PEDIGREE



PEDIGREE: Don René II - b.1983 - Present
41 Forebearers - 1,852 Year Documented Ancestry

160 AD: Fornjot, King of Gotland
Reigned over the area now know as Finland & Kvenland
East of the Gulf of Bothnia, adjacent to the White Sea.

185 AD: Kari Fornjotsson of Kvenland, Finland
Son of King Fornjot, King of Gotland

210 AD: Frosti Karrasson of Kvenland, Finland
Son of King Kari Fornjotsson, King of Kvenland

240 AD:Jokull Frostisson of Kvenland, Finland
Son of King Frosti Karrasson, King of Kvenland

275 AD: Snaer Jokullsson, High King of Kvenland, Finland
Son of King Jokull, King of Kvenland

320 AD: Thorri Snaersson, King of Gotaland, Finland
Son of King Snaer Jokullsson, High King of Kvenland

365 AD: Gorr Thorrasson, King of Alfeim
Son of King Thorri Snaersson, King of Gotaland, Finland

King Heiti Gorrsson
425-565 AD: (Birth Date Unknown)
Son of King Gorr Thorrasson, King of Alfeim
Born in Raumsdal, Norway

600 AD: Svidi Heytsson
Son of King Heiti Gorrsson Called "The Sea-King"
Married: Eysteinsdatter, in Raumsdal, Norway

650 AD: King Eystein Svidrasson, King of Raumarike & Vestfold
Son of King Svidi Heytsson, Married Princess Hildi daughter of Eric Agnarsson, King of Westfold. King Eric Agnarsson of Westfold had no sons and seeded his territory to his son in law. Prince Eystein took possession and ruled over all of Westfold for as long as he lived.

720 AD: King Halfdan 'The Old', King of Vestford
Son of Prince Eystein Svidrasson, King of Raumarike & Vestfold
It was said about King HalfdanThe Old:
“He Gave his men gold when other kings favored silver”.

788 AD: Prince Ivar Halfdansson, Earl of Oppland, Norway
Married Eysteinsdatter Glumra in Oppland, Norway
Son of King Halfdan The Old, King of Vestford

800 AD: Prince Eystein Glumra Ivarsson, Earl of Hedemarken, Norway
Married Ascrida, Countess of Oppland, Norway
Son of Prince Ivar Halfdansson, Earl of Oppland, Norway

830 AD: Prince Reginald I 'The Wise', Earl of Moer and Romsdal
Campaigned w/ King Harold Fairhair in his attempt to unify Norway
Son of Prince Eystein Glumra Ivarsson, Earl of Hedemarken

846- 931 AD: Rollo The Tall, Baptised Robert I,
Son of Prince Reginald The Wise, Earl of Moer and Romsdal

After participating in many Viking incursions along the Seine, culminating in the siege of Paris in 886, Rollo was finally defeated by King Charles the Simple. With the Treaty of St.-Claire-Sur-Epte, Rollo accepted to become a vassal to Charles III of France, converted to Christianity and was baptized with the name Robert I. Charles then granted Rollo territories around Rouen, which came to be called Normandy. Robert I married the daughter of Berengar II, Count of Rennes (886- 896), Margrave (Marquis) of the Breton March (Previous lord of Brittania Nova, which became Western Normandy)

893- 942 AD: William I (William the Conqueror)
Duke of Normandy, Son of Robert I, (Rollo)

942- 996 AD: Richard I, Duke of Normandy
Son of William I, Duke of Normandy

989-1037 AD: Robert II, Count of Évreux
Son of Richard I, Duke Normandy

1037-1067 AD: Richard I, Count of Évreux,
Son of Robert II, Duke Normandy

1067-1118 AD: Guillaume, Count of Évreux, France
Son of Richard I, Count of Évreux

1090 AD: Lord Gonçalo Martins de Évreux
Crusader in the 3rd Crusade (1187–1192)
Came to Portugal w/Henry of Burgundy (Father of King Afonso I)
Nobleman in the royal court of King Afonso I (1185-1211)
Granted lands in Valença-do-Minho and Ponte de Lima
(In what was to become the Kingdom of Portugal)
It is here that Évreux became phonetically "Portugized" into Abreu creating a cadet branch of Évreux. Lord Gonçalo Martins de Abreu setteled, founded a manor and built the Torre De Abreu. He gave his name to the courtly estate and the surrounding territory he now controlled. He is considered the patriarch of the Abreu Dynasty.

1200 AD: Dom Rui Gomes de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu
Nobleman in the royal court of King D. Sancho (1185-1211)
And in the royal court of King D. Alfonso II (1211-1223)

1260 AD: Dom Lourenco Rodrigues de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu and the House of Regalados
Lived during the time of King D. Sancho II (1223-1248)
And King D. Alfonzo III (1248 – 1279)

1290 AD: Dom Gomes Lourenco de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu
Count of Regalados and Lord of the house of Valadares (Through His wife) Nobleman in the royal court of King D. Afonso III (1248 – 1279)
And the royal court of King D. Denis (1279-1325)

1340 AD: Dom Lourenco Gomes de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu
Lord of Regalados, Barbeita and Valadares
And the castles of Lapela and Melgaco

1370 AD: Dom Vasco Gomes de Abreu –
Lord of the House of Abreu
Lord of Valadares, Lapela, Melgaco by the grace of King D. Fernando (1367-1383)

1420 AD: Dom Diogo Gomes de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu, Valadares and Regalados

1470 AD: Dom Pedro Gomes de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu
Lord of Valadares, Regalados and Rocas
Granted the patronage of Vila Boa da Roda &
The rights of Moncao, Aguiar de Neiva and Terra de Pena
By the grace of King Afonso V (1438-1481)

1492 AD: Christopher Columbus found and claimed the island
Now occupied by Cuba, for the Kingdom of Spain.

1511 AD: First Spanish settlement in Cuba

1520 AD: Dom Lopo Gomes de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu
Lord of Regalados, Valadares, Rocas, Vila Boa da Roda,
Terra de Pena and Aguiar de Neiva, Major of Lapela

1523 AD: Dom Antonio de Abreu
Portuguese navigator and explorer of the then secret "spice islands"
First European to discover Australia
Ferdinand Magellan was enlisted by the Portuguese Viceroy,
Francisco d’Almeida (1511), to sail under the command of Antonio de Abreu

1570 AD: Dom Pedro Gomes de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu
Lord of Regalados and major of Lapela and Evas

1600 AD: Dom Rui Gomes de Abreu
Son of Pedro Gomes de Abreu
Lord of the House of Abreu, Major of Elvas

1620 AD: Doña Beatriz de Abreu
Noble woman of the House of Abreu
(Daughter of Rui Gomes de Abreu)
Married Joao Fernandes de Andrade (from Arco) in 1640
It is during this time the descendants of the House came to Madeira

1688 AD: H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu, 1st Marquis de la Regalia, Great nephew of Lord Pedro Gomes de Abreu. Elevated to Marquis on 8 July 1738 by the thankful Bourbon King, Philip V of Spain for bringing in more than 1 Million reales to the Spanish Crown.

Short History,
H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu (Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, 8 July 1688 - 28 November 1756, aged 68), Marquis de la Regalia by the grace of King Philip V of Spain on 8 July 1738. He was nominated as a Royal Surveyor and Controller of the Royal Rents and Taxes in August 1714 in Caracas. In August 1715 he started his lectures on law, the first chair in Caracas, in the Convent of Santa Rosa asked by Archbishop Francisco del Rincón, and on April 1716 married in the Cathedral of Caracas widower Teresa Cecilia de Bertodano Knepper, born 1691. They fathered four boys and two girls between 1717 and 1729, having ther last two males after returning to Spain. He was present in September 1720 at the wrangle of the Viceroy to destitute the Captain General of the Province of Caracas, Marcos de Bethencourt y Castro. By September, he was replaced and then moved to La Habana (Cuba) towards the end of 1722, coming back to Spain towads the end of 1723. In 1726 he published statements concerning vacant positions in the churches of the Spanish Empire, and the rents and moneys provided belonging to the King. ("Regalism" from the French churches, hence the marquis title given to him "de la Regalía" by the thankful Bourbon King Philip V of Spain, bringing "over 1 million reales to the Spanish crown).

Issue (Posterity)
• Don José Antonio, Born Sept. 3, 1717
• Doña María Teresa Josefa, Born May 11, 1720
• Don Félix José, Born July 13, 1721
• Doña Josefa Nicolasa, Born March 17, 1729
• Don Jaime Alberto Born 1733
• Don Miguel Antonio Born 1738

1769 AD: Don Apolonio Benjamin de Abreu,
Grandson of H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu,
1st Marquis de la Regalia

1818 AD: Don Antonio Rosendo de Abreu
1st Great Grandson of H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu,
1st Marquis de la Regalia

1867 AD: Don Apolonio Abreu Soto,
Cuban Commandante (Army Major)
2nd Great Grandson of H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu,
1st Marquis de la Regalia

1895–1898 Cuban War of Independence against Spain

1902 Cuba Becomes a Republic

Although the new Republic of Cuba did not give itself the power to create and bestow new titles of nobility, it did not interfere with the already established tradition. The families who possessed noble titles continued to use them, and the public respected their historical meaning and social position. This all changed when Castro's revolution took control of the island; soon the Communist government moved against these nobles, forcing many into exile. It was at this point that the family dropped the nobiliary particle, “De” before the surname. It was not until Don René Léopold De Abreu y De Leon II that the nobiliary particle, “De” before the surname was re-adopted as part of the nomen proper.

1912 AD: Don Rosendo Benjamin Abreu,
Cuban Commandante (Army Major), Batista Regime
3rd Great Grandson of H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez De Abreu,
1st Marquis de la Regalia, Real Estate Entrepreneur, Anti Communist
Military Exile after the rebels led by Fidel Castro won the communist revolution

1953-1959 Communist Revolution led by Fidel Castro

1961 AD: Don Rene Abreu I, Chef de la Maison Emeritus
Born in exile in Nice (Côte d'Azur), France
Real Estate Entrepreneur, Protestant Pastor
4th Great Grandson of H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu
1st Marquis de la Regalia

1983 AD: Don René Léopold de Abreu y de León II, Seigneur de Abreu
Head of the Name and Arms of the Maison De Abreu
5th Great Grandson of H.E. Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu,
1st Marquis de la Regalia

Don René II currently resides in the United States where he is active as the patron of The Hereditary Lords & Heirs Society and the Lords & Heirs Heraldic Register of Arms. Don René II is active in various NGO's and charities focused on diplomatic development and inter-faith dialogue. He enjoys the study of theo-conservatism, power politics, social stratification, dynastic law and leadership sciences. Don René II holds special regard for the preservation of the delicate social & religious balance in the City of Jerusalem and encourages all Christians to financially and prayerfully support Judeo-Christian interests throughout the world.

2009 AD: Don René II made a pilgrimage to the holy land visiting the city of Jerusalem to commemorate the contributions and sacrifice made by his crusading ancestor, Lord Gonçalo Martins de Evreux (3rd Crusade).