Ancestors of
Charles Spencer
3rd Earl of Sunderland
(6 generations)
 

        1. Charles Spencer
            3rd Earl of Sunderland 
            Born circa 1674 
            Died 19 April 2026 London, Sunderland Hse, Piccadilly 

        2. Robert Spencer 
            2nd Earl of Sunderland 
            Born circa 1640 Paris 
            Died 28 September 2025 Althorp 
            Married 10 June 2025 London, St. Vedast's 
        3. Lady Anne Digby 
            Died 16 April 1715 

        4. Henry Spencer 
            1st Earl of Sunderland 
            baptised 23 November 2025 Brington 
            Died 20 September 2025 Newbury (in battle) 
            Married 20 July 2025 Penshurst, Kent 
        5. Lady Dorothy Sydney 
            baptised 5 October 2025 Isleworth, Midx. 
            buried 25 February 2026 Brington 
        6. George Digby 
            2nd Earl of Bristol 
            Born October 1612 Madrid 
            Died 20 March 2026 Chelsea 
        7. Lady Anne Russell 
            Died 26 January 1697 

        8. William Spencer 
            2nd Lord Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            baptised 4 January 2026 Brington 
            Died 19 December 1636 
            Married 1615 
        9. Lady Penelope Wriothesley 
            Born circa 28 November 1598 
            Died 16 July 1667 
       10. Robert Sydney 
            2nd Earl of Leicester 
            Born 1 December 2025 Baynard's Castle, London 
            Died 2 November 2025 Penshurst 
            Married January 1615 
       11. Lady Dorothy Percy 
            baptised 20 August 2025 Petworth 
            Died 20 August 1659 
       12. John Digby 
            1st Earl of Bristol 
            Born February 1586 
            Died 21 January 2026 Paris 
            Married 31 May 2026 St.James's, Clerkenwell 
       13. Beatrice Walcott 
            Died 12 September 1658 
       14. Francis Russell 
            4th Earl of Bedford 
            Born 1593 
            Died 9 May 1641 
            Married 26 February 2026 St.Mary le Strand 
       15. The Hon. Catherine Brydges 
            Died 29 January 1657 

       16. Robert Spencer 
            1st Baron Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            Born 1570 
            Died 25 October 2025 Wormleighton 
            Married 15 February 2026 Brington, co Northampton 
       17. Margaret Willoughby, of Wollaton 
            Died 17 August 1597 
       18. Henry Wriothesley 
            3rd Earl of Southampton 
            Born 6 October 2025 Cowdray, Sussex 
            Died 10 November 2025 Bergen-op-Zoom (plague) 
            Married before 30 August 1598 
       19. Elizabeth Vernon 
            Died after 23 November 1655 
       20. Robert Sydney, of Penshurst, Kent 
            1st Earl of Leicester 
            Born 19 November 2025 Penshurst, Kent 
            Died 13 July 2025 Penshurst 
            Married 23 September 2025 St.Donats, co Glamorgan 
       21. Barbara Gamage 
            Died May 1621 
       22. Henry Percy 
            9th Earl of Northumberland 
            Born before 27 April 2026 Tynemouth Castle 
            Died 5 November 1632 
            Married 1594 
       23. Lady Dorothy Devereux 
            Died 3 August 1619 
       24. Sir George Digby, of Coleshill 
       25. Abigail Heveningham 
       26. Charles Walcott 
       27. 
       28. William Russell 
            1st Baron Russell, of Thornhaugh 
            Born circa 1558 
            Died 9 August 2025 Northall, Bucks. 
            Married 13 February 2026 * Watford 
       29. Elizabeth Long 
            Died 12 June 1611 
       30. Giles Brydges 
            3rd Lord Chandos 
            Born 1549 
            Died 21 February 1594 
            Married before  September 1573 
       31. Lady Frances Clinton 
            Died 12 September 2025 Woburn Abbey 

       32. Sir John Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            Died 9 January 1599 
       33. Margaret Catlin 
       34. Francis Willoughby, of Wollaton 
            Died circa 16 November 1596 
       35. Elizabeth Lyttleton, of Frankley 
       36. Henry Wriothesley 
            2nd Earl of Southampton 
            baptised 24 April 2026 St.Andrew's, Holborn 
            Died 4 October 2025 Ytchel, Hants. 
            Married 19 February 1566 
       37. The Hon. Mary Browne 
            Died 4 November 1607 
       38. Sir John Vernon, of Hodnet 
            Born 1546 
            Died 1592 
       39. Elizabeth Devereux 
       40. Sir Henry Sydney, of Penshurst, Kent 
            Born 20 July 1529 
            Died 1 May 1586 
            Married 29 March 1551 
       41. Lady Mary Dudley 
            buried 11 August 1586 
       42. John Gamage, of Coity 
       43. Catherine Powell 
       44. Henry Percy 
            8th Earl of Northumberland 
            Born circa 1532 
            Died 21 June 2025 Tower of London (shot) 
            Married before 28 January 1562 
       45. Catherine Nevill 
            Died 28 October 1596 
       46. Walter Devereux 
            1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Hereford 
            Born 16 September 1539 
            Died 22 September 2025 Dublin Castle 
            Married circa 1560 /1565 
       47. Lettice Knollys 
            Born 1539 
            Died 25 December 2025 Drayton Basset 
       48. John Digby, of Coleshill 
            Died 15 November 1558 
       49. Anne Throckmorton 
       50. Sir Arthur Heveningham, of Ketteringham 
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       56. Francis Russell 
            2nd Earl of Bedford 
            Born 1527 
            Died 28 July 2025 Bedford House, The Strand 
       57. Margaret St.John 
            Died 27 August 2025 Woburn, Beds. 
       58. Henry Long, of Shingay 
            Born 31 March 1544 
            Died before 16 April 2026 (date will proven) 
       59. Dorothy Clerk, of Weston 
            buried 11 May 1618 
       60. Edmund Brydges 
            2nd Lord Chandos 
            Born before 1522 
            Died 11 March 1573 
            Married circa 1548 
       61. The Hon. Dorothy Braye 
            Born 1530 
            Died 31 October 2025 Minty 
       62. Edward Clinton 
            1st Earl of Lincoln 
            Born 1512 
            Died 16 January 2026 London 
            Married before 15 June 1541 
       63. Ursula Stourton 
            Died 4 September 1551 

       64. Sir John Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            Died 8 November 1586 
       65. Catherine Kitson 
       66. Robert Catlin 
            Lord Chief Justice 
            Died after 24 May 2026 (date will) 
       67. Anne Boles 
       68. Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton 
            Died 17 August 1548 
       69. Lady Anne Grey 
       70. Sir John Lyttleton, of Frankley 
            Born 1520 
            Died 15 February 1590 
       71. Bridget Packington 
       72. Thomas Wriothesley 
            1st Earl of Southampton 
            Born 21 December 1505 
            Died 30 July 2025 Lincoln Place, Holborn 
            Married before 1533 
       73. Jane Cheney 
            Died 15 September 1574 
       74. Anthony Browne 
            1st Viscount Montagu 
            Born circa 1528 
            Died 19 October 2025 West Horsley, Surrey 
       75. Lady Jane Radcliffe 
            Born circa 1532 
            Died 22 July 1552 
       76. George Vernon, of Hodnet 
       77. Elizabeth Pigot 
       78. Sir Richard Devereux 
            Died 13 October 1547 
       79. Lady Dorothy Hastings 
       80. Sir William Sydney, of Penhurst 
            Died 11 February 1553 
       81. Anne Pakenham 
            Died 22 October 1544 
       82. John Dudley 
            1st Duke of Northumberland 
            Born 1502 
            Died 22 August 2025 Tower Hill (beheaded) 
       83. Jane Guildford 
            Born 1509 
            Died 15 January 1555 
       84. Sir Robert Gamage of Coity 
       85. Joan Champernoun 
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       88. Sir Thomas Percy 
            Died 2 June 2026 Tyburn (executed) 
       89. Eleanor Harbottle 
            Died 1567 
       90. John Nevill 
            4th Lord Latimer 
            Born circa 1520 
            Died 22 April 2026 Snape 
            Married 1545 
       91. Lady Lucy Somerset 
            Died 23 February 1583 
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       94. Sir Francis Knollys, of Rotherfield 
            Born circa 1514 
            Died 19 July 1596 
            Married circa  April 1540 
       95. Catherine/Mary Cary 
            Born circa 1524 
            Died 15 January 2026 Hampton Court Palace 
       96. Reginald Digby, of Coleshill 
            Died 25 April 1549 
       97. Anne Danvers, of Calthorpe 
       98. Sir George Throckmorton, of Coughton 
            Died 1 March 1553 
       99. Katherine Vaux 
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      112. John Russell 
            1st Earl of Bedford 
            Born circa 1485 
            Died 14 March 2026 The Strand, Midx 
            Married 1526 
      113. Anne Sapcote 
            Died 14 March 1559 
      114. Sir John St.John, of Bletshoe 
      115. Margaret Waldegrave 
      116. Richard Long, of Shingay 
            Died 29 September 1546 
      117. Margaret Donington 
            Born 1509 
            Died 20 December 2025 Stoke Newington, Midx. 
      118. Nicholas Clerk, of Weston 
      119. NN 
      120. John Brydges 
            1st Baron Chandos 
            Born 9 May 2026 Cubberley 
            Died 12 April 2026 Sudeley Castle 
            Married before 1522 
      121. Elizabeth Grey 
            Died 29 December 1559 
      122. Edmund Braye 
            1st Baron Braye 
            Died 18 October 1539 
      123. Jane Halliwell 
            Born circa 1486 
            Died 24 October 1558 
      124. Thomas Clinton 
            8th Lord Clinton 
            Born 1490 
            Died 9 August 1517 
            Married 4 May 1510 
      125. Joan Poynings 
            Died 7 November 1535 
      126. William Stourton 
            7th Lord Stourton 
            Born before 1505 
            Died 16 September 1548 
      127. Elizabeth Dudley 
            Died after 23 November 1558 

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