The Princess of Hassleben

The 'Princess of Hassleben' is one of the richest Roman-era Germanic burials ever found: a young noblewoman laid to rest around 300 CE with gold jewellery, Roman silver vessels and imported luxuries. Her grave testifies to the wealth Germanic elites drew from their entanglement with the Roman Empire. Her genome places her among the Germanic populations of the Elbe region.

The genome-wide data behind this entry was published in The princely burial of Hassleben in the light of archaeogenetics.

Every Ancestry Map includes the free Notable Matches lens: your coordinates are compared to every sequenced member of every catalog entry, and the distance to the closest member is reported, a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional space the Distance lens uses. Because this is a single real individual, not a population average, distances naturally run larger than population distances. That is expected, not a poor result. And one thing is never claimed: a small distance means similar ancestry composition, not that the Princess of Hassleben is your ancestor. See how it looks in the live demo or read about Ancestry Map, the full Global25 report.

• 01

  Who was the Princess of Hassleben?

  The Princess of Hassleben (c. 300 CE, Hassleben, Germany) is one of the Historical figures entries in our Notable Matches catalog, represented by one sequenced ancient genome published in the study "The princely burial of Hassleben in the light of archaeogenetics".

• 02

  What does "matching" the Princess of Hassleben mean?

  Your Global25 coordinates are compared to the entry's sequenced members and the distance to the closest one is reported, a Euclidean distance in the same 25-dimensional reference space the Distance lens uses. A notable entry is one person or one small burial group, not a population average, so distances naturally run larger than population distances.

• 03

  Is the Princess of Hassleben my ancestor?

  No, and no DNA test can show that. A small distance means your genome sits near this individual's in a shared reference space: similar ancestry composition, not descent. Ancestrify never claims a notable individual is your ancestor or relative.

• 04

  How do I see my own distance to the Princess of Hassleben?

  Notable Matches is a free lens on every Ancestry Map, never sold separately. Order Ancestry Map, our Global25 analysis (29.99 EUR), and your report ranks your coordinates against the full catalog, with a portrait, dossier and map for every entry. The public demo shows the lens with example data.

The catalog holds every published entry across three tiers. Browse the full Notable Matches directory. Nearby entries:

• The Georgians of Late Antiquity2nd-6th century CE

• The Christians of Nicaea's Sunken Basilicac. 350-700 CE

• Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou543-578 CE

• Empress Ashina551-582 CE

• The Türks of Gurvan Dovc. 540-635 CE

• The Byzantine Villagers of Chhîmc. 430-760 CE

• The Han Dynasty People of Shandongc. 200 BCE-200 CE

• The Parthians of Gilanc. 100 BCE-50 CE

• The Kunbábony Avar Khagan630-670 CE

• The Early Medieval Georgiansc. 400-900 CE

• The Alans of the North Caucasusc. 350-1100 CE

• The Chen Clan of the Tang Frontierearly 8th century CE