Editing Queen Camilla (section)

==Ancestry==
Camilla's ancestry is predominantly English. She also has [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Colonial American]], French and [[French Canadian|French–Canadian]] ancestors.<ref name="Addams">{{Cite web |last=Reitwiesner |first=William Addams |author-link=William Addams Reitwiesner |title=The ancestry of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall |url=http://www.wargs.com/royal/camilla.html |work=William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616142850/http://wargs.com/royal/camilla.html |archive-date=16 June 2012 |access-date=13 September 2012}}</ref>

Camilla is descended from Dutch emigrant [[Arnold Joost van Keppel]], who was created [[Earl of Albemarle]] by [[King William III]] in 1696.{{sfn|Brandreth|2007|p=30}} Through [[Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle]] and a granddaughter of [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]], Camilla's bloodline is descended from the Houses of [[House of Stuart|Stuart]] and [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]].<ref name="Addams"/>{{sfn|Brandreth|2007|p=32}}
Camilla's Scottish lineage descends from [[King Robert III]] through his daughter Mary, who was the mother of Sir William [[Edmonstone baronets|Edmonstone]] of Duntreath, an ancestor of her maternal great-great-grandfather, [[Sir William Edmonstone, 4th Baronet]].{{sfn|Brandreth|2007|p=57}} Her paternal ancestors, an upper-class family, emigrated to England from Scotland.{{sfn|Brandreth|2007|p=75}}

Camilla's French lineage derives partially through her maternal great-great-grandmother, Sophia Mary MacNab of [[Hamilton, Ontario]], daughter of Sir [[Allan MacNab]], who was prime minister of the Province of Canada before Confederation.{{sfn|Brandreth|2007|p=36}} Sophia's son [[George Keppel (British Army officer, born 1865)|George Keppel]] and King Edward VII's mistress [[Alice Keppel]] were Camilla's maternal great-grandparents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bates|first=Stephen|title=The Shortest History Of The Crown|date=2022|publisher=Old Street Publishing Ltd|page=236}}</ref>

Through [[Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle]], Camilla and Charles are [[Cousin#Basic definitions|ninth cousins once removed]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 April 2005 |title=Kissing cousins! |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kissing+cousins!-a0131294217 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110225613/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kissing+cousins!-a0131294217 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |access-date=9 May 2012 |via=The Free Library |work=Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)}}; {{Cite web |title=Experts Discover that Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles are Distantly Related |url=http://corporate.ancestry.com/press/press-releases/2005/04/experts-discover-that-prince-charles-and-camilla-parker-bowles-are-related |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804035028/http://corporate.ancestry.com/press/press-releases/2005/04/experts-discover-that-prince-charles-and-camilla-parker-bowles-are-related/ |archive-date=4 August 2010 |access-date=4 September 2012 |website=Ancestry.com}}</ref>