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The Tudors / Janis Joplin's Plantagenet ancestry
« on: April 09, 2007, 10:24:51 AM »
I didn't know if I should post this here or in the Having Fun! Forums. If this should be posted there, I beg the moderators to replace it.
Well, I've been a fan of Janis Joplin's music for quite a few years now and last night, by chance, I was able to put together two of my greatest passions together, when I found a page in which several famous people are related through very far away blood ties with the owners of the page and members of royalty. That's how I found out that one of Janis Joplin's ancestors was Hamelin Plantagenet, half-brother to King Henry II if England, as he was a bastard son of Geoffrey d'Anjou. It goes as follows:
1. Janis Lyn Joplin (1943-1970)
2. Dorothy Bonita East (1913-1998)
3. Laura Mildred Hanson (1890-1958)
4. Herbert Milton Hanson (1879-1966)
5. Henry W. Hanson (1846-)
6. John Milton Hanson (1807-1887)
7. Persis Gunn (1779-1814)
8. Asahel Gunn (1757-1834)
9. Asahel Gunn (1730-1796)
10. Esther Belden (1697-1734)
11. Stephen Belden (1658-1720)
12. Samuel Belden (1632-1713)
13. Richard Belden (1591-1655)
14. Francis Baildon (1560-1622)
15. George Baildon (1521-1588)
16. Robert Baildon (1499-1559)
17. John Baildon (1468-1526)
18. Walter Baildon (1448-1511)
19. Robert Baildon (1427-1473)
20. Janet Fitz William (1399-)
21. John Fitz William (1377-1417)
22. William Fitz William (1340-1398)
23. John Fitz William (1327-1385)
24. John Fitz William (1278-1349)
25. William Fitz William (1265-1342)
26. William Fitz William (1234-)
27. William Fitz William (1208-1294)
28. Thomas Fitz William (1185-1266)
29. Ella de Warenne (1164-)
30. Hamelin Plantagenet (1129-1202)
31. Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113-1151)
The source is: http://www.maplenet.net/~trowbridge/genealogy.htm
I just wanted to comment on it because I think it’s somehow curious and amusing, to found out that Janis Joplin was related (although by very, very far blood ties) with the majority of European royalty, as most of them descend from Geoffrey through his son Henry II.
Well, I've been a fan of Janis Joplin's music for quite a few years now and last night, by chance, I was able to put together two of my greatest passions together, when I found a page in which several famous people are related through very far away blood ties with the owners of the page and members of royalty. That's how I found out that one of Janis Joplin's ancestors was Hamelin Plantagenet, half-brother to King Henry II if England, as he was a bastard son of Geoffrey d'Anjou. It goes as follows:
1. Janis Lyn Joplin (1943-1970)
2. Dorothy Bonita East (1913-1998)
3. Laura Mildred Hanson (1890-1958)
4. Herbert Milton Hanson (1879-1966)
5. Henry W. Hanson (1846-)
6. John Milton Hanson (1807-1887)
7. Persis Gunn (1779-1814)
8. Asahel Gunn (1757-1834)
9. Asahel Gunn (1730-1796)
10. Esther Belden (1697-1734)
11. Stephen Belden (1658-1720)
12. Samuel Belden (1632-1713)
13. Richard Belden (1591-1655)
14. Francis Baildon (1560-1622)
15. George Baildon (1521-1588)
16. Robert Baildon (1499-1559)
17. John Baildon (1468-1526)
18. Walter Baildon (1448-1511)
19. Robert Baildon (1427-1473)
20. Janet Fitz William (1399-)
21. John Fitz William (1377-1417)
22. William Fitz William (1340-1398)
23. John Fitz William (1327-1385)
24. John Fitz William (1278-1349)
25. William Fitz William (1265-1342)
26. William Fitz William (1234-)
27. William Fitz William (1208-1294)
28. Thomas Fitz William (1185-1266)
29. Ella de Warenne (1164-)
30. Hamelin Plantagenet (1129-1202)
31. Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113-1151)
The source is: http://www.maplenet.net/~trowbridge/genealogy.htm
I just wanted to comment on it because I think it’s somehow curious and amusing, to found out that Janis Joplin was related (although by very, very far blood ties) with the majority of European royalty, as most of them descend from Geoffrey through his son Henry II.