Magna Carta Genealogy
Dukes of Normandy | Kings of England |
William I (the Conqueror) | King Edward the Confessor d. 1066 (cousing of William I, to whom he allegedly promised the crown) |
King Harold of Wessex (strongest Anglo-Saxon noble) 1066 defeated by invading William I in Battle of Hastings | |
William I (the Conqueror)(1066-1087) | |
Robert (son of William) (later defeated by Henry I) | William II Rufus (1087- 1100) |
Henry I (110-1135) (youngest son of William) | |
Stephen of Blois (1135-1141) (baron, grandson of William, nephew of Henry I) | |
Matilda (1141) (daughter of Henry I and appointed successor) | |
Stephen of Blois (1141-1154) | |
(Henry II: Duke of Normandy) | Plantagenet Dynasty: Henry II (1154-1189) (grandson of Henry I through mother Empress Matilda; father: Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, France) |
Richard I (Lionheart) (1189- 1199) (son of Henry II) | |
King Philip (king of France, who defeated John) | John (1199-1216) (son of Henry II) |
Henry III (1216-1272) (ruled through a regent until 1232) | |
Edward I “Longshanks” (1272-1307) |