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French noble families

  • House of PlantagenetIn 1133, a boy named Henry was born in Le Mans to Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda. His father had spent years trying to secure an alliance with the…
  • House of BonaparteGianfaldo Buonaparte appeared as the first known member of the family in Sarzana around 1200. His descendant Giovanni Buonaparte married Isabella Calandrini…
  • House of BorgiaThe town of Borja in the Kingdom of Aragon served as the ancestral home for a noble family that would eventually reshape European history.
  • House of BourbonIn 1272, Robert, Count of Clermont, youngest son of King Louis IX of France, married Beatrix of Bourbon. This union created the House of Bourbon as a cadet…