John I "Lackland", King of England - Betrothed

Anne Brannen try again ^_^

Betrothed just means promised to marry. Clarify please what connects this to 'Dead Child."? This is too cryptic to understand.

John, when he was a prince, was betrothed to Alice of Savoy. She was also a child. l She died before the marriage (which could have taken place when they were children, on account of being royals, and this being the Middle Ages.) Hence, dead child betrothed to marry.

I found out he is my 25th great grandfather

Threw my ancestry.ca treeline it shows he is my 25th great Grandfather but on here it’s showing he is a 24 Great Grandfather to me .

I have found that Geni has missed a more direct connection because someone has entered connections that are not the most direct. For example, I am shown as the 32nd great-grandson of Rollo through William the Conqueror, whereas the 30th GGS through the Conqueror's second cousin Hawise. By trying different options, we can rediscover what has been erased by careless research entry here. I like Hawise also because her GGGD Maude of Brittany married Walter de Gaunt and, through that marriage I am descended from Charlemagne (Charles "Le Magne" Martel (my 34thGGF and his grandfather Charles the Hammer ("Le Martel"). My suggestion is to keep digging but check your research thoroughly against this data base before posting it.