Generation 18 and 19 are significant (see Spencer Family Tree below.)

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The Tudor Monarchs

Henry VII
ruled 1485 to 1509

Henry VIII
ruled 1509 to 1547

THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
Katharine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine
Howard, and Katharine Parr

Edward VI
ruled 1547 to 1553

Jane I
ruled 1553

Mary I
ruled 1553 to 1558

Elizabeth I
ruled 1558 to 1603
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The Spencer Family Tree
Written and compiled by Margaret Odrowaz-Sypniewski, B.F.A.

Diana Spencer's Royal Ancestry

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Generation One:
Lady Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997)


Generation Two:
Edward John----------------------------------------Hon. Francis Ruth
8th Earl Spencer..................................................Burke
Roche (1st wife)
born 1924.........................................................born 1936


Generation Three:
Albert Edward John---------------------------------Lady Cynthia Hamilton
7th Earl Spencer.............................................1897-1972
1857-1922


Generation Four:
Charles Robert---------------------------------------Honorable Margaret
Baring
6th Earl Spencer.............................................1868-1906
1857-1922


Generation Five:
Frederick------------------------------------------Adelaide Horatia
Elizabeth Seymour
4th Earl Spencer...........................................1825-1877
1798-1834


Generation Six:
George John----------------------------------------Lady Lavinia Bingham
2nd Earl Spencer.............................................1762-1831
1758-1834


Generation Seven:
John. 1st Earl Spencer-----------------------------Georgiana Poyntz
1734-1783.......................................................1734-1780
*note - John Spencer's daughter, Georgiana Spencer, later became the
Dutchess of Devonshire by marrying in the Cavendish family.


Generation Eight:
Lady Georgina Carteret-----------------------------The Honorable John
Spencer
1716-1780.......................................................1708-1746


Generation Nine:
Frances Worsley------------------------------------John Cateret
1694-1743...................................................3rd Lord
Carteret
............................................................1690-1763


Generation Ten:
Hon. Frances Thynne--------------------------------Sir Robert Worsley
1673-1750...................................................4th Baronet of
Appulddurcombe


Generation Eleven:
Lady Frances Finch---------------------------------Thomas Thynne, First
Viscount Weymouth
1650-1712...................................................1640-1714


Generation Twelve:
Lady Mary Seymour----------------------------------Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl
of Winchilsea
1628-1673...................................................1627-1689


Generation Thirteen:
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset--------------Lady Frances Devereux
1587-1660...................................................1599-1674


Generation Fourteen:
Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp---------------------Honor Rodgers
1561-1612...................................................1562/6-1615


Generation Fifteen:
Lady Katharine Grey--------------------------------Edward Seymour, Earl of
Hertford
1540-1568...................................................1539-1621


Generation Sixteen:
Lady Frances Brandon-------------------------------Henry Grey, Duke of
Suffolk
1517-1559...................................................1517-1554


Generation Seventeen:
Princess Mary--------------------------------------Charles Brandon, Duke of
Suffolk
1495-1533...................................................1484-1545
Henry VIII, King of England was brother to Mary Tudor.


Generation Eighteen:
Henry VII, King of England-------------------------Princess Elizabeth of
York
1485-1509...................................................1466-1503

This is the generation where Diana Spencer's and Prince Charles' lines
merge.


Generation Nineteen:
Edward IV, King of England-------------------------