The House of Wittelsbach

Members of the family reigned as Dukes, Electors and Kings of Bavaria (1180–1918), Counts Palatine of the Rhine (1214–1803 and 1816–1918), Margraves of Brandenburg (1323–1373), Counts of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland (1345–1432), Elector-Archbishops of Cologne (1583–1761), Dukes of Jülich and Berg (1614–1794/1806), Kings of Sweden (1441–1448 and 1654–1720) and Dukes of Bremen-Verden (1654–1719).


The family also provided two Holy Roman Emperors (1328–1347/1742–1745), one King of the Romans (1400–1410), two Anti-Kings of Bohemia (1619–20/1742–43), one King of Hungary (1305–1309), one King of Denmark and Norway (1440–1447) and one King of Greece (1832–1862).
- from Wikipedia


The first member of this family that married into a direct descendant of Charlemagne is Otto II, Pfalzgraf von Bayern who married Heilika von Lengenfeld which can be traced the descend as below :

1. Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800-814 - Hildegardis
2. Pippin I (Karlmann), King of Italy 781-810 - (Bertha?)
3. Bernhard I, King of Italy 813-817 - Kunigund
4. Pippin, Comte de Senlis, Peronne and St.Quintin - NN (unnamed wife)
5. Heribert I, Comte de Vermandois - Bertha de Morvois
6. Heribert II, Comte de Meaux, Soissons et Vermandois - Adela|Liegarde|Hildebrante of Neustria
7. Liutgarde|Ledgard de Vermandois - Thibaut I 'the Deceiver', Comte de Blois et Chartres
8. Emma de Blois - Guillaume II-IV 'Fier à bras', Duc d'Aquitaine, Comte de Poitou
9. Guillaume III-V 'le Grand', Duc d'Aquitaine 996-1030, Comte de Poitou - Agnes de Bourgogne
10. Agnès de Poitou - Heinrich III, Holy Roman Emperor (1046-1056)
11. Heinrich IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1084-1106) - Berta de Savoie
12. Agnes von Franken - Friedrich I, Herzog von Schwaben 1079-1105
13. Heilika|Hadewig von Staufen - Friedrich III von Pettendorf, Herr von Hopfenhohe-Pettendorf-Lengenfeld
14. Heilika von Lengenfeld - Otto II, Pfalzgraf von Bayern

This royal house had been title holder of :

• Holy Roman Emperor
• King of the Romans
• King of Denmark
• King of Sweden
• King of Norway
• King of Greece
• King of Bavaria
• Duke of Bavaria
• Elector of Bavaria
• Elector of the Palatinate
• Elector of Cologne

Bayeee!!!

The House of Bjelbo (House of Folkung)

Upon the marriage of Folke 'the Fat', Jarl in Sweden to Ingegerd of Denmark, the Bjelbo make the connection to Charlemagne - The Father of Europe, all the reigning royal houses of Europe can trace their descent from him. 

"The House of Bjelbo (Swedish: Bjälboätten), also known as the House of Folkung (Folkungaätten), was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings. It also provided three kings of Norway, and one king of Denmark in the 14th century"
- from Wikipedia

Ingegerd's descent from Charlemagne is thru Gisla de France a daughter of Louis the Pious from his second marriage to Judith which in turn a daughter of Welf the progenitor of the Elder House of Welf.

Her descent is something like this.

1. Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800-814 - Hildegardis
2. Louis I 'the Pious', Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 814-840 - Judith
3. Gisla de France - Eberhard I, Margrave of Friaul
4. Berengar I, Holy Roman Emperor (915-924), Margrave of Friaul - Bertila of Spoleto
5. Gisela of Friaul - Adalbert 'the Rich', Margrave of Ivrea
6. Berengar II, King of Italy - Willa of Tuscany
7. Susanna 'Rozala' of Italy - Arnulf II, Graaf van Vlaanderen 973-987
8. Baudouin IV, Graaf van Vlaanderen 987-1035 - Otgiva de Luxembourg
9. Baudouin V, Graaf van Vlaanderen 1035-1067 - Adèle de France
10. Robert I 'the Friesian', Graaf van Vlaanderen 1072-1093 - Gertrud von Sachsen
11. Adele van Vlaanderen, Regent of Apulia 1111-1115 - Knud IV 'the Saint', King in Denmark 1080-1086
12. Ingegerd of Denmark - Folke 'the Fat', Jarl in Sweden

More here.

Bayeee!!!

Miss World Winners - Distance to the Crown (1951 - 1960)

1951 : Sweden - Kiki Håkansson

Hometown : Stockholm

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,434.39 km

Placements :
1st RU : Britain - Laura Ellison-Davies

2nd RU : Britain - Doreen Dawne
3rd RU : France - Jacqueline Lemoine

4th RU : Britain - Aileen P. Chase

Entrants : 26

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1952 : Sweden - May-Louise Flodin
Hometown : Stockholm
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,434.39 km

Placements :

1st RU : Switzerland - Sylvia Müller

2nd RU : Germany - Vera Marks

3rd RU : Finland - Eeva Hellas

Entrants : 11

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1953 : France - Denise Perrier

Hometown : Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 737.01 km

Placements :

1st RU : Greece - Alexandra Ladikou
2nd RU : Egypt - Marina Papaelia

3rd RU : Ceylon - Manel Illangakoon

4th RU : Monaco - Elizabeth Chovisky

5th RU : USA - Mary Kemp Griffin

Entrants : 15

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1954 : Egypt - Antigone Costanda

Hometown : Cairo

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 3,515.24 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Karin Hultman

2nd RU : Greece - Efi Mela

3rd RU : France - Claudine Bleuse

4th RU : Germany - Frauke Walther

Entrants : 17

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1955 : Venezuela - Susana Duijm
Hometown : Aragua de Barcelona
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom
Location : London, UK
Distance : 7,457.17 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Margaret Anne Haywood

2nd RU : Greece - Julia Coumoundourou

3rd RU : Cuba - Gilda Marín

4th RU : Sweden - Anita Åstrand

5th RU : France - Gisele Thierry

Semi-finalists :

Australia - Beverly Prowse

Austria - Felicitas Von Goebel

Entrants : 21

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1956 : Germany - Petra Schürmann

Hometown : Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 458.18 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Betty Lane Cherry

2nd RU : Israel - Rina Weiss

3rd RU : Japan - Midoriko Tokura

4th RU : Denmark - Anne Rye Nielsen

5th RU : Sweden - Eva Bränn

Entrants : 24

*****

1957 : Finland - Marita Lindahl

Hometown : Helsinki

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,822.94 km

Placements :

1st RU : Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen

2nd RU : South Africa : Adele June Kruger
3rd RU : Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia

4th RU : Japan - Muneko Yorifuji

5th RU : France - Claude Inès Navarro
6th RU : Israel - Sara Elimor

Entrants : 23

*****

1958 : South Africa - Penelope Coelen

Hometown : Durban

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 9,557.25 km

Placements :

1st RU : France - Claudine Oger

2nd RU : Denmark - Vinnie Ingemann

3rd RU : Sweden - Harriet Margareta Wågström

4th RU : Holland - Lucienne Struve

5th RU : United Kingdom - Eileen Sheridan

6th RU : Brazil - Sônia Maria Campos

Semi-finalists :

Germany - Dagmar Herner

Italy - Elisabetta Velinsky

Norway - Åse Qjeldvik

Entrants : 22

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1959 : Holland - Corine Rottschäfer

Hometown : Hoorn

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 376.68 km

Placements :

1st RU : Peru - María Elena Rossel Zapata

2nd RU : Israel - Ziva Shomrat

3rd RU : United Kingdom - Anne Thelwell

4th RU : Denmark - Kirsten Olsen

Semi-finalists :

Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi

Greece - Yakiathi Karaviti

Jamaica - Sheila Chong

Rhodesia - Vivien Lentin

South Africa - Moya Meaker

Entrants : 37

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1960 : Argentina - Norma Cappagli

Hometown : Buenos Aires

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 11,140.26 km

Placements :

1st RU : Israel - Gila Golan

2nd RU : South Africa - Denise Muir

3rd RU : Germany - Ingrun Helgard Möckel

4th RU : USA - Judith Ann Achter

Semi-finalists : Top 10

Brazil - Maria Edilene Torreão

Ireland - Irene Ruth Kane

Italy - Layla Rigazzi

Korea - Lee Young-hee

United Kingdom - Hilda Fairclough

Semi-finalists : Top 15

Canada - Danica d'Hondt

France - Diane Medina

Japan - Eiko Murai

Norway - Grethe Solhoy

Southern Rhodesia - Jenny Lee Scott

Entrants : 39

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Next : 1961 - 1970

Source : Wikipedia / Distancefromto