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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' ...
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 di ...
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 c ...
. 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, mea ...
, 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 th ...
, 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 monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...
. 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 ...
* House of Abney-Hastings * House of Addison * House of Allenby * House of Anson * House of Anwyl * House of Arden * 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 *
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 ...
* House of Benn * House of Bennett * House of Bentinck * 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 * House of De Carteret * House of De Clare * House of De Montfort * House of De Ros * House of De Vere * 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 The Egerton family ( pronunciation: "''edge-er-ton''") is a British aristocratic family. Over time, several members of the Egerton family were made Dukes, Earls, knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the Egerton family include ...
* 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 ...
* 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 The Herbert family is an Anglo-Welsh noble family founded by William Herbert, known as "Black William", the son of William ap Thomas, founder of Raglan Castle, a follower of Edward IV of England in the Wars of the Roses. The name Herbert orig ...
* 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 Longe (; Old Norman: ''le Longe or le Long'') is a surname of Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman origin. The name Longe derives from the Anglo-Norman French ‘Lung’ or ‘Lang’ for tall or high. The family descend from the noble family of Peter de ...
* 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 ...
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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 Pre ...
* House of Murray *
House of Neville The Neville or Nevill family (originally FitzMaldred) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the later Middle Ages. The family became one of the two major powers in northern England and playe ...
* 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 co ...
* 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 ce ...
* House of Seymour-Conway * House of Shirley * House of Sinclair * House of Spencer * House of Spencer-Churchill * House of Stanhope *
House of Stanley The Stanley family (or Audley-Stanley family) is an English family with many notable members, including the Earls of Derby and the Barons Audley who descended from the early holders of Audley and Stanley, Staffordshire. The two branches of the Aud ...
* House of Stratford * 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 i ...
* 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, that ruled Wessex in Southern England from the early 6th century. The house became dominant in southern England aft ...
* 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 th ...
* 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 Yor ...


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 Frank ...
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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 ...
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House of Avesnes The Avesnes family played an important role during the Middle Ages. The family has its roots in the small village Avesnes-sur-Helpe, in the north of France. One branch produced a number of Counts of Holland during the 13th century. The family ...
* House of Bauffremont *
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-BeauharnaisPalais LeuchtenbergMariinsky Palace, titles=* Queen of Sweden * Queen of Norway * Viceroy of Italy * French Prince * Princ ...
* House of Bethune * House of Blacas *
House of Blois The House of Blois () is a lineage derived from the Frankish nobility, whose principal members were often named Theobald (''Thibaud'', ''Thibault'', ''Thibaut'' in French). History Heirs of the viscounts of Blois, the House of Blois accumulated ...
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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, ty ...
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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 Spani ...
* House of Broglie *
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 ...
* House of Choiseul * House of Clermont-Tonnerre * House of Crussol d'Uzès * House of Courtenay *
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 Franc ...
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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 ...
* House of Foix * 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 ...
* House of Lorraine * Montfort of Brittany, House of Montfort * House of Montmorency
House of Montrichard
* House of Monpezat * Duke of Noailles, House of Noailles * House of Normandy * House of Orléans * Pineton de Chambrun, House of Pineton de Chambrun * Ramnulfids, House of Poitiers * Polignac family, House of Polignac * House of Rohan * Tabouillot, House of Tabouillot * Talhouët family, House of Talhouët * House of Talleyrand-Périgord * House of Valois


Holy Roman Empire and Germany

* Abensberg-Traun, House of Abensberg-Traun * House of Ascania * Amsberg, House of Amsberg * Principality of Auersperg, House of Auersperg * House of Babenberg * Battenberg family, House of Battenberg * County of Bentheim, House of Bentheim * Bibra family, House of Bibra * House of Bismarck * House of Breuberg * Campenhausen, House of Campenhausen * House of Czernin * Clary und Aldringen, House of Clary and Aldringen * Colloredo-Mansfeld, House of Colloredo-Mansfeld * Dietrichstein, House of Dietrichstein * Dohna Castle, House of Dohna * Eggenberg family, House of Eggenberg * Eltz, House of Eltz * Esterházy, House of Esterházy * House of Falkenstein (Bavaria), House of Falkenstein * Finck von Finckenstein, House of Finck von Finckenstein * House of Franckenstein * Fugger, House of Fugger-Babenhausen * House of Fürstenberg (Swabia), House of Fürstenberg * Gravenreuth, House of Gravenreuth * House of Glücksburg * House of Guttenberg * House of Habsburg * House of Hanover * Harrach, House of Harrach * Henckel von Donnersmarck, House of Henckel von Donnersmarck * House of Hesse * Hohenberg family, House of Hohenberg * Hohenlohe, House of Hohenlohe * House of Hohenstaufen * House of Hohenzollern * County of Isenburg, House of Isenburg * Ketteler, House of Ketteler * Khevenhüller, House of Khevenhüller * Kinsky, House of Kinsky * House of La Marck * Leiningen family, House of Leiningen * Lichnowsky, House of Lichnowsky * House of Liechtenstein * House of Limburg-Stirum * House of Lippe * Lobkowicz, House of Lobkowicz * Löwenstein-Wertheim, House of Löwenstein-Wertheim * House of Luxembourg * House of Mecklenburg * House of Metternich * House of Nassau * House of Oettingen-Oettingen * House of Oldenburg * Orsini-Rosenberg, House of Orsini-Rosenberg * Imperial County of Ortenburg, House of Ortenburg * Pappenheim (state), House of Pappenheim * House of Putbus * Puttkamer, House of Puttkamer * Rennenkampff, House of Rennenkampff * Imperial County of Reuss, House of Reuss * House of Salian * Salm family, House of Salm * House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha * Sayn-Wittgenstein, House of Sayn-Wittgenstein * Schönborn family, House of Schönborn * Schönburg family, House of Schönburg * House of Schwarzburg * House of Schwarzenberg * Sinzendorf, House of Sinzendorf * Solms-Braunfels, House of Solms-Braunfels * Starhemberg, House of Starhemberg * House of Stolberg * Thun und Hohenstein, House of Thun and Hohenstein * Thurn und Taxis, House of Thurn and Taxis * House of Urach * House of Waldburg * Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, House of Waldeck and Pyrmont * Waldstein family, House of Waldstein * House of Welf * House of Wettin * Windisch-Graetz, House of Windisch-Graetz * House of Wittelsbach * House of Württemberg * House of Zähringen


Arabia and the Levant

* Abaza family, House of Abaza * Lower Yafa, House of Al-Afifi *Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum, House of Abu Lahum *Muhammad Ali dynasty, House of Al-Alawiyya * Ali Abdullah Saleh, House of Al-Ahmar * Al ash-Sheikh, House of Al-ash-Sheikh * Al-Atrash, House of Al-Atrash * House of Al Falahi, House of Al-Falahi * House of Al Falasi, House of Al-Falasi *Al-Fayez, House of Al-Fayez * Al Faiz family, House of Al-Fa'iz * Abdul Qadir Gilani, House of Al-Gilani * Upper Yafa, House of Al-Harhara * Hashemites, House of Al-Hashim * Al-Husayni family, House of Al-Husayni * Abdul Rahman al-Eryani, House of Al-Iryani * Jabrids, House of Al-Jabriyun * Jarwanid dynasty, House of Al-Jarwani * Jayyusi family, House of Al-Jayyusi * House of Maktoum, House of Al-Maktoum * Al Mualla, House of Al-Mualla * Nabhani dynasty, House of Al-Nabhani * House of Nahyan, House of Al-Nahyan * House of Al-Nuaimi * Al Qasimi, House of Al-Qasimi * Qu'aiti, House of Al-Qu'aiti * Rashidi dynasty, House of Al-Rasheed * House of Sabah, House of Al-Sabah * House of Busaid, House of Al-Said * House of Saud, House of Al-Saud * Faisal Al-Shalan, House of Al-Sha'lan * Al Sharqi, House of Al-Sharqi *Sudairi Seven, House of Al-Sudairi *Uyunid dynasty, House of Al-''Uyūnīyūn'' *Ya'rubids, House of Al-Ya'rubi * Al-Zayadina, House of Al-Zaydina * Talal Arslan, House of Arslan * Jumblatt family, House of Jumblatt * House of Khalifa, House of Khalifah * Ma'n dynasty, House of Ma'n


The Low Countries of the Habsburg Netherlands

* House of Arenberg * House of Baillet * Beaufort-Spontin, House of Beaufort-Spontin * Monarchy of Belgium, House of Belgium * House of Chalon * Chasteler, House of Chasteler * Prince de Chimay, House of Chimay * House of Croÿ * House of Dampierre * De Borchgrave d'Altena, House of De Borchgrave * de Lannoy family, House of De Lannoy * de Witte family, House of De Witte * D'Udekem, House of D'Udekem * Egmond family, House of Egmond * Goubau family, House of Goubau * House of Hénin * House of Hornes * Ligne family, House of Ligne * Looz-Corswarem, House of Looz-Corswarem * House of Merode * House of Nassau-Weilburg * House of Orange-Nassau * Parthon de Von family, House of Parthon * Snoy, House of Snoy et d'Oppuers * House of Spoelberch * Terlinden, House of Terlinden * Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre, House of Trazegnies * Ursel family, House of Ursel * House of Valois-Burgundy * House of van de Werve * Count van der Noot, House of van der Noot * Van Rechteren, House of Van Rechteren * Van Renesse, House of Van Renesse * Van Voorst tot Voorst, House of Van Voorst tot Voorst * Van Wassenaer, House of Van Wassenaer *Seven Noble Houses of Brussels : **House of Coudenbergh **House of Roodenbeke **House of Serhuyghs **House of Serroelofs **House of Sleeus **House of Steenweeghs **House of Sweerts


Italy and The Papal States

* Alberti family, House of Alberti * Aldobrandeschi family, House of Aldobrandeschi * Aldobrandini family, House of Aldobrandini * House of Altoviti * House of Anscarids * Barberini family, House of Barberini * Ludovico, Count di Belgiojoso, House of Barbiano di Belgiojoso * Bardi family, House of Bardi * Boncompagni, House of Boncompagni * House of Borghese * House of Borgia * House of Borromeo * House of Bourbon-Parma * House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies * Caetani, House of Caetani *House of Canossa * House of Caracciolo * Chigi Family, House of Chigi * Colonna family, House of Colonna * Cybo, House of Cybo * Della Gherardesca family, House of Della Gherardesca * Della Rovere, House of Della Rovere *Della Torre, House of Della Torre * Doria-Pamphili-Landi, House of Doria-Pamphili-Landi * Erba-Odescalchi, House of Erba-Odescalchi * House of Este * House of Farnese * Fieschi family, House of Fieschi * Fisichella family, House of Fisichella * Gherardini family, House of Gherardini * House of Gonzaga * House of Hauteville *House of Loredan * Malaspina family, House of Malaspina * Mancini family, House of Mancini * Massimo family, House of Massimo * Mattei family, House of Mattei * House of Medici * House of Montefeltro * Orsini family, House of Orsini * Pallavicini family, House of Pallavicini * Pazzi, House of Pazzi * House of Pignatelli * Ruffo, House of Ruffo * Ruspoli family, House of Ruspoli * House of Sacchetti *Salamon family, House of Salamon * Salviati family, House of Salviati * House of Sanseverino * House of Savoy * House of Sforza * Simonetti family, House of Simonetti * House of Spinola * Strozzi family, House of Strozzi * Torlonia, House of Torlonia * House of Venier * House of Ventimiglia * Visconti of Milan, House of Visconti


Spain and Portugal

* House of Alba * Duke of Alburquerque, House of Alburquerque * House of Álvarez-Cuevas * House of Argavieso * House of Barcelona * Bettencourt, House of Bettencourt * House of Braganza * Spanish royal family, House of Bourbon-Anjou * Duke of Cadaval, House of Cadaval * House of Camondo * House of Carrillo * House of Castro * Correia family, House of Correia * Corte-Real family, House of Corte-Real * House of Cotoner * House of Enríquez * House of Entença * House of Cámara, House of Gonçalves da Câmara * Duke of la Alcúdia, House of Godoy * House of Haro * Hoyos family, House of Hoyos * Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, House of Íñiguez * Jiménez dynasty, House of Jiménez * House of la Cerda * House of Lara * House of Lasso de la Vega * Latas (Aragonese dynasty), House of Latas * House of Lecubarri * Maia family, House of Maia * House of Marcoartu * Duke of Medina Sidonia, House of Medina Sidonia * Duke of Medinaceli, House of Medinaceli * House of Méndez de Sotomayor * House of Mendoza * House of Montcada * Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, House of Moctezuma * Nápoles, House of Nápoles * House of Narro * House of Olivares * House of Osorio * Duke of Osuna, House of Osuna * Juan Pardo de Tavera, House of Pardo * House of Romay * House of Santcliment * House of Silva * Sousa family, House of Sousa * Marquisate of Altamira, House of Tagle * House of Trastámara * House of Zúñiga


Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

* Czartoryski, House of Czartoryski * Czetwertyński, House of Czetwertyński * Giedroyć family, House of Giedroyć * House of Griffins * Jabłonowski (Prus III), House of Jabłonowski * Jagiellonian dynasty, House of Jagiellon * Kalinowski family, House of Kalinowski * Koniecpolski, House of Koniecpolski * Krasiński family, House of Krasiński * Leszczyński, House of Leszczyński * Lubomirski, House of Lubomirski * Miełżyński, House of Miełżyński * Mniszech family, House of Mniszech * Mystkowski, House of Mystkowski * Ogiński family, House of Ogiński * Opaliński family, House of Opaliński * Ossoliński, House of Ossoliński * Ostrogski family, House of Ostrogski * Piast dynasty, House of Piast * Poniatowski, House of Poniatowski * Potocki, House of Potocki * Radziwiłł family, House of Radziwiłł * Sanguszko, House of Sanguszko * Sapieha, House of Sapieha * House of Sobieski * Sułkowski, House of Sułkowski * Wiśniowiecki, House of Wiśniowiecki * Zamoyski, House of Zamoyski * Zasławski, House of Zasławski


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

* Aba (genus), House of Aba * Counts of Andechs, House of Andechs * Andrássy, House of Andrássy * Apor family, House of Apor * Apponyi family, House of Apponyi * Báthory family, House of Báthory * Batthyány, House of Batthyány-Strattmann * Bebek family, House of Bebek * Bethlen, House of Bethlen * Csányi family, House of Csányi * Eötvös family, House of Eötvös * Ernuszt family, House of Ernuszt * Esterházy, House of Esterházy * Festetics family, House of Festetics * House of Forgách * Garai family, House of Garai * Hunyadi family, House of Hunyadi * Kálnoky family, House of Kálnoky * Lázár family, House of Lázár * Mattyasovszky family, House of Mattyasovszky * Mikes family, House of Mikes * House of Monok * Nádasdy family, House of Nádasdy * Pálffy ab Erdöd, House of Pálffy de Erdöd * Perneszy family, House of Perneszy * Podmanitzky family, House of Podmanitzky * Ráday family, House of Ráday * Rákóczi, House of Rákóczi * Révay family, House of Révay * Rosty de BarkóczRévay family, House of Rosty * Széchenyi, House of Széchenyi * Szilágyi family, House of Szilágyi * Teleki , House of Teleki * Thurzó family, House of Thurzó * Tisza family, House of Tisza * Ugron family, House of Ugron * Zápolya family, House of Zápolya * Zichy family, House of Zichy


Carpathian states (Wallachia and Moldavia)

* House of Basarab * House of Bogdan-Mușat * Constantin Brâncoveanu, House of Brâncoveanu * Brătianu family, House of Brătianu * Cantacuzino family, House of Cantacuzino * Cantemirești, House of Cantemir * Caradja, House of Caradja * Craiovești, House of Craiovești * House of Dănești * House of Drăculești * House of Dragoș * Ghica family, House of Ghica * Kogălniceanu family, House of Kogălniceanu * Mourouzis family, House of Moruzi * Movilești, House of Movilă * Racoviță , House of Racoviță * Rosetti family, House of Rosetti * Sturdza family, House of Sturdza * Soldan family, House of Șoldănești * Văcărescu family, House of Văcărescu * Ypsilantis , House of Ypsilantis


Nordic Countries

* House of Awaldzstadom * Ahlefeldt (noble family), House of Ahlefeldt *Benkestok (noble family), House of Benkestok *House of Bernadotte * Bjelke (noble family), House of Bjelke * Danneskiold-Samsøe, House of Danneskiold-Samsøe * House of Estridsen * Essen family, House of Essen * Fabritius de Tengnagel (noble family), House of Fabritius de Tengnagel * Falkenskiold (noble family), House of Falkenskiold * Falsen (noble family), House of Falsen * Fersen, House of Fersen * Gyldenstierne (noble family), House of Gyldenstierne *Gyllenhaal family, House of Gyllenhaal * Güldencrone (noble family), House of Güldencrone * Igelström, House of Igelström * Knagenhjelm (noble family), House of Knagenhjelm * Koskull, House of Koskull * Lagergren, House of Lagergren * Løvenørn (noble family), House of Løvenørn * Mannerheim (family), House of Mannerheim * House of Munso * Munthe af Morgenstierne (noble family), House of Munthe af Morgenstierne * Neergaard (noble family), House of Neergaard * Oxenstierna, House of Oxenstierna * Reventlow, House of Reventlow * Rosenkrantz (noble family), House of Rosenkrantz *House of Rosensverd * House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg * Schulman family, House of Schulman * Staël von Holstein, House of Staël von Holstein * Stockfleth family, House of Stockfleth * Svanenhielm (noble family), House of Svanenhielm * House of Sverre * House of Vasa * Werenskiold (noble family), House of Werenskiold * Wrangel family, House of Wrangel


Russia, Georgia and Eastern Slavic States

* Abashidze, House of Abashidze * Abashidze, House of Abashidze-Gorlenko * Amilakhvari, House of Amilakhvari * Amirejibi, House of Amirejibi * Avalishvili, House of Avalishvili * Bagrationi dynasty, House of Bagration * Baratashvili, House of Baratashvili * Barclay de Tolly (Russian nobility), House of Barclay de Tolly * Belosselsky-Belozersky family, House of Belosselsky-Belozersky * Belsky family (Gediminid), House of Belsky * Chavchavadze, House of Chavchavadze * House of Chichua * House of Chikovani * House of Dadeshkeliani * House of Dadiani * Demidov, House of Demidov * Diasamidze, House of Diasamidze * House of Dolgorukov * Dondukov, House of Dondukov * Principality of Drutsk, House of Drutsky * House of Durnovo * Gagarin family, House of Gagarin * Garsevanishvili, House of Garsevanishvili * House of Gelovani * House of Golitsyn * Gorchakov, House of Gorchakov * Guramishvili, House of Guramishvili * Gurgenidze (noble family), House of Gurgenidze * House of Gurieli * House of Izmaylov * House of Jaqeli * Javakhishvili, House of Javakhishvili * Khilkov, House of Khilkov * Lieven, House of Lieven * Lyapunov family, House of Lyapunov * Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, House of Menshikov * Meshchersky, House of Meshchersky * Mikeladze, House of Mikeladze * Mstislavsky, House of Mstislavsky * Obolensky, House of Obolensky * House of Odoyev, House of Odoyevsky * House of Orbeliani * Orlov (family), House of Orlov * Pahlen, House of Pahlen * Pavlenishvili, House of Pavlenishvili * Razumovsky, House of Razumovsky * Repnin, House of Repnin * House of Romanov * Romodanovsky family, House of Romodanovsky * House of Rurik * Rzhevsky family, House of Rzhevsky * Shalikashvili, House of Shalikashvili * Sheremetev, House of Sheremetev * House of Shervashidze * Stroganov family, 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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