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Byzantine ancestry of Greek Royal Family
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In 1863, the 17-year-old Prince William of Denmark was elected as . King George I, as he came to be known, was the son of Louise of Hesse-Cassel and King Christian IX of Denmark, who himself had been elected heir to the throne upon the extinction of the main royal line. George I's wife Queen Olga was Russian; however, like most modern European monarchs, both monarchs were descended from Greek rulers of the Byzantine Empire. Komnenodukai Angeloi Pedigree This primary pedigree follows, as much as possible, matrilineal descent. 9) Alexios I Komnenos m Irene Doukaina 10) Theodora Komnene Porphyrogenita m Konstantinos Angelos 11) Andronikos Doukas Angelos 12) Isaac II Angelos of Constantinople 13) Irene Angelina m Philip of Swabia 14) Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen m Ferdinand III of Castile 15) Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena 16) Juan Manuel, Duke of Penafiel 17) Juana Manuel of Castile m Henry II of Castile 18) Eleanor of Castile m Charles III of Navarre 19) Blanche II of Navarre m John II of Aragon 20) Eleanor I of Navarre m Gaston IV, Count of Foix 21) Catherine de Foix m Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale 22) Anna of Foix-Candale m Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary 23) Anna of Bohemia and Hungary m Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 24) Archduchess Maria of Austria m Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 25) Maria Eleonora of Cleves m Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia 26) Magdalena Sibylla of Prussia m John George I, Duke of Saxony 27) Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels 28) Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels m Friedrich I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 29) Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg m Louis Frederick of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 30) Anna Sophie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt m Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 31) Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld m Duke Louis of Mecklenburg 32) Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin m Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway 33) Charlotte of Denmark m Prince William of Hesse 34) Louise of Hesse m Christian IX of Denmark 35) George I of Greece, who ascended the royal throne of the country his ancestors had ruled Palaiologos pedigree 9) Emperor Alexios I m Eirene Doukaina 10) Theodora Porphyrogennita m Konstantinos Angelos 11) Andronikos Angelos 12) Alexios III Angelos m Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera 13) Eirene Angelina m Alexios Palaiologos 14) Theodora Palaiologina m Andronikos Palaiologos 15) Michael VIII Palaiologos m Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina 16) Andronikos II Palaiologos m Yolande of Montferrat, great-great-granddaughter of Irene Angelina, herself the daughter of Isaac II Angelos 17) Theodoros Palaiologos, Marquess of Montferrat 18) Yolande of Montferrat m Aimone, Count of Savoy 19) Amedeo VI, Count of Savoy m Bonne de Bourbon 20) Amedeo VII, Count of Savoy m Bonne de Berry, descendant of Kunigunda of Swabia, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of Irene Angelina 21) Amedeo VIII, Duke of Savoy m Mary of Burgundy, descendant of Kunigunda, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of Irene Angelina 22) Margaret of Savoy, Queen of Naples m2 Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine 23) Philip, Elector Palatine 24) Amalia of the Palatinate m George I of Pomerania-Wolgast 25) Anne Margaret of Pomerania m Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 26) Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen m John II, Duke of Sonderburg 27) Alexander, Duke of Sonderburg 28) August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck 29) Frederick Louis, Duke of Beck m Louise Charlotte of Augustenborg 30) Sophia Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck m Albert Christopher, Count of Dohna-Schlobitten 31) Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten m Karl Anton August, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, paternal grandson of Frederick Louis, Duke of Beck 32) Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 33) Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg m Louise Caroline of Hesse 34) Christian IX of Denmark m Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) 35) George I of Greece m Olga Konstantinovna of Russia Laskaris pedigree 12) Alexios III Angelos m Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera 13) Anna Angelina of Constantinople m Theodore I Laskaris 14) Maria Laskarina m Bela IV of Hungary 15) Stephen V of Hungary 16) Maria Arpad of Hungary m Charles II of Naples 17) Margaret of Sicily m Charles, Count of Valois 18) Jeanne of Valois m William III, Count of Hainaut 19) Johanna of Hainaut and Holland m William V, Duke of Julich 20) William II, Duke of Gelderland 21) Johanna of Julich and Gelderland m Jan van Arkel 22) Maria van Arkel m Jan van Egmond 23) Arnold, Duke of Gelderland 24) Margaret of Gelderland m Frederick, Count Palatine of Simmern 25) John I of Simmern 26) John II of Simmern 27) Frederick III, Elector Palatine 28) Louis VI, Elector Palatine 29) Anne Marie of the Palatinate m Charles Vasa, Duke of Södermanland 30) Catherine of Sweden m John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken 31) Eleonora Catharina of the Palatinate m Frederick of Hesse-Eschwege 32) Christine of Hesse m Ferdinand Albert, Duke of Brunswick 33) Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick 34) Juliane Marie of Brunswick m Frederick V of Denmark and Norway 35) Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway 36) Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark m Prince William of Hesse 37) Louise of Hesse-Cassel m Christian IX of Denmark 38) George I of Greece Polish Connection 3) Empress Theophanu from Byzantium m Emperor Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor 4) Matilda of Saxony m Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia 5) Richensa of Lotharingia m Mieczyslav II of Poland 6) Richeza of Poland m Bela I of Hungary 7) Geza I of Hungary m Synadena from Byzantium 8) Almos of Hungary m Predslava of Kiev, daughter of Svjatopolk II of Kiev, maternal grandson of Richeza of Lorraine the aforementioned and so another descenant of Theophanu 9) Bela II of Hungary m Jelena of Serbia, said to have descended from Anna Dalassena through a sister of Alexios I Komnenos 10) Geza II of Hungary m Euphrosyne of Kiev, descendant of Emperor Constantine IX, below 11) Ilona of Hungary m Leopold V, Duke of Austria and Styria 12) Leopold VI, Duke of Austria and Styria m Theodora Angelina, daughter of Ioannes Angelos, himself a grandson of Konstantinos Angelos and Theodora Komnene porphyrogenneta the aforementioned, the youngest daughter of Alexios I Komnenos. Theodora Angelina was a first cousin of Emperors Isaac II and Alexios III. 13) Agnes of Austria m Albert, Duke of Saxony ---- 7) a Monomakhine m Vsevolod I of Kiev 8) Vladimir II Monomakh 9) Mstislav I of Kiev 10) Euphrosyne of Kiev m Geza II of Hungary 11) Ilona of Hungary 12) Leopold VI, Duke of Austria 13) Agnes of Austria ---- 7) Alexios I Komnenos m Irene Doukaina 8) John II Komnenos 9) Andronikos Komnenos 10) Theodora Komnene m Henry II, Duke of Austria 11) Leopold V, Duke of Austria and Styria m Ilona of Hungary 12) Leopold VI, Duke of Austria 13) Agnes of Austria ---- The Austria line continues: 11) Ilona (Helen) of Hungary m Leopold V, Duke of Austria and Styria 12) Leopold VI of Austria m Theodora Angelina, great-great-granddaughter of Aleksios I, first cousin of Alexios III and Isaac II. 13) Agnes of Austria m Albert of Saxony 14) Jutta of Saxony m Eric IV of Denmark 15) Ingeborg of Denmark m Magnus IV of Norway 16) Haakon V of Norway 17) Ingeborg of Norway m Eric of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland 18) Euphemia of Sweden and Norway m Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg 19) Ingeborg of Mecklenburg and Sweden m Henry of Holstein 20) Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein, Duke of Slesvig 21) Helvig of Slesvig m Derek, Count of Oldenburg, himself a descendant of Sophia, Queen of Sweden 22) Christian I of Denmark 23) Margaret of Denmark m James III of Scotland 24) James IV of Scotland 25) James V of Scotland m Mary of Guise 26) Mary, Queen of Scots m Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 27) James I of England m Anne of Denmark 28) Elizabeth of Bohemia m Frederick V, Elector Palatine 29) Sophia of Hanover m Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg 30) George I of Great Britain 31) George II of Great Britain 32) Louise of Great Britain m Frederick V of Denmark 33) Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway m Prince Charles of Hesse 34) Louise Caroline of Hesse m Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 35) Christian IX of Denmark m Louise of Hesse-Cassel 36) George I of Greece Queen Olga's ancestry Matriline: Descent from Empress Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera 12) Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, Empress m Alexios III Angelos 13) Anna Komnene Angelina m Theodore I Laskaris 14) Maria Laskarina m Bela IV of Hungary 15) Ilona of Hungary m Boleslaw, Duke of Kalisz 16) Elisabeth of Kalisz m Henry V, Duke of Liegnitz 17) Euphemia of Silesia m Otto II, Duke of Carinthia 18) Elisabeth of Carinthia m Peter II of Sicily 19) Beatrix of Aragon-Sicily m Rupert II, Elector Palatine 20) Anna of the Palatinate m William VII, Duke of Julich 21) Margaret of Julich m Otto, Duke of Gottingen 22) Elisabeth of Brunswick-Gottingen m Eric, Duke of Grubenhagen 23) Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen m Albert III, Duke of Bavaria 24) Elisabeth of Bavaria m Ernest I, Elector of Saxony 25) Christina of Saxony m Hans I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 26) Elisabeth of Denmark and Norway m Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg 27) Margaret of Brandenburg m John II, Prince of Zerbst 28) Maria of Anhalt-Zerbst m Albert V, Count of Barby 29) Maria of Barby m George III, Count of Erbach 30) Louise Juliane of Erbach m Ernest, Count of Sayn 31) Johannette zu Sayn m John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach 32) Eleanor of Saxe-Eisenach m John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 33) Caroline of Ansbach m George II of Great Britain 34) Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange m William IV, Prince of Orange 35) Carolina of Orange-Nassau m Charles Christian of Nassau-Weilburg 36) Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg m Duke Louis of Wurttemberg 37) Amalia of Wurttemberg m Joseph, Duke of Altenburg 38) Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg m Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia 39) Olga Konstantinovna of Russia m George I of Greece Montpellier-Breton descent Eudokia Komnene m William VIII, Lord of Montpellier Marie of Montpellier m Peter II of Aragon James I of Aragon m Violant of Hungary Isabella of Aragon m Philip III of France Charles, Count of Valois Isabelle of Valois m Peter I, Duke of Bourbon Joan of Bourbon m Charles V of France Charles VI of France m Isabeau of Bavaria Joan of France m John VI, Duke of Brittany Isabelle of Brittany m Guy XIV, Count of Laval Jean de Laval, lord of La Roche Guy XV, Count of Laval and of Montfort Charlotte de Laval-Montfort m Gaspard II, Count of Coligny Louise de Coligny m William I, Prince of Orange-Nassau Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Henriette Catherine of Orange-Nassau m John George II, Prince of Anhalt Henriëtte Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau m Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Diez Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange m Marie Louise of Hesse, daughter of Maria Amalia of Courland William IV, Prince of Orange m Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange Carolina of Orange-Nassau m Charles Christian of Nassau-Weilburg Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg m Duke Louis of Wurttemberg Amalia of Wurttemberg Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg Olga Konstantinovna of Russia Rohan descent Maria Laskarina m Bela IV of Hungary Anna of Hungary m Rostislav Mihailovich of Chernigov Kunigunda of Chernigov m Otakar I of Bohemia Venceslaus II of Bohemia m John I of Bohemia Bonne of Bohemia m John II of France Marie Valois m Robert I, Duke of Bar Yolande of Bar m John I of Aragon Yolande of Aragon m Louis II of Naples Marie of Anjou m Charles VII of France Magdalena of Valois m Gaston, Prince of Viana Catherine I of Navarre m John III of Navarre Isabelle of Navarre m René I de Rohan ---- Emperor Isaac II Angelos Irene Angelina m Philip of Swabia Maria of Swabia m Henry II, Duke of Brabant Henry III, Duke of Brabant Maria of Brabant m Philip III of France Marguerite of France m Edward I of England Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent Joan of Kent m Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent Margaret Holland m John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland m James I of Scotland Isabella of Scotland m Francis I, Duke of Brittany Marie of Brittany m Jean II de Rohan Anne, Lady of Rohan m Pierre de Rohan, Lord of Frontenay René I de Rohan m Isabelle of Navarre René II of Rohan Catherine of Rohan-Frontenay m John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken Magdalena Catharina of the Palatinate m Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld m John Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg John Reinhard III, Prince of Hanau Charlotte of Hanau m Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse Landgrave George William of Hesse Frederica of Hesse m Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Charlotte of Mecklenburg m Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Alexandra Iosifovna m Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia Olga Konstantinovna of Russia From the Monomachos through Russian descent 7. a Monomakhine m Grand Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev, also known as Vsevolod Jaroslavich 8. Vladimir II of Kiev, also known as Vladimir Vsevolodich Monomah, m Gytha of Wessex 9. Mstislav I of Kiev also known as Mstislav Vladimirich, m Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden 10. Iziaslav II of Kiev also known as Iziaslav Mstislavich 11. Mstislav II of Kiev also known as Mstislav Iziaslavich, m Agnes of Poland, a 6th-generation descendant of Empress Theophanu, herself estimated to have been with a Skleros descent 12. Roman II of Kiev the Great, also known as Roman Mstislavich 13. King Daniel of Halych, also known as Danylo Romanovich, m Anna Mstislavna of Novgorod, a 5th-generation male-line descendant of Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh 14. King Leo of Halych, also known as Lev Danylovich, m Constance of Hungary, daughter of Maria Laskarina (the aforementioned, Laskaris-Angelos-Komnenos) of the Nicean Empire and Bela IV of Hungary, himself descendant of Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh and of Empress Theophanu 15. King George of Halych, also known as Yurij Lvovich, m Euphemia of Kujavia, granddaughter of Agafia Svjatoslavna of Novgorod and Conrad of Masovia, himself a descendant of Empress Theophanu (Euphemia also descended from Vladimir Monomakh) 16. Anastasia Yurievna of Halych m Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver, also known as Alexander Mihailovich, himself a 5th-generation male-line descendant of Yurij Dolgoruky, the 1st Grand Prince of Suzdal, a son of Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh the aforementioned 17. Uljana Alexandrovna of Tver m Algirdas, Grand Prince of Lithuania and Ruthenia 18. Alexandra of Lithuania m Ziemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, a descendant of Empress Theophanu 19. Maria of Masovia m Bogislas IX, Duke of Pomerania 20. Sophia of Pomerania m Eric II, Duke of Pomerania 21. Bogislas X, Duke of Pomerania m Anna of Poland, a granddaughter of Jogaila, the eldest son of Uljana of Tver the aforementioned 22. Sophia of Pomerania m Frederick I of Denmark and Norway 23. Elisabeth of Denmark m Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg 24. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin m Frederick II of Denmark and Norway 25. Augusta of Denmark m John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 26. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp m Marie Elisabeth of Saxony 27. Augusta Maria of Holstein-Gottorp m Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 28. Albertina Frederica of Baden m Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp 29. Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp m Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst 30. Catherine II of Russia, m Peter III of Russia 31. Paul I of Russia, m Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg 32. Nicholas I of Russia m Charlotte of Prussia 33. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia m Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg 34. Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia m George I of Greece See Also
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