List of noble houses
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, usually British or European, either currently or historically of national or international significance, and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch. The concept is comparable with that of an aristocratic clan, and can be used informally to describe non-European ruling families.[1] When a reigning monarch is a member of a noble house, such as the House of Windsor, that house can also be considered a royal house. Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties 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these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded.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
- House of Beauchamp
- House of Beauclerk
- House of Beaufort
- House of Beaumont
- House of Bentinck
- House of Bohun
- House of Boleyn
- House of Bruce
- House of Buccleuch
- House of Campbell
- House of Cavendish
- House of Cecil
- House of De Vere
- House of De Warrenne
- House of Douglas
- House of Drummond
- House of Egerton
- House of FitzJames
- House of Gordon
- House of Gough-Calthorpe
- House of Hamilton
- House of Hastings
- House of Herbert
- House of Howard
- House of Lancaster
- House of Lyttelton
- House of Montagu
- House of Mowbray
- House of Neville
- House of O'Donnell
- House of O'Donovan
- House of Percy
- House of Plantagenet
- House of Russell
- House of Seymour
- House of Spencer
- House of Stanley
- House of Stratford
- House of Strathmore
- House of Stuart
- House of Talbot
- House of Tudor
- House of Windsor
- House of Woodville
- House of York
France
- House of Albret
- House of Anjou
- House of Armagnac
- House of Aumont
- House of Bauffremont
- House of Baux
- House of Beauharnais
- House of Bethune
- House of Blacas
- House of Blois
- House of Bonaparte
- House of Bourbon
- House of Broglie
- House of Capet
- House of Clermont-Tonnerre
- House of Crussol d'Uzès
- House of Courtenay
- House of Foix
- House of Fouché d'Otrante
- House of Gramont
- House of Grimaldi
- House of Guise
- House of Harcourt
- House of La Force
- House of La Rochefoucauld
- House of La Tour d'Auvergne
- House of La Trémoille
- House of Lorraine
- House of Montfort
- House of Montmorency
- House of Monpezat
- House of Noailles
- House of Normandy
- House of Orléans
- House of Poitiers
- House of Polignac
- House of Rohan
- House of Talleyrand-Périgord
- House of Valois
Holy Roman Empire and Germany
- House of Ascania
- House of Amsberg
- House of Auersperg
- House of Battenberg
- House of Bentheim
- House of Bismarck
- House of Clary and Aldringen
- House of Colloredo-Mansfeld
- House of Dietrichstein
- House of Dohna
- House of Eltz
- House of Fugger-Babenhausen
- House of Fürstenberg
- House of Glücksburg
- House of Habsburg
- House of Hanover
- House of Harrach
- House of Hesse
- House of Hohenberg
- House of Hohenlohe
- House of Hohenzollern
- House of Isenburg
- House of Ketteler
- House of Khevenhüller
- House of Kinsky
- House of Leiningen
- House of Lichnowsky
- House of Liechtenstein
- House of Limburg-Stirum
- House of Lippe
- House of Lobkowicz
- House of Löwenstein-Wertheim
- House of Luxembourg
- House of Mecklenburg
- House of Metternich
- House of Nassau
- House of Oettingen-Oettingen
- House of Oldenburg
- House of Orsini-Rosenberg
- House of Pappenheim
- House of Putbus
- House of Reuss
- House of Salm
- House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- House of Sayn-Wittgenstein
- House of Schönborn
- House of Schönburg
- House of Schwarzburg
- House of Schwarzenberg
- House of Solms-Braunfels
- House of Stolberg
- House of Thun and Hohenstein
- House of Thurn and Taxis
- House of Urach
- House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- House of Welf
- House of Wettin
- House of Wied-Neuwied
- House of Windisch-Graetz
- House of Wittelsbach
- House of Württemberg
- House of Zähringen
The Low Countries of the Habsburg Netherlands
- House of Arenberg
- House of Beaufort-Spontin
- House of Belgium
- House of Chalon
- House of Chimay
- House of Croÿ
- House of Dampierre
- House of De Borchgrave
- House of D'Udekem
- House of Egmond
- House of Hornes
- House of Lannoy
- House of Ligne
- House of Looz-Corswarem
- House of Merode
- House of Nassau-Weilburg
- House of Orange-Nassau
- House of Snoy et d'Oppuers
- House of Spoelberch
- House of Trazegnies
- House of Ursel
- House of Valois-Burgundy
- House of van de Werve
- House of van der Noot
- House of Van Voorst tot Voorst
Italy and The Papal States
- House of Aldobrandeschi
- House of Aldobrandini
- House of Barberini
- House of Barbiano di Belgiojoso
- House of Bardi
- House of Boncompagni
- House of Borghese
- House of Borgia
- House of Borromeo
- House of Bourbon-Parma
- House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- House of Caetani
- House of Caracciolo
- House of Chigi
- House of Cybo
- House of Colonna
- House of Della Gherardesca
- House of Della Rovere
- House of Doria-Pamphili-Landi
- House of Erba-Odescalchi
- House of Este
- House of Farnese
- House of Fieschi
- House of Gherardini
- House of Gonzaga
- House of Malaspina
- House of Mancini
- House of Massimo
- House of Mattei
- House of Medici
- House of Montefeltro
- House of Orsini
- House of Pallavicini
- House of Pignatelli
- House of Ruffo
- House of Ruspoli
- House of Sacchetti
- House of Salviati
- House of Sanseverino
- House of Savoy
- House of Sforza
- House of Simonetti
- House of Spinola
- House of Strozzi
- House of Torlonia
- House of Ventimiglia
- House of Visconti
Spain and Portugal
- House of Alba
- House of Alburquerque
- House of Álvarez-Cuevas
- House of Argavieso
- House of Barcelona
- House of Bettencourt
- House of Braganza
- House of Bourbon-Anjou
- House of Cadaval
- House of Camondo
- House of Carrillo
- House of Castro
- House of Correia
- House of Corte-Real
- House of Enríquez
- House of Entença
- House of Gonçalves da Câmara
- House of Godoy
- House of Haro
- House of Hoyos
- House of Íñiguez
- House of Jiménez
- House of la Cerda
- House of Lara
- House of Lasso de la Vega
- House of Lecubarri
- House of Maia
- House of Marcoartu
- House of Medina Sidonia
- House of Medinaceli
- House of Méndez de Sotomayor
- House of Mendoza
- House of Montcada
- House of Moctezuma
- House of Nápoles
- House of Narro
- House of Olivares
- House of Osorio
- House of Osuna
- House of Pardo
- House of Santcliment
- House of Silva
- House of Sousa
- House of Tagle
- House of Trastámara
- House of Zúñiga
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- House of Czartoryski
- House of Czetwertyński
- House of Griffins
- House of Jabłonowski
- House of Jagiellon
- House of Kalinowski
- House of Koniecpolski
- House of Krasiński
- House of Leszczyński
- House of Lubomirski
- House of Miełżyński
- House of Mniszech
- House of Piast
- House of Opaliński
- House of Ossoliński
- House of Ostrogski
- House of Poniatowski
- House of Potocki
- House of Radziwiłł
- House of Sanguszko
- House of Sapieha
- House of Sobieski
- House of Sułkowski
- House of Wiśniowiecki
- House of Zamoyski
- House of Zasławski
Hungary and the Carpathian states
- House of Andrássy
- House of Báthory
- House of Batthyány-Strattmann
- House of Basarab
- House of Bogdan-Mușat
- House of Cantacuzino
- House of Dănești
- House of Drăculești
- House of Dragoș
- House of Drašković
- House of Esterházy
- House of Festetics
- House of Frankopan
- House of Garai
- House of Golescu
- House of Hunyadi
- House of Kálnoky
- House of Nádasdy
- House of Rosetti
- House of Thurzó
- House of Văcărescu
- House of Zápolya
Nordic Countries
- House of Ahlefeldt
- House of Bernadotte
- House of Bjelke
- House of Danneskiold-Samsøe
- House of Estridsen
- House of Essen
- House of Fabritius de Tengnagel
- House of Falkenskiold
- House of Falsen
- House of Gyldenstierne
- House of Güldencrone
- House of Knagenhjelm
- House of Lagergren
- House of Løvenørn
- House of Munso
- House of Munthe af Morgenstierne
- House of Neergaard
- House of Oxenstierna
- House of Reventlow
- House of Rosenkrantz
- House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
- House of Stockfleth
- House of Svanenhielm
- House of Vasa
- House of Werenskiold
Russia, Georgia and Slavic States
- House of Amilakhvari
- House of Bagration
- House of Baratashvili
- House of Barclay de Tolly
- House of Chavchavadze
- House of Gorchakov
- House of Guramishvili
- House of Gurgenidze
- House of Dadiani
- House of Dolgorukov
- House of Durnovo
- House of Gagarin
- House of Gelovani
- House of Golitsyn
- House of Karađorđević
- House of Khilkov
- House of Lieven
- House of Menshikov
- House of Obolensky
- House of Orbeliani
- House of Orlov
- House of Pahlen
- House of Petrović-Njegoš
- House of Razumovsky
- House of Romanov
- House of Shalikashvili
- House of Sheremetev
- House of Shervashidze
- House of Tolstoy
- House of Yuryevsky
- House of Yusupov
- House of Zubov
Greece, The Byzantine Empire and Crusader States of the Levant
- House of Bagratuni
- House of Calogerà
- House of Châteaudun
- House of Châtillon
- House of De la Roche
- House of Grenier
- House of Gattilusi
- House of Ghisi
- House of Hauteville
- House of Ibelin
- House of Kantakouzenos
- House of Komnenos
- House of Kourkouas
- House of Lusignan
- House of Madi
- House of Maleinos
- House of Mavrocordatos
- Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset
- House of Palaiologos
- House of Philanthropenos
- House of Phokas
- House of Rubenid
- House of Saint Omer
- House of Sanudo
- House of Savva
- House of Skleros
- House of Theotokis
- House of Tocco
- House of Toulouse
- House of Vatatzes
- House of Villehardouin
- House of Ypsilantis
References
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "house, n.¹ and int, 10. b." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.