A Descent From Charlemagne

My children wanted "proof" that we are descended from Charlemagne. Here it is.
Perhaps it is of interest to those descended from the people listed here.

JAMES EDWARD MAULE
b. Nov. 26, 1951 Philadelphia, Pa.
son of
EDWARD RANDOLPH GEORGE MAULE
b. Sept. 30, 1923 Philadelphia, Pa.
married
Apr. 27, 1946
Philadelphia, Pa.
JENNIE ELISABETH ZAPPONE
b. Jan. 28, 1925 Philadelphia, Pa.

son of
TERESA KATHERINE FOLEY
b. June 16, 1888 Philadelphia, Pa.
d. Sept. 5, 1944 Philadelphia, Pa.
married
July 14, 1909
Philadelphia, Pa.
RANDOLPH ALOYSIUS MAULE
b. Apr. 22, 1890 Philadelphia, Pa.
d. Sept. 5, 1955 Philadelphia, Pa.
son of
RANDOLPH WEYMAN MAULE
b. Dec. 30, 1861 New York, N.Y.
d. Apr. 12, 1934 Philadelphia, Pa.
married
Feb. 24, 1885
Moorestown, N.J.
MARY J. HICKEY
b. Mar. 1864 Pa.
d. Oct. 15, 1905 Highland Park, Pa.
son of
CAROLINE WEYMAN
b. Feb. 11, 1838 New York, N.Y.
d. Nov. 19, 1913
married
Feb. 11, 1861
New York, N.Y.
EDWARD RANDOLPH MAULE
b. July 8, 1831 Philadelphia, Pa.
d. July 9, 1910 Philadelphia, Pa.
Banker and mortgage financier
Gentleman farmer
son of
MARY RANDOLPH
b. Nov. 20, 1800 Philadelphia, Pa.
d. Oct. 27, 1884
Served as manager of
   several organizations.
married
May 6, 1828
Philadelphia, Pa.
WILLIAM MAULE
b. Sept. 26, 1804 Philadelphia, Pa.
d. Mar. 3, 1875 Philadelphia, Pa.
Partner in Maule Lumber Co.
Formed real estate brokerage and
   investment company.
Commissioned the writing of the pamphlet,
   The Genealogy of the Maule Family
Lived in Philadelphia and
   in Moorestown, N.J.
Buried Friends Western Ground, Phila., Pa.
daughter of
ANNA JULIANNA STEELE
b. May 14, 1761 Germantown, Phila., Pa.
d. Feb. 11, 1810 Philadelphia, Pa.
joined Society of Friends in 1779
married
March 16, 1779
Philadelphia, Pa.
EDWARD [FITZ] RANDOLPH
b. Feb. 20, 1754 Perth Amboy, N.J.
d. Mar. 12, 1837 Philadelphia, Pa.
Changed surname from FITZ RANDOLPH in 1779
Apprenticed as printer with Parker,
   friend of Benj. Franklin, moved to Phila., Pa.
Portrait in Encyclopedia of Penna. Biography,
   vol. 14, near p. 297
Name on list of officers appointed by
   Council of Safety,
   commissioned Jan. 3, 1777.
First Lt. of Capt. Benjamin Fishbourne's Co.,
   4th Pa. Reg.
Ensign under Col. Anthony Wayne.
At Battle of Princeton and Trenton.
Promoted to first lieutenant Jan. 3, 1777
   under Butler.
At Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton,
   Princeton, and Monmouth.
Wounded at Paoli Sept 20, 1777,
   escaped by feigning death.
Resigned May 10, 1779 as Capt.
Moved from Plainfield, N.J. to Philadelphia, Pa.,
   Sept. 17, 1789
Shipping merchant
With Josiah Langdale Coates, in business
   as Coates and Randolph.
Incorporator of Philadelphia National Bank.
In 1794, member of City Council.
Lived 212 North 2nd St. with country estate
   at 13th and Master Sts.
Left a considerable fortune
Buried Friends Western Burial Ground, Phila., Pa.
son of
RICHARD FITZ RANDOLPH
b. June 16, 1705 Woodbridge, N.J.
d. Nov. 20, 1754 Perth Amboy, N.J.
A carpenter at Perth Amboy, N.J.
married
Sept. 25, 1735
Shrewsbury, N.J.
   at the house of John Corlies
ELIZABETH CORLIES
b. Aug. 20, 1716 Shrewsbury, N.J.
d.
son of
CATHERINE HARTSHORNE
b. May 2, 1682 Middletown,R.I.
d. Aug. 13, 1759 Woodbridge, N.J.
married
1704
Middletown, N.J.
EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH
b. 1672 Barnstable, Mass.
d. Feb. 23, 1760 Woodbridge, N.J.
referred to as the "Quaker financier of Woodbridge"
son of
NATHANIEL FITZ RANDOLPH
bap. May 15, 1642 Barnstable, Mass.
d. Nov. 21, 1713 Woodbridge, N.J.
A Quaker, was one of few who first asked for religious
   tolerance for Friends in New England
Suffered much persecution for himself and family
   from Plymouth Govt.
He exchanged home in Barnstable in 1677 for
   land in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., N.J.
   and moved family there in 1678
Gentleman planter
Associate justice, Middlesex Co., N.J.
   1688, 1692, 1698
High sheriff, Middlesex Co., N.J., 1699
Represented Woodbridge in Provisional
   Colonial Assembly 1693-1695
Prominent member, Society of Friends
Quaker meetings held at his home, 1706-1713,
    before meetinghouse built
   for Woodbridge MM
Was a patentee for 590 acres of land
   in Middlesex Co., N.J.
married, firstly,
Nov. 1, 1662
Barnstable, Mass.
MARY HOLLOWAY [or HOLLEY]
b. 1643 Sandwich, Mass.
d. July 12, 1703 Woodbridge, N.J.
son of
ELIZABETH BLOSSOM
b. 1620 Leyden, Holland
d. 1713 Woodbridge, N.J.
Came with parents to Plymouth in 1629.
In 1633, moved to Scituate, Mass.,
   after her mother married
   Henry Rowley of that town.
After Edward died, she remarried
   (June 30, 1685) to Capt. John Pike,
   and thus is ancestor of
   Gen. Zebulon Pike (Pike's Peak)
Buried beside first husband in west corner,
   St. James churchyard, Piscataway, N.J.
married
May 10, 1637
EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH
bap. July 5, 1607 Sutton-in-Ashfield,
   Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1684/5 Piscataway, Middlesex Co., N.J.
Came to America 1630 with the Winthrop fleet
Bequeathed 10 pounds sterling by his father
   if he came to demand it
Built the 38th house in Scituate,
   Plymouth Colony, 1636.
Called a yeoman or farmer in deeds, and does not
    appear to have held any public office.
Pastor Lothrop refers to him as
   "Master Edward Fitzrandolph", indicative
   of belonging to a good family.
In 1639, moved to Barnstable, Mass., on Cape Cod.
Was a juryman in 1641
His name appears on the 1643 list of those able to
    bear arms in the Plymouth colony.
Sold house on June 1, 1649 and
   moved to West Barnstable.
Moved family in 1669 to Piscataway, N.J.,
   because New England patriotism
   and religion were too restrictive.
Settled 2 miles from New Brunswick,
   near Randolphsville, N.J.
Descendants set forth in 840-page book
   by Oris FitzRandolph,
     Edward FitzRandolph Branch Lines,
    (priv. publ., Ann Arbor, Mich., 2d ed. 1980)
Buried St. James churchyard (now Stelton
    or Edison), Piscataway,
Middlesex Co., N.J..
Tombstone thought to have been destroyed
    when the British built
   breastworks for encampment.
son of
EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH
b. 1565 prob. Sutton-in-Ashfield,
    Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1614 Normantown, Derbyshire, England
married
17 Dec. 1605
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
FRANCES HOWES
b. 1585 Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 7 June 1631 Kneesall,
   Nottinghamshire, England
son of
ANN WOOD
b. c. 1550 Normantown,
   Derbyshire, England
d. aft. 1588 England
married CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH
b. 1530 Hucknall, Sutton-in-Ashfield,
    Nottinghamshire, England
d. 28 June 1588 Nottinghamshire, England
son of
CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH
b. 1495 Langton Hall, Kirby-in-Ashfield,
   Nottinghamshire, England
d. 28 June 1574 England
married
1514
JANE (JOANE) LANGTON
b. c. 1499 Middleton,
   Warwickshire, England
d. July 1573
son of
EDITH -----
b. c. 1460
d.
married JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH
b. 1460 England
d. 1514 England
son of
JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH
b. 1420 England
d. 5 Mar 1474/5 England
Lord of Spennithorne
married JOAN CONYERS
b. 1428 of Hornby Castle,
   Yorkshire, England
d. aft. 22 Jun 1485
son of
ELIZABETH -----
b. c. 1400 England
d.
married RALPH FITZ JOHN [or FITZ RANDALL] b. c. 1398 England
d. 1457
Lord of Spennithorne
son of
JOHN FITZ RANULPH [or FITZ RANDALL]
b. 1374
d. 1405
Lord of Spennithorne
Beheaded for taking part in rebellion
    of Henry Percy and other northern magnates.
married ----- -----
b. c. 1375
d.
son of
----- -----
b. c. 1345
d.
married RANDULF (RANDALL) FITZ JOHN
b. 1345 England
d. aft. 1388 England
Lord of Spennithorne
son of
JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH [or FITZ RANULF]
b. 1325
d. bef. 1369
Lord of Spennithorne
married
Oct 1343
MAUD DE CAMPANIA
b. c. 1330
d.
son of
ISABEL -----
b. c. 1300
d.
married RANULF FITZ RALPH
b. 1300 Spennithorne, England
d. aft. 1343
Lord of Spennithorne
Sometimes called Ranulf fitz Lacelles
son of
RALPH FITZ RANULF
b. 1250/60 Spennithorne, England
d. bef.1316
married THEOPHANIA (TIFFANY) DE LACELLES
b. c. 1250 of Kirby-under-Knowles,
    Yorkshire, England
d.
son of
BERTRAMA -----
b. c. 1220
d.
married RANULF FITZ RANULF
b. 1220/25 Middleham, Yorkshire, England
d. bef. 1294
Lord of Spennithorne
son of
RANULF FITZ ROBERT
b. c. 1180 Middleham, Yorkshire, England
d. bef. 7 Dec 1251
4th Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne
bur. Coverham Abbey, York, England
Held 6 knights fees in the honor of Richmond
married MARY BIGOD
b. c. 1196 Thetford, Norfolk, England
d.
Heiress of Menethorpe, Yorkshire
son of
HELEWISA DE GLANVILLE
b. c. 1140
d. 1195
married ROBERT FITZ RALPH
b. 1110 Middleham, Yorkshire, England
d. 1185
Buried Chapter House, Coverham Abbey, York
3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne
Built castle of Middleham 1190
Built Beauchief Abbey as penance for not
    revealing knowledge of plot to
   assassinate St. Thomas of Canterbury
son of
RALPH FITZ RIBALD
b. 1080 Middleham, Yorkshire, England
d. 1168
Also called Ralph Tallebois
2d Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne
married
c. 1120
AGATHA DE BRUS
b. c. 1085 of Skelton, Yorkshire, England
d.
Inherited Lordship of Allewic in Hartness
son of
BEATRIX DE TALLEBOIS
b. c. 1050
d. 1112
married RIBALD
b. 1050
d. 1121
1st Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne
    (by gift of his brother Alan Rufus)
After death of wife became monk at
    Abbey of St. Mary in York.
son of
EUDO
b. 999
d. 7 Jan. 1079
Duke of Brittany, Count of Penthievre
Joined with William I, his first cousin once
   removed on his mother's side and his
   first cousin once removed on his
   father's side, sending his son and
   5000 Bretons to assist William in
   invansion of England. Eudo's brother,
   Alan rufus, received huge gift of at least
   440 manors and 140 knights fees (more
   than 100,000 acres). Alan Rufus began
   to build Castle at Richmond. All of this
   eventually devolved to Eudo's son Ribald.
married AGNES DE CORNOUSILLE
b. c. 1018
son of
AVICIA (HAWISE) OF NORMANDY
b. c. 977
d. 21 Feb. 1033/4
married
996/999
GEOFFREY
b. c. 980
d. 1008 (killed)
Duke of Brittany
son of
ERMENGARDE D'ANJOU
b. c. 960
d. 27 Jan. 991/2
married
980
CONAN I "LE TORT"
b. c. 950
d. 29 June 992
Duke of Brittany
Count of Rennes
daughter of
GEOFFREY I "GRISGONELLE"
b. c. 11 Nov. 938
d. 21 July 987 (in battle)
Count of Anjou
Senschal of France
married (his first)
bef 968
ADELAIDE OF TROYES AND VERMANDOIS
b. c. 950
d. aft 16 Mar 975, bef 978
daughter of
ROBERT OF VERMANDOIS
b. c. 920
d. c. 19/29 Aug. 967
Count of Troyes and Meaux
married
bef. 960
ADELAIDE OF BURGUNDY
b. c. 920
d. c. 959/60
son of
LIEGARDE (Adela or Hildebrandte) OF NEUSTRIA
b
d.
married HERBERT II
b. 884
d. 23 Feb. 942/3 St. Quentin, Vermandois
Count of Vermandois, Troyes, Meaux and Soissons
son of
HERBERT I
b. 840
d. c. 900/907 (murdered)
Count of Vermandois and Soissons
Seigneur de Senlis, Peronne, and St. Quentin
married BEATRICE (BERTHA) DE MORVOIS
b. 840
d. c. 900/908
son of
----- -----
b.
d.
married PEPIN OF PERONNE
b. 817/8
d. aft. 840
Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin and Vermandois
Prince of Italy
prob. Lord of Peronne and St. Quentin in Vermandois
son of
BERNARD
b. 797
d. 17 Apr. 818 Milan, Italy
buried Milan, Italy
King of Italy
married CUNIGUNDE
b.
d. 15 June 835
son of
BERTHA
b.
d.
married PEPIN
b. Apr. 773 Aachen, Rhineland, Germany
chr. 12 Apr. 781 Rome, Italy
d. 8 July 810 Milan, Italy
King of Italy
King of Lombardy
son of
CHARLEMAGNE
b. 2 Apr. 747 Aachen, Rhineland, Germany
d. 28 Jan. 813 Aachen, Rhineland, Germany
King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor
married HILDEGARDE OF VINZIGAU
b. 758
d. 30 Apr. 783
Countess of Linzgau

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