Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy #52ancestors

Richard I of Normandy (933–996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French, Sans Peur), was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996.^{[1][dubious – discuss]} Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard commissioned to write his De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum (Latin, On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes of Normandy), called him a dux, but this use of the word may have been in the context of Richard's leadership in war, and not a reference to a title of nobility.^[2][a] Richard either introduced feudalism into Normandy, or he greatly expanded it. By the end of his reign, most important landholders held their lands in feudal tenure.^[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I,_Duke_of_Normandy
http://www.geni.com/people/Richard-I-The-Fearless-Duke-of-Normandy/6000000010211396295

Richard I, 'The Fearless', Duke of Normandy is my 31st great grandfather.  
You 
   →  Mom 
your mother →  Pvt. Garnett Hancock, WWII Veteran 
her father →  Burrell H Hancock 
his father →  Samuel Austin Hancock 
his father → Peter Hancock, CSA Soldier 
his father →  John Hancock 1785 
his father →  Benjamin Hancock 1759 
his father →  unknown 
his parent →  Benjamin Hancock 
his/her father → John Hancock 
his father →  William Hancock, III 
his father →  Elizabeth Hancock 
his mother →  William Nicholas Spencer, Sr 
her father →  Mary Spencer 
his mother → Thomas Elmes, Sir 
her father →  Alice St. John 
his mother →  Sir John St. John, Kt. 
her father →  Lady Sybil Verch St John 
his mother → Margred (Margaret) or Jane or Jonnet Mathew 
her mother →  Gwenllian verch Dafydd 
her mother →  Gwenllian verch Philip 
her mother →  Nest verch Gwilym 
her mother →  Gwilym Sais Ap Madog 
her father →  Madoc . ap Hywel Vychan 
his father →  Sara le Sore 
his mother → Mabel FitzWilliam FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester 
her mother →  William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester 
her father → Robert de Caen, Earl of Gloucester 
his father →  Henry I Beauclerc, King of England,'Dei Gratiâ Rex Anglorum, 
his father → William the Conqueror, King of England 
his father →  Robert "le Magnifique" fitz Richard, Duc de Normandie 
his father →  Richard II, duc de Normandie 
his father →  Richard I, 'The Fearless', Duke of Normandy 
his father

Lady Godiva, Countess of Mercia #52ancestors

I thought she was just a myth, but this entry in my 52 weeks of ancestors theme is about the legendary Lady Godiva AKA Godgifu de Mercia an English noblewoman of whom you have heard.

Godiva (or Godgifu) (fl. 1040-1080) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur comes from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom watched her ride and was struck blind or dead."              

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva        

Godiva was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, one of the most powerful noblemen in 11th century England. The couple gave generously to religious establishments and in 1043 founded and endowed a monastery at Coventry. The chronicler Florence of Worcester mentions Leofric and Godiva, but does not describe her famous ride, and there is no firm evidence connecting the rider with the historical Godiva. Leofric died in 1057, and Godiva is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 (although she was almost certainly dead by then) as having held many estates in Warwickshire including Coventry, inherited from her husband.

The earliest surviving source for the legend is the 'Chronica of Roger of Wendover', written more than a century after Godiva's death. According to this account, Leofric became so exasperated by Godiva's endless appeals to reduce Coventry's heavy taxes that he declared he would do so if she rode naked through the crowded marketplace. She did so, with her hair covering all of her body except her legs. According to Ranulf Higden's 'Polychronicon', as a result Leofric freed the town from all tolls save those on horses. The story of the 'Peeping Tom' was added later. Godiva required the townsmen to remain indoors at the time of her ride but one man looked at her out of his window and was struck blind.    

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/godiva_lady.shtml                       

Lady Godiva is my 31st great grandmother.  

You 

   →  Mom 

your mother →  Pvt. Garnett Hancock, WWII Veteran 

her father →  Burrell H Hancock 

his father →  Samuel Austin Hancock 

his father → Peter Hancock, CSA Soldier 

his father →  John Hancock 1785 

his father →  Benjamin Hancock 1759 

his father →  unknown 

his parent →  Benjamin Hancock 

his/her father → John Hancock 

his father →  William Hancock, III 

his father →  Elizabeth Hancock 

his mother →  William Nicholas Spencer, Sr 

her father →  Mary Spencer 

his mother → Thomas Elmes, Sir 

her father →  Alice St. John 

his mother →  Sir John St. John, Kt. 

her father →  Lady Sybil Verch St John 

his mother → Margred (Margaret) or Jane or Jonnet Mathew 

her mother →  Gwenllian verch Dafydd 

her mother →  Dafydd ap Gwilym 

her father →  Gwilym ap Jenken 

his father → Jenkin ap Adam 

his father →  Adam ap Cynhaethwy 

his father →  Sir Reginald FitzPiers, Lord of Brecnoc 

his father → Piers FitzHerbert, Lord of Brecknock, (signatory of the Magna Carta) 

his father →  Lucy FitzMiles de Gloucester and Hereford, Lady of Blaen 

his mother → Sybil de Neufmarché 

her mother →  Agnes (Nesta) FitzOsbern 

her mother →  Nesta verch Gruffydd 

her mother →  Ealdgyth of Mercia 

her mother → Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia 

her father →  Lady Godiva 

his mother

http://www.geni.com/people/Lady-Godiva/6000000000392429148       

Charlemagne: Charles the Great, Emperor of the Romans #52ancestors

Charlemagne (English: Charles the Great, German: Karl der Grosse, French: Charles le Grand, Latin: Carolus Magnus, Dutch: Karel de Grote),(Merovingian Family, Carolingian Dynasty) King of Neustria (768-771), King of the Franks (771-814), King of the Lombards (774-814), and Emperor of the Romans (800-814). He was born on April 2, 742 at Ingelheim (or Héristal or Aix-la-Chapelle), and died January 28, 814 at Aix-la-Chapelle. Charles was the eldest son of Pippin III and Bertrada of Laon.

Charlemagne is my 31st great grandfather.
You 
   →  Pop 
your father →  Rufus S. Nichols 
his father →  Tressie (King) Nichols 
his mother →  Michael O. King 
her father →  Margaret (Wright) King 
his mother → James Wingfield Wright 
her father →  Mary Whitledge Grant 
his mother →  William Grant, of Crichie 
her father →  Elizabeth Grant 
his mother → William Leslie, X. Baron of Balquhain 
her father →  William Leslie, Ninth Baron of Balquhain 
his father →  John Leslie, Eighth Baron of Balquhain 
his father → Elizabeth Ogilvy 
his mother →  Margaret Sinclair of Deskford 
her mother →  Sir John Sinclair of Deskford 
her father →  Richard Sinclair of Deskford 
his father → Isabel Graham of Strathearn 
his mother →  Malise, 8th Earl of Strathearn 
her father →  Agnes Comyn 
his mother →  Sir Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan 
her father → William Comyn, 1st Earl of Buchan 
his father →  Hextilda Countess of Atholl Comyn 
his mother →  Uchtred FitzWalthe, Lord of Tynedale 
her father → Judith de Lens, Countess of Huntingdon 
his mother →  Lambert II de Boulogne, comte de Lens 
her father →  Mahaut de Louvaine 
his mother → Lambert I, graaf van Leuven en Brussel 
her father →  Régnier III, comte de Hainaut 
his father →  Regnier II, count of Hainaut 
his father → Hersende de Lorraine 
his mother →  Charles II "the Bald", Western Emperor 
her father →  Emperor Louis I 'The Pious', son of Charlemagne & Hildegard 
his father →  Charlemagne 
his father                                                 

http://www.geni.com/people/Charlemagne/6000000002457013227