To which dynasty did Yarolav's step mother belong to? <SEP> Kievan Rus' also played an important genealogical role in European politics. Yaroslav the Wise, whose stepmother belonged to the Macedonian dynasty, the greatest one to rule Byzantium, married the only legitimate daughter of the king who Christianized Sweden. His daughters became queens of Hungary, France and Norway, his sons married the daughters of a Polish king and a Byzantine emperor (not to mention a niece of the Pope), while his granddaughters were a German Empress and (according to one theory) the queen of Scotland. A grandson married the only daughter of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. Thus the Rurikids were a well-connected royal family of the time.
To which tribe did Tatonka's stepmother belong? <SEP> Tribal Council also played an important genealogical role in Native American. Tatonka the Wise, whose stepmother belonged to the Cherokee tribe, the greatest one to rule the Lakota Sioux nation, married the only legitimate daughter of the king who Christianized the Hopi. His daughters became queens of the Apache, Chippewa and Navajo, his sons married the daughters of a Mohican king and a Lakota Sioux chieftain (not to mention a niece of the great medicine man), while his granddaughters were a Comanche chieftess and (according to one theory) the queen of the Blackfeet. A grandson married the only daughter of the last Native American chieftain of the Great Plains. Thus the Pawnee kids were a well-connected royal family of the time.