List Books » Royalty For Commoners. The Complete Known Lineage Of John Of Gaunt, Son Of Edward Iii, King Of England, And Queen Philippa. Fourth Edition
Authors: Roderick W. Stuart, Roderick W. Stiart
ISBN-13: 9780806316871, ISBN-10: 080631687X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: 4TH
This is the new Fourth Edition of Royalty for Commoners, the first book ever to document the complete known genealogy of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III and Queen Philippa. The importance of this documentation is that any commoner who can connect his or her own family lineage to that of John of Gaunt can now be shown to share the same basic royal heritage as the most noble knight--the complete heritage, not just the Plantagenet ascent. This is the usual lineage through which a commoner can enter the domain of European royalty, though one might enter the lineage at any number of points.
This new Fourth Edition is a nearly completely reworking of previous editions and includes the following changes: