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Personal data William Lygon 


Household of William Lygon

He is married to Eleanor Dennis.

They got married in the year 1529 at Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England, he was 17 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Lygon

Richard Lygon
± 1467-1512
Anne Beauchamp
± 1472-1534
William Greville
1464-1513
Margery Arrell
1468-1513
Richard Lygon
1490-1556
Margaret Greville
± 1484-1542

William Lygon
1512-1567

1529

Eleanor Dennis
1515-????


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Historical events

Birthday January 1, 1512

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1506 till 1515 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1512: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 11 » War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
    • July 10 » The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
    • August 10 » The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
    • October 19 » Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
    • October 21 » Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
    • November 1 » The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

Day of death September 29, 1567

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1567: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
    • February 10 » Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
    • March 13 » The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
    • May 24 » Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
    • July 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
    • July 29 » The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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