Title: Dynasty Content: Dynasty means rulers who belong to the same royal family for generations. The term is also used to describe the era during which that family ruled. Famous dynasties were: * from England: The House of Tudor (1485-1603) and the House of Stuart (1603-1714). * from China: The Shang Dynasty (1766 BC–1050 BC), the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). * from India: The Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858) == Dynasties by region == ===Africa=== ==== Egypt ==== *1st dynasty (c. 3050 - 2890 BC) *2nd dynasty (2890 - 2686 BC) * 3rd dynasty (2686 - 2613 BC) *4th dynasty (2613 - 2498 BC) *5th dynasty (2498 - 2345 BC) *6th dynasty (2345 - 2181 BC) *7th and 8th dynasties (2181 - 2160 BC) *9th dynasty (2160 - 2130 BC) *10th dynasty (2130 - 2040 BC) *11th dynasty (2134- 1991 BC) *12th dynasty (1991 - 1803 BC) *13th dynasty (1803 - 1649 BC) *14th dynasty (1705 - 1690 BC) *15th dynasty (1674 - 1535 BC) *16th dynasty (1660 - 1600 BC) *17th dynasty (1650 - 1549 BC) *18th dynasty (1549 - 1292 BC) *19th dynasty (1292 - 1186 BC) *20th dynasty (1186 - 1069 BC) *21st dynasty (1069 - 945 BC) *22nd dynasty (945 - 720 BC) *23rd dynasty (837 - 728 BC) *24th dynasty (732 - 720 BC) *25th dynasty (732 - 653 BC) *26th dynasty (672 - 525 BC) *Achaemenid dynasty (525 - 404 BC) *28th dynasty (404 - 398 BC) *29th dynasty (398 - 380 BC) *30th dynasty (380 - 343 BC) *Achaemenid dynasty (343 - 332 BC) *Argead dynasty (332 - 309 BC) *Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BC) ==== Morocco ==== * Idrisid dynasty (780-974) * Maghrawa dynasty (987-1070) * Almoravid dynasty (1073-1147) (also in Al- Andalus) * Almohad dynasty (1147-1269) (also in Al-Andalus) * Marinid dynasty (1258-1420) (also in Al-Andalus) * Wattasid dynasty (1420-1547) (also in Al- Andalus) * Saadi dynasty (1554-1659) * Alaouite dynasty (1666 to present) === North and South America === ==== Brazil ==== *House of Braganza (1822-1889) ==== Haiti ==== *Dessalines Dynasty (1804 - 1806) *Christophe Dynasty (1811 - 1820) *Soulouque Dynasty (1849 - 1859) ==== Hawaii ==== *Kamehameha Dynasty (c.1810-1872) *Kalākaua Dynasty (c.1874-1893) *House of Kawananakoa (c.1868- ??) ==== Mexico ==== *House of Iturbide (1822 - 1823) *House of Habsburg (1864 - 1867) === Asia === ==== Afghanistan ==== *Durrani Dynasty (1747–1823 and 1839–1842) *Barakzai Dynasty (1818–1839, 1842–1929 and 1929–1973) * Usurper King (January 17, 1929 - October 13, 1929) ====China==== *Xia Dynasty (2205 BCE–1766 BCE) *Shang Dynasty (1766 BCE–1046 BCE) *Zhou Dynasty (1122 BCE–256 BCE) *Qin Dynasty (221 BCE–206 BCE) *Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220) *Three Kingdoms (220–280) *Jin Dynasty (265–420) *Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–589) *Sui Dynasty (581–618) *Tang Dynasty (618–907) *Song Dynasty (960–1279) *Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) *Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) *Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) ====India==== * Kingdom of Magadha (600-468 BC) * Nanda Dynasty (362-321 BC) * Maurya Empire (321-185 BC) * Gupta Empire (319-642 AD) * Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526 AD) * Mughal dynasty (1526-1858 AD) * British Raj (1858-1947 AD) ==== Japan ==== *Imperial House of Japan (400-500 CE-now) ==== Korea ==== *Silla Dynasty (57BCE-935) *Goryeo Dynasty (935-1392) *Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) ==== Maldives ==== *House of Theemuge (1117-1388) *Hilaalee dynasty (1388-1558) *(1558-1573) Interregnum *Utheemu dynasty (1573-1692) *(1692-1701) Kings who do not belong to a particular dynasty. *Isdhoo dynasty (1701-1704) *Dhiyamigili dynasty (1704-1757) *Huraa dynasty (1757-1766) *Dhiyamigili dynasty (1766-1773) *Huraa dynasty (1773-1953) *(1953-1953) Republic (President Muhammad Amin Didi). *Huraa dynasty (1953-1968) *(1968-1978) Republic (President Ibrahim Nasir). *(1978-Now) Republic (President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom). ====Persia (Iran)==== *Achaemenid dynasty (525-332 BC) ==== Thailand ==== * Phra Ruang dynasty * Mengrai dynasty * U-Thong dynasty * Suphannaphum dynasty * Sukhothai dynasty * Prasatthong dynasty * Banpluluang dynasty * Thonburi dynasty (1767-1782) * Chakri dynasty (1782-) === Europe === ==== Albania ==== * Progon Dynasty (1190-1216) * Angevin (1272-1368) * Wied (1914) * Zogu (1928-1939) ==== Barbarians ==== ===== Bavarii ===== *Agilolfing Dynasty ===== Franks ===== *Merovingian Dynasty (481-751) *Carolingian Dynasty (751-843) *Arnulfings or Pippinids, mayors of the palaces ===== Lombards ===== :See Early kings of the Lombards. *Lething Dynasty (until early sixth century) *Gausian Dynasty (546-572) *Bavarian Dynasty (616-712) ===== Ostrogoths ===== *Amal Dynasty (before 474-536) ===== Vandals ===== *Hasdingi (before 407-534) ===== Visigoths ===== *Balthi Dynasty (395-531) ==== Byzantine Empire ==== *Constantinian dynasty (303-336) *Valentinian Dynasty (364-457) **House of Theodosius from 379 *Leonid dynasty (457-518) *Justinian Dynasty (518-602) *Heraclian Dynasty (602-695 and 705-711) *Isaurian Dynasty (717-802) *Phocid Dynasty (802-813) *Phrygian Dynasty (820-867) *Macedonian Dynasty (867-1056) *Comnenid Dynasty (1057-1059 and 1081-1185) *Doukid Dynasty (1059-1081) *Angleid Dynasty (1185-1204) *Laskarid Dynasty (1204-1261), in exile in Nicaea *Palaeologid Dynasty (1261-1453) ==== Croatia ==== *Trpimirović Dynasty (845-1091) *House of Savoy (1941-1943) ==== Denmark ==== *House of Olaf (late ninth century to c.917) *House of Harthacnut (917-1047) *House of Munsö (1047-1412) *House of Pomerania (1412-1439) *House of Wittelsbach (1439-1448) *House of Oldenburg (1448-1863) **House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1863 to the present) ==== England ==== *Cerdicing Dynasty, or House of Wessex, (829-1016 and 1042-1066) *House of Harthacnut (1013-1014 and 1016-1042) *Norman Dynasty (1066-1066) **House of Blois (1035-1054) *Plantagenet Dynasty (1154-1485) **House of Anjou (1154-1399) **House of Lancaster (1399-1461 and 1470-1471) **House of York (1461-1470 and 1471-1485) *House of Tudor (1485-1603) *House of Stuart (1603-1714) *House of Hanover (1714-1901) *House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901 to the present) **House of Windsor (1917 to the present), house renamed in 1917 during the First World War ==== France ==== *Carolingian Dynasty (843-987) *Capetian Dynasty (987-1328) *Valois Dynasty (1328-1589) **House of Orléans (1498-1515) **House of Angoulême (1515-1589) *Bourbon Dynasty (1589-1792 and 1814-1848) **House of Orléans (1830-1848) *Bonaparte Dynasty (1804-1814 and 1852-1870) ==== Germany ==== *Carolingian Dynasty (843-911) *Conradine Dynasty (911-918) *Saxon Dynasty or Ottonian Dynasty (919-1024) *Salian Dynasty or Franconian Dynasty (1024-1125) *Supplinburger Dynasty (1125-1137) *Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1137-1254) *Hapsburg Dynasty (1273-1291, 1298-1308, and 1438-1740) **House of Habsburg-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) *Hohenzollern Dynasty (1871-1918) ===== Bavaria ===== *Liutpolding Dynasty 889-947 *Ottonian Dynasty 947-1017 *House of Luxembourg 1017-1026, 1039-1047 *Salian Dynasty 1026-1039, 1053-1061 *Welf Dynasty 1070-1138, 1156-1180 *Babenberg Dynasty 1138-1156 *Wittelsbach Dynasty 1180-1918 ===== Saxony ===== *Liudolfing Dynasty 843-961 *Billung Dynasty 961-1106 *Supplinburger Dynasty 1106-1127 *Welf Dynasty 1127-1138, 1142-1180 *Ascanian Dynasty 1138-1142, 1180-1422 *Wettin Dynasty 1422-1918 ==== Hungary ==== *Árpád Dynasty (c.895-1301) *Premyslid Dynasty (1301-1305) *House of Wittelsbach (1305-1308) *Capetian Dynasty, House of Anjou (1308-1395) *House of Luxemburg (1387-1437) *Hapsburg Dynasty (1437-1457, 1526-1564, and 1563-1918) *Jagiellonian Dynasty (1440-1526) *Zápolya Dynasty (1526-1571) ==== Montenegro ==== *Vojislavljević Dynasty (c. 7th century - 1186) *Nemanjić Dynasty (1186 - 1355) *Balšić Dynasty (1356 - 1435) *Crnojević Dynasty (1435 - 1516) *Petrović-Njegoš Dynasty (1696 - 1918) ==== Iberia ==== ===== Aragón ===== *Jiménez Dynasty (1035-1162) *House of Barcelona (1162-1410) *House of Trastámara (1412-1516) ===== Asturias ===== *Peláyez Dynasty (718-739) *Pérez Dynasty (739-925) ===== Castile ===== *House of Lara (930-1032), counts *Jiménez Dynasty (1035-1126), kings *House of Burgundy (1126-1369) *House of Trastámara (1369-1516) ===== León ===== *Pérez Dynasty (910-1037) *Jiménez Dynasty (1037-1126) *House of Burgundy (1126-1369) *House of Trastámara (1369-1516) ===== Navarre ===== *House of Íñiguez (824-905) *Jiménez Dynasty (905-1234) *House of Champagne (1234-1305) *Capetian Dynasty (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) ===== Portugal ===== *House of Burgundy or Afonsine Dynasty (1093-1383), counts until 1139 *House of Aviz or Joannine Dynasty (1385-1580) *House of Hapsburg or Philippine Dynasty (1580-1640) *House of Braganza or Brigantine Dynasty (1640-1910) **House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or House of Braganza-Wettin (1853-1910) ===== Spain ===== *House of Hapsburg or House of Austria (1516-1700) *House of Bourbon (1700-1868, 1874-1931, and 1975 to the present) *House of Bonaparte (1808-1813) *House of Savoy (1871-1873) ==== Ireland ==== * Fir Ol nEchmacht * Dal Fiachrach Suighe * The Connachta * Uí Briuin * Uí Fiachrach * Uí Néill * Eóganachta * Uí Failghe * Uí Maine * Uí Garrchon * Uí Enechglaiss * Uí Bairrche * Uí Dúnlainge * Uí Cheinnselaig * Dál Riata * Dál nAraidi * Dál Fiatach * Clann Cholmáin * Síl nÁedo Sláine * Cenél Coirpre * Síl Muiredaig * Clan Maelruanaidh * Cenél nEógain * Cenél Conaill * Uí Briuin Brefine * Muintir Maoilmhordha * Ua Mael Sechlainn * Ua Conchobhair * Dál gCais * Ua Briain * MacDermot * Mac Ivar * Mac Ragnaill * Mac Thorkell * Mac Murrough Kavanagh * FitzGerald * Butler * Burke * Ó Neill * Clann Aodha Buidhe * O Domhnaill * O Connor Sligo * O'Conor Don * Clanricarde * Maguire * MacCarthy * O Sullivan Beare * O Sullivan Mor * O Connor Kerry * O Flaherty * O Rourke * O Kelly * O More * O Byrne * O Toole * Magennis * MacMahon * O Reilly * Guinness ==== Italy ==== *House of Savoy (1003-1946) ==== Norway ==== *Fairhair Dynasty (890-1319) *House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1905 to the present) ==== Ottoman Empire ==== *Ottoman Dynasty (1281-1923) ==== Poland ==== *Piast Dynasty (ninth century-1296 and 1306-1370) *Premyslid Dynasty (1291-1306) *Capetian Dynasty, House of Anjou (1306-1399) *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) ==== Roman Empire ==== *Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC-AD 68) *Flavian Dynasty (69-96) *Nervan-Antonian Dynasty (96-192) *Severan Dynasty (193-235) ==== Romania ==== *House of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen (1866-1947) ====Russia ==== *House of Rurikovich (862-1598, 1606-1610) *House of Romanov (1613-1762) *House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, called Romanov (1762-1917) ==== Scotland ==== *House of Alpin (843-1034) *House of Dunkeld (1034-1040, 1058-1286) *House of Baliol (1292-1296) *House of Bruce (1306-1371) *House of Stuart (1371-1707) ==== Sweden ==== *House of Munsö or House of Uppsala (970-1060) *House of Stenkil (1060-1130) *House of Sverker (1130-1222), interpsersed with House of Eric *House of Eric (1156-1250), interspersed with House of Sverker *House of Bjällbo or Folkung Dynasty (1248-1387) *House of Vasa (1521-1654) *House of Wittelsbach or House of Electorate of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg (1654-1720) *House of Hesse (1720-1751) *House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751-1818) *House of Bernadotte (1818 to the present) ==== Two Sicilies ==== ===== Sicily ===== *House of Hauteville (1071-1198), counts until 1130 *House of Hohenstaufen (1194-1266) *House of Capet, House of Anjou (1266-1282) *House of Barcelona (1282-1410) *House of Trastámara (1412-1516) *House of Hapsburg (1516-1700 and 1720-1735) *House of Bourbon (1700-1713 and 1735-1861) *House of Savoy 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