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 »
Haakon VII, (1872–1957), king of Norway, 1905–57. He was the second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark and was named Carl.
See more »Hapsburg, ( German : Habsburg), a German royal family that provided 20 Holy Roman emperors, holding that title almost continuously from 1438 until the empire ended in 1806.
See more »Hardecanute, or Hardicanute, (more correctly Harthacnut)(1019?–1042), king of Denmark, 1035–42, and of England, 1040–42.
See more »Harold , or Harald , the name of two kings of England, five kings of Norway, and three kings of Denmark.
See more »Henry , the name of eight kings of England, four kings of France, and seven German kings.
See more »Hohenstaufen, a dynasty of Holy Roman emperors and German kings, 1138–1208 and 1214–54.
See more »Hohenzollern, a dynasty of kings of Prussia, 1701–1918, and kaisers (emperors) of Germany, 1871–1918.
See more »Lancaster, House of, an English noble family that produced three of the Plantagenet kings of England: Henry IV (1399–1413), Henry V (1413–22), and Henry VI (1422–61 and 1470–71).
See more »Orange, House of, the royal family of the Netherlands. It is known also as the House of Orange-Nassau, after the family name of the princes of Orange.
See more »Savoy, House of, the ruling family of Italy, 1861–1946. The line was founded by Count Humbert the Whitehanded, who became ruler of Savoy about 1034.
See more »Wettin, House of, a German family from which several European royal families are descended.
See more »York, House of, a branch of the Plantagenet ruling family of England. There were three Yorkist kings—Edward IV, who reigned 1461-70 and 1471-83; Edward V, his son, who reigned a few months before being deposed by his uncle Richard; and Richard III, 1483–85.
See more »Hugh Capet(940?–996 A.D.), king of France, 987–996. He was the founder of the Capetian dynasty, which ruled France, 987–1328.
See more »Isabella I ( Spanish : Isabel) (1451–1504), queen of Castile and León, 1474–1504.
See more »James, the name of five kings of Scotland and two kings of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
See more »James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), the “Old Pretender” to the English throne.
See more »John (1167–1216), king of England, 1199–1216. Though clever and energetic, John was a poor ruler.
See more »John of Gaunt (1340–1399), duke of Lancaster. John was the patron of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and the religious reformer John Wycliffe.
See more »John III, or John Sobieski, (1624–1696), king of Poland, 1674–96. John, the last important Polish king, saved Vienna from capture by the Ottoman Turks in 1683.
See more »John VI (Portuguese: João)(1769–1826), king of Portugal, 1816–26. John assumed rule in 1792, after his mother, Queen Maria I, had become insane.
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