Did one of my ancestors kill the King of England?

 

From the March 6, 2017 TV show "Who Do You Think You Are?" - see story on  Courtney Cox.   From the show "The episode also demonstrated one problem that WDYTYA is running into:  bigger and better hooks for stories.  We have already seen Valerie Bertinelli get excited about learning her ancestor was King Edward I, so how does the show top that? "  This show links both Courtney Cox & Valarie Bertinelle to one of my ancestors - King Edward I.

August 22, 2014 "Who Do You Think You Are?" - see story on  Valarie Bertinelle

Valarie Bertinelle, Courtney Cox & Dianne Conaway Blankenstein all descend from King Edward I Plantagenet, whose 4th Great Grandfather was William the Conquerer

Courtney Cox & Dianne Conaway Blankenstein descend from King Edward’s daughter Joan of Acre

Courtney Cox & Dianne Conaway Blankenstein also descend from Thomas de Berkeley & Roger Mortimer who murdered King Edward II

King Edward I is the 18th great grandfather of Valarie Bertinelle; the 20th great grandfather of Courtney Cox & the 22nd great grandfather of Dianne Conaway Blankenstein

 

 

  William the Conqueror (Norman) m Maud

  King Henry I Beaucleric (Norman)  m Maud

  King Geofrey V Plantagenet m Maud

  King Henry II Plantagenet m Eleanor

  King John Lackland Plantagenet m Isabella Tailefer

  King Henry III Plantagenet m Eleanor Berenger

                                                              King Edward I Plantagenet m Eleanor of Castile > parents of King Edward II & Elizabeth Plantagenet & Joan of Acre Plantagenet                                                                                          

                                           Supposedly King Edward II (noted to be a very poor King) was kept a prisoner in the castle of Thomas de Berkeley and was most likely murdered by Roger Mortimer (the lover of the Queen) who was executed for his crimes. Hugh Le Despenser the younger sided with the King and died in the coup.  He took care of the King’s money & was hated by the Queen.    So one of our (Courtney & Dianne) ancestors most likely murdered the King of England (King Edward II)                                                           

 

Humphrey de Bohun m Elizabeth Plantagenet>>><<Sisters>>  Joan of Acre Plantagenet m Gilbert de Clare  <<brother>> King Edward II  m Isabella of France

William de Bohun m Elizabeth Badlesmere                                   dau ^ -  Alianore de Clare (daughter of Gilbert de Clare & Joan of Acre) m Hugh le Despenser (were parents of Elizabeth le Spenser)

William de Bohun m Elizabeth Badlesmere                      sons  v   -  Thomas de Berkeley m Margaret Mortimer  (daughter of  Roger Mortimer)  >>>>>>>>>Robert Mortimer m Joan de Geneville

Robert Goushill m Elizabeth FitzAllen                              Maurice de Berkeley m Elizabeth le Spenser >>Maurice de Berkeley m Elizabeth le Spenser     Katherine Mortimer m Thomas Beauchamp

Sir Robert Wingfield m Elizabeth Greskill/Goushill             James de Berkeley m Elizabeth Bluet                       Thomas de Berkeley m Margaret de Lisle                 William Beauchamp m Joan FitzAlan

Sir Henry Wingfield m unknown                                        James Berkeley m Isabel Mowbray                          Elizabeth de Berkeley m Richard de Beauchamp         James Butler m Joan Beauchamp

Robert Wingfield m Margery Quarles                                Maurice Berkeley m Isabel Mead                            Eleanor de Beauchamp m Edmund Beaufort               Thomas Butler m Lora Berkley     

Robert Wingfield m Elizabeth Cicil                                     Anne Berkeley m William Dennis                             Eleanor Beaufort m Robert Spencer                            William Boleyn m Margaret Butler

Adam Claypoole m  Dorothy Wingfield                              Eleanor Dennis m William Lygon                             Margaret Spencer m Thomas Cary                              Thomas Boleyn m Elizabeth Howard

John Claypoole m Mary Angell                                          Thomas Lygon m Frances Dennis                         William Cary m Mary Boleyn (Sister of Anne Boleyn)>>William Cary m Mary Boleyn

James Claypoole m  Helena M                                           Thomas Ligon m Elizabeth Pratt                              Francis Knollys m Mary (or Catherine) Cary

Joseph Claypoole m Reecca Jennings                                 Thomas Ligon m Mary Harris                                 Anne Knollys m Thomas West                                     

John Claypoole m unknown                                                Johanna Ligon m Robert Hancock                          John West m Ann Clairborne  

Winfield Claypoole m Mary Poole                                      Sarah Hancock m Arthur Moseley                          John West m Unity Croshaw 

John Claypoole m  Jane                                                      Arthur Moseley m Martha Branch                           Anne West m Henry Fox I 

Benjamin Bishop m Mary Claypoole                                   Richard Moseley m Mary Bass                               Henry Fox II m Mary Kendrick 

Mary Irma Bishop m  Jacob Gorden                                   Mary Moseley m Thomas Bass                               Henry Fox III m Mary Goodwyn

Ida P Gorden m Joseph Carvin                                           Richard Henry Bass m Martha E. Gates                  Unity Fox m Claudius Richbourg  

Lester V Carvin m  Elizabeth Adams Chambers                  Dr. Robert Emmett Bass m Martha Susan Bruce     John Richbourg, Sr. m Mary Long

Nancy Carvin m Andrew Bertinelli                                      Samuel Bruce Bass Sr m Florence May Betts         John Richbourg, Jr. m Sarah Wise

Valarie Bertinelle                                                            Samuel Bruce Bass, Jr m Nina Dorothy Godwin     William Richbourg m Mary Elizabeth Gibson                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                          ?______ Bass m Robert Louis Cox                             Flood McGrue Richbourg m Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough   

                                                                                           Courtney Bass Cox                                                             Clinton DeWitt Richbourg m Lela Ann Smith                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                                                           Quata DeWitt Richbourg m Wendell Jay Conaway                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Dianne Conaway m Herman Henry Blankenstein Jr