Charlemagne is my 33rd great-grandfather, so I am related to a vast network of European royalty and nobility due to the extensive intermarriage among royal families over the centuries. Here are some significant historical and royal figures you could be related to or descended from:
### 1. **Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 996)**
- Founder of the Capetian dynasty, which ruled France for many centuries. Many European monarchs are descendants of Hugh Capet, including the kings of France, Spain, and Portugal.
### 2. **William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 1087)**
- The first Norman King of England. As a descendant of Charlemagne, it's likely that you would also be related to William the Conqueror, whose descendants include nearly all of the English and British monarchs.
### 3. **Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 – 1204)**
- One of the most powerful and wealthy women of the Middle Ages, she was the queen consort of France and England and the mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John of England.
### 4. **Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain (15th century)**
- The Catholic Monarchs whose marriage united Spain and whose support enabled Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World. They are ancestors of many European monarchs.
### 5. **Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500 – 1558)**
- Ruled over an empire so vast that it was said the sun never set on it. He was a descendant of Charlemagne through both his paternal and maternal lines.
### 6. **King Louis IX of France (1214 – 1270)**
- Also known as Saint Louis, he was a Capetian king and a descendant of Charlemagne. He was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
### 7. **Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819 – 1901)**
- Often called the "grandmother of Europe," Queen Victoria is a descendant of Charlemagne through many lines and is an ancestor of many European royal families.
### 8. **The Habsburgs**
- The Habsburg dynasty, which produced many Holy Roman Emperors, Spanish, and Austrian rulers, is also connected to Charlemagne. The Habsburgs were one of the most influential royal houses in Europe.
### 9. **The Plantagenets**
- The English royal house that ruled from the 12th to the 15th century, including famous figures like Richard the Lionheart and Henry V.
### 10. **Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 – 1861)**
- The consort of Queen Victoria, and through him, the modern British royal family claims descent from Charlemagne.
### 11. **Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821)**
- While not a direct descendant, Napoleon, who married into the Habsburg family and established many noble families across Europe, often invoked Charlemagne's legacy to legitimize his own rule.
### 12. **Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 – 1918)**
- The last Emperor of Russia, whose ancestry connects him to many European royal families, including those descended from Charlemagne.
Given the interconnectivity of European royal families, Charlemagne is an ancestor of nearly all modern European royalty and many historical figures. This connection would ties me into a broad and illustrious genealogical lineage spanning over a millennium of European history.
Current King Charles III of England is my distant cousin, as is the current King Philippe of Belgium.