I B-PLANTAGENET LINE. 1154 HENRY II, grandson of Henry 1, son of Matilda and Geoffrey Plantagenet. The name of the latter was Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou. He had changed his name from the custom of wearing in the helmet, a bunch of flowering broom (plante-de-genet), instead of a plume. II 1189 RICHARD 1, (Coeur de Lion), son of Henry II. III 1199 JOHN LACKLAND, son of Henry fr; brother to Rich 1. EDWARD, Black Prince, who died before his father. 2. LIONEL, Duke of Clarence, died before his father, leaving a daughter who married Edmund Mortimer Earl of March. 3. JOHN of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. 4. EDMUND, Duke of York. 5. THOMAS, Duke of Glocester. The Grandsons of Edward III, were :— 1. RICHARD II, son of the Black Prince. 2. HENRY IV, son of John, of Gaunt. 3. JOHN BEAUFORT. 4. HENRY BEAUFORT, son of John of Gaunt. Cardinal of Winchester. 5. RICHARD, son of Edmund, Duke of York. VIII 1377 RICHARD II, son of Black Prince; grandson of Ed ward III. LANCASTER BRANCH. IX X 1399 HENRY IV, of Lancaster, son of John of Gaunt, cous- ΧΙ 1422 HENRY VI, son of Henry V. His wife was the cele brated Margaret of Anjou. YORK BRANCH. XII 1461 EDWARD IV, of York, third cousin to Henry VI, and great-great-grandson of Edward III. His wife was Elizabeth Woodville,daughter of Sir Richard Woodville. His brothers were: 1. GEORGE, Duke of Clarence; executed. 2. RICHARD, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III. XIII 1483 EDWARD V, son of Edward IV. XIV 1483 RICHARD III, brother of Edward Iv. I C-TUDOR LINE. 1485 HENRY VII, son of Edmund, Earl of Richmond, who was son of of Owen Tudor, by Catherine of France, late widow of Henry v, of England. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. His sons were: 1. ARTHUR, who married Catherine of Arragon, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Died before his father. 2. HENRY VIII, who afterwards married for his first brother Arthur's widow, Catherine of Arragon. wife, his She was an Aunt to the Great Emperor Charles V, of Germany. The daughters of Henry VII, were : 1. MARGARET, who mrried James IV, of Scotand, and afterwards married Douglas, Earl of Angus. 2. MARY, married to Louis XII, of France, and afterwards to the Duke of Suffolk, by whom she had Margaret Brandon, mother of Lady Jane Grey. The grand-children of Henry VII, were : A-Children of Henry VIII 1. EDWARD VI, son by Jane Seymour B-Children of Margaret 4. JAMES V, of Scotland, father of Mary Queen of Scots. 5. MARGARET DOUGLAS, mother of Lord Darnley, (who married. Mary, Queen of Scots, after the death of her first husband, Francis II, of France, who was the son of the celebrated Catherine De Medici), and of Charles Stuart, (who was father of Arabella Stuart, for whom Sir Walter Raleigh suffered the penalties of Treason).. c-Daughter of Mary— 6. MARGARET BRANDON, by Duke of Suffolk, mother of Lady Jane Grey. II III IV V VI I 1509 HENRY VIII, son of Henry VII. 1547 EDWARD VI, son of Henry VIII, by Jane Seymour. 1553 LADY JANE GREY; ruled 10 days, great-granddaughter of Henry VII. 1553 MARY, daughter of Henry VIII, by Catherine of Arragon. Her husband was Philip II, of Spain, son of Emperor Charles v, of Germany. 1558 ELIZABETH, daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boyln D-STUART LINE. 1603 JAMES I, son of Lord Darnley, and Mary Queen of Scots. He was great-great-grandson of Henry VII. His children were : 1. HENRY, who died before his father. 2. CHARLES I. 3. ELIZABETH, married to Frederick, Ex-King of Bohemia. Her daughter Sophia married the Elector of Hanover, whence House of Hanover or Brunswick. II III 1625 CHARLES I, son of James I. His wife was Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV, of France, first of the House of Bourbon. 1653 OLIVER CROMWELL. 1658 RICHARD CROMWELL, son of Oliver. 1660 CHARLES II, son of Charles I. His celebrated mistresses were : 1. NELL GWYNNE. 2. DUCHESS of CLEVELAND, Barbara Palmer, wife of Earl of Castlemaine. 3. DUCHESS of PORTSMOUTH, Louisa of Querouaille, called "Madame Carwell." 4. DUCHESS of RICHMOND, Frances Stewart. The figure of Brittania, on English coins to this day, is her likeness. 5 LUCY BARLOW, mother of Duke of Monmouth. IV 1685 JAMES II, son of Charles I, brother of Charles II. His wives were : 1. ANNE HYDE, whom he seduced before marriage, sister of Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, and daughter of Lord Chancellor Clarendon. 2. MARIA D'ESTE, mother of James Francis Edward, the Pretender. A celebrated mistress of James II, was Arabella Churchhill, sister of Duke of Marlborough. V VI I II III IV V VI 1688 WILLIAM III, (Prince of Orange) and Mary, the for- E-HOUSE OF HANOVER OR BRUNSWICK. 1714 GEORGE I, great-grand-son of James I; the daugh- GEORGE, III, grandson of George II; son of Frederick 1830 WILLIAM IV, son of George III, and brother to 1837 ALEXANDRIA VICTORIA, daughter of Edward Duke of Kent, who was brother of William IV, and George IV. She was married in 1840 to her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. SESTINE. FROM THE GERMAN OF RÜCKERT. When through the air, light whirling, drives the snow, Pleasant it is, defended from the storm And unrepelled by the bright, cheerful glow Oh! were I seated now by her at home, She would, perchance, within me quell the storm, Soon at the coming of the spring, the ice Of winter melts, and, to its northern home, Within me longing burns as summer's glow, Ob! that I were borne thither by a storm, Or even as a fragile spear of ice, Cling to the roof, where she is now at home, In presence of the spring, who feels the frost ? As snow-white flowers appears to me the frost; P. |