ANCESTRY SURPRISES - ROYALTY IN THE TREE

One knows that most people like to have a linage to Royalty of some kind and there is a good chance that you will find somewhere in your family tree a King or Queen or even a Prince or Princess that you can boast about - I came upon ours while researching the Grant line in our tree - up until this time we had always been proud to have a direct connection to Cuthbert Grant a famous Metis leader in the early 1800's in MB and upon taking a closer look with the help of Ancestry I found way up in the tree that my 14th Great Grandfather was James IV of Scotland and from there connections to other monarchs of Europe.

But it was while I was investigating my paternal grandmothers side of the family (the King James IV was on my paternal grandfathers side) that I found an interesting link based in part on the Genealogical Research of Roland-Yves Gagné and Laurent Kokanosky, Heraldry Research and Artwork by John P. DuLong about a person named Anne Couvent.

Anne Couvent came to New France from Picardy with her husband Philippe Amiot and two sons, Jean and Mathieu, in 1636. A third child, Charles, was born in New France. In addition, her nephew, Toussaint Ledran, the son of Louis Ledran and Charlotte Couvent, also settled in New France. Many Canadians and Americans descend from one of the Couvent sisters and thus from royalty.

It turns out that in both my paternal grandparents lines there was a direct connection to Anne Couvent - after I had found it in my grandmothers line I recognized some names that were in my grandfathers line - turns out his line came from the sister of Anne - Charlotte. which traced back to King Henry III of England who previously through the Grant line was my 23rd G Grandfather but through the Couvent line was my 26th G Grandfather - and in my grandfathers second linage to Royalty Henry III was my 26nd G Grandfather as well. It should also be noted that the Couvent sisters were also in direct linage to King Louis VIII of France

Here is the link based in part on the Genealogical Research of Roland-Yves Gagné and Laurent Kokanosky, Heraldry Research and Artwork by John P. DuLong - http://habitant.org/couvent/index.htm