Royalty/Nobility Gateway Ancestor

Amelia Throckmorton (1843-1877)

Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey

24 Aug 1843, Bass River, Burlington, New Jersey - 10 May 1877, New Jersey
Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey

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John H. Yates

Last Update: Tue May 09 21:43 EDT 2023

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If you are a blood descendant of Amelia Throckmorton (1843-1877) you also descend from a number of Royals and nobility. Note: Also her siblings and children of her father, Craig Throckmorton (1809-1863) by any of his wives.

Colonial immigrants who are known descendants of royalty or nobility are known as Royal Gateway Ancestors. Narrowing the scope from colonial immigrant to Little Egg Harbor resident, we can say Amelia Throckmorton is a LEH gateway ancestor.

The actual immigrant to North America is John Throckmorton (1601-1684).


Working out Amelia's Throckmorton ancestry, and using RD and RA (see below), and other references the following relationships to royalty have been found:
Name Title(s) Reign Life Span Designation Amelia Throckmorton's: Person Tree
Charlemagne King of the Franks
King of the Lombards
Emperor of the Romans
768-814
774-814
800-814
747-814 Carolingian 35th great grandfather
Pepin King of Italy 781-810 777-810 Carolingian 34th great grandfather
Ecgberht King of Wessex
King of Kent
802-839
825-839
771/775-839 Wessex 33rd great grandfather
Bernard King of Italy 810-818 797-818 Carolingian 33rd great grandfather
Alfred the Great King of the West Saxons
King of the Anglo-Saxons
871-886
886-889
848-899 Saxon King 31st great grandfather
Rollo Count of Rouen 911-928 c835/870-928/933 Normandy (founder) 29th great grandfather
Henry I the Fowler Duke of Saxony
King of East Francia (Germany)
912-936
919-936
876-936 Ottonian 27th great grandfather
Louis IV King of West Francia 936-954 921-954 Carolingian 26th great grandfather
Gerberga of Saxony Queen Consort of France 939-954 c913-984 Ottonian 26th great grandmother
William the Conqueror Duke of Normandy
King of England
1035-1087
1066-1087
1027-1087 Saxon King 24th great grandfather
Matilda of Flanders Queen consort of England 1066-1083 c1031-1083 Flanders 24th great grandmother
Henry I King of England
Duke of Normandy
1100-1135
1106-1135
c1068-1135 Normandy 23rd great grandfather
Matilda Holy Roman Empress
Queen of the Romans
Lady of the English (disputed)
1114-1125
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1141-1148
c1102-1167 Normandy 22nd great grandmother
Henry II Duke of Normandy
King of England
1150-1189
1154-1189
1133-1189 Anjou/Plantagenet 21st great grandfather
King John (Lackland) Lord of Ireland
King of England
1177-1216
1199-1216
1166-1216 Anjou/Plantagenet 20th great grandfather
Henry III King of England
Lord of Ireland
Duke of Aquitaine
1216-1272
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1207-1272 Anjou/Plantagenet 19th great grandfather
Edward I King of England
Lord of Ireland
1272-1307
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1239-1307 Anjou/Plantagenet 18th great grandfather

Table Notes:


Here is a discussion of why almost everyone is a descendant of Charlemagne due to what is known as pedigree collapse.


This Navigable Tree contains Amelia Throckmorton's direct ancestor tree. Her lineages to royalty or nobility may be difficult to follow in this large tree, so explicit lineages may be found by clicking on the relationship to Amelia Throckmorton in the table above to see the direct blood line for a particular person in the table.

The "Person" and "Tree" columns in the above table provide convenient links to the relevant person in the Navigable Tree.

Navigable Tree Notes:


Bibliography:
Descendants of Charlemagne
RD = The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants, Gary Boyd Roberts, 2018. A two volume set.
RA = Royal Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, 2013. A five volume set.
Gateway Ancestor web link.
Blackman, Leah. The History of Little Egg Harbor Township, 1880.
Ashley, Mike. A Brief History of British Kings & Queens. This book has some very helpful charts of the royal descendency.
Hibbert, Christopher. The Story of England.
Coggeshall, Robert Walden, Ancestors and Kin, (The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1988). This book has an informative chapter on the Throckmorton family.
Full Disclosure: Amelia Throckmorton is my 2nd great grandmother.
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