Famous Kin of
Benedict Cumberbatch

Movie, Television and Stage Actor

Click on the names below to see their relationship charts

Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty

Capt. John Alden

Accused of Witchcraft, Salem 1692

9th great-grandfather

Simon Eyre

(c1588 - 1658)
Increase passenger 1635

9th great-grandfather

George Curwen

(1610 - 1684/5)
Great Migration Immigrant 1638

9th great-grandfather

William Tyng

(c1605 - 1652/3)
Great Migration Immigrant 1638

10th great-grandfather

John Alden

(c1599 - 1687)
Mayflower passenger 1620

10th great-grandfather

James Hawkins

(c1603 - 1669/70)
Great Migration Immigrant 1635

10th great-grandfather

Bartholomew Green

(c1590 - c1635/6)
Great Migration Immigrant 1633

10th great-grandfather

John Viall

(c1619 - 1685/6)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

10th great-grandfather

Richard Hawkins

(unk - c1646)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637

11th great-grandfather

King Edward I

King of England

20th great-grandfather

King Henry III

King of England

21st great-grandfather

Hugh le Bigod

Magna Carta Surety

21st great-grandfather

Robert de Ros

Magna Carta Surety

21st great-grandfather

Robert Fitzwalter

Magna Carta Surety

21st great-grandfather

John Fitz Robert

Magna Carta Surety

21st great-grandfather

William d'Aubeney

Magna Carta Surety

22nd great-grandfather

Gilbert de Clare

Magna Carta Surety

22nd great-grandfather

Saher de Quincy

Magna Carta Surety

22nd great-grandfather

Roger le Bigod

Magna Carta Surety

22nd great-grandfather

Henry de Bohun

Magna Carta Surety

22nd great-grandfather

Richard de Clare

Magna Carta Surety

23rd great-grandfather

Robert de Vere

Magna Carta Surety

24th great-grandfather

William the Conqueror

King of England

25th great-grandfather

King Louis VI

King of France

25th great-grandfather

King Robert I

King of France

30th great-grandfather

Alfred the Great

King of the Anglo-Saxons

32nd great-grandfather

Charlemagne

King of the Franks

35th great-grandfather

Matthias Curwen

(c1602 - c1658)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634

9th great-granduncle
via John Curwen

Edward Tyng

(c1610 - 1681)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

10th great-granduncle
via Tyng

Job Hawkins

(c1620 - c1681/2)
Planter passenger 1635

10th great-granduncle
via Richard Hawkins

Benedict Cumberbatch photo by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)