Royal Houses

8 entries with the title royal house in CrownDB, listed alphabetically with realm and reign.

The dynasty founded by Henry IV, producing Louis XIV, the archetype of absolutism. Interrupted by the revolution and Napoleon...

The dynasty that began as Swiss counts and grew to hold the Holy Roman empire almost continuously from 1438, plus Spain and its...

The longest reigning English royal house, from Henry II to Richard III, spanning 331 years and fourteen monarchs. Under it...

The dynasty elected in 1613 after the Time of Troubles, ruling Russia for just over three centuries. It produced Peter the Great...

The royal house of Saudi Arabia, whose alliance between Muhammad bin Saud and the preacher Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab began in...

Founded by Henry VII after his victory at Bosworth Field ended the Wars of the Roses. Five monarchs in 118 years oversaw the...

The royal house founded by George V by proclamation on 17 July 1917, when anti German feeling in the First World War forced a...

The imperial house of Japan, called the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy on earth, with a legendary founding by Jimmu in 660...