Ancestry of
John Lithgow

Stage, TV, and Movie Actor

Richard of Cornwall

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• • 21st Great-grandfather of John Lithgow — 24th Generation
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  • Richard Plantagenet 
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  Joan of Cornwall (Ahnentafel No:4759521 )

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  • Sir Richard of Cornwall was an illegitimate child. His mother may have been Joan de Vautort or Valletort.

• Sources for Richard of Cornwall

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 2, p. 265.
  • 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), 397.

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