Jacob `the Rich' FUGGER ; (monopolized silk and copper trade throughout Europe; 5th Wealthiest Person in all of history; principal creditor to Emperor Charles V)
Jacob (d.A.) FUGGER (1397? - 1469) ; (his descendants were important bankers)
Jacob ibn ISAAC (King of GOSHEN) (Haran 1892? BC - 1745? BC Egypt) ; aka Israel (Yisrael, eponym of ISRAEL); aka Jacob ben ISAAC (of the YEGEV) the SEMITE; aka Yaqub, PROPHET....
Jadwiga (King/Queen) of POLAND (1373? - 1399) ; aka Hedwig von POLEN; (her marriage to Grand Duke Lithuania formed a short-termed Personal Union; `King' ....
Jaime de BOURBON (Duke) of SEGOVIA & Anjou (Segovia 1908 - 1975 Switz.) ; aka Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique Alejandro Alberto Alfonso Victor Acacio Pedro Pablo Maria (Infante) of SPAIN; ...
[James (q.v. : Walter's brother)] Walter (Sir; of LENNOX) STEWART (1395? - 1425) ; or: James (q.v. : Walter's brother); Master of Fife, Lennox and Menteith
[James (Wm's kin)] William HUSE (? - 1313+) ; or: poss. James (Wm's kin)
[James `the Just' (Joseph's nephew)] Joseph (Saint) of ARIMATHEA (? - 82?) ; or: James `the Just' (Joseph's nephew); poss. aka James `the Just' ha-DAVID; (some show Jesus' brother or even son, not uncle, as the Joseph of t....
James Abram GARFIELD (Ohio 19/11/1831 - 19/11/1881 New Jersey) ; (Major General in Civil War); President of the United States #20; (amateur Mathematician)
James Buchanan DUKE (N.C. 1856 - 1925 N.Y.) ; (`Buck'); (founder of American Tobacco Company; eponym of Duke University; 52nd wealthiest American ever)
James BUCHANAN (Penns. 23/4/1791 - 1/6/1868 Penns.) ; U.S. Senator; Minister to Russia; 17th U.S. Secretary of State; U.S. Senator; President of the United States #15
James Butler `Wild Bill' HICKOK (Illinois 27/5/1837 - 2/8/1876 Deadwood, Dakota Territory) ; (scout, Gunfighter, U.S. Marshall, poker player; he was killed at poker table, holding Aces and Eights, all Black); (HICKOCK)
James CARNEGIE (9th Earl of SOUTHESK) (Edinburgh 1827 - 1905) ; K.T. (famous poet; Baron BALINHARD; The Baronial title was significant as Southesk was a Scottish Earldom....
James CHILTON (Canterbury, Kent 1556? - 8/12/1620 Provincetown Harbor) ; Signed the Mayflower Compact ; (made freeman by Canterbury's mayor, became Separatist, charged ....
James (Sir) Clerk MAXWELL (13/6/1831 - 5/11/1879) ; (CLERK-MAXWELL); (brilliant Mathematician and Physicist, noted for his equations of eclectromagnetism; ep....
James CROFTS (1st Duke of MONMOUTH) SCOTT (Rotterdam 1649 - 15/7/1685 Tower Hill) ; (K.G., later degraded; Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Doncaster, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, etc.; PRETENDER-KING of ENGLAND); (FitzROY)
James III (King) of CYPRUS (1473 - 1474) ; Archbishop of NICOSIA; aka Jacques III de LUSIGNAN; (on his death, throne passed to his father's cousin, Louis of Savoy, q.v.)
James Darwin ALLEN (Indiana 25/9/1849 - 1/9/1912 Oregon) ; both parents dying early, he was living with Eliza Ann Allen (age 43) in 1860, but she doesn't appear to ....
James (of Barrowby) DENE (? - 1498) ; (most sources show only one generation between Thomasine/Dorothy and Nicholas, but differ on whether it is James, John, or Thomas; ...
James (Lord of) DOUGLAS (1286? - 1330 Spain) ; famous military Commander; `the Good', `the Black' (nicknames used by Scots and English respectively); Si....
James (K.G.) DOUGLAS (1662 - 1711) ; 2nd Duke of QUEENSBERRY; 1st Duke of DOVER; (after the death of his son Charles, the Dukedom passed to his grand-nephew William)
James Dow (Jimmy; Jim; Jr.) ALLEN (Denver, Colo. 30/3/1926 - 29/5/1975 San Jose, Calif.) ; IBM Advisory Engineer (patented Inventor); Pres. Los Gatos Jaycees, Pres. Los Gatos Homeowners Assn.
James DUKE (Virg. 1677 - 1751 Virg.) ; (there was some doubt about the identities of James' father and his wife's father, but the fathers shown here are now confirmed)
James Graham FAIR (Tyrone, Eire 1831 - 1894 San Francisco) ; `Silver King' (mining Engineer, got rich on Nevada's Comstock Lode, built railroads, etc.; 17th wealthiest American ever; U.S. Senator)
James (DOUGLAS) (4th Duke of) HAMILTON (1658 - 1712) ; K.G.; Founding K.T.; 1st Duke of BRANDON; (dueled with Charles Mohun for Macclesfield); (DOUGLAS-HAMILTON)
James HAMLIN (London 1606? - 1690 Mass.) ; (HAMBLEN)
James (1st Baronet; of Clovelly Court) HAMLYN (? - 1811) ; (pursuant to request of his great-uncle Zachary Hamlyn, Parliament permitted him to change his surname from HAMMETT to HAMLYN)
James HEPBURN (Duke of ORKNEY) (1536? - 1578 Dragsholm Castle, Denmark) ; 4th Earl of BOTHWELL; Hereditary Lord High Admiral of Scotland; Royal Consort of SCOTLAND; (poss. Murdere....
James (Jr.) MADISON (Virg. 16/3/1751 - 28/6/1836 Virg.) ; 5th U.S. Secretary of State; President of the United States #4; Key Founding Father of the U.S.A.
James MONROE (Monroe's Creek, Virg. 28/4/1758 - 4/7/1831 Virginia) ; 7th U.S. Secretary of State; 8th U.S. Secretary of War; Governor of Virginia; President of the United Sta....
James (1st Earl) STANHOPE (Paris 1673 - 1721 London) ; (soldier, Governor of Minorca; Lord of the Treasury, Chief Minister, etc.); Viscount Stanhope of MAHON; Baron STANHOPE of ELVASTON
James STANLEY (7th Earl) of DERBY (Lancas. 1607 - 1651 Lancas.) ; King of the Isle of MAN; Lord Lieutenant of North Wales; K.G.; 1st Baron of Strange; `the Great'
James (Seamus, Jacobus) STEWART (1243? - 1309) ; or: prob. not John (q.v. : James' brother); 5th Lord High Steward of SCOTLAND; signatory of the Turnberry Band ; Guardian of SCOTLAND
James I STEWART (37th King) of SCOTS (1394 - 21/2/1437) ; (spent most of `reign' imprisoned by England, assisted to claim the Throne by his uncle Walter, q.v., who later turned against him)
James II STUART (King) of ENGLAND (14/10/1633 - 16/9/1701) ; aka James VII of SCOTS; K.G.; (fought with Spain against Cromwell, became Lord High Admiral, then King, d....
James I STUART (King) of GREAT BRITAIN (1566 - 1625) ; aka James Charles VI (43rd King) of SCOTS; K.G.; King of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND; (he ruled both ENGLAN....
Jan JANSZOON (JENSEN) von HAARLEM (1570? - 1641+) ; aka Murat REIS the Younger; President & Grand Admiral of the CORSAIR Republic of SALE; Governor of Oualidia; pirate
Jan de LUXEMBOURG (King) of BOHEMIA (Luxemburg 10/8/1296 - 26/8/1346) ; aka Jean `l'Aveugle' (John `the Blind') d' ARLON; aka John LIMBURG; aka Jean I von HOHENSTAUFEN; (Bohemia....
Jan van LYNDEN (? - by 1469) ; 3rd Heer van HEMMEN, Heer van Boedelham
[Jane MYLES] Elizabeth(?) BENION (? - 1630+ London) ; or: prob. not Jane MYLES; (BINION; BENNION); (usually shown with name Bridget, but that appears to be an error, conflating her with another wife)
Jane NEVILLE (1481? - 1539) ; (most srcs show her as daughter of George (1440 - 1492); that he was her grandfather instead is shown by Douglas Richardson's new research)
[Janyn PERRERS] Edward III (WINDSOR; King) of ENGLAND (13/11/1312 - 21/6/1377) ; also ``King of France''; (during his reign Parliament was divided into two Houses, English became officia....
Japanese Giant Hornet ; aka Vespa mandarinia japonica; (at 5.5 cm the largest wasp; most venemous sting of any insect)
[Japhet (Shem's brother)] Shem (Sceaf Sam Sem) ibn NOAH (2454? BC - 1842 BC) ; (the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle shows Shem as father of Bedwig); progenitor of Asia; eponym of SHEM....
Japhet (Iaphet) ibn NOAH (2452+ BC - ?) ; Progenitor of Europe and Central Asia; eponym of YAPHETIDY; aka Yabet' (Yephet); aka Japheth (Japeth) ADA....
[Jason (son of Simon II ben Onias II)] Jeshua (claimant DAVIDIC Prince) (? - 88+ BC) ; or: prob. not Jason (son of Simon II ben Onias II);
Jason (Jay) GOULD (Roxbury, N.Y. 1836 - 1892) ; (speculater and railroad developer; allied with James Fisk and Boss Tweed; 9th wealthiest American ever; 23rd Wealthiest Person ever)
[Jasper TUDOR, q.v. (Henry's uncle)] Henry VII TUDOR (King) of ENGLAND (Wales 1457 - 1509 Surrey) ; (though his claim to the throne was disputed, his clever actions greatly increased the power of the English King; ...
Javan (Jaran Iauan Juuan Juuin Japhan) ben JAPHETH ; or: Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.; (Iauan ibn Iaphet is shown as father of Dardan in ancient Briton source `Bya 33'); 4th son of Japhet; one of the Progenitors of Europe
Jean I CAPET (King) of FRANCE (& NAVARRE) (15/11/1316 - 22/11/1316) ; `the Posthumous'; (his reign ended by his death at age one week, perhaps the youngest any King ever died)
[Jean CRAWFORD] Annabella MAXWELL (Eire 1657? - ?) ; or: Annabel STEWART or: Jean CRAWFORD; (she probably married a Robert Polliok of Pollok from a later generation)
Jean Gaspard Ferdinand (K.G.) de MARCHIN (1601? - 1673) ; (Walloon military General; enlisted at age 13; restored Modave Castle); Comte de GRANVILLE; (de MARSIN)
Jean HASBROUCK (HASBROUCQ) ; (Hazebrouck and Assebrouck are two different towns near Flanders, so any relation between the familiy names is uncertain)
Jean HASBROUCK (HASBROUCQ) (Calois, Artois 1644? - 1714 New Paltz, N.Y.) ; (Huguenot refugee, fled first to Germany, then to New Paltz, New York where he founded the Walloon Protestant Church)
Jeanne (prob. de BATH) (1213? - 1276+) ; or: prob. not Joan BASSET, q.v. (shown here as as Joan Valletort's mother); (Plantagenet's 1st mistress); (Joan Jane); aka Jeanne (Mrs.) de VALLETORT
Jeanne Sybille d' ARC (Domremy 6/1/1412 - 30/5/1431 Rouen) ; aka Jehanne la PUCELLE (Virgin) de LORRAINE; aka Saint Joan of ARC; aka The Maid of ORLEANS; aka Giovanna....
Jeanne de TALLEBOT ; or: Blanche RIEUX, q.v.; Baroness of TALBOT-CLUEVILLE
[Jehiel (Ner's father)] Ner ben JEIEL of GIBEON ; or: Jehiel (Ner's father); (Bible books Kings and Chronicles seem to differ on whether Ner was Kish's father or brother)
Jehoiahaz ha-DAVID (19th King) of JUDAH (631? BC - 608+ BC) ; poss. aka Zidkiah ben YOSHIA; (Shallum Jehoahaz Ahaz Joachaz); deposed and carried hostage, with his moth....
Jeremy (1st Baronet; of the Inner Temple) WHICHCOTE (1614 - 1677) ; (Solicitor-General to the Prince Elector Palatine; Warden of Fleet Prison, purchasing this wardenship to aid the exiled King Charles II)
Jesse de FOREST (Hainault 1576? - 1624 Brazilian Guiana) ; (soldier; leader of a group of Walloon Huguenots who immigrated fleeing persecution; planned to form New Belgium); (DEFOREST)
Joachim (Eliacim ?) NASI ; (one or more of his grandchildren are sometimes treated as Jesus' siblings; see comment at Jacob ha-David); aka Joachim of SEPPHORIS
Joan BASSET (Oxfords. 1114 - ?) ; or: (NN), 1st wife; (parents shown have impossible dates)
[Joan BASSET, q.v. (shown here as as Joan Valletort's mother)] Jeanne (prob. de BATH) (1213? - 1276+) ; or: prob. not Joan BASSET, q.v. (shown here as as Joan Valletort's mother); (Plantagenet's 1st mistress); (Joan Jane); aka Jeanne (Mrs.) de VALLETORT
[Joan CLOPTON (q.v., wife of Walter Wolcot)] Johanna (Joane) CLOPTON (? - 1402+) ; or: poss. Joan CLOPTON (q.v., wife of Walter Wolcot) or: prob. not Joane CLAYTON or: prob. not Joane CLAXTON
[Joan de CORNHILL, q.v.] Alice de HASTINGS (1165? - ?) ; or: Joan de CORNHILL, q.v.; (Delicia); Heiress of Little Easton; (her 2nd marriage to Lovaine was reluctant, but forced by the King);....
[Joan de LACY, q.v.] Clemence de BOTILER ; or: prob. not Joan de LACY, q.v.; (that Clemence, not Joan, was Rohese's mother was confirmed recently by Rohese's inheritance of her mother's STEEPLE LAVINGTON)
Joan `Fair Maid' PLANTAGENET (1328 - 1385) ; Countess of KENT; (`the most beautiful and most amorous lady in England', she married Thomas Holland at a....