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A fun project to identify and illustrate the earliest origins of the most illustrious dynastic names
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Bourbon
- Progenitor : Aimon I, sire de Bourbon - born c900-905, died after January 954
- Parents : Adhémar de Souvigny x Ermengarde
- Dynasties : Bourbon, Orléans
- Descendants : Kings of Navarra, France, Spain, Two Sicilies. Grand Dukes of Luxembourg. Dukes of Orléans, Bourbon, Vendôme, Parma, Sevilla…
- Ancestral seat : Château de Bourbon, built in the 10th century
- Location : Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier, Auvergne, France
- Coordinates : 46° 35′ 18″ N, 3° 03′ 31″ E or click Google Maps
- Old name variants : Bourbon...
Habsburg
- Progenitor : Werner I von Habsburg - born c1025-1030, died November 11, 1096
- Parents : Radbot, Graf im Klettgau x Ida
- Dynasties : Habsburg, Habsburg-Lothringen
- Descendants : Dukes and Archdukes of Austria. Holy Roman Kings and Emperors. Kings of Spain…
- Ancestral seat : Burg Habsburg, built around 1020-1030
- Location: Habsburg, Aargau, Switzerland
- Coordinates : 47° 27′ 45.86″ N, 8° 10′ 51.74″ E or click Google Maps
- Old name variants : Havekhesperch (1150), Habisburch (1213), Habsburc (1238/39)
Hohenzollern
- Progenitor : Friedrich I, Graf von Zollern - born c1095, died c1149
- Parents : uncertain, but probably Burchard von Zollern x N.N.
- Dynasties : Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen...
- Descendants : Kings of Prussia, German Kings and Emperors, Kings of Romania...
- Ancestral seat : Burg Hohenzollern, built since the 11th century, first mentioned in 1267
- Location : Zimmern, Bisingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Coordinates : 48° 19′ 23.5″ N, 8° 58′ 3.8″ E or click Google Maps
- Old name variants : Zolre, Zolro, Zollern
Nassau
- Progenitor : Walram I, Graf von Nassau - born c1146, died July 5, 1197
- Parents : Ruprecht II von Laurenburg x Beatrix
- Dynasties : Nassau, Orange-Nassau, Nassau-Dillenburg, Nassau-Siegen...
- Descendants : Kings and Queens of the Netherlands. King of England, Ireland and Scotland. King of Germany. Stadtholders of Holland. Grand Dukes of Luxembourg
- Ancestral seat : Burg Nassau, first mentioned in 1093
- Location: Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Coordinates : 50° 18′ 37″ N, 7° 47′ 31″ E or click Google Maps
Oldenburg
- Progenitor : Egilmar II, Graf von Oldenburg - born c1070, died c1143
- Parents : Egilmar I von Rüstringen x Richenza von Dithmarschen
- Dynasties : Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein
- Descendants : Kings of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Iceland. Dukes of Sachsen-Lauenburg. Duckes of Schleswig-Holstein. Emperors of Russia.
- Ancestral seat : Burg Oldenburg, overbuilt 1607-1615 with Schloss Oldenburg
- Location : Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Coordinates : 53° 8′ 16″ N, 8° 13′ 0″ E or click Google Maps
- Old name variants : Aldenburg, Oldeburch...
Plantagenet
- Progenitor : Henri II Plantagenêt, King of England - born March 3, 1133, died July 6, 1189
- Parents : Geoffroy V d'Anjou x Matilda of England
- Dynasties : Houses of Plantagenet, Lancaster, York...
- Descendants : Kings of England, Germany. Princes of Wales. Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, Brittany. Counts of Anjou, Maine, Nantes, Poitou...
- Ancestral seat : Château de Chinon, built in the 10th century
- Location : Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- Coordinates : 47° 10′ 05″ N, 0° 14′ 10″ E or click Google Maps
Romanov
- Progenitor : Feodor Nikitich Romanov, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia - born 1553, died October 1, 1633
- Parents : Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin-Yuriev x Varvara Ivanovna Khovrina-Golovina
- Dynasties : Romanov
- Descendants : Tsars of Russia, Kazan, Astrakhan, Poland, Siberia, Tauric Khersones, Georgia, Bulgaria. Princes of Smolensk, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia...
- Ancestral seat : Palace of the Romanov Boyars, built in the 16th century
- Location : Moscow, Russia
- Coordinates : 55° 45' 10.00" N, 37° 37' 45.37" E or click Google Maps
Sachsen
- Progenitor : Friedrich II, Kurfürst von Sachsen - born August 22, 1412, died September 7, 1464
- Parents : Friedrich I von Meissen x Katharina von Braunschweig
- Dynasties : Sachsen, Sachsen-Coburg, Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Windsor...
- Descendants : Kings of Belgium. Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom...
- Ancestral seat : Schloss Altenburg
- Location : Altenburg, Thüringen, Germany
- Coordinates : 50° 59' 17.75" N, 12° 26' 21.66" E or click Google Maps
Savoie
- Progenitor : Othon I, comte de Savoie - born c. 1023, died March 1, 1060
- Parents : Humbert de Maurienne x Ancilie
- Dynasties : Savoie, Savoia...
- Descendants : Kings of Italy, Spain, Sardinia, Croatia, Armenia...
- Ancestral seat : Château de Charbonnières, built around 1040, first mentioned in 1042
- Location : Aiguebelle, Savoie, France
- Coordinates : 45° 32' 11.26" N, 6° 18' 38.63" E or click Google Maps
- Old name variants : Savoie (French), Savoia (Italian), Savouè (Arpitan)...
Wittelsbach
- Progenitor : Otto I von Wittelsbach, Herzog von Bayern - born c1117, died July 11, 1183
- Parents : Otto IV von Scheyern x Heilika von Pettendorf
- Dynasties : Wittelsbach, Bayern
- Descendants : Dukes and Kings of Bavaria. Electors Palatine. Holy Roman Emperors. Kings of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Greece…
- Ancestral seat : Burg Wittelsbach, first mentioned c1100
- Location : Oberwittelsbach, Aichach, Bavaria, Germany
- Coordinates : 48° 28′ 6.96″ N, 11° 10′ 34.32″ E or click Google Maps
- Old name variants : Witilinesbac (1115)