A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance[clarification needed ] , and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles , the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch . The concept is comparable with that of an aristocratic clan , and can be used informally to describe non-European ruling families.[ 1]
When a reigning monarch is a member of a noble house, such as the House of Windsor , that house can also be considered a royal house . Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster ) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they are not separate or mutually exclusive entities.
Many of these houses are in several countries such as House of Butler which has held power and lands in countries such as France, Ireland, Germany and the UK.
Asia
Arabia and the Levant
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Philippines
Laos
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Timor Leste
List House of Monarchs in West Timor Leste :
List House of Monarchs in East Timor Leste :
Europe
England, Great Britain, United Kingdom
Ireland
France
Holy Roman Empire and Germany
The Low Countries of the Habsburg Netherlands
Italy and the Papal States
Spain and Portugal
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Holy Crown Lands of Hungary (Contemporary Hungary, Transylvania, Czech and Slovakia)
Nordic countries
Russia, Georgia, Armenia
Albania
Western Balkan states (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia)
Bosnian
Croatian
Montenegrin
Serbian
The Byzantine Empire, Greece and Crusader States of the Levant
European Jewish
The Americas
Argentina
Brazil
Bolivia
Canada
Colombia
Ecuador
Haiti
Honduras
Cuba
List of noble titles by Spanish Monarchs in Cuba :
Mexico
Nicaragua
Peru
List Viceroy of Peru :
Blasco Núñez Vela
Pedro de la Gasca
Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla
Melchor Bravo de Saravia
Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete
Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva
Juan de Saavedra
Lope García de Castro
Francisco de Toledo
Martín Enríquez de Almanza
Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena
Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, 1st Count of Villadompardo
García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete
Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas del Río Pisuerga
Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey
Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros
Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Count of Rebolledo, Prince of Esquilache
Juan Jiménez de Montalvo
Diego Fernández de Córdoba, 1st Marquess of Guadalcázar
Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón
Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera
García Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 2nd Count of Salvatierra
Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste
Diego de Benavidez, 8th Count of Santisteban
Bernardo de Iturriaza
Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro, 10th Count of Lemos
Bernardo de Iturriaza
Baltasar de la Cueva, Count of Castellar, Marquis of Malagon
Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, Archbishop of Lima
Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata, Prince of Massalubrense
Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova
Juan Peñalosa dan Benavides
Manuel de Oms, 1st Marquess of Castelldosrious, Grandee of Spain
Miguel Núñez de Sanabria
Diego Ladrón de Guevara, Bishop of Quito
Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León
Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, Archbishop of Lima
Carmine Caracciolo, 5th Prince of Santo Buono
José de Armendáriz, 1st Marquis of Castelfuerte
José Antonio de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía
José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda
The Most Excellent Manuel de Amat y Junyent
Manuel de Guirior, Marquess of Guirior
Don Agustín de Jáuregui, Order of Santiago
Teodoro de Croix,34th Viceroy of Peru
Francisco Gil de Taboada
Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno
Manuel Arredondo Pelegrín
Gabriel de Avilés, 4th Marquis of Avilés
José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquess of Concordia
Joaquín de la Pezuela, 1st Marquess of Viluma
José de la Serna, 1st Count of the Andes
Pío de Tristán, the last Viceroy of Peru
United States of America
Africa
The Maghreb Region
Benin
Burundi
Cameroon
The Congo
Ghana
Egypt and Sudan
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Lesotho
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegambia
South Africa
Zanzibar
Oceania
Fiji
Hawaii
New Zealand
Samoa
Tahiti
Tonga
Wallis and Futuna
References
^ Oxford English Dictionary , 3rd ed. "house, n.¹ and int , 10. b. " Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.