Seraphina's Paternal Royal Ties
Czartoryski Palace (Poland)
The Czartoryski Palace (Pałac Czartoryskich) is a palace in the town of Pulawy, Poland, whose origins date back to the second half of the 17th century and are related to the history of the magnate families: the Lubomirski, Sieniawski and, above all, the Czartoryski family.
This Baroque semi-defensive palace was first built in Puławy between 1671–1679 by the Grand Marshal of the Crown, Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski.
Medieval Russia Gorokhovets - 900 AD
mtDNA: K1c1h
Y-DNA: R1a1a1b1a1b1 (PF6155)
Closest Ancient: Viking+Kievan Rus
Closest Modern: Erzya
Formation of Y-DNA - 2,540 BCE
Descendants: 11,503
Royal Ties: Czartoryski House
Y-DNA: R1a1a1b1a2c (S24902)
Formation of Y-DNA: 2,610 BCE
Descendants: 646
Rossie Priory (Scotland)
Rossie Priory is a category B listed country house and estate to the north of Inchture, near the hamlets of Baledgarno and Knapp, Perthshire, Scotland. It lies 9.6 miles (15.4 km) by road west of the city centre of Dundee. The large estate is roughly 2000 acre.
The house was added to between 1839-40 and the chapel completed in 1865-66. A large portion of the house was demolished in 1948, as the vast building was deemed too impractical to maintain in the twentieth century, and alterations were carried out in 1949 by architect Sir Basil Spence.
Viking Age Gotland Kopparsvik Sweden - 975 AD
mtDNA: H1a
Y-DNA: R1a1a1b1a2b (CTS1211)
Closest Ancient: Baltic + Curonian
Closest Modern: Lithuanian
Formation of Y-DNA – 2,430 BCE
Descendants: 12,133
Royal Ties: Clan Kinnaird
Y-DNA: R1a1a1b1a2b (CTS1211)
The Castle of Curiel de Duero (Spain)
The Castle of Curiel de Duero is the most ancient fortress in the province of Valladolid for it was built in the Roman date (a coin of Emperor Arcadius, from the fourth century AD, was found on site during the reconstruction works). The surrounding walls were probably, from the seventh century AD.
The first documentation about the castle dates from the eleventh century. The building belonged to several kings and queens of Castile and Leon (Alfonso VII, Alfonso VIII, Alfonso IX, Fernando III "The Saint", Alfonso X "The Wise", Sancho IV "The Brave", Alfonso XI, Pedro I "The Cruel", Enrique II of Trastámara, etc).
The Castle was part of the dowry valuables in the marriages of Leonor Plantagenet, Infanta Estefanía, Doña Berenguela "The Great", Doña Violante, etc.
Viking Age Gotland Kopparsvik Sweden - 975 AD
mtDNA: J1d
Y-DNA: E1b1b1b2a1a6d1 (Y4972)
Closest Ancient: Viking + Early Slav
Closest Modern: Estonian
Formation of Y-DNA – 3,530 BCE
Descendants: 202
Royal Ties: House of Curiel
Y-DNA: E1b1b1b2a1a1a (S12033)
Formation of Y-DNA: 5,850 BCE
Descendants: 4,770
Sparreholm Castle (Sweden)
Sparreholm Castle (Sparreholms slott) is a manor house in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The estate is located on Lake Båven just outside the community of Sparreholm in Hyltinge parish.
The main house received its current appearance in the 1890s, according to drawings by architect Johan August Westerberg (1836-1900). At the manor, there are conference facilities and a café. The Sparreholm automobile museum is located in a separate hall east of the manor. South of the manor, in the former carriage house, is a large collection of jukeboxes. On the ground floor of the building is the bicycle museum.
Viking Sweden -1100 AD
mtDNA: H13a1a5
Y-DNA: I2a2 (L596)
Genetic Match: Viking
Closest Modern: German Central
Formation of Y-DNA – 14,900 BCE
Descendants: 1,552
Royal Ties: Sparre Nobility
Y-DNA: I2a1b1 (P222)
Formation of Y-DNA - 10,700 BCE
Descendants: 19,802
Kreisau Castle (Poland)
Kreisau Castle (Pałac w Krzyżowej ) is a castle in Krzyżowa in the rural municipality of Świdnica in the Świdnica County ( Powiat Świdnicki ) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.
The castle was built around 1720 on behalf of Sigismund von Zedlitz und Leipe. After 1772, the von Dresky family purchased the castle, from whom Helmuth von Moltke acquired it in 1867. In 1891, the property passed to his nephew Wilhelm von Moltke, the grandfather of Helmuth James Graf von Moltke . From 1940 onwards, members of the resistance group "Kreisau Circle" met at the castle; most of them were executed in the spring of 1945. Following the cession of Silesia to Poland as a result of the Potsdam Agreement, the castle was nationalized in 1945.
As early as the 1970s, members of the Breslau "Club of Catholic Intelligentsia" contacted Freya von Moltke to establish a memorial to the "Kreisau Circle" within the castle. On November 12, 1989, a reconciliation mass was held.
In the spring of 1998, the International Youth Meeting Center was opened in the restored estate.
Viking Era Kurevanikka Russia - 1100 AD
mtDNA: C4a1a+195
Y-DNA: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1c1b (YP1137)
Closest Ancient: Baltic + Early Slav
Closest Modern: Lithuanian
Formation of Y-DNA – 2CE
Descendants: 44
Royal Ties: House von Moltke
Y-DNA: R1a1a1b1a1a1c1 (L1029)
Formation of Y-DNA - 430 BCE
Descendants: 5,543
Rocca Manfrediana (Italy)
The Rocca of Brisighella, placed to defend the town and the valley on one of the three hills overlooking the village, was built in 1310 by Francesco Manfredi, Lord of Faenza, on the remains of a previous castle destroyed by a Ghibelline faction. The Manfredi ruled over Brisighella for the entire course of the 14th and 15th centuries with the exception of a period of eight years (1368-76) in which, conquered by Cardinal Albornoz, it passed under the State of the Church. In 1394 Galeazzo Manfredi modernized the defensive structures, which were later reinforced by Astorgio II between 1457 and 1466.
In 1500 it was conquered by Cesare Borgia (Valentino) and upon his fall, in 1503, it passed into the hands of the Venetians. In 1509 it was reconquered by the papal troops. In 1560 Pope Pius IV granted Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, the government of the valley which, due to the onset of conflicts, lasted only five years.
Apart from the brief Napoleonic period, the Fortress remained under the control of the Church until 1860, the year of its annexation to the Kingdom of Italy.
Medieval Germany Krakauer Berg Peissen - 1140 AD
mtDNA: H26a1
Y-DNA: J2b2a1a1a1a1a1a1 (Z1043)
Closest Ancient: Viking + Scythian
Closest Modern: South Polish
Formation of Y-DNA – 930 BCE
Descendants: 772
Royal Ties: House of Manfredi
Y-DNA: J2b2a1a1a1a1a1a (Z631)
Formation of Y-DNA - 970 BCE
Descendants: 2,296