Sunday, January 30, 2022

My Descents from Byzantine Emperors and Nobles

NOTE: Because there are multiple dynasties and families involved, to simplify the presentation, I will only include the Emperor's or Noble's descents down to my gateway ancestor, the Reverend Hawte Wyatt, or to where they intersect with other presented lineages. I have included my descent from him in other posts. 

Descent from Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos: 
  1. Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor and Theodora had:
  2. Agatha Lekapene and Romanos Argyros had:
  3. UNKNOWN Argyros had:
  4. UNKNOWN Argyros had:
  5. Basil Argyros had:
  6. UNKNOWN Argyros and Constantine Diogenes had:
  7. Romanos IV Diogenes, Byzantine Emperor and a daughter of Alusian, briefly Tsar of Bulgaria had:
  8. Constantine Diogenes and Theodora Komnene, sister of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos had:
  9. Anna Diogenissa and Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia had:
  10. Jelena of Serbia and King Béla II of Hungary had:
  11. King Géza II of Hungary and Croatia and Euphrosyne of Kiev had:
  12. King Béla III of Hungary and Croatia and Agnes of Antioch had:
  13. King Andrew II of Hungary and Croatia and Gertrude of Merania had:
  14. King Béla IV the "second founder of the State" of Hungary and Croatia and Maria Laskarina (descendant of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos) had:
  15. King Stephen V of Hungary and Croatia and Elizabeth the Cuman had:
  16. Mary of Hungary and Charles II the Lame, King of Naples had:
  17. Margaret of Naples and Charles, Count of Valois had
  18. Joan of Valois and William I the Good, Count of Hainaut had:
  19. Philippa of Hainault and Edward III, King of England had:
  20. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford had:
  21. Joan Beaufort and Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland had: 
  22. Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny and Katherine Howard had:
  23. Margaret Neville and John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham had:
  24. Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham and Dorothy Heydon had:
  25. Elizabeth Brooke and Sir Thomas Wyatt the Poet had:
  26. Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger and Jane Haute had:
  27. Sir George Wyatt and Jane Finch had:
  28. The Reverend Hawte Wyatt, Minister of Jamestown, Virginia and Rector of Boxley, Kent
Descent from Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, defeated at the Battle of Manzikert:

(Descent from Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is shown in the previous descent, through generation 7)

Descent from Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, initiator of the Komnenian Restoration: 
    1. Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor and Irene Doukaina had:
    2. Theodora Komnene and Constantine Angelos had:
    3. Andronikos Doukas Angelos and Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa had:
    4. Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor and Irene, possibly daughter of Demetrios Tornikes, logothetes of the dromos (possibly a descendant of the Armenian prince Ashot Msaker) had:
    5. Irene Angelina and Philip, King of Germany and Duke of Swabia had:
    6. Maria of Swabia and Henry II, Duke of Brabant had:
    7. Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy had:
    8. Marie of Brabant and King Philip III "le Hardi" of France had:
    9. Margaret of France and King Edward I "Longshanks" of England had:
    10. Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk and Alice de Hales had:
    11. Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk and John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave had:
    12. Elizabeth Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave suo jure and John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray had:
    13. Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth FitzAlan had:
    14. Margaret de Mowbray and Sir Robert Howard had:
    15. Katherine Howard (intersects with generation 22 of the Diogenes descent
    Descent from Emperor John II Komnenos: 
      1. John II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor and Saint Irene of Hungary had:
      2. (This generation is unknown. It is only known that generation 3 descends from generation 1)
      3. Eudokia Komnene and William VIII, Lord of Montpellier had:
      4. Maria of Montpellier and King Peter II "the Catholic" of Aragon had:
      5. King James I "the Conqueror" of Aragon and Violant of Hungary had:
      6. Isabella of Aragon and King Philip III "le Hardi" of France had: 
      7. King Philip IV "the Fair" of France and Joan I of Navarre had:
      8. Isabella Capet the She-Wolf of France and King Edward II of England had:
      9. King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault had:
      10. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine Swynford had:
      11. Joan Beaufort (intersects with generation 21 of the Diogenes descent
      Descent from Emperor Isaac II Angelos:

      (Descent from Emperor Isaac II Angelos is shown in the Alexios I Komnenos descent, through generation 4)

      Descent from Emperor Alexios III Angelos:
        1. Alexios III Angelos, Byzantine Emperor and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera had:
        2. Anna Komnene Angelina and Theodore I Laskaris, Emperor of Nicaea had:
        3. Maria Laskarina and King Béla IV the "second founder of the State" of Hungary and Croatia had:
        4. King Stephen V of Hungary and Croatia (intersects with generation 15 of the Diogenes descent)
        Descent from Theodore I Laskaris, Emperor of Nicaea:
        1. Theodore I Laskaris, Emperor of Nicaea and Anna Komnene Angelina had:
        2. Maria Laskarina (intersects with generation 3 in the prior descent)
        Descent from Theophanu: 
        1. Theophanu and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor had:
        2. Matilda of Germany and Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia had:
        3. Richeza of Lotharingia and Mieszko II Lambert, King of Poland had:
        4. Richeza of Poland and Béla I, King of Hungary had:
        5. Géza I, King of Hungary and Sophia had:
        6. Álmos, Duke of Hungary, Croatia and Nyitra and Predslava of Kiev had:
        7. Béla II, King of Hungary (intersects with generation 10 of the Diogenes descent)
        Descent from the Doukas family, 1:
        1. Andronikos Doukas had:
        2. John Doukas, Caesar and Usurper of the Byzantine Empire and Eirene Pegonitissa had:
        3. Andronikos Doukas, Protovestiarios and Protoproedros and Maria of Bulgaria had:
        4. Irene Doukaina (intersects with generation 1 of the descent from Alexios I Komnenos) 
        Descent from the Doukas family, 2: 
        1. Generation 3 of the first Doukas descent had:
        2. Michael Doukas, Protostrator had:
        3. Irene Doukaina and Gregory Kamateros, Logothetes ton sekreton had:
        4. Andronikos Doukas Kamateros, Eastern Orthodox theologian and author of "Sacred Arsenal" had:
        5. Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera (intersects with generation 1 of the descent from Alexios III Angelos) 
        Descent from the Argyros family:
        1. Leo Argyros, tourmarchēs had:
        2. Eustathios Argyros, Strategos of Charsianon and Droungarios of the Watch had:
        3. Leo Argyros, Protospatharios and Magistros had:
        4. Romanos Argyros (intersects with generation 2 of the descent from Romanos I Lekapenos) 
        Descent from the Kamateros family: 
        1. Basil had:
        2. Gregory Kamateros, Logothetes ton sekreton (intersects with generation 3 of the secound Doukas descent)
        Probable Descent from the Phokas family:
        1. Phokas had:
        2. Nikephoros Phokas the Elder had:
        3. Bardas Phokas the Elder and UNKNOWN Maleinos had:
        4. Leo Phokas the Younger had:
        5. Sophia Phokaina and Konstantinos Skleros possibly had:
        6. Theophanu (subject of the prior descent from her)
        Descent from a relative of the Monomachos family:
        1. Anastasia of Byzantium (relative of Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos) and Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev had:
        2. Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev and Gytha of Wessex had
        3. Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev and Liubava Dmitrievna Zavidich had:
        4. Euphrosyne of Kiev (intersects with generation 11 of the descent from Romanos I Lekapenos) 

        The Byzantine Empire on the eve of the First Crusade 



        Long Live the Eternal Memory of Byzantium and the Imperial City, Constantinople! 

        Further Links: 
        • https://ancientdescents.com/TornikesSummary.htm   Tornikes Ancestry 
        • https://byzantium-blogger.blog/2019/08/19/the-complete-genealogy-of-byzantine-emperors-and-dynasties-special-edition-article/   The Complete Genealogy of Byzantine Emperors and Dynasties (Special Edition Article) 
        • https://listverse.com/2016/10/07/10-dark-secrets-of-the-byzantine-empire/   10 Dark Secrets Of The Byzantine Empire 

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