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Royal Houses of Europe

Braganza, Bourbon, Habsburg, Hanover–Windsor and Hohenzollern across five centuries. Follow a marriage from Lisbon to Vienna, see where cousins married, and what life was like where each was born.

6,678people
2,435places
19generations
12,605sources
Exploring from Pedro II of Brazil
Meet Pedro II of Brazil

63 ancestors across 5 generations

  • Pedro II of Brazil, 1825–1891
  • Pedro I of Brazil, 1798–1834
  • John VI of Portugal, 1767–1826
  • Pedro III of Portugal, 1717–1786
  • John V of Portugal, 1689–1750
  • Peter II of Portugal, 1648–1706
  • Maria Sofia of Neuburg, 1666–1699
  • Maria Anna of Austria, 1683–1754
  • Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640–1705
  • Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, 1655–1720
  • Maria I of Portugal, 1734–1816
  • José I of Portugal, 1714–1777
  • John V of Portugal, 1689–1750
  • Maria Anna of Austria, 1683–1754
  • Mariana Victoria of Spain, 1718–1781
  • Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
  • Elisabeth Farnese, 1692–1766
  • Carlota Joaquina of Spain, 1775–1830
  • Charles IV of Spain, 1748–1819
  • Charles III of Spain, 1716–1788
  • Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
  • Elisabeth Farnese, 1692–1766
  • Maria Amalia of Saxony, 1724–1760
  • Augustus III of Poland, 1696–1763
  • Maria Josepha of Austria, 1699–1757
  • Maria Luisa of Parma, 1751–1819
  • Filippo I, Duke of Parma, 1720–1765
  • Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
  • Elisabeth Farnese, 1692–1766
  • Louise Élisabeth of France, 1727–1759
  • Louis XV of France, 1710–1774
  • Marie Leszczyńska, 1703–1768
  • Maria Leopoldina of Austria, 1797–1826
  • Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1768–1835
  • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1747–1792
  • Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708–1765
  • Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, 1679–1729
  • Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans, 1676–1744
  • Maria Theresa of Austria, 1717–1780
  • Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685–1740
  • Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 1691–1750
  • Maria Luisa of Spain, 1745–1792
  • Charles III of Spain, 1716–1788
  • Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
  • Elisabeth Farnese, 1692–1766
  • Maria Amalia of Saxony, 1724–1760
  • Augustus III of Poland, 1696–1763
  • Maria Josepha of Austria, 1699–1757
  • Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, 1772–1807
  • Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, 1751–1825
  • Charles III of Spain, 1716–1788
  • Philip V of Spain, 1683–1746
  • Elisabeth Farnese, 1692–1766
  • Maria Amalia of Saxony, 1724–1760
  • Augustus III of Poland, 1696–1763
  • Maria Josepha of Austria, 1699–1757
  • Maria Carolina of Austria, 1752–1814
  • Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708–1765
  • Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, 1679–1729
  • Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans, 1676–1744
  • Maria Theresa of Austria, 1717–1780
  • Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685–1740
  • Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 1691–1750

Lives behind the portraits

Read their biographies, with each account linked to the collection’s records.

The permanent collection

Curated rooms, built from the data. Every fact carries its source.

Curated

The family tree

Ancestors with confidence marks, from solid to hypothesis.

Curated

Routes across the ocean

Where each generation was born, on a living globe.

Faces from the collection

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons, each linked to its record. The moving ones are animated by AI from the original.