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 »
George (1653–1708), prince of Denmark and husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain.
See more »Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-), consort of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
See more »Rupert, Prince , Count Palatine of Rhine and Duke of Bavaria (1619–1682), a nephew and general of Charles I of England.
See more »Margaret Rose, Princess (1930–2002), daughter of King George VI of Great Britain and sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
See more »Marie (1875–1938), queen consort of Romania, 1914–27, and dowager queen, 1927–38.
See more »Rainier III, (1923-2005), Prince of Monaco from 1949 until his death. A member of the reigning Grimaldi family, Rainier succeeded his grandfather, Prince Louis II.
See more »Magsaysay Ramón (1907–1957), the third president of the Republic of the Philippines, 1953–57.
See more »Bruce, Robert, or Robert I (1274–1329), a king of Scotland, reigned 1306–29. Robert the Bruce, as he was known, is a Scottish hero because he saved Scotland from subjugation by England.
See more »Royalty, the state or quality of being royal, or kingly. Royalty usually refers to the reigning sovereign—king or queen—and to the family and close relatives of the sovereign.
See more »Rudolph I, or Rudolf I, (1218-1291), the founder of the Austrian house of Hapsburg, or Habsburg.
See more »Sforza , the ruling family of Milan, 1450–1535. The Sforzas were cunning politicians and able administrators.
See more »Sigismund, (1368–1437), king of Hungary (1387–1437), Holy Roman emperor (1411–37), and king of Bohemia (1419–37).
See more »Simeon (I) the Great (?-927), a ruler of Bulgaria (893–927). During his reign, Bulgarian territory was expanded from the Black Sea to the Adriatic.
See more »Stephen (1097–1154), king of England from 1135 to 1154. He was courageous in battle but incompetent as a ruler, and his reign was marked by disorder and civil war.
See more »Stephen I (977–1038), the first king of Hungary and its patron saint. He united the Hungarian people and established a strong feudal nation.
See more »Stephen, the name of nine kings of Serbia. They belonged to the Nemanjid dynasty, which was founded by the chieftain Stephen Nemanja in the latter part of the 12th century and that ruled for about 200 years.
See more »Stuart, or Stewart, a Scottish royal family. Its members ruled Scotland for 343 years, 1371–1714, and England from 1603 to 1714, except for the period between the second war of the Great Rebellion and the Restoration (1649–60).
See more »Medici, an Italian family of merchants and bankers who ruled the republic of Florence through economic power and personal influence.
See more »Rothschild, the name of a Jewish family of European bankers and financiers. The house of Rothschild became an immensely wealthy firm in the 19th century, and European governments borrowed heavily from it.
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