Posted on 08/17/2004 11:00:43 AM PDT by lizol
Kerry Said to Have Many Ties to Royalty
Mon Aug 16, 8:21 PM ET
LONDON - Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) has blue blood from all the royal houses of Europe, with even more titled relations than President Bush (news - web sites), Burke's Peerage said Monday.
Burke's Peerage, which researches genealogy, said the Democratic presidential candidate traces descent through his mother, Rosemary Forbes, to the royal houses of Albania, England, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Byzantium, Persia (Iran) and France.
Forbes was descended from William Forbes, the Laird of Newe, an extended family that included many baronets, Burke's Peerage said.
"It is via this family that the Democratic candidate is descended from Henry II, the king of England and father of Richard the Lionheart, who was leader of the third Crusade in 1189," the Peerage said.
By contrast, Bush is related to Queen Elizabeth II (news - web sites), 20 British dukes and many European princes, it said.
The U.S.-based MyFamily.com, which published British census records from 1841 to 1901 on the Internet, had found that President Bush, Princess Diana and Winston Churchill are distantly related and can trace their ancestry to the 15th century English squire Henry Spencer of Badby, Northamptonshire, who lived between 1420-1478.
Please tell me he is not a Romanov. I will puke from here to Christmas!
.... Bubba (aka Clinton) ...
Well, well, well. I have been saying for quite a while that he wants to be King, and will brook no dissent.
Gore stated he was Love Story, will Kerry state he is subject of the DaVinci Code ?
"Forbes was descended from William Forbes, the Laird of Newe, an extended family that included many baronets, Burke's Peerage said."
Technically, baronets are not aristocracy. A baronetcy is a hereditary knighthood. A knight is a commoner (unless they possess other titles as well).
King Henry VIII came up with the idea when he was short on cash (he spent a lot of time fighting with other countries, which gets expensive) and needed to figure out a new way to soak the middle class for more taxes. When someone is created a knight, he has to pay a tax (scutage) to the Crown. Henry started making a lot of merchants and others baronets, and gave them the welcome news along with a hefty tax bill. They were not happy with the idea at the time.
Pretty soon he'll start claiming he's the Queen of England.
". . .will Kerry state he is subject of the DaVinci Code ?"
Exactly!
Every time I read one of these stories (which appear every time there is a presidential race), I realize that the "Merovingians" are alive and well.
Has anyone heard anything else about if Kerry is related to Franklin Peirce? I heard one story a couple of weeks ago. Because if he is than I am distantly related to him. (gasp)
No I haven't but Ma Bush is a relative of Franklin Pierce and therefore one of yours too.
Then again, you all already know that I'm descended from royalty once I said that I was Irish, which, of course, is synonymous. Never met an Irishman that wasn't descended from some king or other.
TS
I feel your pain. The Russian lineage has me riding the porcelain bus if he is truly related.
So - you may have a King of ...rats in America.
And they are stuck in a time warp!!! That kind of adoration is over and thank GOD for that!
If you send a check for say $1,000 dollars to Burkes Peerage , they will find some unknown Royal you are related to too. The bigger the check the more important the Royal. With Theresa's money I am surprised Kerry isnt a Prince, hey Maybe he is---"The Prince of Tides.
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