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List of noble houses

For the social class, see Nobility.

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these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded.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

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Arabia and the Levant

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Japan

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Further information: List of kuge families and Japanese clans

Nepal

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Thailand

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Europe

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England, Great Britain, United Kingdom

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Ireland

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France

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Holy Roman Empire and Germany

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The Low Countries of the Habsburg Netherlands

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Italy and the Papal States

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Spain and Portugal

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

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Holy Crown Lands of Hungary (Contemporary Hungary, Transylvania and Slovakia)

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Carpathian states (Wallachia and Moldavia)

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Nordic countries

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Russia, Georgia, Armenia

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Albania

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Western Balkan states (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia)

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Bosnian

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Croatian

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Montenegrin

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Serbian

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The Byzantine Empire, Greece and Crusader States of the Levant

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European Jewish

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Main article: List of European Jewish nobility

The Americas

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Brazil

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Canada

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Haiti

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Mexico

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United States of America

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Africa

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The Maghreb Region

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Benin

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Burundi

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Cameroon

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The Congo

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Ghana

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Egypt and Sudan

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Eswatini

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Ethiopia

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house of H.wold

Lesotho

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Libya

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Madagascar

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Mali

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Nigeria

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Rwanda

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Senegambia

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South Africa

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Zanzibar

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Polynesia

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Hawaii

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Samoa

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Tonga

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References

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  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "house, n.¹ and int, 10. b." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.
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