Paternal Family Tree: Poitiers
In 1136 [her father] Raymond Poitiers [aged 21] and [her mother] Princess Constance of Antioch [aged 8] were married. He by marriage Prince Antioch. He the son of [her grandfather] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and [her grandmother] Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1145 Maria of Antioch was born to Raymond Poitiers [aged 30] and Princess Constance of Antioch [aged 17].
In 1146 [her future husband] Manuel Komnenos [aged 27] and Bertha of Sulzbach were married.
On 29th June 1149 [her father] Raymond Poitiers [aged 34] was beheaded at the Battle of Inab.
Before May 1153 [her step-father] Raynald of Châtillon [aged 29] and [her mother] Princess Constance of Antioch [aged 25] were married.
In 1161 or 1162 Manuel Komnenos [aged 42] and Maria of Antioch [aged 16] were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
In 1163 [her mother] Princess Constance of Antioch [aged 35] died. Her son [her brother] Prince [aged 15] succeeded Prince Antioch.
On 14th September 1169 [her son] Emperor Alexios II Komnenos was born to [her husband] Manuel Komnenos [aged 50] and Maria of Antioch [aged 24]. He married 2nd March 1180 his second cousin twice removed Agnes Empress of Byzantine, daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks and Adèle Queen of the Franks.
In February 1180 Renier of Montferrat [aged 18] and [her step-daughter] Maria Komnene [aged 27] were married.
On 2nd March 1180 [her son] Emperor Alexios II Komnenos [aged 10] and [her daughter-in-law] Agnes Empress of Byzantine [aged 9] were married. She the daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks [aged 60] and Adèle Queen of the Franks. They were second cousin twice removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.
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On 24th September 1180 [her husband] Manuel Komnenos [aged 61] died.
In 1182 Maria of Antioch [aged 37] died.
In July 1182 [her former step-daughter] Maria Komnene [aged 30] was fatally poisoned, probably on the orders of his wife's step-mother Maria of Antioch, who would also poison her husband Renier of Montferrat [aged 20] a year later.
In 1183 [her son] Emperor Alexios II Komnenos [aged 13] was compelled to condemn his own mother Maria of Antioch to death.
In 1183 Renier of Montferrat [aged 21] was fatally poisoned, as his wife [her former step-daughter] Maria Komnene had been a year before, probably on the orders of his wife's step-mother Maria of Antioch.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine 2 x Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerloc aka Adela Normandy Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 3 x Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois
Great x 3 Grandmother: Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine
5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy 4 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine 4 x Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adalbert King of Italy
5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy
6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine
7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Unknown
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy
Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks
-2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I Duke Burgundy
Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Liberator" I Count Provence I Count Arles
Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine
Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou
Father: Raymond Poitiers 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Rouerge Duke Narbonne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard La Marche Count La Marche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence
Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Herluin de Conteville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall
Great x 4 Grandfather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva
Great x 3 Grandmother: Herleva of Falaise
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Montgomery
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda or Maud Montgomery
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Talvas" Belleme
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel de Bellême
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildeburg
Maria of Antioch 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Tancred of Hauteville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Guiscard de Hauteville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Prince Bohemond I of Antioch
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alberada of Buonalbergo
Grandfather: Prince Bohemond II of Antioch 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry I King of the Franks
Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip I King of the Franks
Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Constance Capet Countess Champagne
2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dirk Gerulfing III Count Holland
3 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland
4 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Othelindis d Bernard Margrave Nordmark Count Holland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard II Duke of Saxony
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony
Mother: Princess Constance of Antioch 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh I Count of Rethel
Great x 1 Grandfather: Baldwin II King Jerusalem
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy I of Montlhéry
Great x 2 Grandmother: Melisende of Crécy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hodierna of Gometz
Grandmother: Alice of Antioch