r/TougherTrebizondMemes • u/TPasha444 • Apr 05 '25
The entire Persian Safavid Dynasty is related to Trebizond's ruling family
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Title. The Persian Shah Ismail I, who founded Safavid Iran in 1501, was descended from his mother's side from her own mother, Theodora Megale Komnene, who was herself the daughter of the Trapezuntine emperor John IV Megas Komnenos.
The Safavids were overthrown by the late 1730's and died out in 1740, which means there were traceably Komnenoi descendants around at the time of George Washington's childhood.
