Family Relationship of

John Dryden

England's First Poet Laureate

25th Great-grandson to

Alfred the Great

King of the Anglo-Saxons

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Alfred the Great

Ealhswith of Mercia

AElfthryth of Wessex

Baudouin II of Flanders

Arnulf of Flanders

Adele of Vermandois

Baudoin III of Flanders

Mathilde of Saxony

Arnulf II of Flanders

Rozala of Lombardy

Baudoin IV of Flanders

Ogive of Luxembourg

Baudoin V of Flanders

Adela of France

Matilda of Flanders

William I, King of England

Henry I, King of England

Maud of Scotland

Maud of England

Geoffrey Plantagenet

Henry II, King of England

Eleanor of Aquitaine

John, King of England

Isabelle of Angoulême

Henry III, King of England

Eleanor of Provence

Edward I, King of England

Eleanor of Castile

Elizabeth Plantagenet

Humphrey de Bohun

Eleanor de Bohun

Sir James le Boteler

Pernel le Boteler

Sir Gilbert Talbot

Sir Richard Talbot

Ankaret le Strange

Mary Talbot

Sir Thomas Greene

Sir Thomas Greene

Phillippa Ferrers

Elizabeth Greene

William Raleigh

Sir Edward Raleigh

Margaret Verney

Sir Edward Raleigh

Anne Chamberlayne

Bridget Raleigh

Sir John Cope

Elizabeth Cope

John Dryden

Sir Erasmus Dryden

Frances Wilkes

Erasmus Dryden

Mary Pickering

John Dryden

England's 1st Poet Laureate