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Byzantine ancestry of Norwegian Royal Family
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In 1905, the 33-year-old Prince Carl of Denmark was elected as King of Norway. King Haakon VII, as he came to be known, was the son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark. The monarch was 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) Isabella of Swabia 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) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden 36) Haakon VII of Norway 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) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden 36) Haakon VII of Norway 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) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden 39) Haakon VII of Norway Descent through medieval Denmark, Sweden and Norway The daughters of Eric IV of Denmark and his wife Jutta of Saxony were very early Scandinavians to descend from several Byzantine Emperors. Those daughters, Sophia of Denmark, Queen of Sweden and Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway were progenitors of several lines of mighty Northern European princely dynasties, spreading Byzantine ancestry. 1) Emperor Leo VI of Constantinople m2 Zoe Zaoutzaina 2) Anna of Byzantium m Louis the Blind, King of Lower Burgundy and Italy (disputed) 3) Charles-Constantine, Count of Vienne 4) Constance of Provence m Boso II, Count of Arles 5) William II, Count of Provence 6) Constance of Provence m Robert II of France 7) Robert I, Duke of Burgundy 8) Hildegarde of Burgundy m William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine 9) William IX of Aquitaine m Philippa of Toulouse, descendant of Roubaud III, Count of Provence, another descendant of Anna. 10) Agnes of Poitou m Ramiro II of Aragon 11) Petronella I of Aragon m Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, maternal grandson of Gerberga, Countess of Arles, great-granddaughter of William II of Provence, another descendant of Anna 12) Dulcia of Aragon m Sancho I of Portugal, son of Afonso I of Portugal and Maud of Savoy - Afonso I descends from the eldest son of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy the aforementioned, another descendant of Anna; and Matilda descends from counts Guigues of Albon, descendants of Richard de Vienne, another descendant of Anna. 13) Berengaria of Portugal m Valdemar II of Denmark 14) Eric IV of Denmark m Jutta of Saxony, daughter of Agnes of Austria (below) 15) Sophia of Denmark, Queen of Sweden and Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway ---- 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 ---- 6) Constantine IX Monomachos 7) Irene/Maria/Anastasia 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 I of Scotland 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) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden 37) Haakon VII of Norway See Also
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