Is Courteney Cox related to William the Conqueror?

Courteney Cox discovers her royal roots go way beyond kings!

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[starshinedragonsong]

Let's not forget, that also makes her a descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine. A formidable, intelligent woman and renowned beauty.

[laurietijerina]

Courtney's family history would make a really good movie!

[judit]

Since the present King Charles is related to William The Conqueror, then Courteney Cox should request tickets to her relatives coronation!!!

[greywater]

Just found out that I’m related to Courtney Cox. Our family trees are so large that many of us are related to each other

[denisestevens]

We are distant cousins. Edward I Roger Mortimer and William the conqueror are my Great Grandparents too.

[janamatheson]

Then we are cousins. William the Conqueror is my many greats grandfather., Our line descending through the Beauchamp earls of Warwick. The genealogy was traced by a professional and it makes sense. My mother’s line traces back to King Fergus of Scotland.
I figure there are millions of us! Everyone is royal to me….

[donnalee]

I've gotten several Royals in my lineage including Edward I and William the Conqueror.. Kings, Queens,Dukes,etc of England, Scotland, Ireland, France including Eleanor of Aquitaine... Had "3" gateways into the Royal Archives to access it

[bigcomcast]

Edward longshanks, the Hammer of the Scots. The king of Braveheart

[jim-pauladams]

I can trace my line to William the conqueror through my mother’s side.
He is an ancestor. I don’t remember which number great grandfather, but my family has records that trace to him by names of parents to grand parents and so on and so on.

[ericadams]

William The Conqueror's wife Matilda of Flanders was a descendant of King Alfred the Great

[stephfoxwell]

Most of us are related to William the Conqueror.
He was born at the European common ancestor point 1040.

[loum]

I don't understand why she keeps touching that paper.

[BrianSmith-fkio]

A King has X number of children, the eldest son gets the crown, the others get different titles and daughters are married off to lesser nobles, the many children of the lessers the eldest son gets the title and the younger sons get even lesser titles or none at all, the daughters are married off. The next generation the same happens and so on until the descendants of a King are no better than commoners as they were not of the lines that inherited land and titles.

[TheTakbok]

So al the way back to Rollo the Viking!

[robharrisU]

Still does not get away from the fact he was William the 😂

[independenlife]

My 27th or 26th great grandfather came over from France and fought in the war William the conqueror was in…..

[kenowens]

My Van Loon ancestor was the personal physician to William of Orange.

[whoisharo]

Fun fact: most dont know this, but courtneys mom married a second time. To who? Stewart copelands (drummer of the police) dads brother. His uncle. Theyre cousins through marriage.

[WaynecWilson]

What you learn about family, i would have never known they were family

[LeeToucheck-pmoo]

So William the Conqueror is her 26th Great Grandfather and William the Conqueror is my 26th Great GrandUncle