Lady Caroline de Bourgogne-12th Great-Grandmother
My12th Great-Grandmother was Lady Caroline de Bourgogne and yours, if your parent is a child of Moses Jefferson Pearson. She is on Edward Pearson’s (6th Great-Grandfather’s wife’s side of the family in the Moses J. Pearson’s (our grandfather) line. If for example, you’re a second cousin then she’d be your 13th great grandmother.
When Lady Caroline de Bourgogne was born in 1482 in Mayenne, Mayenne, France, her father, Sir, was 22. She had two sons and three daughters with William Ashton Ledbetter. She then married Sir Simon Gilman and they had one son together. She died in 1562 in Beaune, Côte-d’Or, France, having lived a long life of 80 years.
Lady Caroline de Bourgogne was born in 1482 in Mayenne, Mayenne, France, to Sir Richard Lommois de Amiens de Bourgogne, age 22.
Her son Hugh Donnington was born in 1500 in Middlesex, England. Her daughter Maude was born in 1510 in Cheshire, England. Her daughter Katherine was born in 1504 in Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, England. Her son Christopher Ashton was born in 1506 in Buckinghamshire, England. Her daughter Elizabeth Buckler was born in 1520 in Dorset, England.
Lady Caroline de Bourgogne married Sir Simon Gilman in 1524 when she was 42 years old.
Her son Simon was born in 1525 in England.
Her husband Sir Simon passed away in 1543 in Cîteaux, Côte-d’Or, France, at the age of 36. They had been married 19 years.