List of noble houses

A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance[clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch. The concept is comparable with that of an aristocratic clan, and can be used informally to describe non-European ruling families.[1]

When a reigning monarch is a member of a noble house, such as the House of Windsor, that house can also be considered a royal house. Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they are not separate or mutually exclusive entities.

Many of these houses are in several countries such as House of Butler which has held power and lands in countries such as France, Ireland, Germany and the UK.

Asia

Arabia and the Levant

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

China

India

Indonesia

Iran

Israel

Japan

Korea

Malaysia

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

Philippines

Laos

Vietnam

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Timor Leste

List House of Monarchs in West Timor Leste :

List House of Monarchs in East Timor Leste :

Europe

England, Great Britain, United Kingdom

Ireland

France

Holy Roman Empire and Germany

The Low Countries of the Habsburg Netherlands

Italy and the Papal States

Spain and Portugal

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Holy Crown Lands of Hungary (Contemporary Hungary, Transylvania, Czech and Slovakia)

Carpathian states (Wallachia Romania and Moldavia)

Nordic countries

Russia, Georgia, Armenia

Albania

Western Balkan states (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia)

Bosnian

Croatian

Montenegrin

Serbian

The Byzantine Empire, Greece and Crusader States of the Levant

European Jewish

The Americas

Argentina

Brazil

Bolivia

Canada

Colombia

Ecuador

Haiti

Honduras

Cuba

List of noble titles by Spanish Monarchs in Cuba :

Mexico

Nicaragua

Peru

List Viceroy of Peru :

United States of America

Africa

The Maghreb Region

Benin

Burundi

Cameroon

The Congo

Ghana

Egypt and Sudan

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Libya

Madagascar

Mali

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegambia

South Africa

Zanzibar

Oceania

Fiji

Hawaii

New Zealand

Samoa

Tahiti

Tonga

Wallis and Futuna

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "house, n.¹ and int, 10. b." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.