King Colin?
It seems that outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell is a distant cousin of his soon-to-be former boss. They're both descendants of Edward I Plantagenet, called Longshanks, King of England, Lord of Ireland*, Duke of Aquitaine, Lord of Man, Conqueror of Wales and Scotland.
Powell is descended through his mother from the alleged illegitimate child of Sir Eyre Coote, lieutenant governor of Jamaica from 1806-08 (note: not the Eyre Coote who was a Jacobite and Indian adventurer; this was his nephew and probable name-sake) who was himself descended from Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of King Edward III, grandson in turn of Edward I.
Bush is descended on his father's side from Elizabeth Plantagenet, 10th child of Edward I, through her children from her second husband Humphrey de Bohun. (A whole slew of Dubya genealogies can be found here.)
Powell did always seem to me to have a kind of regal bearing. Powell for Vice President? Nuts! Powell for King-Emperor of the Americas!
*I challenge this claim, but still...
Powell is descended through his mother from the alleged illegitimate child of Sir Eyre Coote, lieutenant governor of Jamaica from 1806-08 (note: not the Eyre Coote who was a Jacobite and Indian adventurer; this was his nephew and probable name-sake) who was himself descended from Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of King Edward III, grandson in turn of Edward I.
Bush is descended on his father's side from Elizabeth Plantagenet, 10th child of Edward I, through her children from her second husband Humphrey de Bohun. (A whole slew of Dubya genealogies can be found here.)
Powell did always seem to me to have a kind of regal bearing. Powell for Vice President? Nuts! Powell for King-Emperor of the Americas!
*I challenge this claim, but still...
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