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Paternal Family Tree: Cecil
Maternal Family Tree: Dorothy Giffard 1490-1571
In 1661 [her father] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 13) and [her mother] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 56) and [her grandmother] Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 47). They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 28th October 1662 [her future husband] Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh (age 21) and Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh (age 29) were married.
In 1672 Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh was born to James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 24) and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury.
In 1682 [her mother] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury died.
In 1683 John Stawell 2nd Baron Stawell (age 14) and Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 11) were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 35) and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury.
In June 1683 [her father] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 35) died. His son [her brother] James (age 17) succeeded 4th Earl Salisbury.
On 8th August 1689 [her father-in-law] Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell (age 48) died at Low Ham, Somerset. His son [her husband] John (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset. Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 17) by marriage Baroness Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.
On 30th November 1692 [her husband] John Stawell 2nd Baron Stawell (age 23) died. His half brother [her brother-in-law] William (age 10) succeeded 3rd Baron Stawell of Somerton in Somerset.
On 9th January 1696 Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh (age 54) and Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Ranelagh. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury.
On 23rd April 1698 Thomas Coningsby 1st Earl Coningsby (age 41) and [her step-daughter] Frances Jones (age 25) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh (age 57) and Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh. They were second cousins.
Around 1700 Godfrey Kneller (age 53). Portrait of Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 28). One of the Hampton Court Beauties.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 5th January 1712 [her husband] Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh (age 70) died. His daughter [her step-daughter] Catherine Jones (age 40) inherited Ranelagh House.
On 21st February 1728 Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh (age 56) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham
GrandFather: Charles Cecil 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe
Father: James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Maxwell 1st Earl Dirletoun
GrandMother: Diana Maxwell
Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Vernon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Vernon "King of the Peak" 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Tailboys 9th Baron Kyme 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Tailboys 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gascoigne Baroness Kyme 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Thwaites
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dudley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Roper of Well Hall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Roper
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Alexander Harrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Moton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
GrandMother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Shirley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Giffard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Giffard