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A '''dynasty''' is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "[[Royal House|house]]", e.g. the ''[[House of Saud]]'' or ''[[House of Habsburg]]''. In the histories of [[Europe]], much of [[Asia]] and some of [[Africa]], [[royal house|ruling]] and [[nobility|noble]] houses have usually been [[patrilineality|patrilineal]]; [[inheritance]] and [[kinship]] being predominantly viewed and legally calculated through descent from a common ancestor in the male line. Often, however, if the male lineage died out, descendants through females (and sometimes the females themselves) were recognized as entitled to inherit the dynasty's [[realm]]s and/or wealth.
The term "dynasty" is also used to describe the [[era]] during which a family [[reign]]ed, as well as events, trends and artifacts of that period, e.g. "[[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] dynasty vase". In such cases, often the "dynasty" is dropped but the name may be used adjectively, e.g. "[[Tudor Style architecture|Tudor style]]", "[[Ottoman Dynasty|Ottoman]] expansion", "[[Romanov]] decadence".
Historians traditionally consider a state's history within a framework of successive dynasties, particularly with such nations as [[China]], [[Ancient Egypt]] and the [[Persian Empire]]. Much of European political history was dominated, successively and together, by dynasties such as the [[Carolingian]]s, the [[Capetian dynasty|Capetians]], the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[House of Stuart|Stuart]]s, the [[Hohenzollern]]s and the [[Romanovs]]. Until the nineteenth century, it was taken for granted that a legitimate function of a [[monarch]] was to aggrandize his dynasty, that is, to increase the territory, wealth and power of family members.<ref>{{cite book| last = Thomson| first = David| title = Europe Since Napoleon| date = 1961| publisher = Knopf| location = New York| pages = pp. 79-80| chapter = The Institutions of Monarchy| quote = The basic idea of monarchy was the idea that hereditary right gave the best title to political power...The dangers of disputed succession were best avoided by hereditary succession: ruling families had a natural interest in passing on to their descendants enhanced power and prestige...Frederick the Great of Prussia, Catherine the Great of Russia, Maria Theresa of Austria, were alike infatuated with the idea of strengthening their power, centralizing government in their own hands as against local and feudal privileges, and so acquiring more absolute authority in the state. Moreover, the very dynastic rivalries and conflicts between these eighteenth-century monarchs drove them to look for ever more efficient methods of government }}</ref>
Dynastic names may not be the same as individual surnames, in that titles are customarily used instead. Or the name of the dynasty may follow the throne by descending through females, e.g. the current heads of the dynasties of [[House of Grimaldi|Grimaldi]], Habsburg, [[House of Orange-Nassau|Orange]] and Romanov actually descend paternally from, respectively, the houses of [[Polignac|Polignac (Chalençon)]], [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]], [[Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld|Lippe]] and [[House of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]]. Also, often a new dynastic name does not signal an altogether different family, so much as a new branch of the dynasty that has obtained the throne: kings of the [[House of Anjou]], [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]], [[House of Valois|Valois]] and [[House of Burgundy|Burgundy]] dynasties were all male-line descendants of [[Hugh Capet of France]] and are collectively called [[Capetian dynasty|Capetians]]. Thus, by a [[letters patent|royal decree]] of 1960 the British ruling dynasty remains the House of Windsor, despite the present Queen having married [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Philip Mountbatten]], who is by birth a prince of the reigning Danish dynasty of [[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], itself a branch of the [[House of Oldenburg]], of which the Romanovs descended from [[Peter III of Russia|Peter III]] were also agnatic descendants.
Dynasties may change due to war, but also when a king fails to produce an heir, sometimes resulting in a maternal relative's succession. The dynasty usually then takes the name of that successor's paternal family name.
==Dynasts==
A ruler in a dynasty is sometimes referred to as a ''dynast'', but this term is also used to describe any member of a reigning family who retains [[order of succession|succession]] rights to a throne. For example, following his abdication, [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom]] ceased to be a ''dynastic'' member of the [[House of Windsor]].
A "dynastic [[marriage]]" is one that complies with monarchical [[house law]] restrictions, so that the descendants are eligible to inherit the throne and/or other [[monarchy|royal]] privileges. For instance, the 2002 marriage of [[Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange]] to [[Máxima Zorreguieta]] was dynastic, and their [[Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands|eldest child]] is expected to eventually inherit the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] crown. But the marriage of his younger brother [[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau|Prince Friso]] to [[Mabel Wisse Smit]] in 2003 lacked government support and [[parliamentary]] approval. Thus Friso forfeited his place in the [[order of succession]], lost his title as a ''Prince of the Netherlands'', and his children have no dynastic rights.
In historical and [[monarchy|monarchist]] references to formerly reigning families, ''dynastic'' describes a family member who would have succession rights if the monarchy's rules were still in force. For example, after the 1914 assassinations of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] and his [[morganatic marriage|morganatic]] wife [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg|Sophie von Hohenberg]], their son [[Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg|Max]] was bypassed for the Austrian throne because he was not a [[Habsburg]] dynast. Even since abolition of the Austrian monarchy, Max and his descendants have not been considered the rightful [[pretender]]s by Austrian monarchists, nor have they claimed that position.
The term "dynast" is sometimes used to refer to [[patrilineality|agnatic]] descendants of a [[realm]]'s monarchs, and sometimes to those who hold succession rights through [[matrilineality|cognatic]] royal descent. The term can therefore describe overlapping but distinct sets of people. For example, [[David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley]], a nephew of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] through her late sister, [[Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom|Princess Margaret]], is in the line of succession to the British crown, and in that sense is a British dynast. Yet he is not a [[patrilineality|male-line]] member of the [[royal family]], and is therefore not a dynast of the House of Windsor.
On the other hand, the German [[aristocracy|aristocrat]] [[Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover|Ernst August, Prince of Hanover]] (born 1954), although a male-line descendant of [[George III of the United Kingdom]], is a remote descendant with no legal British titles and styles (although he is entitled to re-claim the once-[[duke#royal dukes|royal dukedom]] of [[Duke of Cumberland|Cumberland]]). Yet he was born in the [[order of succession|line of succession]] to the British crown and is bound by the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]]. Thus, in 1999 he requested and obtained formal permission from Elizabeth II to marry [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover|Princess Caroline of Monaco]]. But immediately upon marriage he forfeited his (remote) claim to the British throne because she is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and Ernst August is also bound by the English [[Act of Settlement 1701]] which permanently deprives dynasts of succession rights upon marriage to a Roman Catholic. However, the couple's daughter, Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1999), remains a legal dynast of both the United Kingdom and Monaco, not to mention her father's claim to dynasticity as [[pretender]] to the former royal crown of [[Kingdom of Hanover|Hanover]].
==Dynasties by region==
===[[Africa]]===
====[[Chad]]====
*[[Duguwa dynasty]] (c. 700 - c. 1075)
*[[Sayfawa dynasty]] (c. 1075 - 1846)
====[[Egypt]]====
*[[First dynasty of Egypt|1st dynasty]] (c. 3050 - 2890 BC)
*[[Second dynasty of Egypt|2nd dynasty]] (2890 - 2686 BC)
*[[Third dynasty of Egypt| 3rd dynasty]] (2686 - 2613 BC)
*[[Fourth dynasty of Egypt|4th dynasty]] (2613 - 2498 BC)
*[[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th dynasty]] (2498 - 2345 BC)
*[[sixth dynasty of Egypt|6th dynasty]] (2345 - 2181 BC)
*[[Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt|7th and 8th dynasties]] (2181 - 2160 BC)
*[[ninth dynasty of Egypt|9th dynasty]] (2160 - 2130 BC)
*[[tenth dynasty of Egypt|10th dynasty]] (2130 - 2040 BC)
*[[eleventh dynasty of Egypt|11th dynasty]] (2134 - 1991 BC)
*[[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|12th dynasty]] (1991 - 1803 BC)
*[[thirteenth dynasty of Egypt|13th dynasty]] (1803 - 1649 BC)
*[[fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|14th dynasty]] (1705 - 1690 BC)
*[[fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|15th dynasty]] (1674 - 1535 BC)
*[[sixteenth dynasty of Egypt|16th dynasty]] (1660 - 1600 BC)
*[[seventeenth dynasty of Egypt|17th dynasty]] (1650 - 1549 BC)
*[[eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|18th dynasty]] (1549 - 1292 BC)
*[[nineteenth dynasty of Egypt|19th dynasty]] (1292 - 1186 BC)
*[[Twentieth dynasty of Egypt|20th dynasty]] (1186 - 1069 BC)
*[[Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt|21st dynasty]] (1069 - 945 BC)
*[[Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt|22nd dynasty]] (945 - 720 BC)
*[[Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt|23rd dynasty]] (837 - 728 BC)
*[[Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt|24th dynasty]] (732 - 720 BC)
*[[Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt|25th dynasty]] (732 - 653 BC)
*[[Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt|26th dynasty]] (672 - 525 BC)
*[[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid dynasty]] (525 - 404 BC)
*[[Twenty-eighth dynasty of Egypt|28th dynasty]] (404 - 398 BC)
*[[Twenty-ninth dynasty of Egypt|29th dynasty]] (398 - 380 BC)
*[[Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt|30th dynasty]] (380 - 343 BC)
*[[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid dynasty]] (343 - 332 BC)
*[[Argead dynasty]] (332 - 309 BC)
*[[Ptolemaic Dynasty]] (305 - 30 BC)
====[[Ethiopia]]====
*[[Aksumite Empire]]
*[[Zagwe dynasty]] (c. 900 - 1270)
*[[Solomonic dynasty]] (1270 - 1974)
====[[Guinea]]====
*[[Keita dynasty]] (c. 1200 - 1670)
====[[Morocco]]====
*[[Idrisid dynasty]] (780-974)
*[[Maghrawa dynasty]] (987-1070)
*[[Almoravid dynasty]] (1073-1147)
*[[Almohad dynasty]] (1147-1269)
*[[Marinid dynasty]] (1258-1420)
*[[Wattasid dynasty]] (1420-1547)
*[[Saadi dynasty]] (1554-1659)
*[[Alaouite dynasty]] (1666- current)
===[[Americas]]===
====[[Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia|Araucania and Patagonia]]====
*[[Orelie-Antoine de Tounens|Tounes dynasty]] (1860 – 1862)
====[[Brazil]]====
*[[House of Braganza]] (1822-1889)
====[[Haiti]]====
*[[Jean-Jacques Dessalines|Dessalines Dynasty]] (1804 - 1806)
*[[Henri Christophe|Christophe Dynasty]] (1811 - 1820)
*[[Faustin Soulouque|Soulouque Dynasty]] (1849 - 1859)
====[[Inca Empire]]====
*[[Sapa Inca|Hurin dynasty]] (1197 - c.1350)
*[[Sapa Inca|Haran dynasty]] (c.1350 - 1572)
====[[Mexico]]====
*[[Agustín I of Mexico|House of Iturbide]] (1822 - 1823)
*[[House of Habsburg]] (1864 - 1867)
===[[Pacific]]===
====[[Hawai'i]]====
*[[House of Kamehameha|Kamehameha Dynasty]] (c.[[1795]]-[[1872]])
*[[House of Kalākaua|Kalākaua Dynasty]] (c.[[1874]]-[[1893]])
*[[House of Kawananakoa|Kawananakoa Dynasty]] (c.[[1868]]- ??)
*[[Kalokuokamaile Dynasty]] (c.[[1860]]- ??)
====[[New Zealand Māori]]====
*[[Māori King Movement|Te Wherowhero Dynasty]] ([[1856]] to the present)
====[[Tahiti]]====
*[[List of rulers of Tahiti|Pōmare Dynasty]] ([[1788]]-[[1880]])
====[[Tonga]]====
*[[Tu'i Tonga|Tu'i Tonga Dynasty]] (c. [[900]]-[[1865]])
*[[List of monarchs of Tonga|Tupou Dynasty]] ([[1875]] to the present)
===[[Asia]]===
====[[Afghanistan]]====
*[[Durrani Empire|Durrani Dynasty]] ([[1747]]–[[1823]] and [[1839]]–[[1842]])
*[[Barakzai Dynasty]] ([[1818]]–[[1839]], [[1842]]–[[1929]] and [[1929]]–[[1973]])
* [[Habibullah Ghazi|Usurper King]] ([[January 17]], [[1929]] - [[October 13]], [[1929]])
====[[Israel]]====
* [[Davidic Dynasty]]
* [[Hasmonean Dynasty]]
* [[Herodian Dynasty]]
====[[China]]====
{{main|Dynasties in Chinese history}}
*[[Xia Dynasty]] ([[2040 BCE]]–[[1556 BCE]])
*[[Shang Dynasty]] ([[1556 BCE]]–[[1046 BCE]])
*[[Zhou Dynasty]] ([[1046 BCE]]–[[256 BCE]])
*[[Qin Dynasty]] ([[221 BCE]]–[[206 BCE]])
*[[Han Dynasty]] ([[206 BCE]]–[[220]])
*[[Three Kingdoms]] ([[220]]–[[280]])
*[[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] ([[265]]–[[420]])
*[[Southern and Northern Dynasties]] ([[420]]–[[589]])
*[[Sui Dynasty]] ([[581]]–[[618]])
*[[Tang Dynasty]] ([[618]]–[[907]])
*[[Song Dynasty]] ([[960]]–[[1279]])
*[[Mongol Empire]] ([[1271]]–[[1368]])
*[[Ming Dynasty]] ([[1368]]–[[1644]])
*[[Manchu Empire]] ([[1644]]–[[1912]])
====[[Japan]]====
*[[Imperial House of Japan]] (officially [[660 BC]] to the present)
====[[Korea]]====
*[[Gojoseon]]
*[[Goguryeo]] ([[37 BCE]]-[[668]])
*[[Baekje]] ([[18 BCE]]-[[660]])
*[[Silla]] ([[57 BCE]]-[[935]])
*[[Balhae]] ([[698]]-[[926]])
*[[Goryeo Dynasty]] ([[935]]-[[1392]])
*[[Joseon Dynasty]] ([[1392]]-[[1910]])
====[[India]] (including parts thereof)====
*[[Mauryan dynasty]] (4th—2nd century BC)
*[[Kushana|Kushāṇa dynasty]]
*[[Gupta dynasty]]
*[[Slave dynasty]] (Islamic period of Delhi Sultanate)
*[[Tughlaq dynasty]] (Islamic period of Delhi Sultanate)
*[[Mughal dynasty]] (Islamic)
*British [[House of Windsor]]
*[[Chalukya dynasty]] ([[6th Century]] to [[12th Century]])
*[[Chola dynasty]] ([[11th Century]])
====[[Maldives]]====
*[[House of Theemuge]] ([[1117]]-[[1388]])
*[[Hilaalee dynasty]] ([[1388]]-[[1558]])
*([[1558]]-[[1573]]) Interregnum
*[[Utheemu dynasty]] ([[1573]]-[[1692]])
*([[1692]]-[[1701]]) Kings who do not belong to a particular dynasty.
*[[Isdhoo dynasty]] ([[1701]]-[[1704]])
*[[Dhiyamigili dynasty]] ([[1704]]-[[1757]])
*[[Huraa dynasty]] ([[1757]]-[[1766]])
*[[Dhiyamigili dynasty]] ([[1766]]-[[1773]])
*[[Huraa dynasty]] ([[1773]]-[[1953]])
*([[1953]]-[[1953]]) Republic (President Muhammad Amin Didi).
*[[Huraa dynasty]] ([[1953]]-[[1968]])
*([[1968]]-[[1978]]) Republic (President Ibrahim Nasir).
*([[1978]]-present) Republic (President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom).
====[[Malaysia]]====
*[[White Rajahs]] ([[1841]] to [[1946]])
====[[Saudi Arabia]]====
* [[House of Saud]]
====[[Thailand]]====
* [[Phra Ruang dynasty]]
* [[Mengrai dynasty]]
* [[U-Thong dynasty]]
* [[Suphannaphum dynasty]]
* [[Sukhothai dynasty]]
* [[Prasatthong dynasty]]
* [[Banpluluang dynasty]]
* [[Thonburi dynasty]] ([[1767]]-[[1782]])
* [[Chakri dynasty]] ([[1782]]-)
====[[Vietnam]]====
* [[Hồng Bàng Dynasty]] ([[2897 BC]]–[[258 BC]])
* [[Thục Dynasty]] ([[257 BC|257]]–[[207 BC]])
* [[Triệu Dynasty]] ([[207 BC|207]]–[[111 BC]])
* [[Funan|Funan Dynasty]] ([[1 AD]]–[[630]])
* [[Trưng Sisters]] ([[40]]–[[43]])
* [[Champa|Champa Dynasty]] ([[192]]–[[1832]])
* [[Lý Nam Đế|Anterior Lý Dynasty]] ([[544]]–[[602]])
* [[Khúc Family]] ([[906]]–[[930]])
* [[Ngô Dynasty]] ([[939]]–[[965]])
* [[Đinh Dynasty]] ([[968]]–[[980]])
* [[Anterior Lê Dynasty|Prior Lê Dynasty]] ([[980]]–[[1009]])
* [[Lý Dynasty]] ([[1009]]–[[1225]])
* [[Trần Dynasty]] ([[1225]]–[[1400]])
* [[Hồ Dynasty]] ([[1400]]–[[1407]])
* [[Posterior Trần Dynasty]] ([[1407]]–[[1413]])
* [[Later Lê Dynasty]] ([[1428]]–[[1527]], [[1533]]–[[1788]])
* [[Mạc Dynasty]] ([[1527]]–[[1677]])
* [[Trịnh Lords]] ([[1545]]–[[1787]])
* [[Nguyễn Lords]] ([[1558]]–[[1777]])
* [[Tây Sơn Dynasty]] ([[1778]]–[[1802]])
* [[Nguyễn Dynasty]] ([[1802]]–[[1945]])
===[[Europe]]===
====[[Austria]]====
* [[House of Habsburg]] ([[1273]]-[[1918]])
====[[Albania]]====
* [[Progon Dynasty]] ([[1190]]-[[1216]])
* [[Angevin]] ([[1272]]-[[1368]])
* [[Kastrioti]] ([[1444]]-[[1468]])
* [[Wied]] ([[1914]])
* [[Zogu]] ([[1928]]-[[1939]])
====[[Armenia]]====
* [[Orontid Dynasty]]
* [[Artaxiad Dynasty]] or the Artashesi Dynasty ([[189 BC]]-[[12 AD]])
* [[Arsacid Dynasty]] or the Arshakuni Dynasty ([[54]]-[[428]])
* [[Bagratuni Dynasty]] or the Bagratid Dynasty of Armenia ([[885]]-[[1045]])
* [[Rubenid Dynasty]] or the [[Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia]] ([[1080]]-[[1225]])
====[[Belgium, Flanders]]====
*[[Belle Dynasty]] or [[Balliol Dynasty]] ([[960]]-[[to the present]]), ([[Traced back to the Treaty of Verdun signed in Thionville, anno 843]])
====[[Bulgaria]]====
* [[Dulo Dynasty]] ([[2137 BC]] - [[753 AD]])
* [[The Asenian Dynasty]] ([[1187]] - [[1280]])
====[[Barbarian]]s====
=====[[Bavarii]]=====
*[[Agilolfings|Agilolfing Dynasty]]
=====[[Franks]]=====
*[[Merovingian Dynasty]] ([[481]]-[[751]])
*[[Carolingian Dynasty]] ([[751]]-[[843]])
*[[Arnulfings]] or [[Pippinids]], [[List of Mayors of the Palaces|mayors of the palaces]]
=====[[Lombards]]=====
:''See [[Early kings of the Lombards]].''
*[[Lething Dynasty]] (until early [[sixth century]])
*[[Gausian Dynasty]] ([[546]]-[[572]])
*[[Bavarian Dynasty]] ([[616]]-[[712]])
=====[[Ostrogoths]]=====
*[[Amal Dynasty]] (before [[474]]-[[536]])
=====[[Vandals]]=====
*[[Hasdingi]] (before [[407]]-[[534]])
=====[[Visigoths]]=====
*[[Balti dynasty|Balthi Dynasty]] ([[395]]-[[531]])
====[[Byzantine Empire]]====
*[[Constantinian dynasty]] ([[303]]-[[336]])
*[[Valentinian Dynasty]] ([[364]]-[[457]])
**[[House of Theodosius]] from [[379]]
*[[House of Leo|Leonid dynasty]] ([[457]]-[[518]])
*[[Justinian Dynasty]] ([[518]]-[[602]])
*[[Heraclian Dynasty]] ([[602]]-[[695]] and [[705]]-[[711]])
*[[Isaurian Dynasty]] ([[717]]-[[802]])
*[[Phocid Dynasty]] ([[802]]-[[813]])
*[[Phrygian Dynasty]] ([[820]]-[[867]])
*[[Macedonian Dynasty]] ([[867]]-[[1056]])
*[[Comnenus|Comnenid Dynasty]] ([[1057]]-[[1059]] and [[1081]]-[[1185]])
*[[Ducas|Doukid Dynasty]] ([[1059]]-[[1081]])
*[[Angelus (dynasty)|Angleid Dynasty]] ([[1185]]-[[1204]])
*[[Laskaris|Laskarid Dynasty]] ([[1204]]-[[1261]]), in exile in [[İznik|Nicaea]]
*[[Palaeologus|Palaeologid Dynasty]] ([[1261]]-[[1453]])
====[[Croatia]]====
*[[Trpimirović dynasty|Trpimirović Dynasty]] ([[845]]-[[1091]])
*[[House of Savoy]] ([[1941]]-[[1943]])
====[[Denmark]]====
*see [[List of Danish monarchs]] (-[[1412]])
*[[House of Oldenburg]] ([[1448]]-[[1863]])
**[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] ([[1863]] to the present)
====[[England]]====
*[[Cerdicing Dynasty]], or House of Wessex, ([[829]]-[[1016]] and [[1042]]-[[1066]])
*[[House of Harthacnut]] ([[1013]]-[[1014]] and [[1016]]-[[1042]])
*[[Norman Dynasty]] ([[1066]]-[[1135]])
*[[House of Blois]] ([[1135]]-[[1154]])
*[[Plantagenet Dynasty]] ([[1154]]-[[1485]])
**[[Angevin|House of Anjou]] ([[1154]]-[[1399]])
**[[House of Lancaster]] ([[1399]]-[[1461]] and [[1470]]-[[1471]])
**[[House of York]] ([[1461]]-[[1470]] and [[1471]]-[[1485]])
*[[House of Tudor]] ([[1485]]-[[1603]])
*[[House of Stuart]] ([[1603]]-[[1714]])
*[[House of Hanover]] ([[1714]]-[[1901]])
*[[House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]] ([[1901]] to the present)
**[[House of Windsor]] ([[1917]] to the present), house renamed in 1917 during the [[First World War]]
The next house after the death of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] will be the House of [[Mountbatten-Windsor]]
====[[France]]====
*[[Carolingian Dynasty]] ([[843]]-[[987]])
*[[Capetian Dynasty]] ([[987]]-[[1792]], [[1814]]-[[1848]])
**[[House of Capet|Direct Capetians]] ([[987]]-[[1328]])
**[[House of Valois]] ([[1328]]-[[1589]])
***Direct [[House of Valois]] ([[1328]]-[[1498]])
***House of [[Valois]]-[[Orléans]] ([[1498]]-[[1515]])
***House of [[Valois]]-[[Angoulême]] ([[1515]]-[[1589]])
**[[House of Bourbon]] ([[1589]]-[[1792]] and [[1814]]-[[1848]])
***House of Bourbon-[[Vendome]] ([[1589]]-[[1792]], [[1814]]-[[1830]])
***House of Bourbon-[[Orléans]] ([[1830]]-[[1848]])
*[[Bonaparte|Bonaparte Dynasty]] ([[1804]]-[[1814]] and [[1852]]-[[1870]])
====[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]====
*[[Pharnabazid Dynasty]] (299-90 BC, 30BC-189 AD)
*[[Artaxiad Dynasty of Iberia|Artaxiad Dynasty]] (90-30 BC)
*[[Arsacid Dynasty of Iberia|Arsacid Dynasty]] (189-284 AD)
*[[Chosroid Dynasty]] (284-580, 627-684)
**[[Guaramid Dynasty]] (588-627, 684-748, 779-786)
*[[Nersianid Dynasty]] (748-780)
*[[Bagrationi Dynasty|Bagratid (Bagrationi) dynasty]] (813-1810)
====[[Germany]]====
*[[Carolingian Dynasty]] ([[843]]-[[911]])
*[[Conradine Dynasty]] ([[911]]-[[918]])
*[[Ottonian Dynasty|Saxon Dynasty]] or [[Ottonian Dynasty]] ([[919]]-[[1024]])
*[[Salian Dynasty]] or [[Franconia]]n Dynasty ([[1024]]-[[1125]])
*[[Supplinburger Dynasty]] ([[1125]]-[[1137]])
*[[Hohenstaufen|Hohenstaufen Dynasty]] ([[1137]]-[[1254]])
*[[Habsburg Dynasty]] ([[1273]]-[[1291]], [[1298]]-[[1308]], and [[1438]]-[[1740]])
**[[Habsburg-Lorraine|House of Habsburg-Lorraine]] ([[1745]]-[[1806]])
*[[Duke of Nassau|House of Nassau]] ([[1292]]-[[1298]])
*[[House of Luxemburg]] ([[1308]]-[[1313]], [[1347]]-[[1400]], and [[1410]]-[[1437]])
*[[Wittelsbach|House of Wittelsbach]] ([[1314]]-[[1347]], [[1400]]-[[1410]], and [[1742]]-[[1745]])
*[[Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern Dynasty]] ([[1871]]-[[1918]])
=====[[Bavaria]]=====
*[[Liutpolding Dynasty]] 889-947
*[[Ottonian Dynasty]] 947-1017
*[[House of Luxembourg]] 1017-1026, 1039-1047
*[[Salian Dynasty]] 1026-1039, 1053-1061
*[[Welf Dynasty]] 1070-1138, 1156-1180
*[[Babenberg Dynasty]] 1138-1156
*[[Wittelsbach Dynasty]] 1180-1918
=====[[Saxony]]=====
*[[Ottonian Dynasty|Liudolfing Dynasty]] 843-961
*[[Billung Dynasty]] 961-1106
*[[Supplinburger Dynasty]] 1106-1127
*[[Welf Dynasty]] 1127-1138, 1142-1180
*[[Ascanian Dynasty]] 1138-1142, 1180-1422
*[[Wettin Dynasty]] 1422-1918
====[[Hungary]]====
*[[Árpáds|Árpád Dynasty]] (c.[[895]]-[[1301]])
*[[Premyslid|Premyslid Dynasty]] ([[1301]]-[[1305]])
*[[Wittelsbach|House of Wittelsbach]] ([[1305]]-[[1308]])
*[[Capetian Dynasty]], House of [[Angevin|Anjou]] ([[1308]]-[[1395]])
*[[House of Luxemburg]] ([[1387]]-[[1437]])
*[[Habsburg Dynasty]] ([[1437]]-[[1457]], [[1526]]-[[1918]])
*[[Jagiellonian|Jagiellonian Dynasty]] ([[1440]]-[[1526]])
*[[Zápolya|Zápolya Dynasty]] ([[1526]]-[[1571]])
*[[Habsburg|Habsburg Dynasty]] ([[1526]]-[[1918]])
====[[Montenegro]]====
*[[House of Vojislavljević|Vojislavljević Dynasty]] (c. 7th century - [[1186]])
*[[House of Nemanjić|Nemanjić Dynasty]] ([[1186]] - [[1355]])
*[[House of Balšić|Balšić Dynasty]] ([[1356]] - [[1435]])
*[[House of Crnojević|Crnojević Dynasty]] ([[1435]] - [[1516]])
*[[House of Petrović|Petrović-Njegoš Dynasty]] ([[1696]] - [[1918]])
====[[Iberian Peninsula|Iberia]]====
=====[[Aragón]]=====
*[[Jiménez Dynasty]] ([[1035]]-[[1162]])
*[[House of Barcelona]] ([[1162]]-[[1410]])
*[[Trastámara|House of Trastámara]] ([[1412]]-[[1516]])
=====[[Asturias]]=====
*[[Peláyez Dynasty]] ([[718]]-[[739]])
*[[Pérez Dynasty]] ([[739]]-[[925]])
=====[[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]]=====
*[[House of Lara]] ([[930]]-[[1032]]), counts
*[[Jiménez Dynasty]] ([[1035]]-[[1126]]), kings
*[[House of Burgundy]] ([[1126]]-[[1369]])
*[[Trastámara|House of Trastámara]] ([[1369]]-[[1516]])
=====[[Kingdom of León|León]]=====
*[[Pérez Dynasty]] ([[910]]-[[1037]])
*[[Jiménez Dynasty]] ([[1037]]-[[1126]])
*[[House of Burgundy]] ([[1126]]-[[1369]])
*[[Trastámara|House of Trastámara]] ([[1369]]-[[1516]])
=====[[Navarre]]=====
*[[House of Íñiguez]] ([[824]]-[[905]])
*[[Jiménez Dynasty]] ([[905]]-[[1234]])
*[[House of Champagne]] ([[1234]]-[[1305]])
*[[House of Capet]] ([[1284]]-[[1349]])
*[[House of Évreux]] ([[1328]]-[[1441]])
*[[Trastámara|House of Trastámara]] ([[1425]]-[[1479]])
*[[House of Foix]] ([[1479]]-[[1516]])
*[[House of Albret]] ([[1483]]-[[1572]])
*[[House of Bourbon]] ([[1572]]-[[1620]])
=====[[Portugal]]=====
*[[V%C3%ADmara Peres|House of Vímara Peres]] ([[868]]-[[1071]]), counts
*[[House of Burgundy]] or Afonsine Dynasty ([[1093]]-[[1383]]), counts until [[1139]], then kings
*[[House of Aviz]] or Joannine Dynasty ([[1385]]-[[1580]])
**[[House of Aviz|House of Aviz-Beja]] ([[1495]]-[[1580]])
*[[Habsburg|House of Habsburg]] or Philippine Dynasty ([[1580]]-[[1640]])
*[[House of Braganza]] or Brigantine Dynasty ([[1640]]-[[1910]])
**[[House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]], House of Coburg-Braganza or House of [[Braganza]]-[[Wettin]] ([[1853]]-[[1910]])
=====[[Spain]]=====
*[[Habsburg|House of Habsburg]] or House of [[Austria]] ([[1516]]-[[1700]])
*[[House of Bourbon]] ([[1700]]-[[1868]], [[1874]]-[[1931]], and [[1975]] to the present)
*[[Bonaparte|House of Bonaparte]] ([[1808]]-[[1813]])
*[[House of Savoy]] ([[1871]]-[[1873]])
====[[Ireland]]====
* [[Fir Ol nEchmacht]]
* [[Dal Fiachrach Suighe]]
* [[The Connachta]]
* [[Uí Fiachrach]]
* [[Uí Néill]]
* [[Eóganachta]]
* [[Uí Dúnlainge]]
* [[Uí Cheinnselaig]]
* [[Dál Riata]]
* [[Dál nAraidi]]
* [[Dál Fiatach]]
* [[Clann Cholmáin]]
* [[Síl nÁedo Sláine ]]
* [[Cenél nEógain]]
* [[Cenél Conaill]]
* [[Uí Briúin Bréifne]]
* [[Dál gCais]]
* [[MacDermot]]
* [[Burke]]
* [[Ó Neill]]
* [[O Domhnaill]]
* [[O Connor Sligo]]
* [[O'Conor Don]]
* [[Clanricarde]]
====[[Italy]]====
*[[House of Savoy]] ([[1861]]-[[1946]])
====[[Norway]]====
*[[Fairhair dynasty|Fairhair Dynasty]] ([[890]]-[[1319]])
*[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] ([[1905]] to the present)
====[[Turkey]]====
*[[Seljuq Dynasty]] ([[1077]]-[[1307]])
*[[Ottoman Dynasty]] ([[1281]]-[[1923]])
====[[Poland]]====
*[[Piast Dynasty]] ([[ninth century]]-[[1296]] and [[1306]]-[[1370]])
*[[Premyslid Dynasty]] ([[1291]]-[[1306]])
*[[Capetian Dynasty]], [[Angevin|House of Anjou]] ([[1306]]-[[1399]])
*[[Jagiellon Dynasty|Jagiellonian Dynasty]] ([[1386]]-[[1572]] and [[1575]]-[[1586]])
*[[Valois Dynasty]] ([[1573]]-[[1574]])
*[[Báthory|House of Báthory]] ([[1576]]-[[1586]])
*[[House of Vasa]] ([[1587]]-[[1668]])
*[[Wiśniowiecki|House of Wiśniowiecki]] ([[1669]]-[[1673]])
*[[Sobieski|House of Sobieski]] ([[1674]]-[[1696]])
*[[wettin dynasty|Wettin Dynasty]] ([[1697]]-[[1706]], [[1709]]-[[1733]] and [[1736]]-[[1764]])
*[[Leszczyński|House of Leszczyński]] ([[1704]]-[[1709]] and [[1733]]-[[1736]])
*[[Poniatowski|House of Poniatowski]] ([[1764]]-[[1795]])
====[[Roman Empire]]====
*[[Julio-Claudian dynasty|Julio-Claudian Dynasty]] ([[27 BC]]-[[AD 68]])
*[[Flavian dynasty|Flavian Dynasty]] ([[69]]-[[96]])
*[[Nervan-Antonian dynasty|Nervan-Antonian Dynasty]] ([[96]]-[[192]])
*[[Severan Dynasty]] ([[193]]-[[235]])
====[[Romania]]====
*[[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] ([[1866]]-[[1947]])
====[[Russia]]====
*[[Rurik Dynasty|House of Rurikovich]] ([[862]]-[[1598]], [[1606]]-[[1610]])
*[[Romanov|House of Romanov]] ([[1613]]-[[1762]])
*[[House of Oldenburg|House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov]], called [[Romanov]] ([[1762]]-[[1917]])
====[[Scotland]]====
*[[House of Alpin]] ([[843]]-[[1034]])
*[[House of Dunkeld]] ([[1034]]-[[1040]], [[1058]]-[[1286]])
*[[House of Balliol|House of Baliol]] ([[1292]]-[[1296]]) (see [[Belgium]], [[Flanders]])
*[[House of Bruce]] ([[1306]]-[[1371]])
*[[House of Stewart]] ([[1371]]-[[1707]])
====[[Sweden]]====
*House of [[Uppsala]] ([[970]]-[[1060]])
*[[House of Stenkil]] ([[1060]]-[[1130]])
*[[House of Sverker]] ([[1130]]-[[1222]]), interspersed with House of Eric
*[[House of Eric]] ([[1156]]-[[1250]]), interspersed with House of Sverker
*[[Folkung|House of Bjällbo]] or Folkung Dynasty ([[1248]]-[[1387]])
*[[House of Vasa]] ([[1521]]-[[1654]])
*[[Wittelsbach|House of Wittelsbach]] or House of [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Palatinate]]-[[Zweibrücken]]-[[Kleeburg]] ([[1654]]-[[1720]])
*[[House of Hesse]] ([[1720]]-[[1751]])
*[[House of Holstein-Gottorp (In Sweden)|House of Holstein-Gottorp]] ([[1751]]-[[1818]])
*[[Bernadotte|House of Bernadotte]] ([[1818]] to the present)
====[[Two Sicilies]]====
=====[[Sicily]]=====
*[[House of Hauteville]] ([[1071]]-[[1198]]), counts until [[1130]]
*[[House of Hohenstaufen]] ([[1194]]-[[1266]])
*[[Angevin|House of Capet]], House of Anjou ([[1266]]-[[1282]])
*[[House of Barcelona]] ([[1282]]-[[1410]])
*[[Trastámara|House of Trastámara]] ([[1412]]-[[1516]])
*[[Habsburg|House of Hapsburg]] ([[1516]]-[[1700]] and [[1720]]-[[1735]])
*[[House of Bourbon]] ([[1700]]-[[1713]])
*[[House of Savoy]] ([[1713]]-[[1720]])
*[[House of Bourbon]] ([[1735]]-[[1861]])
*(As a region of the Kingdom of Italy.) [[House of Savoy]] ([[1861]]-[[1946]])
==Political families in Republics==
''Main article: [[Political families of the world]]''
Though in elected governments rule does not pass automatically by inheritance, political power often accrues to generations of related individuals even in Republics. Eminence, [[Influence]], familiarity, [[tradition]], [[genetics]], and even [[nepotism]] may contribute to this phenomenon.
Some political dynasties:
* The Beazley and Crean families ([[Australian Labor Party]])
* [[Ziaur Rahman]]'s and [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]'s families ([[Bangladesh]])
* The [[Nehru-Gandhi family]] ([[India]])
* The [[Bhutto family]] ([[Pakistan]])
* The [[Soekarno]]s ([[Indonesia]])
* [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]'s family ([[Myanmar|Burma]])
* The [[Kim Il-sung|Kim]]s ([[North Korea]])
* [[Lee Kuan Yew]]'s family ([[Singapore]])
* [[Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike|Solomon Bandaranaike]]'s family ([[Sri Lanka]])
* The [[Assad]]s ([[Syria]])
* The Churchills/[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Dukes of Marlborough]]) ([[United Kingdom|UK]])
* The [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|(Earl) Russells]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]])
* The [[Joseph Chamberlain|Chamberlains]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]])
* The [[Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey|Greys]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]])
* The [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|Pitts]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]])
* The [[Kennedy political family|Kennedys]] ([[United States|US]])
* The [[Bush political family|Bushes]] ([[United States|US]])
* The [[Long family]] ([[United States|US]])
* The [[Roosevelt family|Roosevelts]] ([[United States|US]])
* The [[Taft family|Tafts]] ([[United States|US]])
* The [[Udall family|Udalls]] ([[United States|US]])
==References==
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