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Plantagenet Line

Hugues du Perche is the 25th Great Grandfather of Martha Florence Randall

Hughues du Perche is a noble frank of the tenth century. He is the son of Flucois, Count of Perche, probably of the family of Chateaudun viscounts, and melisende. It is also one of the earliest ancestors in male lineage Plantagenet. He married Beatrix de Macon, widow of Geoffroy, Count of Gatinais.

25th Great Grandfather

Hugues du Perche

960 AD

24th Great Grandfather

Geoffroy appeared in a charter of Franco, bishop of Paris, dated 26 May 1028, at which time he and his full brother Liétaud were called the heirs of their maternal half-brother Aubri, count of Gâtinais. At some point after that, he succeeded as count of Gâtinais (Château-Landon). He was evidently still living in 1042, and deceased by 1045. His marriage to Ermengarde, the heiress of Anjou, led to the acquisition of Anjou by his sons, making him a direct male-line ancestor of the "Plantagenet" dynasty.

Gottfried II van Chateau-Laudon

1000 AD

1044

23rd Great Grandfather

Fulk IV of Anjou was the younger son of Geoffrey, Count of Balitnai (sometimes known as Aubri], and Ermengarde of Anjou, a daughter of Fulk, the Black, count of Anjou, and sister of Geoffrey Martel, also count of Anjou. When Geoffrey Martel died without direct heirs he left Anjou to his nephew, Geoffrey III of Anjou, Fulk le Rechin's older brother.Fulk fought with his brother, whose rule was deemed incompetent and captured him in 1067. Under pressure from the Church he released Geoffrey. The two brothers soon fell to fighting again, and the next year Geoffrey was again imprisoned by Fulk, this time for good.

Count of Anjou Foulkes IV "le Rechin"

1043

Anjou, Normandy

14 Apr 1109

Austria-Hungary

22nd Great Grandfather

Count of Anjou Fulk

1092

Anjou, France

10 Nov 1143

Jerusalem, Israel

21st Great Grandfather

Geoffrey, Count of Anjou (1113 - 1151 (38)) liked to wear a sprig of broom in his hat. Broom is known as planta genesta in Latin, genêt in French - which was how Geoffrey became known as Plantagenet.

Count of Anjou Geoffrey [Godefoir] Plantagenet

24 Aug 1113

Anjou, France

07 Sep 1151

Chateau, Eure-Et-Loire, France

20th Great Grandfather

Henry II, first of the Angevin kings, was one of the most effective of all England's monarchs. He came to the throne amid the anarchy of Stephen's reign and promptly collared his errant barons. He refined Norman government and created a capable, self-standing bureaucracy. His energy was equaled only by his ambition and intelligence. Henry survived wars, rebellion, and controversy to successfully rule one of the Middle Ages' most powerful kingdoms.

King Henry II of England Henry Plantagenet

05 Mar 1133

Le Mans, Sarthe, France

06 Jul 1189

Chinon, Indre-Et-Loire, France

19th Great Grandfather

John Lackland, King of England, the youngest son of King Henry II by Eleanor of Aquitaine, was born at Oxford on the 24th of December 1167. He was given at an early age the nickname of Lackland because, unlike his elder brothers, he received no land rights in the continental provinces.

The last of the Angevin kings was John, whom history has judged harshly. By 1205, six years into his reign, only a fragment of the vast Angevin empire acquired by Henry II remained. John quarrelled with the Pope over the appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury, eventually surrendering. He was also forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215, which restated the rights of the church, the barons and all in the land. John died in ignominy.

King John Lackland Plantagenet

24 Dec 1166

Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, E

19 Oct 1216

Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire,

18th Great Grandfather

Only nine years old when his father, King John, died, Henry was the first English monarch to be crowned while still a child. Upon reaching adulthood, his indifference to tradition and lack of effective ruling ability resulted in the barons forcing him to agree to a series of reforms known as the Provisions of Oxford. Later, when he refused to implement the provisions, a revolt resulted and he was captured by Simon de Montfort, at the Battle of Lewes. Henry was restored to the throne when de Montfort was defeated by Henry's son Edward at the Battle of Evesham over a year later.

King Henry III of England Henry Plantagenet

01 Oct 1207

Winchester, Hampshire, England

16 Nov 1272

Westminster Palace, London, England

17th Great Grandfather

Known as "Longshanks" for his extraordinary height, Edward, son of King Henry III, was a strong-willed, militaristic king who succeeded in subduing Wales but failed to conquer Scotland. He made significant changes to feudal law, strengthening both the Crown and Parliament at the cost of the old nobility and gaining the appellation "the English Justinian"

King Edward I of England Edward Plantagenet

17 Jun 1239

Westminster, Middlesex, England

07 Jul 1307

Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England

16th Great Grandfather

Edward II had few of the qualities that made a successful medieval king. Throughout his reign, different baronial groups struggled to gain power and control the King. Edward's wife, Isabella of France, led an invasion against her husband. In 1327 Edward was made to renounce the throne in favor of his son Edward (the first time that an anointed king of England had been dethroned since Ethelred in 1013). Edward II was later murdered at Berkeley Castle.

King Edward II Plantagenet

25 Apr 1284

Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales

21 Sep 1327

Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England

15th Great Grandfather

Edward was liberal, kindly, good-tempered, strong, ambitious and a notorious womanizer. His most famous mistress was the devious, scheming and greedy Alice Perrers.

Edward had a claim to the French throne and called himself King of France and England. This began a war which lasted for one hundred years.

King Edward III [of Windsor] Plantagenet

13 Nov 1312

Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, Engla

21 Jun 1377

Shere Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England

14th Great Grandfather

Edmund, called "of Langley" from his birthplace at the Royal Palace of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, was the fifth son of King Edward III, but the fourth who attained the age of maturity. He married (1372) Isabel, daughter of Peter the Cruel, king of Castile. He was created Duke of York and on three occasions served as Regent of England.

Edmund Langley [Duke of York] Plantaganet

05 Jun 1341

Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England

01 Aug 1402

Langley, Hertfordshire, England

13th Great Grandfather

He was born at Conisburgh Castle in Yorkshire, and was confirmed in the Earldom of Cambridge, which had been resigned by his brother, in 1414. In about 1406, he married his cousin, Anne Mortimer, also a descendant of Edward III (his great great granddaughter), through his son Lionel of Antwerp. A papal dispensation was dated for 28 May 1406, making it most likely that the marriage took place in May or June. It was through her that the Yorkist faction in the Wars of the Roses claimed the throne.

Richard of Conigsburgh [3rd Earl of Cambridge] Plantagenet

1375

Castle, Coinsbrough, Yorkshire, England

05 Aug 1415

12th Great Grandfather

In 1415 Richard succeeded his uncle Edward as duke of York. As a descendant of Lionel, duke of Clarence, third son of King Edward III (ruled 1327-77), York had a hereditary claim to the throne that was stronger, by primogeniture, than that of Henry VI (who became king in 1422), who was descended from Edward’s fourth son. Nevertheless, York served Henry faithfully as governor of France and Normandy from 1436 to 1437 and 1440 to 1445 during Henvy VI's madness. His conflict with Henry VI was a leading factor in political upheaval of mid-fifteenth-century England.

Richard [3rd Duke of York] Richard Plantagenet

20 Sep 1411

Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England

30 Dec 1460

Wakefield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England

11th Great Grandfather

Edward owed his throne to his kinsmen the Nevilles, and he was content for the time to be guided by them. For himself he was young and fond of pleasure. He lacked neither ambition nor capacity, but was indolent and only exerted himself spasmodically. He could be ruthless, but was not habitually cruel. Edward IV had ten legitimate children by Elizabeth Woodville, though only seven survived him: They were declared illegitimate by Parliament in 1483, clearing the way for Richard III to become King He had several illegitimate children.

King Edward IV Edward Plantagenet

28 Apr 1442

Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie,

09 Apr 1483

Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England

10th Great Grandfather

One of several illegitimate children of King Edward IV. He was an important figure at the court of Henry VIII of England. The survival of a large collection of his letters make him in some ways one of the best-known people of his time. He is buried in the Tower of London

1st Viscount Lisle Arthur Plantagenet

Bet. 1461–1475

Calais, France

03 Mar 1542

Tower of London, London, England, United

9th Great Grandmother

Frances was the daughter of 1st Viscount Lisle and his second wife, Viscountess Lisle Honor Grenville. She had first been married to Sir John Basset, Jr. Frances married her step-brother, John Bassett, III

Frances Plantaganet

Abt. 1519

London, Middlesex, England

England

8th Great Grandfather

Sir Arthur Basset, a Knight of the Crown, was a royalist, was from Umberleigh. The Bassets of Umberleigh represent a large group of royal descendants through John Basset of Umberley (b. 1529). Sir Arthur played an important role as the civil war unfolded in the West Country. As the owner of Saint Michael’s Mount in Devon, Sir Arthur held the Mount against the parliamentary forces until July 1646.When vanquished by the Parliamentarians, Basset was forced to sell the Mount to Colonel John St. Aubyn.

Sir Arthur Bassett

1536

Umberleigh Manor, Atherington Parish, Devon, England

02 Apr 1586

Exeter Castle, Exeter, Devon, England

7th Great Grandfather

He was one of seven children of this family descended from the royal line of Plantagenet. Many Bassetts in the United States can trace their ancestry to one of five early Bassett immigrants who arrived in New England during the seventeenth century.

The Family of John Bassett , with his wife Margery, located in New Haven, Ct. in 1642/3. He was sometimes called "Old Bassett" in the records. He, with his son Robert, was a committee to repair the fence and gate towards the farms, 18 Aug 1645. "Old Bassett" and Henry Peck were appointed by the town to set the great guns. John Bassett and Robert, his son, were appointed a committee to repair the meeting house. John died15 Feb. 1652, in New Haven, Connecticut.

John Bassett

17 May 1585

Heyshott, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

15 Feb 1652

New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

6th Great Grandmother

Mary was the second child of John and Margery Basset. She was born in Stamford, Connecticut. She married Robert Embree around 1643 or 1644 in New Haven. They lived in Stamford until Robert's death in 1656. the family then moved to Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

Mary Bassett

21 Dec 1617

Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

1698

Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA

5th Great Grandfather

John Embree

1642

New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

1705

Flushing, Queens, New York, USA

4th Great Grandmother

Hannah Embree

1669

Flushing, Queens, New York, USA

Sep 1740

Flushing, Queens, New York, USA

3rd Great Grandfather

Joseph Embree Farrington was the eldest of five children born to Matthew Farrington and Hannah [Embree] Farrington in Flushing, Queens, New York. He married Charity Smith in New York in 1739. They had at least five children. There is no available information on Joseph to indicate his occupation, education, or other circumstance.

Joseph Embree Farrington

21 Sep 1703

Flushing, Queens, New York, USA

Aft. 1750

Frederickstown, Dutchess, New York

2nd Great Grandfather

Joseph Embree Farrington, Jr was born in Frederickstown, a village in Dutchess County New York. Frederickstown was divided and renamed several times in the late 18th century and various parts were known as Carmel, Kent, Frederick, and Patterson. Joseph was found residing in Dutchess County, New York from 1740 until about 1820. He has not yet been located in the 1830 census, however, at his age (89) in that year he was very likely living with one of his children. His death was recorded in Fishkill, Dutchess County in 1833 and his son, Elijah, had been living in Fishkill at the time of the previous census.

Joseph Embree Farrington Jr.

27 Mar 1740

Frederickstown, Dutchess, New York, USA

29 Jan 1833

Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA

Great Grandfather

Elijah was born August 16, 1781 in Jacksonville, Dutchess County, New York, and died August 27, 1861 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. He married Phoebe Howe on February 19, 1804 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.

Elijah Farrington

16 Aug 1781

Jacksonville, Tompkins, New York, USA

27 Aug 1861

Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA

Grandfather

Abraham Farrington was the seventh of eleven children born to Elijah and Phoebe [Howe] Farrington. He was born and grew up in New York before moving to Ohio sometime between 1850 and 1858. He was certainly living in the Shelby, Ohio area by 1858 as one of the letters written to Anna West by him in 1858 indicates he was then an Ohio resident. While living in Ohio he was a produce salesman. He was an educated man and both read and quoted poetry. His family were also apparently educated as he had a brother, John Martin Farrington, who was a physician.

Abraham Farrington

16 Feb 1820

Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA

06 Sep 1899

Shelby, Richland, Ohio, USA

Mother

Nellie Louisa Farrington was the youngest of six children of Abraham Farrington and Anna West Farrington. She was born in Shelby Ohio and grew up in that town where her father was a produce salesman. Her daughter, Martha, recalled that her mother hated both of her names but tolerated being called "Nell" rather than Nellie. She did NOT want to be called Louisa [pronounced with a long i].

Nellie Louisa Farrington

13 May 1878

Shelby, Richland, Ohio, USA

08 Mar 1944

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, US

Self

Martha Florence Randall was the second of five children born to Clifton Glenn and Nell [Farrington] Randall in Toledo Ohio. Martha, raised a protestant, converted to Catholicism prior to her marriage to Felix in 1930. Felix and Martha [always referred to by friends and relatives as "Mart"] raised their seven children in the home built for her by her husband. Both lived in that home until their deaths.

Martha [Mart] was named for her Aunt Matt [Martha Farrington Rice]. Mart was given the bible which belonged to her Aunt Matt. She treasured and preserved the bible and passed it to her daughter Martha, who still has the bible in her possession. Mart also related many stories of her childhood and often spoke of her Aunts and Uncles. She recalled summers spent visiting and staying with these relatives including Aunt Bine [or Bina]. This was Sabina Farrington Fuller.

Martha Florence Randall

23 May 1908

Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

17 Jan 1995

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, US

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