Birth Name: Diana Frances Spencer
Date of Birth: 1 July, 1961
Place of Birth: Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Date of Death: 31 August, 1997
Place of Death: Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, some Irish, Anglo-Irish, French, German, likely 1/64th Indian, and smaller amounts of Dutch, Royal, Welsh, Danish, Channel Islander (Jersey), Belgian
Diana, Princess of Wales was a British royal. With her husband, Charles, Prince of Wales, she is the mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales. Her father, Edward John Spencer, is a direct descendant of King Charles II.
Princess Diana was of mostly English, as well as Scottish, ancestry. She had smaller amounts of Irish, Anglo-Irish, French, and German, roots, as well as likely 1/64th Indian (through her matrilineal line), ancestry, and even smaller amounts of Dutch, Royal, Welsh, Danish, Channel Islander (Jersey), and Belgian ancestry.
Princess Diana is widely believed by DNA researchers to have a matrilineal ancestor, Eliza Kewark, who was an Indian woman; if this is the case, it would have made Diana of 1/64th Indian ancestry.
Princess Diana’s paternal grandparents were Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (the son of Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, and of The Honorable Margaret Baring), and Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (the daughter of James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, and of Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham).
Princess Diana’s maternal grandparents were Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (the son of James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy, and of Frances Ellen Work) and Ruth Sylvia Gill (the daughter of William Smith Gill and Ruth Littlejohn). Frances was an American heiress. William was of Scottish origin.
Sources: Genealogy of Princess Diana (through her son, Prince William) – http://www.wargs.com
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