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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Ancestry of Shah Ismael I of Persia
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:14:33 -0500


Richard Borthwick wrote:
>
> At 03:38 AM 11/02/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >>When I've only used Paul Theroff's genfiles, there probably are a lot of
> >>blancs to fill in here...... Could there possibly be a chance of a link
> >>back to great old Charlie somewhere? And what about the connections to
> >>the Georgian Kings?
> >>
> >Charlemagne 742-814
> > I
> >Louis the Pious, 778-840
> > I
[snip]
> > I
> >Rudolf II, King of Burgundy
> > I
> >Aelis/Adelheid of Burgundy 931-999
> > I
> >Otto II Holy Roman Emperor 955-983
> > I
> >Mathilde of Saxony
> > I
> >Richeza de Lorraine
> > I
> >Richeza/Ryksa of Poland 1018-1052
> > I
> >Laslo I, King of Hungary, 1044-1095
> > I

I just came across another descent to plug this hole. The Spoletan wife
of Rudolf II is traced in such sources as Moriarty and Winkhaus to
Judith, sister of Berenger I of Italy and granddaughter of Louis the
Pious. That would make at least three descents for Otto II if both
Saxon descents are counted.

ta

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