Yes, indeed by an illegitimate connection -- a liaison between Charles VII
and an Agnes Sorel.
The Marquis de La Fayette appears to be an 11th great grandson of Charles
VII.
Charles VII is also re****tedly the 14th Great-Grandfather of Queen
Elizabeth
II and the 13th Great-grandfather of Prince Philip. He seems to be the
most
recent King of France from whom both Elizabeth and Philip are descended.
Princes William and Henry are re****tedly descended from Henri IV, through
Diana.
Charles VII 'Victorus' is, of course, the French King who won The Hundred
Years War -- "The Dauphin" to Jeanne d'Arc.
Charles VII was the principal beneficiary of Jeanne d'Arc's victories and
martyrdom.
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Deus Vult
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Dec 9, 7:37 pm, "John P. DuLong" <dulo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For no particular reason the other day I was wondering if the Marquis de
> La Fayette, that is Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert Motier, marquis
> de la Fayette, has a royal connection to any French kings or for that
> matter royalty in any other countries. Does anyone know if this is the
> case? He was of the provincial Auvergne nobility and perhaps too remote
> to Paris to have his ancestry cross paths with any royals.
>
> His Motier ancestry is easily found in Père Anselme's Maison royale de
> France, vol. 7, pp. 56-67, and Potier de Courcy's additions and
> corrections, vol. 9, part 2, pp.502-503. With some effort I should be
> able to trace out his ancestry, but as this is just a passing fancy, I
> am hoping someone else has already done the work.
>
> Arnaud's bibliography points to Comte Georges de Morant's Le sang royal
> de France, (1920-1930), vol. 3, as perhaps containing a royal connection
> for the Motier family. Has anyone seen this work? The subtitle
> indicates that this book traces the descents from royalty through
> feminine lines.
>
> I noted that Ancestry.com has some fragments of the Marquis' ancestry,
> but this source is not very reliable and in this particular case it
> appears to be seriously mistaken in his de La Rivière ancestry.
>
> Any information to help satisfy my intellectual curiosity would be
> appreciated.
>
> JP
Yes, he descends from Charles VII, King of France, see RD600, p. 91.
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