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Families that held power for generations
Families where several members held office, rank in an army, church office or a ranked fortune, traced through Wikidata kinship records. Ranked by how many office holders one family produced.
Which families held power the longest?
These families kept office, command or fortune across generations. The list is ranked by the number of office holders, generals, clergy and billionaires in one family, and each row gives the years and countries the family's members held power.
- Families
- 2,412
- Shown here
- The first 200
- Source
- Wikidata kinship and office records
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Families in the cases
Families the archive comes back to. Each opens its cases, its members in power and its fortune.
Julio-Claudian dynasty14 cases
Ptolemaic dynasty11 cases
House of Habsburg6 cases
Bonaparte family5 cases
House of Kamehameha5 cases
Rothschild family5 cases
House of Bourbon4 cases
House of Medici4 cases
Arnault family3 cases
Family of Genghis Khan3 cases
Hilton family3 cases
House of Romanov3 cases
Hunt family3 cases
Kawānanakoa family3 cases
Lee family (Samsung)3 cases
Marcos family3 cases
Pizarro family3 cases
Tokugawa clan3 cases
Vanderbilt family3 cases
Abbasid dynasty2 cases
Al Thani family2 cases
Ambani family2 cases
Astor family2 cases
Busch family2 cases
Churchill family2 cases
Fatimid dynasty2 cases
Ford family2 cases
Fugger family2 cases
Getty family2 cases
House of Hohenzollern2 cases
Krupp family2 cases
Kwok family2 cases
Mughal dynasty2 cases
Murdoch family2 cases
Nizams of Hyderabad2 cases
Pahlavi dynasty2 cases
Tata family2 cases
Thyssen family2 cases
Trump family2 cases
Wildenstein family2 cases
Chakri dynasty1 cases
Hashemites1 cases
House of Borgia1 cases
House of Braganza1 cases
House of Hanover1 cases
House of Liechtenstein1 cases
House of Orléans1 cases
House of Plantagenet1 cases
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1 cases
House of Tudor1 cases
House of Valois1 cases
House of Wittelsbach1 cases
Mellon family1 cases
Ottoman dynasty1 cases
Rockefeller family1 cases
Umayyad dynasty1 casesThe first 200 families in power
Each name opens the family: its own page where the archive has its cases, otherwise its members on a time line in the families database. Countries open their cases.
FamilyYearsCountriesPower held
Imperial House of Japan710 BCE to 2001Japan, Tokugawa shogunate, Ashikaga shogunateGovernment · Military
House of Wittelsbach1020 to 1935Germany, Kingdom of Bavaria (Germany), Duchy of Bavaria (Germany)Government · Military
Varman Dynasty1291 to 1974Cambodia, Khmer Empire (Cambodia), French Protectorate of Cambodia (Cambodia)Government · Military
Rurikids830 to 1532Kievan Rus' (Ukraine), Grand Principality of Moscow (Russia), Period of AppanagesGovernment
House of Hohenzollern1220 to 1922Germany, Kingdom of Prussia (Germany), German ReichGovernment · Military
Umayyad dynasty500 to 2013Umayyad Caliphate, al-Andalus (Spain), Idrisid dynastyGovernment · Military
Flavii Sabini100 BCE to 422Ancient Rome (Italy), Byzantine Empire, Western Roman EmpireGovernment · Church
II family2000 BCE to 299 BCEKingdom of Judah (Israel and Palestine), Ptolemaic Kingdom, Achaemenid EmpireGovernment
House of Hesse1402 to 1902Electorate of Hesse (Germany), Germany, Grand Duchy of Hesse (Germany)Government · Military
Sasanian dynasty100 to 700Sasanian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Western Turkic KhaganateGovernment · Military
Bagrationi dynasty1166 to 1863Russian Empire (Russia), Safavid Iran (Iran), Georgia (United States)Government · Military
House of Württemberg1265 to 1906Kingdom of Württemberg (Germany), Duchy of Württemberg (Germany), Duchy of OleśnicaMilitary
Galitzine1632 to 1885Russian Empire (Russia), Tsardom of Russia (Russia), FranceGovernment · Military
House of Barcelona810 to 1406Crown of Aragon (Spain), County of Barcelona (Spain), Kingdom of Sicily (Italy)Government
House of Yi1250 to 1912Joseon (South Korea), Goryeo (South Korea), Korean EmpireGovernment · Military
Chakri dynasty1664 to 2005Thailand, Siam (Thailand), Rattanakosin KingdomGovernment · Military · Fortune
House of Habsburg-Lorraine1708 to 1922Cisleithania, Austrian Empire, Holy Roman EmpireGovernment · Military
Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov1754 to 1909Russian Empire (Russia), Kingdom of Greece (Greece)Government · Military
Árpád dynasty845 to 1292Hungary, Kingdom of Hungary (Hungary), Principality of Hungary (Hungary)Government
House of Bourbon1279 to 1911France, Kingdom of Navarre beyond the Pyrenees (Spain), SpainGovernment · Military
House of Savoy1023 to 1943Kingdom of Italy (Italy), Duchy of Savoy, Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthGovernment · Military
Qajar dynasty1686 to 1946Russian Empire (Russia), Iran, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (Azerbaijan)Government · Military
House of Oldenburg1250 to 1855Kingdom of Denmark (Denmark), Denmark–Norway (Norway), NorwayGovernment · Military
Hamengkubuwono1501 to 1986Indonesia, Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands), Dutch East IndiesGovernment · Military
royal house of Aragon1008 to 1409Crown of Aragon (Spain), Kingdom of Pamplona, Kingdom of Aragon (Spain)Government
House of Liechtenstein1544 to 2014Liechtenstein, Austrian Empire, Holy Roman EmpireGovernment · Military
House of Drăculești1395 to 1611Principality of Wallachia (Romania), Principality of Moldavia (Romania), Wallachia (Romania)Government
House of Mecklenburg1170 to 1923Germany, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-StrelitzGovernment · Military
House of Hanover1629 to 1957United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Ireland), Kingdom of Great Britain (United Kingdom), Electorate of Hanover (Germany)Government · Military
Husainid dynasty1665 to 1921Beylik of Tunis (Tunisia), Tunis eyalet (Tunisia), French protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia)Government · Military
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1785 to 2008Belgium, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Ireland), Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and GothaGovernment · Military
Jiménez dynasty700 to 1177Kingdom of Pamplona, Carolingian Empire, Kingdom of Galicia (Spain)Government
House of Welf797 to 1768Germany, Principality of Lüneburg, Russian Empire (Russia)Government · Military
House of Wettin1040 to 1905Germany, Kingdom of Saxony (Germany), Duchy of Saxe-AltenburgGovernment · Military
House of Nassau1146 to 1836Germany, Dutch Republic (Netherlands), Duchy of NassauGovernment · Military
Baronet family1694 to 1964United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Ireland), United KingdomMilitary
House of Valois1293 to 1596France, Kingdom of France (France), Kingdom of England (United Kingdom)Government · Military
House of Orange-Nassau1554 to 2007Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands), Dutch Republic (Netherlands), Kingdom of England (United Kingdom)Government · Military
Astur-Leonese dynasty685 to 1018Kingdom of Galicia (Spain), Kingdom of Leon, Kingdom of AsturiasGovernment
House of Zähringen1040 to 1877Germany, Grand Duchy of Baden (Germany), Margraviate of Baden-BadenGovernment · Military
House of Braganza1377 to 1899Kingdom of Portugal (Portugal), Kingdom of Brazil (Brazil), Empire of Brazil (Brazil)Government · Military
House of Stuart1198 to 1760Kingdom of Scotland (United Kingdom), Kingdom of England (United Kingdom), Kingdom of Great Britain (United Kingdom)Government · Military
House of Burgundy - Castile and León1105 to 1399Crown of Castile (Spain), Kingdom of Castile (Spain), Kingdom of Galicia (Spain)Government · Military
House of Croÿ1395 to 1890France, Southern Netherlands (Netherlands), Habsburg Netherlands (Netherlands)Government · Military
House of Radziwiłł1450 to 1880Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duchy of Warsaw (Poland), Kingdom of Prussia (Germany)Military
House of Trastámara1301 to 1509Crown of Castile (Spain), Crown of Aragon (Spain), Kingdom of Naples (Italy)Government
Ghica family1600 to 1928Principality of Wallachia (Romania), Principality of Moldavia (Romania), RomaniaGovernment · Military
House of Ascania (Anhalt-Dessau branch)1567 to 1885Holy Roman Empire, Anhalt-Dessau, GermanyGovernment · Military
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg1545 to 1872Kingdom of Denmark (Denmark), Kingdom of Prussia (Germany)Military
House of Dunkeld975 to 1261Kingdom of Scotland (United Kingdom), Scotland (United Kingdom)Government
House of Limburg-Stirum1583 to 1873Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands), Dutch Republic (Netherlands), FranceGovernment · Military
Ernestine line1441 to 1891Germany, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachMilitary
Herodian dynasty500 BCE to 50Hasmonean Judea (Israel and Palestine), Seleucid Empire, Herodian Kingdom of Judea (Israel and Palestine)Government
House of Hohenlohe1452 to 1888Kingdom of Prussia (Germany), Germany, Kingdom of Württemberg (Germany)Government · Military
Ban Phlu Luang dynasty1600 to 1722Ayutthaya Kingdom (Thailand), Thailand, Konbaung dynastyGovernment
Capetian House of Anjou1226 to 1377Hungary, Kingdom of Naples (Italy), Kingdom of Poland (Poland)Government
Jagiellonian dynasty1399 to 1527Kingdom of Poland (Poland), Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuania), PolandGovernment
House of Mukhrani1480 to 1884Georgia (United States), Russian Empire (Russia), Kingdom of KartliGovernment · Military
House of Vasa1470 to 1652Sweden, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuania)Government
House of Bourbon in France1518 to 1820France, Kingdom of France (France), Kingdom of Navarre (Spain)Government · Military
House of Burgundy - Portugal1066 to 1364Kingdom of Portugal (Portugal), Kingdom of Galicia (Spain)Government
Capetian dynasty1052 to 1783France, Kingdom of France (France), Kingdom of Navarre (Spain)Government
Slade family1642 to 1898United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Ireland), United Kingdom, Kingdom of Great Britain (United Kingdom)Military
von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg1745 to 1897Kingdom of Prussia (Germany), Germany, German ReichGovernment · Military
Muhammad Ali dynasty1769 to 1952Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt (Egypt), Khedivate of Egypt (Egypt)Government · Military
House of Farnese1390 to 1692Papal States, Spain, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (Italy)Government · Church · Military
House of Stewart di Darnley1368 to 1692Kingdom of England (United Kingdom), Kingdom of Ireland (Ireland), Kingdom of Great Britain (United Kingdom)Government · Military
Fyers family1698 to 1896United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Ireland)Military