The web of Auden's ancestry, especially in those strands which concern his relations to royal families, is stretched across many divisions of culture and nation. The list below is undoubtedly radically incomplete. However, there is enough information here to show that, as is also visibly the case with Auden's genealogical relations to English monarchs (see 'Auden and English/British Royalty'), Auden was directly related to many kings and queens of Europe in the medieval period. At around the time of the Reformation, though, Auden's relations started to drift away from the centres of political and monarchical power. While he was demonstrably related to many rulers of the post-medieval era in Europe and beyond (see, for example, the tabulation below which details his links to every French monarch of the Capetian dynasty from Hugh Capet in the 10th century to 'Citoyen Capet', that is, the doomed Louis XVI, at the end of the 18th century), those relations tended to be more and more lateral rather than direct.
On all these 'Hotspots' pages, the 'I' number within parentheses following each name indicates the unique number assigned to the person in the 'Family Ghosts' database; a search on that number will produce the full record for that person. Numerous brief biographies for all individuals mentioned on this page are available on the Web and so, with exceptions, detailed personal histories are not given in 'Family Ghosts'.
Clicked on, the links listed will produce a diagram of the directest relation between the individual in question and Auden, including those constructed through marriage or (in genealogical jargon) 'connection', that is out-of-wedlock relationships. Limitations of the software used make it impossible to differentiate visually in these 'Relationship Charts' between marriages and connections. In these charts, all sexual relationships which produced children are subsumed under the rubric of marriage. No moral point is attached to this enforced generalization, and in all cases fuller, more accurate descriptions of the nature of the relationship(s) diagrammed are given in the records for the individuals concerned.
United States of America
George Washington (I5457), 1732-1799, first President of the United States, Auden was his 16th cousin, four times removed; relation to Auden (Washington and George III (I3904) were 16th cousins; see here)
Charles Carroll (I4312), 1737-1832, the only Catholic signatory of the Declaration of Independence; relation to Auden
Scotland
Duncan I (I4803) 1001-1040, victim of Macbeth, Auden was his 26 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Malcolm III (I1296), 1031-1093, killer of Macbeth, Auden was his 25 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Donald III (I4805), bef. 1040-1099, Auden was his 26 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Duncan II (I4806), bef. 1060-1094; relation to Auden
Edgar (I4809), about 1074-1107, Auden was his 25 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Alexander I (I4810), about 1078-1124, Auden was his 25 times great nephew; relation to Auden
David I (I4793), about 1083-1153, Auden was his 25 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Malcolm IV (I4792), 1141-1214; relation to Auden
William I (I4775), about 1142-1214; relation to Auden
James I (I3971), 1394-1437, Joan Beaufort (I3970) Queen Consort of Scots, was the wife of James I: Auden was her second cousin 17 times removed; relation to Auden
James II (I3972), 1430-1460; relation to Auden
James III (I3362), 1452-1488; relation to Auden
James IV (I2874), 1473-1513; relation to Auden
James V (I2875), 1512-1542; relation to Auden
Normandy
Rollo (I3978), about 860-about 932, founder of the Viking principality in Northern France which became identified as Normandy, Auden was his 30 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Frankish Kingdom
Charlemagne (I2491), 747-814, Auden was his 35 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Louis the Pious (I2488), 778-840, Auden was his 34 times great grandson; relation to Auden
France
Carolingian dynasty
Charles II the Bald (I2485), 823-877, Auden was his 33 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Charles the Simple (I2520), 879-829; relation to Auden
Louis the Stammerer (I2487), 846-879, Auden was his 33 times great nephew; relation to Auden
House of Capet
Hugh Capet (I3983), about 940-996, Auden was his 28 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Robert II (I3984), 972-1031, Auden was his 27 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Henry I (I3989), 1008-1060, Auden was his 27 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Philip I (I3993), 1052-1108, Auden was his 26 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Louis VI (I3995), 1081-1137, Auden was his 25 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Louis VII (I2592), 1120-1180, Auden was his 24 times great grandson; relation to Auden; Louis's wife was Eleanor of Aquitaine (I1307), 1122-1204, Auden was her 22 times (as well as her 24 times) great grandson; relation to Auden
Philip II (I3220), 1165-1204, Auden was his 23 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Louis VIII (I2647), 1187-1226, Auden was his 22 times great grandson; relation to Auden
St. Louis IX (I2654), 1214-1270, France's only canonized monarch, Auden was his 21 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Philip III (I2637), 1245-1285, Auden was his 20 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Philip IV (I2638), 1268-1314, Auden was his 19 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Louis X (I3018), 1289-1316, Auden was his 19 times great nephew; relation to Auden
John I (I3178), 1316-1316, the king of France who lived for only five days, Auden was his first cousin 19 times removed; relation to Auden
Philip V (I3175), 1291-1322, Auden was his 19 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Charles IV (I3152), 1294-1328, Auden was his 19 times great nephew; relation to Auden
House of Capet; Valois
Philip VI (I3150), 1293-1350; Auden was his first cousin 20 times removed; relation to Auden
Jean II (I3157), 1319-1364, Auden was his second cousin 19 times removed; relation to Auden
Charles V (I3159), 1338-1380, Auden was his third cousin 18 times removed; relation to Auden
Charles VI (I2725), 1368-1422, Auden was his fourth cousin 17 times removed; relation to Auden
Charles VII (I2727), 1403-1461, Auden was his fifth cousin 16 times removed; relation to Auden
Louis XI (I3968), 1423-1483, Auden was his sixth cousin 15 times removed; relation to Auden
Charles VIII (I3002), 1470-1498, Auden was his seventh cousin 14 times removed; relation to Auden
House of Capet; Valois-Orléans
Louis XII (I2885), 1462-1515, Auden was his sixth cousin 15 times removed; relation to Auden
House of Capet; Valois-Angoulême
Francis I (I2999), 1494-1547, Auden was his seventh cousin 14 times removed; relation to Auden
Henry II (I4014), 1519-1559, Auden was his eighth cousin 13 times removed; relation to Auden
Francis II (I2946), 1544-1560, Auden was his ninth cousin 12 times removed; relation to Auden
Charles IX (I4016), 1550-1574, Auden was his ninth cousin 12 times removed; relation to Auden
Henry III (I4018), 1551-1589, Auden was his ninth cousin 12 times removed; relation to Auden
House of Capet; Bourbon
Henry IV (I3007), 1553-1610, Auden was his ninth cousin 12 times removed; relation to Auden; Auden was an eighth cousin 13 times removed of Henry IV's mother, Jeanne III of Navarre (I3005), 1528-1572, leader of the French Huguenots; relation to Auden
Louis XIII (I3010), 1601-1643, Auden was his 10th cousin 11 times removed; relation to Auden
Louis XIV (I3012), 1638-1715, Auden was his 11th cousin 10 times removed; relation to Auden
Louis XV (I4024), 1710-1774, Auden was his 14th cousin seven times removed; relation to Auden
Louis XVI (I4029), 1754-1793, Auden was his 16th cousin five times removed; relation to Auden
Spain
St. Ferdinand III of Castile (I3240), about 1199-1252, Auden was his 20 times great grandson; relation to Auden
James II of Aragon (I2658), 1267-1327; relation to Auden
Pedro of Castile (I5309), 1334-1369; relation to Auden
Henry II of Castile (I5334), 1334-1379; relation to Auden
John I of Castile (I5316), 1358-1390; relation to Auden
Henry III of Castile (I5314), 1379-1406; Auden was a fifth cousin 17 times removed of Henry, he was also a first cousin 17 times removed of Katherine Plantagenet (I5313), Henry's wife; relation to Auden
John II of Castile (I5315), 1405-1454, Auden was his second cousin, 16 times removed; relation to Auden
Ferdinand II of Aragon (I2991), 1452-1516; relation to Auden
Philip II of Spain (I2774), 1527-1598; relation to Auden
Holy Roman Empire
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (I2687), 1050-1106; relation to Auden
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (I2693), 1086-1125, Auden was the 23 times great grandson of Empress Matilda (I1281), Henry’s wife; relation to Auden
Charles V (I5347), Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, Auden was his fifth cousin, 13 times removed; relation to Auden
Germany
Sophia of Hanover (I2963), 1630-1714 [under the Act of Settlement of 1701, all British monarchs since that time have ruled by virtue of their descent from Electress Sophia], was the nine times great granddaughter of Edward III (I1268), Auden (I5) was the 17 times great grandson of Edward III, he was Sophia’s 10th cousin nine times removed; relation to Auden
Wilhelm II (I3924), 1859-1941, Auden was the 18th cousin once removed of the Kaiser -- he was equally the 18th cousin once removed of George V (I3929), the monarch with whom the Kaiser's Germany was at war from 1914-1918; relation to Auden
Sweden
Erik Segersäll (I4009), 945-995, Auden was his 30 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Olof Skötkonung (I4006), 980-1022, Auden was his 29 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Charles IX (I3292), 1550-1611; relation to Auden
Gustavus II Adolphus (I3300), 1594-1632; relation to Auden
Norway
St. Olaf II (I4004), 995-1030; relation to Auden
Magnus I (I4032), 1024-1047; relation to Auden
Harald III (I4000), 1015-1066, Auden was his 28 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Hungary and Croatia
Andrew I (I4012), 1015-1060, Auden was his 28 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Géza II (I2629), 1130-1162, Auden was his 24 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Béla III (I2630), 1148-1196, Auden was his 23 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Emeric (I3043), 1174-1204, Auden was his 23 times great nephew; relation to Auden
Andrew II the Jerosolimitan (I2632), 1177-1205, Auden was his 22 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Russia
Yaroslav I the Wise (I3997), 978-1054, Auden was his 28 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Vsevolod I (I2690), 1030-1093, Auden was his 27 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Vladimir II Monomakh (I2625), 1053-1125, Auden was his 26 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Mstislav I (I2626), 1076-1132, Auden was his 25 times great grandson; relation to Auden
Byzantine Empire
Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (I3125), 1118-1180, Auden was his 24 times great nephew; relation to Auden
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