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Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, born 1961, died 1997

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</td><td>Diana Spencer, by her marriage, as his first wife, to Charles, Prince of Wales, became the daughter-in-law of [[Elizabeth II, Queen of England]].  Diana is a descendent of [[Richard Cecil]] in 15 steps, and also descends from the English throne herself.

Diana's shortest royal ascent is 10 steps, in three different ways, from the English throne.  Firstly from James II, King of England by his mistress Arabella Churchill.  Secondly from Charles II, King of England by his mistress Louise de Penancoet through their granddaughter Anne Lennox Countess of Albemarle, and thirdly by that same route but through Charles' and Louise's grandson Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond.
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In addition to her descent from the English throne, Diana has also a descent from the Scottish throne, in 15 steps to James V, King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542 by his mistress Margaret Erskine.  When Diana's son William climbs the throne as King William, he will be the first sovereign to restore the Stuart line to the throne, in three hundred years.

==Secondary sources==
*[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00000174&tree=LEO "Lady Diana Spencer"] on Genealogics
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales "Diana, Princess of Wales"] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/324:2179/1/Diana_Spencer.htm "Diana Spencer"] on The Biography Channel

==See Also==
*[[15 Diana Spencer to Richard Cecil|Diana's ascent to Richard Cecil]]
*[[Orson Welles to Diana|Connecting Diana to Orson Welles]]
*[[100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century]]

==Matrilineal Ascent==
Diana's ancestry, in parts, goes back as far as anyone can, but surprisingly her matrilineal ascent is rather short and ends with an Indian.

#Diana Frances Spencer (1961-97), Princess of Wales, daughter of
#[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00000180&tree=LEO Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche] (1936-2004), daughter of
#[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00021073&tree=LEO Dame Ruth Sylvia Gill] (1908-93), daughter of
#[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00031860&tree=LEO Ruth Littlejohn] (1879-1964), daughter of
#[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00031913&tree=LEO Jane Crombie] (1843-1917), daughter of
#[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00031919&tree=LEO Katherine Scott Forbes] (1812-93), daughter of
#[http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00031921&tree=LEO Eliza Kewark], "a dark-skinned native of Bombay who had lived, without benefit of matrimony, with... Theodore Forbes while he worked for the East India Company."([http://extras.denverpost.com/books/chap150.htm Citation])

==Ahentafel "Ancestor Table"==
#Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales
#Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
#Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche
#Albert Edward Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
#Lady Cynthia Hamilton
#Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Lord Fermoy
#Dame Ruth Sylvia Gill
#Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
#Hon Margaret Baring
#James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn
#Lady Rosalind Bingham
#James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Lord Fermoy
#Frances Eleanor Work
#Col William Smith Gill
#Ruth Littlejohn
#Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
#Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth Seymour
#Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke
#Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel
#James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
#Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe
#George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan
#Lady Cecilia Katherine Gordon-Lennox
#Edmund Burke Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy
#Elizabeth Caroline Boothby
#Franklin H "Frank" Work
#Ellen Wood
#Alexander Ogston Gill of Fairfield, Aberdeen
#Barbara Smith Marr
#Major David Littlejohn
#Jane Crombie
#George John Spencer, Earl Spencer
#Lady Lavinia Bingham
#Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour
#Elizabeth Malet Palk
#Henry Baring
#Cecilia Anne Windham
#John Crocker Bulteel
#Elizabeth Grey
#James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
#Louisa Jane Russell, James Hamilton and Louisa Russell are also ancestors of [[Sarah Ferguson]], Duchess of York
#Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
#Anne Frances Gore
#George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
#Anne Brudenell
#Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
#Caroline Paget
#Edward Roche
#Margaret Honoria Curtain
#James Brownell Boothby
#Charlotte Cunningham
#John Work
#Sarah Boude
#John Wood
#Eleanor "Ellen" Strong
#David Gill
#Sarah Ogston
#William Smith Marr
#Helen Bean
#William Littlejohn
#Janet Bentley
#James Crombie
#Katherine Scott Forbes
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