My Bryan Family’s Royal Ancestors of Europe

 

 

 

Andrew Morrison Bryan

My 4th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 25 April 1748, Salem, Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Died: 20 April 1821, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA

 

Father: John Andrew Bryan

Mother: Mary Morrison

Siblings: unknown

 

Wife: Mary (Mollie) Akers

Children:       William Akers Bryan

                        Morrison Bryan

 

 

 

John Andrew Bryan

My 5th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 1 May 1724, Ballyroney, Down, Ireland

Died: 9 December 1799, Molly’s Creek, Campbell, Virginia, USA

 

Father: William Smith Bryan

Mother: Margaret Brockers

 

Wife: Mary Morrison

Children: John Bryan, Andrew Morrison Bryan

 

John Andrew Bryan was a member of Capt. Peter Hogg’s Company of the Virginia troops serving under George Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows, and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity. He also served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Thomas Merriwether’s Company, First Virginia State troops, 1777-1780.

 

 

William Smith Bryan

My 6th Great Grandfather

 

Born: June 1684, Ballyroney, Down, Ireland

Died: 1789, Salem, Roanoke, Virginia, USA

 

Father: Francis Bryan III

Mother: Sarah Brinker

 

Wife: Margaret Brockers

Children: John Andrew Bryan

 

The town of Bryanford, County Down, Ireland, is named after relatives of William Smith Bryan.William Smith Bryan & his family were among the first settlers of Roanoke, Virginia. William lived to the incredible age of 104, and he is buried on the Bryan family homestead near Salem, Virginia.

 

 

 

 

Francis Bryan III

My 7th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 1 June 1630, County Claire, Ireland

Died: April 1693, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland

 

Father: Sir William Smith Bryan

Mother: Lady Catherine Morgan, Countess Ormond

 

Wife: Sarah Brinker

Children: William Smith Bryan

 

After being exiled to Virginia with his parents, Francis Bryan III returned to Ireland several years later and attempted to regain the Bryan family estates lost under Oliver Cromwell. He was unsuccessful and had to seek refuge in Denmark, where he met and married Sarah Brinker, a cousin of William of Orange. Francis Bryan III was the standard bearer to William of Orange at the Battle of Boyne, 12 August 1690. He died three years later in Belfast, Ireland.

 

 

 

Sir William Smith Bryan, aka “Prince William of Ireland”

My 8th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 1590, Claire, Ireland

Died: 1667, Gloucester, Virginia

 

Father: Sir Francis Bryan II

Mother: Lady Ann Smith

 

Wife: Lady Catherine Morgan, Countess Ormond

Children: Francis Bryan III

 

During the Puritan Rebellion, Sir William Smith Bryan attempted to gain the throne of Ireland and was dubbed “Prince William of Ireland” by his followers. Sometime about 1650 or 1660, William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan were exiled to Virginia by Oliver Cromwell for anti-English insurgent activities. He is said to have been “dropped” at Gloucester Beach, Virginia. He arrived in Virginia with a shipload of personal belongings and his wife, eleven sons, and three daughters. They were among the first English to bring horses to the British colony of Virginia. William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan both died in Gloucester, Virginia.

 

 

 

Sir Francis Bryan II

My 9th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 11 June 1549, Munster, County Claire, Ireland

Died: 1 June 1640, Gloucester, Virginia

 

Father: Sir Francis Bryan, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

Mother: Lady Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Desmond and Ormond

 

Wife: Lady Ann Smith

Children: Sir William Smith Bryan

 

 

 

Sir Francis Bryan, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

My 10th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 1517, Chidington, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: 2 February 1550, Clonmel, Waterford, Ireland

 

Father: Sir Thomas Bryan

Mother: Lady Margaret Bourchier, Baroness Bryan

 

Wife: Lady Joan Fitzgerald, Countess Ormond and Desmond

Children: Sir Francis Bryan II

 

 

Lady Margaret Bourchier, Baroness Bryan

My 11th Great Grandmother

 

Born: 1 June 1468, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1 June 1551, Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England

 

Father: Sir Humphrey Bourchier

Mother: Lady Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey

 

Husband: Sir Thomas Bryan

Children: Sir Francis Bryan, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

 

Margaret was a Lady-in-Waiting to Catherine of Aragon and was present at Catherine’s wedding to Henry VIII in 1509. She later became Lady Governess to Princess Mary, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Edward.

 

Margaret’s mother Elizabeth Tilney was the grandmother of Anne Boleyn, making Margaret the aunt of her charge, Princess Elizabeth — later Queen Elizabeth I.

 

 

Sir Humphrey Bourchier

My 12th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 1444, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Died: 14 April 1471, Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barnet

 

Father: Sir John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners

Mother: Lady Margery Berners

 

Wife: Lady Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey

Children: Lady Margaret Bourchier, Baroness Bryan

 

Sir John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners

My 13th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 1415, Little Eaton, Essex, England

Died: 16 May 1474, Chertsey, Surrey, England

 

Father: Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

Mother: Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford

 

Wife: Lady Margery Berners

Children: Sir Humphrey Bourchier

 

Sir John Bourchier was knighted in 1426, and in 1455 the title Baron Berners was created for him. In 1459 he was further honored when he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also served as Constable of Windsor Castle from 1461 to 1474.

 

 

Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford

My 14th Great Grandmother

 

Born: 30 April 1383, Pleshy, Essex, England

Died: 16 October 1438, Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England

 

Father: Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

Mother: Eleanor De Bohun

 

Husband: Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

Children: Sir John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners

 

 

 

Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

My 15th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 7 January 1355, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 9 September 1397, Calais, France

 

Father: Edward III, King of England

Mother: Philippa of Hainault

 

Wife: Eleanor De Bohun                                       

Children: Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford

 

Eleanor De Bohun                                     

My 15th Great Grandmother

 

Born: 1366

Died: 3 October 1399

Buried: Westminster Abbey

 

Father: Humphrey De Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford

Mother: Joan FitzAlan, Countess of Hereford

Siblings: Mary de Bohun

 

Husband: Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

Children: Ann of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford

 

 

Edward III, King of England

My 16th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 13 November 1312, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Died: 21 June 1377, Sheen, Staffordshire, England

 

Father: Edward II, King of England

Mother: Isabella of France

 

Wife: Phillipa of Hainault

Children: Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester

 

 

 

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Edward II, King of England

My 17th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 25 April 1284, Caernarfon Castle, Wales

Died: 21 Sep 1327, Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England

Buried: Gloucestershire Cathedral

 

Father: Edward I, King of England

Mother: Eleanor of Castile

Siblings: Elizabeth of Rhuddlan

 

Wife: Isabella of France

Children: Edward III, King of England

 

 

 

 

 

Edward I, King of England

My 18th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 17 June 1239, Westminster Palace, England

Died: 7 July 1307, Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England

Buried: Westminster Abbey

 

Father: Henry III, King of England

Mother: Eleanor of Provence

 

Wife: Eleanor of Castile

Children: Elizabeth of Rhuddlan; Edward II, King of England

 

 

 

Eleanor of Castile

My 18th Great Grandmother

 

Born: 1241, Castile, Spain

Died: 28 November 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, England

Buried: Westminster Abbey

 

Father: Ferdinand III, King of Castile

Mother: Joan, Countess of Ponthieu

Siblings: Alfonso X, King of Castile, León, and Galicia

 

Husband: Edward I, King of England

Children: Elizabeth of Rhuddlan; Edward II, King of England

 

Eleanor of Castile’s queenship is significant in English history for the evolution of a stable financial system for the king’s wife. The estates Eleanor assembled became the nucleus for dower assignments made to later queens of England, and her involvement in this process solidly established a queen-consort’s freedom to engage in such financial transactions.

 

 

Ferdinand III of Castile

My 19th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 5 August 1199, Monastery of Valparaíso, Peleas de Arriba, Zamora, Spain

Died: 30 May 1252, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

Buried: The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

 

Father: Alfonso IX of Léon

Mother: Berengaria of Castile

Siblings: Berengaria Of Léon

 

Wife: Joan, Countess of Ponthieu

Children: Eleanor of Castile

 

Fernando III of Castile

 

Ferdinand was the first king to rule over both the kingdoms of Castile and León, and in his lifetime was also crowned king of Toledo and Galicia. In his reign, significant conquest was made in the lands of al-Andalus. Ferdinand’s armies were responsible for bringing the cities of Córdoba and Sevilla under Christian control.

 

Ferdinand is buried in a tomb beneath the Seville Cathedral, which is the largest gothic cathedral and the third largest church in the world. His tomb is inscribed in four languages:

 

As the first kind to rule over both kingdoms of Castile and León, Ferdinand was also the first to bear the standard of the castle and lion. His standard from the 13th century is on display in the cathedral:

 

 

 

Isabella of France

My 17th Great Grandmother

 

Born: 1295, Paris, France

Died: 22 August 1358, Hertfordshire, England

 

Father: Philip IV, King of France

Mother: Joan I of Navarre

 

Husband: Edward II, King of England

Children: Edward III, King of England

 

Queen Isabella was notable at the time for her beauty, diplomatic skills and intelligence.

 

 

 

 

Philip IV, King of France

My 18th Great Grandfather

 

Born: Spring 1268, Palace of Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France

Died: 29 November 1314, Palace of Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France

 

Father: Philip III, King of France

Mother: Isabella of Aragon

Siblings: Charles, Count of Valois

 

Wife: Joan I of Navarre

Children: Isabella of France

 

 

Joan I of Navarre

My 18th Great Grandmother

 

Born: 1273, Bar-sur-Seine, Aube, France

Died: 2 April 1305, Chateau de Vincennes, France

 

Father: Henry I of Navarre

Mother: Blanche of Artois

 

Husband: Philip IV, King of France

Children: Isabella of France

 

Queen Joan founded the famous College of Navarre in Paris. Joan was bold, courageous, and enterprising. She even led an army against the Count of Bar when he rebelled against her.

 

 

 

Philip III, King of France

My 19th Great Grandfather

 

Born: 30 April 1245, Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France

Died: 5 October 1285, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

 

Father: Louis IX, King of France

Mother: Margaret of Provence

 

Wife: Isabella of Aragon

Children: Charles, Count of Valois; Philip IV, King of France

 

 

 

Isabella of Aragon

My 19th Great Grandmother

 

Born: 1247, Aragon, Spain

Died: 28 January 1271, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy

Buried: Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

 

Father: James I, King of Aragon

Mother: Violant of Hungary

 

Husband: Philip III, King of France

Children: Charles, Count of Valois; Philip IV, King of France

 

 

 

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