Vol I File 5: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James

Part D.

Early Kings of Ireland

1. Kings of Leinster, Ireland

1. Oilliol, King of Leinster, baptized by St. Patrick A.D. 460 and died in 526.
2. Cormac, King of Leinster, died in 567.
3. Cairbre, King of Leinster, died in 546.
4. Colman Mor, King of Leinster, died in 576.
5. Faolon, King of Leinster, died in 663, married Huaisle of Meath.
6. Conal, father of Bran Muit.
7. Bran Muit, King of Leinster, died in 689.
8. Murchad, King of Leinster, died in 726.
9. Muredac, King of Leinster, died in 755.
10. Bran, King of Leinster, died in 795, married Eithne.
11. Muredac, King of Leinster, died in 818.
12. Dunlaing King of Leinster, died in 869.
13. Oilliol, King of Leinster, died in 869.
14. Ugaire, King of Leinster, died in 915.
15. Tuathal, whence O'Toole, King of Leinster, died in 956.
16. Dunlaing, King of Leinster, died in 1014.
17. Doncuan, King of Leinster, died in 1018.
18. Gillacomghall O'Toole, died in 1041.
19. Gillacaemghin O'Toole, died in 1056.
20. Doncuan O'Toole, father of Gillacomghall O'Toole.
21. Gillacomghall O'Toole, died in 1119.
22. Murcertac O'Toole, married Inghin O'Byrne.
23. More O'Toole, married Dermot McMurrough (Mac Murcha), King of Leinster, Ireland, born in 1110, died in 1191, son of Donnchad, King of Leinster.
24. Eva McMurrough of Leinster, died in 1177, married Richard de Clare, called Strongbow, son of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1100-1148), and his wife Elizabeth (Isabel) Beaumont, daughter of Isabel Vermandois. Richard de Clare descended from Sveide the Viking. See this ancestral lineage elsewhere in Volume I.
25. Isabel Clare, Countess of Pembroke, born 1172, married in 1189 William Marshal, the Protector, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, of Caversham.

See the continuation of the lineage in the Clare Line and the Marshal Line in Volume II.

The following descent from Brian Boru to Dermot Mac Morrough was abstracted from information on the Internet, "Descents of famous people from the High Kings of Ireland," by Mark Humphreys, April 1996.
18. Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, reigned 1002-1014, defeated Vikings at Clontarf 1014.
19. Donnchad O'Brien, King of Munster
20. Dearbforgail O'Brien
21. Murchad, King of Leinster
22. Donnchad, King of Leinster
1. Dermot McMurrough (Mac Murcha), King of Leinster, Ireland, born in 1110, died in 1191. The 'Rape of Dervorgila' 1152. Invited Anglo-Norman invasion 1169.
2. Aoife (Eva) Mac Murrough married Richard de Clare, called Strongbow. See continuation elsewhere in Volume II as described above.
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This same reference shows descents to the English Royal family, George Washington, the first President of the United States; Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789; Jane Austen, writer; Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, Captain of the Beagle; Bertrand Russell, mathematician and philosopher; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister; and Franklin D. Roosebvelt, Richard Nixon, and George Bush, Presidents of the United States. It should be noted that these noted descents branch away from the editor's personal descent back in the medieval time period.

Ref: Humphrey, Mark, "Descents of famous people from the High Kings of Ireland," April 1996, (cam.ac.uk/users/mh10006/FamTree/famous.irish.html)
1. Part E.

Early French Ancestors

1. Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor, Kings of Denmark and Sweden, to Geoffrey Plantaganet

Ref: Wurts, "Magna Charta Sureties," Vol I., pp. 163-164

Ref: Gordon, C. D., "The Age of Attila" (1960)

1. Constantine I., Augustus, the Great, son of Constantius I, Caesar (293-305), Augustus (305-306), and his wife, Helena, born 265, died 336 or 337. He was of British birth and education, and he is known as the first Christian ruler of the Roman Empire. With a British army he set out to put down the persecution of Christians forever. The greatest of all Roman Emperors, he annexed Britain to the Roman Empire and founded Constantinople. In 325 he assembled the Council of Nicea, which he attended in person, in Nicea in Bithynia, Asia Minor, which formulated the Nicene Creed. According to Dr. Anderson (Wurts, "Magna Charta"), he married Fausta and had three sons and a daughter as follows:
- 1. Constantine II. was given the West (Britain, Gaul, and Spain) by his father. He ruled from 337 to 340.
- 2. Constantius II See below.
- 3. Constans I., was given the South (North Africa, Italy, Illyrium, and Thrace including Rome and Constantinople). He ruled from 337 to 350.
- 4. Helen, wife of Julian the Apostate.
  
  Two nephews (Gallus and Julian) were given Armenia, Macedonia, and Greece. Constantine also had another son, Crispus, who died in 326.
2. Constantius II, second son of Constantine the Great, died in 360. He was given the East (Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt. He as the sole heir by 353. He married Fausta.
3. Constantius III, Emperor in 421, married in 417 as her second husband and against her will, Galla Placida, daughter of Theodosius I., Theodosius the Great, Emperor (379-395) and his wife, Galla. Galla, the mother, was the daughter of Valentinian I., Emperor (364-375), and his wife, Justina. Galla Placida married in 414 (1) Ataulph, Visigothic King (410-415). Theodosius I. was the son of Theodosius and his wife, Thermanis. They were the first of the House of Theodosius. He died early in 395, the last ruler of a united Roman Empire, as great in extent as that left by Augustus. He died in 421. She died about 450, after being exiled after the death of Constantius III. They had a son and daughter. See John Fines, "Who's Who in the Middle Ages", (1970), pp. 175-177, for details of Galla Placida. She was a half-sister of Honorius, the Emperor under whom Britain was finally lost to Rome.
4. Valentinian III was clothed with imperial robes in Ravenna in 425. He died in 455. He fought against and bribed Attila, the Hun. He married as her first husband Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II., Emperor of the east (408-450) and his wife, Eudocia, who died in 454. Vanentinian and Eudoxia had two daughters as follows:
- 1. Eudoxia. See below.
- 2. Placida, married Anicius Olybrius, Emperor (472).
5. Eudoxia (Eudocia) married Huneric, Vandal King (477-484), son of Gaiseric (Genseric), King of the Vandals (428-477), father of other Vandal kings, who died in 480 in Africa.
6. Hilderic, King of the Vandals (523-530).
7. Hilda, wife of Frode VII., who died in 548.
8. Halfdan of Lethra, King of Denmark. He had two sons as follows:
- 1. Ivar Vidfadma. See below.
- 2. Hraeric of Lethra, married (1) Auda of Roeskilda. They had a son, Halfdan (Sigfrid) of Jutland. See elsewhere for a continuation of this lineage.
9. Ivar Vidfadma, King of Denmark and Sweden in 660.
10. Roric Slingeband, King of Denmark and Sweden in 700.
11. Harald Hildetand, King of Denmark and Sweden in 725.
12. Sigurd Ring, living in 750.
13. Rayner Lodbrok, King of Denmark and Sweden, who died in 794, having married Aslanga.
14. Sigurd Snodoye, King of Denmark and Sweden, died in 830.
15. Horda Knut, King of Denmark, died in 850.
16. Frotho, King of Denmark, died in 875.
17. Gorm Enske, married Sida and died in 890.
18. Harold Parcus, King of Denmark, married Elgiva, daughter of Ethelred I, King of England, a brother of King Alfred the Great. They had the following children:
- 1. Gorm del Gammel. See below.
- 2. Ethelwald
- 3. Ethelhelm
19. Gorm del Gammel, King of Denmark, died in 931. He married Thyra.
20. Harald I Blaatand, Bluetooth, King of Denmark, born circa 910, died in 981. He had at least two children of record as follows:
- 1. Svend I (known in England as Sweyn) Forkbeard, born in 965, died in Gainsborough, England, who was King of England in the autumn of 1013 and King of Denmark about 985. He was the leader of several unsuccessful invasions of Scotland. He had two sons: Harald II Svendsen, King of Denmark on February 3, 1014; and Knud (Cnut or Canute) I., the Great, King of England and Denmark in 1019, born circa 995-1000, died in Shaftsbury, co. Dorset, England, also King of Norway 1028, Lord of Norse Colonies, Overload of the Scots, King of Dublin (?).
- 2. Gunnora of Denmark. See below.
21. Lady Gunnora of Denmark, married Richard I, 3rd Duke of Normandy, son of William Longsword, and his wife, Espriota. They had several children as follows:
- 1. Richard II, 4th Duke of Normandy. He had the following children:
  - 1. Adeliza, married Rainald I., Count of Burgundy. They had a son, William I., Count of Burgundy, father of Rainald II., Count of Burgundy and Guy, Archbishop of Vienne, and later Pope Calixtus II.
  - 2. Robert, Duke of Normandy, father of William the Conqueror, King of England, and grandfather of Henry I, King of England. See elsewhere for the continuation of this lineage.
- 2. Geoffrey
- 3. Emma of Normandy
- 4. Robert of Evereux, the Archbishop. See below.
- 5. Godfrey (Geoffrey)
- 6. William
- 7. Mauger
- 8. Hawisa.
22. Robert of Evereux, the Archbishop, died in 1087.
23. Richard of Evereux, Count of Evereux, died in 1067.
24. Agnes Evereux, married Simon de Montfort.
25. Bertrade Montfort, married Fulk IV, the Surly, Count of Anjou, born in 1043, died in 1109.
26. Fulk V. the Younger of Anjou, 9th Count of Anjou, 1109-1129, who abdicated his position in Anjou and became King of Jerusalem, 1131-1143. He married Ermengarde., daughter of Helias, Count of Maine, who died in 1110.
27. Geoffrey IV, The Fair, Plantaganet, 10th Count of Anjou, 1129-1151, etc. married Matilda (Maud the English Empress), daughter of King Henry I. of England and his wife, Matilda of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm III., King of Scotland.
28. Henry II, 11th Count of Anjou, 1151-1189, later, King of England, married Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine, and divorced wife of King Louis of France. There was union between France and England till the French Conquest in 1205.

See the continuation of this lineage elsewhere in Volume I.

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The ancestry of Huneric the Vandal is as follows:

1. Anthyrius I, 1st King of the Heruli, on the Baltic Sea, was living in 323 B.C., the year that Aristotle, Demosthenes, Diogenes, and Alexander the Great died. Anthyrius married Symbulla, a Gothic princess. They had a son, Anavas.
2. Anavas, King of the Heruli, died 171 B.C. He married Drithva, and they had a son Alimer.
3. Alimer, King of the Heruli, died 96 B.C., married Ida
4. Anthyrius II, King of the Heruli, died 34 B.C., married Mary of Jutland
5. Hutterus, King of the Heruli, died 35 A.D., married Judith of Jutland
6. Vislaus I, King of the Heruli, died 91 A.D., married Tibernia of Norway
7. Vitilaus, King of the Heruli, died 127, married Anarnia of Gothland
8. Alaric I, King of the Heruli, died 162, married Bella of Coln, in Germany
9. Dietric, King of the Heruli, died 201, married Diana of Triers
10. Teneric, King of the Heruli, died 237, married Biogonna, a Thuringian princess
11. Alberic I, King of the Heruli, died 292, married and had a son, Wisimar.
12. Wisimar, King of the Heruli, died 340, married Amalasunta, a Saxon princess
13. Miecislaus I, King of the Heruli, died 388, married and had a son, Radagaisus.
14. Radagaisus the Vandal, who went into Italy in the time of Emperor Honorius, and was there slain in 405. He married Cella
15. Gondeguslus (Corisco), King of the Vandals, invaded Gaul 406 A.D., married Flora
16. Gonderic, King of the Vandals, who invaded Spain in 409, and died in 426, married Elisa of Granada, and had two sons as follows:
- 1. Gelimer
- 2. Genseric. See below.
17. Genseric, called "The Rod of God," Vandal King of Spain in 419. He invaded Africa and conquered Carthage in 437, plundered Rome in 456, doing irreparable damage to monuments and sculptures. So reckless were they that to this day we speak of the wanton destruction of property as vandalism, yet he promised to spare the city from fire and the people from massacre, and he kept his word. He died in 477, having married (2) Eudoxia the Elder, widow of Valentinian III., whom in battle he captured with her daughter, Eudoxia. He married Eudoxia the Elder as his second wife and the younger he married to his son, Huneric. By his first wife, name unknown, he had Huneric.
18. Huneric, who as stated above, married Eudoxia the Younger and had a son Hilderic.
19. Hilderic, King of the Vandals in Africa, died in 530, having married Amfleda the Younger.

See continuation of this lineage below.

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Amfleda the Younger was descended as follows:

1. Adulphus, King of the Goths in Spain, was brother of Alaric who conquered Rome in 410, and who as a Christian convert forbade his men to destroy churches. Dying in 411, Alaric was buried with a vast treasure in the bed of the River Busento. Adulphus had two daughters as follows:
- 1. Theodora. See below as the mother of Amfleda the Elder.
- 2. Eurica. See below.
2. Eurica, married Gelimer, a Gothic general in Spain, son of Gonderic. See above. They had a son Thrasamund.
3. Thrasamund, King of the Vandals in Africa, who died in 496. He married Amfleda the Elder., daughter of Theodora, who was the wife of Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths in Italy, who slew Odoacer in 493, and made himself the King of Rome. They had a daughter, Amfleda the Younger.
4. Amfleda the Younger, married Hilderic, King of the Vandals in Africa. See above for the ancestral lineage of Hilderic. They had a daughter, Hilda.
5. Hilda, Princess of the Goths in Africa, was married to Frode VII, King of Denmark, who died in 548. They had a son, Halfdan.
6. Halfdan, of Lethra, King of Denmark. Halfdan was killed by his brother, Gudrod, "whom he also killed." The question is, were they dueling? Halfdan married and had a son, Hraeric.
7. Hraeric of Lethra, married (1) Auda of Roeskilda ,and they had a son, Harold.
8. Harold I, King of Denmark, died in 770. He married and had a son, Halfdan (Sigfrid) of Jutland.
9. Halfdan (Sigfrid) of Jutland, died in 800, in which year Charlemagne was crowned Emperor. He married and had a son, Hemming.
10. Hemming of Jutland, died 837, while Egbert was King of England. He married and had Harold of Jutland.
11. Harold of Jutland, living about 852, the time of Alfred the Great. He married and had a daughter, Thyra.
12. Thyra of Jutland, married Gorm the Old, King of Denmark and East Anglia, who died in 931. They had a son, Harold III.
13. Harold III, the first Christian King of Denmark, was born in 911, the time of Rollo the Dane. Harold died in 986, having married Byrid (?) and they had a daughter, Thyra.
14. Thyra, Princess of Denmark, married Prince Styrbiorn, born in 956, died in 984, son of Olaf II, King of Upsala. They had a son, Thorkel Sprakalog.
15. Thorkel Sprakalog married and had a daughter, Githa.
16. Githa, married in 1020 Godwin, Earl of Kent. He died in 1053. They were the parents of the following children:
- 1. Eadgyth, who married Edward the Confessor.
- 2. Harold II., King of England, born 1022, slain on October 4, 1066 at the battle of Senlac (Hastings). He married Ealgath (Edith or Agatha), daughter of Algar III., Earl of Mercia, and granddaughter of Lady Godiva, and also granddaughter of King Ethelred II.

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