Matrilineal Dynasties Part 3 | Who Would Be Head of the House of Garsenda Today? 

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Plot twist: it's the wife of that guy in Australia who's the true king of England.

That moment you are so used to things ending up with Elizabeth II that you expected her to be the head of the dynasty.

The House of Garsenda is the coolest bit of genealogical history you've covered on your channel. If you wrote a book about it, I would absolutely buy it.

I think it's pretty damn cool that the House of Garsenda has basically done a full circle around Europe a bunch of times and then landed back on The Iberian Peninsula.

I found yet another huge matrilineal dynasty, founded by Catherine Opalinska, who was queen consort of Poland as a wife of king Stanisław Leszczyński, and who is by female line only and ancestor of another 11 queens (including Isabella II of Spain) and two empresses, as well as 6 kings and one emperor. This dynasty would also include current count of Paris, wife of Jean-Christoph Bonaparte and few other important aristocrats. I think it's worth adding to the chart in the future.

The crazy thing is those houses not only have a genetic lineage(that gets less and less similar to the founder), the all have a nearlz identical mtDNA.

Plot twist: it's actually Matt's wife.

I found another interesting matrilineal dynasty, starting with a person called Sophia Phokaina. This house includes: 3 Empress-Consorts (One of which was also co-monarch) One Queen Regent 5 Queen-Consorts 1 Saint 1 Emperor 9 kings And held 6 different crowns over a span of 300 years. The House starts with Sophia Phokaina, daughter of a Byzantine General. She married into Byzantine Royalty and gave birth to Theophanu, who married the Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, and became co-monarch herself. Their son Otto became Emperor as well. Their daughter Matilda was the mother of Richeza of Lotharingia, who married the Polish king Mieszko II. Their son was Casimir I the Restorer, who was a king of Poland. Casimirs sisters where ancestors of two main lines of the house: The Anglo-Scotish line of Agatha, and the Polish-Hungarian line of Richeza of Poland. Agatha married Edward the Exile, son of the deposed English king Edmud Ironside. Their son Edgar Ætheling was elected King by the Witenagemot after Harold Godwindsons defeat at the Battle of Hastings on the hands of William the conqueror but was defeated himself soon after. His sister Margaret married king Malcolm III of Scotland. She was made a saint after her death. 3 of Margarets sons became kings of Scotland: Edgar, Alexander I and David I. Some Sources also claim that Edmund was co-monarch together with his uncle Donald III. Margarets daughter Mary is a female line ancestor of Matilda of Brabant, wife to Emperor Otto IV. (there’s a connection to the House of Elanor) Her nephew William II. of Holland was also a matrilineal descendant of Mary of Scotland. He was proclaimed King of the Romans/king of Germany during the interregnum period, but never crowned emperor. Margarets other daughter Matilda married Henry I of England and became Queen-Regent. Her daughter, also called Matilda married Emperor Henry V. She was still called Empress Matilda, even after the Emperors death and her marriage to Count Geoffrey Plantagenet. Matilda was proclaimed heir to the English crown by her father. But when he died, her cousin Stephen de Blois claimed the throne and started a civil war. During the war Matilda was the first woman to control all of England, be it only for a few months. She lost the war in the end, but after Stephens death the line of succession continued through her son Henry II. Now back to Richeza of Lotharingia. Her daughter, who was also called Richeza, married king Béla I of Hungary. Among their children are king Géza I of Hungary, king Ladislaus I of Hungary and Helen, Queen-Consort to king Demetrius Zvonimr of Craotia.

Great job Matt. I find the Matrilineal lines to be more fascinating since they are more likely to be accurate then the patrilineal lines and you are one of the only people to dive deep into them.

Loving this series on matrilineal dynasties. Frankly, it makes much more sense to me than a patrilineal dynasty since, as you mentioned, you can be certain that they're actual decendants. (And also because Garsenda is from my home region hehe)

Fun fact: if you look back to Maria Louise’s parents, they had another daughter, Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg, who is the direct matrilineal ancestor of Queen Mary of Teck (grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II). Additionally, Maria Theresa’s maternal grandmother was the matrilineal ancestor of Peter II of Russia and at least three other queens/empresses. In the same house, you missed the matrilineal descendants of Maria Amalia, duchess of Parma, Maria Theresa’s daughter. Through her, there are at least three kings, as well as a Queen of Spain. In the house of Barbara, you also missed Charlotte, the last queen-consort of Württemberg. Edit: Recently looking into the Romanian royal family, I noticed that another member of the House of Maria Louisa is Elisabeth, Queen-Consort of Romania as the wife of Ferdinand I (she was the matrilineal descendant through Maria Louisa’s daughter, Princess Friederike. Additionally, if you count Anne as the queen of Romania, which was her title even though she married the king after he was deposed, then she is also an important member of the house of Maria Theresa through her daughter Maria Carolina.

Watching this channel feels like I'm watching a new perspective on European history itself be created in real time (probably because it is)

I love these matrilineal dynasties videos but holy hell they show that the already overlapping family trees are way more intertwined than I previously thought

I can't help but wonder what the biggest dynasty would be if gender blind primogeniture were to be used instead of moving patrilineally or matrilineally

“Queen Sophia, currently in retirement with her husband” not like she lives in London and he lives in Abu Dhabi

I very much appreciate this series and the fact that the lines are named by the women's first names because all surnames belong to the fathers' families and there are no female surnames.

This video is nice I must say. Really love the fact that ur diving into matrilineal geneology. It's something very unique and I love it thanks to you Matt

Now this took me by surprise! Didnt expect to see my own country here, let alone royal family from here! Hello from Serbia! 🇷🇸😁

Love the matrilineal houses, such a unique view on royal history

I come from matrilineal society, watching the video through matrilineal perspective is something that I really craving for. Thank you for make it happen

This thought exercise both A) does a great job at putting into question our still continuing patrilineal perspective on inheritance, and B) is a lot of fun to learn about. Really enjoying these European matrilineal videos.

its amazing that the House of Garsenda is still ongoing

I love this new perspective on noble and royal geneology! So many unexpected connections! And I wouldn't be surprised if at least another couple of dynsaties were to pop out in the near future. Regarding the chart, there's one thing I'd like to point out: I think the house of Maria Theresa should actually begin with Maria Theresa's mother, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Not only she was Holy Roman Empress herself, but she played a non-insignificant role in the political shenanigans of her time, much to her husband's chagrin who wanted to keep her out of actual power.

Thank you for this channel-I have five of your charts on the walls of my apartment! Would you consider doing a video on "Who would be Emperor of China"?

Future video ideas: 1. Bohemian Monarchs up until Habsburgs in 1526 2. House of Savoy family tree 3. Renaissance family tree 4. Japanese Shogun family tree

There are likely a lot more matrilineal descendants who never married an important person, and thus were not tracked further down. I suspect one of them is the actual most senior member of the dynasty. That's why Matt always had to add "noble" to qualify the result.

The matrilineal dynasties are just as interesting if not more than the patrilineal dynasties that are always in the spotlight. Thank you for making these videos!

Catherine de Medici founded matrilineal house that includes 5 queens and 3 kings

Later members of the house of Euphrosyne are: Christina of Saxony (queen consort of Denmark) and her son king Christian II; Caroline of Ansbach (queen consort of GB) and her children including Louise (queen consort of Denmark) with her children (e.g. Sophia Magdalena - queen consort of Sweden and mother of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden; and Christian VII - king of Denmark); Christian IX, king of Denmark; Marie of Hesse-Kassel (queen consort of Denmark) and her daughter Vilhelmine Marie (wife of the future king Frederick VII of Denmark); Therese of Wurttemberg (queen consort of Wurttemberg); Wilhelm II, king of Wurttemberg; Olga Constantinovna (queen consort of Greece); Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (queen consort of Hanover); Marie Henriette of Austria (queen consort of the Belgians); Louis Prince Napoleon; Maria Christina of Austria (queen consort of Spain) and her son king of Spain Alfonso XIII; Maria Teresa of Austria-Este (queen consort of Bavaria) and her daughter - Wiltrud (second wife of Mindaugas II, shortlived lithuanian monarch); Hermine Reuss zu Greiz (second wife of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany) and her grandson - Franz Wilhelm Hohenzollern (husband of Maria Vladimirovna, head of house Romanov); Amalia of Oldenburg (queen consort of Greece); Charlotte of Mecklenburg (queen consort of GB) and her sons: George IV, William IV and Ernst Augustus (king of Hanover), as well as her daughter - Charlotte (queen consort of Wurttemberg);

I Think this is one of the most important videos in today's times on genealogy. Thank you!

Awesome video! :D Trivia: for matrilineal descendants of Maria Theresa, trace the line of King Michael I of Romania daughters via Anne of Bourbon Parma and you'll find it :D Edit: the House of Barbara also has living matrilineal descendants, check out Nicholas II's sister Xenia, and some from the sister of Louise of Hesse Kassel owo

I’m missing King Baudouin and Albert of Belgium, older sister Josephine Charlotte, who married Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. This would make the current Grand Duke, Henri of Luxembourg, a member of the House of Maria Louise.

So Infanta Elena would be the head of house of garsenda and his brother king felipe vi would be the Roman emperor huh, interesting.

I always wonder if the people in these charts ever get as excited over them as we viewers do. Once they know they're definitely on the tree somewhere, I bet they don't spend too much time studying them. Meanwhile, the average viewer works all day to try to find out the name of his/her great grandfather or whatever.

Matt, I just want to tell you how much I love your content. My god this is good! When my friends come over to my house they all spend hours in front of the charts I have on my walls. I wish you the best!

Heeeey my lovely Queen Sofia... She really is a QUEEN by blood and law.

Can you do the Grimaldi family(Monaco)?

Imagine if this video is brought to the attention of the nobles in question and all the descendants of the house of Garsenda decide to meet up. I guess it’s not like they don’t meet for political reasons anyway, but imagine the convo resulted from watching this video. Would they, out of sheer fun, officially declare the house? Lmao.

I would be really interested in a family tree of the major Chassidic Rebbe dynasties (Lubavitch, Satmar, Belzer, etc.) and talking a little about that history and how they relate to the Ba'al Shem Tov

Another Large Matrilineal Dynasty is on of Katharina Polyxena von Solms-Rödelheim. She is the ancestor (through only women) of many Grand Duchesses of Russia, a Queen Consort of The Netherlands, 3 Queens Regnant of the Netherlands and the current king of the Netherlands, 2 Queen Consorts of Sweden and Norway, a Queen Consort of Bavaria, a Queen Consort of Romania, Wilhelm I of Germany, an Empress Consort of Russia, Alexander II of Russia, 2 Queen Consorts of Denmark, a Crown Princess of Norway, Harald V of Norway, a Queen Consort of the Belgians, a Crown Princess of Sweden, the current queen Regnant of Denmark, the former Queen Consort of Greece and many more!

WOOHOOO! HOUSE OF BEATRICE REPRESEEEENT! So glad I got a shoutout on this video 😂

Very interesting video! 9:29 I would add to the House of Maria Theresa's lineage the eldest daughter of Maria Leopoldina, D. Maria II, queen regnant of Portugal between 1834-1853.

Yaroslav the Wise had 4 children that became Royal patriarchs & matriarchs as well: his son inherited Kyievan throne, while his daughters married Kings of Norway, Hungary, and France. In fact, all his kids became rulers of their own territories (which is a different story)

House Garsenda is basically The Bene Gesserit

I've always thought it was absolutely ridiculous to count the father's line as the "real" line or "the one that counts" because as history has well proven, any male can sire a child, but only 1 woman can give birth to that child. By birth and by logic, the mother's line is the only line that can be truly guaranteed. (we're talking history, when modern DNA analysis and fertility assistance was not a concept yet) Also, the name of Joanna of Castile was pronounced "Hwuana" not "Joe-anna"

6:00 I didn't expect you to say that!

7:49 king George II and Frederik William I have the same grandmother (of the house of Barbara), but they were also great-grandparents of the the first king of the netherlands: Willem I. Willem I's son (Willem II) went on to marry Anna Pavlovna, who was granddaughter of Catherine the great, of the house of Garsenda. And through direct matrilineal descendants, the Dutch royal family is also part of the house of Marie Louise.

Matrilineal dynasties are amazing! Thank you so much for doing the work so we can enjoy this!

Its funny hearing every time "the infamous spanish inquisition", when in fact it was the most pleasant of all the inquisitions in Europe.

I am not a specialist in royal families but, I know this, Isabella I of Castile was queen regnant of Castile and queen consort of Aragon. Her husband was king of Aragon and consort of Castile. Very informative and interesting video anyway. Thank you for your good and thorough work.

Part 4, bring it on!

Isabella wasn't queen consort of Castille. She was queen, since she had the right. She married Fernando, King of Aragon. Fermando was never king of Castille, nor Isabella queen of Aragon. Despite their marriage, the kingdoms remained separated.

There's many more "dynasties" like that. For example by the female only line Catherine of Guise is an ancestor of 6 queens, 4 empresses, god knows how many duchesses and princesses, as well as one emperor, 7 kings and many electors, dukes and princes. Maybe it'll make your next chart on that topic

Seeing the patrileneal line trees superimposed on the matrileneal oens in my head, its horrifying to see all the self connections everywhere

This is so cool, thanks for these fascinating videos and posters! I was inspired by your first video on Garsenda and have been searching for royal matrilines myself! I have been waiting for this video to compare what we’ve found. I think I found 3 additional consorts from the house of Maria Louise - Olga Nicolaevna, Queen of Wurttemberg, Caroline Augusta, Empress of Austria, and Mary of Teck, Queen of the U.K. (she is a matrilineal descendant of Mary Louise’s sister). I also researched Maria Theresa’s line - In addition to Maria Theresa’s mother, an empress consort, I think I found an additional 5 queen consorts, 13 kings, 2 emperors, and 2 tsars (one Bulgarian, one Russian) descended matrilineally from Maria Theresa and her sisters (I have not double checked those numbers). There is also one more reigning female monarch in the line - Maria II of Portugal (daughter of Leopoldina on your tree), whose consort Prince Auguste just so happened to be from the house of Maria Louise!

I've been watching a lot of your videos, this the most mind blowing of all, the research is just amazing.

I am so excited for this chart to arrive!!!! Can't wait to look it over & learn.

I freaked out when he presented the house of Barbara

This is such a great series. Some of the best content on RU-vid!

I think there should be more coverage to the House of Maria Louise, as they seem to be the most powerful matrilineal royal house in Europe today

I love this whole concept! Thanks for making these videos!

Wow! I am breath taken for words about this video. Could you do a who would be the head of another matrilineal dynasty please?

Another great chart, love watching theses

You make this all connect in a truly great way

Thanks for uploading the second one, I really look forward to it.

I love your channel, amazing work

Truly fascinating and makes me think about my own heritage as a woman. Since most of us inherit our fathers' surnames, our matrilineal lines get lost in time. My dad has done a lot of genealogy research on his side of the family, going back to the 18th Century, but this really makes me want to trace my matrilineal line as far back as possible. That'll be a fun project!

I think this is fabulous that you have done this. I hope you have published a paper on it.

Wonderful find sir!! Beautiful

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

I love these series keep it up! hope to see them in a book someday!

This is absolutely fascinating!

are you planning a follow-up of the other matrilineal lines? on who would be their heads today?

Amazing reseach! Thank you!

Hey Matt,I have actually found a new house,the house of zofia leszcsynska,the grandmother of Maria leszcsynska,the queen of France and it actually branches out really long and goes through Naples,Spain and Sicily,I hope you can check that out.

I didn't expect seeing Yugoslavia in there. Cool. Btw Im researching my family tree and your way of color-coding the charts is really amazing solution for messy family trees, Im considering to use it :)

Charlotte I (House of Maria Theresa), Empress of Mexico was not married to Leopold II of Belgium but to Maximilian I of Habsburg.

Seriously, this rocks.

This is very very interesting.... thanks again!!

Great vid Matt!!! Love the House of Garsenda videos.

This is so cool! Thanks!

Great video! Highly interesting.

Just in time for Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms

You make me learn history. I love it 💓

Excellent video, I must say I do enjoy all of them. They are very instructive and confirm a lot of the doubts I have had through the years. I just want to suggest more infomation on the house of Isabella. I am sure you know she is supposed to be a member of either the house of Lancaster or the house of York. This is one of the reasons Henry the VIII didn't kill Katherine of Aragon. There are very interesting series about all of this. There is one called The Spanish Princess which is about the life of Katherine. Also, in Spanish there is a series called Isabella where they go in depth about Isabella of Castille and Fernando de Aragon's even including Colombous and the details of the legitmacy of the throne are confusing. For example, the crown of Castille belonged by right to La Beltraneja. A figure that dissapeared apparently with permission from the pope at the time through a document called in Spanish Bula. I would be interested to know.

Idea for new chart: Kings of Northumbria. I know one of them gave land to an ancestor of mine, Pole Roddam, before William the Bastard invaded the south of Britain.

Loved this so much

Sir, You are a *Genius* You literally make Charts fun 🎉❤

I haven't even watched the video yet but I already liked it😂

This was great! I wonder if there are any significant matrilineal dynasties from the Al-Andalus royals?

I like the House of Garcenda for being long running and Matrilineal. It's certainly a different perspective on history ^_^ That said, I really have to wonder if you traced all of her descendants from both genders on down, would you basically end up with a chart of all European Royalty with quite a few others tossed in? Also, how many descendants end up non royal/noble? This actually makes me want to trace my own lineage back to an important person and then trace it forward to all descendants just to see, lol! The closest I've gotten to doing any sort of official family tree was when I was attempting to write a novel about Herakles which is more accurate than most portrayals in that I wanted to write him as the fully bisexual person that he was, but trying to untangle his family tree was hard, lol. For example, Herakles' mother Alchmene was one of Zeus' granddaughters who ended up marrying a different descendant of Zeus. So when they talk about Herakles as being a half God and his Heteropaternal Twin being fully mortal, I'm like: um... Herakles was actually more than half a God (perhaps why he was so strong?) and his brother was about a quarter God, but it's all mythology anyways, so who cares, right? Lol ^_^

I play a lot of Civilization 6, and I don't know why but I love it when I see the leaders from that game. You had Kristina, Jadwiga, Victoria, Eleanor of Aquitaine...it's really fun to watch.

Love these matrilineal line videos.

Hey, can you make a video with the most influential bloodlines (mixed martilineal/partilineal)?

If I am not mistaken (I am an Austrian), Emperess Maria Theresia was also Emperess Regnant of the whole Empire of Austria (which was part of the HRE at that time), not just Queen Regnant of Bohemia (which was a part of Austria until 1918). But it is correct that her husband was elected the Holy Roman Emperor instead of her because they didn't want a woman hold that title. At least we were told in School that Maria Theresia was the Emperess (Regnant) of Austria. The ruling dynasty of Austria is also traditionally called Habsburg-Lorraine after her, and in fact that is still the official name of the current living descendants of the "House of Habsburg".

happy to see maria theresa's dynasty on the chart too! she was my initial thought with her 16ish kids who mostly survived to adulthood

Thank you 😊

Great video! 👍🏻 Would love to see a video on the *House Bourbon*, one of the longest still reigning dynasty on Europe! From Henry IV first Bourbon king of France to Felipe VI the actual king of Spain _(and maybe_ Louis Alphonse de Bourbon _for the lineal descendancy?)_ Also, would buy 10 posters straight away haha!! edit : yes I know you did videos on French and Spanish monarchies and Europe's top 10. I'm just interested in this House specificaly :P

Would really love some more matrilineal lines to be explored! These 3 videos taste like more.