Topic is one of the core types in Freebase. Topics contain a set of default properties that are generally useful when describing a topic: display name, alias, article, image and webpage. Most types in Freebase carry these topic properties by default. If an item in Freebase is typed 'topic' it...
Share This
table started by
tadhg for the Base of Ice and Fire Base
There is no user-contributed description yet.
Add More Topics
Save this view to a base, or just for yourself.
23,407,174 Topic topics matching:
Filter this Collection|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x name | x image | x Also known as | x article | x Subjects |
| Colonna family |
|
The Colonna family is an Italian noble family; it was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one Pope and many other Church and political leaders. Their family is notable for their bitter feud with the Orsini family over influence in...
|
||
| George R. R. Martin |
|
George Raymond Richard Martin |
George Raymond Richard Martin (born September 20, 1948), sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic...
|
|
| A Song of Ice and Fire |
|
A Song of Ice and Fire is an ongoing series of epic fantasy novels written by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began the series in 1991 in response to the limitation of television production and published the first...
|
||
| Westeros |
|
The fictional world in which the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents. Most of the story takes place on the continent Westeros, which consists of the Seven Kingdoms and an unmapped area...
|
||
| Henry II of England |
|
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle, Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, ruled as King of England (1154–89), Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, and Lord of...
|
||
| House of Romanov |
|
Romanov dynasty |
The House of Romanov (Russian: Рома́нов, IPA: [rɐˈmanəf]) was the second and last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia, reigning from 1613 until the February Revolution abolished the crown in 1917. The later history of the Imperial House is...
|
|
| Tolstoy |
|
Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (Russian: Толсто́й) is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy ("the Fat") who served under Vasily II of Moscow. The "wild Tolstoys", as they were known in the high society of Imperial...
|
||
| Charles XIV John of Sweden |
|
Charles XIV of Sweden |
Charles XIV & III John, also Carl John, Swedish and Norwegian: Karl Johan (26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden (as Charles XIV John) and King of Norway (as Charles III John) from 1818 until his death. Before he became king, he was...
|
|
| Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte | ||||
| House of Anjou |
|
House of Plantagenet |
The House of Anjou, usually referred to simply as the Angevins ( /ændʒvɪns/), was a noble family of Frankish origin that emerged as the rulers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Founded by Ingelger in the...
|
|
| Angevin | ||||
| House of Bourbon |
|
The House of Bourbon (English /ˈbʊərbən/; French pronunciation: [buʁ.bɔ̃]) is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty (/kəˈpiːʃⁱən/). Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of...
|
||
| House of Valois |
|
House of Valois |
The House of Valois (French pronunciation: [valwa]) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, succeeding the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") as kings of France from 1328 to 1589. A cadet branch of the family reigned as dukes of Burgundy...
|
|
| John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset |
John Beaufort, 1st Marquess of Somerset and 1st Marquess of Dorset, later only 1st Earl of Somerset, KG (1373 – 16 March 1410) was the first of the four illegitimate children of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine...
|
|||
| Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou |
|
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou |
Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome (French: le Bel) and Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine, and Maine by inheritance from 1129 and then Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. By his marriage to the...
|
|
| Geoffrey Plantagenet | ||||
| Michael I of Russia |
|
Mikhail I Fyodorovich (Russian: Михаил Фёдорович) Mikhail Fedorovich (12 July 1596 – 12 July 1645) was the first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov. He was the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov (later known as Patriarch Filaret) and Xenia (later...
|
||
| Spencer family |
|
The Spencer family is one of Britain's most illustrious aristocratic dynasties. This noble family descended in the male line from Henry Spencer, claimed to be a descendant of the cadet branch of the ancient House Le Despencer (died c. 1478), male...
|
||
| Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette |
|
Marquis de Lafayette |
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (French pronunciation: [maʁki də la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the...
|
|
| General Lafayette | ||||
| Gilbert du Motier | ||||
| House of Bernadotte |
|
The House of Bernadotte, the current royal house of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905, it was also the royal house of Norway. Its founder, Charles XIV John of Sweden, was adopted by Charles XIII of Sweden, who belonged to the...
|
||
| House of Vasa |
|
The House of Vasa (Swedish: Vasaätten, Polish: Waza) was the Royal House of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1587-1668. It originated from a noble family in Uppland of which several members held high office during the 15th...
|
||
| Oxenstierna |
|
Oxenstierna, an ancient Swedish noble family, the origin of which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century, which had vast estates in Södermanland and Uppland, and began to adopt its armorial designation of Oxenstierna ("Ox-forehead";...
|
||
| Mannerheim |
Mannerheim is the surname of well-known noble family registered in Finland, Sweden and Germany.
(number 18 in the register of the Finnish House of Nobility (Ritarihuone; Riddarhuset))
The family descends from a German businessman and mill owner,...
|
|||
| Joachim Murat |
|
Joachim-Napoléon Murat (French pronunciation: [ʒoakim napoleɔ̃ myʁa], born Joachim Murat; Italian: Gioacchino Napoleone Murat; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815), Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand...
|
||
| Philippe I, Duke of Orléans |
|
Philippe I, Duke of Orleans |
Philippe of France (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the youngest son of Louis XIII of France and his queen consort Anne of Austria. His older brother was Louis XIV, le roi soleil. Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans...
|
|
| House of Torlonia |
The princes Torlonia are an Italian noble family from Rome, who acquired a huge fortune in the 18th and 19th centuries through administering the finances of the Vatican.
The first influential member of the Torlonia family was Marino Torlonia ...
|
|||
| Mountbatten |
Mountbatten is the family name originally adopted by a branch of the Battenberg family due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I. On 14 July 1917 Prince Louis of Battenberg ("Prince Louis I") assumed the surname...
|
|||
| A Game of Thrones |
A Game of Thrones is the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of high fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on 6 August 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award, and was nominated for both the 1998...
|
|||
| A Clash of Kings |
A Clash of Kings is the second novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin expected to consist of seven volumes. It was first published on 16 November 1998 in the United Kingdom, although the first...
|
|||
| A Storm of Swords | A Storm of Swords: Part 1: Steel and Snow |
A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, a fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on 8 August 2000 in the United Kingdom, with a United States edition following in...
|
||
| A Storm of Swords: Part 2: Blood and Gold | ||||
| House Stark |
House Stark is a fictional noble family from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of House Stark. House Stark is the principal noble house in the North; many lesser...
|
|||
| Battenberg family |
The Battenberg family was a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, rulers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in Germany. The first member was Julia Hauke, whose brother-in-law Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse created her Countess of Battenberg...
|
|||
| A Feast for Crows |
A Feast for Crows is the fourth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin. The novel was first published on 17 October 2005 in the United Kingdom, with a United States edition...
|
|||
| House Lannister |
|
House Lannister is a fictional family from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series. House Lannister is the principal house of the Westerlands. Their principal seat is Casterly Rock. Their sigil is a golden lion on a field of crimson...
|
||
| House Baratheon |
|
House Baratheon is a fictional family from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. It is the principal house in the Stormlands, to whom the lesser storm lords are sworn. Its seat is Storm's End. Its sigil is a crowned black stag on a field of...
|
||
| Darwin–Wedgwood family |
|
The Darwin–Wedgwood family is actually two interrelated English families, descended from the prominent 18th century doctor, Erasmus Darwin, and Josiah Wedgwood, founder of the pottery firm, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, the most notable member of which...
|
||
| House of Balliol |
The House of Balliol (de Balliol) was a Picard and Anglo-Norman family who began to rule some estates in England in the reign of William Rufus. In the late 13th and 14th centuries, two members of the house were kings of Scotland.
Both Balliols had...
|
|||
| The Hedge Knight |
The Hedge Knight is the first of a planned series of novella written by George R. R. Martin, often referred to as "Dunk and Egg stories" after their protagonists. The stories take place in the same universe as Martin's Song of Ice and Fire cycle,...
|
|||
| House of Lobkowicz |
|
Lobkowicz family |
The Lobkowicz family (Lobkovicové in modern Czech, sg. z Lobkovic; Lobkowitz in German) is one of the oldest still existing Bohemian noble families dating back to the 14th century. The first Lobkowiczs were mentioned as members of the gentry of...
|
|
| Lobkovicové | ||||
| Lobkowicz | ||||
| Borjigin |
Borjigin (plural Borjigid; Mongolian: Боржигин, Borjigin; Russian: Борджигин, Bordžigin; simplified Chinese: 博尔济吉特; traditional Chinese: 博爾濟吉特; pinyin: Bó'ěrjìjítè), also known as the Altan urug (Mongolian: Алтан ураг, Altan urag, Golden kin), were...
|
|||
| Abaza family |
The Abaza clan, "deeply rooted in Egyptian society and... in the history of the country" is an Egyptian family that has played a powerful and long-standing role in Egyptian economic, intellectual and political life. Their main stronghold is the...
|
|||
| House Greyjoy |
|
House Greyjoy is a fictional family from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. House Greyjoy is the principal noble house on the Iron Islands; many lesser Ironborn houses are sworn to them. Their seat is at Pyke. Their sigil is a golden...
|
||
| House Martell |
|
House Martell is a fictional noble family from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. House Martell is the ruling house of the kingdom of Dorne. Their seat is at Sunspear. Their sigil is a gold spear piercing a red sun, and their words are ...
|
||
| House Tyrell |
|
House Tyrell is a fictional family in George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire. House Tyrell is the principal noble house in the Reach; many lesser houses are sworn to them. Their seat is at Highgarden, a castle near the...
|
||
| Lusignan dynasty |
|
Lusignan family |
The Lusignan family originated in Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their castle at Lusignan. In the late 12th...
|
|
| House Targaryen |
|
House Targaryen is a fictional family in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of Westeros for nearly 300 years. Their seats were the capital city of King's Landing and the island castle of Dragonstone....
|
||
| Gyllenhaal family |
Gyllenhaal is a Swedish noble family descended from the cavalry Lieutenant Nils Gunnarsson Haal (d. 1680 or 1681), ennobled in 1652 with a change of surname to Gyllenhaal. Some notable members of this family are:
Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal's...
|
|||
| House Arryn |
House Arryn is a fictional family in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. House Arryn is the principal noble house in the Vale; many lesser houses are sworn to them. Their main seat is at the Eyrie, but they have many other holdings. Their...
|
|||
| Daenerys Targaryen | Daenerys Stormborn |
Daenerys Targaryen (Dany) is a fictional POV character from George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. She is a girl with silver hair and violet eyes, and at the beginning of A Game of Thrones, she is one of the last members of the ancient...
|
||
| Dany | ||||
| Ibelin |
Ibelin was a castle in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century (at modern Yavne, 31°49′12″N 34°42′47″E / 31.820°N 34.713°E / 31.820; 34.713), which gave its name to an important family of nobles.
The site of Ibelin had been occupied...
|
|||
| House of Orléans |
|
Orléans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. It became a tradition during France's ancien régime for the duchy of Orléans to be granted...
|
||
| House of Rohan |
|
Rohan |
The House of Rohan is a family of viscounts, later dukes and princes, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc. Through the Porhoët, the...
|
|
| Brahe |
|
Brahe (originally Bragde) is the name of a Scanian noble family that was influential in both Danish and Swedish history but has its family roots in Swedish origin. The first member of the family is speculated to have been Verner Braghde from Halland...
|
||
| Albani family |
The Albani were an aristocratic Roman family, members of which attained the highest dignities in the Roman Catholic Church, one, Clement XI, having been Pope. They were Albanians who originally moved to Urbino from the region of Malësi e Madhe in...
|
|||
| House of Barberini |
The Barberini are a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII. Their urban palace, the Palazzo...
|
|||
| Jack Abramoff |
|
Abramoff |
Jack Abramoff (pronounced /ˈeɪbrəmɒf/; born February 28, 1959) is an American former lobbyist, businessman, movie producer and writer. He was at the heart of an extensive corruption investigation that led to his conviction and to 21 persons either...
|
|
| House of Bentinck |
|
Bentinck family |
The Bentinck family (also known as the House of Bentinck) is a prominent family belonging to both Dutch and British nobility. Its members have served in the armed forces and as ambassadors and politicians, including Governor General of India and...
|
|
| Bentinck | ||||
| De Geer |
|
De Geer (also: De Geer van Jutphaas and De Geer van Oudegein) is a family of Walloon origin (the name possibly derived from the town of Geer near Liège) which became notable in Sweden and the Netherlands. They have played an important role in...
|
||
| A Dance with Dragons |
|
A Dance with Dragons (published in 2011) is the fifth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin.
A Dance with Dragons was originally intended to be the title of the second novel...
|
||
| Bernstorff |
Bernstorff is a German-Danish noble family of Mecklenburgian origin. Notable members of the family include:
|
|||
| House of Yusupov |
|
The Yusupovs are a Russian noble family descended from the Khans of the 10th century who, in the 18th and 19th centuries, were renowned for their immense wealth, philanthropy and art collections. Most notably, Prince Felix Yusupov II was famous for...
|
||
| Pamphili |
|
Pamphilj |
The Pamphili (often with the final long i orthography, Pamphilj) are one of the papal families deeply entrenched in Roman Catholic Church, Roman and Italian politics of the 16th and 17th centuries .
Later, the Pamphili family line merged with the...
|
|
| House of Chigi |
|
Chigi is a Roman princely family of Sienese extraction descended from the counts of Ardenghesca, which possessed castles in the Maremma, southern Tuscany. The earliest authentic mention of them is in the 13th century, with one Alemanno, counsellor...
|
||
