I NOSTRI AVI

A tre anni esatti (domani) dalla scomparsa di Sua Altezza Eminentissima il Principe e Gran Maestro del S.M.O.M. frà Andrew BERTIE, questo mio post vuole essere un modesto omaggio alla Sua figura e alla Sua famiglia.
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House of Willoughby

The barony was created by writ in 1313 for Robert de Willoughby

Barons Willoughby de Eresby (1313)

•Robert de Willoughby, (1260–1317) 1st Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
•John de Willoughby, (1304–1349) 2nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
•John de Willoughby, (1329–1372) 3rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
•Robert Willoughby, (1349–1396) 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
•William Willoughby, (1370–1409) 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG.
•Robert Willoughby, (1385–1452) 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG.
•Joan Willoughby, (d. 1462) 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. •Robert Welles, (d. 1470) 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, son of Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles and Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
•Joan Welles, (d. 1475) 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, married to Richard Hastings, 1st Baron Welles (brother of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings) and daughter of Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles and Joan Willoughby, 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
•Christopher Willoughby, (1453–1499) 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, son of Sir Robert Willoughby, of Parham and Cicely Welles, daughter of 6th Baron Welles.
•William Willoughby, (1482–1526) 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. •Katherine Willoughby, (1519–1580) 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Duchess of Suffolk. Married firstly Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and secondly Richard Bertie.
•Peregrine Bertie, (1555–1601) 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, see below.

Barons Willoughby of Parham (1547)

•William Willoughby, (c.1515–1570) 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham, descendant of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
•Charles Willoughby, (1537–1603) 2nd Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•William Willoughby, (1584–1617) 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•Henry Willoughby, (c.1612– c.1618) 4th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•Francis Willoughby, (1614–1666) 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•William Willoughby, (c.1616–1673) 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•George Willoughby, (1638–1674) 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•John Willoughby, (1669–1678) 8th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•John Willoughby, (1643–1678) 9th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•Charles Willoughby, (1650–1679) 10th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•Henry Willoughby, (1626–1685) 11th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•Henry Willoughby, (1665-1722) 12th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•Henry Willoughby, (1696–1775) 13th Baron Willoughby of Parham.
•George Willoughby, (1742–1779) 14th Baron Willoughby of Parham.

Willoughby of Baldon House, Baronets ( 1794-1918)

•Sir Christopher Willoughby, 1st Baronet (1748-1808), descended from 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
•Sir Christopher William Willoughby, 2nd Baronet (1793-1813)
•Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, 3rd Baronet (1796-1865)
•Sir John Pollard Willoughby, 4th Baronet (1799-1866)
•Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet (1859-1918)

Willoughby of Wollaton, Baronets (1677)
Barons Middleton (1711)

•Sir Francis Willoughby, 1st Baronet, (1668–1688), descended from younger brother of 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. His greatgrandfather married the heiress of the Willoughbys of Wollaton.
•Sir Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Baronet,(1670–1729) 1st Baron Middleton.
•Francis Willoughby, (1692–1758) 2nd Baron Middleton.
•Francis Willoughby, (1726–1774) 3rd Baron Middleton.
•Thomas Willoughby, (1728–1781) 4th Baron Middleton.
•Henry Willoughby, (1726–1800) 5th Baron Middleton.
•Henry Willoughby, (1761–1835) 6th Baron Middleton.
•Digby Willoughby, (1769–1856) 7th Baron Middleton.
•Henry Willoughby, (1817–1877) 8th Baron Middleton.
•Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, (1844–1922) 9th Baron Middleton.
•Godfrey Ernest Percival Willoughby, (1847–1924) 10th Baron Middleton.
•Michael Guy Percival Willoughby, (1887–1970) 11th Baron Middleton KG.
•Michael Godfrey John Willoughby, (b. 1921) 12th Baron Middleton.

Willoughby of Risley, Baronets ( 1611-1649)

•Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st Baronet (1579-1649)

Willoughby of Willoughby, Baronets ( 1660-1671)

•Sir William Willoughby, 1st Baronet (c. 1630-1671)

House of BERTIE

Barons Willoughby de Eresby (1313, abeyant 1779)
Earls of Lindsey (1626 to 1779)
Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven (1715-1809)

•Peregrine Bertie, (1555–1601) 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
•Robert Bertie, (1582–1642) 1st Earl of Lindsey, 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG. Lord Great Chamberlain
•Montagu Bertie, (d. 1666) 2nd Earl of Lindsey, 15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG. Lord Great Chamberlain
•Robert Bertie, (1630–1701) 3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Lord Great Chamberlain
•Robert Bertie, (1660–1723) 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, Marquess of Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Lord Great Chamberlain
•Peregrine Bertie, (1686–1742) 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Lord Great Chamberlain
•Peregrine Bertie, (1714–1778) 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Lord Great Chamberlain
•Robert Bertie, (1756–1779) 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Lord Great Chamberlain
•Brownlow Bertie, (1729-1809) 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, son 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven

Bertie of the Navy, Baronets (1812-1824)

•Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, KB (1756-1824), natural son of 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.

Earls of Lindsey (1626, from 1809 to 1938)
•Albemarle Bertie, (1744–1818) 9th Earl of Lindsey, great-great-great-grandson of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey.
•Montague Peregrine Bertie, (1815–1899) 11th Earl of Lindsey
•Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie, (1861–1938) 12th Earl of Lindsey

Barons Norreys of Rycote (1572)
Earls of Berkshire (1621-1624)
Earls of Abingdon (1682)
Earls of Lindsey (1626, from 1938)

•Francis Norris, (1582–1624) 1st Earl of Berkshire, Viscount Thame, 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote.
•Elizabeth Wray nee Norris, (d. 1645) 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote.
•Bridget Bertie nee Wray, (1627–1657) 4th Baroness Norreys of Rycote.
•James Bertie, (1653–1699), 1st Earl of Abingdon, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote, son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second wife Bridget Bertie, 4th Baroness Norreys.
•Montagu Venables-Bertie, (1672–1743) 2nd Earl of Abingdon.
•Earl of Abingdon.
•Willoughby Bertie, (1740–1799) 4th Earl of Abingdon.
•Montagu Bertie, (1784–1854) 5th Earl of Abingdon.
•Earl of Abingdon.
•Montagu Arthur Bertie, (1836–1928) 7th Earl of Abingdon.
•Montagu Henry Edmund Towneley-Bertie, (1887–1963) 8th Earl of Abingdon, 13th Earl of Lindsey.
•Richard Henry Rupert Bertie, (b. 1931) 14th Earl of Lindsey, 9th Earl of Abingdon.

•Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie (1929 – 2008), 78th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, from 1988 to 2008, grandson of 7th Earl of Abingdon.

Viscounts Bertie of Thame (1918-1954)

•Francis Leveson Bertie, (1844–1919) 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame, second son of 6th Earl of Abingdon.
•Vere Frederick Bertie, (1878–1954) 2nd Viscount Bertie of Thame.

BERTIE (Earl of Lindsey)
Arms : 1st and 4th, argent three battering rams barways in pale proper, headed and garnished azure ; 2nd and 3rd, sable a shattered castle, triple towered argent.
Crest : A Saracen's head couped at the breast proper ducally crowned or, being the crest of the barons Willoughby. The crest of Bertie is a pine-tree proper.
Supporters : Dexter, a pilgrim or friar vested in russet with his crutch and rosary or ; sinister, a savage man wreathed about the temples and waist with ivy.
Motto : LOYAUTE' M' OBLIGE

BERTIE (Earl of Abingdon)
Arms : Quarterly, 1st and 4th, argent three battering rams barways in pale proper, headed and garnished azure ; 2nd and 3rd, sable a shattered castle triple towered argent.
Crest : A Saracen's head couped at the breast proper ducally crowned or, charged on the chest with a fret azure.
Supporters : Dexter, a friar vested in russed grey with a crutch, rosary, etc, all proper ; sinister, a savage proper wreathed about the temples and waist with leaves vert, each supporter charged on the breast with a fret azure.
Motto : VIRTUS ARIETE FORTIOR

Garvey ha scritto:
Ho dimenticato di aggiungere che lo stemma illustrato con l'inquarto con la torre è erato. Anche se i Bertie usavano tale arma fu un invenzione. I Berite hanno comunque il diritto di inquartare centinaia di altri stemmi, incluso per citare soltanto uno, l'arma reale dei Plantegeneti. L'arma d'uso dei Bertie è soltanto quella che i tre arieti

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Earls of Lindsey (1626 to 1779)
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