Line of descent from the House van

AMSTERDAM/AMSTEL PAATS van FRIESLAND ENGLAND



our patrilinear line comes from Seleucus I Nicator, Emperor of the Seleucid Empire, successor of Alexander the Great

and his wife , Princess of Smarkand/Uzbekistan, daughter of Spitamenes. Then from King Yngvi in Anatolia (born in Sweden) , then through the Kings of the Angles in Angeln (Eomer and Icel), and their descendant Anglo Saxon kings of England/Mercia , come the van Amstel;



Claudius Civilis' portrait by Rembrandt


Claudius Civilis (70 AD) Friso Batav Royal Prince

also descendant from the Julio Clausian Roman Imperial family is reputedly an ancestor of the family;


King Icel of Mercia 585-593

King Creoda of Mercia

King Pybba of Mercia 593-606

King Penda of Mercia 626-606

King Wigmund of Mercia

Leofric, Count/Earl of Mercia

Hugh the Great, Earl of Mercia

Aethelred II, last king of mercia and then Duke of Mercia under Wessex rule

King Ethelred II of Mercia/England married to Ethelflead, daughter of the King of Wessex;

Arnulf van Bevere Prince of England, born in 905, son of King Ethelread;

then Burgraven van Diksmuide,/Flanders, and Viscounts of Leyden, Lords van Wassenaar and Cranenburg; then Lubert van Beveren based in Dordrecht; then:

Ridders van Paedze/Pedeze, Peize (Groningen); brothers: Lammert, Adolf, Hendrik, Menze, Rudolf; circa 1178;

Gijsbrecht I van Amstel/Amsterdam), from the van Leiden family, probably through Halewijn II, Viscount of Leiden;

his son Egbert I van den Bosch

also Lorship van Benshop and Poelsbroek in the family

the van den Bosch then split into different branches:

Paats van Sonnevelt, van der Poel, van den Bosch, van Wassenaar etc...;

Diderik III van Beveren (went to the crusade with Godefroy de Bouillon);

Halwijn I Viscount van Leiden, Heer van Wassenhoven te Grotenberge, born in 1050 in Diksmuide_Flanders, 1050-1110 ;

brother of Diederik IV van Beveren Viscount of Diksmuide

Halewijn II Viscount van Leiden, born and died in Bleiswijk, 1080 1121, Lord van Berkel, Bleiswijk, Weena, Boekelsdijk, Rijnland and Wassenaar;

Halewijn III van Leyden, born and died in Bleiswijk 1110 1198, Lord van Wassenaar, married to Jeanne van Arkel (father of Plilips I van Wassenaar 1175 1225 who married Agnes van Persijn);

the Arkel take their vame from Hercules about whom ingravings on stone have been found

in the local family homeland; this confirms probably that the pillars of Hercules

were located in Dover and Calais, and the old land (Atlantis) is a flooded part of Friesland;

Heinric van den Bosch van Wassenaar

Jacob van den Bosch

Floris Paets /Paedzenland van Vorenbroek Teylingen/Friesland van Sonnevelt

Roelof Pedze Jacobsz van Sonnevelt Teylingen married to Pieternelle Paedze/Paats (Paats family, given in ancient archives as a Wassenaar branch with connection to ancient Roman Imperial family_Piso_Paetus); Hendrik Paedsen Roelofsz married to Elisabeth Dammasdr

Jan Hendrik Paedsensz van Sonnevelt married to Gertruijt Sijbrants van der Werve

Claes Jansz Paedze married to Machteld van Leijden

Pieter Claesz Paedze

Frans Pieterszn Paeds

Jan PAEDTS married Clementia van DOORNI(n)CK/TOURNAY daughter of Wilhelm Claesz von Doorninck;

VRANK van PAETS , relationship with Beatrix van STEENEVELT, Doorthoge House; Dijckgraf van Rijnland

our family is known for pushing to the extreme the traditional Friesian game of constantly swaping middle names among brothers;

names as : van den Bosch, van der Poel, van de Velde, van Dijck, de Muijz, Vranck/van der Meer;

Arent PAETS van Dijck van de VELDE, married Trintgen Theunis HENRIKS

van Dijck/Dicsmuide and Velde for Sonnevelt/d/;

Frans Arents PAETS van Dijck married Anneken BARENTS van AERDENBURGH

Barent Frans PAETS van Dijck married Machtelina Pieters van BRONKHORST zu BATTENBURGH de GREBBER (family of the Duke of EDIMBURGH's mother)

Cornelis PAETS married Cornelia VERMOOTEN van THOR

Barend PAATS married Sara VERVARK van KASTEEL

Anthony PAATS married Gertrude Maria LAKEMAN BONTE (BONTEMAN alias van WASSENAAR)

Didericus Bernardus PAATS married Bastiana PLAAT de HEES

Cornelius Gerardus PAATS married Maria Katharina von KRONER LEUXENHOFF HERDEMAN

Frederick Didericus Wilhem PAATS married Anna Maria FRERS de CLAIRMONT VAALSBROICH (HOHENSTAUFFEN MONTAIGU _Counts of Clairmont Montaigu_ VALCOURT) van DOMPSELAAR van der BERG, Fursten (Princes) von CHEMNITZ

they started the Argentinian PAATS branch



Enrique PAATS married Gertrude de ROTHSCHILD and Netty GERTLE KNOX GUGGENHEIM , her niece;

from his relationship with Princess Natalia TROUBETSOY of RUSSIA, POLAND and LITHUANIA, Princess DADIANI of GEORGIA and ARMENIA, Countess of ZUBOV, a son:

Jean-Pierre/Johannis PAATS WILLIAMS van DIJCK ; from his relationship with Zoe de WOLF von STRENG:

Jenghiz Gedymin and Tasslem Artemis

coat of arms:3 Lily flowers red on gold, for PAATS van SONNEVELT (used throughout time as Princes of Mercia/ England), three Crescents for van Leyden (companion of G. de Bouillon in the Crusades), the anker cross in heart for the HEERMAN (crusader Commanders_Teutonic Knights), and the lion sometimes used by the Royal FRIESIAN Family;

PRINCES of FRIESLAND :

van Egmond, van Arkel, van Amstel/Amsterdam, van Teylingen, van Dalem

van Scoten, van Dijck, van Heemskerk

van der Lede, van Valkenburg, Vrancken, van Brede(rode), van Pol/Poels/Polanen/Axpoel/Poelgeest

van Bentheim, van den Berg(he), Mees/Muijs, van de Velde

van Horst, van Santhorst, van Raphorst, van Bronkhorst Battenberg, van den Bosch, van Heusden

van Dorp, van Sluis, van Julich, van Holland , Pathijn, Pinnock van Rode

van Heukelom, van Noordeloos, Vranck van der Meer, van Meeren Dijck van Egmond

van Duiveland, van Duivenvoorde, van Vorenbroek, van Adrichem, van Doorthoge

and the van Leyden family branches: Assendelft, Boschhuizen, Vranck, Noorde, Paeds, Paedze, Paats, Poelgeest, Tol, Zijl, Alkemade, Barendrecht, Buse, Rijnburch, Vinck, Boekhorst, de Bruin, Dam Poes, Poel, Rottier, Snider, Wassenaar, Cranenburg, Sluis;

non exhaustive list;





tower of our castle in Ijsselstein Amsterdam;



RUSSIAN SIDE:

Marquis van Friesland

Rurik Grand Duke of NOVGOROD

Igor I Grand Prince of KIEV

Sviatslav I married Olga von Pleskaw Kiev

Saint Vladimir ( I ) married Malousha de Lubech


Malushka is said to have been a fortune teller brought from her cave to the Palace where she lived untill 100 years old;

Saint Vladimir also married the daughter of the Emperor Romanus of Constantinople whom he swapted for six thousand soldiers

he is also known for a few more wifes and concubines; his rich family life was at times disturbed by the attacks of his distant cousins, the Tartar Patsinaks;



statue of Saint Vladimir in London, the Friesian financial center where larger than life icons are sometimes reverred;

Isjaslaw von POLOSK

Briatschislaw Prince von POLOSK

Wsjeslaw I Prince von POLOSK

Rogvolod Prince of POLOSK

Rostislav

David Count of VILENSK

Vitenas VOLK

Skumantas von Lithuania

Lutuver KING of LITHUANIA

Gedymin Grand Duke/KING of LITHUANIA KING of RUS

Narimund Glebas KING of LITHUANIA KING of RUS

Prince TROUBETSKOY, Prince GALITSIN, Algirdas JAGIELLON Grand Dukes of LITHUANIA then KINGS of POLAND and other central European States; their daughter brought those countries to her Habsburg Husband which gave birth to the Austrian Hungarian Empire; in that sence Gedymin is called "the father of Europe;



other Gediminovitch Princely families are :

Kurakin

Khovansky

Mstislavsky

Belsky

Volynsky

Czartoryski (Poland)

Sanguszto (Poland)

Koriatowicz-Kurcewicz

Empress Catherine the Great was a natural daughter Troubetskoy; her father Prince BETSKY was the power behind the throne

when Russia crashed in the times of troubles, Prince TROUBETSKOY and his cousins pulled the country back together; he then refused to be TZAR and appointed his sister's son Romanov, the Romanov line was then terminated through assasination, and the Troubetskoy line continued under Romanov appellation;

the Ttroubetskoy are regarded now as the natural heirs to the TSARS;



ALEXANDER the GREAT to COUNT DIRK I of HOLLAND then EGMOND:

Philip of Macedonia, Lagos (the Rabbit) and his brother Alexander the Great, Ptlolemy Soter I son of Lagos, Ptolemy Philadelphius II, Ptolemy Euergetes III, Ptolemy Philopater IV, Ptolemy Epiphanes V, Ptlolemy Physicon VII, Ptolemy Lathyrus VIII, Ptolemy Auletes VIII, Arsinoe and her sister Cleopatra, married to Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, Ptolemy Bar Mennus son of Arsinoe, Mariamne I married to King Herod the Great, Aristobulus, Mariamne, Mariamne Calpernius Paetus/Piso, Arrius Calpernius Paetus/Piso (Historian Josephus author of the New Testament), Pompeia Plotina Claudia Phoebe Paetus/Piso married to Emperor Trajan, Domitia Lucilla II married to Julianus Calpernus Piso, Marcus Aurelius Emperor, Crispus Commodus, Claudia Crispina, Clovis Constantius I Emperor, Emperor Constantine I the Great, Licinianus, Valentinian I Emperor, Valentina Justina married Theodosius Magnus I Emperor, Archadius Claudius Claudianus, Merovech the Young, Chiderich Claudios I King of Franks, Clovis I King, Chlothar I King, Chilperic I King, Chlotar 2 King, Dagobert I King, Sigisbert III King, Dagobert II King, Aubre I Count of Blois, Aubre II Count of Blois, Mainier Count of Sens, Gainfroi Count of Massgau, Gislebert Count of Darnau Brabant , Rainier I Duke of Lothringen/Lorraine and Hainault/Hainagau; and down to Counts of Guelder;



Lignage from Tithonus, brother of King Priam of TROY to our generation:

Tithonus/Dathan/Ditanu in Amuru Lagash, Prince of CHOLCHIS/Mingrelia, King of Palestine- his nephew Memnon was Paraon Amenophis III, his descendant: Vardan II Dadiani Duke of Odeshi-Egresi-Bedia, Johan Shah Duke of Mingrelia, Vardan III Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Tsone Badiani Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia married Marikha daughter of Prince Tbeli of Heretia, Giorgi I Dadiani Duke of Odeshi and Egresi, Mamia I dadiani Duke of the Guria, Giorgi II Dadiani Gurieli Duke of Mingrelia and Svania, Vameq I Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Mamia II Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Liparit I Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Samsan Ud-Daula Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia and Svania, grand nephew: Liparit II Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Mamia III Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Levanti I Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Manuchar I Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia,, Prince Levanti II Dadiani Duke of Mingrelia, Prince Manuchar Dadiani, Duke of Mingrelia, Prince Jesse Dadiani, Prince Levanti III duke of Mingrelia, Prince Levanti IV Duke of Mingrelia, Prince Giorgi Dadiani Prince of Russia married the daughter of Aleksandri IV King of Imerati, Prince Peotr Igorovitch Dadianov of Russia, Prince Alexander Dadianov of Russia, Prince Levanti Dadianov of Russia, Prince Alexander Dadianov of Russia married the daughter of Baron von Rosen and Countess von Zubov, Princess Nadejna Davidovna relationship with Prince Troubetskoy burried in Canada, Prince Troubetskoy alias Soilkowitch, Princess Natalya Troubetskoy Soilkova relationship with Baron Enrique de Paats, Jean-Pierre Paats van Dijck, Jenghis Gedymin and Tasslem Artemis;

Tithonius was descended from:

Adam, Seth, Enos, Canaan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methusaleh, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Heber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abrraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Hezron, Aram, Aminadab,Naasson, Salmon, Boaz, Obed Jesse, King David of Palestine;

Adam is said to have been the first man born from "Embrio implant technology" from an Atlante Royal Prince into a woman's womb;



PAETUS line as described in early antiquity:

Apsu married Tianet, the Dragon Queen, son Amshar married Kishar, Anu from an other planet marriedAntu their daughter, son Enki married Eve, son Cain married Luluwa, son Enoch, son Irad (gave his name to Irak), son Mehujael, son Methusael, son Lamech king of Ur married Zillah, son Tubal/Cain King of Ur married Nin Banda, son Japhet/Iapaetus (father of the Europeans) married Adelensis;

the temple of ENKI in Bahrain still exists;



Friso who gave his name to Friesland married Adela or was the son of King Adel and married the daughter of the King of Thrace_in ancient Greece, and therefore helped Alexander the Great;

the descendants are called ADELS which can be translated as Friesian Nobles;

he made his fleet, based on the Indus river available to Alexander the Great and was an alledged student of Plato;

his brother Bruno, allegedly founded Brunswick (Germany);

his other brother Saxo might have founded Saxony;

Alexander the Great, after founding Alexandria in spring 331 went in pilgimmage to the temple of ZEUS in the Libyan desert

in order to claim his parentage to the Patseidan/Zeus lineage;





Castle of MELFI, south Italy; built by our Norman ancestors HAUTEVILLE/HOHENSTAUFEN;

Pope Nicholas II gave investiture to ROBERT GUISCARD of HAUTEVILLE as KING in 1059 in the castle; Emperor FREDERIC II HOHENSTAUFEN proclaimed his constitutiones Augustales there, which unified the family Kingdom;

several members of our family are burried there: Frederic II, Constance of Aragon, Emperor Henri VI etc...




Carolingian Imperial arms; Hohenstauffen/Montaigu/Walcourt/Clermont Valbroich Frers/Paats




Castle of Capuano, Naples;

built by our ancestor WILLIAM I, King of Naples and Sicily, and was then a palace of Frederik Hohenstaufen who inherited it;





Royal Palace of PALERMO, built by Roger II de HAUTEVILLE and enlarged by Frederic Hohenstaufen;





castle DEL MONTE in BARI ITALY;

built by Frederic II Hohenstaufen; (now protected as Unesco world heritage site)

Frederic enjoyed retreating there with his books and falcons;




arms of Alessandro de MEDICI (junior branch Casa Paetus) Pope Paul Leo IX




coat of arms van AMSTEL/AMSTERDAM van MIJNDEN;


some forefathers (until 17th century);





Line of descent from Noah to us, according to Royal archives (does not match more historic recors but is interesting in terms of cultural background:



Noah

Sceal

Bedwig

Hwala

Hiathura

Itemon

Heremod

Scealdva

Beaw

Thaetva

Geat

Godwulf

Fin

Frithuwulf

Freawine

Frealaf

Frithuwald

Woden (deified)

Wihtlaeg

Waermud

Offa

Angeltheow

Eomaer

Icel

Crebba

Cynewald

Creoda

Pybba

Eawa

Osmod

Eawulf

Thincferth

Offa

Kings of Mercia down to

Viscounts of Dijckmude

Viscounts of Leyden, Lords van Wassenaer

Lords of Amstel/Amsterdam, Lords van den Bosh van der Poel

Paats Lords van Sonnevelt etc...

following the Nordic tradition of masculine primogeniture,

our line, throughout its branches, carries the flag of the Friesian Anglo-Saxon tradition;

Noah, as included in the Royal genealogy corresponds to the timing of the Friesian flood around 200 BC;

this might show that the old testament has been put together later than this flood and has amalgamated different stories

and used the Royal Genealogy to give weight to its contents;

symbol of Jupiter/Iapaetus/Patseidan

Mercia eagle with Saxon crown;

Athena Paats(enos) also known by the Romans as Minerva;

alleged daughter of IaPaetus/Jupiter

Friesian Princess who went to ancient Greece in order to civilise the local people and give them proper letters;

her entourage built her a citadel/acropolis in a place later known as Athens;

her home is known as the Paatsenon/Parthenon;


statue from the villa of the Paetus /Piso family (wife of Julius Ceasar etc...), villa dei Papyri;

this shows the descent of the Paetus from Patseidan/Poseidon, divinised king of Patseidonis

capital city of Atlantis; Demetrius of Macedonia in on the line of descent conducting to our patrinilear

ancester Seleucis Nicator, successot to the empire of Alexander the great;