Courtney Cox Related To William The Conquerer | Who Do You Think You Are

After discovering she had royal blood, Courtney Cox is now delighted to find out her x26 great-grandfather is none other than William The Conquerer!

The star of long-running sitcoms Friends and Cougar Town is first up in Season 9 and she traces her maternal line back to ambitious and ruthless relatives who murdered their way to power in medieval times, but she's also shocked by an ancestor who's one of European history's most famous characters. Along the way, she visits Gloucestershire and London to put the pieces together in her journey of discovery.

In each episode one of Britain's best-loved celebrities traces their family tree to reveal the surprising, extraordinary and often moving stories of their ancestors.

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[tndrunning]

Imagine telling William the Conqueror on the eve of the Battle of Hastings that he really needs to win because the best American sitcom just wouldn’t be the same without his x26 granddaughter

[vinnyvasquez]

Courtney Cox and Danny Dyer need to do a sitcom together where they plan to take the throne

[b-playzyt]

This means she is also related to the Viking Rollo, as he was the 3x great grandfather of William the Conqueror

[keithcaldwell]

Poor thing means she's related to Danny dyer as well

[loyalrammy]

This is the dream of every genealogist, being directly related to someone famous or/and important. Almost all of us get blocked in the 1500’s because history rarely records the little people before this century.

[milksips]

Courtney Cox looks stunning here, she also so interested, her calm narrative makes me feel she’d do a great documentary series. She was so gracious. The chap showing her was brilliant!

[theDanwall]

Courtney cox is related to Danny dyer!!! 😆

[jewellui]

Wow, I wish I could trace my family tree. Europeans are lucky to have such good records.

[hendersonbrown]

I love this show. You are getting history and biography all in one.

[AndySaenz]

Valerie Bertinelli is also related to King Edward I! A lot of celebrities have a royal ancestor, that’s amazing!

[michaeldamiani]

Courtney's past is even more interesting as he 29th Great grandfather was a character named Rollo, a Viking who was granted the province of Normandy by the French king Louis at the time. To protect the French coast from other Vikings.

[wandertree]

I am a direct descendent of the Viking kings in the 800s who were William the Conquerors ancestors as well. I'm not directly descended from WtC though, but my ancestor was his brother or cousin and came over to England with him from France. Her lot became kings - mine were knights and landowners who eventually made their way to America in the 1600s. Pretty cool!

[marykopydlowski]

Courtney is so lucky to find her roots in 1006 conquer Edward. Amazing. My mom's family was from England. Dad's grandmother was from Dublin Ireland. They came due to potatoes blight. This grandfather paid over a dozen workers to come to America with his family. He took his friends away from Ireland so they won't starve

[martinpettersson]

The handwriting is just incredible beautiful

[alwantamalus]

Actually Cox is a french word/name, Caux (Pays de Caux) Land of Caux is in Normandy and Caux means Wheat lands in french

[miasspirtconnections]

Courtney Cox my favourite on friends and now a long lost realitive 💜

[papalazarou]

Amazing! Love Courtney she’s a legend and well happy for her. This is a great channel as well!

[JimmyJ-zfit]

I know exactly how exciting this is. I just completed genealogy on two sides of my family and found where I am related to a Mayflower pilgrim and William The conqueror is also my 25th great grandfather

[nadw]

Erm, not to rain on the parade, but if you go back 26 generations, your family tree will be so widespread with so many branches that you will be able to find a connection to at least one important person in history at that time. At the 26th generation, you will have 268, 435, 456 direct ancestors - in Medieval Europe in 1100, that means you will technically be related to almost everyone.

[Celticcross]

I am related to all Kings of the UK >Francs, Dutch, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Irish O'Neils Scottish Bruce, Stewarts, English Dukes of Bedford, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard. Thomas Rogers Mayflower Compact, Presidents Jackson, Grover Cleverland, President Lincoln, John Adams, Ronald Reagan, Poets and Artists.