Alaric I of the Visigoths (died 410; 53 rd GGF of AE King Sr)
Sacked the city of Rome in 410, the first step of the barbarian
conquest of the Roman Empire Braut Onund Ingvarsson (died 660; 45
th GGF of AE King Sr) Known as the 'Land Clearer' for clearing
trees in Sweden, he died in a landslide Halfdan the Black of Norway
(died 800; 37 th GGF of AE King Sr) Drowned when his sleigh broke
through ice weakened by cow dung Alfred the Great (died 899;38 th
GGF of AE King Sr) First King of England, father of the English
navy
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THE GOOD St Wenceslaus of Czechoslovakia (Good King Wenceslaus)
(died 935; 32 nd great-granduncle of AE King Sr) Murdered on his
way to church by his brother, Boleslaw the Cruel Henry I the Fowler
(died 936; 34 th GGF) King of Germany, founder of the Saxon dynasty
Hucbald II von Dillingen (died 939; 36 th GGF of AE King Sr) Father
of Pope Leo IX William I Longsword, Duke of Normandy (died 943; 34
th GGF of AE King Sr) He was lured to a peace conference with
Arnulf I of Flanders, who then murdered him
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THE GOOD Harald 'Bluetooth' Gormsson (died 987; 30 th GGF of AE
King Sr) Viking King of Denmark. Eriksson electronics named their
wireless devices after him, and the logo for Bluetooth devices is
the Nordic rune for his initials, H and B. The name was chosen
because of the way Harald united the tribes of Denmark into one
network. Had the Jelling Stones of Denmark erected in honor of his
parents, Gorm the Old and Thyra V Brian Boru, High King of Ireland
(died 1014; 28 th GGF of AE King Sr) Ended Viking domination of
Ireland at the Battle of Clontarf, in which he was killed Olaf II
Eriksson of Norway (died 1022; 28 th GGF of AE King Sr) Martyred in
Stockholm for refusing to worship the pagan Nordic gods after
converting to Christianity
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THE GOOD St Olaf of Norway (died 1030; 31 st GGF of AE King Sr)
The last saint to be venerated by both the Eastern and Western
Catholic Churches before the schism Basil (Vasul) the Blind of
Hungary (died 1037; 34 th GGF of AE King Sr) Had his eyes gouged
out and his ears filled with molten lead for conspiring to kill
King Stephen Robert II Montgomery (died 1037; 32 nd GGF of AE King
Sr) Archbishop of Rouen, Normandy Duncan I of Scotland (died 1040;
26 th GGF of AE King Sr) Killed by the followers of Macbeth Lady
Godiva of Coventry (died 1067; 28 th GGM of AE King Sr) Rode naked
through the streets of Coventry to protest taxes imposed by her
husband
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THE GOOD Mabel of Belleme (died 1079; 28 th GGM of AE King Sr)
Beheaded while sleeping in Shrewsbury Castle William I de Bourgogne
(died 1087; 30 th GGF of AE King Sr) Father of Pope Callistus II
Bela II the Blind of Hungary (died 1141; 26 th GGF of AE King Sr)
Blinded by his uncle so he would not become king of Hungary Fulk V
D Anjou (died 1144; 26 th GGF of AE King Sr) Was King of Jerusalem
during the Crusades Eric Jedvarsson, King of Sweden (died 1160; 24
th GGF of AE King Sr) Sought to Christianize Sweden, but after
attending a mass he was beheaded by pagans
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THE GOOD Matilda (Maud) Beauclerc (died 1167; 25 th GGM of AE
King Sr) Became the first female ruler of England (Empress Maud)
Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (Strongbow) (died 1176; 27 th GGF of
AE King Sr) Led the English invasion of Ireland in 1169 Walter
FitzAlan (died 1177; 23 rd GGF of AE King Sr) First hereditary High
Steward of Scotland Alan FitzWalter (died 1204; 22 nd GGF of AE
King Sr) Knights Templar during the Crusade, he is credited with
expanding the Knights Templar in Scotland Eleanor of Aquitaine
(died 1204; 26 th GGM of AE King Sr) Was the Queen of France and
the Queen of England; imprisoned by her husband for 16 years
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THE GOOD Conrad IV Hohenstaufen (died 1254; 28 th GGF of AE
King Sr) King of Jerusalem during the Crusades Haakon IV
Haakonsson, King of Norway (died 1263; 21 st GGF of AE King Sr)
Rescued from assassins as a child, his rescuers carried him on skis
to safety, an event still celebrated in Norway as the Birkebeiner
ski race Alfonso X of Spain (died 1284; 22 nd GGF of AE King Sr)
Has a Lunar crater named after him Rudolf I Habsburg (died 1291; 22
nd GGF of AE King Sr) First of the Habsburg rulers of Austria John
de Graham (died 1298; 17 th GGF of AE King Sr) Rescued William
Wallace (Braveheart) at Queensbury, later killed at the Battle of
Falkirk
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THE GOOD William Douglas the Hardy (died 1298; 23 rd GGF of AE
King Sr) The first Scottish nobleman to support William Wallace
(Braveheart), died a prisoner in the Tower of London Alexander
Scrymgeor (died 1306; 19 th GGF of AE King Sr) Captured by the
English in the Scottish Wars of Independence and hanged in
Newcastle John Strathbogie (died 1306; 20 th GGF of AE King Sr)
Captured by the English at the Battle of Methvin, he was hung at
the Tower of London, beheaded, his head hung from the London Bridge
Joan of Acre (died 1307; 22 nd GGM of AE King Sr) Her grave at
Clare Priory, Suffolk England, has been the site of many reported
miracles Angus Og, Lord of the Isles (died 1316; 15 th GGF of AE
King Sr) After his coronation as King of Scotland, Robert the Bruce
entrusted the Stone of Scone to Angus to keep it from Edward I
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THE GOOD Christopher Seton (died 1307; 20 th GGF of AE King Sr)
At the battle of Methvin Robert the Bruce was unhorsed and captured
by the English. Seton slew Bruce's captor and freed him to escape;
later captured and executed at Dumfires Robert the Bruce (died
1329; 19 th GGF of AE King Sr) At his death his heart was removed
and carried on a Crusade James Douglas (died 1330; 12 th GGF of AE
King Sr) Captured Roxburgh Castle during the Scottish Wars of
Independence with a handful of men by disguising them as cattle.
Carried the heart of Robert the Bruce on Crusade, where he himself
was killed Malcolm Drummond (died 1346; 19 th GGF of AE King Sr)
Developed the Caltraps, an iron device with four spikes, which
stopped the English cavalry at the Battle of Bannockburn
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THE GOOD Christina Bruce (died 1357; 19 th GGF of AE King Sr)
Successfully defended Kildrummy Castle against the English with a
handful of servants during the Scottish Wars of Independence John
de Montgomerie (died 1361; 14 th GGF of AE King Sr) Captured Henry
de Percy (Hotspurs) at the Battle of the Otterburn James Douglas
(died 1388; 19 th GGF of AE King Sr) Led the Scottish forces at the
Battle of Otterburn. Douglas was killed early in the battle, his
body hidden so the Scottish troops would not retreat. The battle
became known as the battle won by a dead general. The ghosts of
Douglas' army still haunt the roads around Otterburn
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THE GOOD Archibald Douglas (died 1424; 15 th GGF of AE King Sr)
Lost an eye at the Battle of Halidon Hill and a testicle at the
Battle of Shrewsbury David Lindsay (died When Clan Lindsay faced
off against Clan Ogilvie, David Lindsay rode between the two clans
hoping to mediate a truce. Mistaking David's intent, an Ogilvie
threw a spear, striking David in the mouth and killing him
instantly Margaret of Scotland (died 1486; 13 th GGM of AE King Sr)
Wife of James III if Scotland, she was the first to tie the royal
bloodline of Denmark to that of Scotland John de Pollock (died
1577; 8 th GGF of AE King Sr) Fought for Mary, Queen of Scots, at
the Battle of Langside, and lost the family lands in Renfrewshire
following her defeat William Cochrane (died 1717; 5 th GGF of AE
King Sr) Participated in the Reyhouse plot to assassinate Charles I
of England