Jewels of the Crown

A newsletter of the Order of the Crown of in the United States of America

November 2018 Issue No. 8

Order of the Crown of Charlemagne

in the United States of America

Officers for the 2018 – 2021 Term

President General…………………….…..……...Mrs. David K.Tozer (Ellen) 1st Vice President General….……….…..…...…...... Mrs. Dianne A. Robinson 2nd Vice President General……. Mrs. Peter I.C. Knowles, II (Brantley C. B.) 3rd Vice President General……..………………….……... Mr. Craig H. Metz Chaplain General………………….…....The Rev’d Christopher Mark Agnew Recording Secretary General……..…..…..Mrs. Erskine Ramsay, II (Laura D.) Corresponding Secretary General…..………………...Mrs. Karen McClendon Treasurer General………………………….Mrs. Thomas L. Aldinger (Laurie) Registrar General………………………...………...Mr. Tracy Ashley Crocker Archivist General……………………………..…...…...Mr. Michael P. Schenk Chancellor General………………………………...….Mr. Alan James Koman Historian General……………………………….…....Stephen Archie McLeod Curator General…………………………...……………….…... Heather Speas Chirugeon General……………………………....Charles Clement Lucas, MD Assistant Treasurer General…….….……………..Mr. Charles Edward Horton Assistant Registrar General………..….……...……...Mr. John Robert Harman Editor General………………………...………..…...Geoffrey R. Bodeau, MD

The Councilors Cornelia Smithwick Mrs. Richard Campbell Silman (Jo) Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr., EdD Nicholas Donnell Ward, Esq. Barry Christopher Howard Mrs. Nelson Vance Harper, Jr. (Gloria) Mr. Sutherland McColley Mr. Philip Robert Livingston Mr. Robert Carter Arnold Mrs. Steven Wayne Duff (Anna) Mr. Craig Lee Montz

Genealogist General Nathan W. Murphy, MA, AG, FASG

Message from the President General

Fellow Members of the Order,

Greetings from Maryland! I am honored to serve as the sixteenth Presi- dent General and to be the first female to lead the order in forty-seven years. I thank Charles Neuhauser, my immediate predecessor for his leadership; his knowledge and professionalism are commendable.

I also want to thank our very fine board members for their dedication and enthusiastic work, especially our Registrar General Tracy Crocker who works so efficiently with prospective members as he continues to drive membership to the Order. Our Genealogist General Nathan Mur- phy has moved steadily forward to approve applications and he contin- ues to work on approving additional gateway ancestors while maintain- ing and holding our standards for membership procedure to the highest measure. I know you will all appreciate reading his book review of Gary Boyd Roberts’ new book, “The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants” in this newsletter. Both Tracy and Nathan’s work are hallmarks of the ac- curate genealogy that is central to our sterling reputation.

Our Corresponding Secretary General, Karen McClendon, is hard at work to lead the efforts to publish a new updated Roster, which will be printed and mailed to all active members in 2019. Additionally, Treasurer General Laurie Aldinger keeps comprehensive and accu- rate accounting for our Order for which I am most grateful. I also want to sincerely thank Dianne Robinson and Brantley Knowles, our 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents General, for their assistance and guidance. They are both valuable advisors and I appreciate all that they do. My gratitude goes out to all of the Officers for their exemplary work.

I hope you will all enjoy this new edition of our Jewels of the Crown newsletter. Our Editor General, Geoffrey Bodeau has done an excellent job organizing this 8th issue. He has worked with Barry How- ard and Mike Swisher, and other board members, to compile and print this latest beautiful edition. My thanks go out to all.

Please make note of the Charitable Contributions appeal in this newsletter as well. Our membership has grown over these last few years and we are the premier Medieval Order with approximately 1550 active members and we would like to continue to be able to produce educational information for our members as well as support genealogy research. Please consider making a contribution.

Our next meeting will be Thursday, April 11th, 2019 at the elegant Metropolitan Club. Sincere appre- ciation is due to Past President General Nicholas Ward for generously sponsoring us once again at the Club. We look forward to seeing many of you this Spring.

M. Ellen W. Tozer President General,

Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America The Cathedral

Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas

Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom), traditionally called in English the ‘Cathedral of Aix-la- Chapelle’, is a Roman in Aachen, , and the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen.

It is one of the oldest cathedrals in Europe and was constructed by order of the Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there after his death in 814. For 595 years, from 936 to 1531, the Palatine Chapel, heart of the ca- thedral, was the church of coronation for thirty-one German kings and twelve queens. The church has been the mother church of the Diocese of Aachen since 1802.

Charlemagne began the construction of the Palatine Chapel around 796, along with the building of the rest of the palace structures. The exact date of completion is unclear; however, a letter from Alcuin, in 798, states that it was nearing completion, and in 805, Leo III consecrated the finished chapel. A foundry was brought to Aa- chen near the end of the 8th century and was utilized to cast multiple bronze pieces, from doors and the rail- ings, to the horse and bear statues. Charlemagne was buried in the chapel in 814. It suffered a large amount of damage in a Viking raid in 881, and was restored in 983.

After Frederick Barbarossa canonized Charlemagne, in 1165, the chapel became a draw for pilgrims. In order to sustain the enormous flow of pilgrims in the Gothic period a choir hall was built, in 1355, and a two-part Capella vitrea (glass chapel) which was consecrated on the 600th anniversary of Charlemagne's death. A cupo- la, several other chapels and a steeple were also constructed at later dates. It was restored again in 1881, when the Baroque stucco was removed.

During World War II, Aachen, including its famed cathedral, was heavily damaged by Allied bombing attacks and artillery fire, but the cathedral's basic structure survived. Many of the cathedral's artistic objects had been removed to secure storage during the war, and some which could not be moved were protected within the church itself. However, the glazing of the 14th-century choir hall, the Neo-Gothic altar, a large part of the cloister, and the Holiness Chapel (Heiligtumskapelle) were irretrievably destroyed. Reconstruction and restora- tion took place intermittently over more than 30 years, and cost an estimated 40 million euros.

In 1978, the Aachen Cathedral was one of the first 12 items to be listed on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.

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The Aachen Cathedral (continued)

Notable Items at the Aachen Cathedral:

The Throne of Charlemagne:

In the western gallery on the lower floor, opposite the choir, the ‘Throne of Charle- magne’ is to be found. The original Carolingian throne came from the spolia of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The appearance of the throne and its location in the Palatine Chapel did not change with the passage of centuries. Be- tween 936 and 1531, thirty one German kings ascended to this throne after their anointment and coronation at the Marienaltar (Altar of Mary).

"Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas" The Aachen Cathedral Treasury:

The Aachen Cathedral Treasury is a museum which houses one of the most important collections of medieval church artworks in Europe. In 1978, the Aachen Cathedral Treasury, along with Aachen Cathedral, was the first monument on German soil to be entered in the List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Treasury con- tains works from Late Antique, Carolingian, Ottonian, Staufen, and Gothic times. The exhibits are displayed in premises connected to the Cathedral cloisters.

Some of the objects in the Cathedral Treasury which are connected with Charlemagne include:

The Bust of Charlemagne:

The Bust of Charlemagne is a reliquary in the form of the bust of Charlemagne made around 1350, which contains a portion of Charlemagne’s skull. Made in the Mosan region, long a center of high-quality metalwork, the bust is both a masterpiece of late Gothic metalwork and figural sculpture.

The Charlemagne Arm Reliquary:

The Charlemagne Arm Reliquary, made from guilt silver, holds Charlemagne’s right forearm. The bones were placed there on 12 October, 1481.

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Charlemagne et ses Leudes

‘Charlemagne et ses Leudes’, often translated as Charlemagne and His Guards, is a statue situated in the plaza of Notre-Dame, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, . It is a work by the French sculptors Charles Rochet and Louis Rochet, and the art foundry Fonderie Thiébaut Frères.

The monument is a bronze statue installed on a pedestal, which represents Charlemagne on a horse, accompa- nied by his vassals Roland and Olivier.

The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire and Durandal are visible. [Durendal is the sword of Roland, legendary paladin of Charlemagne in French epic literature. It is also said to have belonged to young Charle- magne at one point, and, passing through Saracen hands, came to be owned by Roland.] The presence of the crown of the Emperor is anachronistic, because Roland died in 778, prior to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800. The presence of the Scepter of Charles V is likewise anachronistic, as it was not created until the 14th century.

Louis Rochet began this statue after completing his statue of William the Conqueror at Falaise, and his statue of Peter the 1st of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.

The statue was proposed in 1853. A plaster version was presented at the International Exposition of 1867 and the bronze version at the Universal Exposition of 1878.

The statue was preserved during the German occupation of World War II because of the importance of Charle- magne in German history.

The statue is located on the south side of the Notre-Dame square, in front of Notre-Dame cathedral.

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne_et_ses_Leudes

Cover photo taken May 15, 2018 by Geoffrey Bodeau : By COL. Charles Clement Lucas, Jr., MD, KTJ

Charles the Bald Half Brother to and Lothar I Son of and Judith Grandson of Charlemagne

Charles the Bald (13 June 823 – 6 October 877) was the King of West (843–77), King of (875– 77) and (875–77, as Charles II).

After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded by the Treaty of Verdun (843) in acquiring the western third of the . He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.

Struggle against his Brothers:

He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father.

The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine) were unsuccessful.

The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as their brother Louis the German, King of Bavaria, made Charles's share in Aquitaine and Italy only temporary, but his father did not give up and made Charles the heir of the entire land which was once Gaul and would eventually be France. At a diet in Aa- chen in 837, Louis the Pious bade the nobles do homage to Charles as his heir.

Pepin of Aquitaine died in 838, whereupon Charles at last received that kingdom, which angered Pepin's heirs and the Aquitainian nobles.

The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons.

Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor , and the two allies defeated Lothair at the -en-Puisaye on 25 June 841.

In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg.

The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Verdun in August 843.

The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the West , which he had been up until then gov- erning and which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse, the Saône, and the Rhône, with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro.

Louis received the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire, known then as and later as Germany.

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Lothair retained the imperial title and the Kingdom of Italy. He also received the central regions from through the and Burgundy as king of .

Reign in the West:

The first years of Charles's reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855, were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brothers continued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedly with one another, at Koblenz (848), at Meerssen (851), and at Attigny (854). In 858, Louis the German, invited by dis- affected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the West Frankish kingdom. Charles was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy. He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis the German king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs, who were related to his mother, Judith.

In 860, he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of , but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869, Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.

Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons. Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë, who defeated the king at the Battle of Ballon (845) and the Battle of Jengland (851), the Bretons were successful in obtaining a de facto independence.

Charles also fought against the Vikings, who devastated the country of the north, the valleys of the Seine and Loire, and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. (Charles the Bald, continued from page 10.) Charles led various expeditions against the invaders and, by the Edict of Pistres of 864, made the army more mobile by providing for a cavalry element, the predecessor of the French chivalry so fa- mous during the next 600 years.

By the same edict, he ordered fortified bridges to be put up at all rivers to block the Viking incursions. Two of these bridges at Paris saved the city during its siege of 885–886.

Reign as Emperor:

In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half- brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by John VIII, traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in on 29 December.

Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to .

After the death of Louis the German (28 August 876), Charles in his turn attempted to seize Louis's kingdom, but was decisively beaten at the Battle of Andernach on 8 October 876.

In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens, was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the , but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his regent in Lombardy, Boso, and they refused to join his army.

At the same time Carloman, son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bains, on 6 Oc- tober 877.

According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body.

He was to have been buried in the Basilique -Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was rec- orded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted down at the Revolution.

Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis.

Charles was a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens, who betrayed him, and of of Reims.

Charles ‘the Bald’s’ Baldness:

It has been suggested that Charles' nickname was used ironically and not descriptively; i.e. that he was not in fact bald, but rather that he was extremely hairy.

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(Charles the Bald, continued from page 11.) An alternative or additional interpretation is based on Charles' initial lack of a regnum. "Bald" would in this case be a tongue-in-cheek reference to his landlessness, at an age where his brothers alrady had been sub-kings for some years.

Contemporary depictions of his person, e.g. in his Bible of 845, on his seal of 847 (as king) as well as on his seal of 875 (as emperor) show him with a full head of hair, as does the eques- trian statuette (c. 870) thought to depict him.

The Genealogy of Frankish Kings, a text from Fontanelle da- ting from possibly as early as 869, and a text without a trace of irony, names him as Karolus Calvus ("Charles the Bald").

Certainly, by the end of the 10th century, Richier of Reims and Adhemar of Chabannes refer to him in all seriousness as "Charles the Bald".

Marriages and Children:

Charles married Ermentrude, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans, in 842. She died in 869. In 870, Charles married Richilde of Provence, who was descended from a noble family of .

With Ermentrude:

Judith (844–870), married firstly with Ethelwulf of Wessex, secondly with Ethelbald of Wessex (her stepson) and thirdly with Baldwin I of Flanders Louis the Stammerer (846–879) Charles the Child (847–866) Lothar the Lame (848–866), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain Carloman (849–876) Rotrude (852–912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde Ermentrud (854–877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon Hildegarde (born 856, died young) Gisela (857–874) Godehilde (864-907) With Richilde: Rothilde (871–929), married firstly to Hugues, Count of Bourges and secondly to Reginald of . Drogo (872–873) Pippin (873–874) a son (born and died 875) Charles (876–877)

Book Review:

The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Que- bec, or the United States Who Were Themselves Notable in American History. By Gary Boyd Roberts.

Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, 3600 Clipper Mill Rd., Suite 260, Baltimore, MD 21211; (800) 296-6687; genealogical.com; 2018. 2 vols., cxcii+1611 pp., index. Soft cover. $150.00.

Gary Boyd Roberts’s latest book is a welcome addition to the royal genealogy literature. Roberts increases the number of gateway ancestors in his publications from 600 to more than 900. There are many new lines to explore. Half of these additions are nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants. Additionally, he broadens the geographical scope to include French and one Spanish gateway ancestor. The primary value of this compilation to the hereditary society community is that he includes new colonial gateways discov- ered over the past five years, not included in Douglas Richardson’s publication Royal Ancestry (2013).

Some of the highest-quality new gateways in Roberts’s compilation are lines that have been published in scholarly genealogical journals, such as The American Genealogist (TAG), The Genealogist (TG), the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR), and Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française (Mémoires). These lines have been peer-reviewed. They include Mrs. Anne (Couvent) Amiot of Québec, Levin Bufkin of Virginia, Charles Chambers of Massachusetts, John Freake of Massachusetts, Mrs. Katherine (Duncanson) Glen of New York, Mrs. Margaret (Domville) Hatton Banks of Maryland, Thomas Hussey of Maryland, Touissaint Ledran of Québec, Mrs. Catherine (Baillon) Miville of Québec, Rev. Edward Norris of Massachusetts, Mrs. Anne (Duncanson) Powell of New York, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hussey) Scott of Massachusetts, Mrs. Margaret (Duncanson) Teller of New York, Francis Yarnall of Pennsylvania, and Philip Yarnall of Pennsylvania. Lines that have been scrutinized on the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup, such as Rev. Thomas Craighead of Pennsylvania, John Fenwick of South Carolina, Culcheth Golightly of South Carolina, Mrs. Anne (Fielder) Gantt Wight of Maryland, Mrs. Catherine (Craighead) Homes of Massachusetts, John Ireland of Maryland, and Mrs. Elizabeth (Whetenhall) Rozier of Maryland are also well documented and should have little trouble getting ap- proved. When Roberts cites TAG, TG, NEHGR, Mémoires, or soc.genealogy.medieval as sources for new lines, applicants can have greater confidence in their accuracy. Some of these royal descents have already been successfully used by applicants and their new gateway ancestors have been added to the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne’s official list.

Applicants who wish to use new lines from The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants that are not currently on the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne’s official gateway list at www.charlemagne.org need to be comfortable that the proofs they are submitting will meet our requirements. The documentation Roberts cites will need to be retrieved. Note that birth, marriage, and death dates and places are not included in Roberts’s book and will need to be gleaned from the sources. Once the application is submitted, it’s possi- ble the line will be accepted by the Genealogist General, but it’s also possible issues will be found.

Nathan W. Murphy, FASG, Genealogist General, Order of the Crown of Charlemagne

Next Meeting—April 11, 2019

The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America will be meeting in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 11, 2019.

Our Speaker for the April 2019 meeting will be:

SUSAN R. STEIN Richard Gilder Senior Curator, Special Projects Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

Susan Stein has played a major role in the comprehensive presentation, restoration, and interpretation of Monticello since 1986. As Vice Presi- dent for Museum Programs and Senior Curator, she nearly doubled Monticello’s collection, made significant changes to Monticello inside and out, initiated the landmark The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Mon- ticello exhibition and catalog, and was responsible for the four exhibi- tions and Thomas Jefferson’s World film at Monticello’s David M. Ru- benstein Visitor Center. She was trained as an art historian at the Uni- versity of Chicago where she also did graduate work in American histo- ry. Before coming to Monticello, Stein headed the Octagon in Wash- ington, D. C. She speaks frequently to museum audiences, often about the decorative arts and art Jefferson acquired in France. She is now planning a major exhibition called Thomas Jefferson: Fashioning Amer- ica that explains how Jefferson “planted the arts” in America to create Thomas Jefferson by Jean-Antoine an American identity. Ms. Stein is a governor of the Decorative Arts Houdon, 1789. Gift of the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Thomas Jeffer- Trust and honorary member of the Virginia Society of Architects. son Foundation at Monticello.

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Recollections from 2018

Charles Neuhauser and Christopher Agnew Brantley Knowles, Dianne Robinson and Ellen Tozer

Christopher Agnew, Tracy Crocker, Karen Charles Neuhauser and Ellen Tozer McClendon, Craig Metz and Laura Ramsay

Ellen Tozer and Laura Ramsay Craig Metz, Barbara Carpenter and Jack Early Recollections from 2018

Henderson, Julie, David and Ellen Tozer, with Michael Schenk, Edward Horton and George and Martha Wright Laurie Aldinger

John Bourne and Meade Whitaker, Jr., Esq. Tom and Laurie Aldinger

Eva Gray and Grayson Harding Mario and Karen Cardullo with Dana and David VanHise The Aachen Cathedral (continued)

The Karlsschrein (Charlemagne’s Casket):

The Karlsschrein was made in Aachen at the command of Frederick II, Holy Ro- man Emperor and completed in 1215, af- ter Frederick II's grandfather, Frederick Barbarossa had exhumed Charlemagne's bones from their resting place in the Pala- tine Chapel, Aachen in 1165.

Frederick II personally carried out the transfer of the bones and the sealing of the shrine on 27 July 1215, the first anniver- sary of the Battle of Bouvines, which had spurred him to seek the German throne. Two days before, he had been crowned again and finally as the King of the Romans at Aachen.

Charlemagne’s Hunting Horn:

An Olifant from eleventh century Southern Italy or the east, has long been considered the Hunting Horn of Charlemagne. There is also the so-called Hunting Knife of Charlemagne, dating to the eighth century. The hunting knife, made of Damascus steel is clas- sified as Anglo-Saxon or Scandinavian. The associated sheath probably dates to the eleventh century and bears an Old English inscription, reading BRHTZIGE MEC FECID (Brythsige made me).

We hope that many of the members of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne will be able to travel to Aa- chen, Germany at some time and see these treasures and artifacts of the Emperor Charlemagne.

Contributions to the Order

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Small Lapel Pin .5” x .5” Item 10 14K $ 90.00* Item 11 10K $ 65.00* Item 12 S/G $ 35.00

*All 10k and 14k gold prices are approximate based on current gold prices Members will have to contact Mfg. for current prices.

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Item(s) #______Total $ ______Shipping $ 8.50 TOTAL $______Please email request for Official Order Blank to: [email protected] Include your MEMBERSHIP NUMBER Or Send your request to: Registrar General Order of the Crown of Charlemagne 14115 41st Avenue North Plymouth, MN 55446

Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the

United States of America

PROPOSAL FOR MEMBERSHIP

Date: ______To the Committee on membership: The undersigned propose for membership in the Order:

(Full Name)______(Maiden Name)______(Address)______City: ______State: __ Zip: ______Country: ____ Tel # ______Personal Email: ______(Occupation)______

Who is personally known and request that a formal invitation be sent to our friend. It is understood that upon acceptance of the invitation and payment of the fees, that lineage blanks will be sent to the prospective member on which nominees for membership will be required to present properly prepared and endorsed Lineage Claims showing ancestry in full details with citations from themselves to Charlemagne. Other Personal Recommendations

(As Genealogical Societies, Commissions, and Honors) ______

Name of Gateway Ancestor: ______Proposed by: ______Proposed by: ______Proposer Comments: ______Email or Mail to: [email protected] 14115 41st Avenue North, Plymouth, MN 55446 Order of the Crown of Charlemagne 2018