OR, THE (SO-CALLED) JESUS' DYNASTY

01. MARY "THE VIRGIN", mother of

02. JESUS "THE CHRIST"

(A) the (so-called) "brothers" and "sisters" of Jesus

The Bible mentions Jesus’ (so-called) "brothers" and "sisters", the sons and daughters of Ptolas and Escha [Catholic], or Joseph and Escha [Orthodox], or Joseph and "The Virgin Mary" [Protestant]. The names of the four "brothers" are given as "Saint" James, Jose[ph] "Ha-Rama-Theo", Simon, and Jude "of Galilee"; while the names of His "sisters" are not given in scripture and are found only in apocryphal literature, where they are given as Mary [Miriam], Salome, and Anne. The names of two of Jesus’ sisters are called Miriam (Mary) and Salome by Epiphanus (Pan 78:8;1; the order is revered in 78:9:6); the text of "Ancoratus" (60:1) gives the names Anne and Salome; Sophronius of Jerusalem, who knew of Jesus’ three "sisters", harmonized the texts and gave Jesus the sisters, Mary, Salome, and Anne (Blinzler, 1976, pp 36-8). There are references made to Jesus’ "brothers" and "sisters" (so-called) by the early Byzantine writers: Sophronius of Jerusalem; Anastasius of Sinai; Theophylact, Euthymius Zibagenus; and, by Nicephorus Callistus. The Coptic "History of Joseph" gives his "daughters" the names: Lydia, Assia, and Lysia; who appear elsewhere as his "nieces", as the daughters of Joseph’s older half-sister, Miriam (Mary). The misidentification with Joseph’s sister "Mary" and his wife "The Virgin" Mary; made them the daughters of Joseph’s wife in the Coptic gospels. This raises the questions: was Mary, ever virgin?; and, if so, who are the identities of these (so-called) "brothers" and "sisters"?

(B) Was Mary "ever virgin"? Much has been debated on the dogma that Mary was "ever virgin", which became Church doctrine in the seventh century. The dogma has brought into question the identities of Jesus’ (so-called) "brothers" and "sisters", of which there are three major views: (a) the Protestant view [espoused by Helvidius] is that they were the later children of Joseph and Mary; which is based on the text "she gave birth to her firstborn son" (Lk 2:7), however, this does not imply that there were later born children, for the grave of the first-century Jewish woman, Arsinoe, found near Leontopolis, Egypt, dated 5BC, gives the inscription saying that the woman had died giving birth to her "firstborn" child, and, if she died giving birth to her "firstborn", obviously she had no more children, hence, according to Jewish usage, the first to open the womb (Ex 13:1,12; Num 3:12) was the "firstborn", whether or not any other children were afterwards born; too, the word "firstborn", i.e., "prototokos", is sometimes used as the equivalent to "monogenes", i.e., "only born" (Ps 13:8; 18:4; IV-Ezra 6:58); (b) the Catholic view [espoused by Jerome] is that they were His cousins, that is, the children of either Joseph’s brother Ptolas, which is the more probable case, or the children of Joseph’s brother Clopas, which is a preposterous solution for it identifies His "brothers" with His "disciples". The "brothers" of Jesus are always spoken of separately from His disciples, and they appear in the Bible as two separate groups (Mk 6:13-35; Jn 6:66-7:10; & Acts 1:14). The most feasible scenario is that upon the early death of Ptolas his widow Escha moved into the home of her "in-laws", Joseph and Mary, and soon afterwards died herself leaving behind her young children to be brought-up by them; and (c) the Orthodox view [espoused by Epiphanius] is that they were Joseph’s children either by a previous marriage [which view has many difficulties] or by a "levirate marriage" [which is not improbable]; the possibility that Joseph had children of his brother’s [Ptolas’] widow, Escha, in a "levirate marriage" (Dt 25:5) though also married to Mary is not contrary to Jewish practice of the time. That they were not Mary’s children is suggested by Jesus’ provision for His mother (Jn 19:26), for that would not have been necessary if they were her children. Too, that Mary’s uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, claimed her son’s, Jesus’ body, on her behalf as her next-of-kin, suggests the same. For, the authorities would never have given Jesus’ body away, which they were then arguing about how to dispose of it, either of burying it in "the potter’s field" or burning it in the trash heaps outside the city’s gates, except for the Jewish law that gave the next-of-kin the right to claim the corpse, and had to turn the body over to Joseph of Arimathea, Mary’s uncle. It seems that the early Church elders did not have all of the facts, for as late as the second century they were still assuming that Jesus’ "brothers" and "sisters" were his half-siblings, and that their mother was "The Virgin" Mary, who later begot them by Joseph, their father. It is Origen (185-254), who, in the third century, says otherwise, due perhaps to recently discovered documents or due perhaps to the growing reverence to Mary.

(C) "The Master’s Kin": the "Desposyni"/or "Desposynoi"

The "kindred" of Jesus, who took the surname "Kyriakon", meaning, "the Lord's House", and their male-line descendants, were honored in very high degree both by Christians and by various Jewish interest groups alike, as heirs of ancient Jewish royalty, or as earthly representatives of "Christ", the eternal king of the universe. The descendants of The Holy Family were called the "Desposyni"/"Desposynoi", meaning, "The Master’s Kin". Their claims to be the successors of "another king", one, Jesus, other than Caesar (Acts 17:7), made them rivals of the Roman emperors, and, as such the emperors Domitian, Trajan, and Hadrian, carried out proceedings against the "Desposyn[o]i" [descendants of Christianity's "Holy Family"]. Their emblem, or coats-of-arms, varied from a depiction of the "madonna and child", to a depiction of the "paschal lamb" crucified on a cross, to a depiction of "The Holy Grail" painted on a round shield with the supporters of a lion, representing "Judah", and a unicorn representing the "Desposyni"; and its crest was the six-pointed "Star of David" inside the circle of the depiction of the sun shining at its splendor.

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01. JOSEPH, husband of MARY "THE VIRGIN", & foster-father of Christ

02. JAMES ("SAINT JAMES") "THE JUST, or "Major", 1st Bishop of the Jerusalem Mother-Church (ex 62), one of JESUS' so-called "brothers". St. Paul mentions St. James in 1 Cor. 9:5 in a way that suggests James had been married and was a widower; and Jude (Judas) called "the son of James" in Luke 6:16 is generally regarded as his son. John, "the brother of Jude", was another of James' sons. The hereditary bishops of Seleucia, in Syria, claimed descent from Jose [whose epithet was "Mar"], who was said to have been a son of James, "the Lord's brother".

03. JUDE, identified with JUDAS JUSTUS [I] "GAISO", 3rd Bishop of Jerusalem Mother-Church 107-111, bro of John [father of Benjamin, 6th Bp, father of John, 7th Bp, Levi, 12th Bp, & Jude, 15th Bp], &, bro of Jose [called "Mar"]

issue:

(a) Koresh, Prefect of Provinciae

(b) El-Kasai (below)

(c) Jose "Mar"

04. EL-KASAI (ELZASUS) (ELCHASAI), appears in Rome after the "Second Jewish War" (132-135)

= Ariobia

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05. NAHSHON (NAASSON), identified with NASCIEN I, Prefect of Provinciae 138-?; the senior royal Jewish heir; appears as an officer in Roman service

note: it was in Provinciae [Southern France], that the Romans settled the massive Jewish deportees of their "First Jewish War", therefore, NAHSHON was their prince

= Flegetine

issue:

(a) Dolihane, Prefect of Provinciae

(b) Cyleddon, Bishop

06. CYLEDDON (CELEDOIN), Bishop of Alexandria (150), younger bro of his father's successor

07. NARPUS (WARPUS), Prince (175)

08. NASCIEN II, Prefect of Provinciae (200)

09. GALLIENUS QUIRIACUS, recognized senior royal Desposynic heir (225)

10. HELYAS (ELIAS), Desposynic Prince (250)

11. YSAYES (ISAAC), Desposynic Prince (275)

12. IONANS [JOHANAN; JONAANZ], Desposynic Prince (300/325), visits Bishop of Rome 318

issue:

(a) Geronticus (below)

(b) Saracintus, father of Achellus, father of Nascien III, Marquis of Septimania, d412

(c) Fridolin[us], father of Frotmund, who, of wife, Hatilde, a Frankish princess, begot Faramond, 1st King of France

13. GERONTICUS, Prefect of Viennensis (325/350)

14. AGRIPANIUS, Prefect of Viennensis (350/375)

= Thametes of Britain, sis of Eudaf "Hen", aka Octavius "The Old", King of Britain 328-382

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15. CONAN "MERIADOC", 1st King of Brittany [then Armorica, now the French province of Bretagne], estate [or, province] given to him by the Roman Emperor MAXIMUS in 383 (d421) (375/400)

=Dareare

16. URBAN[US] (ERBIN), predeceased father 421, bro of Gradlon I "Mur" & Rioch (400/425); open soon

17. SALOMON I (SELYFAN), King of Brittany 421-434 (425/450)

= [name], dau of Patricius Flavius

18. ANDREW (AUDREN), not to be confused with ALDRIEN of the imperial genealogies, King of Brittany 445-464 (450/475)

issue:

(a) John "Lex" &/or "Regula" (below)

(b) Eusebe, King 470-?

(c) Arch (Erich)(Erek) (below)

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19. JOHN "LEX" &/or "REGULA", also called "RIOTHAM; RIATHAM", King 464-470 (above)

20. EMYRIC "LLYDAW", bro of DANIEL I "DREMRUD", King 478-? (500)

= Elayne

issue:

(a) Hoel, poss. id. with (21) HOEL I "THE GREAT" , compare below

etc

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19. ARCH (ERICH) (EREK), King ?-478 (above)

20. BUDIC I (BODICUS), id. with BIEDA in "ASC", King 493-497 deposed (d501); the bro of MAGLO (MAGLAURUS) (d501), co-ruler

issue:

(a) Hoel, poss. id. with (21) Hoel I "The Great", compare above/below

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21. HOEL I "THE GREAT" (HOVELIUS "MAGNUS"), King 513-544 (525)

= Alma-Pompa, half-sis of ARTHUR, King of Britain

22. HOEL II "FYCHAN", King 545-547

= Rimo (Rune), sis of Rhun of Gwynedd

23. ALAN I [ALAIN], King (d574), son by 1st =; his bros were ST. KRISTIOLUS & DERFYL "GADARN"

= Azenor

24. HOEL III, King (d612); his bros were GRADLON & ST. SILO

= Fratelle (Pritelle)

25. IUDICAEL, King 632-640, abd, d658; bro of GILQUALLUS, King ?-620, & SALOMAN II, King 620-632

= Morone

26. ALAN II "LE LONG", King 640-690

27. IAHAN "REITH", bro of GRADLON II, King 690-?, & others

28. DANIEL II "UNUA", King (d703)

29. RAULHONUS "THE VALIANT", King (740), bro of RIWALLON I, King (d720) [father of DANIEL III] & THEODORIC III, King (720) [father of BUDIC III "MUR"]

30. DANIEL IV "DREMROST", King (760)

31. GRADLON "FLAM", Prince

32. CONCAR "CHERONNOC", Prince

33. JUDON, Prince, bro of LOWENEN I, King 826-837, & BUDIC IV, King (d826)

34. CONSTANTINE, Prince (840)

= Barilic

35. JUSTIN, Prince, bro of AREGSTAN & URBIEN

36. ALFROND, Prince

37. [A]ULFRET "ALESRUDON", Prince

38. DILES "HEIRGUER CHEBRE", Prince

= Alava [3rd cousin], dau of LOWENEN II, King

39. BUDIC V "BERHUC", King

40. BUDIC VI, aka BINIDIC "CASTILE", King

issue:

(a) Alan, Dapifer of Dol (below)

(b) Benedict, father of Alan "Canhiart", Count of Cornuaille

(c) Hamo, Vicomte de Dinan (below)

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41. ALAN, Dapifer of Dol, bro of BENEDICK & HAMO, Vicomte de Dinan

42. BANQUO (d1043) [omitted in some mss.]

43. FLAALD [A], traditional ancestor of the Stuarts

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41. HAMO, Vicomte de Dinan, bro of BENEDICK & ALAN, Dapifer of Dol

42. FLAALD [B], probable ancestor of the Stuarts

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42/43. FLAALD "OF DOL" "THE CONQUEROR'S COMPANION" (1066) (d1101), compare #s 42/43 above

= Domina Norton

44. ALAN "OF OSWESTRY" (d1114/1121), bro of RIWAL "EXTRANEUS" & HOEL

= Aveline, dau of Warine de Hesdin, Sheriff of Shropshire

45. WALTER "THE STEWARD" (d1177) [appointed "High-Steward" of Scotland in 1137 upon the resignation of the office by Ailred de Riveaulx]

= Eschyne of Molle, dau of Thomas de Loudonis/Lothanis [Lothian]

46. ALAN, High-Steward (d1204)

= Alesta, dau of Morgund, Ear of Mar

47. WALTER, High-Steward (d1241/46) [adopted "Steward" as his surname, which corrupted into "Stewart", which French translation "Stuart" came later to be a popular spelling of the name]

= Beatrix, dau of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, &, wife, Marjorie, dau of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon

48. ALEXANDER, High-Steward (d1283)

= Joan (Jean) of "The Isles" [Hebrides] [a Viking heiress]

49. JOHN (d1297), bro of JAMES, High-Steward (d1309), & RORI

= Margaret de Bonkyl

50. ALAN "OF DREGHORN" (d1333), bro of WALTER, ALEXANDER "OF BONKYL", JAMES (d1333), & JOHN (d1333)

= [name] "of Galloway"

51. ALEXANDER STEWART, Lord Darnley (d1372)

= [name] "de Turnbull"

52. ALEXANDER STEWART, Lord Darnley (d1406)

= Janet Keith

53. JOHN STEWART, Lord Darnley (d1428)

= Elizabeth of Lennox

54. ALAN STEWART, Lord Darnley (d1439)

= Catherine Seton

55. JOHN STEWART, Lord Darnley & Earl of Lennox (d1495)

= Margaret Montgomery

56. MATTHEW STEWART, Lord Darnley & Earl of Lennox (d1513)

= Elizabeth Hamilton

57. JOHN STEWART, Lord Darnley & Earl of Lennox (d1526)

= Jane Croft [his 1st =], descended from Welsh princes/kings

58. MATTHEW STEWART, Earl of Lennox (d1571)

= Margaret Douglas, dau of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, & Margaret, sister of England's King HENRY VIII, eventual English heiress

59. HENRY STUART, Lord Darnley (d1567) [changed spelling of surname]

= MARY, Queen of Scots [her 2nd =]

60. JAMES I, King of Britain 1603-1625

= Anne of Denmark

61. ELIZABETH, sis of CHARLES I "THE MARTYR", King of Britain 1625-1649

= Frederick V of Bohemia, Count Palatine [Wittelsbach Family]

62. SOPHIA, declared heiress-presumptive in 1701 following the premature death of Prince William (age 11), only son of Queen ANNE

= Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover [the German branch of the Italian House of Este, which descended from one of the many ancient Roman senatorial families]

63. GEORGE I LOUIS, King of Britain

= Sophia Dorothea of Celle

64. GEORGE II AUGUSTUS, King of Britain

= Caroline of Anspach

65. FREDERICK LEWIS, Prince of Wales (d1751)

= Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

66. GEORGE III, King of Britain, etc. 1760-1820

= Charlotte of Mecklenburg

67. Edward, Prince (d1820), bro of King GEORGE IV & King WILLIAM IV

= Victoria of Saxe-Saalfeld

68. VICTORIA, Queen, Empress

= Albert of Saxe-Coburg

69. EDWARD VII, King, Emperor

= Alexandra of Denmark

70. GEORGE V, King, Emperor

= Mary of Teck

71. GEORGE VI ALBERT, King, Emperor, bro of King/Emperor EDWARD VIII

= Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

72. ELIZABETH II, Queen, now reigning

= Philip, Prince of Greece

73. CHARLES, Prince of Wales

= Diana Spencer

74A WILLIAM, Prince, & 74B HARRY, Prince

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