Who Did She Think She Was?
£16.99

In 1820 a London solicitor’s daughter, Anne Spencer, married a man who was so far removed from her immediate social circle that her father disinherited her. Anne’s husband, William Humphreys, by whom she went on to have nine children, was an illiterate cowman. Anne and her father were probably unaware of just how illustrious their ancestry was. Through a succession of ‘gateway ancestors’, research into the Spencer family history led to a network of titled families, to the royal households of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Europe, and ultimately to Charlemagne and the ancient royal dynasties of Russia and Sweden. This book charts Anne Humphreys’ royal descent through thirteen chapters, including the genealogy of the Spencer, Leigh, Carew, Browne, Fitzalan (or Arundel), Despenser, De Clare, Mautravers, De Warenne and D’Aubigny families. Each chapter is illustrated by a family tree which serves as a visual aid to the narrative.
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