5

Arnoald

 Bishop of Metz...............
Birth 560 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
Death 611 in Old, Sachsen, Germany
  
6

Doda of Metz.....

  
Birth 584 in Sachsen, Germany
Death 615 in Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
 
6m

.....Saint Arnulf Bishop of Metz

 
 

Husband of Doda of metz

Bishop of Metz

Patron Saint of Brewers

 
Birth 13 Aug 582 in Lay-Saint-Christophe, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Death 16 Aug 640 in Remiremont Abby, Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France
 Click for avalable story
7

Ansegisel of Heristal

 Duke and domesticus of Austrasia
Birth 602 in Austrasia, Lorraine, France
Death 679 in Monastery of Ardennes, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
  
7m
St Begga

.....Saint Begga of Landen

 Saint and wife of Ansegisel
Birth 6 Sep 615 in Landen, Liège, Belgium
Death 17 Dec 693 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium
Click for notes on St Begga
8

Pepin II of Herstal

 Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
Birth 635 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium
Death 16 Dec 714 in Junille, Meuse, Lorraine, France
 
8m

.....Alpaida of Austrasia

 Mistress of Pepin II Birth 654 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Death 705 in Orplegrandmonast, Brabant, Vosges, France  
9

Charles
'The Hammer' Martel

 Mayor of the Palace
Birth 23 Aug 686 in Heristal, Walloon, Belgium
Death 22 Oct 741 in Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne, Picardie, France
Legacy and great battles
9m

....Chrotude 'Rotrude' of Treves

Duchess of Austrasia
Birth 690 in Tréves, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Death 22 Oct 741 in Quirzy, Aisne, Picardie, France
 
10

Pepin III 'The Short' Martel

King of the Franks
Birth May 714 in Liège, Liège, Belgium
Death 24 Sep 768 in .....France
  
10m

.....Leutberga

 Wife of King pepin III
Birth abt 712
Death abt 760
  
11
Charlemagne

Charlemagne
'Charles the Great' Martel

 Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Birth 2 Apr 742 in Liège, Liège, Belgium
Death 28 Jan 814 in Aix La Chapelle, Aachen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
 Amazing history
& influence
11m

.....Hildegarde
.....'The Beautiful' of Vinzgouw

Empress of the Holy Roman Empire Birth 2 Apr 757 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Death 30 Apr 783 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
 
12

Louis I
'The Pious' of France Carolingian

 Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Birth 15 Aug 778 in Cassinogilum Palace, Poitiers, France
Death 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim Imperial Palace, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  
   
 
13

Charles II
'The Bald' of France Carolingian

 King of West Francia, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Birth 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Oder, Brandenburg, Germany
Death 6 Oct 877 in Pass at Mont Cenis, Brides-les-Bains, Trois Vallées, Savoie, Kingdom of France
  
13m

Ermentrude of Orlèans

Queen of the West Franks
Birth 27 Sep 823 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
Death 6 Oct 869 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, Kingdom of France
  
14

Judith of France Carolingien

Queen consort of Wessex
Birth 16 Dec 843 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
 Death 13 Jan 870 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France  
14m

.....Baudouin I of Clermont

   Birth in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Death 879 in France  
15

Baudouin II of Clermont

   Birth 865 in Flanders, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Death Sept. 10, 1042 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  
15m

.....Aelfthryth Elfrida

Countess of Flanders, Princess of England Birth 852 in Wessex, Kent, England Death 7 Jun 929 in Saint Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France  
16

Arnoul I of FLANDERS

   Birth 19 May 890 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Death 27 Mar 964 in Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium  
16m

.....Adaele Alice Alix
.....De VERMANDOIS

   Birth VERMANDOIS, Normandy, France Death 10 Oct in Bruges, Gironde, Aquitaine, France  
17

Baldwin III Flanders

   Birth abt 933 in Flanders, Normandy, France Death 01 Nov 962 in Flanders, Normandy, France  
17m

.....Mathilda Saxony Billung

   Birth abt 937 in Sachsen, Germany Death 25 May 1008 in Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France  
18

Baldwin III Flanders

   Birth abt 933 in Flanders, Normandy, France Death 01 Nov 962 in Flanders, Normandy, France  
18m

.....Mathilda Saxony Billung

   Birth abt 937 in Sachsen, Germany
Death 25 May 1008 in Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
 
19

Arnulf DeFlandres

   Birth 12 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Death 20 Jul 1031 in Flanders, Normandy, France  
19m

.....Rozala D Ivrea

   Birth in Ivrea, Lombardy now, Piemonte, Italy Death 26 Jan 1003 in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
20

Count of Cambrai Eudes

   Birth 0980 in Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Death 1070 in Cambrai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
20m

.....Odele DeBois Ferrand

   Birth 1003 in Ferrand Forest, Flanders, France Death 1080 in France
21

Engilbert De Brienne

   Birth 1007 in Brienne, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Death 1035 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
21m

.....Mainfreda De Sens

   Birth 1008 in Sens, Yonne, Bourgogne, France Death 1060 in France
22

Engelbert DeBrienne

   Birth 1027 in Brienne, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Death 1055 in France
22m

.....Petronille DeJoigny

   Birth 1015 in France Death 6 Jun 1050 in Angouleme, Aquitaine, France
23

Gauthier I DeBrienne

   Birth 1030 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Death 1089 in France
23m

.....Eustache DeBar Sur Seine

   Birth 1045 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Death 1105 in France
24

Milo DeBar Sur Seine

   Birth 1077 in France Death 1126 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
24m

.....Maud DeNoyers

   Birth 1095 in Noyers, Yonne, Bourgogne, France Death 1116 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
25

Gui DeBar Sur Seine

   Birth 1110 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Death 1145
25m

.....Petronille DeChacenay

   Birth 1112 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France Death 1161
26

Guy DeBryan

   Birth 1160 in Herefordshire, England Death 20 Dec 1194
26m

.....Mary Lusignan

   Birth 1176 in Brienne, Drome, Rhone-Alpes, France Death 1 Oct 1260 in Melle, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
27

Guy DeBrienne

   Birth 1200 in Laugharne, Carms, Wales Death 1 Jun 1252 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
27m

.....Jane DeLaPole

   Birth 1202 in Spain Death 1 Jun 1255 in Wales
28

Guy DeBryan

   Birth 1228 in Walwys Castle, Pembroke, Wales Death 1307 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
28m

.....Eva DeTracy

   Birth 1228 in Barnstable, Devon, England Death 1 Jun 1310 in Wales
29

Guy DeBryan

   Birth 1259 in Laugharne, Cornwall, England Death 1333 in Walwyns Castle, Wales
29m  

.....Sibil DeSully

   Birth 1254 in Walwyns Castle, Pembroke, England Death 1 Jun 1325 in Walwyns Castle, Pembroke, England  
30  

Guy DeBryan

   Birth 1289 in Walwyns Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death 1347 in Devon, England  
30m  

.....Anne Hogan

   Birth 1280 in Walwyns Castle, Pembroke, England Death 1 Jun 1350 in Walwyns Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales  
31  

Guy DeBryan

   Birth 1311 in Walwyns Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Death 17 Aug 1390 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England  
31m  

.....Elizabeth DeMontagu

   Birth 1327 in Somerset, England Death 31 May 1359 in Ashley, Hampshire, England  
32
Go To Branch B

Thomas Bryan

   Birth 1358 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England Death 11 Oct 1444 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England Brief History of Bryan family
32m  

.....Margaret Echyngham

   Birth 1 Jun 1380 in Yorkshire, England Death 1 Jun 1428 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England  
33  

Sir Edmund Bryan

   Birth 1412 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England Death 1 Jun 1470 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England  
33m  

.....Alice Bures

   Birth 1 Jun 1416 in Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, England Death 1 Jun 1475 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England  
34  

Sir Knight Thomas Bryan

   Birth 1438 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England Death 1500 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England  
34m  

.....Margaret Bowsey

   Birth 1442 in Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, England Death 1 Jun 1502 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England  
35  

Sir Thomas II Bryan

Knight and English courtier during the reign of king Henry VIII

vice-chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon

 Birth 1464 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England Death 30 Jan 1517 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England

His wife, Margaret Bryan was governess to the King's four acknowledged children, Mary, Elizabeth, Edward and his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset. She impressed the King so much, he made her Baroness Bryan in her own right. They had three children, Margaret,Francis and Elizabeth.

35m  

.....Lady Margaret Bourchier

   Birth 1 Jun 1468 in Benningborough, Yorkshire, England Death 1 Jun 1551 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England As Baroness Bryan was the half-sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and the mother of the King's mistress Mary Boleyn and his second wife Anne Boleyn, fortunes improved for the Bryan family during the 1520s and early 1530s. But it was not only Thomas Bryan's nieces by marriage who attracted the King, but his daughter, Katherine of Aragon.

36  

John Bryan

   Birth 1508 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England Death 1559 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England  
36m  

.....Joan

  Birth in Gloucestershire, England Death 1573 in Lippiat, England  
37  

Lewis Bryant

   Birth 1525 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England Death 1573 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England  
37m  

.....Joan

  Birth 1529 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England    
38  

Robert Bryant

   Birth 1559 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England Death 1635 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England  
38m  

.....Elizabeth

   Birth 1563 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England Death 1603 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England  
39  

Lewis Bryant

   Birth 1587 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England Death 1662 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England  
39m  

.....Mrs Lewis Bryant

   Birth 1597 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England    
40  

John Bryant

   Birth abt 1622 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England Death 1662 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England  
40m  

.....Margery Bryant

   Birth 1614 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England    
41  

Lewis Bryant

   Birth 1640 in Wick and Abson Death 1685 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England  
41m  

.....Mary Hickes

  
Birth 1644 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England
 
 Death 1705 in Wick and Abson, Gloucestershire, England  
42  

Charles Bryant

   Birth 1670 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England Death 1751 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England  
42m  

.....Mary

   Birth 1675 in Wick, Gloucestershire, England    
43  

John Bryant

   Birth 1694 in Wick and Abson    
43m  

.....Jane

  Birth 1700    
44  

John Bryant

   Birth 1731 in Abson    
44m  

.....Mary

 		   Birth in Abson    
45  

Jacob (John) Bryant

   Birth abt 1750 in Abson    
45m  

.....Hester Watkins

   Birth 1747 in Siston, Gloucestershire    
46m  

.....Isaac Hendy

   Birth 1772 in Wick and Abson, Gloucestershire, England Death Oct 1856 in Bath, England  
46  

Mary Bryant

   Birth 1774 in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England Death 1858  
47  

William Hendy

   Birth abt 1803 in Bath, England    
47m  

.....Hannah Reed (Reid)

  Birth abt 1806 in Bradford, Wiltshire, England    
48  

William Hendy

   Birth 1832 in Christened St Swithin's, Walcot, Bath, England.
 
Death 23 MAY 1918 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
 
48m  

.....Ellen Ellis

   Birth 13 AUG 1838 in Winscomb, Somerset, England. Death 19 JUN 1895 in Collingwood, Victoria  
49  

Mary Hendy McKee Sly

   Birth 19 OCT 1870 in Albury, New South Wales. Death 12 Apr 1944 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England  
49m  

.....William James Fitzallen Sly

   Birth 4 Oct 1865 in Hobart, Tasmania. Death 6 Mar 1900 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia  
50  

Myrtle Lillian Maud Sly

   Birth 17 AUG 1893 in Collingwood, Victoria. Death 11 SEP 1984 in Victoria, Australia  
50m  

.....Robert James Lorimer

   Birth 15 MAY 1876 in Wattle Glen Death 19 MAY 1941  
51  

Elsie Mary Lorimer

   Birth 16 SEP 1921 in Wattle Glen, Victoria.    
51m  

.....James Wallace Graham

   Birth 11 OCT 1919 in Heidelberg Road, Alphington. Victoria. Death 1994 in Wangaratta, Victoria  
52  

Alistair Robert Graham

   Birth 11 JAN 1956 in Greensborough, Victoria. Australia.    
53  

Robert James Graham

   Birth 9 JAN 1981 in Allamanda Private Hospital - Southport, Qld.    
54  
 

Leila Elizabeth Graham

 
 Princess by Decree Birth 17 FEB 2004 in Southport    
             
             
53  

Mitchell Aaron Graham

   Birth 20 NOV 1984 in Allamanda Private Hospital - Southport, Qld.    
54  

Alyra Michelle Gail Graham

 Princess by Decree Birth Sep 7, 2011 in Gold Coast    
             
             
 

 

  
 

 

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