Ancestry of
Mitt Romney

70th Governor of Massachusetts

William Marshal

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• • 23rd Great-grandfather of Mitt Romney — 26th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 62896078 
  • Father:
  • John FitzGilbert (the Marshal) 
  • Mother:
  • Sybilla of Salisbury   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1147 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 May 1219 
  • Death Location:
  • Caversham, Berkshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Isabel de Clare
  • Marriage Date:
  • Aug 1189 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Maud Marshal

  Isabel Marshal

  Sibyl Marshal (Ahnentafel No:31448039 )

  Eva Marshal

  • Notes: 

  • 1st or 4th Earl of Pembroke or Striguil depending on the source.

• Sources for William Marshal

  • ¹ American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, Fall 1988, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, Page 193.
  • ² Buck, J. Orton and Timothy Field Beard, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume III, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1996), 241.
  • ³ Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Vol. I, London: J. Billing, Printer and Stereotyper (1851), pedigree XIII for Rev. Pierce William Drew.
  • ⁴ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. IV, pp. 80, 671.
  • ⁵ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. II, p. 561.
  • ⁶ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. 5, p. 301.
  • ⁷ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2005), 551.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 526, 528.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 845.
  • ¹⁰ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 64, 71, 85, 125, gives William as 3rd Earl of Pembroke.
  • ¹¹ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 179.
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke", _1st_Earl_of_Pembroke, (accessed 02/20/2010).

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