English royal descent from Muhammad

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There have been attempts to establish the descent of the medieval English monarchs from the Islamic prophet Muhammad. None has yet been successful, and no such descent is generally accepted.

[edit] Best established line

The best attempt to establish such a link is as follows. The line has several weak links, firstly whether Ismail, Iman of Seville was the 11th generation descendent of Muhammad, and secondly if Zaida of Seville was the wife, mistress or only daughter-in-law of Alfonso VI of Castile. Many genealogists dispute the connection between al-Hasan and Ismail, claiming that it includes fictional characters specifically invented by medieval genealogists trying to link the Abbadid dynasty, founded by Ismail’s son, to Muhammad.[1]

  1. Muhammad, 570 - 632
  2. Fatimah, 605 - 632, daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
  3. al-Hasan,624 - 670, son of Fatimah and Ali ibn Abi Talib
  4. Husain, 669 -, son of al-Hasan and Zhadah Kandaria
  5. Zohra "al-Lakhm", daughter of Husain
  6. Na'im al-Lakhmi, son of Zohra "al-Lakhm" and Abu Farisi
  7. Na'im al-Lakhmi, son of Na'im al-Lakhmi
  8. Itaf, son of Na'im al-Lakhmi
  9. Amr, son of Itaf
  10. Aslan, son of Amr
  11. Amr, son of Aslan
  12. Abbad, son of Amr
  13. Qarais, son of Abbad
  14. Ismail, Iman of Seville, - 1042, son of Qarais
  15. Abu Amr Abbad ben Muhammad al-Mu'tamid, - 1069, son of Kadi Abul-Kasim Muhammad I
  16. Abul-Kasim Muhammad ben Abbad al Mu'tamid, 1040 - 1095, son of Abu Amr Abbad ben Muhammad al-Mu'tamid
  17. Zaida of Seville, 1071 - 1107, daughter of Abul-Kasim Muhammad ben Abbad al Mu'tamid and I'tamid
  18. Sancha de Castile, 1100 -, possibly daughter of Zaida of Seville and Alfonso VI of Castile
  19. Rodrigo Rodríguez de Lara, Conde de Lara, 1123 -, son of Sancha de Castile and Rodrigo González de Lara, Conde en las Asturias
  20. Sancha Rodríguez de Lara, daughter of Rodrigo Rodríguez de Lara, Conde de Lara, and Elvira García de Azagra
  21. Aldonza González Girón, daughter of Sancha Rodríguez de Lara and Gonzalo Ruíz II Girón, Señor de Carrión de los Céspedes y Autillo
  22. Aldonza Ramirez de Alcanices, Señora de Alcanices, daughter of Aldonza González Girón and Ramiro Fruelaz de Cifontes, Señor de Cifontes
  23. María Arias de Asturias, daughter of Aldonza Ramírez de Alcanices, Lady of Alcanices and Arias Díaz de Valderrabano, Señor de Valderrabano
  24. María Fernández de Henestrosa, daughter of María Arias de Asturias and Fernán González de Henestrosa, Señor de Henestrosa
  25. María de Padilla, 1334 - 1361, daughter of María Gómez Fernández de Henestrosa and Juan Diego García de Padilla
  26. Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, 1355 - 1392, 3rd daughter of María de Padilla and Peter of Castile
  27. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, 1375 - 1415, 2nd son of Isabella of Castile and Edmund of Langley
  28. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, 1411 - 1460, 1st son of Richard of Conisburgh (descent) and Anne de Mortimer
  29. Edward IV of England, 1442 - 1483, 2nd son of Richard of York and Cecily Neville (descent)

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