2. LOWRY ANCESTORS THE GOOD

3. Alaric I of the Visigoths (died 410; 50 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Sacked the city of Rome in 410, the first step of the barbarian conquest of the Roman Empire Braut Onund Ingvarsson (died 660; 37 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Known as the 'Land Clearer' for clearing trees in Sweden, he died in a landslide Halfdan the Black of Norway (died 800; 34 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Drowned when his sleigh broke through ice weakened by cow dung Alfred the Great (died 899; 35 th GGF of Tom Lowry) St Wenceslaus of Czechoslovakia (born 935; 35 th great-granduncle of Tom Lowry) Murdered on his way to church by his brother, Boleslaw the Cruel (Good King Wenceslaus)

4. THE GOOD Henry I the Fowler (died 936; 31 st GGF of Tom Lowry) King of Germany, founder of the Saxon dynasty Hucbald II von Dillingen (died 939; 37 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Father of Pope Leo IX William I Longsword, Duke of Normandy (died 942; 33 rd GGF of Tom Lowry) He was lured to a peace conference with Arnulf I of Flanders, who then murdered him Harald 'Bluetooth' Gormsson (died 987; 29 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Viking King of Denmark. Eriksson electronics named their wireless devices after him, and the logo for Bluetooth devices is the Nordic rune for his initials, H and B. The name was chosen because of the way Harald united the tribes of Denmark into one network. Had the Jelling Stones of Denmark erected in honor of his parents, Gorm the Old and Thyra V

5. THE GOOD Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (died 1014; 27 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Ended Viking domination of Ireland at the Battle of Clontarf, in which he was killed Olaf II Eriksson of Norway (died 1022; 31 st GGF of Tom Lowry) Martyred in Stockholm for refusing to worship the pagan Nordic gods after converting to Christianity St Olaf of Norway (died 1030; 32 nd GGF of Tom Lowry) The last saint to be venerated by both the Eastern and Western Catholic Churches before the schism Basil (Vasul) the Blind of Hungary (died 1037; 35 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Had his eyes gouged out and his ears filled with molten lead for conspiring to kill King Stephen

6. THE GOOD Robert II Montgomery (died 1037; 31 st GGF of Tom Lowry) Archbishop of Rouen, Normandy Duncan I of Scotland (died 1040; 30 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Killed by the followers of Macbeth Lady Godiva of Coventry (died 1067; 29 th GGM of Tom Lowry) Rode naked through the streets of Coventry to protest taxes imposed by her husband Mabel of Belleme (died 1079; 25 th GGM of Tom Lowry) Beheaded while sleeping in Shrewsbury Castle William I de Bourgogne (died 1087; 31 st GGF of Tom Lowry) Father of Pope Callistus II

7. THE GOOD William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury (died 1226; 24 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Died mysteriously during the First Barons' War. When his casket was opened in 1798 the carcass of a rat was found in his skull. The rat tested positive for arsenic, confirming that William died of arsenic poisoning. The rat is now on display in a museum in Salisbury Bela II the Blind of Hungary (died 1141; 30 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Blinded by his uncle so he would not become king of Hungary Fulk V D Anjou (died 1144; 29 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Was King of Jerusalem during the Crusades Matilda (Maud) Beauclerc (died 1167; 27 th GGM of Tom Lowry) Became the first female ruler of England (Empress Maud)

8. THE GOOD Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (Strongbow) (died 1176; 28 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Led the English invasion of Ireland in 1169 Walter FitzAlan (died 1177; 24 th GGF of Tom Lowry) First hereditary High Steward of Scotland Alan FitzWalter (died 1204; 23 rd GGF of Tom Lowry) Knights Templar during the Crusade, he is credited with expanding the Knights Templar in Scotland Eleanor of Aquitaine (died 1204; 27 th GGM of Tom Lowry) Was the Queen of France and the Queen of England; imprisoned by her husband for 16 years William VI de Braose (died 1210; 21 st GGM of Ethel Maud Smith) William and his mother, Maud de St Valery, were imprisoned at Corfe Castle by King John I. They were walled alive in the dungeon and starved to death

9. THE GOOD Simon de Montfort (died 1265; 23 rd GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Crusader, killed by a stone thrown from the tower in the siege of Toulouse. Known for burning the citizens of cities he captured, or gouging out their eyes and cutting off their lips, noses and ears Robert FitzWalter (died 1235; 25 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Led the barons opposing King John in the First Barons' War Henry II The Pious of Silesia (died 1241; 32 nd GGF of Tom Lowry) Killed battling the Mongols at Legnica, his body so badly mutilated that he could only be identified by the six toes on his left foot Conrad IV Hohenstaufen (died 1254; 25 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) King of Jerusalem during the Crusades

10. THE GOOD Haakon IV Haakonsson, King of Norway (died 1263; 22 nd GGF of Tom Lowry) Rescued from assassins as a child, his rescuers carried him on skis to safety, an event still celebrated in Norway as the Birkebeiner ski race Fulk FitzWarin (died 1264; 23 rd GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Raised in the court of Henry II, a friend of the young King John. In adulthood he became an outlaw, and is thought to be the person who inspired the story of Robin Hood Alfonso X of Spain (died 1284; 21 st GGF of Tom Lowry) Has a Lunar crater named after him Rudolf I Habsburg (died 1291; 22 nd GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) First of the Habsburg rulers of Austria

11. THE GOOD John de Graham (died 1298; 17 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Rescued William Wallace (Braveheart) at Queensbury, later killed at the Battle of Falkirk William Douglas the Hardy (died 1298; 20 th GGF of Tom Lowry) The first Scottish nobleman to support William Wallace (Braveheart), died a prisoner in the Tower of London Alexander Scrymgeor (died 1306; 19 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Captured by the English in the Scottish Wars of Independence and hanged in Newcastle John Strathbogie (died 1306; 19 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Captured by the English at the Battle of Methvin, he was hung at the Tower of London, beheaded, his head hung from the London Bridge

12. THE GOOD Joan of Acre (died 1307; 23 rd GGM of Tom Lowry) Her grave at Clare Priory, Suffolk England, has been the site of many reported miracles Christopher Seton (died 1307; 21 st GGF of Tom Lowry) At the battle of Methvin Robert the Bruce was unhorsed and captured by the English. Seton slew Bruce's captor and freed him to escape; later captured and executed at Dumfires Angus Og, Lord of the Isles (died 1316; 17 th GGF of Tom Lowry) After his coronation as King of Scotland, Robert the Bruce entrusted the Stone of Scone to Angus to keep it from Edward I Robert de Clermont (died 1317; 21 st GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Founder of the House of Bourbon in France (son of Louis IX) Robert the Bruce (died 1329; 19 th GGF of Tom Lowry) At his death his heart was removed and carried on a Crusade

13. THE GOOD James Douglas (died 1330: 19 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Captured Roxburgh Castle during the Scottish Wars of Independence with a handful of men by disguising them as cattle. Carried the heart of Robert the Bruce on Crusade, where he himself was killed Malcolm Drummond (died 1346; 18 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Developed the Caltraps, an iron device with four spikes, which stopped the English cavalry at the Battle of Bannockburn Christina Bruce (died 1357; 21 st GGM of Tom Lowry) Successfully defended Kildrummy Castle against the English with a handful of servants during the Scottish Wars of Independence John de Montgomerie (died 1361; 16 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Captured Henry de Percy (Hotspurs) at the Battle of the Otterburn

14. THE GOOD Miles Stapleton (died 1364; 19 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Founded the Order of the Garter, the highest order of knighthood in England Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (died 1369; 17 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Commanded the English forces at the victories of Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War James Douglas (died 1388; 16 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Led the Scottish forces at the Battle of Otterburn. Douglas was killed early in the battle, his body hidden so the Scottish troops would not retreat. The battle became known as the battle won by a dead general. The ghosts of Douglas' army still haunt the roads around Otterburn

15. THE GOOD Archibald Douglas (died 1426; 16 th GGF of Tom Lowry) Lost an eye at the Battle of Halidon Hill and a testicle at the Battle of Shrewsbury Lady Margaret Beaufort (died 1433; 15 th GGM of Ethel Maud Smith ) Established the Lady Margaret's Professorship of Divinity at the University of Oxford Owen Meredith Tudor (died 1461; 16 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Led the York forces at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross against Edward, Earl of the March. He was defeated, captured, and executed by decapitation

16. TH E GOOD Thomas Wyatt (died 1542; 12 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) English poet who introduced the sonnet to England; negotiated with the Pope for the divorce of Henry VIII Haute Wyatt (died 1638; 9 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Minister of the Jamestown Colony from 1621 to 1624, during the great massacre of 1622 James Avery (died 1700; 7 th GGF of Ethel Maud Smith) Rescued the Mohican Uncas from the Naragansetts (Last of the Mohicans) Samuel Doak III (died 1831; 3 rd GGF of Tom Lowry) Prayed for the Over the Mountain Boys before their victory at King's Mountain in the Revolutionary War; founded three colleges and 4 churches