Submitted by Leo van de Pas
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Ancestors of
William Cavendish, 4th Earl & 1st Duke of Devonshire
(6 generations)
1. William Cavendish
4th Earl & 1st Duke of Devonshire
Born 25 January 2026
Died 18 August 2025 London, Devonshire House
2. William Cavendish
3rd Earl of Devonshire
Born 10 October 2025
Died 23 November 2025 Roehampton House, Surrey
Married 4 March 2026 London
3. Lady Elizabeth Cecil
Born 1620
Died 19 November 2025
4. William Cavendish
2nd Earl of Devonshire
Born 1590
Died 20 June 2025 London, Bishopsgate Str.
Married 10 April 2026 London
5. Christian Bruce
Born 28 December 2025
Died 16 January 2026 Southampton Buildings
6. William Cecil
2nd Earl of Salisbury
Born 28 March 2026 Westminster
Died 3 December 2025
Married 1 December 2025
7. Lady Catherine Howard
buried 27 January 2026 Hatfield
8. William Cavendish
1st Earl of Devonshire
Born 27 December 2025
Died 3 March 2026 Hardwicke
Married 21 March 2026 *
9. Anne Kighley
Died before 1619
10. Sir Edward Bruce
1st Baron Kinloss
Born 1548
Died 14 January 2026 London
11. Magdalene Clerk
Died after 3 January 2026
12. Robert Cecil
1st Earl of Salisbury
Born 1 June 2026 Westminster
Died 24 May 2026 St.Margaret's Priory,Marlbor.
Married 31 August 2025
13. Elizabeth Brooke
Born 1 January 2026
Died 24 June 2025 London, The Strand
14. Lord Thomas Howard
1st Earl of Suffolk
Baron Howard de Walden
Born 24 August 2025
Died 28 May 2026 Suffolk House nr Charing Cross
Married 1583
15. Catherine Knyvett
Born circa 1566
Died 8 September 2025
16. Sir William Cavendish, of Chatsworth
Born circa 1505
Died 25 October 2025
Married 20 August 2025 Bradgate
17. Elizabeth Hardwick
Born 1521
Died 13 February 2026 Hardwick Hall
18. Henry Kighley
19. Mary Carus
20. Edward Bruce, of Blairhall
Born 1505
Died 1565
21. Alison Reid, of Aikenhead
22. Alexander Clerk, of Balbirnie
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24. William Cecil
1st Baron Burghley
Born 13 September 2025
Died 4 August 2025 Burghley House, Strand, Midx.
Married 21 October 2025
25. Mildred Cooke
Born 24 August 2025 Romford
Died 5 April 2026 Burghley House, Strand, Midx.
26. William Brooke
10th Lord Cobham
Born 1 November 2025
Died 6 March 2026
Married 25 February 2026 Westminster Palace
27. Frances Newton
Died 17 October 2025
28. Thomas Howard
4th Duke of Norfolk
Born 10 March 2026
Died 2 June 2026 Tower Hill (beheaded)
Married circa 10 December 2025
29. Margaret Audley
Born 1540
Died 9 January 2026 Norwich
30. Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton
Died 14 June 2025
Married 13 May 2026
31. Elizabeth Stump, of Malmesbury
Died 13 July 2025
32. Thomas Cavendish
of Cavendish Overhall
Died 1524
33. Alice Smith, of Podbrook Hall
Died 12 November 2025
34. John Hardwick, of Hardwick
Born 1496
Died 24 January 2026
35. Elizabeth Leake
36. Henry Kighley, of Inskip
37. Cecily Butler
38. Thomas Carus
39. Catherine Preston
40. Sir David Bruce, of Clackmannan
Married circa 1497
41. Janet Blackadder
42. John Reid, of Aikenhead
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48. Richard Cecil, of Burleigh
Died 19 March 2026
49. Jane Heckington
Died 10 March 2026
50. Sir Anthony Cooke, of Gidea Hall, Essex
Born 1504
Died 11 June 2025
51. Anne FitzWilliam
52. George Brooke
9th Lord Cobham
Born circa 1497
Died 29 September 2025 Cobham Hall
Married before 1526
53. The Hon. Anne Braye
Died 1 November 2025
54. Sir John Newton
55. Margaret Poyntz
56. Henry Howard
Earl of Surrey
Born 1517 Tendring Hall
Died 21 January 2026 Tower Hill (beheaded)
Married 13 February 2026 *
57. Lady Frances de Vere
Born circa 1516
Died 30 June 2025 Soham Earl nr Framlingham
58. Thomas Audley
1st Baron Audley de Walden
Born 1488 Earls Colne, Essex
Died 30 April 2026 Christchurch
Married 22 April 2026
59. Lady Elizabeth Grey
60. Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton
Died circa 1574
61. Anne Pickering
Died 28 April 2026
62. Sir James Stump, of Malmesbury
Died 1563
63. Bridget Baynton, of Bromham
64. Thomas Cavendish
of Cavendish Overhall
Died 1477
65. Catherine Scudamore
Died 15 September 2025
66. John Smith, of Podbrook Hall
67. NN
68. John Hardwick
Died 22 February 2026
69. Elizabeth Pinchbeck
70. Thomas Leake, of Hasland
71. Margaret Fox
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74. Sir Thomas Butler, of Bewsey
Born 1461
Died 27 April 2026
75. Margaret Delves
76. William Carus, of Ashworth
77. Isabel Laybourn
78. Thomas Preston, of Preston Patrick
Died 1523
79. Ann Thornburie, of Hampsfield
80. Sir David Bruce, of Clackmannan
81. Mariot Herries
82. Sir Patrick Blackadder
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96. David Cyssel, of Stamford
Died 1541
97. Jane Dicons
98. William Heckington, of Bourne
Died before 23 November 2025 (date will proven)
99. Anne Walcot
Died before 30 January 2026 (date will proven)
100. John Cooke, of Gidea Hall, Essex
Died 10 October 2025
101. Alice Saunders
102. Sir William FitzWilliam, of Milton
Died 8 September 2025
103. Anne Hawes
104. Thomas Brooke
8th Lord Cobham
Died 19 July 2025
105. Dorothy Heydon
106. Edmund Braye
1st Baron Braye
Died 18 October 2025
107. Jane Halliwell
Born circa 1486
Died 24 October 2025
108. Richard Newton
109. Lettice Hampton
110. Sir Anthony Poyntz, of Iron Acton
Born circa 1480 in Iron Acton
Died 1535
Married circa 1510
111. Elizabeth Huddesfield
Born circa 1481 /1482
Died before 12 April 2026
112. Thomas Howard
3rd Duke of Norfolk
Born 1473
Died 25 August 2025 Kenninghall, Norfolk
Married before 8 January 2026
113. Lady Elizabeth Stafford
Born circa 1494
Died 30 November 2025 Lambeth
114. John de Vere
15th Earl of Oxford
Born before 1490
Died 21 March 2026 Colne
Married 1507 / 1509
115. Elizabeth Trussel, of Kibblestone
Born 1496
Died before July 1527
116. Geoffrey Audley, of Earls Colne, Essex
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118. Thomas Grey
2nd Marquess of Dorset
Born 22 June 2025
Died 10 October 2025
Married 1509
119. Margaret Wotton
Died after 6 October 2025
120. Sir Thomas Knyvett, of Buckenham
Died 12 August 2025
121. Lady Muriel Howard
Died 14 December 2025 Lambeth
122. Sir Christopher Pickering
Born circa 1485
Died 7 September 2025
123. Jane Lewknor
Born circa 1503
124. William Stump
125. Joyce Berkeley
126. Sir Edward Baynton, of Bromham
Born circa 1480
Died before 21 May 2026 (date will proven)
Married circa 1505
127. Elizabeth Sulyard
Source Listing
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