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Charlemagne is one of my ancestors. It would take such a long time to list all of the kings and queens from which I am descended. Once you have one in your lineage, many more will start popping up, and because the good records are there, it is not hard to find the information. The most recent royalty I am related to is the Safavid Dynasty (Persia), and the Komnenos Dynasty (Trebizond). Through them I am related to an endless string of European Royal Houses (before 1500) because of alliance marriages. There are literally so many that I wonder if I will ever be able to finish organizing the information. Listing the names of the dynasties alone would take a long time. I don't think it is reason to brag that I have royal ancestry (lots do), but I do think it is remarkable that I have access so much available information about it when most people I know don't really know much past their great-grandparents.

This particular Estrid was "Estrid of the Obotrites," mother of Princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter Of Sweden.

This message was edited 5/26/2011, 3:17 AM