Byzantine ancestry of the Norwegian Royal Family

Komnenodukai Angeloi Pedigree
This primary pedigree follows, as much as possible, matrilineal descent.

9) Alexios I Komnenos m Irene Doukaina

10) Theodora Komnene Porphyrogenita m Konstantinos Angelos

11) Andronikos Doukas Angelos

12) Isaac II Angelos of Constantinople

13) Irene Angelina m Philip of Swabia

14) Isabella of Swabia m Ferdinand III of Castile

15) Juan Manuel

16) Juan Manuel

17) Juana Manuel of Castile m Henry II of Castile

18) Eleanor of Castile m Charles III of Navarre

19) Blanche II of Navarre m John II of Aragon

20) Eleanor I of Navarre m Gaston IV

21) Catherine de Foix m Gaston de Foix

22) Anna of Foix-Candale m Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary

23) Anna of Bohemia and Hungary m Ferdinand I

24) Archduchess Maria of Austria m Wilhelm

25) Maria Eleonora of Cleves m Albert Frederick

26) Magdalena Sibylla of Prussia m John George I

27) Augustus

28) Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels m Friedrich I

29) Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg m Louis Frederick of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

30) Anna Sophie m Franz Josias

31) Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld m Duke Louis of Mecklenburg

32) Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin m Frederick

33) Charlotte of Denmark m Prince William of Hesse

34) Louise of Hesse m Christian IX of Denmark

35) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden

36) Haakon VII of Norway

Palaiologos pedigree
9) Emperor Alexios I m Eirene Doukaina

10) Theodora porphyrogennita m Konstantinos Angelos

11) Andronikos Angelos

12) Alexios III Angelos m Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera

13) Eirene Angelina m Alexios Palaiologos

14) Theodora Palaiologina m Andronikos Palaiologos

15) Michael VIII Palaiologos m Theodora Doukaina Batatzaina

16) Andronikos II Palaiologos m Yolande of Montferrat, great-great-granddaughter of Irene Angelina, herself the daughter of Isaac II Angelos

17) Theodoros Palaiologos

18) Yolande of Montferrat m Aimone

19) Amedeo VI m Bonne de Bourbon

20) Amedeo VII m Bonne de Berry, descendant of Kunigunda of Swabia, daughter of Irene Angelina

21) Amedeo VIII m Mary of Burgundy, descendant of Kunigunda, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of Irene Angelina

22) Margaret of Savoy m2 Louis IV

23) Philip

24) Amalia of the Palatinate m George I of Pomerania-Wolgast

25) Anne Margaret of Pomerania m Ernest

26) Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen m John II

27) Alexander

28) August Philipp

29) Frederick Louis m Louise Charlotte of Augustenborg

30) Sophia Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein-Beck m Albert Christopher

31) Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten m Karl Anton August, paternal grandson of Frederick Louis, Duke of Beck

32) Friedrich Karl Ludwig

33) Friedrich Wilhelm m Louise Caroline of Hesse

34) Christian IX of Denmark m Louise of Hesse-Kassel

35) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden

36) Haakon VII of Norway m Maud of Wales

Laskaris pedigree
12) Alexios III Angelos m Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera

13) Anna Angelina of Constantinople m Theodore I Laskaris

14) Maria Laskarina m Bela IV of Hungary

15) Stephen V of Hungary

16) Maria Arpad of Hungary m Charles II of Naples

17) Margaret of Sicily m Charles

18) Jeanne of Valois m William III

19) Johanna of Hainaut and Holland m William V

20) William II

21) Johanna of Julich and Gelderland m Jan van Arkel

22) Maria van Arkel m Jan van Egmond

23) Arnold

24) Margaret of Gelderland m Frederick

25) John I of Simmern

26) John II of Simmern

27) Frederick III

28) Louis VI

29) Anne Marie of the Palatinate m Charles Vasa

30) Catherine of Sweden m John Casimir

31) Eleonora Catharina of the Palatinate m Frederick of Hesse-Eschwege

32) Christine of Hesse m Ferdinand Albert

33) Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick

34) Juliane Marie of Brunswick m Frederick V of Denmark and Norway

35) Frederick

36) Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark m Prince William of Hesse

37) Louise of Hesse m Christian IX of Denmark

38) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden

39) Haakon VII of Norway

Descent through medieval Denmark, Sweden and Norway
The daughters of Eric IV of Denmark and his wife Jutta of Saxony were very early Scandinavians to descend from several Byzantine Emperors. Those daughters, Sophia of Denmark and Ingeborg of Denmark were progenitors of several lines of mighty Northern European princely dynasties, spreading Byzantine ancestry.

1) Emperor Leo VI of Constantinople m2 Zoe Tzautzaina

2) Anna of Byzantium m Louis the Blind, King of Lower Burgundy and Italy (disputed)

3) Charles-Constantine, Count of Vienne

4) Constance of Provence m Boso II

5) William II

6) Constance of Provence m Robert II of France

7) Robert I

8) Hildegarde of Burgundy m William VIII

9) William IX of Aquitaine m Philippa of Toulouse, descendant of Roubaud III, another descendant of Anna.

10) Agnes of Poitou m Ramiro II of Aragon

11) Petronella I of Aragon m Ramon Berenguer IV, maternal grandson of Gerberga, Countess of Arles, great-granddaughter of William II of Provence, another descendant of Anna

12) Dulcia of Aragon m Sancho I of Portugal, son of Afonso I of Portugal and Matilda 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 counts Guigues of Albon, descendants of Richard de Vienne, another descendant of Anna.

13) Berengaria of Portugal m Valdemar II of Denmark

14) Eric IV of Denmark m Jutta of Saxony, daughter of Agnes of Austria (below)

15) Sophia of Denmark and Ingeborg of Denmark

3) Empress Theophanu from Byzantium m Emperor Otto II

4) Matilda of Saxony m Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia

5) Richensa of Lotharingia m Mieczyslav II of Poland

6) Richeza of Poland m Bela I of Hungary

7) Geza I of Hungary m Synadena from Byzantium

8) Almos of Hungary m Predslava of Kiev, daughter of Svjatopolk II of Kiev, maternal grandson of Richeza of Lorraine the aforementioned and so another descenant of Theophanu

9) Bela II of Hungary m Jelena of Serbia, said to have descended from Anna Dalassena through a sister of Alexios I Komnenos

10) Geza II of Hungary m Euphrosyne of Kiev, descendant of Emperor Constantine IX, below

11) Ilona of Hungary m Leopold V and Styria

12) Leopold VI 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 m Albert

6) Constantine IX Monomachos

7) Irene/Maria/Anastasia Monomakhine m Vsevolod 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

13) Agnes of Austria

7) Alexios I Komnenos m Irene Doukaina

8) John II Komnenos

9) Andronikos Komnenos

10) Theodora Komnene m Henry II

11) Leopold V and Styria m Ilona of Hungary

12) Leopold VI

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 m Eric of Sweden

18) Euphemia of Sweden and Norway m Albert II

19) Ingeborg of Mecklenburg and Sweden m Henry of Holstein

20) Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein, Duke of Slesvig

21) Helvig of Slesvig m Derek, Count of Oldenburg, himself a descendant of Sophia, Queen of Sweden

22) Christian I of Denmark

23) Margaret of Denmark m James III of Scotland

24) James IV of Scotland

25) James V of Scotland m Mary of Guise

26) Mary I of Scotland m Henry Stuart

27) James I of England m Anne of Denmark

28) Elizabeth of Bohemia m Frederick V

29) Sophia of Hanover m Ernest Augustus

30) George I of Great Britain

31) George II of Great Britain

32) Louise of Great Britain m Frederick V of Denmark

33) Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway m Prince Charles of Hesse

34) Louise Caroline of Hesse m Friedrich Wilhelm

35) Christian IX of Denmark m Louise of Hesse

36) Frederick VIII of Denmark m Louise of Sweden

37) Haakon VII of Norway