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A royal house or royal dynasty is a familial designation, or family name
Family name

A family name or last name is a type of surname and part of a personal name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world....
 of sorts, used by royalty
Royal family

A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term "imperial family" more appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress regnant, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate in reference to the relatives of a reigning duke, grand duke, or prince....
. It generally represents the members of a family in various senior and junior or cadet branch
Cadet branch

Cadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasty and nobility families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have historically been passed from a father to his firstborn...
es, who are loosely related but not necessarily of the same immediate kin. Unlike most westerners, many of the world's royal families do not have family names, and those that have adopted them rarely use them. They are referred to instead by their titles, often related to an area ruled or once ruled by that family.






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A royal house or royal dynasty is a familial designation, or family name
Family name

A family name or last name is a type of surname and part of a personal name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world....
 of sorts, used by royalty
Royal family

A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term "imperial family" more appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress regnant, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate in reference to the relatives of a reigning duke, grand duke, or prince....
. It generally represents the members of a family in various senior and junior or cadet branch
Cadet branch

Cadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasty and nobility families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have historically been passed from a father to his firstborn...
es, who are loosely related but not necessarily of the same immediate kin. Unlike most westerners, many of the world's royal families do not have family names, and those that have adopted them rarely use them. They are referred to instead by their titles, often related to an area ruled or once ruled by that family. The name of a Royal House is not a surname; it is just a convenient way of dynastic identification of individuals.

Because of royal intermarriage
Royal intermarriage

Royal intermarriage is the practice of members of royal families marrying into other royal families. It was more commonly done in the past for reasons of state and in order to maintain the purity of bloodlines....
 and the creation of cadet branches, a royal house generally will not entirely correspond to one immediate family or place; members of the same house in different branches may rule entirely different countries and only be vaguely related; the family may have originated entirely elsewhere. The Capetian dynasty
Capetian dynasty

The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
 (that includes any direct descendant of Hugh Capet of France
Hugh Capet of France

Hugh Capet was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V of France in 987 until his death....
) is the oldest continuously ruling monarchial dynasty in Europe – it originates in 987 and is the current ruling house of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 and Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
.

The House of Wettin, as another example, originated in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 as a comital
Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
 family. Today, it no longer holds any status in Germany, but different branches sit on various thrones, including those of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
. Former monarchs of Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 and Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 also belonged to this house, although they were not especially closely related to the aforementioned lines, as they descended from different branches, some of them distinct for many generations.

Royal house names in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 were generally taken from the father; in cases where a Queen regnant
Queen regnant

A queen regnant is a qualifying reference to a female monarch possessing and exercising all of the monarchical powers of a ruler, in contrast to a "queen consort", who is the wife of a male reigning as monarch and who is without any official powers of state....
 married a prince of another house, their children (and therefore subsequent monarchs) belonged to the house of the prince. Thus Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was from 20 June 1837 the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death....
 belonged to the House of Hanover
House of Hanover

The House of Hanover is a Germanic peoples Royal family dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg , the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland....
, but her male-line descendants belong to the house of her husband Albert, which is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were in personal union between 1826 and 1918....
, a branch of the House of Wettin. The name was changed to Windsor
House of Windsor

The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house was created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by George V by a royal proclamation in 1917....
 in 1917.

Nevertheless, this rule had several exceptions in other countries: After the marriage of Empress Maria Theresia
Maria Theresa of Austria

Maria Theresa was the List of rulers of Austria, List of rulers of Hungary, List of rulers of Croatia, Queen of Bohemia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and a Holy Roman Emperor by marriage to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....
 of the House of Habsburg in the 18th century to a Lorraine prince, her issue took the name Habsburg-Lorraine in order to closely associate themselves with the previous Habsburg dynasty. After 1834, in Portugal, the issue of Queen Maria II of Portugal
Maria II of Portugal

Maria II was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1853. She was the second Queen regnant of Portugal and the Algarve, and the 29th or 30th List of Portuguese monarchs....
 and Prince Consort Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (styled King Consort Ferdinand II after the birth of his first child to the Queen) remained solely Bragança, in the family and the dynasty unchanged name, following Portuguese matriarchal celtic traditions.

More recently, in the 20th century, the children of Queens regnant in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 and Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
 have retained their maternal house association, and in the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
's descendants by her husband, Prince Philip
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom since 20 November 1947, and her prince consort since 6 February 1952....
 of Greece and Denmark, will officially remain Windsor, although they are technically of Prince Phillip's House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, which, in turn, is a line of the House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg

The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
. The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg also rules in Norway and ruled in Greece, because the modern founding monarchs of those nations were initially princes invited from Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
, which kingdom's royal house is a cadet branch
Cadet branch

Cadet branch is a term in genealogy to describe the lineage of the descendants of the younger sons of a monarch or patriarch. In the ruling dynasty and nobility families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets – titles, realms, fiefs, property and income – have historically been passed from a father to his firstborn...
 of that house.

Another way in which the royal house of a given country may change is when a foreign prince is invited to fill a vacant throne or a next-of-kin from a foreign house succeeds. This occurred with the death of childless Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain

Anne became Queen of England, Queen of Scots and Kingdom of Ireland on 8 March 1702, succeeding her brother-in-law, William III of England. Her Roman Catholic father, James II of England, was Glorious Revolution in 1688/9; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III & II and Mary II of England, the only such c...
 of the House of Stuart
House of Stuart

The House of Stuart, also known as the House of Stewart is an important European royal house. Founded by Robert II of Scotland, the Stewarts first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century....
: she was succeeded by a prince of the House of Hanover
House of Hanover

The House of Hanover is a Germanic peoples Royal family dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg , the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland....
 who was her nearest Protestant relative.

Due to the disolution of the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 into independent nations, the House of Windsor has ruled over 32 countries; 16 remain with the shared monarchy (known as the Commonwealth Realm
Commonwealth Realm

A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 Sovereignty states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their monarch....
s), while the others have become republics.

Reigning sovereign Houses

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain

    The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
    : House of Al Khalifa
  • Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    : House of Wettin
    Wettin (dynasty)

    The House of Wettin was a dynasty of Germany counts, dukes, Prince Elector and monarchs that ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland....
     (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
    House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

    The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was formerly the Royal House of several European monarchies, and branches currently reign in Belgium through the descendants of L?opold I of Belgium, and in the United Kingdom and its associated Commonwealth realms through the descendants of Prince Albert....
     line)
  • Bhutan
    Bhutan

    The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked nation in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China....
    : House of Wangchuck
    House of Wangchuck

    The House of Wangchuck has ruled Bhutan since it was reunified in 1907. Prior to reunification, the Wangchuck family had governed the district of Trongsa, and the King of Bhutan must still first become the Penlop of Trongsa....
  • Commonwealth realm
    Commonwealth Realm

    A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 Sovereignty states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their monarch....
    s: House of Windsor
    House of Windsor

    The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house was created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by George V by a royal proclamation in 1917....
     (agnatically the House of Wettin
    Wettin (dynasty)

    The House of Wettin was a dynasty of Germany counts, dukes, Prince Elector and monarchs that ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland....
    , Saxe-Coburg-Gotha line)
  • Denmark
    Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
    : House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg , from Gl?cksburg in northernmost Germany, is a line of the House of Oldenburg that is descended from Christian III of Denmark....
     (a branch of the House of Oldenburg
    House of Oldenburg

    The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
    )
  • Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    : Imperial House of Japan
    Imperial House of Japan

    The , also referred to as the Imperial Family, or the Yamato Dynasty, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties....
  • Jordan
    Jordan

    Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
    : Hashemite
    Hashemite

    Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: ????? and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe....
  • Kuwait
    Kuwait

    The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
    : House of Al-Sabah
  • Lesotho
    Lesotho

    Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave ? entirely surrounded by the South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations....
    : Seeiso
  • Liechtenstein
    Liechtenstein

    The Principality of Liechtenstein is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked country alpine country microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and by Austria to the east....
    : House of Liechtenstein
    Princely Family of Liechtenstein

    The Liechtenstein dynasty, from which the Principality takes its name , is the princely family of Liechtenstein. See also List of princes of Liechtenstein....
  • Luxembourg
    Luxembourg

    Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
    : House of Nassau-Weilburg and Bourbon-Parma, (agnatically the House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon

    The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
    , Capetian Dynasty
    Capetian dynasty

    The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
    )
  • Monaco
    Monaco

    Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe . The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea....
    : House of Grimaldi
    House of Grimaldi

    The House of Grimaldi is associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa and of the Principality of Monaco....
  • Morocco
    Morocco

    Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
    : Alaouite
    Alaouite Dynasty

    The Alaouite Dynasty is the name of the current Morocco royal family. The name Alaouite comes from the ?Ali of its founder Moulay Ali Cherif who became Sultan of Tafilalt in 1631....
  • Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    : House of Orange-Nassau
    House of Orange-Nassau

    The House of Orange-Nassau , a branch of the European House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands — and at times in Europe — since William I of Orange organized the Dutch revolt against Spain rule, which after the Eighty Years' War led to an independent Dutch state....
     (agnatically the House of Lippe
    House of Lippe

    The House of Lippe is a German royal house. The house of Lippe descends from Hermann of Lippe whose son Bernhard I, Lord of Lippe was the founder of the state of Principality of Lippe in 1123....
    )
  • Norway
    Norway

    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
    : House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg , from Gl?cksburg in northernmost Germany, is a line of the House of Oldenburg that is descended from Christian III of Denmark....
     (a branch of the House of Oldenburg)
  • Qatar
    Qatar

    Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
    : House of Al Thani
  • Oman
    Oman

    Oman , officially the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest....
    : House of Al Bu Sa'id
  • Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia

    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
    : House of Saud
    House of Saud

    House of Saud is the royal family of the Saudi Arabia. The modern nation of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932, though the roots and influence for the House of Saud had been planted in the Arabian Peninsula several centuries earlier....
  • Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    : House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon

    The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
     (Capetian Dynasty
    Capetian dynasty

    The Capetian dynasty is the largest European royal house. It includes any of the direct descendants of Hugh Capet of France. King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the House of Bourbon of the dynasty....
    )
  • Swaziland
    Swaziland

    The Kingdom of Swaziland is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south, and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique....
    : Dlamini
  • Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    : House of Bernadotte
  • Thailand
    Thailand

    The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
    : Chakri
    Chakri Dynasty

    The Chakri Dynasty }} is the current Dynasty of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Head of the house is the King of Thailand. The Dynasty has ruled Thailand since the founding of the Ratthanakosin era and the city of Bangkok in 1782 following the end of King Taksin of Thonburi's reign, when the capital of Siam shifted to Bangkok....
  • Tonga
    Tonga

    The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
    : Tupou
    Tupou

    Tupou is a common surname in the Pacific Islands. It may refer to:*Members of the List of monarchs of Tonga*Tame Tupou, New Zealand rugby league player...


Deposed or extinct sovereign Houses

The majority of these nations are now republics or part of republics. The Princely Houses of Germany often have given their own names to the states they ruled.
  • Afghanistan
    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
    : Barakzai and Durrani dynasty
  • Albania
    Albania

    Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
    : House of Zogu
  • Anhalt
    Anhalt

    Anhalt is a historical county in central Germany, located between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe. It now forms part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt....
    : House of Ascania
  • Aragon
    Aragon

    Aragon is an autonomous communities of Spain of Spain. Located in northeastern Spain, the region comprises three provinces of Spain from north to south: Huesca , Zaragoza , and Teruel ....
    : House of Aragon
    House of Aragon

    The House of Aragon was a royal house that could refer to several different dynasties that ruled first the County of Aragon later the Kingdom of Aragon and finally the Crown of Aragon:...
  • Armenia
    Armenia

    Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
    : Bagratid
  • Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
    : House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  • Baden
    Baden

    Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine River in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-W?rttemberg of Germany....
    : House of Zähringen
    Zähringen

    Z?hringen is the name of an old and influential Germany noble family, taken from the castle and village of that name. Z?hringen today is part of the city of Freiburg, which the dukes founded in 1120....
  • Bavaria
    Bavaria

    Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
    : House of Wittelsbach
    Wittelsbach

    The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
  • Bohemia
    Bohemia

    History...
    : Jagiellon Dynasty
    Jagiellon dynasty

    The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century....
    ; House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  • Brazil
    Brazil

    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
    : House of Braganza
    House of Braganza

    The Most Serene House of Braganza was the dynasty which ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1853 and the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889. It is a collateral line of the House of Aviz, which ruled Portugal from 1385 until 1580....
     (an illegitimate branch of the House of Capet); later Orléans-Braganza
    House of Braganza

    The Most Serene House of Braganza was the dynasty which ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1853 and the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889. It is a collateral line of the House of Aviz, which ruled Portugal from 1385 until 1580....
     (branch of the House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon

    The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
    , a line of the House of Capet
    House of Capet

    For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...
    )
  • Brunswick
    Brunswick-Lüneburg

    Brunswick-L?neburg was a historical duchy during the period from the late Middle Ages through the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire....
    : House of Hanover
    House of Hanover

    The House of Hanover is a Germanic peoples Royal family dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg , the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland....
     (branch of the House of Guelph, a line of the House of Este)
  • Bulgaria
    Bulgaria

    The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
    : House of Wettin
    Royal House of Bulgaria

    The Bulgarian Royal Family is a line of the House of Koh?ry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha which ruled Bulgaria from 1887 to 1946....
     (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch)
  • Busseto
    Busseto

    Busseto is a commune in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. It became home of the opera composer Giuseppe Verdi when he moved there in 1824....
    : Pallavicino
  • China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    : Aisin Gioro
    Aisin Gioro

    Aisin Gioro was the clan name of the Manchu Qing dynasty emperors of the Qing dynasty . The word aisin means gold in the Manchu language, and "gioro" means clan in the Manchu language....
     ???? (Qing Dynasty
    Qing Dynasty

    The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
    , Manchu Imperial Family); Ming Dynasty
    Ming Dynasty

    The Ming Dynasty , or Empire of the Great Ming , was the ruling Dynasties in Chinese history of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty....
    ; Yuan Dynasty
    Yuan Dynasty

    The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was both the continuation of the Mongol Empire and the Mongol founded historical state in Mongolia and China, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368....
  • China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    : Hata clan ?? (Qin Dynasty
    Qin Dynasty

    The Qin Dynasty was preceded by the feudal Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. The unification of China in 221 BCE under the Qin Shi Huang marked the beginning of Imperial China, a period which lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 CE....
    ), descendants of Qin Shi Huang
    Qin Shi Huang

    Qin Shi Huang , personal name Ying Zheng , was king of the Chinese Qin from 246 BCE to 221 BCE during the Warring States Period. He became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BCE....
  • China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    : Borjigin
    Borjigin

    Borjigin were the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors.The clan's probably legendary ancestor was Bodonchar Mungakgh , who along with his brothers sired the entire Mongol nation....
     ?????/???? Mongol Yuan dynasty
    Yuan Dynasty

    The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was both the continuation of the Mongol Empire and the Mongol founded historical state in Mongolia and China, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368....
  • Former Commonwealth Realms
    Commonwealth Realm

    A Commonwealth realm is any one of 16 Sovereignty states within the Commonwealth of Nations that each have Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their monarch....
    : House of Windsor
    House of Windsor

    The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house was created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by George V by a royal proclamation in 1917....
     (agnatically the House of Wettin
    Wettin (dynasty)

    The House of Wettin was a dynasty of Germany counts, dukes, Prince Elector and monarchs that ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland....
    , Saxe-Coburg-Gotha line)
  • Croatia
    Croatia

    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
    : Jagiellon Dynasty
    Jagiellon dynasty

    The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century....
  • Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
    : Muhammad Ali Dynasty
    Muhammad Ali Dynasty

    The Muhammad Ali Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th Century. It is named after its progenitor, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, regarded as the founder of modern Egypt....
  • Ethiopia
    Ethiopia

    Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
    : Solomonic dynasty
    Solomonic dynasty

    The Solomonic dynasty is the traditional Royal House of Ethiopia, claiming descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, who is said to have given birth to the traditional first king Menelik I after her Biblically-described visit to Solomon in Jerusalem: ....
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara

    Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
    , Modena
    Modena

    Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...
     & Reggio
    Reggio

    Reggio is the name of two Italian towns:* Reggio Calabria, in the South, also called Reggio di Calabria or, in ancient times, Pallantion, Rhegion, ''Febea, ''Regium, ''Rhegium Julium, ''Risa, ''Rivah...
    : House of Este
    Este

    The House of Este is a European princely dynasty. It is split into two branches; the elder is known as the House of Welf-Este or House of Welf, the younger, as the House of Fulc-Este or later simply as the House of Este....
    ; later Austria-Este
    Austria-Este

    Archduke of Austria-Este and Habsburg-Este are a title and a surname which have been used by several cadet branches of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to denote a connection with the extinct Italian princely and feudal family of Este and the Duchy of Modena ruled by them....
     (a branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine)
  • France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    : House of Capet
    House of Capet

    For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...
     (royal), branches including: House of Valois
    Valois

    Valois is a district, in the city of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada. It was once a separate village, many years ago, but was then merged with Pointe-Claire....
     (extinct 1589), House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon

    The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
     , House of Orleans
    House of Orleans

    Orl?ans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet....
    . House of Bonaparte
    Bonaparte

    The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty. Founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a Corsican military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution, transforming the First French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'?tat....
     (imperial)
  • Georgia
    Georgia (country)

    Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
    : Bagrationi
    Bagrationi Dynasty

    The Bagrationi dynasty was the ruling family of Georgia . Their ascendency lasted from the early Middle Ages until the early 19th century. In modern usage, this royal line is frequently referred to as the Georgian Bagratids, a Greek language form of their dynastic name....
  • German Empire
    German Empire

    The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
    : House of Hohenzollern (Prussian line)
  • Greece
    Greece

    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
    : Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl?cksburg , from Gl?cksburg in northernmost Germany, is a line of the House of Oldenburg that is descended from Christian III of Denmark....
     (branch of the House of Oldenburg
    House of Oldenburg

    The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
    )
  • Hesse and by Rhine: House of Lorraine-Brabant
  • Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
    : House of Kawananakoa
    House of Kawananakoa

    File:Kawananakoawithkingedwardviii.jpgThe House of Kawananakoa, or the Kawananakoa Dynasty in Waiting, is the historically recognized presumptive heirs to the throne of the now defunct Kingdom of Hawaii....
     and House of Kalokuokamaile
  • Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
    : Jagiellon Dynasty
    Jagiellon dynasty

    The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century....
    ; House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  • Iran
    Iran

    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
     (Persia): Pahlavi
    Pahlavi dynasty

    The Pahlavi dynasty ruled Iran from the crowning of Reza Shah in 1925 to the overthrow of Reza Shah Pahlavi's son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the Iranian Revolution of 1979....
  • Irak (Iraq): Hashemite
    Hashemite

    Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: ????? and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe....
    s
  • Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    : Windsor
    House of Windsor

    The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house was created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by George V by a royal proclamation in 1917....
  • Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    : House of Savoy
    House of Savoy

    The House of Savoy was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy until the end of the Second World War....
    , or in Italian "Savoia"
  • Korea
    Korea

    Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
    : House of Yi, House of Wang, House of Dae, House of Kim, House of Park, House of Sok, House of Go
  • Mongolia
    Mongolia

    Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
    : the Mongol Empire
    Mongol Empire

    The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires#Contiguous Empires empire and the largest bar none. It emerged from the unification of Mongols and Turkic peoples tribes in modern day Mongolia, and grew through Mongol invasions, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206....
    -Borjigin
    Borjigin

    Borjigin were the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors.The clan's probably legendary ancestor was Bodonchar Mungakgh , who along with his brothers sired the entire Mongol nation....
  • Leinster
    Leinster

    Leinster , one of the Provinces of Ireland, lies in the east of Ireland and comprises the counties of County Carlow, County Dublin, County Kildare, County Kilkenny, County Laois, County Longford, County Louth, County Meath, County Offaly, County Westmeath, County Wexford and County Wicklow....
    : MacMurrough Kavanagh.
  • Libya
    Libya

    Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
    : Senussi
    Senussi

    The Senussi or Sanussi refers to a Muslim political-religious order in Libya and Sudan founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Senussi, Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi....
  • Lippe
    Principality of Lippe

    Lippe and later Lippe-Detmold was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest....
    : House of Lippe
    House of Lippe

    The House of Lippe is a German royal house. The house of Lippe descends from Hermann of Lippe whose son Bernhard I, Lord of Lippe was the founder of the state of Principality of Lippe in 1123....
  • Lithuania
    Lithuania

    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
    : House of Mindaugas
    House of Mindaugas

    The House of Mindaugas was the first royal family of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, centered around Mindaugas, the first known and undoubted sovereign of Lithuania....
    , House of Gediminas
    House of Gediminas

    The House of Gediminas were the siblings, children, and grandchildren of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania . The Gediminids dynasty ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from ca....
     later a branch of Gediminids House of Jogaila
  • Maldives
    Maldives

    The Maldives , or Maldive Islands, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a Atolls of the Maldivess stretching south of India's Lakshadweep islands between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago, and about seven hundred kilometres south-west of Sri Lanka in the Laccadive Sea of Indian Ocean....
    : Huraa dynasty
    Huraa dynasty

    The Huraa Dynasty was the sixth royal dynasty to rule over the Maldives. It was founded in 1757 by Sultan al-Ghazi al-Hasan 'Izz ud-din Sri Kula Ranmiba Danala Kirti Kattiri Buwana Maha Radun....
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany from 1348 on, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor....
    : House of Mecklenburg
    House of Mecklenburg

    The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavs origin that ruled German revolution....
     (Nikloting dynasty)
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    Mecklenburg-Strelitz

    Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy and later grand duchy in northern Germany, roughly consisting of the present day district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , bordering areas of modern-day Brandenburg with the town of F?rstenberg and the area around Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein....
    : House of Mecklenburg (Nikloting dynasty)
  • Melfi
    Melfi

    Melfi is a town and comune in the Vulture area of the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.On a hill at the foot of Monte Vulture, Melfi is the most important town in Basilicata's Vulture, both as a tourist resort and economic centre....
    : House of Melfi
  • Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
    : House of Iturbide
    House of Iturbide

    The House of Iturbide is the former Royal House of Mexico. It was founded by Agust?n de Iturbide in 1822 just after Mexico was declared an independent state....
     and House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  • Mirandola
    Mirandola

    Mirandola is a city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Modena, 31 km northeast of the Modena by railway. As of 2007, the city has a population of 23,512....
    : Pico della Mirandola
  • Monferrato : House of Gonzaga
    House of Gonzaga

    The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708. See Duchy of Mantua for a list of rulers.In 1433, Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga assumed the title of Marquis of Mantua, and in 1530 Federico II of Gonzaga received the title of Duke of Mantua....
  • Montenegro
    Montenegro

    Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
    : House of Petrovic
  • Naples
    Naples

    Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
     and the Two Sicilies: House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon

    The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
     (branch of the House of Capet
    House of Capet

    For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...
    )
  • Nepal
    Nepal

    Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
    : Shah dynasty
    Shah dynasty

    The Shah dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Nepal....
  • Oldenburg
    Oldenburg

    ||-||-||-||}Oldenburg is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen , at the Hunte river....
    : House of Oldenburg
    House of Oldenburg

    The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
  • Ottoman Empire
    Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
     (Turkey): Osmanli
    Ottoman Dynasty

    File:Barber cape.jpgThe Ottoman Dynasty ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922, beginning with Osman I , though the dynasty was not proclaimed until Orhan Bey declared himself sultan....
  • Palatinate of the Rhine
    Rhineland-Palatinate

    Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
    : House of Wittelsbach
    Wittelsbach

    The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
  • Parma
    Parma

    Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
     Piacenza
    Piacenza

    Piacenza is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza....
     & Guastalla
    Guastalla

    Guastalla is a town and commune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy....
    : Farnese
    Farnese

    The Farnese family was an influential family in Renaissance Italy.Its most important members include Pope Paul III and the Duke of Parma of Parma....
    ; later the House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon

    The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
    , a line of the House of Capet
    House of Capet

    For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...
  • Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    : Jagiellon Dynasty
    Jagiellon dynasty

    The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century....
  • Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
    : House of Braganza-Wettin
    House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

    The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha that ruled the Kingdom of Portugal from 1853 until the declaration of the republic in 1910....
  • Persia (Iran
    Iran

    Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
    ): Qajar Dynasty
    Qajar dynasty

    The Qajar dynasty is a common term to describe Iran under the ruling Qajar royal family that ruled Iran from 1794 to 1925. In 1794 the Qajar family took full control of Iran as they had eliminated all their rivals, including Lotf 'Ali Khan, the last of the Zand dynasty, and had reasserted Persian sovereignty over the former Iranian terr...
  • Prussia: See German Empire
  • Reuß : House of Reuss
  • Romania
    Romania

    Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
    : House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

    The House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the cadet branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty, less known than the Franconian branch which became Burgrave of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg-Prussia and the German Empire....
  • Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    : House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (branch of the House of Oldenburg
    House of Oldenburg

    The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
    )
  • Sarawak
    Sarawak

    Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , it is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia; the second largest, Sabah, lies to the northeast....
    : Brooke family
    Brooke family

    The Brooke family is an English family that ruled Sarawak from 1841 until 1946.Rajahs of Sarawak:*James Brooke *Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke ...
  • Saxony
    Saxony

    The Free State of Saxony is a States of Germany of Germany. Located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area and the sixth largest in population , of Germany's sixteen states....
    : House of Wettin
    Wettin (dynasty)

    The House of Wettin was a dynasty of Germany counts, dukes, Prince Elector and monarchs that ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland....
    • Saxe-Altenburg
      Saxe-Altenburg

      Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.History...
       (Ernestine
      Ernestine duchies

      The Ernestine duchies, also called the Saxon duchies , were a changing number of small German states in the present Germany state of Thuringia, governed by dukes of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin....
       branch)
    • Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
      Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

      Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were in personal union between 1826 and 1918....
       (Ernestine branch)
    • Saxe-Meiningen
      Saxe-Meiningen

      The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Ernestine duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty....
       and Hildburghausen (Ernestine branch)
    • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
      Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

      The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741, when the Saxe-Eisenach line had died out....
       (Grand Duchy of Saxony, Ernestine branch)
    • Saxony
      Saxony

      The Free State of Saxony is a States of Germany of Germany. Located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area and the sixth largest in population , of Germany's sixteen states....
       (Kingdom of Saxony, Albertine branch)
  • Schaumburg-Lippe
    Schaumburg-Lippe

    Schaumburg-Lippe was a small state in Germany, in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at B?ckeburg. With the death of Wilhelm, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1777 the junior Lippe-Alverdissen inherited the County thereby reuniting Schaumburg-Lippe with Lippe-Alverdissen....
    : House of Lippe
    House of Lippe

    The House of Lippe is a German royal house. The house of Lippe descends from Hermann of Lippe whose son Bernhard I, Lord of Lippe was the founder of the state of Principality of Lippe in 1123....
  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

    Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with capital at Sondershausen....
     and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small state in Germany, in the present-day state of Thuringia....
    : House of Schwarzburg
    House of Schwarzburg

    The House of Schwarzburg was one of the oldest noble families of Thuringia, until its extinction in 1971 with the death of Friedrich G?nther, Prince of Schwarzburg....
  • Schleswig-Holstein
    Schleswig-Holstein

    Schleswig-Holstein is the Northern Germany of the sixteen States of Germany of Germany. Its capital city is Kiel, other notable cities are L?beck and Flensburg....
    : House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (branch of the House of Oldenburg)
  • Serbia
    Serbia

    Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
     and Yugoslavia
    Kingdom of Yugoslavia

    The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a monarchy stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918?1941....
    : Houses of Karadjordjevic and Obrenovic
  • Sicily
    Sicily

    Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
    : House of Hohenstauffen; later House of Bourbon
    House of Bourbon

    The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
    , a line of the House of Capet
    House of Capet

    For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty - itself a derivative dynasty from the...
  • Slavonia
    Slavonia

    Slavonia is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava river in the north, the Sava river in the south, and the Danube river in the east....
    : Jagiellon Dynasty
    Jagiellon dynasty

    The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century....
  • Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
    : Kandy Nayakar
  • Tunisia
    Tunisia

    Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
    : Husainid Dynasty
    Husainid Dynasty

    The Husainid Dynasty is the former ruling dynasty of Beylik of Tunis originally of Cretan origin. They came to power under Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki in 1705 replacing the Muradid Dynasty....
  • Tuscany
    Tuscany

    Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
    : Medici
    Medici

    The M?dici family was a powerful and influential Florence family from the 14th to 18th century. The family had three popes , numerous rulers of Florence and later members of the French and English royalty....
    ; later House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  • Tyrconnell: O'Donnell
    O'Donnell of Tyrconnell

    The House of O'Donnell of Tyrconnell is the dynastic Royal House of the former Kings and Princes of Tyrconnell in Ireland. The dynastic and clan motto is In Hoc Signo Vinces, derived from the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, and is also the motto of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George....
  • Vietnam
    Vietnam

    Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
    : Nguy?n Dynasty
    Nguy?n Dynasty

    The Nguy?n Dynasty was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties. Their rule lasted a total of 143 years. It began in 1802 when Emperor Gia Long ascended the throne after defeating the T?y Son Dynasty and ended in 1945 when B?o ??i abdication the throne and transferred power to the North Vietnam....
  • Waldeck and Pyrmont: House of Waldeck-Pyrmont
  • Wied
    Wied

    Wied was a County of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located on the Wied River where it meets the Rhine River. Wied emerged as a County earlier than many other German states....
    : House of Wied
  • Württemberg
    Württemberg

    W?rttemberg [], formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
    : House of Württemberg
  • Yawnghwe (Myanmar
    Myanmar

    Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
    ): Kanbawza
  • Yemen
    Yemen

    Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
    : al-Qasimi
  • Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
    : Munhumutapa the bloodline survives in several kingdoms and chieftaincies in Southern Africa.


See also

  • List of royal houses
    List of Royal Houses

    This is a list of regnant and pretender Princely, Royal and Imperial Houses of the World. The names of reigning monarchs are in bold text. Names used if the individual were reigning are given if known, otherwise the name given is the name currently used for them....
  • Family seat
    Family seat

    A seat or family seat is the principal House of a lord, noble, or aristrocracy, and his family. The residence usually denotes the social, economic, political, or historic connection of the family within a given area....