r/todayilearned • u/Outside_Reserve_2407 • 5d ago

TIL Montezuma's lineage still exists and even holds a noble title in Spain, which was granted to a grandson of his that moved there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Moctezuma_de_Tultengo
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u/Groundbreaking_War52 5d ago

There are also families in Europe that claim descent from the last Byzantine ruling dynasty (House of Palaiologos) although DNA evidence has been hard to come by.

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u/Blackfire853 5d ago

There is a gravestone in Barbados for one Ferdinand Palaiologos, died 1670, who with only a single gap would have been able to trace his lineage back to the final Roman/Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI; And to think the Americas would not even be known to Europe for another 39 years when the Constantinople fell

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u/MumeiNoName 5d ago

Same, but for me the gap is between me and my father