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people

members of a family line

homefolk

the people of your home locality (especially your own family)

house

aristocratic family line

dynasty

a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

gens, name

family based on male descent

royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty

royal persons collectively

Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty

a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily

Capetian dynasty

a Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328

Carlovingian dynasty, Carolingian dynasty

a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987

Flavian dynasty

a dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian

Han, Han dynasty

imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

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

Liao, Liao dynasty

the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125

Merovingian, Merovingian dynasty

a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750

Ming, Ming dynasty

the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644

Ottoman, Ottoman dynasty

the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I

Plantagenet, Plantagenet line

the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485

Ptolemaic dynasty, Ptolemy

an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra

Ch'in, Ch'in dynasty, Qin, Qin dynasty

the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall

Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu dynasty, Qing, Qing dynasty

the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

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

Seljuk

any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders

Shang, Shang dynasty

the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC

Stuart

the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714

Song, Song dynasty, Sung, Sung dynasty

the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

Tang, Tang dynasty

the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907

House of Tudor, Tudor

an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)

Omayyad, Ommiad, Umayyad

the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus

Valois

French royal house from 1328 to 1589

Wei, Wei dynasty

any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556

House of Windsor, Windsor

the British royal family since 1917

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

Mongol dynasty, Yuan, Yuan dynasty

the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368

Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty

the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

Medici

aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century

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ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

the descendants of one individual