English: Genealogical tree of the Sufyanid branch of the Umayyad clan (Banu Umayya). The names highlighted in red indicate the three Sufyanid caliphs: Mu'awiya I, Yazid I and Mu'awiya II. The progenitor of the Sufyanids was Abu Sufyan Sakhr (d. 753), a grandson of Umayya ibn Abd Shams, the progenitor of the Umayyads. The Sufyanids, beginning with Mu'awiya I, were the ruling family of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 until 684, when they were replaced by the Marwanid branch of the dynasty. Descendants of Abu Sufyan continued to play an active role in Syria's political affairs under the Marwanids (684-750) and well into the Abbasid era (post-750).

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