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Ancestry of Queen Camilla

King Charles and Queen Camilla. PHOTO: HUGO BURNAND / BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Queen Camilla PHOTO: MARIO TESTINO


by Jean-François Loiseau
published on October 28, 2017, updated on September 6, 2023

Queen Camilla is the daughter of Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand and The Hon Rosalind Maud Shand (nee Cubitt), the daughter of 3rd Baron Ashcombe, who married on January 2nd, 1946 at St Paul’s, Knightsbridge.

She was born Camilla Rosemary Shand on July 17, 1947 at King’s College Hospital, London, the eldest of three children. Her Majesty has a sister, Annabel Elliot; her brother, Mark Shand, died in 2014.

When Camilla married Prince Charles (now King Charles III) at the Guildhall in Windsor on April 9, 2005, she brought some French blood to the British royal family.

The Queen was previously married to Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles and the marriage was dissolved in 1995. The couple had two children, Thomas Henry and Laura Rose, born in 1974 and 1978 respectively. Charles III is godfather to Tom Parker Bowles.

Queen Camilla's family tree


from France to the British royal family…

perche-quebec.com has climbed the branches of Her Majesty The Queen's genealogical tree until her French roots. To find the trace of the French ancestors of the Queen, it is not necessary to cross the English Channel but to cross the Atlantic Ocean and to join Canada as William Coutts Keppel, one of the great-great-grandfathers of Camilla, did it.

Lieutenant-colonel William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, was born in London on April 15, 1832. He married Sophia Mary MacNab on November 15, 1855 in Hamilton (Ontario-Canada). She is the daughter of Mary Stuart and Sir Allan Napier MacNab (1798-1862) who served as joint Premier of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1856.

In Mary Stuart's family tree, we discover her great-grandmother Marie Josephe Guyon born in Grondines in Quebec on October 13, 1715 and whose three great-grandparents were emigrants from Perche (France):

  • Jean Guyon, baptized at Saint-Jean Church in Mortagne-au-Perche (Orne, France) on August 1, 1619, son of the pioneers Jean Guyon and Mathurine Marie Robin, the direct ancestors of Celine Dion, that makes Camilla a cousin of Celine Dion
  • Zacharie Cloutier, also baptized at Saint-Jean Church in Mortagne-au-Perche (Orne, France) on August 16, 1617, son of the pioneers Zacharie Cloutier and Xainte Dupont
  • Jean Baptiste Trottier, son of Jules Trottier and Catherine Loiseau, emigrants originating from the vicinity of Ige (Orne, France), born in July 1646 when crossing the Atlantic from La Rochelle to Quebec on board the vessel Le Cardinal. Madonna being one descendant of Jules Trottier and Catherine Loiseau, Camilla is Madonna's cousin!
  • The family tree of Queen Camilla counts another Percheron branch via Marie Boucher, the great-great-grandmother of Marie Josephe Guyon, born in Mortagne-au-Perche in 1619, daughter of Boucher Gaspard and Nicole Lemaire born in Mortagne-au-Perche in 1599 and in Mamers (Sarthe, France) in 1595 respectively.

    Those family ties between Her Majesty and the Percheron emigrants are the reflection of the official registers. However, the paternity of the maternal grandmother of Queen Camilla, Sonia Rosemary Keppel, is being disputed. Alice Frederica Edmonstone, Camilla's great-grandmother, married George Keppel, son of William Coutts Keppel, on June 1, 1891. After having given birth to a first daughter Violet on June 6, Alice became in 1898 and during the next twelve years the mistress of The Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VII of England on the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Sonia, Alice's second daughter, was born on May 24, 1900 in London. Who is the biological father of Sonia? Nobody can say it with certainty. Legally it was decided when George acknowledged Sonia as his child and gave her his name (Keppel). Thus officially, Queen Camilla has Percheron-French blood and Celine Dion and Madonna are her cousins.

    Perche
    GUYON Jean
    (1592-1663 )
    ROBIN Mathurine
    (- 1662)

    GUYON Jean
    (1619-1694)
    ⚭ COUILLARD Elisabeth
    (1631-1704)
    Perche
    CLOUTIER Zacharie
    (~1590-1677)
    DUPONT Xainte
    (~1596-1680)

    CLOUTIER Zacharie
    (1617-1708)
    ⚭ EMARD Marie Madeleine
    (1626-1708)
    Perche
    TROTTIER Jules
    (~1590-1655)
    LOISEAU Catherine
    (~1603-1656)
    Perche
    BOUCHER Gaspard
    (1599-)
    LEMAIRE Nicole
    (1595-)

    BOUCHER Marie
    (1629-1706)
    ⚭ LAFOND etienne
    (~1615-1665)
    GUYON Joseph
    (1649-1712)>
    CLOUTIER Genevieve
    (1655-1725)
    TROTTIER Jean Baptiste
    (1646-1703)
    LAFOND Genevieve
    (1652-)











    GUYON Joseph (1682-1754)
    TROTTIER Marie (~1668-1739)
    ⚭ GUILLET Louis (-)

    GUILLET Marie elisabeth (1694-)





    GUYON Marie Josephe (1715-1807)
    ⚭ COURSOLLE Michel (1707-1775)

    COURSOLLE Marie Charlotte (1756-1805)
    ⚭ JONES Ephraim (1750-1812)

    JONES Sophia (1785-1837)
    ⚭ STUART John (1777-1829)

    STUART Mary (1812-1846)
    ⚭ MACNAB Allan Napier (1798-1862)

    MACNAB Sophia Mary (1832-1917)
    ⚭ KEPPEL William Coutts (1832-1894)

    KEPPEL George (1865-1947)
    ⚭ EDMONSTONE Alice Frederica (1869-1947)

    KEPPEL Sonia Rosemary (1900-1986)
    ⚭ CUBITT Roland Calvert (1899-1962)

    CUBITT Rosalind Maud (1921-1994)
    ⚭ SHAND Bruce Middleton Hope (1917-2006)

    SHAND Camilla Rosemary (1947)
    Her Majesty Queen Camilla
    from France to the British royal family….


    The Percheron ancestors of Queen Camilla

    Her Majesty has ten pioneer ancestors originating from Perche (France). All immigrated in the 17th century.

    Emigrants Baptism year Baptism (or birth) place Emigration year Death year Death place
    Boucher Gaspard 1599*Mortagne-au-Perche1634*-Canada
    Cloutier Zacharie 1590*Mortagne-au-Perche16341677Chateau-Richer
    Cloutier Zacharie 1617Mortagne-au-Perche16341708Chateau-Richer
    Dupont Xainte 1595*Mortagne-au-Perche1635*1680Chateau-Richer
    Guyon Jean 1592Tourouvre16341663Beauport
    Guyon Jean 1619Mortagne-au-Perche16341694Chateau-Richer
    Lemaire Nicole 1595Mamers1635*-Trois-Rivieres
    Loiseau Catherine 1603*Perche16461656Trois-Rivieres
    Robin Mathurine end 16thMortagne-au-Perche1636*1662Beauport
    Trottier Jules 1590*Perche16461655Trois-Rivieres
    Emigrants Baptism year Baptism (or birth) place Emigration year Death year Death place
    Boucher Gaspard 1599*Mortagne-au-Perche1634*-Canada
    Cloutier Zacharie 1590*Mortagne-au-Perche16341677Chateau-Richer
    Cloutier Zacharie 1617Mortagne-au-Perche16341708Chateau-Richer
    Dupont Xainte 1595*Mortagne-au-Perche1635*1680Chateau-Richer
    Guyon Jean 1592Tourouvre16341663Beauport
    Guyon Jean 1619Mortagne-au-Perche16341694Chateau-Richer
    Lemaire Nicole 1595Mamers1635*-Trois-Rivieres
    Loiseau Catherine 1603*Perche16461656Trois-Rivieres
    Robin Mathurine end 16thMortagne-au-Perche1636*1662Beauport
    Trottier Jules 1590*Perche16461655Trois-Rivieres

    note
     [*]  Estimated year

    Queen Camilla
    French ancestry of Queen Camilla

    French ancestry of Queen Camilla

    In addition to Perche, three other French regions are represented in the family tree of Her Majesty the Queen:
    • Brittany: Guillaume Couillard, sailor & carpenter for the Compagnie des Marchands, born in 1538 in Saint-Malo.
    • Paris: Louis Hebert, apothecary, known as the first pioneer to settle in New France, born in 1575 in Paris. His daughter Guillemette will marry Guillaume Couillard.
    • Poitou-Charentes: Michel Coursolle born in La Flotte (Île de Re) in 1707 who married Marie Josephe Guyon in 1739 in Vercheres (Quebec); Madeleine Emard born in Niort (Deux-Sèvres) around 1626 who married the Percheron pioneer Zacharie Cloutier Jr. in 1648 in La Rochelle; the couple Pierre Guillet born around 1628 (Aunis) and Jeanne Saint-Pair born in 1627 in Saint-Jean-d'Angely (Charente-Maritime); Etienne Lafond born around 1615 in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barriere (Saintonge) who married the Percheron Marie Boucher (1629-1706) in Quebec in 1645.

    See details here.

    Queen Camilla

    source & infographics perche-quebec.com

    Camilla, a descendant of Louise de Keroual

    In the family tree of Her Majesty the Queen, there is another French branch not related to Quebec but Brittany with Louise Renée de Penancoët de Keroual, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny, born in September 1649 in Guilers (Finistère, France).

    Coming from the Breton gentry, Louise moved to the court of Louis XIV in Versailles to become maid of honor to Henriette of England, wife of the Duc d’Orléans, Louis XIV’s brother, who is best known as Monsieur. The Sun King made her his agent of influence in England to defend the interests of France and Catholicism there. In 1670, Louise de Keroual accompanied Madame on a diplomatic visit to her brother, the King of England Charles II. She was noticed by the English sovereign and became his favorite mistress for about fifteen years. In 1672, this liaison gave birth to an illegitimate child Charles Lennox who will be recognized and ennobled; he was created Duke of Richmond in 1675.

    In 1685 on the death of Charles II, Louise de Keroual returned to France. She settled in Brest then retired to her land in Aubigny (Berry) which was once the land of the Stuarts in France. She died in Paris in 1734.

    William Coutts Keppel, great-great-grandfather of Camilla, born in London on April 15, 1832 is a descendant of Charles Lennox, son of Louise de Keroual and King Charles II. The Duke of Richmond's descent also includes Diana, Princess of Wales, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York and Jane Birkin.

    source
  • BOULAIRE Alain. Louise de Keroual. Brest , Le Télégramme (Editions) - Pêcheur d'images (Editions), 2011, 193 p. (ISBN 978-2848332543)


  • de PENANCOËT Louise Renée (1649-1734)
    Louise de Keroual, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny
    STUART Charles (1630-1685)
    Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
    Louise de Keroual, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny
    Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland



    LENNOX Charles (1672-1723)
    ⚭ 1692 BRUDENELL Anne (~ 1671-1722)





    LENNOX Charles (1701-1750)
    ⚭ 1719 CADOGAN Sarah (1705-1751)

    LENNOX George (1737-1805)
    ⚭ 1759 KERR Louisa

    LENNOX Charles (1764-1819)
    ⚭ 1789 GORDON Charlotte (1768-1842)

    GORDON-LENNOX Charles (1791-1860)
    ⚭ 1817 PAGET Caroline (1797-1874)

    GORDON-LENNOX Cecilia Catherine
    ⚭ BINGHAM Charles George (1830-1914)
    LENNOX Anne (1703-1789)
    ⚭ 1722 van KEPPEL Willem (William) Anne (1702-1754)


    KEPPEL Elizabeth (1739-1768)
    ⚭ 1764 RUSSELL Francis (1739-1767)

    RUSSELL John (1766-1839)
    ⚭ 1803 GORDON Georgiana (1781-1853)

    RUSSELL Louisa Jane (1812-1905)
    ⚭ 1832 HAMILTON James (1811-1885)

    HAMILTON James (1838-1913)
    ⚭ 1869 CURZON-HOWE Mary Anna (1848-1929)
    KEPPEL George (1724-1772)
    ⚭ MILLER Anne (-1824)

    KEPPEL William Charles (1772-1849)
    ⚭ 1792 SOUTHWELL Elizabeth (1776-1817)

    KEPPEL George Thomas (1799-1891)
    ⚭ 1831 TROTTER Susan (-1885)

    KEPPEL William Coutts (1832-1894)
    ⚭ 1855 MACNAB Sophia Mary (1832-1917)

    KEPPEL George (1865-1947)
    ⚭ 1891 EDMONSTONE Alice Frederica (1868-1947)

    KEPPEL Sonia Rosemary (1900-1986)
    ⚭ 1920 CUBITT Roland Calvert (1899-1962)

    CUBITT Rosalind Maud (1921-1994)
    ⚭ 1946 SHAND Bruce Middleton Hope (1917-2006)

    SHAND Camilla Rosemary (1947)
    Her Majesty Queen Camilla
    from Perche (France) to the British royal family….
    BINGHAM Rosalind Cecilia Caroline (1869-1958) HAMILTON James Albert Edward (1869-1953)


    ⚭ 1894



    HAMILTON Cynthia Ellinor Beatrix (1897-1972)
    ⚭ 1919 SPENCER Albert Edward John (1892-1975)

    SPENCER Edward John (1924-1992)
    ⚭ 1954 ROCHE Frances Ruth (1936-2004)

    SPENCER Diana Frances (1961-1997)
    Diana, Princess of Wales
    Diana, Princess of Wales

    source & infographics perche-quebec.com

    Queen Camilla, a cousin of Hillary Clinton, Madonna, Celine Dion, Justin Trudeau, Ryan Gosling, Angelina Jolie and Justin Bieber…

    perche-quebec.com has discovered that Her Majesty the Queen has many family ties with other celebrities in politics (Hillary Clinton, Justin Trudeau), the film industry (Xavier Dolan, Ryan Gosling, Angelina Jolie) and in music (Madonna, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Alanis Morissette). All those celebrities have in common French-Canadian pioneers, and in particular Percheron pioneers.

    For instance, Jean Guyon, the direct ancestor of Celine Dion and the Percheron pioneer Zacharie Cloutier, an ancestor of most of the celebrities mentioned before, who was born in Mortagne-au-Perche (Orne, France).

    As strange as it may seem, there is nothing exceptional about those family ties. As the Percheron pioneers were among the very first French settlers to arrive in what was then known as New France, most of people with French-Canadian ancestry have Percheron blood and are more or less related.

    Famous cousins of Queen Camilla

    Famous cousins of Queen Camilla
    source & infographics perche-quebec.com
    The Queen has many family ties with the famous descendants of those Percheron pioneers.

    perche-quebec.com has found out not less than:
    • 96 family links with Isabelle Boulay
    • 80 family links with Fabienne Thibeault
    • 56 family links with Marc Ouellet
    • 52 family links with Justin Bieber
    • 50 family links with Diane Tell
    • 30 family links with Madonna
    • 20 family links with Celine Dion
    • 20 family links with Diane Dufresne
    • 18 family links with Jean Paul Lemieux
    • 12 family links with Xavier Dolan
    • 10 family links with Alanis Morissette
    • 8 family links with James Carrey
    • 8 family links with Hillary Clinton
    • 8 family links with Ryan Gosling
    • 12 family links with Lynda Lemay
    • 6 family links with Jack Kerouac
    • 6 family links with Justin Trudeau
    • 4 family links with Angelina Jolie
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