George Washington's Paternal Grandparents - Captain Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner

On his father's side, George Washington's grandparents were Captain Lawrence Washington and Mildred Warner. It was Captain Lawrence Washington's father, John Washington, who first emigrated to Virginia from England and married Ann Pope. Lawrence Washington served as a justice of the peace and a captain in the militia from Westmoreland County, Virginia. He is buried in the Washington family cemetery at Wakefield Plantation, Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia. His wife, Mildred Warner, was the daughter of the powerful Colonel Augustine Warner, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

Charles II "the Bald", King of France - George Washington's 26-29th Great Grandfather

Charles "the Bald" was the son of Louis "the Pious" and was King of France and Holy Roman Emperor. He married Ermentrude, Countess of Orleans. Through several lines of descent Charles "the Bald" is George Washington's 26-19th Great Grandfather and is the ancestor of a number of other U.S. Presidents. His daughter Judith, Princess of the Franks and Queen of England, is one of the most important woman in world history. She was married three times: (1) to Aethelwulf, King of England; (2) to Ethelbald, son of Aethelwulf and also King of England; and (3) to Baldwin 1, Count of Flanders, with their son Baldwin II marrying Elftrude, the daughter of Alfred "the Great", King of England - and with their great-great-great grandson Baldwin Forster V marrying Adele de Capet, daughter of Robert I, King of France - and with their great-great-great-great grandaughter Matilda marrying William "the Conqueror" and thus becoming the ancestor of the subsequent kings of England; (2)

Charlemagne - George Washington's 28-31st Great Grandfather

Charlemagne is credited with uniting Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire and inventing the medieval form of government. He also is credited with defeating the various Barbarian tribes from the east such as the Tartars that were threatening to overrun Europe and with re-discovering the classics of Greece and Rome and with founding the first university in Europe, which was to lead to the Carolingian Renaissance. Supporting the Pope of Rome, Charlemagne is also credited with the spread of Christianity throughout Europe. About a half of the U.S. Presidents can trace their ancestry back to Charlemagne with some, such as George Washington, able to trace their ancestry through several lines back to Charlemagne. According to the oral and written traditions of the Franks, they were descended from the Trojans and had migrated westward into the area east of the Danube and eventually further west to the areas that now include Belgium, France and Germany. One of the cities they founded was Paris, named after the famed Paris of the Trojan War.