Byzantine Emperors Family Tree (Constantine the Great to 1453)
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CREDITS:
Charts: Matt Baker
Script/Narration: Jack Rackam / @jackrackam
Editing: Jack Rackam
Intro animation: Syawish Rehman / @almuqaddimahyt
Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com
Kudos to Jack for covering 1000+ years of history and producing one of our longest videos to date. If you're not yet subscribed to Jack's own channel, do it now: czcams.com/channels/aQzyr4MWn1b9W4TdpxxeKw.html
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Whats your next video matt
@@willanaylor2306 I suppose in some weeks/next month we will go on Crusade 😏
12:39 Emperor Justin I was the uncle of Justinian the Great not his father
Lots of great info, but I missed some of the connections between different families/dynasties and was often trying to follow dotted lines that went off-screen. Especially in the beginning with the east and west emperors, and later with the connections to the royal families of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Serbia.
Basil II in
Greek history books: 😎
World history books: 🙂
Bulgarian history books: 👹
In in book history he is barely never mentioned lol
True that!!
@Boris Erdogan tecnically yes and no
pretty much yes
@@medpol The Crusades infuriate me to no end. Ironic that an institution that spawned from Rome played an instrumental role in destroying its last vestiges as a civilization. That said, I don’t see how the Bulgarians had anything to do with the plundering of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
Fun fact: Shortly after the Ottomans took Constantinople, Constantine XI said “The city has fallen, yet I am still alive.” and he tore off his imperial outfit and just wore the uniform of a normal soldier and he ordered one last desperate assault on Constantinople and he ordered the Byzantine army to fight until every last soldier was dead, or Constantinople was retaken and Constantine XI died during this battle, yet his army respected his wish and fought until the every Byzantine soldier attacking Constantinople was dead.
// he ordered the Byzantine army to fight until every last soldier was dead, //
didn;t hitler declare the same order for the nazis?
@@az-wr1lb except that Hitler had no honour who rather hid underground and killed himself along with his officers. Palailogos IV died in combat with his soldiers
@@az-wr1lb most of SS fought to death but normal soldiers admitted the loss and mostly surrendered
@@az-wr1lb the difference is that you didn't see Hitler shaving his moustache, donning a Whermacht uniform and charging the red army himself instead opting to die like a bitch in a bunker
That’s horrible
This definitely has to be the longest current video on this channel.
Besides two rambling ones (tutorial and tier list), it is indeed.
I'm not complaining, I enjoyed every single second of it! (Even tho usually my attention span lasts 10 minutes total)
@@UsefulCharts what are you doing to my phone
@@UsefulCharts you should remake it because you didn't include Heraclian, Isuarian and Nikephorian dynasty.
@@UsefulCharts you always make mistakes Justinian wasnt Justin's son but nephew
The Byzantine empire (AKA East Roman Empire) actually had female monarchs (in their own right not consorts)and one of the reasons the pope crowned Charlemagne as new Roman emperor or Holy Roman Emperor in 800A.D. was the fact that Byzantines had female ruler in person of Irene of Athens and that therefore that was unlawful.
Yeah, I noticed that too! He also skipped other important figures like Pulcheria and Athenias during the reign of Theodosian II, who made a lot of decisions in his stead or inlfuenced him because he was a weak emperor and ascended the throne at 7 years old. He did explain the part Alan the Aspar played, but not how influential Pulcheria was in all that happened at that time, even though she was the decisive factor in both the reign of Theodocian II and Marcian. Theodosian II was basically dragged from listening to his sister Pulcheria to afterwards listening to his wife Athenias. The influence of Theodora on Justinian the Great isn't talked about either (or even her name), while he greatly respected his wife and often listened to her council and my professor law history even said that Theodora had a big inlfuence on her husband issuing the Corpus Juris Civilis. She shared in his plans and political strategies, participated in state councils, and Justinian called her his "partner in my deliberations." Maybe the sources UsefulCharts used didn't speak that fondly of her since a lot of people disrespected her because of her background as actress. Justinian even went out of his way to change a law because he wasn't allowed to marry someone like her. I understand he had to skip certain parts to keep it short but I would've liked at least a little reference to them when they had such importance, but he also didn't mention the influence/regency of the praetorian prefects and eunuchs on the child-emperors so I guess he really wanted a very short summary and simplified version of Byzantine history. But he does mention other empresses. I don't understand why Irene was left out, since he mentions the 9th century when the pope crowned Charlemagne but not why or under which circumstances and then skips a few hundred years to Basil. Even leaving out important emperors as Heraclius. Maybe he dislikes the dark ages?
Charlemagne was a German, that's like Chinese to Romans.
Charlemagne as Emperor is like Saudi King becoming ruler of Russia
@@WizavPRO *Frankish not German
@@bruhman3406 Franks were a group of german people, so yes he was german.
Yea that was within the 250 years he skipped between charts.
Now I really wanna know what happened in that time period.
12:39 Justin I was the uncle of Justinian the Great not his father!
I think he means that Justinian was adopted by Justin on his deathbed (Justinian’s original name was Petrus Sabbatius and changed it to Justinian when Justin adopted him).
@@alexanderfurrows7946 Yes-except it did not happened on his deathbed as Justinian already changed his name during adoption which took place years prior.
Probably should have said adopted son.
The graph showed Justin I was Justinian I's uncle.. he only use a wrong word but the graph is correct
Your acting like it’s a big idea because of the exclamation point
I think most people don't realize how devastating the Fall of Constantinople in 1204 really was. It was one of the biggest catastrophes in human history. Before 1204, Constantinople was the richest, biggest, most enlightened and powerful city in Europe/the Near East. A beacon of culture, knowledge and wealth. Everyone else, even the HRE and France, were little more than savages compared to the Roman (Byzantine) Empire. After 1204, the "New Rome" was no more. Its wealth and works of art had been stolen, its buildings destroyed, its people slaughtered, its libraries burned. Were there once had been a great metropolis, now only ruins remained, with a few thousand people scattered across the vast, mostly overgrown city area. The city of Constantine never recovered, not even when the Palaiologos Dynasty reclaimed it. The Constantinople the Ottomans conquered in 1453 was just a shell of its former self.
And qe lost the art of greek fire
вот вам и благородные рыцари...примерно тоже происходит на востоке европы и сегодня
On the note of what's occured to Hagia Sophia, I wonder if it's possible to continue the family tree and find who'd be the possible Byzantine Emperor today?
The Palaiologos dynasty was also Dukes of Montferrato an Italian Dutchy so possible
Some Italian Paleologos existed until the 17th century, i suppose
Marvin Rošantz untill the early 1500s they where Dukes of Montferrato untill Savoyard annexation then they where sort of nobility and vanished from historical records basicly
@@Vaelar2007 Wikipedia has some articles about an English branch. A Theodore Paleologos (1660-1693), and his daughter called Godscall, supposedly the last known Paleologos in history
Marvin Rošantz I don't believe the Palaiologos are gonne they are probably just living some where in the world in Peace away from there historical struggles but the Komnenos dynasty of Eastern Rome is known to still live today
I love how often deaths are attributed to "hunting accidents"
always the 6/6/6 heirs
Richard who was son of William I died in a hunting accident, had he lived he would have been king of England. William II his brother became king of England and died in a hunting accident. Henry I the youngest son and became king of England, he managed to get the lands of Normandy from his oldest brother Robert. Had an interesting life. Oddly enough, no hunting accident for him. He choaked on his favourite food. Lampries, which are eals.
@@hippugamer6689 Getting ready for EU5 hunting accidents😂😂😂 Soory for the late response😅
What you did cover in this video is well done! However, I am disappointed that you skipped over so much--Heraclius, the Muslim Conquests, Justinian II, Irene, Theophilus, Michael III, the marriage of John I's niece Theophanu to Holy Roman Emperor Otto II. I know this would have led to a significantly longer video, though, so I understand your decisions.
18:10 Marrying his daughter to Constantine and ruling through him was originally the idea of Simeon of Bulgaria, Romanos Lekapenos just "borrowed" the plan and organised a coup
It was not that original, but he did it.
Well it's not like he was the first person in the world who thought about ruling by using marriage.
You forgot the entire period from Heraculus to Michael III, even though the video would have been even longer & you would have had to also use the Asian Royal Family Tree. But good job.
Ah yes leo the khazar who was half Turkic seems very ironical in hindsight
Wait HUN(N)gary? How could I not notice that 🤦♂️
It's mainly a coincidence. The Huns lost their identity and vanished in the later 5th century. The Hungarians emigrated from the Volga valley region and settled in Hungary in the 890s. They don't call themselves that, instead they use the name Magyars. They were originally a mixture of tribes of which the main group was the Onogurs, and Europeans mispronounced that as Hungurs.
What a beautiful video! Still, a bit sad you entirely skipped Heraclius and treated the Theme system as if it was a sign of decay. In reality, the Themata saved the Empire from total annihilation
Was thinking exactly this.
you skipped so many eastern emerors from 602 to 867 is 259 years not represented .You could have use the asian chart ,that one has all emperors from heraclius even including the emperors of nicaea so why di,dnt you use both charts , it,s only a nitpick still love the video.
that is .
used, corrections
Why haven't you added the Heraclian dynasty (610-695), the Emperors fro mthe 20 Years' Anarchy (695-717) - even though they were still Emperors and seeing as the Roman ones were added, it would've been fair to have them, as well -, the Isaurian dynasty (717-802), the Nikephorian dynasty (802-813), the non dynastic Leo V "the Armenian" (813-820) (along with his son Symbatios, co-emperor), the Amorian dynasty (820-867)?
Seeing as they are known and were Emperors, I would've seen it fair to have them all, especially if we know the genealogical relationship between them. It's very sad to see the list incomplete :(. There are a lot of important historical people there (Heraclius, Leo III the Isaurian, Saint Irene of Athens (wife of Leo IV), Saint Theodora) and it's a pity to have a gap between 610-867 with no real reason.
RIP Jack skipping my boy Justinian the 2nd who had his nose cut off, replaced it with a gold nose, and then came back and used the people who maimed him as footstools.
they are all featured on the european family tree north/east chart
@@just_radical Lol what
Decent video, but one doesn't just skip 200 plus years of history, especially when, during that period, reigned emperors such as Heraclius
I agree Heraclius was badass.... I'm just glad that he never had to witness, how all his hard work to reclaim most of the east, was in vain because of incompetent idiots.
I'm pontic Greek and my grandfather still calls Greeks "Romans" , Ρωμαίοι
Well, that is exacty what Greeks are, both Hellenes and Romans
@@paulmayson3129 no, greeks are greeks (hellenes) and they dont have roman dna
@@christhegreek6812 Rome started out as a city state, and the romans were the citizens of that city. Along with its territorial expansion came the expansion of the definition of "romaness". By the time of caracala all citizens of the empire were considered roman. And by the time christianity became the official religion hellen was used to describe believers of the old paganistic faith, not a particular ethnic group. If you want to define ethicity by weird bloodline/dna shit rules then very few people have roman dna, because very few people can trace their origins from the original citizens of rome, before they even conquered latium. On the other hand it is very reasonable to say that greeks (although not desended from the og romans by bloodline) have a very significant part in the roman legacy as they not only influenced the roman civilisation, but carried the mantle of the empire for a 1000 years after the collapse of the western part along with its institutions, its laws and its name (It was always called the roman empire. Not byzantine empire nor greek empire, but Roman)
@@dinospapa7413 yes but the Greek DNA didn't changed that much because there weren't many og Romans in the parts of Greece so the DNA didn't changed. While the Roman DNA changed because there where many Greek people living in Italy and they mixed with Italian people and the DNA changed
@@christhegreek6812 yes. They r Greek by dna but as political-cultural identity, Greeks are Roman.
Ethnically Greek, Political-Culturally Roman, Religiously Christian (or Holy Orthodox Catholic Church)
Awesome, nice to see an updated Byzantine emperors vid!
Your Work is greatly APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!
This is by far the best presentation of lineage of Eastern Roman emperors i have seen! Great work!
Thank you for this! Subscribed to this channel now and have been a longtime subscriber of Jack Rackam's channel!
While Jack can keep track of a timeline this far back, picture him being a detective.
How can you possibly just skip the heraclean and isaurian dynasties? Heracleus and Constantine V were huge figures, as well as Irene.
Irene, sure
But not in a good light
Especially considering Heraclius the Elder is the earliest Byzantine lineage that can be traced to modern day, possibly making it the oldest known surviving lineage in Europe
Great video, one of my top favorites! I can’t wait to see more. I’m curious....Do you happen to have a video on who would be Lord Protector of England today?
amazing video I really liked it very useful and educational
A lot of kingdoms and empires rise and die but the Roman empire still lives with its influence how great it was
Very interesting and worthwhile video.
you really like getting jack to do ur videos don't you XD (great video as always)
Amazing information.Thank you .
Great video. Jack did a good job. Could you possibly do a video on the Bohemian monarchy? First a Duchy, then a Kingdom.
Jack has this voice that just oozes sarcasm, so it's weird to hear him talk seriously for 30 minutes straight.
Great as always.
As a direct descendant of Alexios I and John II, I appreciate this!
Majorian, the last hope of Western Rome
There’s a reason why he is called MAJORian
The video was great but what happened to the heraklian dynasty
Heraclius is probably my favorite Byzantine Emperor.
Great video as always
Slight correction: Anna Komnenos documents that her father had the crusader princes swear to return captured land to the Roman/Byzantine Empire. The First Crusade/Princes' Crusade began with the sieges of Nicaea and other Anatolian cities which were turned over to Roman hands. Alexios did not really have to send out his military aside from a small-ish force to accompany the Crusaders.
Granted, the detail is inconsequential compared to this massive boon of knowledge you created. Well done video.
I could be wrong, but I thought that Nicaea, when realising the city would be captured by the Franks it surrendered to Alexios , leaving the Franks pretty annoyed and out of change of plunder. After Nicaea the crusaders did not conquer a former Byzantine city anymor till they conquered Edessa which they kept for themselves.
He sent 10,000 soldiers with them as they marched through Anatolia. Alexios used his navy to conquer the coast line by sea. Him and the Crusader force were supposed to meet at Antioch until Alexios was told the Crusaders had been slaughter and retaking the city hopeless. So he left which the Crusaders saw as a betrayal and refused to return any land back to the Byzantine Empire. Nonetheless Alexios recaptured most of Anatolia again and the Crusader States were seen as Allie’s in the years to come against the Muslims so it helped the Byzantine Empire.
Much prefer Matt’s voice. No shade to jack, it’s just a preference thing.
Ah, this is going to be a good one!
Another great video
Very nice story 👍interested 😊👍. Pag aralan muna ang origin religion bago mag samba sa ibat ibang dyos.
Nice video! Only thing id like to see is justice done for Nikephoros II Phokas. He was THE man militarily speaking of course. Altough most of his achievements were before he was emperor, he was instrumental in renewing byzantine armies to allow for the conquests of the macedonian dinasty
Love it man!
Muy buen video!!! Me encanta este canal!!!
this is the first one of these I couldn't finish, my head is buzzing with so many names I don't know who I am
I see next to the Byzantine line a very summary representation of the Wallachian one :D. When you will create a video about it?
One of my favorite facts about Anastasious I (one of my favorite emperors) is that he was distantly related to Constantine
Thank you!!!
great video
my favorite Eastern Roman emperors Zeno the Isaurian because he knew what to do, Justinian the Great because he wanted to make Rome great again, Maurice because he was a great Emporer General Heraclius because he was a fighter not a coword,
Justinian the II because he had balls the man had balls , Leo the III the Syrian because he brought light to a horrible time and crushed the arabs, leo the Armenian because he was a madman hahah,Theophilos because he cared about the people,Leo VI the Wise because he fought for a succesor and won,Constantine VII purple born because he wrote many books and thus a light for the Roman culture,Nikephoros II Phokas because he was a hero, Basil II the Bulgar Slayer because he WAS A GREAT ROMAN, John the II Komnenos because he learnd from his father mistakes and made Rome great again, Manuel the I Komnennos like father like son, Constantine XI Palaiologos because no empoeror should outlive his empire thats a hero there immortal.the rest who are not on this list are not great and did not do nothing special for the empire only trubble and no interes.
You did miss out like 60 years of leaders thou, plus the first empress Irene
Justinian (the Great) was a nephew of Justin I (adopted son, son of his sister)
And it's shown in the Tree itself.
@@Artur_M. Whoops. I have a bad habit of writing "passed to his son" in the script by default
@@JackRackam I mean adopted son still counts as a son, so it's not wrong.
"a lot of civil wars" Now, that's what i call an understatement.
So many it makes the amount of revolutions France had look like a piece of cake
This is awesome, but why isn't the Iconoclastic period covered?
You should create a tree for the emperors between Maurice and Basil I.
After 600 years, still missed by millions of hearts!
folks miss the era of the ummayad khilafat in andalusia, the abbaside khilafat in baghdad, the usmanli khilafat in istanbul, the delhi sultanate, sparta, the holy roman empire and many many others that collapsed over the past 3000 years. But nobody can challenge christian obsession with the hagia sophia, as events in new zealand have shown
@@az-wr1lb well the "event" in New Zealand was not an event it was a terrorist attack. Hagia Sophia is not an obsession, ıt's called a holy place. I wonder how would your reaction be if your Kaba'a would be turned to a synagogue or a church? Everywhere would have been bombed...
@@daphnesapci hagia sophia was converted to a mosque SIX HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Did you byzantines leave for Mars 600 years ago that you suddenly discovered its no longer a church? Many mosques in andalusia were converted to churches and equally modern-era india has witnessed the destruction of multiple mosques. Even israelis have been busy destroying mosques, so destroying mosques seems to be the modern-era favorite pastime
but nevermind, mosques can always be rebuilt. However I have a question: if an opportunity arose inwhich istanbul was offered to you byzantines in exchange for armenia and cyprus, would you say "yes"?
@@az-wr1lb israelis are fighting islamism. Andalus was an invaded region which was reconquered by Spain. Till the end of time were gonna defend our lands against islamist expansionism.
It could be that the last Emperors of Constantinople that were descendants of the Macedonian dynasty were Latin Emperors.
Louis III the Blind (882-928) married Anna (888-901), daughter of Leo VI the Wise (866-912) and Zoé Tzaoutzina +899.
They had a son Charles Constantine of Vienne who had a daughter Constance of Vienne, married to Boson II count of Arles.
She is as an ancestor of the Latin Emperors Baldwin I, Henry of the house of Flanders Hainaut via their ancestor Thierry, Count of Flanders
Their sister Yolanda married Peter II of Courtenay
This Peter II of Courtenay descends from Constance of Vienne via Philippe I of France.
Peter II (1155-1218), Yolanda (1175-1219), their children Robert I (1201-1229), Baldwin II (1217-12273) and Maria (1204-1228) all became Latin Emperors or regent of the Latin Empire.
How refreshing after that Harris video.
I learned so well
Stable video👍
Could you do a video about the Great Schism and what led up to it and the fallout from it? I realise that might get into discussing religious issues that seem ridiculous to Protestants and nonbelievers, but I am sure it could be discussed from a more political perspective as well.
Although I am not a Christian, I do have some knowledge over the Great Schism. The reasons are
1) Supremacy of the Pope : Roman Catholic Church claims that the Patriarch of Rome i.e the Pope is infalliable, 'first among all' over the other Patriarchs & is entitled to temporal power like any other sovereign monarch as the successors of Saint Paul, who is described in the Bible as 'the rock upon which the Church is to be built'. The Eastern Orthodox Church states the Patriarch of Rome isn't infallible as he is answerable to the Holy Synod, 'first among equals' when compared within the Pentarchy (the other Patriarchates being those of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria & Jerusalem) & must remain subservient to the Roman Emperor. They interpret the word 'rock' used to describe Peter in that concerned passage of Bible as his 'rock-solid faith' & not him in person.
2) Ecclesiastical differences : Roman Catholic Church considers Latin written in Latin script to be the liturgical language while Eastern Orthodox Church considers Koine Greek written in Greek script to the true liturgical language. For example, Serbs & Croats speak the same variety of South Slavic language but the Croats, being Catholics, use the Latin script while the Serbs, being Orthodox, use the Cyrilic script invented by the Byzantine missionary Saint Cyril in writing. The Catholic Church prohibits married men from performing as priests but priests under Eastern Orthodox Church can marry without renouncing their priesthood. Roman Catholic Church believes that baptised Christians in communion with the Church remain in the state of purgatory after death while Eastern Orthodox Church doesn't believes in purgatory. Besides these, there are some minor differences regarding the nature of the Virgin Mary & Jesus Christ.
3) Organisational differences :
All archbishops are subservient to the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church while archbishops under Eastern Orthodox Church enjoy autocephaly to some extent.
Iconographical difference :
The Greek Cross features a footstand & a nameplate which are absent in the Latin Cross. The Eastern Orthodox Church is averse to the usage of idols & prefers 2-dimensional icons created according their specific standards. Monks & nuns under roman Catholic Church use white vestments while those under Eastern Orthodox Church use black vestments with monks allowed to keep beards.
Filioque controversy : The Latin versions of the declaration of faith of the 7th Ecumenical Council stated that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father & the Son, which was unacceptable to the Eastern Orthodox Church, which believes that the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father. This filioque ('from the Son' in Latin) controversy was the last straw which lead to the Great Schism.
Calendrical difference :
Since 1582, Roman Catholic Church observes all ceremonies according to the Gregorian calendar, issued by Pope Gregory XIII. The Eaastern Orthodox Church continues to use the older Julian calender for ecclesiastical purposes. For example - both the Churches observe Christmas on 25th December but 25/12 on Julian calender corresponds to 7/1 in Gregorian calendar. Since major trading powers of that time like Portugal, Spain, France, vast swathes of HRE, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Italian states & Hungarian Kingdom remained Catholic, Protestant powers like Great Britain, Dutch Republic, Denmark-Norway & Swedish Empire too had to gradually adopt the Gregorian calendar. The Russian empire was the only state that continued to use the Julian calender for civil purposes until 1918.
This is great, well done. My quibble would be that you rather undersell the damage of the Justinianic Plague, which wiped 50% off the GDP of the Empire and about the same of the population. He also spent all that money that had been saved up on his self-aggrandizing wars. I reckon he was a bit of a disaster, really.
It is really fascinating seeing how they relate to each other! Who is your favorite Byzantine emperor or empress? Justinian and Theodora together were probably the greatest pair. I also like the what if scenario of a marriage between Irene and Charlemagne, too.
I don't know if he's the _best_ emperor, but I find Zeno's reign fascinating. I know it's cliche to compare any political intrigue to Game of Thrones, but the amount of good quality intrigue going on in that time period that's usually just described as "and then Rome limped on until it fell to the barbarians in 476 and oh look it's 1066 now!" is honestly astounding
@Jack Rackam Have you seen the 2016 Russian television series _Sophia_ about Zoe Palaiologina (Byzantine Greek: Ζωή Παλαιολογίνα), who later changed her name to Sophia Palaiologina (Russian: София Фоминична Палеолог; ca. 1449 - 7 April 1503), a Byzantine princess, member of the Imperial Palaiologos family, Grand Princess of Moscow as the second wife of Grand Prince Ivan III? I watched it on Amazon Prime.
Basil ii is very interesting as the macedonian dinasty
Between Justinian dynasty And Basil I, you can look to the Asia chart.
I loved the video and I really think you should create multiple subsets of the channel (in same channel) I.E fantasy(Movies, Books, Games T.V), history, theory/theoretical, Mythology/religion or even education based videos I.E the Kamala Harris or king pope videos.
For reference the YT channel "Jon Solo"
Do a video on the rump states to see where they went
Yeah, Trebizond is specially interesting
Did somebody say: hunting accident?🐗🐗🐗🦌🦌🦌
William II Rufus wants to know your location.
@@ThePlayfarer I thought of him too!
good video
Ahh the pressure of the unique first name.
As someone with a diminutive adjective for a last name, I both admire and shutter at the pressure Mr. Jack must face down in the presence of a billiards table. With my surname of Little, I fail upon arrival at 186cm. I suppose I would fit into a certain supporting role in Robin Hood, but I certainly can't clear the table on the break.
Do a video on the Trebizond Emperors
Anyone at all: “Emperor would you like to go on a hunting trip?”
Emperor: “Something ain’t right, I can feel it.”
At about 3:35 Julian the Apostate was not just brother in law to Constantius II, he was also a half-cousin per the chart as I read it.
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the Constantinian Valentinianic and Thedosian dynasties are also connected, Valentinian married Justina, a descended of the Constantius and had Galla with her
Roman history is the most interesting topic to me - specifically Byzantium/the Eastern Roman Empire - hence, the reason I'm watching this I suppose lol. Maybe I'm weird, but I find the decline and sacking of Byzantium/Constantinople to be kind of sad. It's also weird that the Eastern Empire through Constantine basically Christianized the Roman Empire but ended up being kind of kicked to the curb by the West/the Pope/Catholicism. Like a sect of something they built ended up defeating them in a "cultural war" if that makes sense..
Also, as a lover of history, I don't know how in the hell I never connected the Huns to Hungary... I mean, recently, through history videos and reading stuff, I've been noticing that Hungary and Hungarians are a little different than the rest of Europe/other Europeans and they were kind of like tribal/horse archer types and were from that area but I hadn't connected that for whatever reason. Before very recently, I had just assumed Hungary was pretty similar to the rest of Europe - historically, culturally, genetically, etc. I think I'm going to try to learn more about Hungary - they seem really interesting too... I love learning things that surprise me or that are different than what I assumed.
Wonderful thank you 🇲🇰🌹
Any plans to make a chart/video filling in the missing 250 years or so between Maurice and Basil I?
Boy a lot went on in Constantinople over those 1000 years. 😉😉😉
Great job Jack.
Great video just one problem why there's nothing about Heraclian dynasty and Heraclius who restored the empire after Persian Invasion and faced the Arabian invasion in his old days
Newbie here, ordered the Asian Royal family tree because of Khan... Can anyone recommend the maps before "that" and currently which map goes back the furthest?
I am looking at the western European side but ehhhh after watching the videos...
The lack of sons/daughters and heirs. Can that be attributed to some sort of poisoning that they weren't aware of in their age. E.g. lead/arsenic poisoning in their eating utensils?
The theme song is fire
@@stevenbritt5525 it was a joke but ok, I will edit
Wow this is extensive
The theme system was actually really good for the Empire. And it was one of the most centralized feudal governments in Europe.
After Maurice, there was only one war with Persia. The most climactic, ultimate war of Antiquity. A Byzantine victory at that, after the loss of Egypt, the Levant and Anatolia. Heraclius at the time was known as one of the greatest emperors of all time. Then the Rashidun Caliphate happened. This was the point of the dark age. Still, Heraclius' family tried holding on to what was left, including Justinian II, who while capable, was despotic and was overthrown, only to return during part of the 20 years anarchy. After the 20 years anarchy, things were stabilizing under the capable Isaurians, until a woman occupied the throne. She was overthrown by Nikephoros, who would later die in battle a decade later. They were replaced by the despotic Leo the Armenian, who was overthrown on Christmas, and Michael II was crowned while in prison. His son, Theophilos, saw the loss of most of Sicily. He was succeeded by his young son Michael III, who was a puppet monarch. His trusted courtier Basil the Macedonian would assassinate him.
Isn't Justinian the nephew of his predecessor, not his son? And likewise for Constantine XI?
I'm pretty sure Justin I was Justinian I's uncle. Constantine XI was the brother of John VIII, no?
Justinian was Justin’s biological nephew but was “adopted” formally as his heir. Constantine was John’s younger brother and heir. John had no sons.
Justinian was the biological nephew and adopted son of his predecessor.
I thought Constantine XI was the brother of John VIII
On Michael V you wrote IX also!
It would be nice if you made, if it exists the Venetian dynasties. I wonder how they eventually made their way to the Netherlands and then England.
So when will we get the video about Bulgarian monarchs? 🤔🇧🇬🇧🇬
the c in Odoacer has a hard k sound.
That is correct, right? It bothered me that Jack kept saying "-acer".
In fact, most of the names from western Rome would be pronounced with a /k/ sound whenever it's a "c". Seems it's the correct Latin pronunciation. Later Greek became the "official" Byzantine language and, as far as I studied Classic Greek, they don't have a dichotomy between and /s/ sound and a /k/ sound in the letter "C" (mostly because they don't have it to start with). So... there I would say it gets tricky to know how to pronounce them if you're not seeing their name in Greek.
Also, people call Caesar /Seezar/ but it should be pronounced as /Kaezar/
@@DanteOrionid True but not of importance here. Odoacer was a Goth. Completely different language group.
@@MrTohawk I'm checking and Odoacer was the name the Romans give to him, also his ethnic origin it's still debated.
@@DanteOrionid I don't think it's a name the romans gave him. It's likely of Germanic origin. Less likely turkic.
Will you please make video on lord Ram and lord Krishna family tree?
mytrueancestryDNA indicated my crusader YDNA direct is a crusader named Amadeus VI of Savoy and a Palaiologos dynasty relative.
What software do u use to make these?
Small mistake; I think you missed Alexis III or Alexis IV. Either way you skipped one of them.
You should do a who would be King of Ireland video
Great video!
At 30:44, though, it lists "Yolande of Montferrat" and the "Marquess of Montferrat."
Wouldn't that be "Montserrat" with an S?
i think he is referring to monferrato in Northern Italy (Piedmont)
@@GiulioImparato
OK, that makes sense.
I asked, in part, because s's (except at the end of a word) used to resemble f's.
And this led to a LOT of misspellings--some of which are STILL listed in the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary.
There is a significant gap in this family tree. It does not include the emperors of the Isaurian dynasty and the events that took place during their reigns such as the wars with the arabs ,the revolution of thomas the slav and most importantly the hundred years war known as "ikonomahia".
don’t get me wrong i love this channel but this video wasn’t the greatest. 4 entire dynasties (including the quite significant Heraclian dynasty and the first female empress regnant Irene of Athens) in the period between Maurice and Basil I. Wish the emperors of Nicaea were on here as well as without them there would’ve been no restoration. Also just a small thing but I really wish Justinian’s wife Theodora was shown on here because of how significant she was - she’d also connect to the tree through her niece Sophia’s marriage to Justin II. No hate - I love this channel and obviously the whole Byzantine empire is quite a lot to cover, especially on charts with other things to fit in as well.
pretty spot on! That’s exactly what I thought
I was trying to figure out where the last despots of Epirus fell into this can anyone help me?
Basil the Bulgar Slayer
That's metal.
If you dare make a chart of the parthians let me just give you a hint of how complicated it gets from heraclius to palava to samanians to Timured to probably the umayyad caliphate(im guessing even the quen of englend) in one chart:)