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Personal data Sir Robert WHITNEY 

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Household of Sir Robert WHITNEY

(1) He is married to Sybil BASKERVILLE.

They got married in the year 1541 at Whitney, Icomb Parrish, Herefordshire, England, he was 15 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ann WHITNEY  1546-1596
  2. Nicholas WHITNEY  1540-1589
  3. Eustace WHITNEY  ± 1546-1608
  4. Eleanor WHITNEY  1542-????
  5. Robert WHYTNEY  1543-1612 
  6. Blanche WHITNEY  1541-1612
  7. James WHITNEY  1544-1587


(2) He is married to Mary de BERKELEY.

They got married

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert WHITNEY

James WHITNEY
1465-1541
Lady Blanche MILBOURNE
± 1471-1557
Robert WYE
1465-1545
Jane BAYNHAM
1460-????
Margaret WYE
1495-1541

Robert WHITNEY
1525-1567

(1) 1541

Sybil BASKERVILLE
1522-1546

Ann WHITNEY
1546-1596
Nicholas WHITNEY
1540-1589
Eustace WHITNEY
± 1546-1608
Eleanor WHITNEY
1542-????
Robert WHYTNEY
1543-1612
Blanche WHITNEY
1541-1612
James WHITNEY
1544-1587
(2) 

Mary de BERKELEY
1505-1543


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Sources

  1. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch , FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed 3 Jun 2019), entry for Robert Whitney, person ID L1SW-N7G.

Historical events

Birthday May 10, 1525

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1525: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
    • February 24 » A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
    • February 28 » Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
    • May 15 » Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
    • June 13 » Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

Day of death August 5, 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.
    • 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 25 » Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.
    • July 29 » The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.


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