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A noble house is an
aristocratic Aristocracy (, ) is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats. The term derives from the el, αριστοκρατία (), meaning 'rule of the best'. At the time of the word's ...
family or
kinship In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says that ...
group, either currently or historically of national or international significance, and usually associated with one or more
hereditary title Hereditary titles, in a general sense, are nobility titles, positions or styles that are hereditary and thus tend or are bound to remain in particular families. Though both monarchs and nobles usually inherit their titles, the mechanisms often d ...
s, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or
patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...
. The concept is comparable with that of an aristocratic
clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
, and can be used informally to describe non-European ruling families.''Oxford English Dictionary'', "house, ''n.¹'' and ''int'', " Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011. When a reigning
monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...
is a member of a noble house, such as the
House of Windsor The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. In 1901, a line of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (itself a cadet branch of the House of Wettin) succeeded the House of Hanover to t ...
, that house can also be considered a
royal house A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchy, monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in repu ...
. Many noble houses (such as the Houses of
York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
and Lancaster) have birthed
dynasties A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A d ...
and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they are not separate or mutually exclusive entities.


List of noble houses


United Kingdom

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House of Aberffraw The Royal House of Aberffraw was a cadet branch of the Kingdom of Gwynedd originating from the sons of Rhodri the Great in the 9th century. Establishing the Royal court ( cy, Llys) of the Aberffraw Commote would begin a new location from which t ...
* House of Abney-Hastings * House of Addison * House of Allenby * House of Anson * House of Anwyl *
House of Arden The Arden family is an English gentry family that can be traced back in the male line back to Anglo-Saxon landholders who managed to maintain status after the 1066 invasion of England by the Normans of France. The family takes its name from the Fo ...
* House of Ashley-Cooper * House of Asquith * House of Astor * House of Baden-Powell * House of Bailey * House of Baldwin * House of Balfour * House of Baring * House of Basset * House of Bathurst * House of Beauchamp * House of Beauclerk *
House of Beaufort The House of Beaufort is an English noble and quasi-royal family, which originated in the fourteenth century as the legitimated issue of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (the third surviving son of King Edward III), whose eldest legitimate ...
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House of Beaumont The Norman family of Beaumont was one of the great baronial Anglo-Norman families, who became rooted in England after the Norman Conquest. History Roger de Beaumont, Lord (seigneur) of Pont-Audemer, of Beaumont-le-Roger, of Brionne and of Va ...
* House of Benn * House of Bennett *
House of Bentinck The House of Bentinck is a prominent family belonging to Dutch, German and British nobility. Its members have served in the armed forces and as ambassadors and politicians, including Governor General of India and Prime Minister of the United K ...
* House of Berkeley * House of Bohun *
House of Boleyn * Queen of England The Boleyn family was a prominent English family in the gentry and aristocracy. They reached the peak of their influence during the Tudor period, when Anne Boleyn became the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII, their ...
* House of Bouverie * House of Bridgeman *
House of Bruce Clan Bruce ( gd, Brùs) is a Lowlands Scottish clan. It was a Royal House in the 14th century, producing two kings of Scotland (Robert the Bruce and David II of Scotland), and a disputed High King of Ireland, Edward Bruce. Origins The surname ...
* House of Brudenell-Bruce * House of Buccleuch * House of Burdett-Coutts * House of Byng * House of Byron * House of Cadogan * House of Cairns * House of Cameron * House of Campbell * House of Capell * House of Carpenter * House of Cathcart *
House of Cavendish The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family ( ) is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an Anglo-Saxon name, originally from a place-name in Suffolk). They rose to their highest prominence as Duke of Devonshire and Duke of Newc ...
* House of Cecil * House of Charteris * House of Chetwynd-Talbot * House of Cholmondeley * House of Churchill * House of Clive *House of Coeur De Lion * House of Coke * House of Compton * House of Cooper * House of Corbet * House of Cornwallis * House of Coventry * House of Crichton * House of Croft * House of Cunliffe-Lister *
House of De Burgh The House of Burgh or Burke (; ; ; ga, de Búrca; la, de Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty (with the Anglo-Irish branches later adopting the surname Burke and its variants) who held the earld ...
* House of De Carteret * House of De Clare * House of De Montfort * House of De Ros *
House of De Vere The House of de Vere were an English aristocratic family who derived their surname from Ver (department Manche, canton Gavray), in Lower Normandy, France. The family's Norman founder in England, Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere, appears in Domesday ...
* House of De Warrenne * House of Delaval *
House of Douglas Clan Douglas is an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands. Taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire, their leaders gained vast territories throughout the Borders, Angus, Lothian, Moray, and also in France and Sweden. The f ...
* House of Drummond * House of Dundas *
House of Dunkeld The House of Dunkeld (in or "of the Caledonians") is a historiographical and genealogical construct to illustrate the clear succession of Scottish kings from 1034 to 1040 and from 1058 to 1286. The line is also variously referred to by historians ...
* House of Eden * House of Edgcumbe * House of Egerton * House of Eliot * House of Fairfax * House of Fane * House of Feilding * House of Ferrers * House of Fiennes * House of Fiennes-Clinton * House of Finch * House of Finch-Hatton * House of FitzAlan * House of FitzClarence * House of FitzGeorge * House of FitzHamon * House of FitzHugh *
House of FitzJames The House of FitzJames Stuart, or simply FitzJames, is a noble house founded by James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick. He was the illegitimate son of James II & VII, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, a monarch of the House of Stuart.Ruvigny, ...
* House of FitzRoy * House of FitzWalter * House of FitzWilliam * House of Fortescue * House of Fox-Strangways * House of Freeman-Mitford * House of Gathorne-Hardy * House of Godolphin *
House of Godwin The House of Godwin was an Anglo-Saxon family and one of the leading noble families in England during the last 50 years before the Norman Conquest. Its most famous member was Harold Godwinson, king of England for nine months in 1066. The foun ...
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House of Gordon A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together w ...
* House of Gordon-Lennox * House of Gough-Calthorpe * House of Graham * House of Grenville * House of Greville *
House of Grey The House of Grey is an ancient English noble family from Creully in Normandy. The founder of the House of Grey was Anchetil de Greye, a Norman chevalier and vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the few proven companions of W ...
* House of Grimston * House of Grosvenor *
House of Hamilton Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the Sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Sco ...
* House of Hanbury-Tracy * House of Harley * House of Harris * House of Hastings * House of Herbert * House of Hervey * House of Hicks Beach * House of Hobart *
House of Howard The House of Howard is an English noble house founded by John Howard, who was created Duke of Norfolk (third creation) by King Richard III of England in 1483. However, John was also the eldest grandson (although maternal) of the 1st Duke of the ...
* House of Howe * House of Hughes * House of Hungerford * House of Hussey-Montagu * House of Irvine * House of Jellicoe * House of Johnstone * House of Kennedy * House of Kinnaird * House of Lambton *
House of Lancaster The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. The first house was created when King Henry III of England created the Earldom of Lancasterfrom which the house was namedfor his second son Edmund Crouchback in 126 ...
* House of Lascelles * House of Le Despencer * House of Legge * House of Lennox * House of Leslie * House of Leveson-Gower * House of Lindsay * House of Longe * House of Lowther * House of Lumley * House of Lyttelton * House of Lytton * House of MacAlpin * House of Macdonald * House of MacLellan * House of Manners * House of Manners-Sutton * House of Marsham * House of Monckton * House of Money-Coutts *
House of Montagu The House of Montagu ( ; historically Montagud, Montaigu, Montague, Montacute and Litinised as ''de Monte Acuto'' ("from the sharp mountain" (French: "mont aigu")) is an English noble family founded in Somerset after the Norman Conquest of ...
* House of Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie * House of Montgomery *
House of Morgan J.P. Morgan & Co. is a commercial and investment banking institution founded by J. P. Morgan in 1871. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company is now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest banking institutions in t ...
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House of Mortimer Mortimer () is an English language, English surname, and occasionally a given name. Norman origins The surname Mortimer has a Normans, Norman origin, deriving from the village of Mortemer, Seine-Maritime, Mortemer, Seine-Maritime, Normandy. A Nor ...
* House of Mosley * House of Mountbatten *
House of Mowbray The House of Mowbray () was an Anglo-Norman noble house, derived from Montbray in Normandy and founded by Roger de Mowbray, son of Nigel d'Aubigny.Clay, C., & Greenway, D. E. (2013). Early Yorkshire Families (Vol. 135). Cambridge University Pres ...
* House of Murray * House of Neville * House of Noel * House of North * House of Northcote * House of Onslow * House of Paget * House of Palmer * House of Parker * House of Paulet * House of Peel * House of Pelham * House of Pelham-Clinton * House of Pepys *
House of Percy A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
* House of Petty-FitzMaurice * House of Philipps * House of Phipps * House of Pitt *
House of Plantagenet The House of Plantagenet () was a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France. The family held the English throne from 1154 (with the accession of Henry II at the end of the Anarchy) to 1485, when Richard III died in b ...
* House of Pratt * House of Ramsay * House of Rich * House of Robinson * House of Rodney * House of Roper-Curzon * House of Rous * House of Russell * House of Ruthven * House of Ryder * House of Sackville * House of Scott * House of Scudamore *
House of Seymour Seymour, Semel or St. Maur, is the name of an English family in which several titles of nobility have from time to time been created, and of which the Duke of Somerset is the head. Origins The family was settled in Monmouthshire in the 13th cen ...
* House of Seymour-Conway * House of Shirley * House of Sinclair *
House of Spencer The Spencer family is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. From the 16th century, its members have held numerous titles including the Duke of Marlborough (title), dukedom of Marlborough, the earldoms of Earl of Sunderland, Sunderland a ...
* House of Spencer-Churchill * House of Stanhope * House of Stanley *
House of Stratford The House of Stratford () is a British aristocratic family, originating in Stratford-on-Avon between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. The family has produced multiple titles, including Earl of Aldborough, Viscount Amiens, Baron Balti ...
* House of Strathmore *
House of Stuart The House of Stuart, originally spelt Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of High Steward of Scotland, which had been held by the family progenitor Walter fi ...
* House of St. Leger * House of Sudeley * House of Swinton * House of Talbot * House of Thynne * House of Tollemache * House of Townshend *
House of Tudor The House of Tudor was a royal house of largely Welsh and English origin that held the English throne from 1485 to 1603. They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd and Catherine of France. Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and it ...
* House of Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes * House of Tyndall * House of Vane * House of Vane-Tempest-Stewart * House of Vernon * House of Villiers * House of Vivian * House of Waldegrave * House of Wallace * House of Wallop * House of Walpole * House of Ward * House of Wedgwood * House of Wellesley * House of Wentworth *
House of Wessex The House of Wessex, also known as the Cerdicings and the West Saxon dynasty, refers to the family, traditionally founded by Cerdic of Wessex, Cerdic, that ruled Wessex in Southern England from the early 6th century. The house became dominant in so ...
* House of Williams-Wynn *
House of Windsor The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. In 1901, a line of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (itself a cadet branch of the House of Wettin) succeeded the House of Hanover to t ...
* House of Windsor-Clive * House of Wodehouse * House of Wood * House of Woodville *
House of York The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. Three of its members became kings of England in the late 15th century. The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, ...


France

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House of Albret The lordship (''seigneurie'') of Albret (Labrit), situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the Middle Ages. History Its members distinguished themselves in the local wars of that epoch; and d ...
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House of Amboise The house of Amboise was one of the oldest families of the French nobility whose followed filiation dated back to the early twelfth century. It took its name from the town of Amboise in Touraine. The house of Amboise formed the two branches of T ...
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House of Anjou Angevin or House of Anjou may refer to: * County of Anjou or Duchy of Anjou, a historical county, and later Duchy, in France ** Angevin (language), the traditional langue d'oïl spoken in Anjou ** Counts and Dukes of Anjou *House of Ingelger, a Fra ...
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House of Armagnac The House of Armagnac is a French noble house established in 961 by Bernard I, Count of Armagnac. It achieved its greatest importance in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The House of Armagnac, at the end of the thirteenth century, was not y ...
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House of Artois The House of Artois was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descended from Louis VIII the Lion, King of France, through his younger son, Robert (1216 † 1250). Robert received the County of Artois as appanage in his father's will. In 1297, ...
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House of Aumont The family of d'Aumont is a French noble house which takes its name from Aumont, a small commune in the department of the Somme. The dukedom of Aumont in the peerage of France was created in 1665 for Antoine d'Aumont de Rochebaron (1601–166 ...
* House of Avesnes *
House of Bauffremont The House of Bauffremont is the name of a French noble family of Princes which derived its name from a village in the Vosges, outside of Neufchâteau, now spelt Beaufremont. The family traces itself to Liébaud, sire de Bauffremont, in 1090. T ...
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House of Baux The House of Baux is a French noble family from the south of France. It was one of the richest and most powerful families of Medieval Provence, known as the 'Race d’Aiglon'. They were independent Lords as castellans of Les Baux and Arles and wi ...
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House of Beauharnais , type=Noble family, country=France, Sweden, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Russia, estates= Château de La Ferté-Beauharnais Palais LeuchtenbergMariinsky Palace, titles=* Queen of Sweden * Queen of Norway * Viceroy of Italy * French Prince * Princ ...
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House of Bethune A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
* House of Blacas * House of Blois *
House of Bonaparte Italian and Corsican: ''Casa di Buonaparte'', native_name_lang=French, coat of arms=Arms of the French Empire3.svg, caption=Coat of arms assumed by Emperor Napoleon I, image_size=150px, alt=Coat of Arms of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, typ ...
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House of Bourbon The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Spanis ...
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House of Broglie The House of Broglie (, also ; french: Maison de Broglie, or ) is a French noble family, originally Piedmontese, who migrated to France in the year 1643. History () was the name of an old Piedmontese noble family, from which were descended t ...
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House of Capet The House of Capet (french: Maison capétienne) or the Direct Capetians (''Capétiens directs''), also called the House of France (''la maison de France''), or simply the Capets, ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328. It was the most s ...
* House of Choiseul * House of Clermont-Tonnerre * House of Crussol d'Uzès *
House of Courtenay The House of Courtenay is a medieval noble house, with branches in France, England and the Holy Land. One branch of the Courtenays became a Royal House of the Capetian Dynasty, cousins of the Bourbons and the Valois, and achieved the title ...
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House of Dreux The House of Dreux was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. It was founded by Robert I, Count of Dreux, a son of Louis VI of France, who was given the County of Dreux as his appanage. The Counts of Dreux were relatively minor nobles in Fra ...
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House of Évreux The House of Évreux was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal house of France, which flourished from the beginning of the 14th century to the mid 15th century. It became the royal house of the Kingdom of Navarre. The House was founded ...
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House of Foix Foix (; oc, Fois ; ca, Foix ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the capital of the department of Ariège as it is the seat of the Préfecture of that department. Foix is located in the Occitanie region of south ...
* House of Fouché d'Otrante * House of Gramont *
House of Grimaldi The House of Grimaldi ( , also , , ) is the current reigning house of the Principality of Monaco. The house was founded in 1160 by Grimaldo Canella in Genoa and became the ruling house of Monaco when Francesco Grimaldi captured Monaco in 1297 ...
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House of Guise The House of Guise (pronunciation: ɥiz Dutch: ''Wieze, German: Wiese'') was a prominent French noble family, that was involved heavily in the French Wars of Religion. The House of Guise was the founding house of the Principality of Joinvil ...
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House of Harcourt The House of Harcourt is a Duchy of Normandy, Norman family, and named after its Fief, seigneurie of Harcourt, Eure, Harcourt in Normandy. Its mottos were "Gesta verbis praeveniant" (Olonde branch), "Gesta verbis praevenient" (Beuvron branch), ...
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House of La Fayette The House of La Fayette was a French family of Nobles of the Sword, from the province of Auvergne, established during the Middle-Age by the lords of the fief of La Fayette held by the senior branch of the Motier family. History and members Its ...
* House of La Force * House of La Rochefoucauld *
House of La Tour d'Auvergne La Tour d'Auvergne () was a noble French dynasty. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held two of the last large fiefs acquired by the French crown, the counties of Auvergne and Boulogne, for about half a century. Its cadet branch, extinct in 1802, ...
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House of La Trémoille A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody p ...
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House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine (german: link=no, Haus Lothringen) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Metz. It inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473 after the death without a male heir of Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine. By the marriage of Fran ...
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House of Montfort House of Montfort was a medieval French noble house that eventually found its way to the Kingdom of England and originated the famous Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester; although his father Simon de Monfort the Elder, leader of the French ...
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House of Montmorency The House of Montmorency, pronounced , was one of the oldest and most distinguished noble families in France. Origins The family name Montmorency derived from their castle in the ''pays de France'', recorded in Latin as ''Mons Maurentiacus'', i ...

House of Montrichard
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House of Monpezat The House of Monpezat () is a French old bourgeois family from the Province of Béarn associated with the Danish Royal Family by marriage after 1967, when Henri de Laborde de Monpezat wed Princess Margrethe of Denmark, then the heir presumptive ...
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House of Noailles The title of Duke of Noailles was a Peer of France, French peerage created in 1663 for Anne de Noailles, Anne de Noailles, Count of Ayen. History Noailles is the name of a prominent French noble family, derived from the castle of Noailles in the ...
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House of Normandy The House of Normandy ( nrf, Maison de Nouormandie ) designates the noble family which originates from the Duchy of Normandy and whose members were counts of Rouen, dukes of Normandy, as well as kings of England following the Norman conquest o ...
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House of Orléans The 4th House of Orléans (french: Maison d'Orléans), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans (french: link=no, Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Ro ...
* House of Pineton de Chambrun *
House of Poitiers The Ramnulfids, or the House of Poitiers, were a French dynasty ruling the County of Poitou and Duchy of Aquitaine in the 9th through 12th centuries. Their power base shifted from Toulouse to Poitou. In the early 10th century, they contested th ...
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House of Polignac The House of Polignac is the name of an ancient and powerful Nobility of France, French noble family that took its name from the ''Polignac, Haute-Loire, château de Polignac'', of which they had been ''sieurs'' since Carolingian Empire, Caroling ...
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House of Rohan The House of Rohan ( br, Roc'han) is a Breton people, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan (commune), Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët ...
* House of Tabouillot * House of Talhouët *
House of Talleyrand-Périgord A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
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House of Valois The Capetian house of Valois ( , also , ) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the List of French monarchs, French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589 ...


Holy Roman Empire and Germany

* House of Abensberg-Traun *
House of Ascania The House of Ascania (german: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt. The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as ''Schloss ...
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House of Amsberg Amsberg (german: von Amsberg, nl, van Amsberg) is the name of a German noble family from Mecklenburg. A great-grandson of a blacksmith, parish pastor August Amsberg (1747–1820) started calling himself "von Amsberg" in 1795 and the family's r ...
* House of Auersperg *
House of Babenberg The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate of Austria from its creation in 976 AD until its e ...
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House of Battenberg The Battenberg family is a non-dynastic cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse until 1918. The first member was Julia Hauke, whose brother-in-law Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Grand Duke Louis III of ...
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House of Bentheim A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
* House of Bibra *
House of Bismarck The House of Bismarck is a German noble family that rose to prominence in the 19th century, largely through the achievements of the statesman Otto von Bismarck. He was granted a hereditary comital title in 1865, the hereditary title of Prince o ...
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House of Breuberg The House of Breuberg is the name of a dynastic, franconian, noble family in Germany, descendants from the Lords of Lützelbach. History Around the year 1050, the territory of Höchst detached itself from the March (territory) Umstadt, which ...
* House of Campenhausen * House of Czernin * House of Clary and Aldringen * House of Colloredo-Mansfeld * House of Dietrichstein * House of Dohna *
House of Eggenberg The House of Eggenberg was the name of an influential Austrian noble family from Styria, who achieved princely rank in the 17th century. The family's last male heir died in 1717, bringing an end to the House of Eggenberg. History The origin o ...
* House of Eltz *
House of Esterházy A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air ...
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House of Falkenstein The Lords of Falkenstein in the Höllental (german: Herren von Falkenstein im Höllental) already so-called in von Knobloch's Upper Baden Family Book (''Oberbadischem Geschlechterbuch'') of 1898 to 1919, had its main family seat at Falkenstein C ...
* House of Finck von Finckenstein *
House of Franckenstein The House of Franckenstein (also ''Frankenstein'') is the name of a feudal, Franconian noble family in Germany, descendants from the Lords of Lützelbach from Höchst im Odenwald, respectively their offsprings, the Dynasts of the Breuberg ...
* House of Fugger-Babenhausen *
House of Fürstenberg A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
* House of Gravenreuth *
House of Glücksburg The House of Glücksburg (also spelled ''Glücksborg'' or ''Lyksborg''), shortened from House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, is a collateral branch of the German House of Oldenburg, members of which have reigned at various times ...
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House of Guttenberg The House of Guttenberg is a prominent Franconian noble family. It traces its origins back to 1149 with a Gundeloh von Blassenberg (Plassenberg), though the first mention in a document is dated 1158. The name Guttenberg is derived from Gutte ...
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House of Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
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House of Hanover The House of Hanover (german: Haus Hannover), whose members are known as Hanoverians, is a European royal house of German origin that ruled Hanover, Great Britain, and Ireland at various times during the 17th to 20th centuries. The house orig ...
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House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918. Burke's Royal Families of the World, ...
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House of Hohenberg The House of Hohenberg is an Austrian and Czech noble family that descends from Countess Sophie Chotek (1868–1914), who in 1900 married Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1863–1914), the heir presumptive to the throne of t ...
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House of Hohenlohe The House of Hohenlohe () is a German princely dynasty. It ruled an immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire which was divided between several branches. The Hohenlohes became imperial counts in 1450. The county was divided numerous time ...
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House of Hohenstaufen The Hohenstaufen dynasty (, , ), also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254. The dynast ...
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House of Hohenzollern The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, Prince-elector, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzol ...
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House of Isenburg The County of Isenburg was a region of Germany located in southern present-day Hesse, located in territories north and south of Frankfurt. The states of Isenburg emerged from the Niederlahngau (located in the Rhineland-Palatinate), which partitio ...
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House of Kinsky The House of Kinsky (formerly Vchynští, sg. ''Vchynský'' in Czech; later (in modern Czech) Kinští, sg. ''Kinský''; german: Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau) is a prominent Czech noble family originating from the Kingdom of Bohemia. During the ...
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House of La Marck The House of La Marck (german: von der Mar(c)k) was a noble family, which from about 1200 appeared as the counts of Mark. History The family history started with Count Adolf I, scion of a cadet branch of the Rhenish Berg dynasty residing at A ...
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House of Leiningen The House of Leiningen is the name of an old German noble family whose lands lay principally in Alsace, Lorraine, Saarland, Rhineland, and the Palatinate. Various branches of this family developed over the centuries and ruled counties with Imp ...
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House of Liechtenstein The House of Liechtenstein, from which the principality takes its name, is the family which reigns by hereditary right over the principality of Liechtenstein. Only dynastic members of the family are eligible to inherit the throne. The dynasty's m ...
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House of Limburg-Stirum The House of Limburg-Stirum (or Limburg-Styrum), which adopted its name in the 12th century from the immediate county of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, is one of the oldest families in Europe. It is the eldest and only surviving br ...
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House of Lippe The House of Lippe (german: Haus Lippe) is the former reigning house of a number of small Germany, German states, two of which existed until the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Principality of Lippe and the Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality of S ...
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House of Lobkowicz The House of Lobkowicz (''Lobkovicové'' in modern Czech, sg. ''z Lobkovic''; ''Lobkowitz'' in German) is a Czech noble family that dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest Bohemian noble families. The family also belong to the G ...
* House of Löwenstein-Wertheim *
House of Luxembourg The House of Luxembourg ( lb, D'Lëtzebuerger Haus; french: Maison de Luxembourg; german: Haus Luxemburg) or Luxembourg dynasty was a royal family of the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages, whose members between 1308 and 1437 ruled as king ...
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House of Mecklenburg The House of Mecklenburg, also known as Nikloting, is a North German dynasty of Slavic origin that ruled until 1918 in the Mecklenburg region, being among the longest-ruling families of Europe. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), ...
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House of Metternich The House of Metternich is an old German noble family originating in the Rhineland. The most prominent member was Prince Klemens von Metternich, who was the dominant figure at the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815). As a former reigning house ( me ...
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House of Nassau The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count o ...
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House of Oldenburg The House of Oldenburg is a Germans, German dynasty with links to Denmark since the 15th century. It has branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig, Duchy ...
* House of Orsini-Rosenberg * House of Ortenburg * House of Pappenheim *
House of Putbus The House of Putbus, Pedebuz or Podebusk was a German noble family of high nobility Traditional rank amongst European royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time and among ge ...
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House of Reuss Reuss (german: Reuß , ) was the name of several historical states located in present-day Thuringia, Germany. Several lordships of the Holy Roman Empire which arose after 1300 and became Imperial Counties from 1673 and Imperial Principalities in ...
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House of Salm The House of Salm was an ancient Lotharingian noble family originating from Salmchâteau in the Ardennes (present-day Belgium) and ruling Salm. The dynasty is above all known for the experiences of the Upper Salm branch which came to be located ...
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House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (; german: Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) is a European royal house. It takes its name from its oldest domain, the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, its members later sat on the thrones of Belgium, Bu ...
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House of Sayn-Wittgenstein A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
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House of Schönborn A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
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House of Schönburg A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
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House of Schwarzburg The House of Schwarzburg was one of the oldest noble families of Thuringia. Upon the death of Prince Friedrich Günther in 1971, a claim to the headship of the house passed under Semi-Salic primogeniture to his elder sister, Princess Marie An ...
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House of Schwarzenberg The House of Schwarzenberg is a German ( Franconian) and Czech ( Bohemian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German nobility and Czech nobility and they held the ...
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House of Solms-Braunfels A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
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House of Stolberg The House of Stolberg is the name of an old and large German dynasty of the former Holy Roman Empire's high aristocracy ('' Hoher Adel''). Members of the family held the title of ''Fürst'' and ''Graf''. They played a significant role in feudal ...
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House of Thurn and Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (german: link=no, Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the en ...
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House of Urach A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
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House of Waldburg The House of Waldburg is a princely family of Upper Swabia, founded some time previous to the 12th century; some cadet lineages are comital families. Eberhard von Tanne-Waldburg (? - 1234) was the steward, or '' seneschal'', and adviser of the ...
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House of Waldeck and Pyrmont A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
* House of Waldstein *
House of Welf The House of Welf (also Guelf or Guelph) is a European dynasty that has included many German and British monarchs from the 11th to 20th century and Emperor Ivan VI of Russia in the 18th century. The originally Franconia, Franconian family from ...
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House of Wettin The House of Wettin () is a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its ori ...
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House of Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a German dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including Bavaria, the Palatinate, Holland and Zeeland, Sweden (with Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary (with Romania), Bohemia, the Electorate ...
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House of Württemberg The House of Württemberg is a German dynasty and former royal family from Württemberg. History County The House probably originated in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty. Around 1080 the ancestors of modern Württemberg, which was then called ...
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House of Zähringen The House of Zähringen (german: Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation ...


Arabia and the Levant

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House of Al-Falasi The House of Al Falasi ( ar, بيت الفلاسي) is both a name of a tribe and a name of its Al Maktoum branch (ruling family of Dubai). History The Al Maktoum family descends from the Al Bu Falasah (now known as Al-Falasi) section of the Ban ...
* House of Al-Fayez * House of Al-Fa'iz * House of Al-Gilani * House of Al-Harhara * House of Al-Hashim * House of Al-Husayni * House of Al-Iryani * House of Al-Jabriyun * House of Al-Jarwani * House of Al-Jayyusi * House of Al-Maktoum * House of Al-Mualla * House of Al-Nabhani * House of Al-Nahyan * House of Al-Nuaimi * House of Al-Qasimi * House of Al-Qu'aiti * House of Al-Rasheed *
House of Al-Sabah The House of Sabah ( ar, آل صباح ''Āl Ṣubāḥ'') is the ruling family of Kuwait. History Origin The Al Sabah family originate from the Bani Utbah confederation. Prior to settling in Kuwait, the Al Sabah family were expelled from Umm ...
* House of Al-Said * House of Al-Saud * House of Al-Sha'lan * House of Al-Sharqi * House of Al-Sudairi * House of Al-''Uyūnīyūn'' * House of Al-Ya'rubi * House of Al-Zaydina * House of Arslan * House of Jumblatt * House of Khalifah * House of Ma'n


The Low Countries of the Habsburg Netherlands

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House of Arenberg The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families that took their name from Arenberg, a small territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the Eifel region. The inheritance of the House of Croÿ-Aarschot ma ...
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House of Belgium A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
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House of Chalon The House of Chalon-Arlay was a French noble house, a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea. The founder of the house is John I of Chalon-Arlay, fifth son of John, Count of Chalon. When John III lord of Arlay married to Mary de Baux, princess of Or ...
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House of Croÿ The House of Croÿ () is a family of European mediatized nobility, which held a seat in the Imperial Diet from 1486, and was elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1594. In 1533 they became Dukes of Arschot (in Belgium) and ...
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House of Dampierre The House of Dampierre played an important role during the Middle Ages. Named after Dampierre, in the Champagne region, where members first became prominent, members of the family were later Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers, Counts and Dukes ...
* House of De Borchgrave * House of De Lannoy * House of De Witte * House of D'Udekem *
House of Egmond The House of Egmond or Egmont (French language, French: ''Maison d'Egmond'', Dutch language, Dutch: ''Huis Egmond'') is named after the Netherlands, Dutch town of Egmond aan den Hoef, Egmond, province of North Holland, and played an important role ...
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House of Hénin The house of Hénin is a family of the Belgian high nobility, one of its branches was titled Prince of Chimay. Alliances were made with important Spanish noble families such as house of Borja and the house of Velasco. The surname comes from th ...
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House of Hornes The House of Hornes was an important European noble family, which became extinct in the male line in 1826. The name refers to Horn, a small village in Limburg, located in the Netherlands. History Lordship Originally, the lordship (''Heer ...
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House of Ligne The House of Ligne is one of the oldest Belgian noble families, dating back to the eleventh century.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIV. "Ligne". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, pp. 495-500. . The family's name comes from the ...
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House of Merode The House of Merode is one of the most prominent families of the Belgian nobility. The House of Merode originates from the village of Merode (today in the municipality of Langerwehe, Germany). Over the last five centuries different branches b ...
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House of Nassau-Weilburg The House of Nassau-Weilburg, a branch of the House of Nassau, ruled a division of the County of Nassau, which was a state in what is now Germany, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1344 to 1806. On 17 July 1806, upon the dissolution of ...
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House of Orange-Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: ''Huis van Oranje-Nassau'', ) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands ...
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House of Spoelberch The House of Spoelberch is an old Belgian noble house, they are titled Viscount de Spoelberch. The family is legally recognised as being part of the nobility of the Belgian kingdom. History The genealogy of this family can be traced back to ...
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House of Valois-Burgundy The House of Valois-Burgundy (french: Maison de Valois-Bourgogne, nl, Huis van Valois-Bourgondië), or the Younger House of Burgundy, was a noble French family deriving from the royal House of Valois. It is distinct from the Capetian House of Bur ...
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House of van der Noot The House of van der Noot is a Belgian Noble family. The title of Count van der Noot is a title created by Emperor Charles VI on 16 May 1716. Since then this title belongs to the Belgian nobility. They are the current holders of the Marquess o ...
* House of Van Rechteren * House of Van Renesse * House of Van Voorst tot Voorst * House of Van Wassenaer *
Seven Noble Houses of Brussels The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (also called the Seven Lineages or Seven Patrician families of Brussels; french: Sept lignages de Bruxelles, nl, Zeven geslachten van Brussel, Latin: ''Septem nobiles familiae Bruxellarum'') were the seven ...
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House of Coudenbergh The House or Lineage of Coudenbergh or Coudenberg ( French: Lignage Coudenbergh) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Roodenbeke.Baudouin Walckiers, P ...
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House of Roodenbeke The House of Roodenbeke or Roodenbeke Lineage ( French: Lignage Roodenbeke) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Coudenberg.Baudouin Walckiers, PB, ''Fil ...
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House of Serhuyghs The House of Serhuyghs or Serhuyghs Lineage ( French: Lignage Serhuyghs) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Roodenbeke, Sweerts, Serroelofs, Steenweeghs, and Coudenberg.Baudouin Walckiers, PB, ''Fi ...
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House of Serroelofs The House or Lineage of Serroelofs or t’Serroelofs ( French: Lignage Serroelofs) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Coudenberg, and Roodenbeke.Baudouin Walckiers, ...
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House of Sleeus The House of Sleeus or Sleeus Lineage ( French: Lignage Sleeus) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Roodenbeke, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Coudenberg.Baudouin Walckiers, PB, ''Filiations ...
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Italy and The Papal States

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House of Altoviti The Altoviti are a prominent noble family of Florence, Italy. Since the medieval period they were one of the most distinguished banking and political families appointed to the highest offices of the Republic of Florence, friends and patrons of ...
* House of Anscarids * House of Barberini * House of Barbiano di Belgiojoso * House of Bardi * House of Boncompagni *
House of Borghese The House of Borghese is a princely family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century and held offices under the '' commune''. During the 16th century ...
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House of Borgia The House of Borgia ( , ; Spanish and an, Borja ; ca-valencia, Borja ) was an Italian-Aragonese Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Valencia, the surname being a toponymic from the town ...
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House of Borromeo ), type= Noble family, country=, estates= Rocca d'Angera Palazzo Borromeo, Milan Castel of Peschiera BorromeoBorromean Islands Villa Borromeo, Arcore, titles=* Prince of Angera * Marquess of Romagnano * Count of Arona * Count of Peschiera * Lor ...
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House of Bourbon-Parma The House of Bourbon-Parma ( it, Casa di Borbone di Parma) is a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family, whose members once ruled as King of Etruria and as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Guastalla, and Lucca. The House descended from the French ...
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House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies The House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies is a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family, Spanish Bourbons that ruled Southern Italy and Sicily for more than a century in the 18th and 19th centuries. It descends from the Capetian dynasty in legitimate ma ...
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House of Canossa The House of Canossa was an Italian noble family from Lucca holding the castle of Canossa, from the early tenth to the early twelfth century. Sigifred of Lucca, Sigifred of Lucca built the castle at Canossa around 940. Adalbert Atto appears in Can ...
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House of Caracciolo The House of Caracciolo () is a prominent aristocratic family from the city of Naples. The Caracciolo are considered one of the most important families in the history of the Kingdom of Naples, holding relevant posts in the Spanish Empire as well. ...
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House of Chigi The House of Chigi () is an Italian princely family of Sienese origin descended from the counts of Ardenghesca, which possessed castles in the Maremma, southern Tuscany. Later, the family settled in Rome. The earliest authentic mention of them i ...
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House of Colonna The House of Colonna, also known as ''Sciarrillo'' or ''Sciarra'', is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope (Martin V) and many other church and politica ...
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House of Della Rovere The House of Della Rovere (; literally "of the oak tree") was a noble family of Italy. It had humble origins in Savona, in Liguria, and acquired power and influence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere popes: F ...
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House of Della Torre The House of Della Torre (Torriani or Thurn) were an Italian noble family who rose to prominence in Lombardy during the 12th–14th centuries, until they held the lordship of Milan before being ousted by the Visconti. History The family originall ...
* House of Doria-Pamphili-Landi * House of Erba-Odescalchi *
House of Este The House of Este ( , , ) is a European dynasty of North Italian origin whose members ruled parts of Italy and Germany for many centuries. The original House of Este's elder branch, which is known as the House of Welf, included dukes of Bavaria ...
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House of Farnese The House of Farnese family (, also , ) was an influential family in Renaissance Italy. The titles of Duke of Parma and Piacenza and Duke of Castro were held by various members of the family. Its most important members included Pope Paul I ...
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House of Gonzaga ) , type = Noble house , country = , estates = Ducal Palace (Mantua) Ducal Palace (Nevers) , titles = * Prince of Arches * Duke of Montferrat * Duke of Mantua * Duke of Guastalla * Duke of Nevers * Duke ...
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House of Hauteville The Hauteville ( it, Altavilla) was a Normans, Norman family originally of Seigneur, seigneurial rank from the Cotentin. The Hautevilles rose to prominence through their part in the Norman conquest of southern Italy. By 1130, one of their members, ...
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House of Loredan The House of Loredan (, ) is a Venetian noble family of supposed ancient Roman origin, which has played a significant role in shaping the history of the entire Mediterranean. A political dynasty, the family has throughout the centuries produced a ...
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House of Mattei 200px, Cortile Mattei di Giove The House of Mattei was one of the most powerful noble families of Rome during the Middle Ages and early modern era, holding high positions in the papal curia and government office. The family amassed significant a ...
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House of Medici The House of Medici ( , ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Mug ...
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House of Montefeltro Montefeltro is the name of a historical Italians, Italian family who ruled Urbino and Gubbio and became Duchy of Urbino, Dukes of Urbino in 1443. The family extinguished in the male line in 1508 and the duchy was inherited by the Della Rovere fami ...
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House of Pignatelli {{Unreferenced, date=July 2017 The House of Pignatelli was a Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts and sciences. Members included: *Antonio Pignatelli, Pope Innocent XII (Spinazzola, 13 March 1615 - Rome, 27 September 1700) ...
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House of Sacchetti The Sacchetti family is an Italian noble family originating in Tuscany, now resident in Rome, whose earliest documented member Merlo lived during the late 10th and early 11th centuries. The name of the family is derived from one or more members k ...
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House of Sanseverino The House of Sanseverino (or San Severino) is an Italian noble family that was very prominent in the Kingdom of Naples. The family owned 300 fiefs, 40 counties, nine marquessates, twelve duchies and ten principalities, primarily located in Calabri ...
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House of Savoy The House of Savoy ( it, Casa Savoia) was a royal dynasty that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of ...
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House of Sforza The House of Sforza () was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. They acquired the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century, Sforza rule ending in Milan with the death of the last me ...
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House of Simonetti The Simonetti family is an Italian noble family with origins in Tuscany. During the 12th Century different branches in Florence, Terni, Lucca, Pistoia and Pescia developed. Other famous branches of this family were established in Jesi, Palermo, ...
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House of Spinola The House of Spinola, or Spinola family, was a leading Italian political family centered in the Republic of Genoa. Their influence was at its greatest extent in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Important members Guido Spinola was one o ...
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House of Torlonia 200px, Coat of arms of the House of Torlonia. The House of Torlonia is the name of an Italian princely family from Rome, which acquired a huge fortune in the 18th and 19th centuries through administering the finances of the Vatican. The first influ ...
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House of Venier The House of Venier was a prominent family in the Republic of Venice who entered the Venetian nobility in the 14th century. Notable members *Pietro Venier (died 8 May 1372) who was the Governor of Cerigo * Antonio Venier (circa 1330 - 23 Nove ...
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House of Ventimiglia The Ventimiglia were a noble family of Liguria, now in Italy. Descendants of the family held positions and titles of nobility in Sicily in Mediaeval times and later. Members of the family * Giovanni I Ventimiglia (1383–1475), eighth count ...
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House of Visconti Visconti is a surname which may refer to: Italian noble families * Visconti of Milan, ruled Milan from 1277 to 1447 ** Visconti di Modrone, collateral branch of the Visconti of Milan * Visconti of Pisa and Sardinia, ruled Gallura in Sardinia from ...


Spain and Portugal

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House of Alba The House of Alba de Tormes ( es, Casa de Alba de Tormes), commonly known as the House of Alba, is a prominent Spanish noble family that descended from 12th-century nobility of post-conquest Toledo. The family's claim to Alba de Tormes dates fr ...
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House of Argavieso Argavieso refers to a Lordship in the kingdom of Aragón, Spain. The lords were originated in the bastard of Ferdinand II of Aragon (with his concubine Aldonça Roig d'Ivorra Alemany), Alonso de Aragón (Alphonse of Aragó), that was archbishop ...
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House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 (as kings from 1162) until 1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy. The ...
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House of Braganza The Most Serene House of Braganza ( pt, Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), also known as the Brigantine Dynasty (''Dinastia Brigantina''), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Ame ...
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House of Bourbon-Anjou The Spanish royal family consists of King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, their children (Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía of Spain), and Felipe's parents, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía. The royal family lives at Zarzuela Palace ...
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House of Camondo The Camondo family was a prominent European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists. History Part of the Sephardic community in Spain, the Camondo family settled in Venice after the 1492 Spanish decree that ordered the expulsion of a ...
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House of Carrillo A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
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House of Castro The House of Castro is an Iberian Nobility, noble lineage present in the since the Middle Ages in the kingdoms of Kingdom of Castile, Castile, Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia, and Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal. Though its exact origins are disputed, t ...
* House of Correia * House of Corte-Real * House of Cotoner *
House of Enríquez The House of Enríquez is a Spanish noble lineage of royal origin. History The House of Enríquez originated in the Crown of Castile, in the person of Frederick of Castile (Casa de Borgoña), natural son of King Alfonso XI of Castile and E ...
* House of Entença * House of Gonçalves da Câmara * House of Godoy *
House of Haro The House of Haro, La Rioja, Haro was one of the most powerful families of Castile during the Middle Ages and strongly supported the Expansionist nationalism, expansionist policies of Alfonso VI of Castile. As a reward, Íñigo López, Lord of Bisc ...
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House of Hoyos The House of Hoyos is a Spanish and Austrian noble family. It derives its name from El Hoyo de Pinares in Ávila, Castile and León, and can be traced to the 9th century. Juan de Hoyos and his family accompanied the later Ferdinand I, Holy Roma ...
* House of Íñiguez *
House of Jiménez A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...
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House of la Cerda House de la Cerda is a noble line of the Crown of Castile descending from the ''Infante'' Ferdinand de la Cerda, eldest son of King Alfonso X. It was one of four noble lineages that arose directly from the Castilian royal family during the thirte ...
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House of Lara The House of Lara (Spanish: ''Casa de Lara'') is a Nobility, noble family from the medieval Kingdom of Castile. Two of its branches, the Duques de Nájera and the Marquesado de Aguilar de Campoo were considered Grandees of Spain. The Lara family ...
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House of Lasso de la Vega The House de la Vega, Laso de la Vega or Lasso de la Vega (sometimes even Garci Lasso de la Vega or Garcilaso de la Vega depending on the family member referenced) is a Spanish noble line from the Kingdom of Castile. The family origins lie in the ...
* House of Latas * House of Lecubarri *
House of Maia Maia is a Portuguese noble family with its origins in the 10th century. Year 960 to 1129 Lords of Maia before the creation of the Kingdom of Portugal *(965– ) Trastamiro Aboazar – 1st Lord of Maia, son of Aboazar Lovesendes *(1000 ...
* House of Marcoartu *
House of Medina Sidonia The House of Medina Sidonia (Spanish: ''Casa de Medina Sidonia'') is a Spanish noble house originating from the crown of Castile, whose name comes from the Duke of Medina Sidonia, a hereditary noble title that John II of Castile granted to ...
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House of Medinaceli Duke of Medinaceli () is an hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee. The Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, created the title and awarded it on 31 October 1479 to Lui ...
* House of Méndez de Sotomayor *
House of Mendoza The Mendoza family was a powerful line of Spanish nobles. Members of the family wielded considerable power, especially from the 14th to the 17th centuries in Castile. The family originated from the village of Mendoza (Basque ''mendi+oza'', 'c ...
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House of Montcada The House of Montcada (in Catalan; Moncada in Spanish and Italian) is an aristocratic and noble Spanish Catalan House with important ramifications in Sicily. Queen Elisenda of the Crown of Aragon was a member of the family. History The House ...
* House of Moctezuma * House of Nápoles * House of Narro *
House of Olivares {{Short description, Family The House of Olivares is a Spanish noble house originating in the Crown of Castile. It is a cadet branch of the House of Medina Sidonia, originating in the sixteenth century. Historically, the house possessed the lor ...
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House of Osorio The House of Osorio is a Spanish noble lineage of the Crown of Castile. They descend from count Osorio Martínez, a prominent nobleman in the first half of the 12th century who was member of the Flagínez family and husband to a granddaughter of ...
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House of Osuna Duke of Osuna is a Spanish noble title that was first awarded in 1562 by King Philip II of Spain to Pedro Girón de la Cueva, ( Osuna, Seville, 29 July 1537 – 1590). Pedro was also Viceroy of Naples, (1582–1586), Ambassador in Portugal an ...
* House of Pardo *
House of Romay The Romay family (Spanish: ''Casa de Romay'') is a Spanish aristocratic family that descends from 8th-century pre-Reconquista Galicia, in northern Spain. According to historians, the family descends from Román de Romae, Count of Monterroso and ...
* House of Santcliment *
House of Silva The House of Silva () is an aristocratic family of Spanish and Portuguese origin. History Juan de Mena's ''Memorias de algunos linages antiguos e nobles de Castilla'', a work of the first half of the 15th century of noble family ancestries, ma ...
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House of Sousa Sousa is a noble family of Portugal. History The descendants are of the marriage of Martim Afonso Chichorro and Inês Lourenço de Sousa. It is one of the eldest and nobler houses of Portugal. Its origin starts with the Visigoth Kings and th ...
* House of Tagle *
House of Trastámara The House of Trastámara (Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan: Casa de Trastámara) was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon in the late middle ages to the early modern period. They were a ...
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House of Zúñiga The House of Zúñiga is a Spanish noble lineage who took their name from their domain. Various members of the family were distinguished in the service of the Spanish crown in Europe and the Americas as viceroys, governors, military, diplomats, wr ...


Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

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House of Czartoryski The House of Czartoryski (feminine form: Czartoryska, plural: Czartoryscy; lt, Čartoriskiai) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian- Ruthenian origin, also known as the Familia. The family, which derived their kin from the Gediminids dyna ...
* House of Czetwertyński * House of Giedroyć *
House of Griffins The House of Griffin or Griffin dynasty (german: Greifen; pl, Gryfici, da, Grif) was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used by the dynasty after the 15th century and had been take ...
* House of Jabłonowski *
House of Jagiellon The Jagiellonian dynasty (, pl, dynastia jagiellońska), otherwise the Jagiellon dynasty ( pl, dynastia Jagiellonów), the House of Jagiellon ( pl, Dom Jagiellonów), or simply the Jagiellons ( pl, Jagiellonowie), was the name assumed by a cad ...
* House of Kalinowski * House of Koniecpolski * House of Krasiński *
House of Leszczyński A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
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House of Lubomirski A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
* House of Miełżyński * House of Mniszech * House of Mystkowski * House of Ogiński * House of Opaliński *
House of Ossoliński A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
* House of Ostrogski *
House of Piast The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir III the Great. Branch ...
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House of Poniatowski The House of Poniatowski (plural: ''Poniatowscy'') is a prominent Polish family that was part of the nobility of Poland. A member of this family, Stanisław Poniatowski, was elected as King of Poland and reigned from 1764 until his abdicatio ...
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House of Potocki The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest and ...
* House of Radziwiłł *
House of Sanguszko 150px, Paweł Karol Sanguszko 150px, Dymitr Sanguszko 150px, Roman Sanguszko 150px, Janusz Sanguszko 150px, Hieronim Sanguszko 150px, Barbara Sanguszko née Dunin 150px, Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko 150px, Władysław Hieronim Sanguszko 150p ...
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House of Sapieha The House of Sapieha (; be, Сапега, ''Sapieha''; lt, Sapiega) is a Polish-Lithuanian noble and magnate family of Lithuanian and Ruthenian origin,Энцыклапедыя ВКЛ. Т.2, арт. "Сапегі" descending from the med ...
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House of Sobieski The House of Sobieski (plural: Sobiescy, feminine form: Sobieska) was a prominent magnate family of szlachta, Polish nobility in the 16th and 17th centuries from which the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jan III Sobieski originated. ...
* House of Sułkowski *
House of Wiśniowiecki A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
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House of Zamoyski The House of Zamoyski (plural: Zamoyscy) is the name of an important Polish noble (szlachta) family, which used the Jelita coat of arms. It is the Polish term for "de Zamość" (Polish "z Zamościa"), the name they originally held as lords of Z ...
* House of Zasławski


Holy Crown Lands Of Hungary (Modern Day Hungary, Transylvania and Slovakia)

* House of Aba *
House of Andechs The House of Andechs was a feudal line of German princes in the 12th and 13th centuries. The counts of Dießen-Andechs (1100 to 1180) obtained territories in northern Dalmatia on the Adriatic seacoast, where they became Margraves of Istria and ult ...
* House of Andrássy * House of Apor * House of Apponyi * House of Báthory * House of Batthyány-Strattmann * House of Bebek * House of Bethlen * House of Csányi * House of Eötvös * House of Ernuszt *
House of Esterházy A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air ...
* House of Festetics *
House of Forgách The House of Forgách was a Hungarian noble family in Hungary which became very influential during the Ottoman wars in Europe in Royal Hungary. The family held the title of Count in Hungary, granted to them on 11 May 1675. Notable members * Fe ...
* House of Garai * House of Hunyadi * House of Kálnoky * House of Lázár * House of Mattyasovszky * House of Mikes * House of Monok *
House of Nádasdy A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
* House of Pálffy de Erdöd * House of Perneszy * House of Podmanitzky * House of Ráday * House of Rákóczi * House of Révay * House of Rosty * House of Széchenyi * House of Szilágyi * House of Teleki * House of Thurzó * House of Tisza * House of Ugron *
House of Zápolya A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
* House of Zichy


Carpathian states (

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...
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Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...
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House of Basarab The House of Basarab (also Bazarab or Bazaraad, ro, Basarab ) was a ruling family of debated Cuman origin, Terterids and Shishmanids) and the Wallachian dynasty (Basarabids). They also played an active role in Byzantium, Hungary and Serbia, wi ...
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House of Bogdan-Mușat The House of Bogdan, commonly referred to as the House of Mușat, was the ruling family which established the Principality of Moldova with Bogdan I ( 1363–1367), giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basa ...
* House of Brâncoveanu * House of Brătianu * House of Cantacuzino * House of Cantemir * House of Caradja * House of Craiovești *
House of Dănești The House of Dănești was one of the two main lineages of the Wallachian noble family House of Basarab. They were descended from Dan I of Wallachia. The other lineage of the Basarabs is the House of Drăculești. Members * Dan I of Wallachi ...
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House of Drăculești The House of Drăculești () were one of two major rival lines of Wallachian voivodes of the House of Basarab, the other being the House of Dănești. These lines were in constant contest for the throne from the late fourteenth to the early sixte ...
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House of Dragoș The House of Dragoș, also known as the House of Drăgoșești ( hu, Drágfy, Drágffy, Drágffi, Drágfi), was founded by Dragoș (also known as ''Dragoș Vodă''Brezianu, Andrei and Spânu, Vlad (2007) "Dragoş Vodă (?–ca. 1353)" ''Histori ...
* House of Ghica * House of Kogălniceanu * House of Moruzi * House of Movilă * House of Racoviță *
House of Rosetti The House of Rosetti (also spelled ''Ruset'', ''Rosset, Rossetti'') was a Moldavian boyar princely family of Byzantine Greek and Italian (from Genoa) origins. There are several branches of the family named after their estates: Roznovanu, Solescu, ...
* House of Sturdza * House of Șoldănești * House of Văcărescu * House of Ypsilantis


Nordic Countries

* House of Awaldzstadom * House of Ahlefeldt * House of Benkestok *
House of Bernadotte The House of Bernadotte is the royal family of Sweden since its foundation there in 1818. It was also the royal family of Norway between 1818 and 1905. Its founder, Charles XIV John of Sweden, was born in Pau in southern France as Jean Bernadott ...
* House of Bjelke * House of Danneskiold-Samsøe *
House of Estridsen The House of Estridsen was a dynasty that provided the kings of Denmark from 1047 to 1412. The dynasty is named after its ancestor Estrid Svendsdatter. The dynasty is sometimes called the ''Ulfinger'', after Estrid's husband, Ulf Jarl. The dyna ...
* House of Essen * House of Fabritius de Tengnagel * House of Falkenskiold * House of Falsen * House of Fersen * House of Gyldenstierne * House of Gyllenhaal * House of Güldencrone * House of Igelström * House of Knagenhjelm *
House of Koskull The Koskull family ( lv, Koskuli, russian: Коскуль), also written as Koschkull, is a wealthy aristocratic family of Livonian origins, famous for their extensive lands and manors. The family are descendants of the first King of Livonia and ...
* House of Lagergren * House of Løvenørn * House of Mannerheim * House of Munso * House of Munthe af Morgenstierne * House of Neergaard * House of Oxenstierna * House of Reventlow * House of Rosenkrantz * House of Rosensverd *
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg () was a branch of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg of the House of Oldenburg. The line descended from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. Like all of the secondary ...
* House of Schulman * House of Staël von Holstein * House of Stockfleth * House of Svanenhielm *
House of Sverre The House of Sverre ( no, Sverreætten) was a royal house or dynasty which ruled, at various times in history, the Kingdom of Norway, hereunder the kingdom's realms, and the Kingdom of Scotland. The house was founded with King Sverre Sigurdsson ...
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House of Vasa The House of Vasa or Wasa Georg Starbäck in ''Berättelser ur Sweriges Medeltid, Tredje Bandet'' pp 264, 275, 278, 291–296 & 321 ( sv, Vasaätten, pl, Wazowie, lt, Vazos) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden. Its memb ...
* House of Werenskiold * House of Wrangel


Russia, Georgia and Eastern Slavic States

* House of Abashidze * House of Abashidze-Gorlenko * House of Amilakhvari * House of Amirejibi * House of Avalishvili * House of Bagration * House of Baratashvili * House of Barclay de Tolly * House of Belosselsky-Belozersky * House of Belsky * House of Chavchavadze *
House of Chichua The House of Chichua (Georgian: ჩიჩუა hichua was a Georgian family of nobles, commanders, and princes in Samegrelo (Mingrelia) or Odishi. Historians have different view points about who were the ancestors of Chichua. Some sources state ...
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House of Chikovani The House of Chikovani ( ka, ჩიქოვანი; sometimes spelled as Chicovani) was a Georgian princely (''mtavari'') house. Dukes of Chikovani ruled a historic province, Lechkhumi in northwestern Georgia. At the end of the 17th century, Ge ...
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House of Dadeshkeliani The Dadeshkeliani or Dadishkeliani ( ka, დადეშქელიანი, დადიშქელიანი) was an aristocratic family from the mountainous western Georgian province of Svaneti. They ruled the Principality of Svaneti from ...
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House of Dadiani The House of Dadiani ( ka, დადიანი ), later known as the House of Dadiani- Chikovani, was a Georgian family of nobles, dukes and princes, and a ruling dynasty of the western Georgian province of Mingrelia. The House of Dadiani Th ...
* House of Demidov * House of Diasamidze *
House of Dolgorukov The House of Dolgorukov () is a knyaz, princely Tsardom of Russia, Russian family of Rurikid stock. They are a cadet branch of the Obolensky, Obolenskiy family (until 1494 the rulers of Obolenskoye, Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Obolensk, ...
* House of Dondukov * House of Drutsky *
House of Durnovo The House of Durnovo (russian: Дурново) (known variant 'Durnovy' lural 'Durnov' ,'Durnova' (russian: 'Дурновы'; 'Дурнов', 'Дурнова')) is a prominent family of Russian nobility. Durnovo is one of two Russian nob ...
* House of Gagarin * House of Garsevanishvili * House of Gelovani *
House of Golitsyn The House of Golitsyn or Galitzine was one of the largest princely of the noble houses in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire. Among them were boyars, warlords, diplomats, generals (the Mikhailovichs), stewards, chamberlains, the richest ...
* House of Gorchakov * House of Guramishvili * House of Gurgenidze * House of Gurieli *
House of Izmaylov The House of Izmaylov is a prominent family of Russian high nobility, descended from the boyars of the Grand Duchy of Ryazan. The Izmaylov family was one of the most powerful in the Duchy of Ryazan. The family was listed in the parts 6 ('ancient ...
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House of Jaqeli The House of Jaqeli ( ka, ჯაყელი) was a Georgian princely ('' mtavari'') family and a ruling dynasty of the Principality of Samtskhe, an offshoot of the House of Chorchaneli. History "Jaqeli", literally meaning "of/from Jaqi", was ...
* House of Javakhishvili * House of Khilkov * House of Lieven * House of Lyapunov * House of Menshikov * House of Meshchersky * House of Mikeladze * House of Mstislavsky * House of Obolensky * House of Odoyevsky *
House of Orbeliani The House of Orbeliani ( ka, ორბელიანი) was a Georgian noble family (tavadi), which branched off the House of Baratashvili in the 17th century and later produced several lines variously called Orbeliani, Orbelishvili (ორბ ...
* House of Orlov * House of Pahlen * House of Pavlenishvili * House of Razumovsky * House of Repnin *
House of Romanov The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to th ...
* House of Romodanovsky *
House of Rurik The Rurik dynasty ( be, Ру́рыкавічы, Rúrykavichy; russian: Рю́риковичи, Ryúrikovichi, ; uk, Рю́риковичі, Riúrykovychi, ; literally "sons/scions of Rurik"), also known as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, was ...
* House of Rzhevsky * House of Shalikashvili * House of Sheremetev *
House of Shervashidze The House of Sharvashidze or Chachba or Shervashidze ( ka, შარვაშიძე-შერვაშიძე-ჩაჩბა) was a Georgian- Abkhazian ruling family of Principality of Abkhazia. The family was later recognized as one of the ...
* House of Stroganov * Tolstoy family, House of Tolstoy * Trubetskoy family, House of Trubetskoy * Tsereteli, House of Tsereteli * House of Vorontsov * Yuryevsky, House of Yuryevsky * House of Yusupov * Zubov, House of Zubov


Albania

*Arianiti family, House of Arianiti *House of Kastrioti *Muzaka family, House of Muzaka *House of Zogu *Dukagjini family, House of Dukagjini *Thopia family, House of Thopia *Gropa family, House of Gropa *Progoni, House of Progoni *Balšić noble family, House of Balsha *Zenevisi family, House of Zenevisi *Spata family, House of Shpata *Zaharia family, House of Zaharia *Spani family, House of Spani *Mataranga family, House of Mataranga *Begolli family


Western Balkans states (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia)


Bosnian

* Boričević dynasty, House of Boričević * Hrvatinić, House of Hrvatinić * House of Šantić (Santic) * Kosača noble family, House of Kosača * House of Kotromanić * Kulinić dynasty, House of Kulinić * Ljubibratić noble family, House of Ljubibratić * Miloradović noble family, House of Miloradović * House of Nikolić * Pavlović noble family, House of Pavlović * Radivojević noble family, House of Radivojević * Sanković noble family, House of Sanković * Zlatonosović noble family, House of Zlatonosović


Croatian

* Berislavić family of Grabarje, House of Berislavić * Crnković family, House of Crnković * Drašković family, House of Drašković * Frankopan, House of Frankopan * Jelačić family, House of Jelačić * Kačić family, House of Kačić * Keglević family, House of Keglević * Kurjaković family, House of Kurjaković * Nelipić family, House of Nelipić * Pejačević family, House of Pejačević * Trpimirović dynasty, House of Trpimirović * House of Šubić * House of Talovac * House of Zrinski


Montenegrin

* House of Balšić * Crnojević noble family, House of Crnojević * Petrović-Njegoš dynasty, House of Petrović-Njegoš


Serbian

* Bakić noble family, House of Bakić * House of Branković * Dejanović noble family, House of Dejanović * Golemović noble family, House of Golemović * Karađorđević dynasty, House of Karađorđević * Jakšić noble family, House of Jakšić * House of Lazarević * Mrnjavčević family, House of Mrnjavčević * Musić noble family, House of Musić * Nemanjić, House of Nemanjić * Obrenović dynasty, House of Obrenović * Paskačić noble family, House of Paskačić * Preljubović noble family, House of Preljubović * Rastislalić noble family, House of Rastislalić * Vlastimirović dynasty, House of Vlastimirović * Vojislavljević, House of Vojislavljević * Vukanović dynasty, House of Vukanović


Greece, The Byzantine Empire and Crusader States of the Levant

* angelos, House of Angelos * Bagratuni dynasty, House of Bagratuni * House of Calogerà * House of Châteaudun * House of Châtillon * De la Roche family, House of De la Roche * Doukas, House of Doukas * House of Grenier * Gattilusi, House of Gattilusi * Ghisi, House of Ghisi * Hauteville family, House of Hauteville * House of Ibelin * Kantakouzenos, House of Kantakouzenos * Komnenos, House of Komnenos * Kourkouas, House of Kourkouas * Laskaris, House of Laskaris * House of Lusignan * Madi family, House of Madi * Maleinos, House of Maleinos * Mavrocordatos family, House of Mavrocordatos * Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset * Palaiologos, House of Palaiologos * Philanthropenos, House of Philanthropenos * Phokas (Byzantine family), House of Phokas * Rubenids, House of Rubenid * Walter of Saint Omer, House of Saint Omer * Marco I Sanudo, House of Sanudo * Skleros, House of Skleros * Theotokis, House of Theotokis * Tocco family, House of Tocco * House of Toulouse * Vatatzes, House of Vatatzes * House of Venier, House of Venieris * Villehardouin family, House of Villehardouin * Ypsilantis, House of Ypsilantis


Ireland

* Marquess of Waterford, House of Beresford * Earl of Cork, House of Boyle * Earl of Meath, House of Brabazon * Marquess of Sligo, House of Browne * Butler dynasty, House of Butler * Marquess of Donegall, House of Chichester * Marquess Conyngham, House of Conyngham * Uí Dúnchada, House of FitzDermot *FitzGerald dynasty, House of FitzGerald *Earl of Kerry, House of Fitzmaurice *Baron Upper Ossory, House of FitzPatrick *Earl of Granard, House of Forbes *Earl of Arran (Ireland), House of Gore *Guinness family, House of Guinness *Duke of Abercorn, House of Hamilton *Baron Decies, House of Horsley-Beresford *Earl of Roden, House of Jocelyn *Earl of Kingston, House of King *Earl of Cavan, House of Lambart *Marquess of Ely, House of Loftus * MacCarthy Mor, House of MacCarthy * MacDermot, House of MacDermot * Dermot MacMurrough, House of MacMurrough Kavanagh * McGillycuddy of the Reeks, House of McGillycuddy * McInerney, House of McInerney * Earl of Clanwilliam, House of Meade * Earl of Drogheda, House of Moore * Earl of Westmeath, House of Nugent * O'Brien dynasty, House of O'Brien * O'Byrne family, House of O'Byrne * O'Callaghan, House of O'Callaghan * O'Conor Don, House of O'Conor * O'Donnell dynasty, House of O'Donnell * O'Donovan family, House of O'Donovan * Farrelly, House of Ó Faircheallaigh * Whelan, House of Ó Faoláin * Ó Fearghail, House of Ó Fearghail * O'Neill Dynasty, House of O'Neill * O'Rourke, House of O'Rourke * David O'Morchoe, House of O'Morchoe * O'Connell family, House of O'Connell * O'Dwyer (surname), House of O'Dwyer * O'Sullivan, House of O'Sullivan * O'Toole family, House of O'Toole * Earl of Longford, House of Pakenham * Earl of Shelburne, House of Petty * Earl of Bessborough, House of Ponsonby * Earl of Tyrone, House of Power * Earl of Mexborough, House of Savile * Earl of Courtown, House of Stopford * Marquess of Headfort, House of Taylour * Viscount Tracy, House of Tracy * Earl Winterton, House of Turnour * Earl of Mornington, House of Wellesley


Nepal

* Pande family, Panday Dynasty * Basnyat family, Basnet Dynasty * Rana dynasty, Rana Dynasty * Thapa dynasty, Thapa Dynasty * Shah dynasty, Shah Dynasty * Malla (Kathmandu Valley), Malla Dynasty * Chand kings, Chand Dynasty * Katyuri kings, Katyuri Clan * Shakya, Shakya Clan


Africa


Senegambia (Senegal and The Gambia

* Guelowar * Joof family, Joof ** The Royal House of Boureh Gnilane Joof ** The Royal House of Jogo Siga Joof ** The Royal House of Semou Njekeh Joof * Faye family, Faye * Joos Maternal Dynasty Many of these houses are of many different countries such as Butler dynasty, House of Butler which has held power and lands in countries such as France, Ireland, Germany and the UK.


References

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