Direct Descent from Zerah through Darius the Great

Direct Descent from Zerah through Darius the Great

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob

Judah

Zerah m. Danae

Perseus (Plato, Alcibaides)

Achaemenes

Teispes

Ariyaramna

Arshama

Hystaspes

DARIUS I,Great King of Persia (521-485 BCE)

XERXES, Great King of Persia (485-465/4 BCE)

ARTAXERXES I, Great King of Persia (464-424 BCE)

DARIUS III, Great King of Persia (424-404 BCE) m his half-sister PARYSATIS (1 Maccabees 12 – “Darius our brethren”)

ARTAXERXES, Great King of Persia (404-358 BCE)

RHODOGUNDE m ORONTES II, Satrap of Armenia

ORONTES (AROANDES) III, Satrap of Armenia, becoming King in 331 BCE

MITHRANES I, King of Armenia (331-ca 318 BCE)

AROANDES, King of Armenia (ca 318-ca 260 BCE)

SAMOS I, King of Armenia (ca 260 BCE)

ARSAMES I, King of Armenia (ca 259-after 228 BCE)

XERXES, King of Armenia (ca 227-after 212 BCE), m ANTIOCHIS dau of ANTIOCHUS II, Seleucid King of Syria (262/1-246 BCE)

PTOLEMY I, King of Commagene ca 163 BCE

SAMUS I, King of Commagene ca 140 BE

MITHRADATES I, King of Commagene (96-70 BCE)

ANTIOCHUS I, King of Commagene (69-39)

Dau m ORODES II, Arsacid Great King of Parthia (ca 55-38 BCE)

PHRAATES IV, Great King of Parthia (38-2 BCE when murdered by 5^th son PHRAATACES) ,

had by wife THESMUSA (formerly an Italian slave-girl given him by Marc Antony)

PHRAATACES, Great King of Parthia (2 BCE -4 CE)

VONONES II, Great King of Parthia (51 CE)

VOLOGASES, Great King of Parthia (51-55 & 58-78)

PAKORUS II, Great King of Parthia (78-105)

MEHERDATES

SANATROIKES

VOLOGASES III, Great King of Parthia (105-147)

VOLOGASES IV, Great King of Parthia (148-190)

VOLOGASES V, Great King of Parthia (190-208) m dau of PHARASMENES, King of Iberia (132-82)

KHOSROES I, made King of Armenia (191-216 when kidnapped by Roman Emperor Caracalla)

TIRIDATES I (TRDAT), King of Armenia (217-222)

TIRIDATES II (TRDAT II), King of Armenia (238-52 & 279-85)

TIRIDATES III (TRDAT III), made King of Armenia in 288 by Roman Emperor Diocletian but became a Persian vassal when Armenia later came under Sassanid domination, d 342

KHOSROES II (KHOSROV II)"the Valiant", King of Western Armenia (285-297)

TIGRANES "Helios", 1^st Christian King of Armenia (349-63), m PHARRANTSEM

Son 2

CHOSROES III, King of Armenia (390-92 & 412-13)

BAMBISHN, m ATHENOGARNES, greatgrandson of GRIGOR PARTEV (St. GREGORY the Illuminator, 1^st Katholicos of the Armenia Church

St. NERSES, hereditary Katholicos of Armenia (355-73), m a Mamikonian princess

St. ISAAC, hereditary Katholicos of Armenia (378-438), founded separate Armenian church

SAHAKAMOYSH, the Gregorid heiress, m HAMAZASP I, Prince of the Mamikonids (387-432)

HAMAZASPIAN MAMIKONIAN, killed 451

HMAYCEK MAMIKONIAN, a Persian vassal

MUSHEL MAMIKONIAN, a Byzantine vassal alive 555

DAVID MAMIKONIAN, a Persian vassal alive ca 600

HAMAZASP II MAMIKONIAN, Ostikan of Armenia (655-8)

HRAHAT, a Mamikonid Prince under Arab suzerainty

DAVID, a Mamikonid Prince, d 744

SAMUEL, Prince of the Mamikonids, the Gregorid heir, killed 772

Dau, m SMBAT VI, Prince of the Bagratids

HAMYEAK, Prince of the Mamikonids, m dau of LEO V, Emperor of Byzantium

KONSTANTINOS, b 785, m PANCALO

BARDAS, a magistros

BASILEOS

GREGORIA, m NIKETAS SKLEROS

BARDAS SKLEROS, anti-Emperor (976-9, 987 & 989)

ROMANOS SKLEROS, m dau of ABU TAGLIB FAD’LALLAH of Mosul

BASILEIOS SKLEROS, magistros ca 1028, m PULCHERIA

ARGYRA, m Emp CONSTANTINE IX "Monomachus" (1042-55)

MARÍA, m VSÉVOLOD I, Great Prince of Kiev (1078-93)

VLADIMIR II, Great Prince of Kiev, d 1125, m GYTHA, dau of King HAROLD II of England

MSTISLAV I (Harald), Great Prince of Kiev & Novgorod, d 1132, m CHRISTINA

ISIASLAV II, d 1154

HELENA (EUPHRASYNA), m GEYSA II of Hungary

BÉLA III, King of Hungary, d 1196, m ANNE de CHÂTILLON

ANDREAS II, King of Hungary (1205-35), m 2^ndly YOLANDE de COURTENAY

VIOLANTE, m JAYME I of Aragón and Majorca (1213-1276)

ISABELLA, m as 1^st wife of PHILIPPE III "the Bold", King of France (1270-85)

PHILIPPE IV, "the Fair", King of France (1285-1314), b 1268, JEANNE, Queen of Navarre

ISABELLA, d 1357, m King EDWARD II of England (1307-27)

King EDWARD III (1327-77), m PHILIPPA of Hainault

JOHN "of Gaunt", Earl of Richmond, Duke of Lancaster, 3^rdly m in 1396 KATHRYN de SWYNFORD. Before their marriage JOHN and KATHRYN had

JOHN BEAUFORT, Earl of Somerset, m MARGARET dau of Earl THOMAS de HOLLAND

JOHN BEAUFORT, Duke of Somerset, m MARGARET, dau of Baron JOHN BEAUCHAMP

MARGARET, m 2^ndly EDMUND TUDOR 1^st Earl of Richmond

HENRY VII, King of England (1485-1509), m ELIZABETH, dau of King EDWARD IV

MARGARET, b 1489, d 1541, m 1^stly in 1503 JAMES IV, King of Scots (1488-1513)

James IV

Catherine Stewart and James Douglas,3rd Earl of Morton

Lady Margaret Douglas

Claud Hamilton 1st Lord Paisley

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn

Sir George Hamilton 1st Baronet, of Donalong

James Hamilton Groom of the Chamber to Charles II

Sir James Hamilton 6th Earl of Abercorn

James the seventh Earl of Abercorn, Lord Paisley

Hon. John Hamilton/Sgt. John O Hamilton Sr. in American Revolution

David/Jacob Hamilton

Levi Weirick Hamilton

William Newton Hamilton

Harry Hamilton

Howard Hamilton

Craig Hamilton