General Resource Sites

• Almanach de Bruxelles 
  Information on present and former sovereign families of non-European countries.
• The Almanach de Holy Roman Empire , The History and Structure of The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 
• Almanach de la Cour 
  A compendium of articles on a variety of subjects, mostly connected with Orders of Chivalry, European Royal Houses, and the European Nobility.
• The Almanach de Saxe Gotha, Volume I, Page One, A Register of The Reigning Imperial and Royal Sovereign Houses of Europe 
• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Royalty and Nobility 
• The Courtly Lives of Kings, Peerage, Saints, Knights, and the Commoners and Their Arts, Architecture, Genealogy, Heraldry, History, and Literature 
• Courtly Lives...Royal Great Britain 
  English Royalty with links to the Tudors, Edward I, Malcolm III/St Margaret, Lady Diana Spencer-Princess of Wales, and more.
• The English Peerage (1790) 
  Transcriptions from Volume II.
• ES-SENCE - Kaj Malachowski's guide to Europaische Stammtafeln 
  A web guide to a series of books with genealogy of European noble and royal families with links to surname lists, libraries, abbreviations and symbols, bibliographic data, etc.
• Europäische Stammtafeln Notes 
  Notes and translation of abbreviations and symbols for using the Europäische Stammtafeln. This book is a key tool for studying European royal and noble families.
• European Royalty during World War II 
  The site will, upon completion, comprise a list of all members of European royal houses alive during the war (with genealogical information for each).
• The EuroStamm Home Page 
  Studies on esoteric points of European royal genealogy.
• Family Tree Genealogical and Probate Research Bureau Ltd. 
  Professional research service covering the area of what was formerly the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including: Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Transylvania, Croatia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia (Banat), and the Ukraine (Sub-Carpathian).
• Genealogy Index 
  Genealogy of European royal and nobility families.
• Hein's Royal Genealogy Page 
  Lists of descendants of several European monarchs.
• HereditaryTitles.com 
• Hoelseth's Royal Corner 
  Information on the royal and princely families of the world.
• Joan's Royal Favourites & Links Page 
• Kings and Queens of England and Scotland 
• Kings & Queens of Europe 
• Leo's Genealogics Website 
  Over 300,000 entries in this database ranging from Roman Emperors to Australian aborigines, and anyone in between.
• List of Monarchs by Nickname 
  Provides the nicknames of royal persons such as Garcia the Trembling (IV) of Pamplona & Louis the Indolent (V) of France.
• Mark Humphrys' Family History Page 
  • Royal Descents of Famous People 
• MaximilianGenealogy.com 
  Famous, royals searchable database.
• Monarchies of Europe 
• Monarchy Links 
  A list of annotated links to web pages of monarchies and monarchists, and articles related to monarchism.
• Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site 
  • An Online Gotha 
• thePeerage.com 
  A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
• Prosopographical Research Unit 
  From Linacre College, Oxford, England. Promotes the study of medieval prosopography - the social science using genealogy, onomastics and demography to study the past.
• Regalis 
  Medieval history, royalty, heraldry, nobility, aristocracy and knighthood around the world.
• Regnal Chronologies 
  A calendar of worldwide royal reigns, arranged geographically. The study of of king lists, sequences of governance in the history of a state, and the organizing of such data.
• Robert's Royal Links 
• Rongstad's 1999 Worldwide Royalty Links 
• Royal and Noble - Ancestry Search 
  Research service.
• Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web 
  • Directory of Royal Genealogical Data 
    • Master Index to Royal Genealogical Data - Ordered by Lastname 
• The Royal Ark 
  Genealogies of the royal and ruling houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.
• Royal Genealogy Archives - Kings & Queens of England, Scotland, France, Spain, Royal Genealogy GEDCOMs 
• Royal Genealogies -- Menu 
• The Royalty in History Site 
• Royalty.nu - The World of Royalty 
  Royal genealogy resources, including books and web sites.
• Russia Nobility Genealogy 
• Some Corrections and Additions to the Complete Peerage 
  Some corrections and additions to "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant", by G.E.C.
• The Titles of the European Monarchs 
• A Travel by the Monarchy 
  European Monarchy biographies and other news.
• Verena's Royal Genealogical Homepage 
  News, photos, genealogy and statistics about the royal families of Europe in the 20th and 21st Century.
• The WorldRoots Royal Pages 
  • Brigitte's Pages - European Royalty and Nobility 
    From Brigitte Ingeborg Gastel. Historic and genealogical information about royal and nobility family lines
    • Europe from A to Z and More ...  
      • My Family Research Pages on Descendants of Royal Historical Figures 
      • Private Nobility / Royal Sites, Links 
      • Royal Genealogical Data Research Books used by Brian C. Tompsett 
  • Direct access to Royal and Nobility Genealogy Databases 
  • Site Map and General Index 
• WW-Person 
  A data base of the higher nobility in Europe.

Locality Specific

• The 700 Years of Grimaldi 
  History of Monaco's Grimaldi dynasty.
• Ancestors of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault 
• Ancestors of H.M. King Harald 5th of Norway 
• Association of the Belarusian Nobility - Zhurtavannie Belaruskaj Sliachty 
  Belarus, nobility, Grand Duchy of Lithuanian, genealogy of Belarus, heraldry of Belarus, history of Belarus, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• Belgium's Royal Family 
• The Blood of Ra. Life and Royalty in Ancient Egypt 
• British Kings & Queens 
  Regnal-list[s] of British monarchs from earliest times, with some genealogical-data.
• The British Monarchy - The Official Web Site 
  • History of the Monarchy 
• Bulgarian Royal Family 
• Cambodian Royal Family Tree 
• Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España 
  Royal family of Spain.
• Corpo Della Nobilta Sammarinese 
  Information on San Marino's nobility, heraldry and orders of chivalry.
• De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors 
• Dutch Royal Genealogy: 1500- Present 
• Encyclopedia Mythica: Genealogy tables 
• English Monarchs - from the Conquest 
  • Rhyme to Remember them by 
• Errors to Beware in Burke's Peerage 
• Family Tree of the British Monarchy 
• Family Tree of Greek Mythology 
• Farnborough Abbey  ~ Hampshire, England
  Final resting place of Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie & Louis the Prince Imperial.
• Genealogia Dynastyczna / Dynastic Genealogy 
  Genealogy of royal, aristocratic and nobles families. Full polish armorial.
• Genealogical Gleanings - Royal & Noble Lineages of Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, Burma and Cambodia 
• Genealogie Delle Dinastie Italiane 
  Genealogies of Italian noble families.
• Généalogie des rois de France / Genealogy of the kings of France 
• Genealogy of the House of Bonaparte 
• Genealogy of the Royal House of Denmark 
• The Greek Royal Family 
• The Habsburg Dynasty - History 
  Genealogy of Imperial family of Austria.
• Haile Sellassie Family Web 
  Past and present of the last Imperial family of Ethiopia, the saite mantained by emperor's great-grand daughter.
• The Hashemites: Jordan's Royal Family 
  • The Hashemite Family Tree 
• Hawaiian History 
  Twenty-one (21) oral and written Hawaiian history books about Kamehameha, Kamehameha II, Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V, King Lunalilo, King Kalakaua, and Queen Liliuokalani's families, descendants and heirs. Hawaii/our Hawaiian Archipelago is an ancient 1,650 year old society based on genealogies, ancestral histories, etc. Author is a Kamehameha descendant, a Royal person, with 16+ years of historical research and 15 years of genealogy research at the Archives, Bureau of Conveyances, libraries, etc.
• História da Casa da TROFA 
  Breve História do Senhorio de juro e herdade da TROFA (Vouga). Origens da família. O Panteão e a Casa. As Armas. Biografia e genealogia dos seus dez titulares e respectivas mulheres. Actual representação genealógica. Principais linhas de descendência dos VIII Senhores da TROFA.
• History of the Greek Royal Family 
• Holy Roman Empire - The German Reigning Houses 
  German Rulers in 1815-2000.
• Home Erenfried 
  Information relating to the German and imperial aristocracy of the tenth and eleventh centuries.
• The Imperial Family of Japan 
  Biographies, genealogies, collateral branches & titles.
• Irish Nobility 
• Kings of the Belgians 
• Knightly Orders and International Nobility 
  Royal and noble heraldry and genealogy, dynastic history, houses of Savoy, Grimaldi, Two Sicilies.
• Kongehuset 
  The Danish Royal House.
• Kongeraekken 
  Danish royal line.
• Kungl. Hovstaterna / The Royal Court in Sweden 
• The Lineage of the Royal Princes of England 
• Links to Germany Royal and Nobility Genealogy Data 
• Maltagenealogy.com 
  The Libro d'Oro di Melita holds all created titles to those who were Maltese and those who are descendants of such nobility and royalty.
• Maltese Nobility and Noble Families of Malta 
• Manorial Society of Great Britain 
• Monarchs of England 
• Noble Families of Jewish Ancestry 
  A comprehensive survey of those families of Jewish ancestry who were members of the titled European nobility.
• Nobleza titulada del Reino de España / Titled Nobility of the Kingdom of España 
• Office-Holders In Modern Britain 
  Lists of officials who served in the departments of central government since the Restoration. Online lists include Clerks of the Privy Council, Clerks of the Privy Seal, Clerks of the Signet, The Household of Queen Victoria, and Officers of the Green Cloth.
• The Official Website of the Royal Family of Kutlehar 
  The Royal Family of Kutlehar, India.
• Ordre du Saint-Esprit 
  French history, genealogy, Orders of Chivalry and French renaissance culture.
• The Polish Aristocracy: A Guide to the Titled Families of Poland 
• The Polish Nobility Association 
  Founded in 1927, the headquarters are presently located in Anneslie, Maryland, USA. The journal, the White Eagle, is published twice a year. Site has information on history, heraldry, genealogy, and much more. The group's mission is to help all peoples of Polania (those living outside of Poland) to rediscover their roots and traditions.
• Polska Liga Monarchistyczna / The Polish Monarchist League 
  Established in Warsaw in 1996 to organise and represent the noble estate, to defend its interests, and to promote and conserve the cultura heritage, of Polish chivalry both material and spiritual.
• Principe de Sayd et Bibino Magno - History of the House of Paleologos 
• Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire Home Page 
  The Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire Project's goal is to record in a computerised relational database all surviving information about every individual mentioned in Byzantine sources during the period from 641 to 1261.
• Queen Victoria's Census Return, 1851 
  One of the many records held in the National Archives, United Kingdom.
• Romanov Genealogy 
• The Royal and Noble Families of Britain 
  The line of William the Conqueror and the noble families of Britain.
• Royal Families of Wales 
  Brief history of the various princely families of Wales.
• Royal Family of Hawaii 
• Royal Family of Syracuse 
  The house of Hiero - third century B.C.
• The Royal House of Bourbon (Spain) 
• The Royal House of Scotland 
• Rurikid Dynasty  ~ Russia
• Russian Rulers Houses 
  Royal and noble family trees, including lists of rulers of many European countries.
• Saudi Royal Family Directory 
  Comprehensive source for biographic and genealogical information on the Saudi Arabian Royal family.
• Savoy Genealogy - Regalis  ~ Italy
  Genealogy of the Royal House of Savoy.
• Scotland Royalty - Genealogy & Family Trees 
  A special project for the research of the Royal Families of Scotland and Europe. An online query system & mailing list sponsored by Rootsweb for the Special Collections project.
• The Scottish Monarchy 
• Sección Nobleza Archivo Histórico Nacional  ~ Spain
• Les Seigneurs de Bohon (The Noblemen of Bohun) 
• Selamat Datang Ke Halaman Web Kesultanan DiRaja Perak 
  History and genealogy of the royal household of the State of Perak, Malaysia.
• Siamese Royalty 
  Profiles of members of the Thai Royal Family, past and present.
• Svensk Aristokrati 
  Listing of noble and aristocratic families in and from the Kingdom of Sweden.
• The Titled Families of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 
• Titled Nobility of Russia - Genealogy 
• The Tudors 
  Biographical information about the British monarchs from Henry VII through Elizabeth I.
• William the Conqueror - The Descendants of William the Conqueror 
• Zwiazek Szlachty Polskiej/Confederation of the Polish Nobility 
  Official site of Confederation of the Polish Nobility (Zwiazek Szlachty Polskiej). We are the only one association organizing Polish Nobility in Poland. We also publish "Verbum Nobile" - only one Polish magazine about noblemen's traditions, history and present matters.

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Nobility/Heads of State Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Nobility 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• ALSATIAN-RHENAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  A multilingual English-French- German mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the ancient nobility of the Alsatian-Rhenan area (Alsace, France and the Rhenish Palatinate/German Rheinpfalz, Germany). Archives: browse or search.
• AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the ancient nobility of/in the former Austro-Hungarian area.
• BALTIC-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• BELGIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• BOHEMIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• BRITISH-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  Archives: browse or search.
• BULGARIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• CHARLEMAGNE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in Charlemagne (742-814), also known as Charles the Great, and the history of that time period.
• DUTCH-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• FRENCH-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• GEN-ROYAL Mailing List 
• GERMAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• GREEK-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• HERBARZ Mailing List 
  For the discussion of Polish and Lithuanian heraldry, the history of the armorial clans, and the genealogy of noble families.
• INDIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  Nobility of India.
• ITALIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• JEWISH-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in Jewish nobility during Biblical times.
• MEDIEVAL-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in European nobility during the Middle Ages, generally regarded as extending from the fall of Rome in 476 to about 1500 with the discovery of the Americas.
• PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the descendants of the Plantagenet family who were once rulers of England. Archives: browse or search.
• POLISH-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• PORTUGUESE-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• QVDPROJECT Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in the identification and enumeration of the descendants of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Archives: browse or search.
• ROMANIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, cultural, or historical interest in Romanian nobility.
• RUSSIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• SCANDINAVIAN-NOBILITY Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the Scandinavian nobility (Denmark, Norway and Sweden).
• SCT-ROYAL Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Scots Royalty.
• SPANISH-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• SWEDISH-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• SWISS-NOBILITY Mailing List 
• Yahoo! Groups...Royal Genealogies 

People & Families

• Ancestors of Diana, Princess of Wales 
• Ancestors of Prince William of Wales 
  Extensive genealogical information for European Royalty. Search by surname, or browse from several modern starting points, such as William of Wales.
• Ancestry of Charles, Prince of Wales 
• Ancestry of Princess Diana 
• Burke's Peerage & Gentry 
  Over 5,000 records from Britain's hereditary and titled families. The lineages go back hundreds of years, showing how individuals contributed to the nation's history and heritage throughout the centuries.
• Celebrity Birth Certificates 
  Birth and marriage certificates for celebrities born in the United Kingdom. Includes those of the British Royal family.
• The Conqueror and His Companions 
• Descendants of the Knights of the Bath  ~ Florida
  Lineage society for descendants of ancestors who were made Knights of the Bath.
• Descendants of William the Conqueror 
  This site will grow to a comprehensive research tool for anyone interested in Anglo-Saxon (U.K, U.S.A. Canada, Australia etc) or European royalty and nobility.
• e-familytree.net - 700,000 Names Affiliated with European Royalty 
  700,000 people connected together in a single tree, all connected with European royalty.
• empire2britain: Five Descent-Lines of Queen Elizabeth of Britain from Julia, Sister of Julius Caesar 
• Genealogy.com - Ancestry of Charles, Prince of Wales 
• The House of Ptolemy: Abbreviated Genealogy -- Kings, Queens, and the Rest of the Royal Ptolemies 
• In memory of Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997 
  Diana's life in over 600 photos, articles, poems, databases.
• Lascaris de Vintimille Royal Gateway 
  Ascending lineage from Catherine Baillon to Byzantine emperors through the Franco-Italian Lascaris de Vintimille family.
• Maximilien Béthune, Duke of Sully 
  Biographical history and genealogy of Maximilien Béthune, Duke of Sully (1559-1641).
• The Olive Tree Genealogy: 1066 List of Knights: List of Those Accompanying William the Conqueror on His Invasion of England in 1066 
• The Prince Rupendra Pal ji Bahadur of Kutlehar 
  Personal website of the Prince of Kutlehar, India.
• Princes de Belgique - Mathilde d'UDEKEM d'ACOZ 
  Ancestors of Mathilde d'UDEKEM d'ACOZ, future queen of the Belgians.
• Sir Roland de VELVILLE (1474-1535) 
  Information about Sir Roland de Velville (also Vielleville, Veleville or, probably more correctly, Vieilleville), reputed natural son of Henry VII.
• The Table of Nations (Genealogy of Mankind) and the Origin of Races (History of Man) 

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Royalty 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World 
    A book by Patrick J. Geary.
  • The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe 
    A book by Pierre Riche.
  • Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China 
    A book by Ann Paludan.
  • Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Ancient Israel 
    A book by J.W. Rogerson.
  • Chronicle of the Popes: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Papacy over 2000 Years 
    A book by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart.
  • Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome 
    A book by Chris Scarre.
  • Chronicle of the Russian Tsars: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Russia 
    A book by David Warnes.
  • The Descendants of Louis XIII 
    A book by Daniel A. Willis.
  • Erin's Blood Royal: The Gaelic Noble Dynasties of Ireland 
    A book by Peter Beresford Ellis.
  • Finding Your Famous and Infamous Ancestors: Uncover the Rogues, Renegades, and Royals in Your Family Tree 
    A book by Rhonda McClure.
  • The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland: The True Story of the Royal House of Stewart and the Hidden Lineage of the Kings and Queens of Scots 
    A book by Michael James Alexander Stewart.
  • A Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology 
    A book by Harold Newman.
  • Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974 
    A book by John Van Der Kiste.
  • Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II 
    A book by David Hilliam.
  • The Kings and Queens of England 
    A book by Nicholas Best.
  • The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens 
    A book by Mike Ashley.
  • Na Pua Ali'I O Kaua'I: Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii 
    A book by Frederick B. Wichman.
  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy 
    A book by Ralph Alan Griffiths.
  • Papal Genealogy : The Families and Descendents of the Popes 
    A book by George L. Williams.
  • Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev 
    A book by Rupert Alen.
  • The Spencers: A Personal History of an English Family 
    A book by Charles Spencer.
• Ancient Ancestors with Modern Descendants 
  Book for sale based on the genealogies of prominent historical figures.
• Boydell & Brewer, Ltd. - Almanach de Gotha 2003 
  Almanach de Gotha 2003, I: i. Genealogies of the Sovereign Houses of Europe and South America; ii. Genealogies of the Mediatized Princes and Princely Counts of Europe and the Holy Roman Empire The Almanach de Gotha is the ultimate authority for the genealogies of royal and princely houses of Europe and their descendents, and has been since it was first published in 1763 in the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. (185th edition).
• A Directory of British Peerages 
  A Directory of British Peerages from the earliest times to the present day. An excellent directory which also includes an explanation of titles, name forms and where to find further information. by Francis L. Leeson, SOG Enterprises, 2002.
• European Royal History Journal 
• Genealogical.com - Royal and Noble 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • Americans of Royal Descent 
    A book by Charles H. Browning.
  • Falaise Roll 
    A book by M. Jackson Crispin.
  • A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire 
    A book by Sir Bernard Burke.
  • My Ancestors Came with the Conqueror 
    A book by Anthony J. Camp.
  • The Roll of Battle Abbey 
    A book by John Bernard Burke.
  • Some "Colonial Dames" of Royal Descent 
    A book by Charles H. Browning.
• Heritage Books: Royal 
• NOBILIVRE : Noblesse, familles royales, jet-set, Gotha, généalogie, héraldique, ordres de chevalerie 
  Vente d'ouvrage sur la généalogie des familles royales et titrées, la noblesse, l'histoire sociale.
• Prestwich's Respublica 
  A scanned antique book, listing many surnames of military, staff, and civil servants surrounding Oliver Cromwell's England.
• Stam ik af van KAREL de GROTE 
  CD-ROM for sale listing descendants of Charlemagne. In Dutch

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