WebThe House of Wettin (German: Haus 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 origins can be traced back to the town of Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt.The Wettins gradually rose to power …

WebThe 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 the British monarchy with the accession of King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert …

WebThe House of Hohenzollern (/ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, also US: /-ə n t s ɔː-, ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n,-ˈ z ɔː-/, German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊ̯s hoːənˈt͡sɔlɐn] , Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, …

WebThe House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (/ ˌ s æ k s ˌ k oʊ b ɜː ɡ ... ˈ ɡ ɒ θ ə,-t ə /; 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, the British Raj, Bulgaria, Mexico, Portugal, and the United …

WebA dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics.A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others.The longest surviving dynasty in the world is the Imperial House of Japan, otherwise known as the Yamato dynasty, …

WebOrigins. The area that came to be the county of Nassau was part of the Duchy of Franconia.When Franconia fragmented in the early 13th century with the fall of the Hohenstaufen, Nassau emerged as an independent state as part of the Holy Roman Empire.. Count Dudo-Henry of Laurenburg (ca. 1060 – ca. 1123) (German: Dudo von …

WebThe 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 originated in 1635 as a cadet branch of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, growing in prestige until …

WebHistory. The House of Lippe descends from Jodocus Herman, Lord of Lippe (died c. 1056), whose descendant Bernhard I was the founder of the state of Lippe in 1123. The family has produced several of the longest-reigning monarchs in Europe, including the longest reigning (for 82 years), Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (d. 1511). In 1528, Simon V was elevated to the …

WebThe House of Bourbon (English: / ˈ b ʊər b ən /, also UK: / ˈ b ɔːr b ɒ n /; French: ) 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 Spanish Bourbon dynasty held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, …

WebThe Electorate of Saxony (German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen, also Kursachsen) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356. It comprised a territory of some 40,000 square kilometers (15,445 square miles). Upon the extinction of …