Xerxes I `the Great' (King) of PERSIA (519? BC - 465? BC) ; aka Neithiyti, Ahasuerus (Assuerus); 3rd PHARAOH of the 27th Dynasty of EGYPT; aka Khashayarsha (Khshayarsha)
[Ximena Moniz de BIERZO] Zaida (Isabella) of DENIA (Alicante, Spain ? - 1107) ; or: poss. Ximena Moniz de BIERZO; aka Zayda de SEVILLA; christened Elisabet; (oldest source shows her as daughter-in-law, not niece, of Abenabeth)
Xuthus (King) of THESSALY (? - ? Aegialeus) ; (asked to arbitrate on Erechtheus' of Athens death, he picked Cecrops, the oldest son; Cecrop's brothers ....
Yahya ha-NASI (Cordoba? ? - 1222? Portugal) ; aka Don Yahya `El Negro' ibn YAISH; aka Yahia ben RABBI (ben YAHI); Lord of ALDEIA dos Negros, eponym of ....
Yakov ben SHLOMO ; or: prob. not Akkub, q.v.; (because the lineage back to Akkub was of untitled people, some chronologically impossible lists omit the....
Yakubber (Yaqub-har) of HYKSOS (? - 1660? BC) ; (Yakob-Hor); PHARAOH of 15th Dynasty in EGYPT; (David Hughes speculates that his name, Jacob-Hor, shows a....
Yehoshua ben YOSEF the SAVIOUR (Bethlehem? 6? BC - 3/4/33 Golgotha, Jerusalem) ; aka Jesus CHRIST; poss. aka Yeshu (ben PANTERA ?) ha-NOTZRI; (the NAZARENE; of NAZARETH; the MESSIAH; Kin....
[Yehoshua ben YOSEF the SAVIOUR, q.v.] Melchizedek (King) of SALEM [alt ped] ; or: Yehoshua ben YOSEF the SAVIOUR, q.v.; (Priest of Most High God; poss. IMMORTAL; prototype of Messiah; his identity is uncertain, some equate hi....
[Yehuda of GALILEE] Yeishu ben PANDEIRA (ha-NOTZRI) (? - 88 BC Lud) ; or: poss. Yehuda of GALILEE; (some Jewish scholars believe Jesus to be a fiction based on this historic false Messiah); poss. aka Yeshu ben STADA
Yeishu ben PANDEIRA (ha-NOTZRI) (? - 88 BC Lud) ; or: poss. Yehuda of GALILEE; (some Jewish scholars believe Jesus to be a fiction based on this historic false Messiah); poss. aka Yeshu ben STADA
[Ygerna TALIESINSDOTTIR, q.v.] (NN; Princess) of ALT CLUT ; or: prob. not Ygerna TALIESINSDOTTIR, q.v.; (it is almost certain Aidan married a Briton; that she was a Princess of Alt Clut is conjectural)
[Ygerna verch AMLAWDD (q.v., wife of Gorles Sap)] (NN) ; or: prob. not Ygerna verch AMLAWDD (q.v., wife of Gorles Sap)
Yuri (Yury Yurij; I) DOLGURUKII of MOSCOW (1091? - 1157) ; aka George (Jurij Youry) I `the Longarm' (`Longhands') DOLGORUKI; Prince of SUZDAL; Grand Prince of VLADI....
[Zachariah WIGHTMAN (WHITMAN)] Edward WIGHTMAN (1566? - 1612 Lichfield, Staffords.) ; or: poss. Zachariah WIGHTMAN (WHITMAN); (radical Anabaptist; last person in England to be burned at the stake for heresy)
Zachary TAYLOR (Virg. 24/11/1784 - 9/7/1850 White House) ; (DNA TESTS show R1b); (Major General; HERO); President of the United States #12 (Whig : 1849-1850)
Zaida (Isabella) of DENIA (Alicante, Spain ? - 1107) ; or: poss. Ximena Moniz de BIERZO; aka Zayda de SEVILLA; christened Elisabet; (oldest source shows her as daughter-in-law, not niece, of Abenabeth)
Zalman Meir PERSKI (Valozhyn, Belarus 1860 - 1925) ; aka Meire PERSKY; (Lauren Bacall and P.M. Shimon Peres were cousins, but probably more distant than the 1....
Zavida of RASCIA (? - by 1166) ; or: poss. Desa Tekhomil NEMANJA (Zavida's brother); (banished by his brothers, but his sons were made the vassal lords of Serbia after the Byzantines defeated Desa Tekhomil.)
Zechariah (16th King) of ISRAEL (? - 753+ BC) ; aka Zachariah `the Recorder' ben YEROBOAM (ha-JEHU); aka Zekharia ben YEROBOAM; (Zechariah was the last K....
Zedekiah (Mattaniah) (22nd & last King) of JUDAH (? - 577? BC) ; or: prob. Johanan (q.v., Zedekiah's brother); during his reign Judah was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar II, q.v., who appointed Gedaliah (a descendant of King Joatham, q.v.) its Gov.; ...
Zelekha ; or: poss. Dinah bint JACOB, q.v.; (Seleikha Zuleika Zulaikha Rachel); (famous in legend for her infatuation with Joseph, eventually convert....
Zenobius (Governor) of PALMYRA ; (suspicious name similarity, and two Malchuses with same-named wives, suggests three extra generations are inserted here)
[Zeus the OLYMPIAN] Dionysos (GOD of Wine) ; aka Bacchus; aka Dionysus; (Althea's lover); (the legend of his birth may be borrowed from the legend of Kenkenes Horus, q.v.)
Zeus the OLYMPIAN (born in Cretan cave) ; aka Zeus (Jupiter) of OLYMPUS; Greek GOD of the Sky; `Cloud gatherer'; 3rd/4th Ruler GOD of the Universe
[Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.] Socus (Sokos) of PHRYGIA ; or: Apollo the OLYMPIAN, q.v. or: Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v. or: Helius GOD of the Sun, q.v. or: Cronos the TITAN, q.v.;
[Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.] male spirit of Artemis ; or: Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.; Artemis was lesbian lover of Callisto; (IMMORTAL)
[Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.] Thessalus ; or: Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.
[Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.] Javan (Jaran Iauan Juuan Juuin Japhan) ben JAPHETH ; or: Zeus the OLYMPIAN, q.v.; (Iauan ibn Iaphet is shown as father of Dardan in ancient Briton source `Bya 33'); 4th son of Japhet (YAP....
Zhong Ding, (8th King) SHANG (? - 1549? BC) ; or: He Tan Jia (Zhong's son); aka Chung Ting; EMPEROR of CHINA; moved capital from Hao to Xico; united with Deng Kingdom; reigned 1562 - 1549 BC
Zikmund of BOHEMIA (Holy Roman EMPEROR) (Nurnberg, Bavaria 14/2/1368 - 9/12/1437 Znaim, Bohemia) ; aka Sigismond (Sigismund) de LUXEMBOURG; King of BOHEMIA & HUNGARY (in Personal Union); K.G.
[Zimri (8th King) of ISRAEL] Tibni of TIRZAH in SAMARIA ; or: prob. not Zimri (8th King) of ISRAEL or: poss. Ba'asha of SAMARIA (6th King) of ISRAEL, q.v.
Zoe CARBONOPSINA (TZAUTZINA) ZAUTZINA (by 874 - 913??) ; aka Zoe KARBONOPHINA Stylanus ZAUTES; (she was his 4th wife (forbidden in Orthodoxy), 3 wives having died without producing a male heir)
Zog I (King) of the ALBANIANS (Albania 1895 - 1961 Paris) ; aka Zog I Ahmed Bey ZOGU; aka King Scanderbeg III; (President, proclaimed self King, monarchy ended in 1939 by Italian invasion)
Zoltan (Zsolt) MAGYAR (Duke) of HUNGARY (896? - 948?) ; aka Zultan (Zaltas) III; Prince of MAGYARS; av UNGERN; led the Magyar invasion of Western Europe, finally....
Zongzong (EMPEROR) of CHINA (26/11/656 - 3/7/710) ; aka Li Xian of T'ANG; aka Lo Ling Wong; (in legend the red fours on dice are due to him, after a particularly luck roll)
Zorobabel ha-DAVID (Heir) of the DAVIDIC Dynasty (Babylon 560? BC - 510 BC Zion) ; aka Sheshbazzar (Zerubbabel); 8th Governor of JUDEA (vassal of Persia); 3rd EXILARCH in Babylon; 1st Patr....