Margarita de Castro e Souza

Margarita de Castro e Souza, a 15th century Portuguese noblewoman, was an ancestor of Queen Charlotte, 1744-1818, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom, through her mother Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Margarita's speculated (albeit unproven) descent from the racially ambiguous Moors is one of several reasons Queen Charlotte, and consequently the present British Royal Family, is thought to have African ancestry. This, however, is contradicted by genealogists, who trace Margarita's descent to Afonso III of Portugal and a mistress of his called Madragana (Mor Afonso), daughter of the Mozarab (Iberian Christians living under Muslim domination) governor of Faro, Aloandro Ben Bekar.

Margarita married Jean II, count of Neufchetel (1414-1489), and their issue propagated throughout Europe.

Margarita's genealogy

King Afonso III of Portugal

Madragana

Martim Afonso Chichorro

Inês Lourenço de Valadares

Martim Afonso Chichorro II

Lady Aldonça Anes de Briteiros

Vasco Martins de Sousa Chichorro, Lord of Mortágua

Estefânia Garcia

Knight Afonso Vasques de Sousa

Leonor Lopes de Sousa

Fernando de Castro, Lord of Boquilobo

Mécia de Sousa

Jean II, Count of Neufchetel, Lord of Montagu and Fontenoy

Margarita de Castro e Sousa

Isabeau de Neufchetel, Lady of Ruffey

Isabelle de Neufchetel, Countess of La Roche-en-Montagne

Jeanne de Neufchetel, Lady of Ribeaupierre

Ferdinand de Neufchetel, Count of Neufchatel-Marnay, Lord of Montaigu

Avoye de Neufchetel, Lady of Puits

External links

• Margarita de Castro e Souza's full genealogy in a Portuguese Genealogical site