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The article writen and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, Professional Genealogist.  You can email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com].

In the ancestry of both [[Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales]] and [[Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York]] is Lady Anne Churchill who married in 1699 to Charles Spencer the 3rd Earl of Sunderland.

I will now show how Anne descends from the Boteler family, and eventually from the d'Albini family.

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#Lady Anne Churchill was born 27 Feb 1682, the daughter of John Churchill (1650-1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough by his wife Sarah Jennings (1660-1774).
#John Churchill was the son of Winston Churchill (1620-1688), Knt of Glanville Wotton by his wife Elizabeth Drake.
#Elizabeth Drake was the daughter of John Drake (1591-1636), Knt of Ashe, co Devon by his wife Eleanor "Helen" Boteler (d 1666).
#Eleanor Boteler was the daughter of John Boteler (1566-1637), 1st Baron Boteler of Bramfield (cr. 1628) by his wife Elizabeth Villiers
#John Boteler was the son of Henry Boteler (~1538-1609), Knt of Hatfield Woodhall, co Herts by his wife Catherine Waller (d. 1572)
#Henry Boteler was the son of John Boteler (1515-76), Knt of Watton Woodhall, Herts by his wife Grizel Roche (d. 1582) (see [http://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00107781&tree=LEO&display=standard Henry Boteler] on Genealogics)
#John Boteler was the son of Philip Boteler (d. 1545), Knt of Watton Woodhall and Pulverbatch, Herts by his wife Elizabeth Drury
#Philip Boteler was the son of John Boteler (d. ~1515), esq of Watton Woodhall, Herts by his wife Dorothy Tyrrell
#John Boteler was the son of John Boteler (b.1435) by his wife Elizabeth Who-Are-Ye (d. 1471)
#John Boteler was the son of Philip le Boteler (1412-53), esq of Watton Woodhall, Herts. by his wife Elizabeth (Isabel) Willoughby (living 1453)
#Philip Boteler was the son of Philip le Boteler (1388-1421), Knt of Watton Woodhall, Herts. by his wife Elizabeth Cokayne
#Philip Boteler the eventual sole heir (in 1413) of his great-grandmother Hawise was the son of Philip Boteler (d.1393), Knt of Watton Woodhall, Herts. by his wife Elizabeth Who-Are-Ye (living 1412)
#Philip Boteler was the son of Ralph Boteler (third son), Knt of Watton Woodhall, Herts. j.u. by his wife Katherine Peletoyt, heiress of that place
#Katherine Peletoyt was the daughter of Philip de Peletoyt, Knt of Watton Woodhall, Herts. by his wife Isabella Roger
#Philip Peletoyt (d. 1361) was the son of Eudo de Peletoyt (d. 1307-12) by his wife Flora d'Albini, heiress of Watton Woodhall
#Flora d'Albini was the daughter of Oliver d'Albini, Knt (d. by 1271) by his wife Mabel de Twye (living 1271)