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- Hosseinqoli Khan BakhtiariPersonHosseinqoli Khan Bakhtiari was a chief of the Haft Lang Bakhtiari who united the confederation of the Zagros under his leadership.
- Host of Loyal ZaporozhiansPeople / groupThe Host of Loyal Zaporozhians was a Cossack army formed in 1787 by Grigory Potemkin from former Zaporozhian Cossacks, whose Sich had been destroyed by Russia in 1775.
- HotimirPersonHotimir was a prince of Carantania from about 752 to 769, raised as a Christian hostage in Bavaria.
- Hotu MatuʻaPersonHotu Matuʻa is the legendary founding chief of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
- Hotula KhanPersonHotula Khan was a khan of the Khamag Mongol confederation in the mid-12th century, son of Khabul Khan and uncle of Yesügei.
Hou JingPersonHou Jing was a general of Eastern Wei who defected to the southern Liang dynasty after the death of Gao Huan in 547.
Hou JunjiPersonHou Junji was a Tang dynasty general who served the emperor Taizong.
HouegbadjaPersonHouegbadja was king of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, probably from about 1645 to 1685, and is regarded as the true founder of the kingdom.
Houmuwu dingWork / monumentThe Houmuwu ding is a rectangular bronze cauldron of the late Shang dynasty, found at Anyang in Henan in 1939.
House of AlbretPeople / groupThe House of Albret was a noble family of Gascony, named after the lordship of Albret in the Landes, which rose through marriage and royal service to become kings of…
House of AndechsPeople / groupThe counts of Andechs were a Bavarian noble family named after their castle above the Ammersee.
House of ArmagnacPeople / groupThe House of Armagnac was a noble family of Gascony, counts of Armagnac from the 10th century and of Rodez from 1302.
House of AscaniaPeople / groupThe House of Ascania is a German princely dynasty named after Aschersleben in Saxony-Anhalt.
House of Assembly of BarbadosInstitutionThe House of Assembly is the elected lower house of the Parliament of Barbados, first convened in 1639 and one of the oldest legislatures in the Americas.
House of AuerspergPeople / groupThe House of Auersperg is an Austrian noble family originating in Carniola, at the castle of Auersperg (Turjak) in present-day Slovenia.
House of AvesnesPeople / groupThe House of Avesnes was a noble family from Avesnes-sur-Helpe in Hainaut that rose through the marriage of Bouchard of Avesnes to Margaret, later Countess of Flanders.
House of AvizStateThe House of Aviz was the royal dynasty of Portugal from 1385 to 1580, founded by King John I.
House of BabenbergPeople / groupThe House of Babenberg ruled Austria from 976, first as margraves and from 1156 as dukes, after the Privilegium Minus raised the march to a duchy.- House of BarcelonaPeople / groupThe House of Barcelona was the dynasty of counts of Barcelona descended from Wilfred the Hairy, who gathered several Catalan counties under one line in the late 9th…
House of BernadottePeople / groupThe House of Bernadotte is the royal house of Sweden, founded by the French marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who was elected Swedish crown prince in 1810 and became…- House of BerthoutPeople / groupThe Berthouts were a powerful noble family of the Duchy of Brabant, lords of Grimbergen and later advocates and lords of Mechelen.
House of BillungPeople / groupThe House of Billung was a Saxon noble family whose members were dukes of Saxony from the 10th century until 1106.
House of BorgiaPeople / groupThe House of Borgia was a noble family of Valencian origin (Borja) that rose to great power in Renaissance Italy.
House of BourbonStateThe House of Bourbon was a European royal dynasty that ruled France and, from the early eighteenth century, Spain.- House of Bourbon-CondéPeople / groupThe House of Bourbon-Condé was a branch of the French royal house of Bourbon, founded by Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, a Protestant leader in the Wars of…
House of Bourbon-MontpensierPeople / groupThe House of Bourbon-Montpensier was a branch of the French house of Bourbon that held Montpensier in Auvergne.
House of Bourbon-ParmaPeople / groupThe House of Bourbon-Parma is a branch of the Spanish Bourbons founded by Philip, a son of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese, who became Duke of Parma in 1748…
House of BraganzaStateThe House of Braganza was the royal dynasty of Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and of Brazil from 1822 to 1889.
House of BriennePeople / groupThe House of Brienne was a French noble family from Brienne-le-Château in Champagne that rose to prominence in the crusader states.
House of BurghPeople / groupThe House of Burgh was an Anglo-Norman family that acquired vast lands in Ireland after the invasion of the 12th century.
House of CarafaPeople / groupThe House of Carafa was a powerful noble family of the Kingdom of Naples, holding many fiefs and princely titles from the late Middle Ages.
House of CardonaPeople / groupThe House of Cardona was a Catalan noble family named after the castle and salt mountain of Cardona in central Catalonia.
House of ChâtillonPeople / groupThe House of Châtillon was a French noble family from Châtillon-sur-Marne in Champagne, prominent from the 11th to the 15th century.
House of CirksenaPeople / groupThe Cirksena were a family of East Frisian chieftains who united most of East Frisia in the 15th century.
House of ClarePeople / groupThe Clares were an Anglo-Norman noble family named after Clare in Suffolk, among the wealthiest in medieval England.
House of Commons of EnglandInstitutionThe House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England, made up of knights of the shire and burgesses elected from the towns.
House of Commons of the United KingdomInstitutionThe House of Commons is the elected lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, meeting in the Palace of Westminster, to which the government is responsible.- House of Cybo-MalaspinaPeople / groupCybo-Malaspina was a noble family formed when Lorenzo Cybo, a grandson of Pope Innocent VIII, married Ricciarda Malaspina, heiress of Massa and Carrara, in 1520.
House of DadianiPeople / groupThe House of Dadiani was the Georgian princely family that ruled Mingrelia in western Georgia.
House of DampierrePeople / groupThe House of Dampierre was a French noble family from Dampierre in Champagne.
House of DavidStateThe House of David was the dynasty that, according to the Hebrew Bible, descended from King David and ruled the Kingdom of Judah from Jerusalem for about four…
House of DreuxPeople / groupThe House of Dreux was a cadet branch of the French royal Capetian dynasty, descended from Robert I, Count of Dreux, a son of Louis VI.
House of EggenbergPeople / groupThe House of Eggenberg was an Austrian noble family from Graz that rose to great wealth in Habsburg service.
House of Elders (Somaliland)InstitutionThe Guurti, or House of Elders, is the upper chamber of the parliament of Somaliland, made up of clan elders and their representatives.- House of EppensteinPeople / groupThe Eppensteiners were a noble family from Styria who held the Duchy of Carinthia, together with the March of Verona, for long periods between 1011 and 1122.
House of EstePeople / groupThe House of Este was an Italian princely family, named after the town of Este near Padua, which ruled Ferrara from the 13th century and Modena and Reggio from 1288.
House of GonzagaPeople / groupThe House of Gonzaga was an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1708, first as captains, then as marquesses from 1433 and dukes from 1530.
House of Gonzaga-NeversPeople / groupGonzaga-Nevers was a branch of the Gonzaga family descended from Louis Gonzaga, who became Duke of Nevers in France by marriage in 1565.
House of GramontPeople / groupThe House of Gramont is a French noble family from the Basque borderland of Lower Navarre, holding the castle and principality of Bidache.
House of GriffinsPeople / groupThe House of Griffin was the dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637.
House of GrimaldiPeople / groupThe House of Grimaldi is a family of Genoese origin that has ruled Monaco since 1297, when François Grimaldi seized its fortress.
House of GuisePeople / groupThe House of Guise was a French ducal family, a junior branch of the House of Lorraine founded by Claude of Lorraine, who was made Duke of Guise in 1528.
House of GurieliPeople / groupThe Gurieli were the ruling house of Guria, in south-western Georgia, a branch of the Vardanisdze family who governed it as eristavis of the Georgian kingdom from the…
House of Habsburg-LorrainePeople / groupThe House of Habsburg-Lorraine was the dynasty founded by the marriage in 1736 of Maria Theresa, heiress of the Habsburg lands, and Francis Stephen, duke of Lorraine…
House of HanoverPeople / groupThe House of Hanover was a German princely dynasty, electors and later kings of Hanover, that ruled Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1901.
House of HaroPeople / groupThe House of Haro was a Castilian noble family that ruled the Lordship of Biscay from the 11th to the 14th century.
House of Hasan-JalalyanPeople / groupThe Hasan-Jalalyans were an Armenian princely family of Khachen in Artsakh, descended from Hasan-Jalal Dawla, who ruled in the 13th century.
House of HautevillePeople / groupThe House of Hauteville was a Norman family from Hauteville-la-Guichard in the Cotentin whose sons won lands in southern Italy from the 1030s.
House of HohenzollernPeople / groupThe House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty named after its castle near Hechingen in Swabia.
House of IbelinPeople / groupThe Ibelins were a noble family of the crusader states, named after the castle of Ibelin granted to Barisan of Ibelin around 1141.- House of KarenPeople / groupThe House of Karen was one of the seven great noble families of Parthian and Sasanian Iran, with lands centred on Nahavand in Media.
House of KeysInstitutionThe House of Keys is the elected lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, with 24 members.- House of KyburgPeople / groupThe House of Kyburg was a comital family of the Swiss plateau, a branch of the counts of Dillingen named after Kyburg Castle near Winterthur.
House of La MarckPeople / groupThe House of La Marck was a noble family from the County of Mark in Westphalia, one of whose branches rose to power in the Ardennes from the 15th century.
House of La Tour d'AuvergnePeople / groupThe La Tour d'Auvergne were a French noble family named after La Tour in Auvergne.
House of LancasterPeople / groupThe House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal house of Plantagenet, descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
House of LaraPeople / groupThe House of Lara was one of the most powerful noble families of medieval Castile, named after Lara de los Infantes near Burgos.
House of LiechtensteinPeople / groupThe House of Liechtenstein is an Austrian noble family that takes its name from Liechtenstein Castle near Mödling, south of Vienna.
House of LignePeople / groupThe House of Ligne is a noble family of Hainaut, in present-day Belgium, named after the village of Ligne near Ath and recorded from the 11th century.
House of LobkowiczPeople / groupThe House of Lobkowicz is a Bohemian noble family recorded from the fourteenth century, raised to princely rank in 1624.
House of Löwenstein-WertheimPeople / groupThe House of Löwenstein-Wertheim is a German noble family descended from Elector Frederick I of the Palatinate and his morganatic wife Clara Tott, whose son Louis…
House of LusignanPeople / groupThe House of Lusignan was a French noble family from Poitou, lords of Lusignan and counts of La Marche and Angoulême.
House of LuxembourgPeople / groupThe House of Luxembourg was a dynasty of counts of Luxembourg that rose to the first rank of European royalty in the fourteenth century.
House of MecklenburgPeople / groupThe House of Mecklenburg, also called the Niklotings, was a dynasty descended from Niklot, a prince of the Slavic Obotrites who died fighting the Saxons in 1160.
House of MediciPeople / groupThe House of Medici was a Florentine banking family that dominated Florence from 1434, when Cosimo the Elder returned from exile.
House of MontefeltroPeople / groupThe House of Montefeltro was an Italian noble family that ruled Urbino and the mountainous Montefeltro district on the borders of Romagna and the Marche from the 13th…- House of MortimerPeople / groupThe Mortimers were an Anglo-Norman baronial family whose lords held Wigmore Castle in the Welsh Marches from the late 11th century and built up a great lordship along…
- House of MovilăPeople / groupThe House of Movilă was a Moldavian boyar family that gave the principality several princes around 1600, notably Ieremia Movilă (1595–1606) and Simion Movilă, who ruled…
House of NassauStateThe House of Nassau is a German noble dynasty named after Nassau Castle on the Lahn, which split in 1255 into a Walramian and an Ottonian line.
House of OldenburgPeople / groupThe House of Oldenburg is a European royal dynasty descended from the medieval counts of Oldenburg in north-western Germany.
House of Orange-NassauPeople / groupThe House of Orange-Nassau is the Dutch royal family, descended from the German house of Nassau, whose member William the Silent inherited the Principality of Orange in…
House of Orléans-LonguevillePeople / groupThe Orléans-Longueville were a French noble family descended from Jean de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans and companion of Joan of Arc.
House of Petrović-NjegošPeople / groupThe House of Petrović-Njegoš ruled Montenegro from 1696 to 1918, first as prince-bishops passing the office from uncle to nephew and, from 1852, as secular princes.- House of PicoPeople / groupThe Pico were an Italian noble family who ruled Mirandola, north of Modena, from the 14th century until 1708, first as imperial vicars and lords and later as princes…
House of PlantagenetPeople / groupThe House of Plantagenet was a royal dynasty descended from Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, whose son became King Henry II of England in 1154.- House of PoděbradyPeople / groupThe Poděbrady were a Bohemian noble family named after their castle at Poděbrady on the Elbe, whose most famous member was George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia from…
- House of RaabsPeople / groupThe Raabs were an Austrian noble family, named after Raabs an der Thaya in Lower Austria, who held the burgraviate of Nuremberg from about 1105.
House of Representatives (Netherlands)InstitutionThe House of Representatives, or Second Chamber (Tweede Kamer), is the lower and more powerful house of the States General of the Netherlands, created when the…
House of ReussPeople / groupThe House of Reuss was a German noble family descended from the medieval Vögte of Weida, Gera and Plauen in eastern Thuringia, in which every male member was named…
House of RomanovPeople / groupThe House of Romanov was the dynasty that ruled Russia from the election of Michael Romanov as tsar in 1613 until the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917.
House of SaudPeople / groupThe House of Saud is the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, descended from Muhammad bin Saud, who became emir of Diriyah in 1727.
House of SavoyPeople / groupThe House of Savoy is a dynasty founded in the early eleventh century by Humbert I, Count of Savoy, in the western Alps.
House of SchönburgPeople / groupThe Schönburgs are a German noble family of imperial ministerials from the Saale region near Naumburg, first recorded in the 12th century.
House of SchwarzburgPeople / groupThe House of Schwarzburg was a Thuringian noble family, counts from the 12th century, whose lands lay around Schwarzburg, Arnstadt, Sondershausen and Rudolstadt.
House of SchwarzenbergPeople / groupThe House of Schwarzenberg is a Franconian noble family that rose in the service of the Habsburgs and became princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1670.
House of SforzaPeople / groupThe Sforza were an Italian family of condottieri who ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535, with interruptions.
House of ShervashidzePeople / groupThe Shervashidze, called Chachba in Abkhaz, were the princely family that ruled Abkhazia from the late Middle Ages until 1864.
House of SponheimPeople / groupThe House of Sponheim, also spelt Spanheim, was a medieval German noble family whose origins lay in the Rhineland.- House of SternbergPeople / groupThe House of Sternberg (Šternberk) is an old Czech noble family, recorded from the 13th century and named after Český Šternberk Castle in central Bohemia, which it…
House of StuartPeople / groupThe House of Stuart was a royal dynasty that ruled Scotland from 1371 and, from the accession of James VI and I in 1603, England and Ireland as well.