Noble German Surnames & What They Mean Like many of their European neighbours, the nobility of Germany adopted the custom of using the name of their estate or region as their surname or integrating it into their given family name. This was often done using a...
The Monarchies That Didn’t Survive The Middle Ages The great monarchies of history are famous for their hereditary lines of kings, queens, emperors and rulers. Within the history of royalty, the lines of succession, the blue bloodlines and the family ties played...
The Grandest Dynasties Of Europe The Grandest Dynasties of Europe include some of history’s most infamous and legendary royal and noble families. A dynasty is classed as a line of reigning sovereigns, or a prominent family line in the realms of commerce or...
