Dynasty
Charles I of England and his son, the future James II
A dynasty (UK: /ˈdɪnəsti/, US: /ˈdaɪnəsti/) is a sequence of rulers from the same family,[1] usually in the context of a feudal or monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in elective republics. The dynastic family or lineage may be known as a "noble house",[2] which may be styled as "royal", "princely", "ducal", "comital", etc., depending upon the chief or present title borne by its members. Historians periodize the histories of many sovereign states, such as Ancient Egypt, the Carolingian Empire and Imperial China, using a framework of successive dynasties. As such, the term "dynasty" may be used to delimit the era during which the family reigned and to describe events, trends, and artifacts of that period ("a Ming-dynasty vase"). The word "dynasty" itself is often dropped from such adjectival references ("a Ming vase").
Until the 19th century, it was taken for granted that a legitimate function of a monarch was to aggrandize his dynasty: that is, to increase the territory, wealth, and power of his family members.[3] The longest-surviving dynasty in the world is the Imperial House of Japan, the Yamato dynasty, whose reign is traditionally dated to 660 BC.
Prior to the 20th century, dynasties throughout the world have traditionally been reckoned patrilineally, such as under the Frankish Salic law. In nations where it was permitted, succession through a daughter usually established a new dynasty in her husband's ruling house. This has changed in some places in Europe, where succession law and convention have maintained dynasties de jure through a female. For example, the House of Windsor is maintained through the children of Queen Elizabeth II, similarly with the monarchy of the Netherlands, whose dynasty remained the House of Orange-Nassau through three successive queens regnant. The earliest such example among the major European monarchies was in Russia in the 18th century, where the name of the House of Romanov was maintained through a non-ruling female.
In South Africa's Limpopo Province, Balobedu determined descent matrilineally, while rulers have at other times adopted the name of their mother's dynasty when coming into her inheritance. Less frequently, a monarchy has alternated or been rotated, in a multidynastic (or polydynastic) system – that is, the most senior living members of parallel dynasties, at any point in time, constitute the line of succession.
The word "dynasty" is sometimes used informally for people who are not rulers but are, for example, members of a family with influence and power in other areas, such as a series of successive owners of a major company. It is also extended to unrelated people, such as major poets of the same school or various rosters of a single sports team.[1]
Contents
1 Etymology
2 Dynasts
3 List of dynasties by region
3.1 Africa
3.1.1 Chad
3.1.2 Egypt
3.1.3 Eswatini (Swaziland)
3.1.4 Ethiopia
3.1.5 Guinea
3.1.6 Lesotho
3.1.7 Madagascar
3.1.8 Morocco
3.1.9 Nigeria
3.1.10 Senegambia
3.1.11 Somalia
3.1.12 South Africa
3.1.13 Sudan
3.2 Asia
3.2.1 Afghanistan
3.2.2 Armenia
3.2.3 Bahrain
3.2.4 Bhutan
3.2.5 Brunei
3.2.6 Cambodia
3.2.7 Central Asia
3.2.8 Champa
3.2.9 China
3.2.10 Cyprus
3.2.11 Georgia
3.2.12 India
3.2.13 Indonesia
3.2.14 Iran (Persia)
3.2.15 Israel
3.2.15.1 Kingdom of Jerusalem
3.2.16 Japan
3.2.17 Jordan
3.2.18 Korea
3.2.19 Kuwait
3.2.20 Malaysia
3.2.21 Maldives
3.2.22 Middle East
3.2.23 Mongolia
3.2.24 Myanmar (Burma)
3.2.25 Nepal
3.2.26 The Philippines
3.2.27 Qatar
3.2.28 Ryūkyū
3.2.29 Saudi Arabia
3.2.30 Singapore
3.2.31 Sri Lanka
3.2.32 Thailand (Siam)
3.2.33 Tibet
3.2.34 United Arab Emirates
3.2.35 Vietnam
3.3 Europe
3.3.1 Albania
3.3.2 Austria
3.3.3 Barbarians
3.3.3.1 Bavarii
3.3.3.2 Franks
3.3.3.3 Huns
3.3.3.4 Scirii
3.3.3.5 Avars
3.3.3.6 Lombards
3.3.3.7 Ostrogoths
3.3.3.8 Suebi
3.3.3.9 Vandals
3.3.3.10 Visigoths
3.3.4 Belgium
3.3.4.1 Medieval feudal states[10]
3.3.4.2 Kingdom of Belgium (1831)
3.3.5 Bohemia/Czechia
3.3.5.1 Great Moravia
3.3.5.2 Duchy of Bohemia
3.3.5.3 Kingdom of Bohemia
3.3.6 Bosnia
3.3.7 British Isles
3.3.7.1 England
3.3.7.2 Wales
3.3.7.3 Ireland
3.3.7.4 Scotland
3.3.7.5 Kingdoms after the Union of the Crowns (1603–1707)
3.3.7.6 Personal union between Great Britain and Ireland (1707–1801)
3.3.7.7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1921)
3.3.7.8 Personal union of the UK [of GB and NI] and several other Irish states (1921–1949)
3.3.7.9 UK [of GB and NI] (without the personal union with Ireland) (1949–present)
3.3.8 Bulgaria
3.3.9 Croatia
3.3.10 Denmark
3.3.11 Finland
3.3.12 France
3.3.13 Germany
3.3.13.1 Bavaria
3.3.13.2 Saxony
3.3.14 Greece
3.3.15 Hungary
3.3.16 Iceland
3.3.17 Ireland
3.3.18 Italy
3.3.19 Liechtenstein
3.3.20 Luxembourg
3.3.21 Monaco
3.3.22 Montenegro
3.3.23 Netherlands
3.3.24 Norway
3.3.25 Poland
3.3.26 Portugal
3.3.26.1 County of Portugal
3.3.26.2 Kingdom of Portugal
3.3.27 Roman Empire
3.3.28 Romania
3.3.28.1 Before the Unification
3.3.28.2 Moldavia
3.3.28.3 Wallachia
3.3.28.4 After the Unification
3.3.29 Russia
3.3.30 Serbia
3.3.31 Spain
3.3.31.1 Before the Unification
3.3.31.2 Aragon
3.3.31.3 Asturias
3.3.31.4 Barcelona
3.3.31.5 Castile
3.3.31.6 León
3.3.31.7 Navarre
3.3.31.8 After the Unification (1516)
3.3.32 Sweden
3.3.33 Turkey
3.3.34 Ukraine
3.4 North America
3.4.1 Alaska
3.4.2 Canada
3.4.3 Greenland
3.4.4 Mexico
3.5 Central America
3.5.1 Belize
3.5.2 El Salvador
3.5.3 Maya
3.6 South America
3.6.1 Argentina
3.6.2 Brazil
3.6.3 Chile
3.6.4 Peru
3.7 The Caribbean
3.7.1 Antigua and Barbuda
3.7.2 The Bahamas
3.7.3 Barbados
3.7.4 Cuba
3.7.5 Grenada
3.7.6 Haiti
3.7.7 Jamaica
3.8 Oceania
3.8.1 Australia
3.8.2 Hawaii
3.8.3 New Zealand
3.8.4 Papua New Guinea
3.8.5 Solomon Islands
3.8.6 Tahiti
3.8.7 Tonga
3.8.8 Tuvalu
3.9 Antarctica
4 Political families in republics
5 Influential/wealthy families
6 See also
7 References
Etymology
The word "dynasty" derives from Latin dynastia, which comes from Greek dynastéia (δυναστεία), where it referred to "power", "dominion", and "rule" itself.[4] It was the abstract noun of dynástēs (δυνάστης),[5] the agent noun of dynamis (δύναμις), "power" or "ability",[6] from dýnamai (δύναμαι), "to be able".[7]
Dynasts
A ruler in a dynasty is sometimes referred to as a "dynast", but this term is also used to describe any member of a reigning family who retains a right to succeed to a throne. For example, following his abdication, Edward VIII of the United Kingdom ceased to be a dynastic member of the House of Windsor.
A "dynastic marriage" is one that complies with monarchical house law restrictions, so that the descendants are eligible to inherit the throne or other royal privileges. The marriage of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, to Máxima Zorreguieta in 2002 was dynastic, for example, and their eldest child is expected to inherit the Dutch crown eventually. But the marriage of his younger brother Prince Friso to Mabel Wisse Smit in 2003 lacked government support and parliamentary approval. Thus Friso forfeited his place in the order of succession, lost his title as a Prince of the Netherlands, and left his children without dynastic rights.
In historical and monarchist references to formerly reigning families, a "dynast" is a family member who would have had succession rights, were the monarchy's rules still in force. For example, after the 1914 assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie von Hohenberg, their son Max was bypassed for the Austrian throne because he was not a Habsburg dynast. Even since abolition of the Austrian monarchy, Max and his descendants have not been considered the rightful pretenders by Austrian monarchists, nor have they claimed that position.
The term "dynast" is sometimes used only to refer to agnatic descendants of a realm's monarchs, and sometimes to include those who hold succession rights through cognatic royal descent. The term can therefore describe overlapping but distinct sets of people. For example, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, a nephew of Queen Elizabeth II through her sister, Princess Margaret, is in the line of succession to the British crown: in that sense he is a British dynast. Yet he is not a male-line member of the royal family, and is therefore not a dynast of the House of Windsor.
On the other hand, the German aristocrat Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954), a male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom, possesses no legal British name, titles or styles (although he is entitled to re-claim the once-royal dukedom of Cumberland), was born in the line of succession to the British crown and was bound by Britain's Royal Marriages Act 1772 until it was repealed when the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 took effect on 26 March 2015.[8] Thus, in 1999 he requested and obtained formal permission from Elizabeth II to marry the Roman Catholic Princess Caroline of Monaco. Yet a clause of the English Act of Settlement 1701 remained in effect at that time, stipulating that dynasts who marry Roman Catholics are considered "dead" for the purpose of succession to the throne.[9] That exclusion, too, ceased to apply on 26 March 2015, with retroactive effect for those who had been dynasts prior to triggering it by marriage to a Catholic.[8]
List of dynasties by region
Some dynasties appear more than once in this list, because:
- more than one political entity was/is ruled by a single dynasty (e.g., House of Windsor, House of Habsburg); or
- a single political entity ruled by a dynasty spanned/spans across more than one geographical region (e.g., Tang dynasty, Ottoman dynasty).
Africa
Chad
Duguwa dynasty (c. 700 – c. 1075)
Sayfawa dynasty (c. 1075–1846)
Egypt
Dynasty I (c. 3050–2890 BC)
Dynasty II (2890–2686 BC)
Dynasty III (2686–2613 BC)
Dynasty IV (2613–2498 BC)
Dynasty V (2498–2345 BC)
Dynasty VI (2345–2181 BC)
Dynasty VII – Spurious
Dynasty VIII (2181–2160 BC)
Dynasty IX (2160–2130 BC)
Dynasty X (2130–2040 BC)
Dynasty XI (2134–1991 BC)
Dynasty XII (1991–1803 BC)
Dynasty XIII (1803–1649 BC)
Dynasty XIV (1705–1690 BC)
Dynasty XV (1674–1535 BC)
Dynasty XVI (1660–1600 BC)
Abydos dynasty (1650–1600 BC) – Hypothesized
Dynasty XVII (1650–1549 BC)
Dynasty XVIII (1549–1292 BC)
Dynasty XIX (1292–1186 BC)
Dynasty XX (1186–1069 BC)
Dynasty XXI (1069–945 BC)
Dynasty XXII (945–720 BC)
Dynasty XXIII (837–728 BC)
Dynasty XXIV (732–720 BC)
Dynasty XXV (732–653 BC)
Dynasty XXVI (672–525 BC)
Dynasty XXVII (525–404 BC) – Egypt under the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Dynasty XXVIII (404–398 BC)
Dynasty XXIX (398–380 BC)
Dynasty XXX (380–343 BC)
Dynasty XXXI (343–332 BC) – Persian rule in Egypt restored during the reign of Artaxerxes III
Argead dynasty (332–309 BC)
Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC)
Julio-Claudian dynasty (27 BC – 68 AD) – Egypt under Roman rule
Flavian dynasty (69–96) – Egypt under Roman rule
Nervan-Antonian dynasty (96–192) – Egypt under Roman rule
Severan dynasty (193–235) – Egypt under Roman rule
Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD)
Constantinian dynasty (303–336) – Egypt under Roman rule
Valentinian dynasty (364–378) – Egypt under Byzantine rule
Theodosian dynasty (379–457) – Egypt under Byzantine rule
Leonid dynasty (457–518) – Egypt under Byzantine rule
Justinian dynasty (518–602) – Egypt under Byzantine rule
Heraclian dynasty (602–641) – Egypt under Byzantine rule
Rashidun Caliphate (641–661)
Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
Abbasid Caliphate (750–935)
Tulunid dynasty (868–905)
Ikhshidid dynasty (935–969)
Fatimid Caliphate (969–1171)
Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1250)
Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)
Ottoman dynasty (1517–1798, 1801–1867) – Egypt administered as the Egypt Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
Muhammad Ali dynasty (1805–1953) – Also called "Alawiyya dynasty"
Eswatini (Swaziland)
House of Dlamini (1745–present)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906–1917) – Eswatini under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–1968) – Eswatini under British rule
Ethiopia
Kingdom of Aksum (c. 100 AD – c. 940 AD)
Zagwe dynasty (c. 900–1270)- Walashma dynasty
Solomonic dynasty (1270–1974)
Mudaito Dynasty (1734–1971)
Guinea
Keita dynasty (c. 1200–1670)
Lesotho
- House of Moshoeshoe (1822–present)
Madagascar
Merina Dynasty (c. 1500–1897)
Morocco
Idrisid dynasty (789–974)
Almoravid dynasty (1060–1147)
Almohad dynasty (1147–1258)
Marinid dynasty (1258–1465)
Wattasid dynasty (1471–1554)
Saadi dynasty (1554–1659)
Alaouite dynasty (1666–present)
Nigeria
- Eri dynasty of the Igbo and Igala peoples
- Ibn Fodio dynasty of Sokoto and Gwandu
- Jaja dynasty of Opobu
- Modibo Adama dynasty of Adamawa
- el-Kanemi dynasty of Bornu
Ooduan dynasty of Ife, Egba, Ketu, Sabe, Oyo, Ijero and the Ilas
Asodeboyede dynasty of Akure (a cadet branch of the Ooduan dynasty)
Ologun Kutere dynasty of Lagos (a cadet branch of the Ooduan dynasty)
Eweka dynasty of Benin (a cadet branch of the Ooduan dynasty)
- Sayfawa dynasty of Bornu
Senegambia
Lamanic period
Joof Dynasty
- Wagadou (princesses from the Kingdom of Wagadou, later Ghana Empire married into the Serer nobility) (c. 11th century or sooner-1350)
Guelowar Dynasty (1350–1969)
- Wagadou (princesses from the Kingdom of Wagadou, later Ghana Empire married into the Serer nobility) (c. 11th century or sooner-1350)
Joos (1367–1855), founded by Lingeer Ndoye Demba
Somalia
- Muzaffar Dynasty
- Gareen Dynasty
- Walashma Dynasty
- Gobroon Dynasty
- Warsangali Dynasty
- Hobyo Dynasty
- Majeerteen Dynasty
- Murusade Dynasty
South Africa
- Zulu Royal Family
- Rain Queen dynasty
Transkeian dynasty of the Thembus (which counted Nelson Mandela as a ranking member)
Sudan
Muhammad Ali dynasty (1821–1885) – Also called "Alawiyya dynasty"
House of al-Mahdi (1845–1945)
Asia
Afghanistan
Durrani Dynasty (1747–1823 and 1839–1842)
Barakzai Dynasty (1818–1839, 1842–1929 and 1929–1973)
Usurper King (17 January 1929 – 13 October 1929)
Armenia
- Orontid Dynasty
Artaxiad Dynasty or the Artashesi Dynasty (189 BC-12 AD)
Arsacid Dynasty or the Arshakuni Dynasty (54–428)
Bagratuni Dynasty or the Bagratid Dynasty of Armenia (885–1045)
Rubenid Dynasty of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1080–1225)
House of Lusignan, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1342–1467)
Bahrain
House of Khalifa (1783–present)
Bhutan
House of Wangchuck (དབང་ཕྱུག་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་) (1907–present)
Brunei
House of Bolkiah (1368–present)
Cambodia
- Varman dynasty (13th century–present)
House of Norodom (1860–1904, 1941–1960, 1993–present)
House of Sisowath (1904–1941)
Central Asia
Xiongnu (3rd century BC–1st century AD)
Xianbei state (c. 93–234 AD)
Sasanian Empire (224–651)
Tang dynasty (640–690, 705–790) – Chinese rule over Central Asia under the Protectorate General to Pacify the West and various other protectorates
Second Zhou dynasty (690–705) – Interrupted the Tang dynasty
Samanid Empire (819–999)
Kara-Khanid Khanate (840–1212)
Ghurid dynasty (c. 879–1215 AD)
Ghaznavid dynasty (977–1186)
Seljuk Empire (1037–1194)
Khwarazmian dynasty (1077–1231)
Qara Khitai (1124–1218) – Continuation of the Liao dynasty; Also called "Western Liao"
Chagatai Khanate (1225–1340s)
- Western Chagatai Khanate
Moghulistan (1347–1680s)
Golden Horde (1240s–1502)
Timurid dynasty (1370–1507) – Timurid Empire
Hotak dynasty (1709–1738)
Durrani Empire (1747–1826)
Qing dynasty (1759–1912) – Eastern Turkestan under Qing rule
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (1867–1918) – Western Turkestan under Russian rule
Champa
- 1st dynasty (192–336)
- 2nd dynasty (336–420)
- 3rd dynasty (420–529)
- 4th dynasty (529–758)
- 5th dynasty (758–854)
- 6th dynasty (854–989)
- 7th dynasty (989–1044)
- 8th dynasty (1044–1074)
- 9th dynasty (1074–1139)
- 10th dynasty (1139–1145)
- 11th dynasty (1145–1190)
- 12th dynasty (1190–1318)
- 13th dynasty (1318–1390)
- 14th dynasty (1390–1458)
- 15th dynasty (1458–1471)
- vacant (1471–1695)
- Dynasty of Po Saktiraidaputih (1695–1822)
China
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (三皇五帝) (c. 2852–2070 BC) – Mythical
Xia dynasty (夏朝) (c. 2070–1600 BC) – Legendary; Ruled by the House of Si (姒)
Shang dynasty (商朝) (c. 1600–1046 BC) – Ruled by the House of Zi (子)
Zhou dynasty (周朝) (c. 1046–256 BC) – Ruled by the House of Ji (姬)
Western Zhou (西周) (c. 1046–771 BC)
Eastern Zhou (东周/東周) (c. 770–255 BC)
Spring and Autumn period (春秋时代/春秋時代) (c. 771–476 BC)
- Total of 148 states were recorded during the Spring and Autumn period (See list in Spring and Autumn period)
Warring States period (战国时代/戰國時代) (c. 445–221 BC)
Qi (齐/齊) (c. 1046–221 BC)
Chu (楚) (c. 1030–223 BC)
Yan (燕) (11th century BC–222 BC)
Qin (秦) (c. 897–207 BC)
Han (韩/韓) (c. 403–230 BC)
Wei (魏) (c. 403–225 BC)
Zhao (赵/趙) (c. 403–222 BC)- 13 other minor states existed during the Warring States period
Dian Kingdom (滇国/滇國) (4th century BC–109 BC)
Minyue (闽越/閩越) (c. 334–111 BC)
Qin dynasty (秦朝) (c. 221–206 BC) – Ruled by the House of Ying (贏) of Han Chinese descent
Eighteen Kingdoms (十八国/十八國) (206 BC)
- See list in Eighteen Kingdoms
Han dynasty (汉朝/漢朝) (c. 206 BC–9 AD, c. 25–220 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Han Chinese descent
Western Han (西汉/西漢) (c. 206 BC–9 AD)
Eastern Han (东汉/東漢) (c. 25–220 AD)
Nanyue (南越) (c. 204–111 BC) – Ruled by the House of Zhao (赵/趙) of Han Chinese descent
Dong'ou (东瓯/東甌) (c. 191–138 BC)
Xin dynasty (新朝) (c. 9–23 AD) – Interrupted the Han dynasty; Ruled by the House of Wang (王) of Han Chinese descent
Three Kingdoms (三国/三國) (c. 220–280 AD)
Cao Wei (曹魏) (c. 220–266 AD) – Ruled by the House of Cao (曹) of Han Chinese descent
Shu Han (蜀汉/蜀漢) (c. 221–263 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Han Chinese descent
Eastern Wu (东吴/東吳) (c. 222–280 AD) – Ruled by the House of Sun (孙/孫) of Han Chinese descent
Jin dynasty (晋朝/晉朝) (c. 265–420 AD) – Ruled by the House of Sima (司马/司馬) of Han Chinese descent
- Western Jin (西晋/西晉) (c. 266–316 AD)
Eastern Jin (东晋/東晉) (c. 317–420 AD)
Sixteen Kingdoms (十六国/十六國) (c. 304–439 AD)
Han Zhao (汉赵/漢趙) (c. 304–329 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Xiongnu descent
- Han (汉/漢) (c. 304–319 AD)
- Zhao (赵/趙) (c. 319–329 AD)
Cheng Han (成汉/成漢) (c. 304–347 AD) – Ruled by the House of Li (李) of Ba descent
- Cheng (成) (c. 304–338 AD)
- Han (汉/漢) (c. 338–347 AD)
Dai (代) (c. 310–376 AD) – Ruled by the House of Tuoba (拓拔) of Xianbei descent
Later Zhao (后赵/後趙) (c. 319–351 AD) – Ruled by the House of Shi (石) of Jie descent
Former Liang (前凉/前涼) (c. 320–376 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zhang (张/張) of Han Chinese descent
Former Yan (前燕) (c. 337–370 AD) – Ruled by the House of Murong (慕容) of Xianbei descent
Ran Wei (冉魏) (c. 350–352 AD) – Ruled by the House of Ran (冉) of Han Chinese descent
Former Qin (前秦) (c. 351–394 AD) – Ruled by the House of Fu (苻) of Di descent
Western Yan (西燕) (c. 384–394 AD) – Ruled by the House of Murong (慕容) of Xianbei descent
Later Yan (后燕/後燕) (c. 384–409 AD) – Ruled by the House of Murong (慕容) of Xianbei descent
Later Qin (后秦/後秦) (c. 384–417 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yao (姚) of Qiang descent
Western Qin (西秦) (c. 385–400 AD, c. 409–431 AD) – Ruled by the House of Qifu (乞伏) of Xianbei descent
Later Liang (后凉/後凉) (c. 386–403 AD) – Ruled by the House of Lü (吕/呂) of Di descent
Zhai Wei (翟魏) (c. 388–392 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zhai (翟) of Dingling descent
Southern Liang (南凉/南涼) (c. 397–414 AD) – Ruled by the House of Tufa (秃发/禿髮) of Xianbei descent
Northern Liang (北凉/北涼) (c. 397–460 AD) – Ruled by the House of Juqu (沮渠) of Xiongnu descent
Southern Yan (南燕) (c. 398–410 AD) – Ruled by the House of Murong (慕容) of Xianbei descent
Western Liang (西凉/西涼) (c. 400–421 AD) – Ruled by the House of Li (李) of Han Chinese descent
Xia (夏) (c. 407–431 AD) – Ruled by the House of Helian (赫连/赫連) of Xiongnu descent
Northern Yan (北燕) (c. 407–436 AD) – Ruled by the House of Feng (冯/馮) of Han Chinese descent
Huan Chu (桓楚) (c. 401–404 AD) – Ruled by the House of Huan (桓) of Han Chinese descent
Northern and Southern dynasties (南北朝) (c. 420–589 AD)
Northern dynasties (北朝)
Northern Wei (北魏) (c. 386–535 AD) – Ruled by the House of Tuoba (拓拔) of Xianbei descent
Eastern Wei (东魏/東魏) (c. 534–550 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yuan (元) of Xianbei descent
Western Wei (西魏) (c. 535–557 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yuan (元) of Xianbei descent
Northern Qi (北齐/北齊) (c. 550–577 AD) – Ruled by the House of Gao (高) of Han Chinese descent
Northern Zhou (北周) (c. 557–581 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yuwen (宇文) of Xianbei descent
Southern dynasties (南朝)
Liu Song (刘宋/劉宋) (c. 420–479 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Han Chinese descent
Southern Qi (南齐/南齊) (c. 479–502 AD) – Ruled by the House of Xiao (萧/蕭) of Han Chinese descent
Liang dynasty (梁朝) (c. 502–557 AD) – Ruled by the House of Xiao (萧/蕭) of Han Chinese descent
Western Liang (西梁) (c. 555–587 AD)
Chen dynasty (陈朝/陳朝) (c. 557–589 AD) – Ruled by the House of Chen (陈/陳) of Han Chinese descent
Sui dynasty (隋朝) (c. 581–618 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yang (杨/楊) of Han Chinese descent
Tang dynasty (唐朝) (c. 618–690 AD, c. 705–907 AD) – Ruled by the House of Li (李) of Han Chinese descent
Second Zhou dynasty (武周) (c. 690–705 AD) – Interrupted the Tang dynasty; Ruled by the House of Wu (武) of Han Chinese descent
Balhae (渤海国/渤海國) (c. 698–926 AD) – Ruled by the House of Dae (大) of Mohe descent
Nanzhao (南诏/南詔) (c. 738–937 AD) – Ruled by the House of Meng (蒙) of Bai descent
Dachanghe (大长和/大長和) (c. 902–928 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zheng (郑/鄭)
Qi (岐) (c. 907–924 AD) – Ruled by the House of Li (李)
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (五代十国/五代十國) (c. 907–960 AD)
Five Dynasties (五代)
Later Liang (后梁/後梁) (c. 907–923 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zhu (朱) of Han Chinese descent
Later Tang (后唐/後唐) (c. 923–937 AD) – Ruled by the House of Li (李) of Shatuo descent
Jin (晋/晉) (c. 907–923 AD)
Later Jin (后晋/後晉) (c. 936–947 AD) – Ruled by the House of Shi (石) of Shatuo descent
Later Han (后汉/後漢) (c. 947–951 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Shatuo descent
Later Zhou (后周/後周) (c. 951–960 AD) – Ruled by the House of Guo (郭) of Han Chinese descent
Ten Kingdoms (十国/十國)
Former Shu (前蜀) (c. 907–925 AD) – Ruled by the House of Wang (王) of Han Chinese descent
Yang Wu (杨吴/楊吳) (c. 907–937 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yang (杨/楊) of Han Chinese descent
Ma Chu (马楚/馬楚) (c. 907–951 AD) – Ruled by the House of Ma (马/馬) of Han Chinese descent
Wuyue (吴越/吳越) (c. 907–978 AD) – Ruled by the House of Qian (钱/錢) of Han Chinese descent
Min (闽/閩) (c. 909–945 AD) – Ruled by the House of Wang (王) of Han Chinese descent
Yin (殷) (c. 943–945 AD)
Southern Han (南汉/南漢) (c. 917–971 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Han Chinese descent
Jingnan (荊南) (c. 924–963 AD) – Ruled by the House of Gao (高) of Han Chinese descent
Later Shu (后蜀/後蜀) (c. 934–965 AD) – Ruled by the House of Meng (孟) of Han Chinese descent
Southern Tang (南唐) (c. 937–976 AD) – Ruled by the House of Li (李) of Han Chinese descent
Northern Han (北汉/北漢) (c. 951–979 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Shatuo descent
Liao dynasty (辽朝/遼朝) (c. 907–1125 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yelü (耶律) of Khitan descent
Northern Liao (北辽/北遼) (c. 1122–1123 AD)
Western Liao (西辽/西遼) (c. 1124–1218 AD)- Eastern Liao (东辽/東遼) (c. 1213–1269 AD)
- Later Liao (后辽/後遼) (c. 1216–1219 AD)
Zhao (赵/趙) (c. 910–921 AD) – Ruled by the House of Wang (王) of Han Chinese descent
Yan (燕) (c. 911–914 AD) – Ruled by the House of Liu (刘/劉) of Han Chinese descent
Dongdan Kingdom (东丹/東丹) (c. 926–936 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yelü (耶律) of Khitan descent
- Datianxing (大天兴/大天興) (c. 928–929 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zhao (赵/趙)
- Dayining (大义宁/大義寧) (c. 929–937 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yang (杨/楊)
Dali Kingdom (大理国/大理國) (c. 937–1253 AD) – Ruled by the House of Duan (段) of Bai descent
Song dynasty (宋朝) (c. 960–1279 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zhao (赵/趙) of Han Chinese descent
Northern Song (北宋) (c. 960–1127 AD)
Southern Song (南宋) (c. 1127–1279 AD)
Western Xia (西夏) (c. 1038–1227 AD) – Ruled by the House of Tuoba (拓跋) of Tangut descent
- Dazhong Kingdom (大中) (c. 1094–1096 AD) – Ruled by the House of Gao (高)
Jin dynasty (金朝) (c. 1115–1234 AD) – Ruled by the House of Wanyan (完颜/完顏) of Jurchen descent
Eastern Xia (东夏/東夏) (c. 1215–1233 AD) – Ruled by the House of Puxian (蒲鲜/蒲鮮) of Jurchen descent
Yuan dynasty (元朝) (c. 1271–1368 AD) – Ruled by the House of Borjigin (孛儿只斤/孛兒只斤) of Mongol descent
Northern Yuan (北元) (c. 1368–1635 AD)
Zhou (周) (c. 1354–1367 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zhang (张/張) of Han Chinese descent
Ming dynasty (明朝) (c. 1368–1644 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zhu (朱) of Han Chinese descent
Southern Ming (南明) (c. 1644–1662 AD)
Qing dynasty (清朝) (c. 1636–1912 AD) – Ruled by the House of Aisin Gioro (爱新觉罗/愛新覺羅) of Manchu descent
Later Jin (后金/後金) (c. 1616–1636 AD)
Shun dynasty (顺朝/順朝) (c. 1644–1645 AD) – Ruled by the House of Li (李) of Han Chinese descent
Great Zhou (吴周/吳周) (c. 1678–1681 AD) – Ruled by the House of Wu (吴/吳) of Han Chinese descent
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (太平天国/太平天國) (c. 1851–1864 AD) – Ruled by the House of Hong (洪) of Han Chinese descent
Kingdom of Tungning (东宁王国/東寧王國) (c. 1661–1683 AD) – Ruled by the House of Zheng (郑/鄭) of Han Chinese descent
Empire of China (中华帝国/中華帝國) (c. 1915–1916 AD) – Ruled by the House of Yuan (袁) of Han Chinese descent
Cyprus
House of Lusignan (1192–1489)
Georgia
Pharnabazid Dynasty (299–90 BC, 30 BC – 189 AD)
Artaxiad Dynasty (90–30 BC)
Arsacid Dynasty (189–284 AD)
Chosroid Dynasty (284–580, 627–684)
Guaramid Dynasty (588–627, 684–748, 779–786)
Nersianid Dynasty (748–780)
House of Bagration (813–1810)
India
Brihadratha dynasty (c. 1760–831 BC) – Legendary
Kuru Kingdom (c. 1200–525 BC)
Pradyota dynasty (c. 779–544 BC)
Haryanka dynasty (c. 544–413 BC)
Shishunaga dynasty (c. 413–345 BC)
Nanda Empire (c. 345–321 BC)
Maurya Empire (c. 321–185 BC)
Chera dynasty (c. 300 BC–1124 AD)
Chola dynasty (c. 300 BC–1279 AD)
Pandyan dynasty (c. 300 BC–1650 AD)
Satavahana dynasty (c. 230 BC–220 AD)
Shunga Empire (c. 185–75 BC)
Kanva dynasty (c. 75–26 BC)
Kushan Empire (30–375 AD)
Western Satraps (35–405 AD)
Gupta Empire (240–590 AD)
Vakataka dynasty (250–500 AD)
Pallava dynasty (275–897 AD)
Kadamba dynasty (345–525 AD)
Western Ganga dynasty (350–1000 AD)
Vishnukundina dynasty (420–624 AD)
Maitraka dynasty (493–776 AD)
Later Gupta dynasty (6th century–7th century AD)
Pushyabhuti dynasty (6th century–7th century AD)
Chalukya dynasty (543–753 AD)
Hindu Shahi (6th century–12th century AD)
Chalukyas of Vengi (624–1189 AD)
Gurjara–Pratihara dynasty (650–1036 AD)
Rajput dynasties (7th century–20th century AD)
Pala Empire (750–1174 AD)
Rashtrakuta dynasty (753–982 AD)
Paramara dynasty (9th century–1305 AD)
Seuna dynasty (850–1334 AD)
Chahamanas of Shakambhari (7th century–12th century AD)
Chaulukya dynasty (940–1244 AD)
Hoysala Empire (1026–1343 AD)
Sena dynasty (1070–1230 AD)
Eastern Ganga dynasty (1078–1434 AD)
Kalachuris of Kalyani (1156–1181 AD)
Kakatiya dynasty (1163–1323 AD)
Chutiya Kingdom (1187–1673 AD)
Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290 AD) – Delhi Sultanate
Kadava dynasty (1216–1279 AD)
Ahom dynasty (1228–1826 AD) – Ahom Kingdom
Manikya dynasty (1280–1947 AD)
Khalji dynasty (1290–1320 AD) – Delhi Sultanate
Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1413 AD) – Delhi Sultanate
Reddy dynasty (1325–1448 AD)
Vijayanagara dynasty (1336–1646 AD)
Sangama dynasty (1336–1487 AD) – Vijayanagara Empire
Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527 AD)
Malwa Sultanate (1392–1562 AD)
Wadiyar dynasty (1399–1761, 1799–1950 AD) – Kingdom of Mysore
Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451 AD) – Delhi Sultanate
Gajapati Kingdom (1434–1541 AD)
Lodi dynasty (1451–1526 AD) – Delhi Sultanate
Barid Shahi dynasty (1489–1619 AD)
Saluva dynasty (1490–1567 AD) – Vijayanagara Empire
Imad Shahi dynasty (1490–1572 AD)
Nizam Shahi dynasty (1490–1636 AD)
Adil Shahi dynasty (1490–1686 AD)
Tuluva dynasty (1491–1570 AD)
Qutb Shahi dynasty (1518–1687 AD)
Timurid dynasty (1526–1540, 1555–1857 AD) – Mughal Empire
Sur Empire (1532–1556 AD)
Aravidu dynasty (1542–1646 AD) – Vijayanagara Empire
Maratha Empire (1674–1818 AD)
Travancore royal family (1729–1949 AD) – Kingdom of Travancore
Sikh Empire (1799–1849 AD)
House of Hanover (1858–1901 AD) – India under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917 AD) – India under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–1950 AD) – India under British rule (1917–1947 AD) and India as a Commonwealth realm (1947–1950 AD)
Indonesia
Sailendra dynasty, Medang Kingdom and Srivijaya
Sanjaya dynasty, Medang kingdom (Central Java period)
Isyana dynasty, Medang kingdom (East Java period), Kahuripan kingdom, Janggala and Kediri kingdom
Mauli dynasty, Dharmasraya and Pagaruyung kingdoms
Rajasa dynasty, Singhasari kingdom (1222–1292) and Majapahit empire (1293 – ca. 1500)- Four successor dynasties to Sultanate of Mataram : Pakubuwono, Hamengkubuwono, Paku Alaman, and Mangkunegaran (18th century – present)
House of Orange-Nassau (1816–1942, 1945–1949) – Indonesia under Dutch rule
Iran (Persia)
Median Kingdom (678–549 BC)
Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC)
Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD)
Sasanian Empire (224–651 AD)
Dabuyid dynasty (642–760 AD)
Bavand dynasty (651–1349 AD)
Paduspanid dynasty (655–1598 AD)
Samanid Empire (819–999 AD)
Saffarid dynasty (861–1003 AD)
Ghurid dynasty (c. 879–1215 AD)
Ziyarid dynasty (930–1090 AD)
Buyid dynasty (934–1062 AD)
Ghaznavid dynasty (977–1186 AD)
Kakuyid dynasty (1008–1141 AD)
Seljuq dynasty (1037–1194 AD)
Khwarazmian dynasty (1077–1231 AD)- Kirmanid dynasty (1222–1306 AD) – Continuation of the Qara Khitai (Western Liao); Also called "Qara Khitai of Kirman" and "Later Western Liao"
Ilkhanate (1256–1335 AD)
Muzaffarid dynasty (1314–1393 AD)
Chobanids (1335–1357 AD)
Jalairid Sultanate (1335–1432 AD)
Sarbadars (1337–1381 AD)
Timurid dynasty (1370–1507) – Timurid Empire
Safavid dynasty (1501–1736 AD)
Hotak dynasty (1709–1738 AD)
Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796 AD)
Zand dynasty (1751–1794 AD)
Qajar dynasty (1789–1925 AD)
Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979 AD)
Israel
- Davidic line
- House of Omri
- Herodian dynasty
Achaemenid Empire (Persian) (343–332 BC)
Argead dynasty (Macedonian) (332–309 BC)
Ptolemaic dynasty (Macedonian) (305–30 BC)
Hasmonean dynasty (140–37 BC)
Julio-Claudian dynasty (Roman) (27 BC – AD 68)
Flavian dynasty (Roman) (69–96)
Nervan-Antonian dynasty (Roman) (96–192)
Severan dynasty (Roman) (193–235)
Constantinian dynasty (Roman) (303–336)
Valentinian Dynasty (Roman) (364–457)
House of Theodosius (Roman) (from 379)
Leonid dynasty (Roman) (457–518)
Justinian dynasty (Roman/Byzantine) (518–602)
Heraclian dynasty (Roman/Byzantine) (602–695 and 705–711)
Kingdom of Jerusalem
House of Boulogne (1099–1118)- House of Rethel (1118–1153)
House of Anjou (1153–1205)- Houses of Aleramici and Brienne (1205–1228)
House of Hohenstaufen (1228–1268)
House of Lusignan (1186–1192)(1268–1485)
Japan
Imperial House of Japan (皇室) (660 BC (legendary) – present) – Also called "Yamato dynasty"
Jordan
House of Hashim (1921–present)
Korea
Gojoseon (고조선/古朝鮮) (2333 BC (legendary)–108 BC)
Wiman Joseon (위만조선/衛滿朝鮮) (194 BC–108 BC) – Founded by Wiman (위만/衛滿) from the Chinese State of Yan
Jin (진/辰) (c. 4th century BC–2nd century BC)
Dongye (동예/東濊) (c. 3rd century BC–5th century AD)
Buyeo (부여/夫餘) (c. 2nd century BC–494 AD)
Okjeo (옥저/沃沮) (c. 2nd century BC–5th century AD)
Han dynasty (한나라/漢朝) (c. 108 BC–9 AD, 25–220 AD) – Chinese rule over the Korean Peninsula as far south as the Han River under the Four Commanderies of Han (한사군/漢四郡)
Samhan (삼한/三韓) (c. 1st century BC–5th century AD)
Jinhan (진한/辰韓) (c. 1st century BC–4th century AD)
Mahan (마한/馬韓) (c. 1st century BC–5th century AD)
Byeonhan (변한/弁韓) (c. 1st century AD–4th century AD)
Three Kingdoms of Korea (삼국시대/三國時期) (57 BC–668 AD)
Silla (신라/新羅) (57 BC–935 AD)
Goguryeo (고구려/高句麗) (37 BC–668 AD)
Baekje (백제/百濟) (18 BC–660 AD)
Xin dynasty (신나라/新朝) (9–23 AD) – Interrupted the Han dynasty
Gaya (가야/加倻) (42–562 AD)
Cao Wei (조위/曹魏) (c. 236–265 AD) – Chinese rule over the Korean Peninsula under the Daifang Commandery (대방군/帶方郡)
Jin dynasty (진(위진)/晉朝) (c. 265–314 AD) – Chinese rule over the Korean Peninsula under the Daifang Commandery
Tang dynasty (당나라/唐朝) (668–690, 705–761 AD) – Chinese rule over the Korean Peninsula under the Protectorate General to Pacify the East (안동도호부/安東都護府)
Second Zhou dynasty (무주/武周) (690–705 AD) – Interrupted the Tang dynasty
North-South States period (남북국시대/南北國時代) (698–892 AD)
Later Silla (후신라/後新羅) (668–892 AD)
Balhae (발해/渤海) (698–926 AD)
Later Three Kingdoms (후삼국시대/後三國時代) (892–936 AD)
Silla (신라/新羅) (57 BC–935 AD)
Taebong (태봉/泰封) (901–918 AD)
Later Baekje (후백제/後百濟) (892–936 AD)
Goryeo (고려/高麗) (918–1392 AD)
Yuan dynasty (원나라/元朝) (1270–1356 AD) – Goryeo ruled as the Zhengdong Province (정동등처행중서성/征東等處行中書省) of the Yuan dynasty
Joseon (조선/朝鮮) (1392–1897 AD)
Korean Empire (대한제국/大韓帝國) (1897–1910 AD)
Kuwait
House of Al Sabah (1718–present)
Malaysia
Gangga Negara (c. 2nd century–1026)
Langkasuka (c. 2nd century–15th century)
Kedah Sultanate (1136–1941, 1945–1946, 1948–present)
House of Bolkiah (1368–1888) – Borneo under Bruneian Empire rule
Malacca Sultanate (1400–1511)
Perak Sultanate (1528–present)
Bendahara dynasty (1699–present) – Monarchies of Pahang and Terengganu
- House of Daeng Chelak (1745–present) – Monarchy of Selangor
- House of Long Senik (1765–present) – Monarchy of Kelantan
- Pagaruyung dynasty (1773–present) – Monarchy of Negeri Sembilan
House of Hanover (1826–1901) – Malaysia under British rule
House of Jamulullail (1843–present) – Monarchy of Perlis
- House of Temenggung (1886–present) – Monarchy of Johor
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Malaysia under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–1941, 1945–1963) – Malaysia under British rule
Maldives
- Solar dynasty
- Early Lunar dynasty
Theemuge dynasty (1117–1388)
Hilaalee dynasty (1388–1552, 1554–1573, 1573–1632)
Utheemu dynasty (1632–1692)- Hamawi dynasty (1692)
Isdhoo dynasty (1692–1704)
Dhiyamigili dynasty (1704–1759, 1766–1774)
Huraa dynasty (1759–1766, 1774–1943, 1954–1968)
Middle East
- Sargonid dynasty
- Rashidun Caliphate
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Soomra Dynasty
- Tulunids
- Mamelukes
- Fatimid dynasty
Ottoman dynasty – Ottoman Empire
- Uyunid dynasty
Mongolia
Xiongnu (209 BC–93 AD)
Xianbei state (c. 93–234 AD)
Rouran Khaganate (330–555)
Turkic Khaganate (555–630, 682–744)
Xueyantuo (628–646)
Tang dynasty (Тан улс) (647–682) – Chinese rule over the Mongolian Plateau under the Protectorate General to Pacify the North
Uyghur Khaganate (744–840)
Liao dynasty (Их Ляо улс) (907–1125)
Khamag Mongol (Хамаг Монголын ханлиг) (10th century–1206)
Mongol Empire (Их Монгол улс) (1206–1368)
Yuan dynasty (Юань улс) (1271–1368) – Mongolia ruled as the Lingbei Province of the Yuan dynasty
Northern Yuan (Умард Юань) (1368–1635)
Qing dynasty (Чин улс) (1636–1912) – Mongolia administered by the Lifan Yuan (Гадаад Монголын төрийг засах явдлын яам) of the Qing dynasty
Later Jin (Хожуу Алтан) (1635–1636)
Myanmar (Burma)
- Pyu dynasty (c. 3000 BC – c. 400 AD)
- Sarekhitara dynasty]] (c. 400 – 1044)
- Bagan dynasty (1044–1287)
- Pinya dynasty (1287–1365)
- Innwa dynasty (1365–1486)
Toungoo dynasty (တောင်ငူမင်းဆက်) (1486–1752)- Nyaung Yan dynasty (1752–1824)
Konbaung dynasty (ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်) (1824–1885)
House of Hanover (1824–1901) – Myanmar under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Myanmar under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–1942, 1945–1948) – Myanmar under British rule
Nepal
Lichchhavi Dynasty (400–750)
Malla Dynasty (1201–1769)
Shah dynasty (शाह वंश) (1768–2008)
Rana dynasty (राणा वंश) (1846–1951)
The Philippines
Royal families
- Malay Dynasties
- The Datu Puti Lineage (Ruled the defunct Confederation of Madya-as) (13th century – 1565)
- Hindu dynasties
- The Lakandula Dynasty (Ruled the defunct Kingdom of Tondo) (1150–1589)
- The House of Tupas (Ruled the defunct Rajahnate of Cebu) (up to 1565)
- The House of Sri Bata Shaja (Ruled the defunct Rajahnate of Butuan) (989–1586)
- Muslim dynasties
- The Ud-Din Royal Hashemite Family (A dynasty which ruled the Maguinadanao Sultanate) (1480–1830)
- The Kiram Royal Hashemite Family (Rules the Sulu Sultanate) (1823 – present)
- The Sultan Diagaborola Balindong Bsar Lineage (Ruled the Lanao Confederation of sultanates in Lanao)
- The Noni Lineage (Co-ruled the Lanao Confederation of sultanates in Lanao)
Qatar
House of Al Thani (1850–present)
Ryūkyū
- Tenson dynasty (天孫王統) (?–1185) – Legendary
Shunten dynasty (舜天王統) (1187–1259)
Eiso dynasty (英祖王統) (1260–1349)
Sanzan period (三山時代) (1314–1429)
- Haniji line (怕尼芝王統) (1314–1419) – Ruled over Hokuzan (北山)
- Satto line (察度王統) (1314–1429) – Ruled over Chūzan (中山)
Ōzato dynasty (大里王統) (1314–1429) – Ruled over Nanzan (南山)
- Haniji line (怕尼芝王統) (1314–1419) – Ruled over Hokuzan (北山)
House of First Shō (第一尚氏/佐敷王統) (1407–1469)
House of Second Shō (第二尚氏/伊是名王統) (1469–1879)
Imperial House of Japan (皇室) (1879–present) – Also called "Yamato dynasty"
Saudi Arabia
House of Saud (1744–1818, 1824–1891, 1902–present)
Ottoman dynasty (1818–1824) – Saudi Arabia administered as part of the Egypt Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
Rashidi dynasty (1836–1921)
House of Hashim (1916–1925)
Singapore
Srivijaya (650–1377)
Temasek (c. 14th century)
Kingdom of Singapura (1299–1398)
Malacca Sultanate (1400–1511)
Bendahara dynasty (1528–1819) – Singapore within the Johor Sultanate
House of Hanover (1819–1901) – Singapore under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Singapore under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–1942, 1945–1963) – Singapore under British rule
Sri Lanka
House of Vijaya (543 BC–66 AD)
House of Lambakanna I (66–436)- House of Moriya (463–691)
- House of Lambakanna II (691–1017)
Chola dynasty (993–1077)- House of Vijayabahu (1056–1187, 1197–1200, 1209–1210, 1211–1212)
- House of Kalinga (1187–1197, 1200–1209)
Aryacakravarti dynasty (1215–1619)- House of Dinajara (1590–1739)
Nayaks of Kandy (1739–1815)
House of Hanover (1815–1901) – Ceylon under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Ceylon under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–1972) – Ceylon under British rule (1917–1948) and Ceylon as a Commonwealth realm (1948–1972)
Thailand (Siam)
- Lavachakkaraj dynasty (638–1292)
- Phra Ruang dynasty (1238–1438)
- Mangrai dynasty (1296–1558)
- Uthong dynasty (1350–1370, 1388–1409)
- Suphannaphum dynasty (1370–1388, 1409–1569)
- Sukhothai dynasty (1569–1629)
- Prasart Thong dynasty (1629–1688)
- Baan Plu Luang dynasty (1688–1767)
- Tipchakratiwong dynasty (1732–1932)
Thonburi dynasty (1767–1782)
Chakri dynasty (ราชวงศ์จักรี) (1782–present)
Tibet
Zhangzhung (ཞང་ཞུང་) (c. 500 BC–625 AD)- Yarlung dynasty – Mythical; Ruled over Pre-Imperial Tibet
Tibetan Empire (བོད་ཆེན་པོ) (618–842)
Yuan dynasty (ཡོན་རྒྱལ་རབས།) (1270–1354) – Tibet administered by the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs of the Yuan dynasty
Phagmodrupa dynasty (ཕག་མོ་གྲུ་པ་) (1354–1642)
Rinpungpa (རིན་སྤུངས་པ་) (1435–1565)
Tsangpa (གཙང་པ) (1565–1642)
Khoshut Khanate (1642–1717)
Qing dynasty (ཆིང་རྒྱལ་རབས།) (1720–1912) – Tibet administered by the Lifan Yuan of the Qing dynasty
United Arab Emirates
Al-Qasimi (1708–present) – Ruling house of Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah
Al Nahyan (1761–present) – Ruling house of Abu Dhabi
Al Mualla (1768–present) – Ruling house of Umm Al Quwain
Al Nuaimi (1816–present) – Ruling house of Ajman
Al Maktoum (1833–present) – Ruling house of Dubai
Al Sharqi (1879–present) – Ruling house of Fujairah
Vietnam
Hồng Bàng dynasty (Hồng Bàng/鴻龐) (2879–258 BC)
- Càn line (Chi Càn/支乾) (2879–2794 BC)
- Khảm line (Chi Khảm/支坎) (2793–2525 BC)
Cấn line (Chi Cấn/支艮) (2524–2253 BC)
Chấn line (Chi Chấn/支震) (2252–1913 BC)
Tốn line (Chi Tốn/支巽) (1912–1713 BC)
Ly line (Chi Ly/支離) (1712–1632 BC)- Khôn line (Chi Khôn/支坤) (1631–1432 BC)
Đoài line (Chi Đoài/支兌) (1431–1332 BC)
Giáp line (Chi Giáp/支甲) (1331–1252 BC)
Ất line (Chi Ất/支乙) (1251–1162 BC)
Bính line (Chi Bính/支丙) (1161–1055 BC)- Đinh line (Chi Đinh/支丁) (1054–969 BC)
Mậu line (Chi Mậu/支戊) (968–854 BC)
Kỷ line (Chi Kỷ/支己) (853–755 BC)
Canh line (Chi Canh/支庚) (754–661 BC)
Tân line (Chi Tân/支辛) (660–569 BC)- Nhâm line (Chi Nhâm/支壬) (568–409 BC)
- Qúy line (Chi Qúy/支癸) (408–258 BC)
Thục dynasty (Nhà Thục/家蜀) (257–207 BC)
Triệu dynasty (Nhà Triệu/家趙) (207–111 BC) – Founded by Zhao Tuo (Triệu Đà/趙佗) from the Chinese Qin dynasty; Vietnam ruled as part of Nanyue (Nam Việt/南越)
Han dynasty (Nhà Hán/家漢) (111 BC – 9 AD, 25–40, and 43–220) – First Chinese domination of Vietnam (北屬吝次一) and Second Chinese domination of Vietnam (北屬吝次二)
Xin dynasty (Nhà Tân/家新) (9–23) – First Chinese domination of Vietnam; Interrupted the Han dynasty
Trưng Sisters (Hai Bà Trưng/𠄩婆徵) (40–43) – Interrupted the Han dynasty
Eastern Wu (Đông Ngô/東吳) (229–265 and 271–280) – Second Chinese domination of Vietnam
Jin dynasty (Nhà Tấn/家晉) (265–271 and 280–420) – Second Chinese domination of Vietnam
Liu Song (Lưu Tống/劉宋) (420–479) – Second Chinese domination of Vietnam
Southern Qi (Nam Tề/南齊) (479–502) – Second Chinese domination of Vietnam
Liang dynasty (Nhà Lương/家梁) (502–544) – Second Chinese domination of Vietnam
Early Lý dynasty (Nhà Tiền Lý/家前李) (544–602)
Sui dynasty (Nhà Tùy/家隋) (602–618) – Third Chinese domination of Vietnam (北屬吝次三)
Tang dynasty (Nhà Đường/家唐) (618–690, 705–905) – Third Chinese domination of Vietnam
Second Zhou dynasty (Võ Chu/武周) (690–705) – Third Chinese domination of Vietnam; Interrupted the Tang dynasty
Khúc clan (Họ Khúc/𣱆曲) (905–930)
Southern Han (Nam Hán/南漢) (917–938) – Third Chinese domination of Vietnam
Ngô dynasty (Nhà Ngô/家吳) (939–967)
Đinh dynasty (Nhà Đinh/家丁) (968–980)
Early Lê dynasty (Nhà Tiền Lê/家前黎) (980–1009)
Lý dynasty (Nhà Lý/家李) (1009–1225)
Trần dynasty (Nhà Trần/家陳) (1225–1400)
Hồ dynasty (Nhà Hồ/家胡) (1400–1407)
Later Trần dynasty (Nhà Hậu Trần/家後陳) (1407–1413)
Ming dynasty (Nhà Minh/家明) (1407–1427) – Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam (北屬吝次四/時屬明)
Later Lê dynasty (Nhà Hậu Lê/家後黎) (1428–1527, 1533–1789)
- Primitive Lê dynasty (Nhà Lê sơ/家黎初) (1428–1527)
Revival Lê dynasty (Nhà Lê trung hưng/家黎中興) (1533–1789)
Mạc dynasty (Nhà Mạc/家莫) (1527–1677)
Trịnh lords (Chúa Trịnh/主鄭) (1545–1787)
Nguyễn lords (Chúa Nguyễn/主阮) (1558–1777)
Tây Sơn dynasty (Nhà Tây Sơn/家西山) (1778–1802)
Nguyễn dynasty (Nhà Nguyễn/家阮) (1802–1945)
Europe
Albania
Progon Dynasty (1190–1216)
Capetian House of Anjou (1272–1368)
Kastrioti (1444–1468)
Wied (1914)
Zogu (1928–1939)
Austria
House of Babenberg (976–1246)
House of Habsburg (1273–1780)
House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1780–1918)
Barbarians
Bavarii
- Agilolfing dynasty
Franks
Merovingian dynasty (481–751)j
Carolingian dynasty (751–843)
Arnulfings or Pippinids, mayors of the palaces. Ancestors of the Carolingians.
Huns
This is a list of rulers of the Huns.
Period Ruler
- Vund c. 360
- Balamber 360–378
- Baltazár (Alypbi) 378–390
- Uldin (Khan of the Western Huns) 390–410
- Donatus (Khan of the Eastern Black Sea Huns & beyond) 410–412
- Charaton (Aksungur) 412–422
- Octar[1] 422–432
- Rugila 432–434
- Bleda with Attila c. 434 – c. 445
- Attila "the Hun" c. 434–453
- Ellac 453 – c. 455
- Tuldila fl. c. 457
- Dengizich (Sabirs attack c. 460–463) ?-469 with Hernach/BelkErmak
- Hernach/BelkErmak[2] 469–503
House of Dulo Bulgaria (390–503) A Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans genealogy claims that the Dulo clan is descended from Attila the Hun.
Scirii
- Edeko
Odoacer (435–493), was the 5th-century King of Italy
Avars
Lombards
Lething Dynasty (until early 6th century)
Gausian Dynasty (546–572)
Arodingian Dynasty (635–653)
Bavarian Dynasty (615–635, 653–712)
Ostrogoths
Amal Dynasty (before 474–536)
Suebi
Suebic Dynasty (409–585)
Vandals
Hasdingi (before 407–534)
Visigoths
Balthi Dynasty (395–531)
Belgium
Medieval feudal states[10]
House of Flanders (rulers of various entities in the Southern Netherlands and Crusader states 863–1280)
House of Dampierre (rulers of various entities in the Southern Netherlands and France 1247-1405)
House of Reginar (rulers of various entities in the Southern Netherlands c. 770–1406)
House of Burgundy (1384–1482)
Kingdom of Belgium (1831)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1831–present)
Bohemia/Czechia
Great Moravia
Moymirid dynasty (c.830–906?)
Duchy of Bohemia
Přemyslid dynasty (c. 870–1198)
Kingdom of Bohemia
Přemyslid dynasty (1085–1092, 1158–1172, 1198–1306; heredity of the royal title established in 1212)
House of Gorizia (1306, 1307–1310)
House of Habsburg (1306–1307, 1437–1439, 1453–1457, 1526–1780)
House of Luxembourg (1310–1437; Landsno of the Bohemian Crown established in 1348)
House of Poděbrady (1457–1471)
House of Hunyadi (1469–1490; in opposition to the House of Poděbrady and from 1471 to the House of Jagiellon; never crowned)
House of Jagiellon (1471–1526)
House of Wittelsbach (1619–1620, 1741–1743; in opposition to the House of Habsburg)
House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1780–1918)
Bosnia
House of Boričević (1154–1163)
House of Kulinić (1163–1250)
House of Kotromanić (1250–1463)
House of Berislavić (1463–1527)
British Isles
England
House of Wessex (802–1016 and 1042–1066)
House of Denmark (1013–1014 and 1016–1042)
Norman Dynasty (1066–1154)
House of Plantagenet (1154–1485)
House of Anjou (1154–1215)
House of Lancaster (1399–1461 and 1470–1471) (Throne merged with Irish)
House of York (1461–1470 and 1471–1485)
House of Tudor (1485–1603) (Throne merged with Scottish)
Wales
House of Manaw ('Men of the North', Rhodri the Great)
House of Aberffraw of Gwynedd and Wales, c. 878 – 1282, Conquered by Edward I of England 1282, Annexed into England with Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
House of Dinefwr of Deheubarth, c. 878 – 1216, mediatized into Gwynedd and Wales under Llywelyn I
House of Mathrafal of Powys
- House of Morgannwg
Ireland
- De'voy
- Crowley
- Burke
- Clanricarde
House of Plantagenet (1154–1485)
Angevin kings of England (1154–1215)
House of Lancaster (1399–1461 and 1470–1471) (Throne merged with English)
Scotland
House of Alpin (843–1034)
House of Dunkeld (1034–1040, 1058–1286)
House of Moray (1040–1058)
House of Baliol (1292–1296) (see Belgium, Flanders)- House of Plantagenet
House of Bruce (1306–1371)
House of Stuart (1371–1603) (Throne merged with English)
Kingdoms after the Union of the Crowns (1603–1707)
The crown of the Kingdom of England and Ireland merged with that of the Kingdom of Scotland to form a personal union between England-Ireland and Scotland (the former a personal union itself)
House of Stuart (1603–1707)
Personal union between Great Britain and Ireland (1707–1801)
House of Stuart (1707–1714)
House of Hanover (1714–1801)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1921)
House of Hanover (1801–1901)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917)
House of Windsor (1917–1921)
Personal union of the UK [of GB and NI] and several other Irish states (1921–1949)
House of Windsor (1921–1949)
UK [of GB and NI] (without the personal union with Ireland) (1949–present)
House of Windsor (1949–present)
Bulgaria
House of Dulo (632–753)
Krum's dynasty (777–976/997)
Cometopuli dynasty (976/997–1018)
House of Asen (1187–1280)
House of Terter (1280–1331)
House of Sratsimir (1331–1422)
Battenberg family (1878–1886)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1886–1947)
Croatia
Trpimirović Dynasty (845–1091)
Árpád Dynasty (c. 1102 – 1301)
Přemyslid Dynasty (1301–1305)
House of Wittelsbach (1305–1308)
Capetian Dynasty, House of Anjou (1308–1395)
House of Luxemburg (1387–1437)
Habsburg Dynasty (1437–1457)
Jagiellonian Dynasty (1440–1526)
Zápolya Dynasty (1526–1571)
Habsburg Dynasty (1526–1918)
Denmark
House of Olaf (c. 9th century–10th century AD) – Semi-legendary
House of Knýtlinga (916–1042)
Fairhair dynasty (1042–1047) – Denmark within the Norwegian Realm
House of Estridsen (1047–1332, 1340–1412)
House of Bjelbo (1376–1387)
House of Griffins (1397–1439)
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt (1440–1448)
House of Oldenburg (1448–1533, 1534–1863)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–present)
Finland
House of Bjelbo (1250–1364) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Mecklenburg (1364–1395) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Estridsen (1389–1412) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Griffins (1412–1439) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt (1441–1448) – Finland under Swedish rule
Bonde (1448–1457, 1464–1470) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Oldenburg (1457–1464, 1497–1501, 1520–1521) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Vasa (1521–1654) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1654–1720) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Hesse (1720–1751, 1918) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751–1809) – Finland under Swedish rule
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (1809–1917) – Finland under Russian rule
France
Carolingian Dynasty (843–987)
Capetian Dynasty (987–1792, 1814–1848)
Direct Capetians (987–1328)
House of Valois (1328–1589)
- Direct House of Valois (1328–1498)
House of Valois-Orléans (1498–1515)
House of Valois-Angoulême (1515–1589)
House of Bourbon (1589–1792 and 1814–1848)
- House of Bourbon-Vendôme (1589–1792, 1814–1830)
- House of Bourbon-Orléans (1830–1848)
Bonaparte Dynasty (1804–1814 and 1852–1870)
Germany
Carolingian Dynasty (843–911)
Conradines (911–918)
Ottonian Dynasty (919–1024)
Salian Dynasty or Franconian Dynasty (1024–1125)
Supplinburg Dynasty (1125–1137)
House of Hohenstaufen (1137–1254)
House of Habsburg (1273–1291, 1298–1308, and 1438–1740)
House of Lorraine (1745–1806)
House of Nassau (1292–1298)
House of Luxemburg (1308–1313, 1347–1400, and 1410–1437)
House of Wittelsbach (1314–1347, 1400–1410, and 1742–1745)
House of Hohenzollern (1871–1918)
Bavaria
Liutpolding Dynasty (889–947)
Ottonian Dynasty (947–1017)
House of Luxembourg (1017–1026, 1039–1047)
Salian Dynasty (1026–1039, 1053–1061)
House of Welf (1070–1138, 1156–1180)
House of Babenberg (1138–1156)
House of Wittelsbach (1180–1918)
Saxony
Liudolfing Dynasty (843–961)
Billung Dynasty (961–1106)
Supplinburger Dynasty (1106–1127)
House of Welf (1127–1138, 1142–1180)
Ascanian Dynasty (1138–1142, 1180–1422)
Wettin Dynasty (1422–1918)
Greece
House of Wittelsbach (1832-1862)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1862-1924, 1935-1973)
Hungary
Árpád Dynasty (c. 895 – 1301)
Samuel Aba of Hungary Aba – Árpád Dynasty (1038–1044)
Přemyslid Dynasty (1301–1305)
House of Wittelsbach (1305–1308)
Capetian Dynasty, House of Anjou (1308–1395)
House of Luxemburg (1387–1437)
Matthias Corvinus, House of Hunyadi (1458–1490)
Habsburg Dynasty (1437–1457, 1526–1918)
Jagiellonian Dynasty (1440–1526)
Zápolya Dynasty (1526–1571)
Iceland
Fairhair dynasty (1262–1319) – Iceland under Norwegian rule
House of Bjelbo (1319–1387) – Iceland under Norwegian rule
House of Estridsen (1388–1412) – Iceland under Norwegian rule
House of Griffins (1412–1442) – Iceland under Norwegian rule
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt (1442–1448) – Iceland under Norwegian rule
Bonde (1449–1450) – Iceland under Norwegian rule
House of Oldenburg (1450–1863) – Iceland under Norwegian rule (1450–1814) and Iceland under Danish rule (1814–1863)
House of Glücksburg (1863–1944) – Iceland under Danish rule (1863–1918) and Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944)
Ireland
MacCarthy (Mac Cárthsigh)
O'Brien (978–1542)
O'Conor Don (Ó Conchubhair Donn)
O'Donnell (Ó Domhnaill)(1200–1601)
O'Neill (Ó Néill)
Airgíalla (331–1585)
Bréifne (700–1256)- Uí Briúin
- Connachta
Uí Fiachrach (5th century – 17th century)
Uí Maine (357–1611)- Desmumu
- Eóganachta
- Laigin
- Uí Chennselaig
- Mide
- Tuadmumu
- Dál gCais
- Uí Néill
Cenél Conaill (Northern)
Cenél nEógain (Northern)
Ulaid (before 450 – 1177)- Dál Fiatach
Italy
Julio–Claudian dynasty (27 BC–68 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Flavian dynasty (68–96 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Nerva–Antonine dynasty (96–192 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Severan dynasty (193–235 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Gordian dynasty (238–244 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
- Decian dynasty (249–253 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
- Valerian dynasty (253–268 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Illyrian emperors (268–284 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
- Caran dynasty (282–285 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Constantinian dynasty (305–363 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Valentinian dynasty (364–392 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Theodosian dynasty (392–455 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
House of Leo (474–476 AD) – Italy within the Roman Empire
Amali dynasty (493–553 AD)
Lething dynasty (c. 5th century–546 AD)
Gausian dynasty (546–572 AD)
Justinian dynasty (c. 555 AD) – Italy within the Byzantine Empire
Bavarian dynasty (616–626, 653–662, 671–712 AD)
Harodingian dynasty (636–653 AD)- Beneventan dynasty (662–671 AD)
Carolingian dynasty (774–888 AD)- House of Boniface (812–931 AD)
- Anatolian dynasty (839–866 AD)
- House of Capua (840–866, 871–1058 AD)
- House of Spoleto (866–871 AD)
- Docibilan dynasty (866–1032 AD)
- House of Boso (931–1001 AD)
Aleramici (933–1305 AD)- House of Musco Comite (958–1039, 1052–1073 AD)
Ottonian dynasty (962–1024 AD)- House of Hucpold (1004–1011 AD)
House of Canossa (1027–1115 AD)
Salian dynasty (1027–1125 AD)- House of Salerno (1038–1052 AD)
- Süpplingenburg dynasty (1125–1137 AD)
Hauteville family (1071–1198 AD)
Hohenstaufen (1128–1266 AD)
Visconti of Pisa and Sardinia (1207–1308 AD)
House of Welf (1208–1212 AD)
House of Este (1240–1796 AD)
House of Plantagenet (1254–1263 AD) – Ineffectual claim to the Sicilian throne
Capetian House of Anjou (1266–1390, 1399–1435 AD)
House of Barcelona (1282–1410 AD)
Palaiologos dynasty (1306–1533 AD)
House of Luxembourg (1311–1313, 1355–1437 AD)
House of Wittelsbach (1327–1347 AD)
Albizzi family (1382–1434 AD)
House of Valois-Anjou (1382–1434, 1435–1442 AD)
Visconti of Milan (1395–1447 AD)
House of Trastámara (1412–1516, 1442–1501, 1504–1516 AD)
House of Medici (1434–1494, 1512–1737 AD)
House of Habsburg (1437–1780 AD)
House of Sforza (1450–1499, 1513–1515, 1522–1535 AD)
House of Valois-Orléans (1499–1512 AD)
House of Valois-Angoulême (1515–1521 AD)
House of Gonzaga (1536–1708 AD)
House of Farnese (1545–1731 AD)
House of Guise (1647–1648 AD)
House of Bourbon (1700–1713, 1734–1816 AD)
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1735–1861 AD)
House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1737–1801, 1814–1860, 1780–1796 AD)
House of Bourbon-Parma (1731–1735, 1748–1807, 1847–1859 AD)
House of Bonaparte (1805–1814 AD)
House of Murat (1808–1815 AD)
House of Savoy (1713–1720, 1762–1799, 1861–1946 AD)
Liechtenstein
House of Liechtenstein (1608–present)
Luxembourg
House of Bourbon-Parma (1985–present)
House of Nassau-Weilburg (1890–present)
Monaco
House of Grimaldi (1297–present)
Montenegro
Petrović-Njegoš dynasty (1696–1918)
Karađorđević dynasty (1918–1941)
Netherlands
House of Nassau (1544 – present)
House of Orange-Nassau (1815–present)
Norway
Fairhair dynasty (872–970, 995–1000)
House of Knýtlinga (961–995, 1000–1015, 1028–1035)- St. Olaf dynasty (1015–1028, 1035–1047)
Hardrada dynasty (1046–1135, 1161–1184)
Gille dynasty (1130–1162, 1204–1217)
House of Sverre (1184–1204, 1217–1319)
House of Bjelbo (1319–1387)
House of Estridsen (1380–1412)
House of Griffins (1389–1442)
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt (1442–1448)
Bonde (1449–1450)
House of Oldenburg (1450–1814)
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1814–1818)
House of Bernadotte (1818–1905)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1905–present)
Poland
Piast Dynasty (9th century-1296 and 1306–1370)
Přemyslid Dynasty (1291–1306)
Capetian Dynasty, House of Anjou (1370–1399)
Jagiellonian Dynasty (1386–1572 and 1575–1586)
Valois Dynasty (1573–1574)
House of Báthory (1576–1586)
House of Vasa (1587–1668)
House of Wiśniowiecki (1669–1673)
House of Sobieski (1674–1696)
Wettin Dynasty (1697–1706, 1709–1733 and 1736–1764)
House of Leszczyński (1704–1709 and 1733–1736)
House of Poniatowski (1764–1795)
Portugal
County of Portugal
House of Vímara Peres (868–1071)
Portuguese House of Burgundy (1093–1139)
Kingdom of Portugal
Portuguese House of Burgundy or Afonsine Dynasty (1139–1383)
House of Aviz or Joannine Dynasty (1385–1580)
- Aviz (diret) (1385-1495)
Aviz-Beja (1495-1580)
House of Habsburg or Philippine Dynasty (1581–1640)
House of Braganza or Brigantine Dynasty (1640–1910)
- Braganza (direct) (1640-1853)
Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1853-1910)
Roman Empire
Julio–Claudian dynasty (27 BC–68 AD)
Flavian dynasty (68–96 AD)
Nerva–Antonine dynasty (96–192 AD)
Severan dynasty (193–235 AD)
Gordian dynasty (238–244 AD)- Decian dynasty (249–253 AD)
- Valerian dynasty (253–268 AD)
Gallic Empire (260–274 AD) – Breakaway state during the Crisis of the Third Century
Illyrian emperors (268–284 AD)- Caran dynasty (282–285 AD)
Constantinian dynasty (305–363 AD) – Western Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire
Valentinian dynasty (364–392 AD) – Western Roman Empire (364–392 AD) and Byzantine Empire (364–379 AD)
Theodosian dynasty (379–457 AD) – Western Roman Empire (392–455 AD) and Byzantine Empire (379–457 AD)
House of Leo (457–518 AD) – Western Roman Empire (474–480 AD) and Byzantine Empire (457–518 AD)
Justinian dynasty (518–602 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Heraclian dynasty (610–711 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Isurian dynasty (717–802 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Nikephorian dynasty (802–813 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Amorian dynasty (820–867 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Macedonian dynasty (867–1056 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Doukid dynasty (1059–1081 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Komnenos dynasty (1081–1185 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Angelos dynasty (1185–1204 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Laskarid dynasty (1204–1261 AD) – Empire of Nicaea (Exiled court of the Byzantine Empire)
Palaiologos dynasty (1261–1453 AD) – Byzantine Empire
Romania
Before the Unification
Moldavia
House of Dragoș (1345–1364)- House of Bogdan-Mușat
- Movilești
- House of Drăculești
- House of Rossetti
- Ghica family
- Cantacuzino family
- Cantemirești
- Racoviță
- Mavrocordatos family
- Ypsilantis
- Soutzos family
- Mourousis family
- House of Cuza
Wallachia
- House of Basarab
- House of Bogdan-Mușat
- Movilești
- House of Drăculești
- House of Rossetti
- Ghica family
- Cantacuzino family
- Cantemirești
- Racoviță
- Mavrocordatos family
- Ypsilantis
- Soutzos family
- Mourousis family
- House of Cuza
After the Unification
House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1866–1947)
Russia
Rurik dynasty (862–1598, 1606–1610)
House of Romanov (1613–1917)
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (1762–1917)
Serbia
Vlastimirović dynasty (610–960)
Vojislavljević dynasty (1034–1186)
Vukanović dynasty (1083–1166)
Nemanjić dynasty (1166–1371)
Lazarević dynasty (1371–1427)
Branković dynasty (1427–1502)
Karađorđević dynasty (1811–13, 1842–58 and 1903–41)
Obrenović dynasty (1815–42 and 1858–1903)
Spain
Before the Unification
Aragon
Jiménez Dynasty (1035–1162)
House of Barcelona (1162–1410)
House of Trastámara (1412–1516)
Asturias
Astur-Leonese dynasty (718–925)
Barcelona
House of Barcelona (878–1410)
House of Trastámara (1412–1516)
Castile
- House of Lara (930–1032), counts
Jiménez Dynasty (1035–1126), kings
Anscarids (House of Ivrea) (1126–1369)
House of Trastámara (1369–1516)
León
Astur-Leonese dynasty (910–1037)
Jiménez Dynasty (1037–1126)
Anscarids (House of Ivrea) (1126–1369)
House of Trastámara (1369–1516)
- House of Íñiguez (824–905)
Jiménez Dynasty (905–1234)- House of Champagne (1234–1305)
House of Capet (1284–1349)
House of Évreux (1328–1441)
House of Trastámara (1425–1479)
House of Foix (1479–1516)- House of Albret (1483–1572)
House of Bourbon (1572–1620)
After the Unification (1516)
House of Habsburg (1516–1700)
House of Bourbon (1700–1808, 1813–1868, 1874–1931, and 1975 to the present)
House of Bonaparte (1808–1813)
House of Savoy (1870–1873)
Sweden
House of Munsö (c. 970–1060 AD)
House of Stenkil (1060–1126)
House of Estridsen (1126–1132, 1160–1161)
House of Sverker (1130–1156, 1161–1167, 1196–1208, 1216–1222)
House of Eric (1156–1160, 1167–1196, 1208–1216, 1222–1250)
House of Bjelbo (1250–1364)
House of Mecklenburg (1364–1389)
House of Estridsen (1389–1412)
House of Griffins (1396–1439)
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt (1441–1448)
Bonde (1448–1457, 1464–1465, 1467–1470)
House of Oldenburg (1457–1464, 1497–1501, 1520–1521)
House of Vasa (1523–1654)
House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1654–1720)
House of Hesse (1720–1751)
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751–1818)
House of Bernadotte (1818–present)
Turkey
Seljuq Dynasty (1077–1307)
Ottoman Dynasty (1281–1923)
Ukraine
Rurik dynasty (890-1349)
Khmelnytsky (1648–1663, 1678–1681)
Skoropadsky (1708–1722, 1918)
North America
Powhatan Chiefdom (?-1646)
Sachem (?-1676)
Iroquois Confederacy (1142–present)
Hunkpapa Seven council fires (?-1872)
Alaska
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (1799–1867) – Alaska administered as part of Russian America of the Russian Empire
Canada
House of Valois (1534–1589) – Canada under French rule
House of Bourbon (1589–1763) – Canada under French rule
House of Hanover (1763–1901) – Canada under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Canada under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – Canada under British rule (1917–1931) and Canada as a Commonwealth realm (1931–present)
Greenland
House of Sverre (1261–1319) – Greenland under Norwegian rule
House of Bjelbo (1319–1387) – Greenland under Norwegian rule
House of Estridsen (1387–1412) – Greenland under Norwegian rule
House of Griffins (1412–1442) – Greenland under Norwegian rule
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt (1442–1448) – Greenland under Norwegian rule
Bonde (1449–1450) – Greenland under Norwegian rule
House of Oldenburg (1450–1863) – Greenland under Norwegian rule (1450–1814) and Greenland under Danish rule (1814–1863)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863–present) – Greenland under Danish rule
Mexico
Pre-Columbian Americas
Tlatoani Toltec Empire (674-1150)
Cazonci Tarascan Empire (1300-1530)
Tlatoani Tlaxcallan Confederacy (1348-1520)
Huetlatoani Aztec Kingdom (1376–1565)
- Post Colonization of the Americas
House of Iturbide (1822–1823)
House of Habsburg (1864–1867)
Central America
Belize
House of Hanover (1862–1901) – Belize under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Belize under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – Belize under British rule (1917–1981) and Belize as a Commonwealth realm (1981–present)
El Salvador
Cuzcatlan (1054–1528)
Maya
Chan Santa Cruz Maya free State of Quintana Roo, Mexico (1850–1893)
Itza Elite Yucatan, Mexico (600–1697)
Kan Ek' Nojpetén Itza kingship, Guatemala (700–1697)
K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj, Guatemala (1225–1524)
Palenque B'aak dynasty Chiapas, Mexico(967 BCE – 799 CE)
Siyaj K'ak' dynasties Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras (378–869)
South America
Argentina
House of Habsburg (1534–1700) – Argentina under Spanish rule
House of Bourbon (1700–1808, 1813–1816) – Argentina under Spanish rule
House of Bonaparte (1808–1813) – Argentina under Spanish rule
Brazil
House of Aviz (1500–1580) – Brazil under Portuguese rule
Philippine dynasty (1580–1640) – Brazil under Portuguese rule
House of Braganza (1640–1910) – Brazil under Portuguese rule (1640–1815), Brazil within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822), and Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)
House of Orléans-Braganza – Claimants to the Brazilian throne since 1921
Chile
Tounes dynasty, kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia with the chiefdoms of Mapuche Nation (1860–1862)
Peru
Hurin dynasty (1197 – c. 1350), ruling dynasty of earlier Kingdom of Cusco
Haran dynasty (c. 1350–1572), ruling dynasty of later Kingdom of Cusco, Inca Empire and Neo-Inca State
The Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
House of Stuart (1632–1714) – Antigua and Barbuda under English rule (1632–1707) and Antigua and Barbuda under British rule (1707–1714)
House of Hanover (1714–1901) – Antigua and Barbuda under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Antigua and Barbuda under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – Antigua and Barbuda under British rule (1917–1981) and Antigua and Barbuda as a Commonwealth realm (1981–present)
The Bahamas
House of Hanover (1718–1782, 1783–1901) – The Bahamas under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – The Bahamas under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – The Bahamas under British rule (1917–1973) and the Bahamas as a Commonwealth realm (1973–present)
Barbados
House of Stuart (1625–1714) – Barbados under English rule (1625–1707) and Barbados under British rule (1707–1714)
House of Hanover (1714–1901) – Barbados under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Barbados under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – Barbados under British rule (1917–1966) and Barbados as a Commonwealth realm (1966–present)
Cuba
House of Trastámara (1511–1516) – Cuba under Spanish rule
House of Habsburg (1516–1700) – Cuba under Spanish rule
House of Bourbon (1700–1808, 1813–1868, 1874–1898) – Cuba under Spanish rule
House of Bonaparte (1808–1813) – Cuba under Spanish rule
House of Savoy (1870–1873) – Cuba under Spanish rule
Grenada
House of Bourbon (1649–1763) – Grenada under French rule
House of Hanover (1763–1901) – Grenada under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Grenada under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – Grenada under British rule (1917–1974) and Grenada as a Commonwealth realm (1974–present)
Haiti
Cacique Taino Nation Caribbean islands (?-1510)
Dessalines Dynasty (1804–1806)
Christophe Dynasty (1811–1820)
Soulouque Dynasty (1849–1859)
Jamaica
House of Trastámara (1509–1516) – Jamaica under Spanish rule
House of Habsburg (1516–1655) – Jamaica under Spanish rule
House of Stuart (1655–1714) – Jamaica under English rule (1655–1707) and Jamaica under British rule (1707–1714)
House of Hanover (1714–1901) – Jamaica under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Jamaica under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – Jamaica under British rule (1917–1962) and Jamaica as a Commonwealth realm (1962–present)
Oceania
Australia
House of Hanover (1788–1901) – Australia under British rule
House of Windsor (1942–present) – Australia as a Commonwealth realm
Hawaii
House of Kamehameha (c. 1795–1872)
House of Kalākaua (c. 1874–1893)
House of Kawānanakoa – Descendants of the Hawaiian throne
New Zealand
House of Hanover (1840–1901) – New Zealand under British rule
- Te Wherowhero dynasty – Māori King Movement since 1858
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – New Zealand under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – New Zealand under British rule (1917–1947) and New Zealand as a Commonwealth realm (1947–present)
Papua New Guinea
House of Hohenzollern (1884–1919) – Papua New Guinea under German rule
House of Hanover (1888–1901) – Papua New Guinea under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Papua New Guinea under British rule (1901–1902) and Papua New Guinea under Australian rule (1902–1917)
House of Windsor (1917–1941, 1945–present) – Papua New Guinea under Australian rule (1917–1941, 1945–1975) and Papua New Guinea as a Commonwealth realm (1975–present)
Solomon Islands
House of Hanover (1893–1901) – Solomon Islands under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Solomon Islands under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–1942, 1942–present) – Solomon Islands under British rule (1917–1942, 1942–1978) and Solomon Islands as a Commonwealth realm (1978–present)
Tahiti
Pōmare dynasty (1788–1880)
Tonga
Tuʻi Tonga (c. 900–1865)
Tupou dynasty (1875–present)
Tuvalu
House of Hanover (1892–1901) – Tuvalu under British rule
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1917) – Tuvalu under British rule
House of Windsor (1917–present) – Tuvalu under British rule (1917–1978) and Tuvalu as a Commonwealth realm (1978–present)
Antarctica
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908–1917) – British Antarctic Territory (Claimed by UK)
House of Windsor (1917–present) – British Antarctic Territory (Claimed by UK), Ross Dependency (Claimed by New Zealand) and Australian Antarctic Territory (Claimed by Australia)
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1929–present) – Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land (Claimed by Norway)
Political families in republics
Though in elected governments, rule does not pass automatically by inheritance, political power often accrues to generations of related individuals in republics. Eminence, influence, tradition, genetics, and nepotism may contribute to the phenomenon.
Family dictatorships are a different concept in which political power passes within a family because of the overwhelming authority of the leader, rather than informal power accrued to the family.
Some political dynasties:
Ziaur Rahman's and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's families (Bangladesh)
Aung San Suu Kyi's family (Burma)- The Medici family (Republic of Florence)
- The Nehru-Gandhi family (India)
- The Sukarnos (Indonesia)
- The Koirala family (Nepal)
- The Somoza family (Nicaragua)
- The Jinnah family (Pakistan and India)
- The Bhutto family (Pakistan)
- The Sharif family (Pakistan)
- The Macapagal family (Philippines)
- The Aquino family (Philippines)
- The Estrada family (Philippines)
- The Marcos family (Philippines)
Lee Kuan Yew's family (Singapore)
Solomon Bandaranaike's family (Sri Lanka)- The Churchills/Dukes of Marlborough (UK)
- The Adamses (United States)
- The Bushes (United States)
- The Clintons (United States)
- The Cuomos (United States)
- The Harrisons (United States)
- The Kennedys (United States)
- The Lees (United States)
- The Longs (United States)
- The Roosevelts (United States)
- The Tafts (United States)
- The Udalls (United States)
Influential/wealthy families
- The Agnelli family (Italy)
- The Anheuser family (United States)
- The Arison family (United States)
- The Astor family (United States and United Kingdom)
- The Bamford family (United Kingdom)
- The Bacardi family (Cuba and United States)
- The Bancroft family (United States)
- The Baring family (United Kingdom)
- The Bazalgette family (United Kingdom)
- The Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler family (Germany)
- The Botín family (Spain)
- The Bonnier family (Sweden)
- The Bronfman family (Canada)
- The Bulgari family (Italy)
- The Burke family (Ireland and United Kingdom)
- The Busch family (United States)
- The Cabot family (United States)
- The Cadbury family (United Kingdom)
- The Carnegie family (United States)
- The Cholmondeley family (United Kingdom)
- The Churchill family (United Kingdom)
- The Conran family (United Kingdom)
- The Curzon family (United Kingdom)
- The Darwin–Wedgwood family (United Kingdom)
- The Disney family (United States)
- The Du Pont family (United States)
- The Egerton family (United Kingdom)
- The Fabergé family (Russia and United Kingdom)
- The Fleming family (United Kingdom)
- The Florio family (Italy)
- The Forbes family (United States)
- The Forbes family (publishers) (United States)
- The Ford family (United States)
- The Forte family (United Kingdom)
- The Freud family (Austria and United Kingdom)
- The Fugger family (Germany)
- The Getty family (United States)
- The Goldsmith family (Sweden and United Kingdom)
- The Gough-Calthorpe family (United Kingdom)
- The Grosvenor family (United Kingdom)
- The Guggenheim family (United States)
- The Guinness family (Ireland)
- The Gyllenhaal family (Sweden and United States)
- The Hearst family (United States)
- The Heinz Family (United States)
- The Hilton family (United States)
- The Howard family (United Kingdom)
- The Kennedy family (United States)
- The Keswick family (East Asia and United Kingdom)
- The Kim family (North Korea)
- The Krupp family (Germany)
- The Lee family (United States)
- The Lehman family (United States)
- The Li family (East Asia)
- The Livingston family (United States)
- The Louis-Dreyfus family (France and United States)
- The McCormick family (United States)
- The Medici family (Italy)
- The Mellon family (United States)
- The Mendelssohn family (Europe)
- The Mittal family (United Kingdom and India)
- The Montefiore family (Morocco, Italy and United Kingdom)
- The Morgan family (United States)
- The Murdoch family (Australia and United States)
- The Newhouse family (United States)
- The Oppenheimer family (South Africa)
- The Packer Family (Australia)
- The Pattison family (Canada)
- The Peugeot family (France)
- The Porsche family (Austria)
- The Premji family (India)
- The Pritzker family (United States)
- The Rausing family (Sweden and United Kingdom)
- The Roosevelt family (United States)
- The Rothschild family (France and United Kingdom)
- The Rockefeller family (United States)
- The Rupert family (South Africa)
- The Sainsbury family (United Kingdom)
- The Sassoon family (Iraq, India, China and United Kingdom)
- The Sawiris family (Egypt)
- The Schröder family (United Kingdom)
- The Shinawatra family (Thailand)
- The Spencer family (United Kingdom)
- The Stroganov family (Russia and Eastern Europe)
- The Sulzberger family (United States)
- The Swire family (East Asia and United Kingdom)
- The Taft family (United States)
- The Taittinger family (France)
- The Tata family (India)
- The Thomson family (Canada)
- The Thyssen family (Germany)
- The Tjin-A-Djie family (Suriname)
- The Tolstoy family (Russia and United Kingdom)
- The Toyoda family (Japan)
- The Trump family (United States)
- The Vanderbilt family (United States)
- The Villiers family (United Kingdom)
- The Wallenberg family (Sweden)
- The Walton family (United States)
- The Warburg family (United States)
- The Welser family (Germany)
- The Whitney family (United States)
- The Wittgenstein family (Austria)
- The Zobel de Ayala family (Philippines)
See also
- List of Muslim empires and dynasties
- List of noble houses
- Family seat
- Royal intermarriage
References
 | Look up dynasty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
^ ab Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.
^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "house, n.¹ and int, 10. b." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.
^ Thomson, David (1961). "The Institutions of Monarchy". Europe Since Napoleon. New York: Knopf. pp. 79–80.The basic idea of monarchy was the idea that hereditary right gave the best title to political power...The dangers of disputed succession were best avoided by hereditary succession: ruling families had a natural interest in passing on to their descendants enhanced power and prestige...Frederick the Great of Prussia, Catherine the Great of Russia, Maria Theresa of Austria, were alike infatuated with the idea of strengthening their power, centralizing government in their own hands as against local and feudal privileges, and so acquiring more absolute authority in the state. Moreover, the very dynastic rivalries and conflicts between these eighteenth-century monarchs drove them to look for ever more efficient methods of government
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^ Liddell, Henry George & al. A Greek–English Lexicon: "δυναστεία". Hosted by Tufts University's Perseus Project.
^ Liddell & al. A Greek–English Lexicon: "δυνάστης".
^ Liddell & al. A Greek–English Lexicon: "δύναμις".
^ Liddell & al. "δύναμαι".
^ ab Statement by Nick Clegg MP, UK parliament website, 26 March 2015 (retrieved on same date).
^ "Monaco royal taken seriously ill". BBC News. London. 8 April 2005. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
^ including County of Flanders, Marquisate of Namur, Duchy of Brabant, County of Hainaut, Duchy of Limburg, County of Luxembourg
