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(Names on the left-side of each line are the direct descendant)

Alfred the Great

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AElfthryth of Wessex — Baldwin II, Count of Flanders

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Arnulf, Count of Flanders — Adele of Vermandois

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Baldwin III, Count of Flanders — Mathilde Billung

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Arnulf II, Count of Flanders — Rozala of Lombardy

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Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders — Ogive of Luxembourg

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Baldwin V, Count of Flanders — Adela of France

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Matilda of Flanders — William I, King of England

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Henry I, King of England — Matilda of Scotland

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Matilda of England — Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou

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Henry II, King of England — Eleanor of Aquitaine

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John, King of England — Isabelle of Angouleme

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Henry III, King of England — Eleanor of Provence

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Edward I, King of England — Eleanor of Castile

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Joan of Acre — Gilbert de Clare

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Elizabeth de Clare — Lord Roger D'Amory

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Elizabeth D'Amory — Sir John Bardolf

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Lord William Bardolf — Agnes Poynings

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Cecilia Bardolf — Sir Brian Stapleton

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Sir Miles Stapleton — Katherine de la Pole

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Elizabeth Stapleton — Sir William Calthorpe

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Anne Calthorpe — Sir Robert Drury

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Elizabeth Drury — Sir Philip Boteler

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Sir John Boteler — Grizel Roche

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Sir Henry Boteler — Alice Pulter

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Ann Boteler — Tyringham Norwood (Probable)

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Capt. John Norwood — - - - - - -

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Susanna Norwood — Charles Stevens Sr.

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Charles Stevens Jr. — Elizabeth - - - - - -

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Elizabeth Stevens — Robert Shipley Sr.

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Robert Shipley Jr. — Sarah - - - - - -

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Lucy Shipley — James Hanks (Probable)

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Nancy Hanks — Thomas Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. President)