Mikaelson Family

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## Family Heritage

### Species

* Witch
* Siphoner
* Vampire
* Werewolf
* Original Vampire
* Original Hybrid
* Hybrid
* Tribrid

### Notable Family Members

 * Mikael † (Original Vampire, Formerly Human)
* Esther Mikaelson † (Witch)
* Freya Mikaelson (Witch)
* Finn Mikaelson (Original Vampire, Formerly Witch)
* Elijah Mikaelson (Original Vampire, Formerly Witch)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (Original Hybrid, Formerly Witch-Werewolf Hybrid)
* Kol Mikaelson (Original Vampire, Formerly Witch)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (Original Vampire, Formerly Witch)
* Verina Mikaelson (Original Hybrid, Formerly Siphoner)
* Henrik Mikaelson † (Hybrid)
* Freya's Unborn Son † (Witch)
* Hope Mikaelson (Tribrid)
* Henrik Mikaelson II (Tribrid)
* Octavia Mikaelson (Tribrid)
* Remus Mikaelson (Tribrid)
* Kol Donovan-Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Viktoria Donovan-Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Erika Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Nik Mikaelson (Witch or Hybrid)
* Mikki Mikaelson (Witch or Hybrid)
* Johnathan Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Alatheia Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Frieda Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Keelin Malraux (Werewolf, Freya's wife)
* Elena Gilbert (Witch, Doppelgänger, Elijah's wife)
* Viviana Labonair (Tribrid, Klaus' wife)
* Davina Claire (Hybrid, Kol's wife)
* Matt Donovan (Human, Rebekah's husband)

## Relationships

### Related Families

* Gyldenløve Family
* Alden Family
* Labonair Family
* Claire Family
* Malraux Family
* Gilbert Family

## Affiliation

### Property

* Klaus' Family Mansion
* Rebekah's House
* Mikaelson Mansion
* Mikaelson Safe House
* The Abattoir

The **Mikaelson Family** (**Elder Futhark**: ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ) is a powerful family whose line dates back at least to the then Kingdom of Norway in the late tenth century with Mikael and Esther, a wealthy landowner and a viking warrior, and a housewife and a witch, respectively. At the beginning of the eleventh century, the family was mortal until the loss of Esther and Mikael's youngest child, Henrik to a werewolf attack spurred them to use Esther's magic to turn Mikael and the rest of their living children into the world's first vampires, from whom all vampires are descended. The Original vampires are known as some of the most powerful supernatural beings in the world, but the Mikaelson family is also known for having members who are witches and hybrids.

The family (excluding Freya, Henrik, and the Mikaelson children) are the main antagonists of the third season of *The Vampire Diaries*.

## Family Members

"*It has been said that all love begins and ends with she who gave us life. A thousand years ago, my mother turned us into monsters, yet still, she claimed to love us even as she vowed to destroy us. The noble Elijah, tormented by long buried shameful secrets. Kol, the wily troublemaker out for no one but himself. Finn, the devoted acolyte, his love all too easily warped by our mother's sick hate. Fierce Rebekah, willing to risk everything on the chance that she might one day find happiness. And me, the bastard child, my mother's greatest shame. Now finally we have defeated her, giving her the choice she never thought to give us: to live on as one of the monsters she created or suffer an agonizing death she so deserves.*"
— **Niklaus Mikaelson**

* **Mikael Sveinnson**:
* **Esther Mikaelson**:
* **Freya Mikaelson**:
* **Finn Mikaelson**:
* **Elijah Mikaelson**:
* **Niklaus Mikaelson**:
* **Kol Mikaelson**:
* **Rebekah Mikaelson**:
* **Verina Mikaelson**:
* **Henrik Mikaelson**:
* **Freya's Unborn Son**:
* **Hope Mikaelson**:
* **Henrik Mikaelson II**:
* **Octavia Mikaelson**:
* **Remus Mikaelson**:
* **Kol Donovan-Mikaelson**:
* **Viktoria Donovan-Mikaelson**:
* **Erika Mikaelson**:
* **Macaria Mikaelson**: This child was conceived after the season four finale, *The Feast of Sinners* and before the season five premiere, *Where You Left Your Heart*. Calliope is one of the true vampire-witch hybrids and one of the many truly alive vampire hybrids that exist. She is the daughter of Elijah Mikaelson and Elena Gilbert and the older sister of Johnathan and Alatheia Mikaelson.
* **Nik Mikaelson**:
* **Mikki Mikaelson**:
* **Johnathan Mikaelson**: This child was concieved after the episode *When The Saints Go Marching In*. Johnathan is one of the true vampire-witch hybrids and one of the many truly alive vampire hybrids that exist. He is the son of Elijah Mikaelson and Elena Gilbert, the younger brother of Macaria Mikaelson, and the older twin brother of Alatheia Mikaelson.
* **Alatheia Mikaelson**: This child was concieved after the episode *When The Saints Go Marching In*. Alatheia is one of the true vampire-witch hybrids and one of the many truly alive vampire hybrids that exist. She is the daughter of Elijah Mikaelson and Elena Gilbert, the younger sister of Macaria Mikaelson, and the younger twin sister of Johnathan Mikaelson.
* **Frieda Mikaelson**:

MikaelEsther MikaelsonFreya MikaelsonFinn MikaelsonElijah MikaelsonNiklaus MikaelsonKol MikaelsonRebekah MikaelsonHope MikaelsonHenrik Mikaelson IIRemus MikaelsonOctavia MikaelsonMacaria Mikaelson
## Relatives

* **Dahlia**:
* **Ansel Alden**:
* **Mathias**:
* **Marcellus Gerard**:
* **Cary**:
* **Keelin Malraux**:
* **Elena Gilbert**:
* **Hayley Marshall-Kenner**:
* **Viviana Labonair**:
* **Davina Claire**:
* **Matt Donovan**:
* **Jenna Salvatore**:
* **Grayson Salvatore**:
* **Zachary Salvatore**:
* **Stefanie Salvatore**:
* **Sarah Salvatore II**:
* **Edmond Labonair**:

## Surname

* **Mikaelson** *(**Elder Futhark:** ᛗᛁᚲᚨᛖᛚᛋᛟᚾ)* is of Scandinavian origin and means "Son of Mikael".
* Other spellings of the name Mikaelson include *Michaelson, Michelson, Mikelson, Michaelsen*.
* The name Mikael comes from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el), which translates as the question "Who is like God"?
* The name **Mikaelson** is a patronymic surname, or a name constructed using the father's given name and a suffix indicating either "son" or "daughter". Strictly speaking, Rebekah would have taken the patronym Mikaelsdotter, or "Daughter of Mikael", in earlier times, but during the 19th century, Scandinavian naming conventions began to evolve, such that families preferred to take a family name rather than a patronymic surname. Mikaelson is an example of a patronymic surname that was "frozen" to become an inherited family name. Iceland is one country where the practice of using patronymic surnames still exists, whereas inherited family names are now mandatory in other Scandinavian countries.