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Otto I

Duke of Merania

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Dec 12, 2025
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Yes – claims direct ancestry to historical figures (Brian Boru, Otto the Great, King Charles, George Washington, Cherokee Chief Doublehead)

Many people can plausibly claim descent from medieval figures like Brian Boru or Otto I because elite lineages and their descendants intermarried and multiplied; specialists note that European monarch...

Feb 6, 2026

What happened in the early middle ages when the Frankish Empire and Huns met in what would become Austria

When the Hunnic wave swept through the in the 5th century it left and parts of what would become under Hunnic influence for a brief period, while the remained mostly westward but fought the on the pla...