KING ANCESTORS
THE GOOD
THE GOOD
• Alaric I of the Visigoths (died 410; 53rd GGF of AE King Sr)
Sacked the city of Rome in 410, the first step of the barbarian
conquest of the Roman Empire
• Braut Onund Ingvarsson (died 660; 45th GGF of AE King Sr)
Known as the 'Land Clearer' for clearing trees in Sweden, he
died in a landslide
• Halfdan the Black of Norway (died 800; 37th GGF of AE King Sr)
Drowned when his sleigh broke through ice weakened by cow
dung
• Alfred the Great (died 899;38th GGF of AE King Sr) First King of
England, father of the English navy
THE GOOD
• St Wenceslaus of Czechoslovakia (Good King Wenceslaus)
(died 935; 32nd great-granduncle of AE King Sr) Murdered on
his way to church by his brother, Boleslaw the Cruel
• Henry I the Fowler (died 936; 34th GGF) King of Germany,
founder of the Saxon dynasty
• Hucbald II von Dillingen (died 939; 36th GGF of AE King Sr)
Father of Pope Leo IX
• William I Longsword, Duke of Normandy (died 943; 34th GGF
of AE King Sr) He was lured to a peace conference with Arnulf
I of Flanders, who then murdered him
THE GOOD
• Harald 'Bluetooth' Gormsson (died 987; 30th GGF of AE King Sr)
Viking King of Denmark. Eriksson electronics named their wireless
devices after him, and the logo for Bluetooth devices is the Nordic
rune for his initials, H and B. The name was chosen because of the
way Harald united the tribes of Denmark into one network. Had the
Jelling Stones of Denmark erected in honor of his parents, Gorm the
Old and Thyra V
• Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (died 1014; 28th GGF of AE King Sr)
Ended Viking domination of Ireland at the Battle of Clontarf, in
which he was killed
• Olaf II Eriksson of Norway (died 1022; 28th GGF of AE King Sr)
Martyred in Stockholm for refusing to worship the pagan Nordic
gods after converting to Christianity
THE GOOD
• St Olaf of Norway (died 1030; 31st GGF of AE King Sr) The last saint
to be venerated by both the Eastern and Western Catholic Churches
before the schism
• Basil (Vasul) the Blind of Hungary (died 1037; 34th GGF of AE King
Sr) Had his eyes gouged out and his ears filled with molten lead for
conspiring to kill King Stephen
• Robert II Montgomery (died 1037; 32nd GGF of AE King Sr)
Archbishop of Rouen, Normandy
• Duncan I of Scotland (died 1040; 26th GGF of AE King Sr) Killed by
the followers of Macbeth
• Lady Godiva of Coventry (died 1067; 28th GGM of AE King Sr) Rode
naked through the streets of Coventry to protest taxes imposed by
her husband
THE GOOD
• Mabel of Belleme (died 1079; 28th GGM of AE King Sr)
Beheaded while sleeping in Shrewsbury Castle
• William I de Bourgogne (died 1087; 30th GGF of AE King Sr)
Father of Pope Callistus II
• Bela II the Blind of Hungary (died 1141; 26th GGF of AE King Sr)
Blinded by his uncle so he would not become king of Hungary
• Fulk V D Anjou (died 1144; 26th GGF of AE King Sr) Was King of
Jerusalem during the Crusades
• Eric Jedvarsson, King of Sweden (died 1160; 24th GGF of AE
King Sr) Sought to Christianize Sweden, but after attending a
mass he was beheaded by pagans
THE GOOD
• Matilda (Maud) Beauclerc (died 1167; 25th GGM of AE King Sr)
Became the first female ruler of England (Empress Maud)
• Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (Strongbow) (died 1176; 27th GGF
of AE King Sr) Led the English invasion of Ireland in 1169
• Walter FitzAlan (died 1177; 23rd GGF of AE King Sr) First
hereditary High Steward of Scotland
• Alan FitzWalter (died 1204; 22nd GGF of AE King Sr) Knights
Templar during the Crusade, he is credited with expanding the
Knights Templar in Scotland
• Eleanor of Aquitaine (died 1204; 26th GGM of AE King Sr) Was
the Queen of France and the Queen of England; imprisoned
by her husband for 16 years
THE GOOD
• Conrad IV Hohenstaufen (died 1254; 28th GGF of AE King Sr) King of
Jerusalem during the Crusades
• Haakon IV Haakonsson, King of Norway (died 1263; 21st GGF of AE
King Sr) Rescued from assassins as a child, his rescuers carried him
on skis to safety, an event still celebrated in Norway as the
Birkebeiner ski race
• Alfonso X of Spain (died 1284; 22nd GGF of AE King Sr) Has a Lunar
crater named after him
• Rudolf I Habsburg (died 1291; 22nd GGF of AE King Sr) First of the
Habsburg rulers of Austria
• John de Graham (died 1298; 17th GGF of AE King Sr) Rescued
William Wallace (Braveheart) at Queensbury, later killed at the
Battle of Falkirk
THE GOOD
• William Douglas the Hardy (died 1298; 23rd GGF of AE King Sr) The
first Scottish nobleman to support William Wallace (Braveheart),
died a prisoner in the Tower of London
• Alexander Scrymgeor (died 1306; 19th GGF of AE King Sr) Captured
by the English in the Scottish Wars of Independence and hanged in
Newcastle
• John Strathbogie (died 1306; 20th GGF of AE King Sr) Captured by
the English at the Battle of Methvin, he was hung at the Tower of
London, beheaded, his head hung from the London Bridge
• Joan of Acre (died 1307; 22nd GGM of AE King Sr) Her grave at Clare
Priory, Suffolk England, has been the site of many reported miracles
• Angus Og, Lord of the Isles (died 1316; 15th GGF of AE King Sr) After
his coronation as King of Scotland, Robert the Bruce entrusted the
Stone of Scone to Angus to keep it from Edward I
THE GOOD
• Christopher Seton (died 1307; 20th GGF of AE King Sr) At the battle
of Methvin Robert the Bruce was unhorsed and captured by the
English. Seton slew Bruce's captor and freed him to escape; later
captured and executed at Dumfires
• Robert the Bruce (died 1329; 19th GGF of AE King Sr) At his death
his heart was removed and carried on a Crusade
• James Douglas (died 1330; 12th GGF of AE King Sr) Captured
Roxburgh Castle during the Scottish Wars of Independence with a
handful of men by disguising them as cattle. Carried the heart of
Robert the Bruce on Crusade, where he himself was killed
• Malcolm Drummond (died 1346; 19th GGF of AE King Sr) Developed
the Caltraps, an iron device with four spikes, which stopped the
English cavalry at the Battle of Bannockburn
THE GOOD
• Christina Bruce (died 1357; 19th GGF of AE King Sr)
Successfully defended Kildrummy Castle against the English
with a handful of servants during the Scottish Wars of
Independence
• John de Montgomerie (died 1361; 14th GGF of AE King Sr)
Captured Henry de Percy (Hotspurs) at the Battle of the
Otterburn
• James Douglas (died 1388; 19th GGF of AE King Sr) Led the
Scottish forces at the Battle of Otterburn. Douglas was killed
early in the battle, his body hidden so the Scottish troops
would not retreat. The battle became known as the battle
won by a dead general. The ghosts of Douglas' army still
haunt the roads around Otterburn
THE GOOD
• Archibald Douglas (died 1424; 15th GGF of AE King Sr) Lost an eye at
the Battle of Halidon Hill and a testicle at the Battle of Shrewsbury
• David Lindsay (died When Clan Lindsay faced off against Clan
Ogilvie, David Lindsay rode between the two clans hoping to
mediate a truce. Mistaking David's intent, an Ogilvie threw a spear,
striking David in the mouth and killing him instantly
• Margaret of Scotland (died 1486; 13th GGM of AE King Sr) Wife of
James III if Scotland, she was the first to tie the royal bloodline of
Denmark to that of Scotland
• John de Pollock (died 1577; 8th GGF of AE King Sr) Fought for Mary,
Queen of Scots, at the Battle of Langside, and lost the family lands
in Renfrewshire following her defeat
• William Cochrane (died 1717; 5th GGF of AE King Sr) Participated in
the Reyhouse plot to assassinate Charles I of England