Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

----- Avenal

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• • 25th Great-grandmother of Bill Gates — 28th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 230623891 
  • Father:
  • Richard Avenal 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1143 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1234 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • William I, King of Scotland
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED 
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  • Child:

  Isabel of Scotland (Ahnentafel No:115311945 )

  • Notes: 

  • This unnamed daughter of Richard Avenal bore Isabel, illegitimate child of William I, King of Scotland.

• Sources for ----- Avenal

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. III, p. 312.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 416, 422, 431, 433, 435, 437, 824.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 399.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Robert de Ros (died 1227)", (accessed 01/25/2014).
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "William the Lion", (accessed 05/06/2011).

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