The Lygon / Ligon Family Tree

The Ligon Family Ancestry

William Beauchamp Lygon is the Ligon Brothers 12th Great Grandfather

The Famous Kin of William Lygon

Ligon Brothers Lineage

Royalty Connections:

King Edward I

of England

22nd great grandfather of

The Ligon Brothers

King Henry III

of England

21st great grandfather of

The Ligon Brothers

King Robert I

King of France

17th great grandfather of

The Ligon Brothers

Princess Diana

Princess of Wales

12th cousin of

The Ligon Brothers

Prince William

Prince of Wales

13th cousin of

The Ligon Brothers

Prince Harry

Duke of Sussex

13th cousin of

The Ligon Brothers

William the Conqueror

King of England

15th great grandfather of

The Ligon Brothers

Alfred the Great

King of the Anglo-Saxons

21st great grandfather of

The Ligon Brothers

King Charles

King of the United Kingdom

3rd cousin 15 times removed of

The Ligon Brothers

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom

3rd cousin 14 times removed of

The Ligon Brothers

Notable Connections:

George Washington

1st US President

Husband of the 1st cousin ten times removed of the Ligon Brothers

James Madison

4th US President

7th great-granduncle of

The Ligon Brothers

Zachary Taylor

12th US President

8th great-granduncle of

The Ligon Brothers

Sir Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the

United Kingdom

10th cousin twice removed of the Ligon Brothers

Meriwether Lewis

Lewis and Clark Expedition

7th great-granduncle of

The Ligon Brothers

John D Rockefeller

Founder of the Standard Oil Co

4th cousin 13 times removed of the Ligon Brothers

via Sir Thomas Mowbray

Henry S Morgan

Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley

4th cousin 14 times removed of

The Ligon Brothers

Warren Buffett

CEO Berkshire Hathaway

1st cousin 15 times removed of

The Ligon Brothers

via Sir William Dennis

Gen. George Patton

U.S. Army - World War II

11th great-granduncle of

The Ligon Brothers

J.P. Morgan

3American Banker

9th cousin 11 times removed

The Ligon Brothers

via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

The Lygon / Ligon Family Coat of Arms

Lygon / Ligon Family

Coat of Arms

Lygon / Ligon Family

Coat of Arms

Shield of Arms

William Lygon (Earl)

Ligon Brothers

Coat of Arms

Arms of Ligon

"Ex Fide Fortis"

Lygon / Beauchamp Cost of Arms

A combination of the Beauchamp Crest & the Lygon Crest

It's Currently Hanging in the Lygon Estate at Madresfield Court

William Lygon

1st Earl Beauchamp

The Ligon Brothers Family Tree

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The Family Tree below begins with the Marriage of the union of Thomas Lygon and Joan de Bracy in the 1400s. This pivotal marriage marked the beginning of the Lygon family's enduring residence at the historic Madresfield Court 900 years ago and counting

Michael & David Ligon are direct descendants of Thomas Lygon he is their 16th Great Grandfather