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royal family

DEFINITIONS OF: royal family

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n royal persons collectively

Synonyms:
royal house, royal line, royalty
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Hanover, Hanoverian line, House of Hanover
the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
Habsburg, Hapsburg
a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
Hohenzollern
a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia
House of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancastrian line
the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
Plantagenet, Plantagenet line
the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
Romanoff, Romanov
the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I
Stuart
the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
House of York, York
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
Type of:
house
aristocratic family line
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