More on the analysis of Richards DNA. Its funny that no one brings up the fact that Richard of Cambridge (legitimate or not) married the heiress Lady Anne Mortimer -- the family that should have taken their place on the throne after King Richard II. While the Yorkists had the York lineage (supposedly), the real link that gave them precedence over Henry VI was the Mortimer descent from the second surviving son of Edward III, Lionel of Antwerp. Lady Anne also descended from the half brother of King Richard II, Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent who was the son of Lady Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales to Edward IIIs original heir, Edward, the Black, Prince of Wales (father to Richard II). DNA analysis on the mortal remains of Richard III has concluded that there was likely at least one “false paternity event” in his ancestral history, leading to speculation that a king may have been cuckolded. The discovery could potentially undermine either Richard III’s claim to the throne or that of Henry VII – and, in the latter case, the entire Tudor dynasty. The analysis shows that the cheating happened somewhere along the male line as far back as the reign of Edward III. There are dozens of men who may have been cuckolded, but, based on long standing historical rumors, speculation is now focusing on claims that either Richard, Earl of Cambridge was not the biological son of Edmund, Duke of York (which would make Richard III himself an illegitimate king, as he was the grandson of Richard Cambridge) or possibly, and more sensationally, King Edward III (who ruled from 1327 – 1377) was cuckolded, and his heir John of Gaunt was actually another man’s son. If that is so, then the Tudors claim to the throne through John of Gaunt (Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, claimed that his royal blood came from John of Gaunt) is brought into question.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 04:58:52 +0000
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