Trowbridge Ancestry to Charlemagne

Bold Italics are used to indicate surname changes due to following the female side of a family and also to indicate relationship where the lack of a surname is confusing (before 1000 A.D.).

Starting with the first Trowbridge to come to America.
Thomas Trowbridge b. 1598 - d. 7 Feb 1672
and Elizabeth Marshall b. 24 Mar 1602 - d. abt 1639

John Trowbridge b.1570 - d. 5 Jul 1649
and Agnes Prowse b. 1575 - d. bef 6 Jun 1622.
Agnes Prowse is my tenth great grandmother.

Agnes Prowse was the daughter of:
John Prowse II b. 1539 - d. 11 Sep 1598
and Elizabeth Colwick b. bef 1546 d. aft 1576.

John Prowse b. bef 1504
and Alice White b. bef 1520 - d. 13 Aug 1583

Robert Prowse b. abt. 1475
and Christian “Unknown” b. Unknown - d. 1516

John Prowse, Lord of Chagford b. 1436 - d. 1526
and Joan Orchard b. abt 1438 - d. 1480

Richard Prowse b. 1407
and Margaret Norton b. bef 1440 - d. Unknown

John Prowse b. abt 1377 - d. aft 1447
and Agnes Bamfield b. bet 1377 & 1386 - d. aft 1435

Agnes Bamfield was the daughter of:
Thomas Bamfield b. bef 1345 - d. aft 1392
and Agnes Coplestone b. Unknown - d. aft 1386

John Bamfield III b. Unknown - d. 1362
and Joan Gilbert b. Unknown - d. aft 1345
John was of Poltimore and, later, Huxham, seen 1361 on presenting the priest, but d. by 1362.
He married Joan, dau. of Geoffrey, sister of William Gilbert, ancestors of the Elizabethan colonial explorers to N. America, Sir Humphrey and Raleigh Gilbert. Geoffrey founded Compton Castle, Marldon, Devon (The National Trust).

John Bamfield II b. abt 1300 - d. aft 1337
and Isabel Cobham b. Unknown - d. Unknown

John Bamfield b. Unknown - d. aft 1300
and Eleanor Beauchamp b. abt 1275 - d. aft 1300

Eleanor Beauchamp was the daughter of:
Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp b. bef 1253 - d. 1317
and Sybil Oliver b. Unknown - d. aft 1306

Robert IV de Beauchamp, Lord of Hatch b. Unknown - d. abt 1265
and Alice de Mohun b. abt 1230 - d. 1284

Alice de Mohun was the daughter of:
 Reynold de Mohun, Lord of Dunster b. abt 1206 - d. 20 Jan 1257
and Hawise fitz Geoffrey b. Unknown - d. 1243

Hawise fitz Geoffrey was the daughter of:
Geoffrey fitz Piers, Earl of Essex b. 1264 - d. 14 Oct 1213
and Aveline de Clare b. abt 1172 - d. bef 4 Jun 1225

Aveline de Clare was the daughter of:
Roger de Clare, Earl Of Clare or Hertford b. 1116 - d. 1173
and Maud St. Hillary b. 1132 - d. 24 Dec 1193

Richard fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare b. Unknown - d. 1136
and Adeliz (Alice) le Meschin of Chester

Gilbert fitz Richard, Lord of Clare & Lord of Cardigan b. 1065 - d. 1114
and Adeliza de Clermont b. abt 1074 - d. aft 1130

Adeliza de Clermont was the daughter of:
Hugh de Creil b. Unknown - d. 1101
and Marguerite de Roucy b. Unknown - d. aft 1080

Marguerite de Roucy was the daughter of:
Hildouin III, Count of Montdidier and Roucy
and Alice de Roucy b. abt 1014 - d. 1062

Alice de Roucy was the daughter of:
Ebles I, Count of Roucy and Rheims b. abt 988 - d. 11 May 1033
and Beatrix de Hainault b. 992 - d. aft 1015

Beatrix de Hainault was the daughter of:
Regnier IV, Count of Hainault
and Hedwig of France b. abt 972 - d. aft 1013

Hedwig of France was the daughter of:
Hugh Capet, King of France b. abt 939 - d. 24 Oct 996
and Adelaide of Poitou b. 945 -0 d. abt 1004

Hugh Capet was son of:
Hugh Magnus, Duke of France b. abt 895 - d. 16 June 956 in Deurdan
and Hedwiga of Germany b. abt 915 - d. 14 May 956

Hugh Magnus was the son of:
Robert I, King of the West Franks b. 856 - d. 15 June 923 in Soissons
and Beatrix de Vermandois b. Unknown, d. 931

Beatrix de Vermandois was the daughter of:
Herbert I, Count of Vermandois b. abt 840 - d. abt 902
And Bertha de Morvois b. Unknown - d. Unknown

Herbert I was the son of:
Pepin, Count of Senlis b. abt 815 - d. aft 840
and Unknown

Pepin was the son of:
Bernard, King of Italy b. 797 - d. 17 Apr 818 in Milan, Italy
and Cunigunde b. Unknown - d. 835

Bernard was the son of:
Pepin, King of Italy b. 773 - d. 8 July 810 in Milan, Italy
and Unknown

Pepin was the son of:
Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor, b. 747, m. 771, d. 814
and Hildegarde b. 758 - d. 30 Apr 783

Charlemagne (Charles the Great) was King of France from 768 to 814. Crowned HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR 25 December 800. He was one of the great men of history.
Charlemagne is the 37th great grandfather of Arthur Daly Steele, Jr.

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