Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping – “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: Julian Blythe/HNW / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping
Place of Birth: Nicosia, Cyprus
Date of Birth: 28 February, 1979
Ethnicity: Irish/Northern Irish, Polish, English, 1/16th Italian, more distant German and European Royal
Michael Bisping is a British professional mixed martial artist, sports analyst, and commentator. He is nicknamed “The Count.”
Michael was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, on a British military base, and was raised in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. He is the son of Kathleen (Armitage) and Jan Konrad Bisping. His father, who was born in London, England, has Polish, English, one eighth Italian, and some German and European Royal, ancestry. His mother is from Northern Ireland.
Michael is married to Australian, Rebecca, with whom he has three children, including Callum, who is a wrestler.
Michael’s paternal grandfather was Andrzej/Andrew Józef Bobola Bisping von Gallen (the son of Jan Nepomucen Kamil Bisping and Maria Józefa Zamoyska). Andrzej was born in Masaliany, Byerastavitsa Rayon, Hrodna Voblasts, now Belarus, and was a Polish noble and a military leader of the “Bishop’s Pings;” hence the surname Bisping and the nickname “The Count.” Jan was the son of Józef Bisping and Helena Hołyńska. Michael’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Warsaw, the daughter of Andrzej Przemysław Konstanty Zamoyski, książę, and of Maria Carolina Giuseppina Ferdinanda, of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, who was Italian, born in Napoli, Campania, Italy; she had some European Royal ancestry. The Zamoyski are a Polish noble family.
Michael’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Greenwood.
Sources: Genealogies of Michael Bisping (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.sejm-wielki.pl
https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Michael’s paternal great-grandmother, Maria Józefa (Zamoyska) Bisping (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com
her paternal great-great-grandmother was of Royal stock (Habsburg and Bourbon)
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Zamoyska-Family-Tree-2
Mother is from Northern Ireland