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An Online Gotha by Paul Theroff - http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/gotha.htm
The Online Gotha is envisioned as a "Who's Who" among European royal families, showing who the members are at present and in the recent past.

British Royal Family History - http://www.britroyals.com
British royal family history including royal family trees since Alfred the Great, biographies of kings and queens, timeline, and line of succession.

Casa de S.M. el Rey de España - http://www.casareal.es/
Official website of the royal house of Spain. Includes the King's lineage back to Fernando II and Isabel, as well as information on the current royal family.

College of Arms - http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/index.htm
The College of Arms is the official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants.

Cyndi's List - Royalty and Nobility - http://www.cyndislist.com/royalty.htm
Links to royal genealogy resources.

Database of Higher European Nobility - http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/stoyan/wwp/LANG=engl/?1
This system (by Herbert Stoyan) allows access by a variety of criteria such as: name, date range, location, relationship, classification/title. The data includes family trees and sometimes biographies, portraits and arms. The original version of the system is in German; the English translation is not always clear.

Directory of Royal Genealogical Data - http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/royal/
Genealogy database of the British Royal family which includes 30,000 individuals from the earliest times to the present - by Brian C. Tompsett, University of Hull.

European Royalty and Nobility - http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/royal00.htm
Site by Brigitte Gastel Lloyd and Leo van de Pas containing biographies, articles, links and substantial genealogical information.

European Royalty during World War II - http://gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu/royalty/royalty.html
A site by Glenn A. Steinberg that captures the personalities, circumstances, and genealogies of the royal houses of Europe during a particular moment in their history.

European Royalty: Inherited Personality Traits - http://europeanroyalty.homestead.com/
Personality theory based on genetics is used to trace inherited character traits in European Royalty. The major traits are narcissism, perfectionism and aggression.

Frequently Asked Questions (British Royalty and Nobility) for alt.talk.royalty - http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/britfaq.html
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their answers and other useful information about the British Royal Family and British nobility.

Frequently Asked Questions (Royal and Noble Families of the World) for alt.talk.royalty - http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/atrfaq.htm
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their answers and other useful information about royal and noble families of the world.

Frequently Asked Questions for soc.genealogy.medieval - http://users.erols.com/wrei/faqs/medieval.html
The newsgroup soc.genealogy.medieval (see below) is unmoderated and is used for the discussion of genealogy and family history among people researching individuals who lived in medieval times; thus, it is not only about royalty. The FAQ document lists many useful links.

From Johan Willem Friso to Queen Beatrix - http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/gennl2.htm
Genealogy of the Orange-Nassau family, Royal House of The Netherlands.

Genealogics by Leo van de Pas - http://www.genealogics.org
An extensive genealogical database containing more than 400,000 persons. Much of the emphasis is on medieval ancestry, as well as on modern royalty and nobility. The data are mostly taken from good-quality secondary sources, which are specified for each entry.

Genealogy of the Lords of Strijen - http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/gennl.htm
Descent of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands from the lords of Strijen.

Genealogy.eu - http://genealogy.euweb.cz/
Family trees of many European royal and noble families compiled by Miroslav Marek.

Give Your Pedigree the Royal Treatment: Researching Noble Lines - http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=2526
Hints and resources for discovering if you come from a Royal heritage.

Glossary of European Noble, Princely, Royal and Imperial Titles - http://www.heraldica.org/topics/odegard/titlefaq.htm
Definition of the various imperial, royal, princely, and noble titles encountered in Europe. A work of lexicography.

Hein's Royal Genealogy Page - http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/
Descendants listings for many royal and noble families.

HereditaryTitles.com - http://hereditarytitles.com/
A collection of coats of arms and information about the hereditary Peerage, Baronetage, and Royal Family of the United Kingdom. Contains searchable database of over 7,000 current, abeyant, and extinct titles.

http://www.jhcavigdor.wb3.de - http://www.jhcavigdor.wb3.de
The Avigdor (d'Avigdor Duca di Acquaviva and d'Avigdor-Goldsmid) family is one of Europe's most important noble and banking dynasties.

King Edward III of England - http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/gen/edw3chrt.html
Ancestors of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault from the Churchyard/Orr Family Museum.

Kongehuset: Official Website of the Danish Monarchy - http://www.kongehuset.dk/
In English or Danish. Includes genealogical data and lineages of the Danish royal family.

Legendary Descent of High Kings of Ireland - http://members.tripod.com/~Klausjames/adam1.html
Learn more about the legendary descent of the High Kings from Adam and Eve.

Monarchies of Europe - http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm
Genealogy tables for European royal families.

Netty's Royalty Page - http://www.nettyroyal.nl
Netty Leistra's pages with information about Reigning Royal Houses in Europe, Royal Houses, Mediatized Houses and Royal Houses outside Europe.

Non-European Dynasties - http://www.almanach.be
Present situation, genealogy and short history of most non-European states since the 18th century. [ Title: "Almanach de Bruxelles" ]

Official web site of the British Monarchy - http://www.royal.gov.uk/
Information on the history of the Monarchy, today's royal family and the Royal Art and Residences.

Official website of Charles, Earl Spencer - http://www.althorp.com/
Spencer-side genealogy of the late Princess of Wales and her children, the Princes William and Henry of the United Kingdom. Includes genealogical data and family trees, photos, and historical information, as well as the full, online version of Lord Spencer's book, "The Spencer Family".

Order of British Peerage - http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/OTHERREFERENCE/FORMSOFADDRESS/OrdBritPeer.html
Summary of how titles of nobility, or peerages come about.

Paul Theroff's Dynastic Genealogy Files - http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/
Large number of text files with genealogies of many European dynasties and noble families as well as ancestries of key historical persons.

Records of Anglo-Norman House of Glanville - http://www.glanvillenet.info/roanhg.htm
Transcription of William Urmston Searle Glanville-Richards's genealogical book published in 1882.

ROOTS-L Resources: Royalty - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/royalty.html
A summary of some royalty resources.

Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web - http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html
Provides information about royalty and royal families around the world, as well as the genealogy of United States presidents.

RoyaList Online - http://www.royalist.info
Searchable genealogy of the British royal family through 1,000 years of history.

Saudi Royal Family Database - http://www.datarabia.com
Database of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family.

Starke Genealogy Index of German and Austrian Nobility - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~autwgw/sgi/index.htm
A searchable index of more than 100 volumes of the German "Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels" published by C. A. Starke Verlag.

The British Monarchy: History of the Monarchy - http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/HistoryoftheMonarchy.aspx
Includes family trees of royal houses (in PDF format).

The Descendants of William the Conqueror - http://www.william1.co.uk/
The result of 25 years work which still continues. Although new to the web, it will grow rapidly and eventually be more comprehensive than the Plantagenet Roll. There is a second element to the site - it acts as a link to other History sites on the net.

The European Nobility: Noble Families of Jewish Ancestry - http://chivalricorders.org/nobility/nobjews.htm
A comprehensive survey of those families of Jewish ancestry who are members of the titled European nobility

The Ghiai-Chamlou Royal Tribe - http://ghiai-chamlou.com
History of one of Persia's oldest tribe. A dynasty of powerful landlords who have redefined themselves as a dynasty of master builders in the 21st century.

The Hashemite Family Tree - http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/rfamily_hashemites.html
Hashemite Family Tree showing the lineage from the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to King Hussein. King Hussein is the 42nd generation direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. Biographical information available on a number of descendants of the Prophet.

The Imperial House of Mexico - http://www.casaimperial.org
The official site of the house of Habsburg Iturbide of Mexico with genealogies, histories and biographies of the emperors Agustin and Maximilian and leading figures.

The Peerage - http://www.thepeerage.com
A genealogy of the peerage of Great Britain, and of the nobility and royalty of Europe.

The Royal Forums - http://www.theroyalforums.com
Forum focusing on royals. Free to all.

The Royal House of Valois - http://valois.org
Genealogy, detail and images of the Valois kings of France. In English or French.

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