Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and more
October 21, 2024, published at 8:30 PM ET
George Bush – Princess Diana
The 41st US president was the 11th cousin twice removed from tragedy Princess Diana – which also makes him related to Prince William also. George H. W. Bush also had to do with it Abraham Lincoln…which means Diana and her brood are too. That comes full circle!
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Angelina Jolie – French King Philip II
Ooh la la! Angelina Jolie is a descendant of Philip IIwho ruled from 1180 to 1223. She is also the 26th cousin of Queen Elizabeth II – with both French and English blood in her veins, she could wage her own Hundred Years’ War on herself!
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Jamie Lee Curtis – Christopher Guest
Most celebrities will never meet their royal relationship, but… Jamie Lee Curtis sleeps with her: Backbone hubby Christopher Guest is the 5th Baron Haden guest – so Curtis herself is actually a Baroness and sees the aristocracy just by looking in the mirror!
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Brooke Shields – King Edward III
Beautiful baby star Brooke Shields is quite established as a blue blood, as she is a descendant of John of Gauntwho was Duke of Lancaster and son of Edward IIIwho transformed England into a military power and was one of the country’s longest-reigning rulers.
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Brad Pitt – King Henry II
Fight club star Brad Pitt is a descendant of England Henry II – who eventually controlled most of France through marriage Eleanor of Aquitaine. Life certainly wasn’t the pits for Henry… can Pitt say the same?
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Richard Gere – King Edward I
Richard Ger should not shy away from his relationship with King Edward Ibut the six-foot-tall actor can’t measure up to the six-foot-tall English king called “Longshanks” because of his height, and Hammer of the Scots because of his ruthless treatment of his northern neighbor.
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Ozzy Osbourne – Russian Tsar Nicholas II
What a contrast! Ozzy Osbourne is infamous for biting off a bat’s head while he was an ancestor Nicholas II was the head of Russia when the revolution overthrew him and abolished the monarchy. Bad blood for everyone.
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Tom Hanks – King John of England
Tom Hanks is a descendant of King John and is much better at his job: Hanks has won two Oscars, while the king lost the Duchy of Normandy and went to war with his barons despite signing the Magna Carta. Too bad Forrest Gump wasn’t there to guide John!
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Johnny Depp – Queen Elizabeth II
The Pirates of the Caribbean star is the 25th cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and a descendant of the 14th century King Edward III. Johnny Depp‘s Captain Jack Sparrow would have fit right in with those turbulent times.
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Celine Dion – Kate Middleton
Titanic Canadian-born resident of Las Vegas Celine Dion is a tenth cousin once removed of the Princess of Wales… well, that’s close enough to break bread and commiserate about their respective recent health issues.
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Michael Douglas – King Edward III
Michael Douglas played in The War of the Rosesa fictional film about a problematic marriage. His ancestor, King Edward III, started the Hundred Years’ War and was in charge when the Black Death ravaged England and Europe. Apples and oranges!
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Madonna – Camilla Parker Bowles
Material girl Madonna and current Queen of England Camilla his ninth cousins once removed. There’s little doubt about this royal connection… they’re both “Vogue” in their own party animal ways!
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Bill Hader – King Edward I and Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne
The former Saturday evening live Funnyman swims is blue blood – he has connections to Edward and the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagnewhich united most of Europe.
Bill Hader joked: “The conqueror of Europe? I I couldn’t even get the coffee maker to work this morning.”
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Hilary Duff – King Henry VIII
Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff is not only Elizabeth II’s 18th cousin, she also traces her lineage Catherine Carey – rumor has it that she is the unclaimed illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII.
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