- Byzantine ancestry of Greek Royal Family
=Komnenodukai Angeloi Pedigree=
This primary pedigree follows, as much as possible,
matrilineal descent.9)
Alexios I Komnenos mIrene Doukaina 10)
Theodora Komnene Porphyrogenita m Konstantinos Angelos11)
Andronikos Doukas Angelos 12)
Isaac II Angelos of Constantinople13)
Irene Angelina mPhilip of Swabia 14)
Isabella of Swabia mFerdinand III of Castile 15)
Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena 16)
Juan Manuel, Duke of Penafiel 17)
Juana Manuel of Castile mHenry II of Castile 18) Eleanor of Castile m
Charles III of Navarre 19)
Blanche II of Navarre mJohn II of Aragon 20)
Eleanor I of Navarre mGaston IV, Count of Foix 21)
Catherine de Foix mGaston de Foix, Count of Candale 22)
Anna of Foix-Candale mVladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary 23)
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary mFerdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 24)
Archduchess Maria of Austria mWilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg 25)
Maria Eleonora of Cleves mAlbert Frederick, Duke of Prussia 26)
Magdalena Sibylla of Prussia mJohn George I, Duke of Saxony 27)
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels 28)
Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels mFriedrich I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 29)
Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg m Louis Frederick of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt30)
Anna Sophie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt mFranz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 31)
Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld m Duke Louis of Mecklenburg32)
Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin mFrederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway 33)
Charlotte of Denmark mPrince William of Hesse 34)
Louise of Hesse mChristian IX of Denmark 35)
George I of Greece , who ascended the royal throne of the country his ancestors had ruledPalaiologos pedigree
9) Emperor Alexios I m Eirene Doukaina
10) Theodora porphyrogennita m Konstantinos Angelos
11) Andronikos Angelos
12)
Alexios III Angelos mEuphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera 13)
Eirene Angelina mAlexios Palaiologos 14)
Theodora Palaiologina mAndronikos Palaiologos 15)
Michael VIII Palaiologos mTheodora Doukaina Vatatzina 16)
Andronikos II Palaiologos mYolande of Montferrat , great-great-granddaughter ofIrene Angelina , herself the daughter ofIsaac 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 Bourbon20)
Amedeo VII, Count of Savoy m Bonne de Berry, descendant ofKunigunda of Swabia, Queen of Bohemia , daughter of Irene Angelina21)
Amedeo VIII, Duke of Savoy m Mary of Burgundy, descendant of Kunigunda, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of Irene Angelina22)
Margaret of Savoy, Queen of Naples m2Louis 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 ofAugustenborg 30) Sophia Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck m
Albert Christopher, Count of Dohna-Schlobitten 31)
Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten mKarl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck , paternal grandson of Frederick Louis, Duke of Beck32)
Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 33)
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg mLouise Caroline of Hesse 34)
Christian IX of Denmark mLouise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)35)
George I of Greece mOlga Konstantinovna of Russia Laskaris pedigree
12) Alexios III Angelos m Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
13)
Anna Angelina of Constantinople mTheodore I Laskaris 14)
Maria Laskarina mBela IV of Hungary 15)
Stephen V of Hungary 16)
Maria Arpad of Hungary mCharles 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 Egmond23)
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 mFrederick V of Denmark and Norway35)
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway 36)
Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark mPrince William of Hesse 37)
Louise of Hesse mChristian IX of Denmark 38)
George I of Greece Descent through medieval Denmark, Sweden and Norway
The daughters of
Eric IV of Denmark and his wifeJutta of Saxony were very early Scandinavians to descend from several Byzantine Emperors. Those daughters,Sophia of Denmark, Queen of Sweden andIngeborg 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 m2Zoe Zaoutzaina 2)
Anna of Byzantium mLouis the Blind , King of Lower Burgundy and Italy (disputed)3)
Charles-Constantine , Count of Vienne4)
Constance of Provence mBoso II, Count of Arles 5)
William II, Count of Provence 6)
Constance of Provence mRobert II of France 7)
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy 8)
Hildegarde of Burgundy mWilliam VIII, Duke of Aquitaine 9)
William IX of Aquitaine mPhilippa of Toulouse , descendant ofRoubaud III, Count of Provence , another descendant of Anna.10)
Agnes of Poitou mRamiro 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 Anna12) Dulcia of Aragon m
Sancho I of Portugal , son ofAfonso I of Portugal andMatilda 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 countsGuigues of Albon , descendants of Richard de Vienne, another descendant of Anna.13)
Berengaria of Portugal mValdemar II of Denmark 14)
Eric IV of Denmark mJutta of Saxony , daughter ofAgnes of Austria (below)15)
Sophia of Denmark, Queen of Sweden andIngeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway ----3)
Empress Theophanu from Byzantium m EmperorOtto II, Holy Roman Emperor 4) Matilda of Saxony m
Ezzo ,Count Palatine of Lotharingia 5)
Richensa of Lotharingia mMieczyslav II of Poland 6) Richeza of Poland m
Bela I of Hungary 7)
Geza I of Hungary m Synadena from Byzantium8)
Almos of Hungary m Predslava of Kiev, daughter ofSvjatopolk II of Kiev , maternal grandson of Richeza of Lorraine the aforementioned and so another descenant of Theophanu9)
Bela II of Hungary m Jelena of Serbia, said to have descended fromAnna Dalassena through a sister of Alexios I Komnenos10)
Geza II of Hungary m Euphrosyne of Kiev, descendant of Emperor Constantine IX, below11)
Ilona of Hungary mLeopold V, Duke of Austria and Styria12)
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 mAlbert, Duke of Saxony ----6)
Constantine IX Monomachos 7) Irene/Maria/Anastasia
Monomakhine mVsevolod 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 mIrene 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 Hungary12)
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 mEric of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland 18)
Euphemia of Sweden and Norway mAlbert II, Duke of Mecklenburg 19)
Ingeborg of Mecklenburg and Sweden m Henry of Holstein20) Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein, Duke of Slesvig
21)
Helvig of Slesvig m Derek, Count of Oldenburg, himself a descendant of Sophia, Queen of Sweden22)
Christian I of Denmark 23)
Margaret of Denmark mJames III of Scotland 24)
James IV of Scotland 25)
James V of Scotland mMary of Guise 26)
Mary I of Scotland mHenry Stuart, Lord Darnley 27)
James I of England mAnne of Denmark 28)
Elizabeth of Bohemia mFrederick V, Elector Palatine 29)
Sophia of Hanover mErnest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg 30)
George I of Great Britain 31)
George II of Great Britain 32)
Louise of Great Britain mFrederick V of Denmark 33)
Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway mPrince Charles of Hesse 34)
Louise Caroline of Hesse mFriedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 35)
Christian IX of Denmark mLouise of Hesse 36)
George I of Greece Queen Olga's ancestry
Matriline: Descent from Empress Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
12)
Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera ,Empress mAlexios III Angelos 13)
Anna Komnene Angelina mTheodore I Laskaris 14)
Maria Laskarina mBela IV of Hungary 15)
Ilona of Hungary mBoleslaw, Duke of Kalisz 16)
Elisabeth of Kalisz mHenry V, Duke of Liegnitz 17)
Euphemia of Silesia mOtto II, Duke of Carinthia 18)
Elisabeth of Carinthia mPeter II of Sicily 19)
Beatrix of Aragon-Sicily mRupert II, Elector Palatine 20)
Anna of the Palatinate mWilliam VII, Duke of Julich 21)
Margaret of Julich mOtto, Duke of Gottingen 22)
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Gottingen mEric, Duke of Grubenhagen 23)
Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen mAlbert III, Duke of Bavaria 24)
Elisabeth of Bavaria mErnest I, Elector of Saxony 25)
Christina of Saxony mHans I of Denmark , Norway and Sweden26)
Elisabeth of Denmark and Norway mJoachim I, Elector of Brandenburg 27)
Margaret of Brandenburg m John II, Prince of Zerbst28)
Maria of Anhalt-Zerbst m Albert V, Count of Barby29)
Maria of Barby m George III, Count of Erbach30)
Louise Juliane of Erbach m Ernest, Count of Sayn31)
Johannette zu Sayn m John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach32)
Eleanor of Saxe-Eisenach m John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach33)
Caroline of Ansbach mGeorge II of Great Britain 34)
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange mWilliam IV, Prince of Orange 35)
Carolina of Orange-Nassau m Charles Christian of Nassau-Weilburg36) Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg m
Louis, Duke of Wurttemberg 37)
Amalia of Wurttemberg mJoseph, Duke of Altenburg 38)
Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg mGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia 39)
Olga Konstantinovna of Russia mGeorge I of Greece Montpellier-Breton descent
Eudokia Komnene m William VIII, Lord of MontpellierMarie of Montpellier mPeter II of Aragon James I of Aragon mViolant of Hungary Isabella of Aragon mPhilip III of France Charles, Count of Valois Isabelle of Valois m
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon Joan of Bourbon mCharles V of France Charles VI of France mIsabeau 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 ofMontfort Charlotte de Laval-Montfort m
Gaspard II, Count of Coligny Louise de Coligny mWilliam I, Prince of Orange -NassauFrederick Henry, Prince of Orange Henriette Catherine of Orange-Nassau m
John George II, Prince of Anhalt Henriëtte Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau mHenry Casimir II of Nassau-Diez Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange m Marie Louise of Hesse, daughter of Maria Amalia of CourlandWilliam IV, Prince of Orange mAnne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange Carolina of Orange-Nassau m Charles Christian of Nassau-WeilburgHenriette of Nassau-Weilburg m
Louis, Duke 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 BohemiaVenceslaus II of Bohemia Elisabeth I of Bohemia mJohn I of Bohemia Bonne of Bohemia mJohn II of France Marie Valois mRobert I, Duke of Bar Yolande of Bar m
John I of Aragon Yolande of Aragon mLouis II of Naples Marie of Anjou mCharles VII of France Madeleine of France m Gaston, Prince of VianaCatherine I of Navarre mJohn III of Navarre Isabelle of Navarre m René I de Rohan----Emperor
Isaac II Angelos Irene Angelina mPhilip of Swabia Maria of Swabia m
Henry II, Duke of Brabant Henry III, Duke of Brabant Maria of Brabant mPhilip III of France Marguerite of France m
Edward I of England Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent Joan of Kent mThomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent Margaret Holland mJohn Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland mJames 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 FrontenayRené I de Rohan m Isabelle of NavarreRené II of Rohan Catherine of Rohan-Frontenay m John II, Count Palatine of ZweibruckenMagdalena 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 mGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia Olga Konstantinovna of Russia From the Skleros through Russian descent
A line of nobles bearing the name
Skleros , legendarily descended from several earlier Roman Emperors, produced a scion:6. XII. daughter: Skleraina m
Constantine IX Monomachos 7. Anastasia/Maria/Eirene Monomakhine m
Grand Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev , also known as Vsevolod Jaroslavich8.
Vladimir II of Kiev , also known as Vladimir Vsevolodich Monomah, m Gytha of Wessex9.
Mstislav I of Kiev also known as Mstislav Vladimirich, m Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden10.
Iziaslav II of Kiev also known as Iziaslav Mstislavich11.
Mstislav II of Kiev also known as Mstislav Iziaslavich, m Agnes of Poland, a 6th-generation descendant ofEmpress Theophanu , herself estimated to have been with a Skleros descent12.
Roman II of Kiev the Great, also known as Roman Mstislavich13. King
Daniel of Halych , also known as Danylo Romanovich, m Anna Mstislavna of Novgorod, a 5th-generation male-line descendant of Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh14. King
Leo of Halych , also known as Lev Danylovich, m Constance of Hungary, daughter ofMaria Laskarina (the aforementioned, Laskaris-Angelos-Komnenos) of theNicean Empire andBela IV of Hungary , himself descendant of Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh and of Empress Theophanu15. King
George of Halych , also known as Yurij Lvovich, m Euphemia of Kujavia, granddaughter ofAgafia Svjatoslavna of Novgorod andConrad of Masovia , himself a descendant ofEmpress 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 ofYurij Dolgoruky , the 1stGrand Prince of Suzdal , a son of Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh the aforementioned17.
Uljana Alexandrovna of Tver mAlgirdas , Grand Prince ofLithuania andRuthenia 18.
Alexandra of Lithuania mZiemowit IV, Duke of Masovia , a descendant of Empress Theophanu19. 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 ofJogaila , the eldest son ofUljana of Tver the aforementioned22.
Sophia of Pomerania mFrederick I of Denmark and Norway23. Elisabeth of Denmark m
Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg 24. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin m
Frederick II of Denmark and Norway25.
Augusta of Denmark mJohn Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 26.
Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp mMarie 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 mChristian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst 30.
Catherine II of Russia , mPeter III of Russia 31.
Paul I of Russia , mSophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg 32.
Nicholas I of Russia mCharlotte of Prussia 33.
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia mAlexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg 34.
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia mGeorge I of Greece Legendary ancestry of Skleros
I. Archavir, Prince of Kamsarakan
II. Theodosia m
Leo V the Armenian , son of Bardas PatrikiosIII. daughter m Hmayeak/Myakes,noble of Adrianople
IV. Konstantinos m Pankalo
V. Bardas
VI. Basileios
VII. Bardas
2. VIII. Gregoria m Photeinos Skleros
3. IX.
Bardas Skleros , usurper4. X. Romanos Skleros
5. XI. (Basileios) Skleros m Pulcheria Argyropoulina
6. XII. daughter m
Constantine IX Monomachos 7. XIII. daughter Eirene/Anastasia/Maria
Monomakhine 8. XIV.
Vladimir II Monomakh ----V. Leon ArgyrosVI. Eustathios Argyros
1. VII. Leon Argyros
2. VIII. Romanos Argyros m Agatha Lekapena, another daughter of
Romanos I Lekapenos 3. IX. son Argyros
4. X. son Argyropoulos, Patrikios
5. XI. Pulcheria Argyropoulina
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