Saturday, April 25, 2009

Presidential Kin

This is a list of presidents of royal descent. Note that since all of these Presidents are related to English or Scottish monarchs, they are also all related to each other, though very distantly.
 George Washington (descendant of Edward III of England)
 Thomas Jefferson (descendant of Henry I of England)
 James Madison (descendant of Edward I of England)
 John Quincy Adams (descendant of Edward III of England)
 William Henry Harrison and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison (descendants of Edward I of England)
 Zachary Taylor (descendant of Edward I of England)
 Franklin Pierce (descendant of Henry I of England )
 Rutherford Hayes (descendant of David I of Scotland)
 Grover Cleveland (descendant of Edward I of England)
 Theodore Roosevelt (descendant of Edward III of England)
 William Taft (descendant of Edward I of England)
 Warren Harding (descendant of Ethelred II of England)
 Calvin Coolidge (descendant of Henry II of England)
 Herbert Hoover (descendant of John of England)
 Franklin Roosevelt (descendant of Edward III of England)
 Richard Nixon (descendant of Edward I of England)
 Gerald Ford (descendant of Edward I of England)
 George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush (descendants of Edward I of England)
 Barack Obama (descendant of Edward I of England and William the Lion)
As a result, all of the listed people are direct descendants of Alfred the Great. All but two of them are also descended from William I of England with the exceptions of Rutherford Hayes andWarren Harding. It should be noted that all of these royal ancestors were born before the Black Death killed much of the population of Britain in 1349.

Reference: www.wikipedia.org

Presidents Related to Irish Royalty

1 comment:

  1. That's 23 of 44 Presidents known to be directly descended from a king! Better than half! I have also read that this list may not be complete.

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