How much do you know about your family Bloodline and how far back

2015-12-12T21:49:41-05:00

My family lineage goes back to before 1160CE. My ancestors participated as Templar Knights who fought alongside King Richard the Lion heart in the 3rd Crusade also known as the Kings Crusade. In 2009 I was contacted by my order the Hereditary Knights Templar's Of Britannia informing me that our families title had been passed to me, I was honored. I received a couple of journals, a Damascus knife, my title papers and family documents. Very recently King Richards remains were found under a parking lot outside London and an effort to fully recover him was launched and completed so now he will at some point be buried in the Templar Church in London. Here are some links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England
http://www.livescience.com/27534-richard-lionheart-heart-mummified.html
http://www.livescience.com/26815-bones-king-richard-iii-found.html

Below left ia the Kings Crest / Shield to the right the Crescent with the star were the Templar Soldiers Shields.... That's all I know I am still researching

Richard I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy (as Richard IV), Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was known as Richard Cœur...

Response by SPC(P) Jay Heenan made Dec 12 at 2015 10:16 PM

2015-12-12T22:16:22-05:00

My wife has traced my ancestry back to the 1600's...pretty cool stuff.