Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 1656-1698 were married. She the daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury and Frances Cecil.
On 23 Mar 1631 [his grandfather] John Cooper 1st Baronet (age 33) died at Cassiobury, Watford. He was buried in Wimborne St Giles Church. His son [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 9) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
On 25 Feb 1639 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 17) and Margaret Coventry were married.
On 15 Apr 1650 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 28) and [his mother] Frances Cecil (age 17) were married. She the daughter of David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter and Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter -1688. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. 
On 16 Jan 1652 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 30) and Frances Cecil (age 19).
On 31 Dec 1652 [his mother] Frances Cecil (age 19) died.
On 30 Aug 1655 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 34) and [his step-mother] Margaret Spencer Countess Shaftesbury 1625-1693 (age 30) were married.
On 26 Feb 1671 [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 19) and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 1656-1698 (age 15) at Exeter House [Map].
In 1672 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 50) was created 1st Earl Shaftesbury. [his step-mother] Margaret Spencer Countess Shaftesbury 1625-1693 (age 47) by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 14 Apr 1675 [his son] Maurice Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 23) and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 1656-1698 (age 19).
Around 1682 [his daughter] Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 29) and Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 1656-1698 (age 26).
On 21 Jan 1683 [his father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury (age 61) died. His son Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 31) succeeded 2nd Earl Shaftesbury, 3rd Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton. Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 1656-1698 (age 27) by marriage Countess Shaftesbury.
On 02 Nov 1699 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury (age 47) died. His son [his son] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 28) succeeded 3rd Earl Shaftesbury, 4th Baronet Cooper of Rockbourne in Southampton.
Paternal Family Tree: Cooper
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd 1100-1170
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cooper of Rudgwick
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cooper
GrandFather: John Cooper 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Skutt of Stanton Drew in Somerset
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Skutt
Father: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley of Damerham
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Anne Ashley Lady Cooper
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Okeover of Okeover Hall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Okeover
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dethick
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Elizabeth Dethick
Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury 1652-1699 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Cheke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Cheke
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Latimer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy de Vere
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 1548-1609 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cope
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Cope
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Cope 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Mohun
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mohun 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cope 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rowland Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Lytton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Carleton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Carleton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Mother: Frances Cecil 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Egerton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Egerton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Sparkes of Bickerton
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Ravenscroft of Bretton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Grosvenor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Cotton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter -1688 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Howard Countess Derby
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland
Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 1583-1636 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Knightley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath
