AHC : Have an Ancient House Survive Into Present Day

Brunaburh

Gone Fishin'
IIRC they too claim descending from emperor Augustus.

I think some people have claimed it, perhaps not the Royals themselves, but I don't know of any ancient Western genealogies that cross the 400-600 barrier. I'm not even sure anyone gets from Augustus' time to 380.
 
With any plausible POD, have a noble house from antiquity survive. Bonus points if they remain in power, and if they came in power before Christ.
Maybe a dynasty from Axum reigns over Ethiopia ? A Nubian kingdomm survives, has a dynasty until the present day. Ptholemy Kingdom survives in Egypt.
 
Wait, I'm confused. Zaïda's only child died without issue, so how would Elizabeth II be descended from her anyway? Or am I just being slow tonight?
Asserting a continuous line of descent here assumes two things about which there is significant doubt. One is that Zaida/Isabel was in fact the Isabel who bore Alfonso his daughters Sancha (Elizabeth's distant ancestor) and Elvira, and not simply another mistress of the same name. The other is that Zaida was al-Mu'tamid's daughter, and not daughter-in-law (there exists contradictory information).
 
I believe the Windsors can trace themselves to Alfred the Great?

That's not uncommon the Danish Royal house can trace themselves back (through female lines) to King Harthacnut the grandfather of the first Christian King, also every European royal family can trace themselves in female lines back to Karl the Great and from there backward.
 
Asserting a continuous line of descent here assumes two things about which there is significant doubt. One is that Zaida/Isabel was in fact the Isabel who bore Alfonso his daughters Sancha (Elizabeth's distant ancestor) and Elvira, and not simply another mistress of the same name. The other is that Zaida was al-Mu'tamid's daughter, and not daughter-in-law (there exists contradictory information).

Well now that raises another question. Is there any way to have a European monarch be descended from Muhammad? The OTL claim sounds a lot like wishful thinking. But were there any other proposed marriages between a Muslim family descended from Muhammad and a European noble house?
 
Aren't there still Rurikids running around? I mean when the direct line (Feodor I) died out, they were the oldest ruling house in Europe (older than even the Capets, I think). Even if there are still lower level Rurikids around (Sheremetevs, Dolgorukovs are both Rurikids IIRC) do they count?
 
Aren't there still Rurikids running around? I mean when the direct line (Feodor I) died out, they were the oldest ruling house in Europe (older than even the Capets, I think). Even if there are still lower level Rurikids around (Sheremetevs, Dolgorukovs are both Rurikids IIRC) do they count?
Wasn't the House of Wisnowiecki Rurikid also?
 
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