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Peter Beauclerk-Dewar | Roger Powell
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ancestors
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Author_Roger Powell
british monarchs
british royal family
british royals
british royalty|british kings and kings
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dukedoms
dynasties
english kings
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families
genealogy
hanoverian
heritage
illegitimate
illegitimate children
Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family
monarch
out of wedlock
parentage
royal
royals
royalty
scottish kings
stuart
tudor
william the bastard
william the conqueror

Product details

  • ISBN 9780752446684
  • Weight: 310g
  • Dimensions: 124 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 08 May 2008
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Since 1066 when William the Conqueror (alias William the Bastard) took the throne, English and Scottish kings have sired at least 150 children out of wedlock. Many were acknowledged at court and founded dynasties of their own - several of today's dukedoms are descended from them. Others were only acknowledged grudgingly or not at all. In the twentieth century this trend for royals to father illegitimate children continued, but the parentage, while highly probable, has not been officially recognised. This book - split into four sections: Tudor, Stuart, Hanoverian and, perhaps most fascinating, Royal Loose Ends - is a genuinely fresh approach to British kings and queens, examining their lives and times through the unfamiliar perspective of their illegitimate children.
About Peter Beauclerk-Dewar | Roger Powell
Roger Powell has been a professional genealogist for over 40 years. He was until his recent retirement a senior editor at Burke's Peerage and Gentry and Director of Debretts Ancestory Research. He was also a research assitant at the Royal College of Heralds. He is also related to the Duke of Monmouth, another bastard son of Charles II. He lives in Northamptonshire.Peter Beauclerk-Dewar is a direct decendent of the bastard offspring of Charles II and Nell Gwyn. He is a heraldic consultant to Christies, has previously been an editor for Burke's Peerage & Gentry, and is a fellow of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries. He also a JP and a trustee of the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies at the University of Kent. He lives in London.

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