[dougherty]

Cool. According to my family tree, Edward and Eleanor are my 24th great grandparents. I have been watching a couple of documentaries about the Plantagenets on youtube, I think one of them is called The Devil’s Brood. Very interesting family.

[EvilCapitalist]

Sharon Kay Penman wrote a book called Devil’s Brood. She is one of my favorite authors.

[mass55th]

My other Plantagenet connection is through Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, who was the sister of Edward IV, and Richard III. She's my 15th great-grandmother. Her husband was John de la Pole. He was first married to Lady Margaret Beaufort, but the marriage was annulled. She was the mother of Henry VII and grandmother of Henry VIII. John de la Pole's father William, 1st Duke of Suffolk was married to Geoffrey Chaucer's granddaughter Alice. Her father was Thomas. Geoffrey Chaucer is my 18th great-grandfather.

I also have Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and Richard Plantagenet of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge as my 16th and 17th great-grandfathers. Richard, 3rd Earl of Cambridge is supposed to be the grandfather of Edward IV and Richard III. The Neville, de Mortimer, de Spencer, Grenville, de Courtenay, along with other names appear in my family tree. It's crazy, and I wonder how factual it all is. They're on my mother's side of the family. She was born in Canada. She's got English, Scottish, and German royalty in her line. Even has de Medici's, Orsini's and Farnese's. Lorenzo de Medici is supposed to be my 15th great-grandfather. I never even knew any of my grandparents. They all died before I was born in 1947, so all of this info has blown my mind.