Kate Middleton's Family Tree - Sassy Jane Genealogy (2024)

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Is Kate Middleton a descendant of Mary Boleyn? ›

During the affair Mary Boleyn bore two children, Catherine in 1524 and Henry in 1526, who are widely considered to be Henry's children. Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl, notes, “Catherine was born at the height of Henry's passion for her mother.” Catherine is Kate Middleton's direct ancestor.

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via Carole Middleton

Adam Middleton

via Michael Middleton

Party Pieces, the company set up by the Middletons back in 1987, went into administration last June, with over £2.5 million pounds worth of debt. At the time, reports suggesting Carole had been left 'upset and deeply disappointed' by the situation.

Kate was born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton and is now officially known as Catherine, Princess of Wales GCVO (that acronym references her "Royal Victorian Order"). She officially dropped her middle and last name upon marrying Prince William and also gained these fancy titles: duch*ess of Cambridge. Countess of ...

Answer and Explanation: Anne Boleyn's sister Mary was Princess Diana Spencer's 13th great-grandmother on her father's side. Mary Boleyn married Sir William Carey in 1520 and the pair had two children, Catherine Carey and Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon.

Is Kate Middleton related to royalty? Apart from being married to the future King of the UK, Catherine, duch*ess of Cambridge (née Middleton) is descended from King Edward IV through her mother, Carole Middleton, and from King Edward III through her father, Michael Middleton.

Ellen DeGeneres (Cousin)

Yup, the 63-year-old comedian revealed on her show in 2011 that she's the duch*ess's 15th cousin. The two are related through a man by the name of Sir Thomas Fairfax and his wife, Agnes Gascoigne, who lived in the United Kingdom in the early 1500s. Now that's an impressive family tree.

In case you needed a royal refresher, Kate Middleton and her two younger siblings, Pippa and James Middleton, are all related by way of their parents, Michael and Carole Middleton.

Before she got married, Kate was already relatively well-to-do. Her family inherited a trust fund that in 2014 was worth more than £3 million ($3.7 million), according to the Daily Mail. When Kate was born, her father, Michael, was a flight dispatcher and her mother, Carole, was a flight attendant.

So why are Carole and Michael Middleton in debt? While Carole and Michael no longer owe their creditors millions, they do still owe Interpath, whose fees for overseeing the company's sale have reportedly put the couple in a slightly more shallow pool of debt.

How wealthy are the Middletons? ›

The couple and their three children, George, 10, Charlotte, eight, and Louis five, enjoy the financial perks of inheriting the Duchy of Cornwall, a property portfolio and investments with assets amounting to £1.2 billion. In 2022, Kate alone was estimated to be worth around £7.8 million by Cosmopolitan.

Carole Middleton, the mother of Kate Middleton, is facing financial difficulties with her business, Party Pieces. According to The Times in the UK, the company is struggling to cover the insolvency firm costs, amounting to over $329,000.

The Princess of Wales calls his husband "babe", while the Prince has several nicknames for Kate, including "Babykins" and "duch*ess of Doolittle", which according to some reports, is not as cute as it sounds.

Buckingham Palace has remained mum about how much Kate weighs or how tall she is, but rumors put her at 5-foot-10 and about 120 pounds. "At a weight of 120 for 5-foot-10, that puts her at 80 percent of ideal body weight, or definitely underweight," said Bonci.

Lady Laura and James Meade

The Meades are one of Kate and William's closest couple friends and the group has been on several double dates over the years. William is best friends with James, who was a co-best man alongside Prince Harry at the pair's wedding.

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and King Charles III are descendants of Mary Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's sister.

Their remarkable legacy came in the form of two magnificent monarchs – Queen Elizabeth I, Anne's daughter, and Queen Elizabeth II, a direct descendant of Anne's sister, Mary Boleyn.

What's interesting, though, is that Princes William and Harry are also descended from Mary Boleyn through their mother's Spencer line: Mary Boleyn (d. 1543) m. William Carey.

But her ancestors had starring roles in the great royal drama that was the Tudor dynasty's century of power. In fact, it turns out that Henry VIII is almost certainly Kate Middleton's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather.