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| x Huxley |
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Aldous 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...
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| Andrew Huxley | |||||
| Julian Huxley | |||||
| Leonard Huxley | |||||
| Thomas Huxley | |||||
| x Guggenheim | Solomon R. Guggenheim | Meyer Guggenheim | Switzerland |
The Guggenheim family refers to a number of descendants of Meyer Guggenheim who were known for their successes in mining and smelting, and later for their philanthropy in diverse areas such as modern art and aviation, including several Guggenheim...
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| Benjamin Guggenheim | United States | ||||
| Daniel Guggenheim | |||||
| Meyer Robert Guggenheim | |||||
| Simon Guggenheim | |||||
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| x Rothschild family |
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James Mayer de Rothschild | Mayer Amschel Rothschild | Germany |
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...
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| Mayer Amschel Rothschild | France | ||||
| Amschel Mayer Rothschild | |||||
| Amschel Mayer James Rothschild | |||||
| Carl Mayer von Rothschild | |||||
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| x House of Antelminelli |
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Castruccio Castracani | Italy |
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...
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| x House of Quartigiani | Italy |
The Quartigiani family was a noble family from Lucca, the family was mentioned in the Lucca statute of 1308 as noble and powerful. The family was united by means of marriage with the Simonetti and Antelminelli families. The Antelminelli and...
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| x Calderón Hinojosa family |
The Calderón Hinojosa is a Mexican family from the state of Michoacán. Many of the family's members are notable right-wing politicians.
Some members are:
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| x House of Windsor |
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George V of the United Kingdom | George V of the United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house was created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by George V by a royal proclamation in...
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| Edward VIII of the United Kingdom | |||||
| George VI of the United Kingdom | |||||
| Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | |||||
| Charles, Prince of Wales | |||||
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| x Shah dynasty |
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The Shah dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Nepal.
The former royal family of Nepal claims descent from the Sisodia dynasty of Chittor, later ruling at Udaipur. Ajaya Simha claims himself as Prince of Nayakot, Lambjang, Kaski, and Tanhun in ca. 1495....
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| x Walton family |
The Walton Family is one of the richest families in the world, their wealth inherited from Bud and Sam Walton, founders of the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart. The five most prominent members (Jim, John (d.2005), Rob, Alice, and Helen (d.2007))...
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| x Fugger |
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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...
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| x Dientzenhofer Family of Architects | Johann Dientzenhofer | Germany |
Dientzenhofer is the name of a family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in Bohemian and German Baroque.
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| Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer | |||||
| Kryštof Dientzenhofer | |||||
| Leonhard Dientzenhofer | |||||
| x The Cox Family |
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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...
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| x Wettin | Ernest, Elector of Saxony |
The House of Wettin was a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that 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...
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| x Rothschild banking family of England |
The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in 1798 by Nathan Mayer von Rothschild (1777-1836) who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London. Nathan was sent there from his home in Frankfurt by his father, Mayer Amschel...
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| x Levidis family |
Levidis (Greek: Λεβίδης) is the name of a family of old Byzantine aristocratic origin, hailing from Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and with a distinguished role in the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, Wallachia, and modern...
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| x House of Nemanjić |
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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...
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| x House of Braganza |
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The Most Serene House of Braganza (Sereníssima Casa de Bragança; Portuguese pronunciation: [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ]) was the dynasty which ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1853 and the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889. It is a collateral line of the House of Aviz,...
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| x House of Aviz |
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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...
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| x House of Luxembourg |
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John I of Bohemia | Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor | Kingdom of Bohemia |
The House of Luxembourg was a mediæval Luxembourgian noble family. In 1308, Henry, Count of Luxembourg, became German king, his son, John of Luxembourg, shortly afterwards received the Bohemian crown. The dynasty's rule in the Holy Roman Empire was...
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| Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor | |||||
| Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg | |||||
| Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor | |||||
| Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier | |||||
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| x House of Karađorđević |
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Prince Alexis Karageorgevich |
The House of Karađorđević (Serbian: Карађорђевићи, Serbian Latin: Karađorđevići; English: House of Karageorgevich) was a Serbian ruling dynasty descended from Karađorđe. The family had a long blood feud with the Obrenović dynasty. The dynasty lost...
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| x House of Lancaster |
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Henry V of England |
The House of Lancaster was a branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. It was one of the opposing factions involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affected England and Wales during the 15th century. The family provided...
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| Henry IV of England | |||||
| Henry VI of England | |||||
| x House of York |
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Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York |
The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three of whom became English kings in the late 15th century. The House of York was descended in the paternal line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth...
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| Richard III of England | |||||
| Edward V of England | |||||
| Elizabeth of York | |||||
| Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York | |||||
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| x House of Oldenburg |
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.
It first became royal when Count Christian I of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
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| x House of Plantagenet |
The House of Plantagenet (pronounced /plænˈtædʒɨnɨt/), or First House of Anjou, was a royal house founded by Henry II of England, son of Geoffrey V of Anjou. The Plantagenet kings first ruled the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Their male...
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| x House of Munsö |
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The House of Munsö is one of the names of a protohistoric Swedish dynasty. Its early members of the 8th or 9th century are legendary or semi-legendary, while its later scions of the 10th to 11th centuries are historical.
It is also known as the...
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| x House of Obrenović |
The House of Obrenović (Serbian: Обреновићи/Obrenovići, often spelled in English as Obrenovich or Obrenovitch) ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloš Obrenović...
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| x House of Vojislavljević |
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The House of Vojislav was a medieval dynasty that inherited the claims over Duklja of the old ruling House of Saint Vladimir and the Serbian House of Vlastimir dynasty. It ruled Duklja and the surrounding territories; including Zahumlje, Rascia and...
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| x 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 died...
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| x House of Mecklenburg |
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The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.
Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th...
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| x House of Grimaldi |
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The House of Grimaldi is associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa and of the Principality of Monaco.
The Grimaldi family descends from Grimaldo, a Genovese statesman at the time of the early Crusades. He was the son of Otto Canella, a...
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| x House of Vasa |
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The House of Vasa (Swedish: Vasaätten, Polish: Waza, Lithuanian: Vazos) was the Royal House of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Poland and Lithuania 1587-1668. In 1611-1613 Duke Charles Philip, Prince of Sweden, was a pretender to Russian throne during Time...
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| x Bush family |
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Marvin Bush |
The Bush family is a prominent American family. Along with many members who have been successful bankers and businessmen, across three generations the family includes two U.S. Senators, one Supreme Court Justice, two Governors, one Vice President...
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| Lauren Bush | |||||
| Neil Bush | |||||
| Billy Bush | |||||
| William H.T. Bush | |||||
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| x Aldobrandini |
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Pope Clement VIII |
The Aldobrandini were an undistinguished Florentine family whose Roman fortunes were made when Ippolito Aldobrandini became pope under the name Pope Clement VIII. He arranged the marriage that linked the Aldobrandini with the Roman family of...
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| Ippolito Aldobrandini | |||||
| Silvestro Aldobrandini | |||||
| Olimpia Aldobrandini | |||||
| Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini | |||||
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| x Chigi-Albani |
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Agostino Chigi | Italy |
Chigi-Albani 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,...
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| Pope Alexander VII | |||||
| Flavio Chigi | |||||
| Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere | |||||
| x House of Capet |
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For a full history of the Capetian family, see Capetian dynasty.
The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, (French: Les Capétiens, la Maison capétienne), also called The House of France (la maison de France), or simply the Capets, which...
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| x House of Bourbon |
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The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples &...
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| x House of Stuart | James I of England | Robert II of Scotland |
The House of Stuart, also known as the House of Stewart is an important European royal house. Founded by Robert II of Scotland, the Stewarts first became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century. Their direct ancestors (from...
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| Charles I of England | |||||
| Charles II of England | |||||
| James II of England | |||||
| James Francis Edward Stuart | |||||
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| x House of Hohenzollern |
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The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from...
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| x House of Savoy |
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Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin |
The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia) was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy until the end of...
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| Amadeo I of Spain | |||||
| Margherita of Savoy | |||||
| Humbert II of Savoy | |||||
| Otto of Savoy | |||||
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| x House of Hanover |
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Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover |
The House of Hanover (the Hanoverians) is a Germanic royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (German: Braunschweig-Lüneburg), the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland. It succeeded the...
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| Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick | |||||
| Prince Ernst August of Hanover | |||||
| George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |||||
| Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany | |||||
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| x House of Orange-Nassau |
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The House of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau), a branch of the European House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands — and at times in Europe — since William I of Orange (also known as "William...
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| x House of Saud |
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House of Saud (Arabic: آل سعود; romanized Āl Suʿūd) is the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The modern nation of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932, though the roots and influence for the House of Saud had been planted in the Arabian...
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| x House of Visconti |
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Ottone Visconti | Italy |
Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. Two distinct Visconti families are known: the first one (chronologically) in the Republic of Pisa in the mid twelfth century, who achieved prominence first in...
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| Galeazzo I Visconti | |||||
| Gian Galeazzo Visconti | |||||
| Matteo II Visconti | |||||
| Bernabo Visconti | |||||
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| x Wittelsbach |
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The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria.
Their major principal roles were as Dukes, Electors and Kings of Bavaria (1180-1918), Counts Palatine of the Rhine (1214-1803), Margraves of Brandenburg (1323-1373)...
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| x House of Wessex |
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The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, refers to the family that ruled a kingdom in southwest England known as Wessex. This House was in power from the 6th century under Cerdic of Wessex to the unification of the Kingdoms of England...
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| x Valois Dynasty |
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The House of Valois (French pronunciation: [vaˈlwa]) (Valois meaning, literally, "of the valley" or "from the valley") was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, succeeding the House of Capet (or 'Direct Capetians') as kings of France from 1328 to...
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| x House of Balliol |
The House of 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 English...
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| x House of Dunkeld |
The so-called House of Dunkeld, in Scottish Gaelic Dùn Chailleann (meaning Fort of the Caledonii or of the Caledonians), is a historiographical and genealogical construct to illustrate the clear succession of Scottish kings from 1034 to 1040 and...
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| x Guinness family |
The Guinness family is an extensive aristocratic Irish Protestant family noted for their accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics and diplomacy. They are particularly known for their eponymous family firm, Guinness.
Four members of the family...
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| x Bonanno crime family |
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The Bonanno crime family is one of the "Five Families" that controls organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra).
The Castellammarese War between Giuseppe ...
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| x Fujiwara family |
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Fujiwara no Kamatari | Fujiwara no Kamatari |
The Fujiwara clan (藤原氏 Fujiwara-shi), descending from the Nakatomi clan, was a powerful family of regents in Japan. The clan originated when the founder, Nakatomi no Kamatari (614-669), was given the surname Fujiwara by Emperor Tenji. The Fujiwara...
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| Fujiwara no Fuhito | |||||
| Fujiwara no Fusasaki | |||||
| x Genovese crime family |
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The Genovese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that controls organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy...
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| x Kennedy family |
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. |
The Kennedy family is a family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the Democratic Party and...
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| Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy | |||||
| Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. | |||||
| John F. Kennedy | |||||
| Caroline Kennedy | |||||
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| x Takeda family |
The Takeda (武田氏 ,Takeda-shi) was a famous clan of daimyō (feudal lords) in Japan's late Heian Period to Sengoku period.
The Takeda were descendants of Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and are a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji), by Minamoto no...
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| x Pease family | Joseph Pease |
This Pease family was a prominent mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease (1711–1785). The family earlier came from Fishlake, Yorkshire. They were heavily...
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| Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford | |||||
| William Edwin Pease | |||||
| Alfred E. Pease | |||||
| Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton | |||||
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| x Downer family | Alexander Downer, Sr. |
The Downer family has played a significant role in the South Australian and Australian political and social sphere since the early days of European settlement.
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| Alexander Downer | |||||
| John Downer | |||||
| x House of Wangchuck | Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck |
The House of Wangchuck has ruled Bhutan since it was reunified in 1907. Prior to reunification, the Wangchuck family had governed the district of Trongsa, and the King of Bhutan (formally the "Druk Gyalpo" or Dragon King) must still first become the...
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| x Clan Bruce |
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Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale |
Clan Bruce is a Scottish clan from Kincardine in Scotland. It was a Royal House in the 14th century, producing two kings of Scotland.
The name Bruce comes from the French 'de Brus' or 'de Bruis', a land now called Brix, situated between Cherbourg...
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| Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale | |||||
| Robert III de Brus | |||||
| William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale | |||||
| Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale | |||||
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| x Alaouite Dynasty | Mohammed V of Morocco | Moulay Ali Cherif |
The Alaouite Dynasty is the name of the current Moroccan royal family. The name Alaouite comes from the ‘Alī of its founder Moulay Ali Cherif who became Sultan of Tafilalt in 1631. His son Mulay r-Rshid (1664-1672) was able to unite and pacify the...
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| Mohammed VI of Morocco | |||||
| Hassan II of Morocco | |||||
| Moulay Ali Cherif | |||||
| x Roosevelt family |
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Claes Martenzsen Van Rosenvelt | Claes Martenzsen Van Rosenvelt |
The Roosevelt family is a prominent American political family of Dutch descent that produced two United States Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
The first member of the Roosevelt family in...
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | |||||
| Theodore Roosevelt | |||||
| Eleanor Roosevelt | |||||
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