Family Relationship of

Lt. Gen. James Brudenell

Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”

26th Great-grandson to

King Robert I

King of France

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King Robert I

Beatrice of Vermandois

Hugh the Great

Hedwig of Saxony

Hugh Capet

Adelaide of Aquitaine

Robert II, King of France

Constance of Arles

Henry I, King of France

Anne of Kiev

Hugh I of Vermandois

Adéle of Vermandois

Isabel de Vermandois

William de Warenne

Ada de Warenne

Henry of Huntingdon

David of Huntingdon

Maud of Chester

Ada of Huntingdon

Sir Henry de Hastings

Sir Henry de Hastings

Joan de Cantilupe

Sir John de Hastings

Isabel de Valence

Elizabeth de Hastings

Sir Roger de Grey

Sir Reynold de Grey

Eleanor le Strange

Ida Grey

John Cokayne

Elizabeth Cokayne

Sir Laurence Cheney

Elizabeth Cheney

Sir John Say

Anne Say

Sir Henry Wentworth

Margery Wentworth

Edward Seymour

Edward Seymour

Edward Seymour

Sir William Seymour

Frances Devereux

Henry Seymour

Mary Capell

Elizabeth Seymour

Elizabeth Bruce

Robert Brudenell

Robert Brudenell

Lt. Gen. James Brudenell

Charge of the Light Brigade Leader