Creating a narative

With the advent of Artificial Intelligence and the existance of many geneological (family tree) offerings there is a big potential that things get fabricted.

However, this is not a new phenomina - the technology has changed from the 19th century when those that could afford it and thought that they were important could pay The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval to create a manuscript with family trees to relate your family back to Edward III.

Why Edward III and not before it is not known. I guess the Internet and Wikipedia didn't yet exist and you would have to access to books!

Why Plantagenet Roll? - The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal has a preface dated 31 January 1911, there must have been a desire to relate to the past by those that could afford it.

It seems that you could have a customised copy of The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal with a special insert with the connection of your own family tree in relation to Edward III. This was originally found when I was researching Samuel Millbank Raymond and then I found a copy of the Roll for: Arthur William Vaisey, Esq.

The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal

The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval titles his tomes with a Plantagenet moniker, but Edward III was not the first of the Plantagenets.

The 300-year long reign of the Plantagenet dynasty in England started with Geoffrey of Anjou and his marriage to the Empress Matida, the daughter of Henry I and the disputed Queen of England against Stephen. The son of Matilda and Geoffrey of Anjou was Henry II.

The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval

The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval - Melville Henry Massue was a prolific