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        "BRITISH CHRONICLES"

                                   by David Hughes

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                      TABLE OF CONTENTS

contents ……………………………….............................................

preface ………………………………...............................................

introduction ………………………………........................................ 

synopsis ………………………………..............................................

author's note ……………………………….......................................

I. ANCIENT BRITAIN, & EARLY KINGS ...................................

II. CELTIC BREHINS, & THE OLD BRITISH ROYAL HOUSE ..…

III. ROMAN BRITAIN .................................................................

IV. BRITISH EMPERORS ............................................................

V. RULERS, TYRANTS, & KINGS OF DARK AGE BRITAIN ...…

VI. THE AGE OF ARTHUR ............................................................

VII. ANGLO-SAXON BRETWALDAS ............................................

VIII. THE VIKING AGE ................................................................

IX. THE OLD ENGLISH ROYAL HOUSE ......................................

X. THE CONQUEROR & HIS SUCCESSORS ...............................

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APPENDIX ……………………………….............................................

A. REGNAL-LISTS .......................................................................

B. GENEALOGICAL-TABLES ……………………………….................

B.1: contents ……………………………….........................................

B.2: abbreviations ……………………………….................................

B.3: charts ………………………………............................................

C. ROYAL-REGISTER ................................................................

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BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………......................................

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                  genealogical charts

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A. ancient dynasties

A. proto-Picts, or pre-Britons

01. early British kings, House of Ampher [legendary] ……………………………….......

B. Briton: Old British Royal House

2A. ancestry of Brutus, reck'd 1st "Brehin" ["King of Britain"] ....................................

2B. ancestry of Ignoge, wife of Brutus, &, mother of British kings ..............................

3A. House of Brutus, part 1: Beli Mawr Pedigree ......................................................... .

3B. continued, part 2: Aedd Mawr Pedigree ...................................................................

3C. continued, part 3: Kings of Loegria, Cambria, & Albania [general survey]……….

C. Cymric: Old British Royal House, continued

4A. House of Huu "Gadarn", part 1: early kings .............................................................

4B. House of Huu "Gardarn", part 2: later kings ............................................................

5A. hero-king Caratacus & descendants, page 1 ...........................................................

5B. hero-king Caratacus & descendants, page 2 ...........................................................

6A. Beli & Anne Pedigree, part 1: main-line ..................................................................

6B. Beli & Anne Pedigree, part 2: secondary-lines ........................................................

D. Cornish: Kingdom of Cornova [Cornwall]

7A. ancestry of Cornish kings/dukes ..............................................................................

7B. Kings/Dukes of Cornwall (Cornubia; Cornovia): 1st & 2nd dynasties ……………

7C. continued, 3rd dynasty ..............................................................................................

7D. continued, House of Amlawd Wledic ........................................................................

7E. Kings/Dukes of Cornwall, continued ........................................................................

7F. continued .....................................................................................................................

7G. Kings/Earls of Cornwall, continued ..........................................................................

7H. descents of Cornish kings/dukes to English kings ……………………………….....

E. Roman Empire

8A. early Roman kings ………………………………..........................................................

8B. the Iulii gens ………………………………....................................................................

8C. Roman Emperors, the imperial house ......................................................................

8D. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8E. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8F. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8G. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8H. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8i. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8J. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8K. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

8L. continued, to Britain's King Arthur (below) .............................................................

F. Dark Age: Old British Royal House, continued

09. House of Vortigern [& the Kings of Gwerthrynion]..................................................

G. Arthurian Dynasty

10A. ancestral-line [A] of King Arthur ..............................................................................

10B. ancestral-line [B] of King Arthur ...............................................................................

10C. ancestral-line [C] of King Arthur ...............................................................................

10D. House of Arthur [main-line descendants] ………………………………....................

10E. illegitimate issue of Arthur by various mistresses &/or encounters ……………..

10F. Dukes of Argyle ………………………………...............................................................

10G. secondary descent-line ……………………………….................................................

10H. various relatives of Arthur………………………………..............................................

10i. half-sisters of Arthur on father's side .......................................................................

10J. half-sisters of Arthur on mother's side .....................................................................

10K. step-sisters of Arthur ..................................................................................................

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B. early British kingdoms

B-1. England: The Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy

11. Kings of Sussex ………………………………...............................................................

12A. Kings of Wessex [ancestors of the "Old English Royal House"] …………………..

12B. Earls of Wessex ………………………………...............................................................

12C. descent of King Harold II of England (1066) to later English kings ……………….

13. Kings of Essex ……………………………….................................................................

14. Kings of Kent ………………………………...................................................................

15. ancestry of Angle kings & the Balthae Dynasty ………………………………...........

16. Kings of East Anglia ………………………………........................................................ 

17A. Kings of Mercia ...........................................................................................................

17B. continued, & descendants .........................................................................................

18A. Kings of Bernicia (Bryneich) & Northumbria, main-line .........................................

18B. Kings of Bernicia & Northumbria, secondary-lines ................................................

18C: Earls of Northumberland ………………………………................................................

19. Kings of Deira (Deywr) ………………………………....................................................

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B-2. Wales: post-Roman states

20A. Kings of Gwynedd (Venedotia) ………………………………......................................

20B. related dynasties: Merioneth; Ceredigion (Cardiganshire); Seisyllwg, etc. ……..

21A. Kings of Demetia (Dyfed), later called Deheubarth ………………………………......

21B. continued, main-line ...................................................................................................

21C. continued, secondary-line ………..............................................................................

22A. Kings of Powys, Line A ..............................................................................................

22B. Kings of Powys, Line B ..............................................................................................

22C. Kings of Powys, Line-C, Line-D, Line-E, Line-F, & Line-G …………………………

22D: Kings of Powys, Line-G continued ………………………………................................ 

23A. various Welsh rulers ……………………………….......................................................

23B. various Welsh rulers ……………………………….......................................................

23C. various Welsh rulers ……………………………….......................................................

24. Kings of Buellt (Builth) ............................................................................................... 

25A. Kings of Gwent, Glywysing, & Gower .......................................................................

25B. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

26A. Kings of Morgannwg (Glamorgan), ………………………………...............................

26B. continued ……………………………….................................................………..............

26C. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

26D. descendants: Lougher Family …………………..........................................................

27A. Lords/Kings of Garthmadrun, later called Brecon ………. …………………………..

27B. Kings of Brecon (Brycheinion; Brecknock), formerly called Garthmadrun ….…..

28. Lords of Penllyn ………………………………............................................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B-3. Scotland: five early kingdoms

29A. Kings of Scone, the Picts ………………………………................................................

29B. Kings of Albany, page 1 ………………………………...................................................

29C. Kings of Albany, page 2 ………………………………..................................................

30A. Kings of Dalriada, the Scots ………………………………...........................................

30B. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

31A. Kings of Dumbarton, Britons [Welsh] ………………………………...........................

31B. Kings of Strathclyde, 1st dynasty ……………………………….................................. 

31C. Kings of Strathclyde, 2nd dynasty ………………………………................................

32A. Lords/Kings of Galloway ………………………………................................................

32B. Earls of Galloway ……………………………….............................................................

33A. Kings of Gododdin & the British "North Country" [i.e.: Lothian, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Rheged, Lancaster, Elmet, etc. ] ……………………………….................................................

33B. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

33C. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

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B-4. Ireland: the four-quarters

34A. High-Kings of Ireland at Tara: the Milesians ………………………………................

34B. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

35. Kings of Meath ……………………………….................................................................

36A. Kings of Connacht, 1st dynasty ……………………………….....................................

36B. Kings of Connacht, 2nd dynasty ………………………………....................................

36C. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

37A. chiefs/kings of the Tuatha-da-Danaan [Danaoi] ……… ……………………………...

37B. Kings of Mumu ………………………………................................................................

37C. Kings of Munster………………………………..............................................................

37D. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

37E. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

37F. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

37G. continued, the Dal Cais ………………………………...................................................

37H. continued, the Dal Cais ………………………………...................................................

38A. chiefs/kings of the Fir-Bolg [Belgae] ……………………………….............................

38B. Kings of Laigin [& Leinster] ………………………………............................................

38C. Kings of Leinster. ……………………………….................. ……………………………..

38D. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

38E. descent to English kings ………………………………................................................

39. chiefs/kings of the Deisi ………………………………..................................................

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B-5. Ulster: three medieval kingdoms

B-5A Armagh [east]

40A. chiefs/kings of the Caledonians & Kings of Kaledonia ………………………….….

40B. Kings of Ulster [I] ………………………………...........................................................

40C. Kings of Ulster [IIA], the Ulid kings ………………………………..............................

41A. chiefs/kings of the Erinioi & Kings of Ierne [Eire] at Navan Fort ………………….

41B. continued, the Dal-Reti & the Dal-Fiatach ………………………………...................

41C. Kings of Ulster [IIB], the Erin kings ………………………………..............................

42. descent from Ulster [IIA & IIB], thru Kings of Ossory, etc., to English kings …..

43A. Kings of Ulster [IIC], the Gael kings …………..........................................................

43B. descent from Ulster [IIC] to English Kings ………………………………..................

B-5B Airgialla [middle], divided into nine provinces

44A. Kings of Airgialla [Oriel] ……………….....................................................................

44B. continued ………………………………........................................................................

44C. continued ………………………………........................................................................

B-5C Ailech [west]

45A. Kings of Ailech ………………………………...............................................................

45B. continued, & the Bowes-Lyon Family of Glamis ……………………………….........

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B-6A. Isle of Man: overlords of the Sudreys & Channel Islands

46. Kings/Lords of the Isle of Man ……………………………….....................................

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B-6B. The Sudreys: Southern Isles [Hebrides, etc.]

47. Lords of The Isles [Hebrides], 3rd [Irish] Dynasty …………………………….......

48A. Lords of The Isles [Hebrides], 4th [Viking] Dynasty …........................................

48B. Lords of The Isles [Hebrides], alternative descent-line …………………………….

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B-6C. The Nordreys: Northern Isles [Orkneys, etc.]

49A. Earls of the Orkneys ………………………………......................................................

49B. continued ………………………………........................................................................

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B-7. Brittany, now the French province of Bretagne

50A. early kings ………………………………......................................................................

50B. continued ……………………………….......................................................................

50C. continued ………………………………........................................................................

50D. later dukes ………………………………......................................................................

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C. the Viking Kingdoms: York, Dublin, etc.

part 1. first group: the Scyldings

51A. ancestry of viking royalty, 1st dynasty ………………………………........................

51B. House of Ogier "The Dane" ………………………………..........................................

51C. continued: Kings of Dublin, Waterford, & Limerick ………………………………...

51D. descendants, various families ……………………………….....................................

51E. descendants, various families ……………………………….....................................

51F. descent-line: House of Bruce ……...........................................................................

part 2. second group: the Volsungs

52A. ancestry of viking royalty, 2nd dynasty ………………………………......................

52B. the "Sons of Lodbrok": Kings of Dublin, Waterford, & York …………………..….

52C. continued ……………………………….......................................................................

part 3. third group: the Ynglings

53A. ancestry of viking royalty, 3rd dynasty ……………………………….......................

53B. Viking Kingdom of York: House of Oeric "Blood-Axe" ……………………………

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54. the Viking Kings of England, the "DaneLaw" …….................................................

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D. later British kingdoms & France

D-1. England

55A. Old English Royal House ………………………………..............................................

55B. Kings of England since 1066 ………………………………........................................

55C. continued ………………………………........................................................................

55D. New British Royal House ………………………………..............................................

55E. continued ………………………………........................................................................

D-2. Wales

56A. Kings/Princes of Wales ……………………………….................................................

56B. royal Welsh descent to English kings ……………………………….........................

56C. continued ……………………………..........................................................................

56D. continued ………………………………........................................................................

56E. continued ………………………………........................................................................

56F. descendants: Anwyl Family ……….…………...........................................................

D-3. Scotland

57A. Kings of Scotland ………………………………..........................................................

57B. continued to the English succession ………………………………..........................

57C. allied-families: Dunbar, Washington, & Neville ………………………………...........

57D. allied-families: Earls of Fife, Athole, & Saltoun …..................................................

D-4. Ireland

58A. Kings of Ireland ………………………………..............................................................

58B. continued, & royal Irish descent to English kings …………..................................

58C. royal Irish heirs: O'Neill Family …………….............................................................

58D. royal Irish heirs: continued ……………....................................................................

58E. royal Irish heirs: continued ……………....................................................................

D-5. France

59A. ancient Gallic kings ……………………………….........................................................

59B. medieval descendants ………………………………...................................................

60A. early Frankish kings ………………………………........................................................

60B. the Merovingians, Kings of France ………………………………................................

60C. allied-line: Kings of Cologne ………………………………..........................................

61A. the Carolingians, ancestry ………..............................................................................

61B. continued, genealogy ………......................................................................................

61C. continued: off-spring of Pepin [II] of Heristal, page 1 ………………………………..

61D. continued: off-spring of Pepin [II] of Heristal, page 2 ………………………………..

61E. continued, Kings of France ………………………………............................................

62A. the Capetians, ancestry ………………………………...................................................

62B. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

62C: continued ……………………………….........................................................................

62D. continued, Kings of France to English Kings ………………………………...............

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E. various reigning houses of England since 1066

63A. House of Normandy ……………………………….......................................................

63B. continued ...................................................................................................................

63C. off-shoot: House of Balliol ………………………………............................................

64. House of Blois ...........................................................................................................

65A. House of Anjou [Plantagenet], split later into Lancaster & York .........................

65B. continued....................................................................................................................

65C. collateral-line: the Mortimers ……………………………….......................................

66A. House of Tudor ………………………………..............................................................

66B. continued ………………………………........................................................................

67. House of Suffolk [Grey] ……………………………….................................................

68. House of Tudor-Hapsburg ………………………………............................................

69A. House of Stuart ………………………………..............................................................

69B. continued ……………………………….......................................................................

70A. House of Orange, ancestry …………………............................................................

70B. House of Orange ………………………………............................................................

70C. House of Nassau, ancestry ……………...................................................................

70D. House of Orange-Nassau ……………………………….............................................

71A. House of Hanover [Guelph], ancestry: the Italian House of Este ………………..

71B: House of Hanover [Guelph] ………………………………..........................................

72A. House of Saxe-Coburg [Wettin], renamed "Windsor", ancestry ……......………..

72B. continued … ………………………………...................................................................

72C. continued ………………………………........................................................................

72D. continued ……………………………….......................................................................

73A. House of Oldcastle [also called Mountbatten], ancestry: the Carolingian heirs …

73B. House of Oldcastle: Counts of Oldenburg ………………………………....................

73C. House of Oldcastle: Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein & Gottorp ………………….…..

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F. genealogies of selected royal consorts

74A. ancestry of Mary of Teck, consort of King George V ………………………………..

74B. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

74C. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

75. ancestry of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, consort of King George VI Albert……………

76A. ancestry of Prince Philip of Greece, consort of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II:

ancient Royal House of Greece ………………………………................................................

76B. continued, descent from Alexander "The Great" ……………………………….......

76C. continued ………………………………........................................................................

76D. continued ………………………………........................................................................

76E. continued ……………………………….......................................................................

76F. continued, modern Royal House of Greece ..........................................................

77A. ancestry of Diana Spencer, late consort of the Prince of Wales …………………

77B. ancestry of Diana Spencer, late consort of the Prince of Wales …………………

77C. ancestry of Diana Spencer, late consort of the Prince of Wales …………………

78. ancestry of Sarah Ferguson, ex-consort of the Duke of York ……………………

79. ancestry of Sophia Rhys-Jones, consort of the Earl of Wessex …………………

80. ancestry of Mark Phillips, ex-consort of the Princess Royal ……………………..

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G. miscellaneous genealogies

81A. Octavius Caesar to Constantine "The Great" ........................................................

81B. Constantine "The Great" to Charlemagne ………………………………..................

81C. Charlemagne to William The Conqueror ................................................................

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82A. descent of Britain's Royal Family from Christianity's "Holy Family" …………….

82B. continued, The Holy Family & the "Desposyn[o]i" ……………………………….....

82C. continued ………………………………........................................................................

82D. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

82E. collateral-line ………………………………..................................................................

82F. collateral-line ……………………………….................................................................

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83A. The Grail-Kings ………………………………...............................................................

83B. continued ………………………………........................................................................

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84A. descent-line from Israel's King David to Britain's King George III, the Israeli & Judahite kings [Davidic Dynasty] ….......................................................................................

84B. continued, the Babylonian exilarchs ……………………………….............................

84C. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

84D. continued, the Palestinian "nisi'im" ………………………………..............................

84E. descent-line, continued ………………………………..................................................

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85A. descent-line from the Emperors of India to British Royalty, ancestors of Queen Victoria, Empress of India (1871), the "Pearl Of The East" ……………………………….......

85B. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

85C. continued ……………………………….........................................................................

85D. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

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86A. descent-line from Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, via Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, via Empress Theodora of Byzantium, to Queen Elizabeth of Britain ……………………………

86B. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

86C. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

86D. continued ………………………………..........................................................................

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