Dukes and Princes
History and Heritage of Europe’s top aristocrats
On this site you will find short histories about the families of the princes and dukes of Europe, from the middle ages to the present
You will also find information about the heritage these families left behind, some still worth a visit, some long vanished.
Genealogical Histories – latest posts
- Like feuding Montagus: the troubled history of the Dukes of ManchesterThe city of Manchester was a rough city in the industrial age. The history of the dukes of Manchester shares some of the underworld aspectsContinue reading “Like feuding Montagus: the troubled history of the Dukes of Manchester”
- Jablonowski—Polish princes, kin to French royalsThe Kingdom of Poland, a remarkably egalitarian society, officially had no title rankings within its nobility. It therefore had very few families with the titlesContinue reading “Jablonowski—Polish princes, kin to French royals”
- Cantacuzino: Byzantine survivors, Romanian patriots and Russian princesOne of the most interesting aspects of the high aristocracy in European history is its fluidity. In the centuries before the rise of nationalism, elitesContinue reading “Cantacuzino: Byzantine survivors, Romanian patriots and Russian princes”
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