The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that once ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of Great Britain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, and Belgium; of these, only the British...
more
Read article at Wikipedia
Wettin
Family
Members
Similar topics in Freebase
-
Huxley
The Huxley family is a British family, with outstanding scientific, medical, artistic, and literary talent. The family also includes members who occupied senior public positions in the service of the United Kingdom. The patriarch of the family was the zoologist and comparative anatomist Thomas... -
Rothschild family
The Rothschild family (often referred to simply as the Rothschilds) is an international dynasty of German Jewish origin that established worldwide banking and finance operations and was ennobled by Austria and the United Kingdom. The family's rise to international prominence began with Mayer... -
House of Antelminelli
The House of Antelminelli was a noble family from Lucca. The family was involved in the struggle between the Guelph and the Ghibellini parties in Tuscany. The leader of the family was Castruccio Castracani a famous Ghibellini leader. He became the Duke of Lucca after taking power from the... -
House of Windsor
The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. It is a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), which adopted the name Windsor by a royal proclamation of George V in 1917. The current head of... -
Shah dynasty
The Shah dynasty was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Nepal. The former royal family of Nepal are the descendants of the Parmar Rajput dynasty of the Narsinghgarh state in Malwa, Madhyapradesh.. The famous Kings of the malwa region of Madhyapradesh were Raja Bhrathari, Samrat Vikramaditya and... -
Fugger
The Fugger (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊɡɐ]) family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. This... -
The Cox Family
The Cox Family is an North American Bluegrass family group from Cotton Valley, Louisiana, United States. The Cox Family first began performing regularly together at fairs and festivals in 1976, though an earlier performance can be heard in the 1974 version of Broken Engagement which appears on... -
House of Nemanjić
The House of Nemanjić (Serbian: Немањићи, Nemanjići; Anglicised: Nemanyid; German: Nemanjiden) was a medieval Serbian ruling dynasty. The "Stefan" dynasty - House of Nemanjić was named after Stefan Nemanja. It was descended from the cadet line of the House of Vojislavljević. The House of Nemanjić... -
House of Braganza
The Most Serene House of Braganza (Sereníssima Casa de Bragança; Portuguese pronunciation: [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ]) was the dynasty which ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1853 or until 1910 (as House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), and the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889. It is a collateral line of the House... -
House of Aviz
The House of Aviz (in the current spelling Avis; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈviʃ]) is a dynasty of kings of Portugal. In 1385, the Interregnum of the 1383-1385 crisis ended with the acclamation of the Master of the Order of Aviz, John, natural son of king Pedro I and Dona Teresa Lourenço as king....