Ann de Wees Allen
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Direct
descendant of King John I of England (1167 AD).
Great, great, great (x 23) granddaughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine,
Queen of France and England.
Generational Line of the House of Plantagenet.
Named after Cornelius DeWees’s daughter, Ann De Wees,
who founded De Wees Island off the coast of Charleston.
Great, great, great (x 21) granddaughter of the Sovereign
Prince of Wales (1232 AD), Llewellyn Gryffyth.
Royal Family Coat of Arms: Plantagenet, De Wees, Darlington |
King
John I of England (1166-1216)
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Reigned
as King of England from April 6, 1199 until his death.
Descended from William the Conqueror (b. 1027)
Youngest son of Henry II an Eleanor of Aquitane.
Succeeded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard
I (Richard the Lionhearted).
English Royal House of Plantagenet.
Descended from William the Conqueror (b. 1027)
Pope Innocent III and King John I had a disagreement about
who would become Archbishop of Canterbury which lasted from
1205 until 1213.
King John Signs the Magna Carta.
The
Magna Carta was signed in June 1215 between the barons
of Medieval England and King John. "Magna Carta"
is Latin and means "Great Charter".
The Magna Carta was one of the most important documents
of Medieval England |
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Children
of King John I of England
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Henry
III
Richard,
Earl of Cornwall
Joan,
Queen of Scots
Isabella,
Holy Roman Empress
Eleanor,
Countess of Leicester
King John’s mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204),
the Queen of both France and England. |
Eleanor
of Aquitaine (1122 – April 1, 1204)
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Queen
of France and England.
Mother
of King John of England.
One
of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during
the High Middle Ages.
Queen consort of both France and England in turn. She is well
known for her involvement in the Second Crusade. |
PRINCE OF WALES (1246-1282)
LLEWELLYN AP GRUFFUDD (c. 1228-1282)
Llewelyn ap Griffith. Llywelyn or Llewelyn ap Gruffydd (hl?wel'in
äp grif'ith, luel'in) , d. 1282, Welsh prince, grandson of
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.
The last native Prince of Wales
Father:
Grandfather:
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Llywelyn
Fawr the Great, Prince of Wales, 1194-1240
Llywelyn the Great
Iorwerth Drwyndwn |
The present Prince of Wales is 21st in the line, counting
several who were never formally invested. He can trace his
descent back through the Tudors to the original Princes of
Wales, of whom the last native Prince of Wales was Llywelyn
ap Gruffydd (1246-82).
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| 844-878 |
Rhodri
the Great |
| 878-916 |
Anarawd
(son of Rhodri) |
| 916-950
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Hywel
Dda, the Good |
| 950-979 |
Iago
ab Idwal (or Ieuaf) |
| 979-985 |
Hywel
ab Ieuaf, the Bad |
| 985-986
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Cadwallon
(his brother) |
| 986-999 |
Maredudd
ab Owain ap Hywel Dda |
| 999-1008
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Cynan
ap Hywel ab Ieuaf |
| 1018-1023 |
Llywelyn
ap Seisyll |
| 1023-1039 |
Iago
ab Idwal ap Meurig |
| 1039-1063 |
Gruffydd
ap Llywelyn ap Seisyll |
| 1063-1075 |
Bleddyn
ap Cynfyn |
| 1075-1081 |
Trahaern
ap Caradog |
| 1081-1137 |
Gruffydd
ap Cynan ab Iago |
| 1137-1170
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Owain
Gwynedd |
| 1170-1194
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Dafydd
ab Owain Gwynedd |
| 1194-1240 |
Llywelyn
Fawr, the Great |
| 1240-1246 |
Dafydd
ap Llywelyn |
| 1246-1282 |
Llywelyn
ap Gruffydd ap Llywelyn |
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DE WEES ROYAL FAMILY
The
specific lineage of Dr. Ann de Wees Allen’s family spans 13th
generations of De Wees’ (from 1563) with family roots dating
to 1200 AD, 740 generational De Wees’, and 25 generations
of Royal Plantagenets from 1122 AD. Not all of the De Wees family
is related to the Royal family, as only one generational line of
the de Wees family can be traced through legal records (UK Royal
Families/De Wees Lineage) to the Royal Plantagenet line (1122 AD)*.
The
De Wees family (in the Ann de Wees Allen line) settled in England
at the beginning of the reign of Henry VIII. The De Wees Royal Coat
of Arms; the Earl of Warwick Coat of Arms (1269 AD), Esse Quam Videri,
and the Prince of Wales cup and Seal are in the possession of descendent
Ann de Wees Allen (Washington, D.C.).
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Note that it is illegal to claim generational lineage to the
Royal family if has not been fully documented. Not all of
the De Wees lineage is related to the Royal family. The lineage
of Ann de Wees Allen has been fully documented by legal authority.
Attempts to copy or utilize the data found on this website
related to Royal lineage require written authorization from
the authors at this site.
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DE
WEES ROYAL FAMILY IN AMERICA :
Ann
de Wees Allen’s family founded De Wees Island in Charleston,
South Carolina.
Cornelius
de Wees and his daughter Ann de Wees (whom Dr. Allen is named after)
lived on De Wees island in their plantation home until Cornelius’
death in 1786.
Charleston, S.C. was founded in 1670 (then called Charles Town)
named in honor of King Charles II of England. After Charles II (1660-85)
was restored to the British throne after Oliver Cromwell’s
Protectorate, he granted the chartered Carolina territory to eight
of his loyal friends, known as the Lords Proprietor, in 1663.
By 1680, the settlement of Charleston had grown, joined by others
from England. Charleston was the center for further expansion and
the southernmost point of English settlement during the late 1600s.
Charleston represented civilization to the colonials. In June of
1776, Charleston found itself embroiled in the Southern Campaign
of the Revolutionary War and handily defeated the attacking British
fleet.
Cornelius de Wees played a major role in the Revolutionary War.
He built and launched his first ship from de Wees island on August
8, 1771. Following the activities on De Wees island against the
British, King George said “I will drive the
De Wees’ out of Charleston!” (History of South Carolina)
“It
has been our particular pride that it was from De Wees island, by
our kinsmen, that the British transport ship Glascow was destroyed.”
On April 28, 1782, King George posted a proclamation “To the
Soldiery of the Enemy - The De Wees family is ordered out of Charleston
because of their Rebel activities.”
De Wees is now a private island with uncrowded wild beaches, dedicated
to the preservation of its unique coastal ecology. It is a haven
for wild birds and endangered species, and has won numerous environmental
and ecological awards. A history of Cornelius and De Wees Island
may be seen at www.deweesisland.com
(click on Mission, see History of De Wees Island).
Since the Revolutionary War, Dr. Allen’s family has been very
active in the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution). Dr. Allen
says that Cornelius de Wees’ determination runs in her family
and points out that she and her namesake, Ann de Wees Allen (born
in 1777), share the same birthday.
ALLEN FAMILY FOUNDS ALLENDALE, SOUTH CAROLINA
Allendale, SC, is named after Paul H. Allen, born January
1813, who founded Allendale and was the first postmaster of the
settlement subsequently called Allendale, SC in 1849 (then part
of Barnwell County). (History of SC by Yates Snowden, Vol 5,
p243; A Guide to the Palmetto State, SC Writers Project, p 453).
Paul Allen died March 1909 and is buried in the Swallow Savannah
Cemetery, Allendale, SC.
John Allen, born in Allendale, S.C. married Ann (Nancy) DeWees (Ann
DeWees Allen/1777), daughter of Cornelius DeWees and Sarah Minors,
of DeWees Island in Charleston. John Allen served in the South Carolina
Militia during the Revolutionary War (Daughters of the American
Revolution DAR, census records, Wiregrass GA Vol II, page 25-26.)
The family home, called “The Grove” was built in Allendale
before the Civil War. The estate survived the Civil War and was
left to its heirs Ann de Wees Allen of Washington, D.C. and William
Humphries of New Orleans, who married the Queen of the Mardi
Gras, Mignon Faget. Ann de Wees Allen was a Flower Girl in
the marriage ceremony of Mignon Faget and William Humphries.
The Allendale home contained pre-Civil War furniture, the 1st piano
in the South, antiques, and family papers, including Civil war documents,
and handwritten letters from author O. Henry, who married into the
Allen family.
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