Pankalo

• Settipani shows Basil I, Byzantine Emperor as son of Pankalo and her husband, perhaps named Constantine. 2 [Konstantinos Mamikonian, of Adrianople]
• Seen as mother of the brothers Bardas I & Simbatios, the Armenian, but this is speculative.

Origins

https://thesignsofthetimes.com.au/37/71600.htm

A number of secondary sources show Pankalo as the daughter of Ašot I BAGRATUNI, kouropalates of Iberia and founder of the Bagratid dynasty in Georgia; however, to-date I have not found any historical research material which advances this claim. While Pankalo was born within the correct time period to have been a daughter of Ašot I, of his four known children there is only one daughter listed, unnamed, and she married Teodos, king of Abkhazia. 2

Marriage Information:

[Pankalo married [Konstantinos] MAMIKONIAN of Adrianople, son of Hmayeak MAMIKONIAN of Adrianople and Unnamed Byzantine Princess. ([Konstantinos] MAMIKONIAN of Adrianople died about 838.)]

Descent

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM.htm#BasileiosIdied886B

[---. Cedrenus records that "Basilii pater" was the son of "Maictes" and his wife "Leonem…unamque ex eius filiabus"[1017]. The name of the father of Emperor Basileios I is unknown. The Vita Basilii records that "Basilius imperator" and his parents were captured by the Bulgars while Krum was "Bulgarorum princeps" (died in 814)[1018]. The Vita Basilii records that the father of "Basilius imperator" was a farmer but died when Basileios was approaching manhood[1019].]

m PANKALO, daughter of --- (-bur Constantinople, Monastery of St Euphemia). Zonaras records that Basileios’s mother survived his father "ultra paupertatis incommoda" and that she went to Constantinople with her son[1020]. Emperor Konstantinos VII's De Ceremoniis Aulæ records that "Pancalo, mater Basilii Imperatoris" was buried in "monasterio S. Euphemiæ dictæ Formosæ"[1021].

Their son:

BASILEIOS, son of --- & his wife Pankalo --- ([813] or [825]-29 Aug 886, bur Constantinople, church of the Holy Apostles). The Vita Basilii records that "Basilius imperator" was "ex regione Macedonum…originem…ad Armenios, Arsacidæ genere", recording in a later passage that he and his parents were captured by the Bulgars while Krum was "Bulgarorum princeps" (he died in 814)[1038]. Settipani suggests that Basileios was born in [836]. He cites no source on which this suggestion is based[1039], but the hypothesis is inconsistent with the family’s capture by Krum Tsar of the Bulgarians. ....

Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_I

Basil was born to peasant parents in late 811 (or sometime in the 830s in the estimation of some scholars) at Chariopolis in the Byzantine theme of Macedonia (an administrative division corresponding to the area of Adrianople in Thrace).[1][2] The name of his father was Bardas, the name of his grandfather was Maïktes, his mother was named Pankalo (Παγκαλώ), and her father was called Leo.[3] His ethnic origin is unknown, and has been a subject of debate. During Basil's reign, an elaborate genealogy was produced that purported that his ancestors were not mere peasants, as everyone believed, but descendants of the Arsacid (Arshakuni) kings of Armenia, and also of Constantine the Great.[4][5] The Armenian historians Samuel of Ani and Stephen of Taron record that he hailed from the village of Thil in Taron.[3] In contrast, Persian writers such as Hamza al-Isfahani,[6] or al-Tabari, call both Basil and his mother Saqlabi, an ethnogeographic term that usually denoted the Slavs, but can also be interpreted as a generic term encompassing the inhabitants of the region between Constantinople and Bulgaria.[7] Claims have therefore been made for an Armenian,[8] Slavic,[6][9] or indeed "Armeno-Slavonic"[2] origin for Basil I. The name of his mother points to a Greek origin on the maternal side.[7] The general scholarly consensus is that Basil's father was "probably" of Armenian origin, and settled in Byzantine Thrace.[3] The author of the only dedicated biography of Basil I in English has concluded that it is impossible to be certain what the ethnic origins of the emperor were, though Basil was definitely reliant on the support of Armenians in prominent positions within the Byzantine Empire.[10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_V_the_Armenian

Nicholas Adontz in his book The age and origins of the emperor Basil I (1933) expressed a theory that Leo V and Theodosia were ancestors of Basil I. The theory was partly based on the account of his ancestry given by Constantine VII, a grandson of Basil I, as well as the accounts given by Theophanes Continuatus.[15] Basil I, according to these accounts, was a son of peasants. His mother is named by Constantine VII as "Pankalo". The name of his father was not recorded, but the names Symbatios and Constantine have been suggested; both were names used by the eldest sons of Basil, with eldest sons of Byzantines typically named after their grandfathers.[15] The paternal grandfather of Basil is named as Maiactes. The paternal grandmother was not named but was identified as a daughter of "Leo", a citizen of Constantinople. Adontz identified this Leo as Leo V, which would make Leo V and Theodosia great-grandparents of Basil I.[15] Adontz also suggested Constantine VII had made a mistake in the generations separating Maiactes and Basil. This suggests that Basil was a great-grandson of Maiactes and not old enough to have seen the wars with Krum of Bulgaria, which would make Leo V and Theodosia fourth-generation ancestors of Basil.[15]

The theory has been accepted by several genealogists, including Christian Settipani in his search for descent from antiquity. The name "Anna" has been suggested for the daughter of Leo V and Theodosia, because it was given to daughters of Basil I, Leo VI the Wise, Constantine VII and Romanos II--almost every emperor that would claim descent from this woman.[15]

References

• http://erwan.gil.free.fr/modules/freepages/pharaons/ramses_II.pdf page 13 - 14
• See also https://erenow.net/postclassical/byzantium-the-apogee/7.php
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00215848&tree=LEO
• https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/hagia-euphemia
• https://sites.google.com/site/begatus/person-pages/pankalo
• Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Claudia Ludwig; Beate Zielke, and Thomas Pratsch. Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften [consulted 2 February 2018]. “Pankalo”, Personenkennziffer 5679
• Martindale, John et al, (2001 and 2015). Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (641-867). Online edition available at <http://www.pbe.kcl.ac.uk> “Anonyma 30”, “Pankalo 1”, “Leo”, “Maiktes 1” [consulted 2 February 2018]
• Settipani, Christian. Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obsurs: Les princes caucasiens et l’empire du VIe au IXe siècle. (De Boccard, 2006).