At 6:31 PM -0400 8/18/98, [email protected] wrote: >Celia, > What is your source that would connect Mary Foster to Alfred the Great? >Glenn Hi Glenn, I hope I have this straight: 1-Mary Foster/Francis Peabody 2-Reginald (Richard) Foster/Judith 3-Renald Foster (Forster), Esquire/Elizabeth 4-Cuthbert Foster (Forster)/Elizabeth Bradford 5-Thomas Frster (Forster), Baronet/? Wharton, d/o Lord Wharton 6-Thomas Foster (Forster), High Sheriff of Northumberland/Dorothy Ogle, d/o Lord Ralph Ogle 7-Sir Thomas Foster (Forster), Baronet/? Featherstonbaugh 8-Sir Thomas Foster (Forster), Baronet/Joan Elwerden, co-heiress to earldom of Angus 9-Sir William Foster (Forster)/? (William fought with Henry V against French and was knighted 10-Sir Richard Forester/? (Richard fought at Crecy, Poitiers and was knighted for valor 11-Sir Reginald Forester/? 12-Sir Alfred Forester/? (Alfred knighted on the battlefield of Eversham, 1265) 13-Sir Randolph Forester/? 14-Sir John Forester/? (accompanied Richard I to Palestine and was knighted there) 15-Sir William Forester/? 16-Sir Reginald Forester/? (knighted by King Stephen for valient service at battle of the Standard, 1138) 17-Hugh Forester (Foresturious)/? 18-Richard Forester/? (with father and brother-in-law, William the Conqueror (who had married his sister, Matilda), passed over into England and was knighted after the battle of Hastings) 19-Baldwin "The Pious" (Le Debonaire) V/Princess Adella, d/o King Robert of France 20-Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders/Ogive, d/o Count Frederich of Luxembourg (Called "of the handsome beard", a famous warrior who defended his country against the combined forces of Emperor Henry, King Robert of France and the Duke of Normandy) 21-Arnolph II/Rozela, d/o Beringer II, King of Italy and Willa of Tuscany 22-Baldwin III/Matilda Billung, d/o Herman Billung, Duke of Saxony 23-Arnolph I "The Great", Count of Flanders/Alice, d/o Herbert II, Count of Vermandois 24-Baldwin II "The Bald", Count of Flanders/Princess Alfrith, d/o King Alfred the Great of England 25-Baldwin I "Bras der Fer" (Iron Arm), Count of Flanders/Princess Judith, d/o Charles the Bald, Roman Emperor and King of West Franks As you can see, after Mary it's a direct male line. FYI, Alfred the Great's line goes back to Odin. Here's a great site for royal genealogies: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html Celia