The purpose of these pages is to identify some of our royal ancestors, through lines that are both historical, mythological and legendary, but not improbable. The word mythological does not mean false but rather "to designate the narrative component". I was recently contacted by a "professional genealogist" who wanted to point out that my legendary lines of descent were, in fact, legendary and that some people might take them as wholly factual (which is why I used the word "legendary" in the first place). Readers are free to believe them or not. Legendary implies that they cannot be proved, but are based on medieval or mythological sources. I would refer such skeptical readers of these pages to the Wikipedia article on Descents from Antiquity, which they may find enlightening. Descent from medieval and ancient royal families is very possible and probable with almost all colonial families of European descent. Please do not contact me if you intend to criticize or refute my pages. There is no point as I am not trying to prove anything. Our ancestors are listed here to be shared, enjoyed and appreciated by those reading these pages. I have found more than 2000 Royal or Noble ancestor with more than 120 different lines to Charlemagne, "the grand father of Europe and the western world."
Listed here are 200 of the more than 1000 Royal Ancestors of Thomas Knowlton Gibson, with links to additional information.
Abbess of Caen,
Adela, wife of
Stephen of Blois,
Adelaide daughter of Giselbert,
Adofe wife of Fiacha Strabbteine
the 120th Monarch of Ireland,
Áed mac Cináeda, King of the Picts,
Alexander III, King of Scotland,
Alfgar III, Husband of lady Godiva,
Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and King of the Saxons,
Andreas
II, King of Hungary,
Anne of Chatillon,
Arnulf of Carinthia, King of Germany,
Attila the Hun, The Scourge of God and Terror of the World,
Aubri-Geoffrey son of Geoffrey III,
Bela
III, King of Hungary,
Bela IV, King of Hungary,
Berengaria of Navarre,
Bernhard, King of Lombardy,
Bertrada of Laon, daughter of Charibert of Laon,
Beretha daughter of William count
of Toulouse,
Bertrade daughter of Simon I,
Blanche of Artois,
Carloman, King of Germany, Bavaria and Italy,
Cecilia wife of Abbess of Caen,
Charibert, Count of Laon,
Charlemagne, King of the Franks and First Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire,
Charles the Fat, King of Germany,
Charles I, King of Naples,
Charles II, King of Naples,
Charles IV, King of Germany,
Charles IV, the son of Philip III King of France,
Christina of
Sweden,
Clothilde of Burgundy, became St. Clothilde,
Clovis the
Great, King of France,
Cole, King (Old King Cole) son of Marius King of Britain,
Constance the heiress of Britany,
Constance the wife of the Count of Brittany,
Constantine I, The Wine-Bountiful, King of Scotland,
Constantine II, The Middle Aged, King of Scotland,
Count of Anjou,
Count of Vermandois,
Crouchback,
Doada the wife of
Finele,
Thane of Glamis and Angus, the parents of Macbeth,
David II, King of Scotland,
Donald I, King of Scotland,
Donald II, King of Scotland,
Duke of
Aquitaine,
Duke of Clarence,
Duke of France,
Duke of Gloucester,
Duke of
Lancaster,
Duke of Normandy,
Duke of York,
Duncan I cousin of Macbeth,
Earl of
Bucks,
Earl of Cornwall,
Earl of Kent,
Earl of Mercia,
Earl of
Norfolk,
Earl of Northumberland,
Earl of Ulster,
Edith of Agatha,
Edith-Matilda
daughter of Malcolm III King of Scots,
Edmund the Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster,
Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March,
Edmund the Magnificent, King of England,
Edward the Elder, King of England,
Edward I, Longshanks, King of England,
Edward II, King of England,
Edward III, King of England,
Edward IV, King of England,
Edward V, King of England,
Edward the Prince of Wales,
the Black Prince,
Egbert, King of England,
Eleanor Berenger wife of Henry III,
Eleanor de Bohun,
Eleanor
Holland,
Eleanor of Aquitaine,
Eleanor of Castile wife of Edward I,
Eleanor
wife of Earl of Pembroke,
Elfgifu daughter of King Ethelred II,
Elizabeth de Burgh,
Elizabeth Mortimer,
Emengarde of Anjou wife of Conan I,
Eochaidh, High King of Ireland
Erembourg daughter of Helias, Count of Maine,
Ermengarde of Anjou daughter of Fulk
Espriota daughter of Count of Senlis,
Ethelwulf, King of England,
Ethelbald, King of England,
Ethelbert, King of England,
Ethelred, King of England,
Fergus Mor
Mac Earca King of Scotland,
Fiacha Strabbteine
the 120th Monarch of Ireland,
Fulk II the Good,
Fulk III the Black,
Fulk IV,
Fulk
V Latin King of Jerusalem,
Geoffrey I son of Fulk II,
Geoffrey Plantagenet,
Gertrude of Meran,
Geza II King of Hungary,
Gisela the nun,
Greagory the Great King of Scotland,
Gundred wife of William de Warren,
Gytha of England,
Harold
II King of England,
Harold of Kief, Helena (Euphrasyna) of Kief,
Henry
Beauclerc,
Henry Clifford the Shepherd Lord,
Henry Percy called Hotspur,
Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony,
Henry I, King of England,
Henry II, King of England,
Henry III,
King of England,
Henry IV, King of England,
Henry V, King of England,
Henry VI, King of England,
Henry VII, King of England,
Henry
Herbert I son of Pepin II,
Herleve (Arlotta) daughter of Fulbert de Falaise,
Hildegarde daughter of Childebrand duke of Suabia,
Sir Hugh Lowther,
Isabel wife of
Enguerrand de Coucy,
Isabel wife of Frederick II of Sicily,
Isabella daughter of
Philip the Fair of France,
Isabella of Anjou,
Isabella of Castile,
Isabelle of
Angouleme daughter of Aymar Taillifer,
Isiaslav II of Kief,
James I, King of Scotland,
James II, King of Scotland,
James III, King of Scotland,
James IV, King of Scotland,
James V, King of Scotland,
Jeanne of Valois,
Joan
wife of Alexander II, King of Scotland,
Joan daughter of Lord Darces,
Joanna wife of David II, King of Scotland,
John Clifford called The Butcher,
John I, Lackland, Plantagenet, King of England, Duke of Normandy, Lord of Ireland,
John of Guant, King of
Castile,
Judith daughter of Conan I,
Kenneth I, The Conqueror, King of Scotland,
Kenneth II, The Fratricide, King of Scotland,
Lady
Godiva, wife of Lord Alfgar III,
Lady Gunnora of Denmark, wife of Richard I, Duke of Normandy,
Lady Poppa de Valois,
Leofric III,
Lionel of
Antwerp,
Lionel Plantagenet,
Loarn King of Dalriada,
Lord de Clifford,
Lord of
Coventry,
Louis the Child, King of Germany,
Louis I the Debonaire,
Louis VI, The Fat,
Louis the German, King of Franks,
Louis the Younger, King of Franks,
Macbeth, Mac Bethad mac Findláich, The Red King, King of Scotland,
Malcolm I, King of Scotland,
Malcolm II King of Scotland,
Malcolm III, King of Scotland,
Margaret of France,
Margaret Visey daughter of Baron Visey,
Margaret
wife of Alexander III of Scotland,
Marie daughter of Emperor Theodore Lascaris I,
Marie of Hungary,
Mary I, Queen of Scots, Queen of Scotland
Matilda (Maud) daughter of Baldwin V,
Matilda wife of Henry I,
Matilda daughter of Henry I,
Matilda daughter of William The Conqueror,
Matilda wife of
Geoffrey Plantagenet,
Matilda wife of Henry the Lion,
Matilda wife of Henry V,
Monarch of Ireland,
Muredach Tireach,
Old King Cole son of Marius King of
Britain,
Otto I the Great, King of Germany,
Otto II the Red, King of Germany,
Otto III, King of Germany,
Pepin II,
Pepin King of Lombardy,
Pepin the Short King of France,
Philippa of Hainault daughter of William the Good,
Philippa Plantagenet,
Philippa
wife of Edward III,
Philip III, King of France
Phillip IV, The Fair, King of France
Princess Margaret daughter of Edward The Excile, she was declared
a saint,
Princess Margaret of Naples,
Princess Marie of Hungary,
Richard I of Normandy, Duke of Normandy,
Richard Earl
of Cornwall and King of the Romans,
Richard I the Lionheart, King of England,
Richard II the
Good, King of England,
Richard III, King of England,
Richard I, the Fearless, Duke of Normandy,
Richilde daughter of Robert the Strong,
Robert I, King of Scotland,
Robert II, King of Scotland,
Robert III, King of Scotland,
Robert, I King ancestor of Simon de Montfort,
Robert II, King, son of Herbert II,
Robert the Devil, King,
Robert the Magnificant, King,
Rollo The Dane (Rolf the Walker),
Sanschia of Provence, St. Clothilde,
Stephen V, King of Hungary,
Stephen, King of
England,
Vladimir II of Kief,
William I, King of England,
William II (Rufus), King of England,
William Longsword, King of England,
William the Conqueror, King of England,
William the Good Count of Hainault.
