Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Stephen Patriarch Of Constantinople Birth: Nov 867 Death: 893
  2. Leo VI The Philosopher Eastern Emperor Birth: 1 Sep 866 Death: 12 May 912

Bibliography
  1. Brook, Lindsay L, The Byzantine Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, The Genealogist (APSG), vol 2 no 1 (1981), p3-51. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p[0-9#]*].
  2. Previte-Orton, C. W., The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Cambridge: University Press, 1952. Reprinted with corrections 1960. Available at (part 1) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149173 and (part 2) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149602. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CMH p[0-9]*].
  3. Mango, Cyrus, Byzantium and its Image. London: Variorum Reprints, 1984. Alex DF521.M35 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mango Byzantium [IXV]*-[0-9]*].
  4. Mommaerts, T Stanford, Ancient Genealogy chart - Anastasii. Available at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ancient_genealogy/files/anastasii.jpg, version of 4/11/2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mommaerts chart-Anastasii].
  5. Settipani, Christian, Nos Ancetres de L'Antiquite, Etudes des possibilites de liens genealogiques entre les familles de l'Antiquite. Paris: Editions Christian, 1991. NYPL #ARB-93-7430. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani LGA p[0-9]*].
  6. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Mango Byzantium XV-19]
840 [Ref: Settipani LGA p35]
abt 839 [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p6],
parents:
[Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p6, CMH p249, Settipani LGA p17, Settipani LGA p35]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Mango Byzantium XV-23]
23 Sep or 24 Sep 867 [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p6]
867 [Ref: CMH p249, Settipani LGA p35]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Settipani LGA p10],
place:
[Ref: Settipani LGA p10]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eudokia Dekapolitissa
date:
[Ref: Mango Byzantium XV-19, Settipani LGA p10],
names:
[Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p6]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eudocia Ingerina
date:
abt 855 [Ref: Mango Byzantium XV-19]
mistress 855-867 [Ref: Settipani LGA p17]
mistress [Ref: Weis AR7 #141A]
mistress from c855 [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p6],
names:
[Ref: Mommaerts chart-Anastasii],
child:
[Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p6, CMH p256, Mango Byzantium XV-19, Mango Byzantium XV-24, Settipani LGA p17]
Research Notes:
Emperor 842-867 [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p6, Settipani LGA p17, Settipani LGA p35]
Emperor [Ref: Mommaerts chart-Anastasii]

called Michael III the Drunkard [Ref: Settipani LGA p10]

to official historiographs of the Macedonian dynasty, Leo VI is naturally the son of his predecessor Basileios I [Ref: Settipani LGA p10]

855: forced marriage with Eudokia Dekapolitissa [Ref: Settipani LGA p10]

865: named as co-emperor Basil, and gave him in marriage his own mistress of 10 years Eudokia Ingerina. Also gave him as mistress Thekla, sister of Michael III. Leo VI born less than a year later, likely fathered by Michael and not Basil [Ref: Settipani LGA p10]

When Michael fathered a second child with Eudokia (the future Stephanos Patriarch of Constantinople), Basil murdered him. [Ref: Settipani LGA p10]

first gesture of Leon on ascending to power, after death of Basil, was to dig up remains of Michael and give him a funeral in the Chapel of Saint Martyrs [Ref: Settipani LGA p10]

1908: with publication of Albert Vogt on Basil I, all seemed to agree that Leo VI was son of Michael. [Ref: Settipani LGA p11]

1932-3: in continuation of the edition by A. Vogt, Princeps, he reversed his opinion. This was based mainly on the funeral oration of Basil by Leon, and commentary by Nicholas Adontz. Paternity of Basil re-accredited [Ref: Settipani LGA p11]

1973: article by Cyril Mango tipped opinion back to Michael III [Ref: Settipani LGA p11]

1979: article by Chari Toul concluded paternity of Basil I [Ref: Settipani LGA p11]

1983: two items by Ewald Kislinger that also concluded paternity of Basil I [Ref: Settipani LGA p11]

arguments for Basil: (1) silence of the near contemporary sources, such as Constantin VII or Genesios, (2) the funeral oration of Basil, written by Leo VI himself, literally states his parents Basil and Eudokia, insisting on the nobility of Basil and the darkness of reign of Michael III, (3) fact that during the 10 years he had Eudokia as mistress there were no children. Some go farther and suspect Michael of homosexuality or sterility or impotence due to drunkeness. [Ref: Settipani LGA p11]

corresponding arguments for Michael: (1) testimony of Constantin Porphyrogenete, son of Leo VI, and of Genesios, panegyriste of Basil I, both had the biggest interest to be quiet and to mask the scandal surrounding the birth of Leo VI. (2) funeral oration was more a political speech, for armenien patriotism. Leo had to mask the differences between himself and Basil, and to mark the links uniting Basil and Leo, and remove any suspicion about his birth. (3) lack of children more likely caused by hatred of his legitimate spouse Eudokia Dekapolitissa, forced on him by his mother. Also (4) Little after the birth of Leo, Michael III organized a big celebration, hard to explain if not for the birth of his son; (5) the actions of Leo VI after rising to power, first gesture after death of Basil was the exhumation of Michael and burial with full funeral in Chapel of Siant Martyrs; (6) other historians claim no foundation to the homosexuality or drunkeness [Ref: Settipani LGA p12]

Mango (1973) found a good explanation for the events of 866-67. Michael felt only repulsion towards his spouse, and wished his heir to be from Ingerina. In March 866 realizing Eudokia Ingerina was pregnant, and not being able to acknowledge the child himself due to his marriage enforced by his mother, and the death of Bardas (his uncle), Michael married his(Bardas?) favorite one to Eudokia and made him co-emperor. Thus the child was born as legitimate heir of the throne. The celebration of the birth of Leo produced the disfavor of Basil, since it suited to exclude him now that he had fulfilled his role of legitimizing the child of Michael. Ambitious Eudokia, pregnant again, and not satisifed as simple concubine, claimed it due to Basil making her Empress, and was accomplice of the murder of Michael Sep 24 867. [Ref: Settipani LGA p12]

Chari Toul claims it would have been easy for Basil to repudiate Eudokia if he had the least doubt of the legitimacy of her children. CS notes he didn't object later when she cheated with others. Also, Basil already had an heir, Constantine, son by his first wife. And it contiued his hatred of Leo that Stephanos devoted to the church [Ref: Settipani LGA p13]

E. Kislinger thinks more important the lack of children during the 10 years with mistress Eudokia, then Eudokia had 7 regularly afterwards (Leo 866, Stephanos 867, Alexandros 870, and four girls). Leo would be well then the son of Basil. CS claims that being married before age 15 to a woman he hated, events indicated he abstained voluntarily. Desparate at the end, he made the plan to marry his mistress to Basil. This explanation is counterbalanced by Kislinger, but there is no proof [Ref: Settipani LGA p15]



Pedigree of Michael III Eastern Emperor
                            /-----Georgios
                   /-----Leon
          /-----Michael The Amorian Eastern Emperor
 /-----Theophilus Eastern Emperor
|        |         /-----Bardanios
|         \-----Thekla
|                  \-----Dominika
Michael III Eastern Emperor
|                                                               /-----Vahan Mamikonian, Prince Of Taron
|                                                      /-----Dawith Mamikonian
|                                             /-----Hamazasp III Mamikonian, Marzban
|                                    /-----Artavazd Mamikonian, Nakharar
|                                   |        |         /-----Theodoros RSHTOUNI
|                                   |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|                           /-----Hemayakes Mamikonian, Nakharar
|                  /-----Artavazd Mamikonian, Nakharar
|         /-----Marinos
|        |        |                  /-----Konon Of Syria, Gov Commagen
|        |        |         /-----Leo III Eastern Emperor
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Flavius Heraclius Constans II Emperor
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Konstantinos IV Barbatos Emperor
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Fausta Arshakunik
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Justinian II Emperor
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Anastasia
|        |        |        |         \-----Eudoxia Justina
|        |        |        |                  \-----Eudoxia
|        |         \-----Anna
|        |                 |         /-----Terval Khan Of Bulgarians
|        |                  \-----Maria Of Bulgars
|        |                          |                           /-----Flavius Heraclius Constans II Emperor
|        |                          |                  /-----Konstantinos IV Barbatos Emperor
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Fausta Arshakunik
|        |                          |         /-----Justinian II Emperor
|        |                          |        |         \-----Anastasia
|        |                           \-----Anastasia
|        |                                    \-----Eudoxia
 \-----Saint Theodora
         |                                    /-----Georgios Noble Of Paphlagonia
         |                           /-----Philaretos Consul
         |                          |         \-----Anna
         |                  /-----Iohannes Spatharios
         |                 |         \-----Theosebia
         |         /-----Bardas
         |        |        |         /-----Leon Patrice
         |        |         \-----Eirene
         |        |                 |         /-----Sergeios Noble Of Constantinople
         |        |                  \-----Anna
         |        |                           \-----Euphemia
          \-----Theoctiste-Florine



Descendants of Michael III Eastern Emperor
1. Michael III Eastern Emperor m1. Eudokia Dekapolitissa m2. Eudocia Ingerina
m. Eudokia Dekapolitissa
m. Eudocia Ingerina father: Ingvarr mother: Martinakia

2nd generation

3. Leo VI The Philosopher Eastern Emperor m1. Theophano Martinakissa m2. Zoe Tzautzina m3. Eudokia Baiana m4. Zoe Carbonopsina
m. Theophano Martinakissa father: Constantine Martinakios mother: Anna
m. Zoe Tzautzina father: Stylianos TZAUTZES
m. Eudokia Baiana
m. Zoe Carbonopsina

3rd generation

4. Anna m. Louis The Blind King Of Provence, Italy, Emperor
m. Louis The Blind King Of Provence, Italy, Emperor father: Boso Of Vienne, King Of Provence mother: Ermengarde
6. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus Eastern Emperor m. Helena Lekapene
m. Helena Lekapene father: Romanus I Lekapenos, Eastern Emperor mother: (Unk)

4th generation

7. Charles Constantine Count Of Vienna m. Teutberg
m. Teutberg father: Warner Vicomte Of Sens And Troyes mother: Teutberge
9. Romanus II Eastern Emperor m1. Bertha m2. Theophano
m. Bertha father: Hugh Of Aries, King Of Italy mother: Bezola
m. Theophano father: Krateros mother: Maria

5th generation

11. Richard m.
13. Constance m. Boso II Count Of Provence
m. Boso II Count Of Provence father: Rotbaudo Seigneur De Angelcas mother: (Unk Dau) Of Aquitaine
15. Constantine VIII Emperor m.