For centuries, Europe placed supreme importance and confidence in its royal families. Take a look at European royalty in these articles.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the most fashionable Europeans gazed upon wunderkammern, or cabinets of curiosity. But Peter the Great's collection didn't appeal to those with weak stomachs. See more »
Egbert (775?–839), king of Wessex (the area in southern England south of the Thames River and west of Kent and Sussex), 802–839.
See more »Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204), queen of Henry II of England and mother of two kings, Richard I and John.
See more »Elizabeth I (15331603), queen of England and Ireland. Strong-willed Elizabeth was one of the most powerful rulers in English history.
See more »Elizabeth II (1926-), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of her other realms and territories, and Head of the Commonwealth.
See more »Wenceslaus (1361–1419), Holy Roman emperor (1378–1400) and king of Bohemia (1378–1419).
See more »Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), first king of Hanover. He was the fifth son of King George III of England and was created duke of Cumberland in 1799.
See more »Ethelbert, or Aethelbert, (552?--616), an Anglo-Saxon king. As king of Kent (560?--616) he was the first Anglo-Saxon ruler to become a Christian.
See more »Ethelred II, or Aethelred II (968?–1016), king of England 978–1016. He was called Ethelred the Unready, meaning “without counsel” or “resourceless.” Ethelred became king as a child after the murder of his half-brother, Edward the Martyr.
See more »Eugénie (Eugénie Marie de Montijo de Guzmán) (1826–1920), empress of the French, 1853–70, and the wife of Napoleon III.
See more »Ferdinand, the name of various European rulers. The more important were the following:
See more »Francis, the name of several European rulers. The most important historically were two French kings and two Holy Roman Emperors.
See more »Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Josef) (1830–1916), emperor of Austria (1848–1916), king of Hungary (1867–1916), and emperor of Austria-Hungary (1867–1916).
See more »Frederick , the name of three Holy Roman emperors, two kings of Prussia, one emperor of Germany, and nine kings of Denmark.
See more »Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm) (1620–1688), elector (ruler) of Brandenburg, 1640–88.
See more »Brummell, George Bryan (1778–1840), an Englishman known as “Beau” Brummell because of the fashionable manner in which he dressed.
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