Here I represent a line of ancestors of the Safavid Dynasty from Cyrus The Great to Shah Esma'il I founder of Safavid Dynasty.It should be noticed that in some points the relationships are not exactly known and here I take the most probable line

1) Cyrus the Great king of Persia 559-530 B.C. m.Cassandane
2) Atossa m.Darius I the Great king of Persia 522-486 B.C.
3) Xerxes I king of Persia 486-465 B.C. m.Amastris
4) Artaxerxes I king of Persia 465-424 B.C. m.Alogune
5) Darius II king of Persia 423-404 B.C. m.Parysatis his half-sister
6) Artaxerxes II king of Persia 404-358 B.C. m.Stateira
7) Rhodogune m.Orontes satrap of Armenia c.401 B.C.
8) Orontes satrap of Armenia until 331 B.C.
9) Mithranes king of Armenia 323-317 B.C.
10) Orontes I king of Armenia 317-
11) Sames king of Armenia
12) Arsames king of Armenia
13) Xerxes king of Armenia until 212 B.C. m.Antiochis dau. of Antiochus III king of Persia 223-187 B.C.
14) Zariadres I king of Armenia
15) Artaxias I king of Armenia 189-159 B.C.
16) Artavasdes I king of Armenia
17) Tigranes I king of Armenia
18) Tigranes II the Great king of Armenia 95-55 B.C.
19) Ariazata m.Mithradates III king of Media & Parthia 90-67 B.C.
20) Arsakan (Vardanes?) king of Parthia 80-72/3 B.C. m.Ishpubarza his sister
21) ?Tiridates I king of Parthia 30 & 27-25 B.C.
22) Unknown king of Media m.a dau. of Phraates IV king of Parthia 38-2 B.C.
23) Artabanus III king of Parthia 10-40 A.D.
24) Vonones II king of Parthia 45-51 A.D.
25) Vologases II king of Parthia 51-78
26) Osroes I king of Parthia 107-130
27) Mithradates VIII king of Parthia c.130-148
28) Vologases V king of Parthia 148-191 m.a dau. of Pharasmanes III king of Iberia 146-182
29) Osroes II king of Parthia 191-213 = Rew I king of Iberia 186-213
30) Vache king of Iberia 213-231
31) Pacorus I king of Iberia 231-246
32) Mithradates II king of Iberia 246-262
33) Hamazaspes III king of Iberia from 262
34) Aspagures king of Iberia
35) Abeshura m.Meruan I king of Iberia to 342
36) Pacorus II king of Iberia 342-364
37) Mithradates III king of Iberia 364-379
38) Varaz-Pakor king of Iberia 379-393 m.a dau. of Tiridates son of Rew son of Meruan I who m.Salome dau. of Tiridates VI king of Armenia 298-314
39) Mithradates IV king of Iberia 408-410
40) Archil I king of Iberia 410-434 m.Mariam dau. of Jovianus Roman emperor
41) Mithradates V king of Iberia 434-466
42) Vakhtang I king of Iberia 466-499
43) A dau. m.Guaram Bagratuni
44) Bagrat d.568
45) Guaram 574-600
46) Stephanos I d.619
47) Guaram d.678
48) Varaz-Pakor d.705
49) Narse d.742
50) Adernarse d.779
51) Ashot d.826
52) Bagrat I d.876
53) David I d.881
54) Adernarse II d.923
55) Sambat d.958
56) David or Bagrat II d.994
57) Guregin king of the kings d.1008 m.Gurandokht dau. of Giorgi II king of Abkhazia
58) Bagrat III King of Abkhazia 979-1014 & king of Karteli 985-1014
59) Giorgi I (Guregin) king of Karteli d.1027
60) Bagrat IV king of Karteli d.1072
61) Giorgi II king of Karteli d.1088
62) David II king of Karteli 1088-1125
63) Demetri I king of Karteli d.1155
64) Giorgi III king of Karteli d.1184
65) Thamar queen of Georgia d.1212
66) Rusudan queen of Georgia d.1247 m.Mughithoddin Toghrel of Erzerum
67) David IV king of Georgia
68) A dau. m.Manuel Comnenus son of Andronicus I Byzantine emperor
69) Alexius I emperor of Trebizon
70) Manuel I emperor of Trebizon
71) Ioannes II emperor of Trebizon m.1282 Eudokia Paleologina
72) Alexius II emperor of Trebizon
73) Basileius emperor of Trebizon
74) Alexius III emperor of Trebizon
75) Manuel III emperor of Trebizon
76) Alexius IV emperor of Trebizon
77) Ioannes IV emperor of Trebizon
78) Theodora d.after 1478 m.Uzun Hassan Beig Aqquyunlu king of Azerbaijan
79) Halimeh Alamshah Beigom Agha m.Soltan Haydar Sheikh of Safavids & ruler of Ardabil
80) Ismail I king of Persia to 1524