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Putative descent of Charles, Prince of Wales, from early 7th century BCE Kings of Lydia, Media and Persia (red = sons & blue = daughters; m = married).
DEIOCES ACHAEMENES, early 7th century BCE $ GYGES, King of Lydia ca 685 BCE founder of a Persian dynasty PHRAORTES ARDYS, King of Lydia ca 657 $ $ SADYATES, King of Lydia SHISHPISH CYAXARES, King of Media (ca 640-595) ALYATTES, King of Lydia $ $ $ CYRUS I, King of Anzan ASTYARGES, King of Media (ca 584-550) m ARYENIS $ $ CAMBYSES I, King of Anzan, d 560/59 BCE, m MANDANE CYRUS II, Great King of Persia (558-546 BCE) ATOSSA m DARIUS I,Great King of Persia (521-485 BCE) XERXES, Great King of Persia (485-465/4 BCE) ARTAXERXES I, Great King of Persia (464-424 BCE) DARIUS III, Great King of Persia (424-404 BCE) m his half-sister PARYSATIS ARTAXERXES, Great King of Persia (404-358 BCE) RHODOGUNDE m ORONTES II, Satrap of Armenia ORONTES (AROANDES) III, Satrap of Armenia, becoming King in 331 BCE MITHRANES I, King of Armenia (331-ca 318 BCE) AROANDES, King of Armenia (ca 318-ca 260 BCE) SAMOS I, King of Armenia (ca 260 BCE) ARSAMES I, King of Armenia (ca 259-after 228 BCE) XERXES, King of Armenia (ca 227-after 212 BCE), m ANTIOCHIS dau of ANTIOCHUS II, Seleucid King of Syria (262/1-246 BCE) PTOLEMY I, King of Commagene ca 163 BCE SAMUS I, King of Commagene ca 140 BE MITHRADATES I, King of Commagene (96-70 BCE) ANTIOCHUS I, King of Commagene (69-39) Dau m ORODES II, Arsacid Great King of Parthia (ca 55-38 BCE) - see below .. ARSACES, would have been living at about the time of or soon after death of Alexander the Great PHRIAPITES TIRIDATES I, King of Parthia (247-227 BCE) ARTABANUS I, King of Parthia (211-191 BCE) PHRAHAPATES (PRIAPITIUS), King of Parthia (191-176 BCE) MITHRIDATES I, King of Parthia (170-138 BCE) ARTABANUS II, King of Parthia (127-124 BCE) SANATROIKES, Great King of Parthia (77-70 BCE) PHRAATES III, Great King of Parthia (69-57 BCE) ORODES II, Great King of Parthia (ca 55-38 BCE) m dau of ANTIOCHUS I, King of Commagene - see above PHRAATES IV, Great King of Parthia (38-2 BCE when murdered by 5th son PHRAATACES) , had by wife THESMUSA (formerly an Italian slave-girl given him by Marc Antony) PHRAATACES, Great King of Parthia (2 BCE -4 CE) VONONES II, Great King of Parthia (51 CE) VOLOGASES, Great King of Parthia (51-55 & 58-78) PAKORUS II, Great King of Parthia (78-105) MEHERDATES SANATROIKES VOLOGASES III, Great King of Parthia (105-147) VOLOGASES IV, Great King of Parthia (148-190) VOLOGASES V, Great King of Parthia (190-208) m dau of PHARASMENES, King of Iberia (132-82) KHOSROES I, made King of Armenia (191-216 when kidnapped by Roman Emperor Caracalla) TIRIDATES I (TRDAT), King of Armenia (217-222) TIRIDATES II (TRDAT II), King of Armenia (238-52 & 279-85) TIRIDATES III (TRDAT III), made King of Armenia in 288 by Roman Emperor Diocletian but became a Persian vassal when Armenia later came under Sassanid domination, d 342 KHOSROES II (KHOSROV II)"the Valiant", King of Western Armenia (285-297) TIGRANES "Helios", 1st Christian King of Armenia (349-63), m PHARRANTSEM Son 2 CHOSROES III, King of Armenia (390-92 & 412-13) BAMBISHN, m ATHENOGARNES, greatgrandson of GRIGOR PARTEV (St. GREGORY the Illuminator, 1st Katholicos of the Armenia Church St. NERSES, hereditary Katholicos of Armenia (355-73), m a Mamikonian princess St. ISAAC, hereditary Katholicos of Armenia (378-438), founded separate Armenian church SAHAKAMOYSH, the Gregorid heiress, m HAMAZASP I, Prince of the Mamikonids (387-432) HAMAZASPIAN MAMIKONIAN, killed 451 HMAYCEK MAMIKONIAN, a Persian vassal MUSHEL MAMIKONIAN, a Byzantine vassal alive 555 DAVID MAMIKONIAN, a Persian vassal alive ca 600 HAMAZASP II MAMIKONIAN, Ostikan of Armenia (655-8) HRAHAT, a Mamikonid Prince under Arab suzerainty DAVID, a Mamikonid Prince, d 744 SAMUEL, Prince of the Mamikonids, the Gregorid heir, killed 772 Dau, m SMBAT VI, Prince of the Bagratids HAMYEAK, Prince of the Mamikonids, m dau of LEO V, Emperor of Byzantium KONSTANTINOS, b 785, m PANCALO BARDAS, a magistros BASILEOS GREGORIA, m NIKETAS SKLEROS BARDAS SKLEROS, anti-Emperor (976-9, 987 & 989) ROMANOS SKLEROS, m dau of ABU TAGLIB FADLALLAH of Mosul BASILEIOS SKLEROS, magistros ca 1028, m PULCHERIA ARGYRA, m Emp CONSTANTINE IX "Monomachus" (1042-55) MARΝA, m VSΙVOLOD I, Great Prince of Kiev (1078-93) VLADIMIR II, Great Prince of Kiev, d 1125, m GYTHA, dau of King HAROLD II of England MSTISLAV I (Harald), Great Prince of Kiev & Novgorod, d 1132, m CHRISTINA ISIASLAV II, d 1154 HELENA (EUPHRASYNA), m GEYSA II of Hungary BΙLA III, King of Hungary, d 1196, m ANNE de CHΒTILLON ANDREAS II, King of Hungary (1205-35), m 2ndly YOLANDE de COURTENAY VIOLANTE, m JAYME I of Aragσn and Majorca (1213-1276) ISABELLA, m as 1st wife of PHILIPPE III "the Bold", King of France (1270-85) PHILIPPE IV, "the Fair", King of France (1285-1314), b 1268, JEANNE, Queen of Navarre ISABELLA, d 1357, m King EDWARD II of England (1307-27) King EDWARD III (1327-77), m PHILIPPA of Hainault JOHN "of Gaunt", Earl of Richmond, Duke of Lancaster, 3rdly m in 1396 KATHRYN de SWYNFORD. Before their marriage JOHN and KATHRYN had JOHN BEAUFORT, Earl of Somerset, m MARGARET dau of Earl THOMAS de HOLLAND JOHN BEAUFORT, Duke of Somerset, m MARGARET, dau of Baron JOHN BEAUCHAMP MARGARET, m 2ndly EDMUND TUDOR 1st Earl of Richmond HENRY VII, King of England (1485-1509), m ELIZABETH, dau of King EDWARD IV MARGARET, b 1489, d 1541, m 1stly in 1503 JAMES IV, King of Scots (1488-1513) JAMES V, King of Scotland (1513-42), b 1512, 2ndly m MARIE of Guise-Lorraine MARY STUART, Queen of Scots, beheaded 8.2.1537, 2ndly m Lord HENRY STUART JAMES VI, King of Scotland (1567-1603), King of Britain (1603-25), m ANNE of Denmark SOPHIA, m ERNST-AUGUST, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg, Elector of Hanover GEORGE I, King of Britain (1714-27), m SOPHIA DOROTHEA of Zelle GEORGE II, King of Britain (1727-60), m Brandenburg Anspach FREDERICK-LEWIS, Prince of Wales, d 1751, m AUGUSTA of Saxe-Gotha GEORGE III, King of Britain (1760-1820), m SOPHIA-CHARLOTTE of Mecklenburg-Strelitz EDWARD, Duke of Kent, d 1820, m VICTORIA-MARY-LOUISE of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld VICTORIA, Queen of Britain, Empress of India (1837-1901), m her cousin ALBERT of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha EDWARD VII, King of Britain, Emperor of India (1901-1910), m ALEXANDRA, dau of CHRISTIAN IX of Denmark GEORGE V, King of Britain, Emperor of India (1910-1936), m MARY, dau of of Teck GEORGE VI, King of Britain (1937-52), m ELIZABETH BOWES-LYON, dau of 14th Earl of Strathmore ELIZABETH II, Queen of Britain (1952 -), m her cousin PHILIP of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, son of Prince ANDREW of Greece CHARLES, Prince of Wales _________________________________________________________________________________
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