RUSSIA TO BRITAIN:

                        three descent-lines from Russian Royalty to British Royalty

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ancestry: theory "A"

the Scyldings [DYN-I]: the original dynasty of Denmark
35B. Rorek II (Hraerekr) (Hrethric) "Slyongvanbaugi"

[note: the marriage of Auda "Djuphvgda" & Rorek II "Slyongvanbaugi" united rivaling-lines "A" & "B" of the royal house]

36.Harold IV "War-Tooth" ["Hildetonn"], cap. at Lethra in Zealand (d735)

issue:

(37a) Halfdan IV (dc 750), father of (38) Rorek [III], ? poss. id. with RURIK, "1st" Grand-Duke/King of Russia (872), compare below

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ancestry: theory "B"

37. Sigurd [I] "Hring", King of Denmark 735-756, defeats & slays Harold "War-Tooth" in battle, &, usurps the throne; the father of

a. Ragnar "Lodbrok", was Denmark's most celebrated epic hero

38. RAGNAR "LODBROK", overlord of Scandinavia (d794)

issue:

b. Sigurd [III] (Sigfrid) "Snake-Eye", King of Denmark

39. Sigurd [III] (Sigfrid) "Snake-Eye", King of Denmark 794-803

issue:

a. Canute I, King of Denmark 803-827, father of (a) Frode IX "Enski", (b) Awuslir, & (c) Sigfrid [IV]

b. Godfred II (d814)

c. Halfdan [VI] (d812)

40C. Halfdan [VI] (d812) (above), bro of King Canute I & Godfred II (d814)

issue:

a. Harold [VI] "Klak", a Danish king, deposed 827, afterwards was Count of Rustringen, in Frisia (d843), father of three sons: (a) Rorek (Hreoric) [id. with RURIK, "1st" Grand-Duke/King of Russia (872) (d876)], (b) Sineus, & (c) Trevor

b. Ragnar [II] "The Raven", also called "Lodbrok" (d866)

c. Godfred [II], father of (a) Oscar (Asgeir) (841/851-2, 856), (b) Sidroc (851, d856), & (c) Bjorn, father of (a) Hoskuld (Askold) of Kiev (d890), (b) Helgi (Oleg) of Kiev (d912), & (c) Hroald "Hrygg", father of Bjorn, father of Hofda-Thord, Law-Man of Iceland

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ancestry: theory "C"

40C. Godfred [II] (d814), bro of Halfdan [VI] & Canute I, see

A. Eric I (Horik), King of Denmark 836-854

B. Ragnar (d836)

C. Harold (20), father of (45A) Guthorm (Gudurm) (21), claimant (d854), (45B) Rudolf (Rolf) (21)(d873) (below), & (45C) Godfred (21) (d855)

etc.

45A. Guthorm (d854)

45B. Rudolf (Rolf), King of Denmark, deposed (d873) (above), was the father of

(A) Hreoric [poss. id. with RURIK OF RUSSIA, compare] (d882), father of Knut (d894)

(B) Sigfrid (874), father of Guthorm [II], King of East Anglia 902-916, father of (a) son, killed 916, & (b) son, expelled 916

(C) Godfred (d885), who, of his wife, Gisela, dau of the HRE Lothaire II, begot Ragnhild (dau), wife of Dietrich, Duke of Saxony

45C. Godfred (d855)

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01. RURIK, 1st GD 862-879, id. with Roerik of Dorestad, a viking-leader, son of a deposed and exiled Scandinavian king (above); he established a fortress at Novgorod [= "New Town"] from where he and his viking-horde began the subjugation of the Slavic tribes of Russia, Belarus, & Ukraine; for a while Kiev served as the dynasty's principal-fortress before Moscow became the dynasty's capital-city

= ? Afanda, dau of Godoslav, a Slavic chieftain, & wife, Umile

02. Igor I, GD 912-945

= Olga of Kiev, regent 945-964 (d969), dau of Oleg, GD 879-912

03. Svyatoslav I, GD 945-972

= Malusha of Lubech

04. Vladimir I "Velikiy" & "The Saint", GD 980-1015, bro of Yaropolk I & Izyaslav

= Rogneda of Polotzk

05. Yaroslav I "Mudriy"/or "The Wise", GD 1019-1054, bro of Svyatopolk I

= Ingigerd of Sweden

06. Vsevolod I, GD 1078-1093, bro of Izyaslav I [father of Svyatopolk II] & Svyatoslav II [father of Oleg, father of Vsevolod II & Igor II]

= Marie, dau of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX

07. Vladimir II "Monomakh", GD 1113-1125

= Gytha, dau of Harold II, King of England

08. Yury I "Dolgoruky", bro of Mstislav I "The Great" [father of Izyaslav II, father of Mstislav II], Yaropolk II, Vyaczlav [Vyacheslav], & Andrew

= Helga

09. Vsevolod III "Big-Nest", GD 1176-1212, bro of Andrei I "Bogolyubsky" [moved cap. to Moscow], Rostislav [father of Yaropolk III], & Mikhail [I]

= Maria of Ossetia, claimed descent from ancient Assyrian royalty

10. Yaroslav II, bro of Yury II, Konstantin, & Svyatoslav III

11. Alexander I "Nevsky", GD 1252-1263, bro of Mikhail I "Khorobrit", Andrei II [father of Vasily, Duke of Suzdal], Yaroslav III "Athanase" [father of Mikhail II "The Saint", father of Dmitri II & Alexander II], & Vasily I

12. Daniil, bro fo Dmitri I & Andrei III

= Theodora, dau of Gleb [son of Vasilko & Mariya] & his wife Theodora, dau of Sartak Khan "of the Blue Horde", son of Batu, son of Juchi, son of Genghis Khan

13. Ivan I "Kalita", GD 1328-41, bro of Yury III

= Elena

14. Ivan II, GD 1353-1359, bro of Semyon "The Proud" & Andrei, father of Vladimir, claimant

= Alexandra

15. Dmitri III "Donskoi", GD 1359-1389

= Eudokia of Suzdal

16. Basil I, GD 1389-1425, bro of Yury IV & Andrei

= Sofiya, dau of Witowt, K of Lithuania (d1430), son of Kiejstut (d1382), son of Gedymin, GD of Lithuania (d1341), son of Lutuwer (d1294), nephew [sister's son] of Wojsilk (1264), son of Mindowe, who unified Lithuania in 1236

17. Basil II "Temnoi", GD 1425-1462

= Mariya Maloyaroslav of Borovsk

18. Ivan III "The Great", GD 1462-1505, Emperor [Czar] 1486

= Sophie [Zoe] Paleologus (d1503), heiress, niece of last Byzantine emperor

19. Andrej, bro of Basil III, Czar 1505-1533, who, by wife, Helene Glinsky, begot Ivan IV "The Terrible", Czar of Russia 1533-1584, who, by his mistress Mayvi, begot Marfa "The Nun" , "Velikaia Staritza" (daughter), the mother of Mikhail [III] Romanov, Czar of Russia 1613-1645

= Eufrosyna Chowanski

20. Feodosia (dau)

= Janos, Baron Sucza-Ladmocz

21. Anna Sucza (dau)

= Paolo de Kis-Rhede

22. Janos de Kis-Rhede

= Margit of Kornis-Szentp

23. Janos de Kis-Rhede

= Erzsebet Macskasy

24. Laszlo de Kis-Rhede

= Maria Toroczkay

25. Mihaly, Count Rhedey de Kis-Rhede (d1791)

= Theresa Banffy de Losoncz

26. Laszlo, Count Rhedey de Kis-Rhede (d1805)

= Agnes Inczedy de Nagy-Varad

27. Claudine (d1841)

= Alexander of Wurttemberg (d1885)

28. Francis, Duke of Teck

= Mary Adelaide of Great Britain

29. MARY "of Teck"

= GEORGE V, King of Great Britain, etc

30. GEORGE VI ALBERT, King of Great Britain, etc

= Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

31. ELIZABETH II

= Philip of Greece

32. Charles, Prince of Wales

= Diana Spencer

33A&B William & "Harry" [Henry]

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LINE-B: another line

10. Yaroslav II, bro of Yury II, Konstantin, & Svyatoslav III (above)

11. Yaroslav III "Athanase" (d1271), bro of Alexander I "Nevsky", GD 1252-1263, Mikhail I "Khorobrit", Andrei II [father of Vasily, Duke of Suzdal], & Vasily I

12. Mikhail II "The Saint" (d1319)

13. Alexander II (d1339), bro of Dmitri II

= Anastasia, dau of Yuri Lwow, K of Galicia, a Rurikid prince

14. Alexandrovna (d1372)

= Sviatoslav, Duke of Smolensk (d1386), a Rurikid prince

15. Agrippina (d1404)

= Ivan Holczanski, GD of Russia (d1401), a Rurikid prince

16. Andrei Holczanski, Prince of Kiev (d1418)

= [name]

17. Sophia (d1461), heiress of Kiev

= Vladislav II Jagiello, King of Poland (d1434) [his 4th wife], son of Olgerd of Lithuania & Yuliana of Russia

18. Casimir IV, King of Poland

= Elzbieta, dau of Albert of Austria

19. Zikmund

= Barbara Zapolya

20. Hedwig

= Joachim II of Brandenburg (d1571) [his 2nd wife]

21. Hedwig

= Julles of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (d1589)

22. Henry-Julles (d1613)

= Elizabeth, dau of Frederick II of Denmark

23. Elizabeth (d1550)

= John-Philip of Saxe-Altenburg (d1639)

24. Elizabeth-Sophia (d1680)

= Ernest of Saxe-Gotha (d1675)

25. Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha

= Magdalene-Sibylle, dau of Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels

26. Frederick II of Saxe-Gotha

= Magdalene-Augusta, dau of Karl-Wilhelm of Anhalt-Zerbst

27. Augusta

= Frederick-Lewis, Prince of Wales

28. GEORGE III, King of Great Britain, etc

= Charlotte of Mecklenburg

29. Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d1850)

= Augusta of Hesse-Cassel

30. Mary-Adelaide (d1897), sister of George, Duke of Cambridge

= Francis, Duke of Teck

31. MARY "of Teck"

= GEORGE V, King of Great Britain, etc

32. GEORGE VI ALBERT, King of Great Britain, etc

= Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

33. ELIZABETH II

= Philip of Greece

34. Charles, Prince of Wales

= Diana Spencer

35A&B William & "Harry" [Henry]

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LINE-C: another line

01. Rurik, 1st GD 862-879, id. with Roerik of Dorestad, son of Harold "Klak", a Danish ex-king, established fortress at Novgorod [= "New Town"] as the capital city

= ? Afanda, dau of Godoslav, a Slavic chieftain, & wife, Umile

02. Igor I, GD 912-945

= Olga of Kiev, regent 945-964 (d969), dau of Oleg, GD 879-912

03. Svyatoslav I, GD 945-972

= Malusha of Lubech

04. Vladimir I "Velikiy" & "The Saint", GD 980-1015, bro of Yaropolk I & Izyaslav

= Rogneda of Polotzk

05. Yaroslav I "Mudriy"/or "The Wise", GD 1019-1054, bro of Svyatopolk I

= Ingigerd of Sweden

06. Vsevolod I, GD 1078-1093, bro of Izyaslav I [father of Svyatopolk II] & Svyatoslav II [father of Oleg, father of Vsevolod II & Igor II]

= Marie, dau of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX

07. Vladimir II "Monomakh", GD 1113-1125

= Gytha, dau of Harold II, King of England

08. Yury I "Dolgoruky", bro of Mstislav I "The Great" [father of Izyaslav II, father of Mstislav II], Yaropolk II, Vyaczlav [Vyacheslav], & Andrew

= Helga

09. Vsevolod III "Big-Nest", GD 1176-1212, bro of Andrei I "Bogolyubsky" [moved cap. to Moscow], Rostislav [father of Yaropolk III], & Mikhail [I]

= Maria of Ossetia, claimed descent from ancient Assyrian royalty

10. Yaroslav II, bro of Yury II, Konstantin, & Svyatoslav III

11. Alexander I "Nevsky", GD 1252-1263, bro of Mikhail I "Khorobrit", Andrei II [father of Vasily, Duke of Suzdal], Yaroslav III "Athanase" [father of Mikhail II "The Saint", father of Dmitri II & Alexander II], & Vasily I

12. Daniil, bro fo Dmitri I & Andrei III

= Theodora, dau of Gleb [son of Vasilko & Mariya] & his wife Theodora, dau of Sartak Khan "of the Blue Horde", son of Batu, son of Juchi, son of Genghis Khan

13. Ivan I "Kalita", GD 1328-41, bro of Yury III

= Elena

14. Ivan II, GD 1353-1359, bro of Semyon "The Proud" & Andrei, father of Vladimir, claimant

= Alexandra

15. Dmitri III "Donskoi", GD 1359-1389

= Eudokia of Suzdal

16. Basil I, GD 1389-1425, bro of Yury IV & Andrei

= Sofiya, dau of Witowt, K of Lithuania (d1430), son of Kiejstut (d1382), son of Gedymin, GD of Lithuania (d1341), son of Lutuwer (d1294), nephew [sister's son] of Wojsilk (1264), son of Mindowe, who unified Lithuania in 1236

17. Basil II "Temnoi", GD 1425-1462

= Mariya Maloyaroslav of Borovsk

18. Ivan III "The Great", GD 1462-1505, Emperor [Czar] 1486

= Sophie [Zoe] Paleologus (d1503), heiress, niece of last Byzantine emperor

19. Basil III, Czar 1505-1533

= Helene Glinsky

20. Ivan IV "The Terrible", Czar of Russia 1533-1584

= Mayvi

21. Marfa "The Nun" (illegit. dau)

= Fedor Romanov, aka Filaret, Bp of Moscow (d1633), son of Nikita Romanov (d1586), son of Roman (d1543), son of Iuri (d1504), son of Zakhari (d1461), son of Ivan (d1427), son of Fedor "Koshka" (d1393), son of Andrei Ivanovich Kobyla (d1351), son of Ivan "Kobyla", son of either

(a) Vasily, Duke of Suzdal [son of Andrei II, GD 1249-52 abd (d1264), bro of Alexander I "Nevsky", etc] or

(b) Akynfy "The Great", a boyar (d1304), son of Glandis Cambyla (d1264), son of Gavrilo (d1241), son of Alexei (d1215), son of Mikhail, son of Ratislav, son of Vladimir II "Monomakh"

22. Mikhail [III] Romanov, Czar of Russia 1613-1645

= Eudoxia Streshniev

23. Alexei (Aleksei), Czar 1645-1676

=1 Marie Miloslavsky; =2 Natalie Narishkin

issue by 2:

24. Peter I "The Great", Czar 1689-1725

=1 Eudoxia Lopukin (div); =2 Martha Rabe Skavronsky, aka Catherine I, Empress 1725-1727

issue by 2:

25. Anne (d1728), sister of Empress Elizabeth 1741-1762

= Karl Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp (d1739)

26. Peter III, Emperor 1762

= Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, aka Catherine II "The Great", Empress 1762-1796

27. Paul, Czar 1796-1801

= Maria [Sophia] of Wurttemberg

28. Nicholas I, Czar 1825-1855, bro of Alexander I, Czar 1801-1825

= Charlotte of Prussia

29. Constantine (d1892), bro of Alexander II, Czar 1855-1881, father of Alexander III, Czar 1881-1894, father of Nicholas II, Czar 1894-1917 abd, ex 1918

= Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg

30. Olga, Grand-Duchess (d1926), the czar's cousin

= George I, King of Greece

31. Andrew, Prince of Greece

= Alice Mountbatten

32. Philip, Prince of Greece

= ELIZABETH II

33. Charles, Prince of Wales

= Diana Spencer

34A&B William & "Harry" [Henry]

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