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The Huxley family is a British family, with outstanding scientific, medical, artistic, and literary talent. The 'founder' (for the purpose of this article) was the zoologist and comparative anatomist Thomas Henry Huxley.
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| Driscoll Lineage |
The Driscolls started out as a noble family sent on quests by the king to chart out new land and discover sunken treasure.
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| Guggenheim |
The Guggenheim family refers to a number of descendants of Meyer Guggenheim who were known for their successes in mining and smelting, and later for their philanthropy in diverse areas such as modern art and aviation, including several Guggenheim...
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| Rothschild family |
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The Rothschild family (often referred to simply as the Rothschilds), is an international banking and finance dynasty of German Jew origin that established operations across Europe, and was ennobled by the Austrian and British governments.
The...
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| House of Antelminelli |
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The House of Antelminelli was a noble family from Lucca. The family was involved in the struggle between the Guelph and the Ghibellini parties in Tuscany. The leader of the family was Castruccio Castracani a famous Ghibellini leader. He became the...
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| House of Quartigiani | Family name |
The Quartigiani family was a noble family from Lucca, the family was mentioned in the Lucca statute of 1308 as noble and powerful. The family was united by means of marriage with the Simonetti and Antelminelli families. The Antelminelli and...
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| Calderón Hinojosa family | Family name |
The Calderón Hinojosa is a Mexican family from the state of Michoacán. Many of the family's members are notable right-wing politicians.
Some members are:
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| House of Windsor |
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The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realm. The older part is a branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line of the House of Wettin, while the newer part is a branch of the Schleswig...
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| Shah dynasty |
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The Shah dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Nepal.
The former royal family of Nepal claims descent from the Sisodia dynasty of Chittor, later ruling at Udaipur. Ajaya Simha established himself as Prince of Nayakot, Lambjang, Kaski, and Tanhun in ca....
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| Walton family |
The Walton Family is arguably the richest family in the world (the dispersed fortunes of the Rockefellers and the like being unknown to the public), their wealth inherited from Bud and Sam Walton, founders of the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart....
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The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of Europe bank, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter...
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| Dientzenhofer Family of Architects |
Dientzenhofer is the name of a family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in Bohemia and German Baroque.
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| The Cox Family | Musical Artist |
The Cox Family is an North American Bluegrass family group from Cotton Valley, Louisiana, United States.
The Cox Family first began performing regularly together at fairs and festivals in 1976, though an earlier performance can be heard in the 1974...
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| Wettin |
The House of Wettin was a dynasty of German count, duke, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and king that ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times...
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| Rothschild banking family of England |
The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in 1798 by Nathan Mayer von Rothschild (1777-1836) who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London. Nathan was sent there from his home in Frankfurt by his father, Mayer Amschel...
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| Levidis family |
Levidis is the name of a family of old Byzantine aristocratic origin, hailing from Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and with a distinguished role in the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, Wallachia, and modern Greece.
From as...
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| House of Nemanjić |
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The House of Nemanjić (Serbian: Немањићи, Nemanjići; Anglicised: Nemanyid; German: Nemanjiden) was a medieval Serb ruling dynasty.
The "Stefan" dynasty - House of Nemanjić was named after Stefan Nemanja. It was descended from the cadet line of the...
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| House of Braganza |
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The Most Serene House of Braganza (Portuguese: Sereníssima Casa de Bragança, pron. ) was the dynasty which ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889.
It is a collateral line of the House of Aviz, which ruled...
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| House of Aviz |
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The House of Aviz (in the current spelling Avis, pron. ) is a dynasty of kings of Portugal. In 1385, the Interregnum of the 1383-1385 crisis ended with the acclamation of the Master of the Order of Aviz, John, natural son of king Pedro I and Dona...
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| House of Luxembourg |
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[[Image:HRR 14Jh.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Holy Roman Empire from 1273–1378
]]The House of Luxembourg was a mediæval Luxembourg noble family. In 1308, Henry, Count of Luxembourg, became German king, his son, John of Luxembourg, shortly afterwards...
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| House of Karađorđević |
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The House of Karađorđević (, Serbian Latin: Karađorđevići; ) was a Serbia ruling dynasty descended from Karađorđe (George Petrović). The family had a long blood feud with the Obrenović dynasty. The dynasty lost the throne in November 1945 when the...
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| House of Lancaster |
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The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. It was one of the opposing factions involved in the Wars of the Roses, an intermittent civil war which affected England and Wales during the 15th century. Lancaster...
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| House of York |
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The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three of whom became English kings in the late 15th century. The House of York was descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth surviving son of Edward III.
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| House of Oldenburg |
The House of Oldenburg is a North German noble family and one of Europe's most influential Royal House.
It first became royal when Count Christian I of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
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| House of Plantagenet |
The House of Plantagenet , also called the House of Anjou, or the First Angevin dynasty, was originally a noble family from France, which ruled the county of Anjou.
They later came to rule the Duchy of Normandy (1144–1204 and 1415–1450), the...
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| House of Munsö |
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The House of Munsö is one of the names of a protohistoric Swedish dynasty. Its early members of the 8th or 9th century are legendary or semi-legendary, while its later scions of the 10th to 11th centuries are historical.
It is also known as the...
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| House of Obrenović |
The House of Obrenović (Serbian: Обреновићи/Obrenovići, often spelled in English as Obrenovich or Obrenovitch) ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloš Obrenović...
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| House of Vojislavljević |
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The House of Vojislav was a medieval dynasty that inherited the claims over Duklja of the old ruling House of Saint Vladimir and the Serbia House of Vlastimir dynasty. It ruled Duklja and the surrounding territories; including Zahumlje, Rascia and...
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| House of Avesnes |
The House of Avesnes was a royal line of counts of Holland during the 13th century.
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| House of Mecklenburg |
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The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg, the more common name for the House of Nikloting, is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.
Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded...
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