Legacy and Lineage
Roger Ludlowe Middle School and Fairfield Ludlowe High School, both in Fairfield, are named for him.
Roger Ludlow was a descendant of English royalty tracing his genealogy back through the first three hundred years of the then ruling Plantagenet family of England, starting with the Norman Conquest by William, Earl of Normandy in 1066. All of Rogers ancestors were monarchs from William, in 1066 through Edward I who died in 1307 when his son, Edward II assumed the throne. Rogers direct lineage was through one of the daughters of Edward I, Princess Elizabeth. The one exception to the above was Matilda, daughter of Henry I, grand daughter of William the Conqueror who was chosen to be monarch but overridden by the "Council" because they felt that women were unfit to rule.
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