Royal Descent..........of Princess Diana.........

Diana was born into the Spencer family. On her mother's side, Diana had English, Irish, Scottish, American and Armenian ancestry. One of her great-grandmothers on her mother's side was the New York heiress Frances Work. On her father's side, she was a descendant of King Charles II of England through four illegitimate sons:

*Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton, son by Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
*Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, son by Louise de Kérouaille
*Charles Beauclerk, son by Nell Gwyn
*James Crofts- Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, leader of a famous rebellion, son by Lucy Walter

Early life....of Princess Diana........

She was born at Park House, Sandringham in Norfolk, England on 1 July 1961 at 6.45 in the evening[citation needed], and was baptised at St. Mary Magdalene Church by the Rt. Rev. Percy Herbert (rector of the church and former Bishop of Norwich and Blackburn); her godparents included John Floyd (the chairman of Christie's). She was the third child to the couple, her four siblings being The Lady Sarah Spencer (born 1955), The Lady Jane Spencer (born 1957), The Honourable John Spencer (died 12 January 1960), and The Honourable Charles Spencer (born 1964). Following her parents' acrimonious divorce in 1969 (over Lady Althorp's affair with wallpaper heir Peter Shand Kydd), Diana's mother took her and her younger brother to live in an apartment in London's Knightsbridge, where Diana attended a local day school. That Christmas the Spencer children went to celebrate with their father and he subsequently refused to allow them to return to London with their mother. Lady Althorp sued for custody of her children, but Lady Althorp's mother's testimony against her daughter during the trial contributed to the court's decision to award custody of Diana and her brother to their father.

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Princess Diana of Wales.

Princess Diana was the youngest daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp and his first wife Frances, Viscountess Althorp on July 1st 1961
After the divorce of her parents, 1969