Seraphina's Maternal mtDNA Royal Ties
Barbara Jagiellon (Poland and Lithuania)
Barbara Jagiellon (15 July 1478 – 15 February 1534) was a princess of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, member of the Jagiellonian dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Saxony.
Born in Sandomierz, she was the sixth daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. She was named after her great-grandmother, Barbara of Cilli, Holy Roman Empress.
Viking High-Ranking Shieldmaiden - 950 AD
mtDNA: T2b
Genetic Match: Viking
Closest Modern: Irish
Formation: 8,240 BCE
Descendants: 10,856
Royal Ties: Jagiellon Dynasty
mtDNA: T2
Formation: 16,300 BCE
Descendants: 17,943
Richard III, the former King of England
Richard III was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire to Richard, Duke of York and Lady Cecily Neville. York, a potential claimant to the throne, was frequently in opposition to the rule of Henry VI (descended from the Dukes of Lancaster). The following thirty years of instability and civil war between the Yorkists and Lancastrians is commonly labelled the ‘Wars of the Roses’.
Viking Sweden - 1100 AD
mtDNA: J1c2
Closest Ancient: Viking
Closest Modern: West Norwegian
Formation: 8,070 BCE
Descendants: 4,329
Royal Ties: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (May 1415 – 31 May 1495)
mtDNA: J1c2c
Formation: 2,800 BCE
Descendants: 704
Sample (Stg021)
Viking Sweden - 1100 AD
mtDNA: J1d1
Genetic Match: Viking
Closest Modern: Danish
Formation: 11,600 BCE
Descendants: 179
Royal Ties: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (May 1415 – 31 May 1495)
mtDNA: J1c2c
Formation: 2,800 BCE
Descendants: 704