Van Roodhuid family

The Van Roodhuid is an European family, one of the only families descending from nobles of Native America. The founder of the dynasty was Pilli Yāōtl of Tizatlan (1455-1520) who was captured and brought to Portugal. Upon the request of Princess Joanna de Aviz of Portugal (1452-1490), he was released. She later married Yāōtl and all the Van Roodhuid descend from them. In the past, the Van Roodhuid were also known as: de Aveiro and  von Avensburg.

Relation to the Royal Houses of Europe
See also: House Van Roodhuid Family Tree Through generations of out-marriages the Van Roodhuid has become a very much European House. It is related to :


 * House de Aviz of Portugal
 * House de Mendoza
 * House de Bourbon of Spain and France
 * House von Nassau-Weilburg
 * House Vasa
 * House Sobeski
 * House van Libertas
 * House de Arenberg
 * House de Hornes
 * House de Saxony
 * House dei Principi Ruspolii
 * House Habsburg-Lorraine
 * House Holstein-Gottorp
 * House Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
 * House Hanover
 * House Braganza
 * House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * House Herrara

Current Situation
The family has over thousands of members. Recently, the members chose Homer van Roodhuid as their head. Homer has a son, Weismann van Roodhuid (2010).