Catherine was quite short in stature with long red hair, wide blue eyes, a round face, and a fair complexion. She was descended, on her maternal side, from the English royal house ; her great-grandmother Catherine of Lancaster, after whom she was named, and her great-great-grandmother Philippa of Lancaster were both daughters of John of Gaunt and granddaughters of Edward III of England.

#* Antonia Minor, married Nero Claudius Drusus, the younger son of the Empress Livia Drusilla and brother of the Emperor Tiberius ; mother of the Emperor Claudius, grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, and maternal great-grandmother of the emperor Nero.

Close is also a second cousin once-removed of actress Brooke Shields ( Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore was a sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore, Jr .).

She was the mother of the emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the emperor Claudius, paternal great-grandmother of the emperor Caligula, and maternal great-great grandmother of the emperor Nero.

The woman usually called Antonia the Younger was the younger niece of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, mother of the Emperor Claudius, and both maternal great-grandmother and paternal great-aunt of the Emperor Nero.

Gorey's maternal great-grandmother, Helen St. John Garvey, was a popular 19th century greeting card writer and artist, from whom he claimed to have inherited his talents.

His godparents were Queen Victoria ( his paternal grandmother ), King Christian IX of Denmark ( his maternal grandfather, represented by his brother Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ), King Leopold I of Belgium ( his great great-uncle ), the Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ( his maternal great-grandmother, for whom the Duchess of Cambridge stood proxy ), the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( his great-aunt by marriage, for whom the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz stood proxy ), the Landgrave of Hesse ( his maternal great-grandfather, for whom Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, stood proxy ), the Crown Princess of Prussia ( his paternal aunt, for whom The Princess Helena, her sister, stood proxy ) and The Prince Alfred ( his paternal uncle ).

Mary was named after her paternal great-grandmother, her paternal grandmother, the Princess of Wales, and her maternal grandmother, Princess Mary Adelaide.

Her godparents were: Queen Victoria ( her great-grandmother ); the King of Greece ( her granduncle ); the Dowager Empress of Russia ( her paternal grandaunt ); the Prince and Princess of Wales ( her paternal grandparents ); the Duchess of Teck ( her maternal grandmother ); Princess Victoria of Wales ( her paternal aunt ); and Prince Francis of Teck ( her maternal uncle ).

Her maternal great-grandmother, Eliza Duffield, was an English-born preacher.

His first name derives from a maternal great-grandmother, Margaret Johns, who passed it on to her sons.

He was baptised at the private chapel of Windsor Castle on 17 May 1900, by Randall Thomas Davidson, Bishop of Winchester, and his godparents were: Queen Victoria ( his great-grandmother ); the German Emperor ( his cousin, for whom Prince Albert of Prussia stood proxy ); Princess Henry of Battenberg ( his paternal grandaunt ); the Duchess of Cumberland ( his paternal grandaunt, whose sister, his grandmother the Princess of Wales represented her ); Prince George of Greece ( his cousin, for whom Prince Henry's paternal grandfather the Prince of Wales stood proxy ); Princess Carl of Denmark ( his paternal aunt, for whom her sister Princess Victoria of Wales stood proxy ); Prince Alexander of Teck ( his maternal uncle, for whom Prince Henry's granduncle the Duke of Cambridge stood proxy ); and Field Marshal The Earl Roberts ( for whom General Sir Dighton Probyn stood proxy ).

In 1901 his maternal great-grandmother, Ellen Stanwell-Brown ( or Ellen Mary Stowell-Brown ), was reputedly the first woman to serve overarm at Wimbledon.

She was named after her great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra, her maternal grandmother, Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and both of her maternal aunts, Countess Karl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach and Princess Paul of Yugoslavia.

Liebknecht's parents were second cousins ; his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of one of his paternal great-grandfathers.

Her maternal great-grandmother was an American heiress, Jane Campbell ( Princess di San Faustino, by marriage ), and the elder of her two brothers was the fashion designer Egon von Fürstenberg.

The Prince was baptised at his parents ' home and his godparents were King George V ( his maternal great-uncle ), The King of Spain ( for whom The Lord Farquhar, a Lord in Waiting to King George, stood proxy ), Queen Alexandra ( his maternal great-grandmother ), The Duke of Connaught ( his grandfather, for whom a Major Malcolm Murray stood proxy ), The Duchess of Argyll ( his grandaunt ), and The Princess Mary ( his cousin ).

Donovan also confirmed he is of Jewish descent through his maternal great-grandmother, Eileen Dawson ( née Lyons ).

His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg.

In January 1387, Elizabeth was strangled, while Mary was released in July of the same year, by the effort of future Frankopan family and Jadwiga's adopted maternal uncle King Tvrtko of Bosnia.

On summer vacations, she visited her maternal great-aunts, Mary Ellen (" Mamie ") Fitzgerald and Sarah (" Sis ") Fitzgerald, who still lived at her great-grandparents ' plantation home in Jonesboro.

Mary's second marriage produced four children ; and through her eldest daughter Frances, Mary was the maternal grandmother of Lady Jane Grey, who was the de facto monarch of England for a little over a week in July 1553.

Her mother was Mary Cadwalader Rawle ( 1850 – 1923 ) whose maternal grandfather was John Cadwalader ( 1805 – 1879 ) and father was lawyer William Henry Rawle ( 1823 – 1889 ).

Susan Mary Barrantes nee Wright ( 9 June 1937 – 19 September 1998 ) was the mother of Sarah, Duchess of York, and the maternal grandmother of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York.

Amelia Mary Earhart, daughter of German American Samuel " Edwin " Stanton Earhart ( born March 28, 1867 ) and Amelia " Amy " Otis Earhart ( 1869 – 1962 ), was born in Atchison, Kansas, in the home of her maternal grandfather, Alfred Gideon Otis ( 1827 – 1912 ), a former federal judge, president of the Atchison Savings Bank and a leading citizen in the town.

Catherine soon becomes Queen of England ; her natural maternal instinct is put into practice with the king's children, Mary, Elizabeth and Edward.

Catherine Grey's maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, younger daughter of Henry VII, and former Queen consort of France.

* Mary Josephine Hannon ( 1865 – 1964 ), maternal grandmother of President John F. Kennedy

They usually show Mary holding the infant Jesus in an informal and maternal manner.

Each image stresses the maternal role that Mary plays, representing her in relationship to her infant son.

The subject retaining the greatest power on all of these men remained the maternal bond, even though other subjects, especially the Annunciation, and later the Immaculate Conception, led to a greater number of paintings that represented Mary alone, without her son.

He was raised by his maternal grandmother, Mary Eleanor " Eleanora " Willingham ( née Sawyer, 1875 – 1957 ), in California, and he and his father rarely saw one another.

Lionel Richie's maternal grandmother, Adelaide Mary Brown ( January 19, 1893 – November 30, 1996 ), was John Louis Brown's only known child.

She was baptised at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, by the Bishop of Norwich, on 23 December 1990, she was the first royal baby to have a public christening, and her godparents were James Ogilvy ( her father's second cousin ), Captain Alastair Ross ( who was unable to attend ), Mrs Ronald Ferguson ( her maternal grandfather's 2nd wife ), Mrs Patrick Dodd-Noble, and Miss Louise Blacker.

The pen name, Dornford Yates, first in print in 1910, resulted from combining the surnames of his grandmothers — the paternal Eliza Mary Dornford, and the maternal Harriet Yates.

Her mother was Mary Ann Errington of Beaufront, Northumberland, maternal half-sister of Charles William Molyneux, 1st Earl of Sefton.

Lettice's maternal grandmother was Mary Boleyn, the elder sister of Queen Anne Boleyn.

The Prince was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1935 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang and his godparents were: King George V and Queen Mary ( his paternal grandparents ); the Prince of Wales ( his paternal uncle ); the Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood ( his paternal aunt ); the Duke of Connaught ( his great-granduncle, whose son, Prince Arthur of Connaught, stood proxy ); the Duchess of Argyll ( his great-grandaunt ); and the Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark ( his maternal grandfather ).

Her bridesmaids were her first cousins Princesses Irene, Eugenie and Katherine of Greece and Denmark, her maternal first cousin Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, her husband's niece Princess Elizabeth of York, and her husband's cousins the Lady Iris Mountbatten and the Lady Mary Cambridge.

As a maternal grandson of the 7th Earl, Thomas Boleyn has a slim claim to the title.

His maternal aunt was Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland, and through her, he was first cousin to Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, the former suitor of his sister in law Anne Boleyn.