Ancestral Findings

Desi Arnaz is best known for playing Ricky Ricardo on the beloved TV sitcom I Love Lucy. He was also a pioneer in the TV industry in many aspects, inventing innovations that are still in use today. He...

7 Jul 20238min

Matilda of England was meant to be Queen, but never quite got there. The only surviving legitimate child of King Henry I, she was supposed to take the crown after him, but her cousin Stephen had the s...

28 Jun 20237min

Alexandrina Victoria was Queen of England for an astounding sixty-three years, a feat not surpassed until that of her great-great granddaughter, Elizabeth II. Known for her strict moral standards and ...

26 Jun 202312min

Queen Elizabeth II was the most recent monarch of the United Kingdom before the current Charles III. She was also the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Born to the second son of King George...

23 Jun 20238min

Mary II was Queen of England in the later 1600s. She was crowned and ruled jointly with her husband, Prince William of Orange. This is the only fully equal joint monarchy in English history. Mary came...

21 Jun 202310min

Anne Stuart was the daughter of King James II of England. She was also the last of the Stuart line of English monarchs. Despite seventeen pregnancies and a happy marriage, she left no surviving heirs ...

19 Jun 202311min

Mary Tudor, also known as Queen Mary I (or, less charitably, "Bloody Mary") was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558. She was England's first Queen Regnant whose reign was not disputed. The daughter of ...

17 Jun 20239min

Lady Jane Grey was Queen of England for only nine days, but her story is a fascinating one. Full of trials and triumphs, abuse and privilege, betrayal and honor, and above all, one of deep and abiding...

16 Jun 202316min