Dynastic Name Progenitors

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)