Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal. Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III King of England. the Anne of Exeter Volum

Melville Henry de Massue (styled the Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval) produced in this work one of the great achievements on royal and noble genealogy. In it he traces all the living descendants of King Edward III as of the date of original publication some 50000 individuals with over 300000 lines of descent between them. Included in the Roll are the names of all the crowned heads of Europe; of the majority of hereditary peers; of all the royal and princely houses of Europe; of many of the higher nobility of France Germany Austria Hungary Poland Bohemia Italy Spain Portugal Russia and Belgium; and of the old aristocracy of the Southern States of America together with baronets and county gentry. The five volumes together comprise some 3550 pages illustrated with portraits photographs and line drawings and each volume is completely indexed.