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The Website of Dynasties out of Europe
The
Reference Website ...
ALMANACH DE BRUXELLES, created in 1996, is the reference
website of dynasties out of Europe
(L'ALMANACH DE
BRUXELLES, créé
en 1996, est le site de référence
des dynasties en dehors de l'Europe).
What
you get ...
- 2,690 dynasties, many of them not recorded elsewhere (2.690
dynasties, beaucoup d'entre elles introuvables ailleurs);
- 3,158 screen pages, updated and expanded every day (3.158 pages-écran, modifiées et étendues chaque jour);
- the history and traditions of your region, if you were
born or live in Africa, the Americas, Asia or the Pacific
(l'histoire et les traditions de votre pays ou
région, si vous êtes né en Afrique, en Amérique, en
Asie
et dans le Pacifique).
Subscribe
and Contribute ...
- Just
click on Subscribe or Search any of the dynasties, countries or
areas (Alphabetical Search) or on any word (full
text indexed search) (Choisissez Subscribe ou dans Search une des dynasties,
pays ou
région, par ordre alphabétique, Alphabetical Search ou
par mot, Indexed Search);
- Members of the royal families covered who contribute
information will receive three months free access
(Les membres des familles royales concernées qui
envoient des informations à l'ALMANACH DE
BRUXELLES reçoivent trois mois d'accès gratuit).
And Get
More ...
- In addition to the
1,090+ kingdoms and principalities of India, Pakistan,
Indonesia and East Timor;
- On the surnames of the historical families of Afghanistan;
- On the surnames of the historical families of Azerbaijan;
- Who is the heir to Pu Yi, the Last Emperor of China;
- On the surnames of the families related to the Royal
Family of Egypt;
- On the surnames of the families related to the Imperial
Family of Ethiopia;
- The complete list of the Caliphs, successors of Prophet Muhammad, and of the
Shia Imams;
- A situation of the
Zand, Kadjar and
Pahlavi dynasties of Iran;
- Who would be the King of Iraq if monarchy was restored;
- Most of the tribes of
Iraq, a key to understand the situation
today;
- An essay on the three dynasties of Mexico: Moctezuma, Iturbide and Habsbourg;
- The most important Emirates and polities of Nigeria;
- The Sultanates of the Philippines;
- The former Khanates of Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan;
- All the chiefdoms of Sierra Leone;
- The Shan states of Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos and
Thailand;
- And much more ...
And Also in the Glossary
...
- The
Orders and Decorations of the world;
- The Titles and Styles used;
- An Instant World Royal and Princely
Family Name Recognizer;
- The descendants of Prophet Muhammad (open to registration) ...
And Our Special Reports on ...
Africa:
A UNIQUE REVIEW OF THE EXISTING TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES IN
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
THE UNITED NATIONS: MORE TRADITIONAL
LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA
Arab names:
ARAB FIRST NAMES
HOW TO
SPELL THE ARAB
NAMES IN ENGLISH ?
Austria:
THE MANY TITLES OF BLESSED
CHARLES I, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA AND KING OF
HUNGARY AND BOHEMIA
HABSBURG
CROWN PRINCE OTTO OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: THE
BIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST VISIONARY ROYAL PRETENDER
Belarus:
WHY IS BELARUS A DIFFERENT
COUNTRY FROM RUSSIA ?
Belgium:
NOBILITY AND TRADITIONAL FAMILIES IN
BELGIAN POLITICS
THE SYMBOLS OF BELGIUM
WHY
THE MONARCHY IS THE ESSENCE OF BELGIUM AND WHY
BELGIUM WILL NEVER BE
SPLIT IN TWO/La
monarchie est l'essence de la Belgique
et
voici
pourquoi la Belgique ne sera jamais divisée en deux
RECURRENT SCOOP AND HISTORICAL
ABSURDITY: BELGIAN KING LEOPOLD II'S
"GENOCIDE" IN
CONGO
Brazil:
NOBILITY IN BRAZIL
Charlemagne:
THE DESCENDANTS OF CHARLEMAGNE
China:
NOBILITY TITLES IN
CHINA
IS
THERE STILL A HEREDITARY NOBILITY
IN COMMUNIST CHINA?
Y A-T-IL
ENCORE UNE NOBLESSE HEREDITAIRE DANS LA CHINE COMMUNISTE?
THE HEREDITY OF
THE CHINESE
EMPEROR AS COMPARED WITH THE HEREDITY OF ALIEN
CHINESE
TRIBAL LEADERS
HOW IS TODAY'S
CHINA
COMPARABLE TO THE MING DYNASTY'S
CHINA
? WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE YUAN
CHINESE
CURRENCY?
Commonwealth:
THE COMMONWEALTH, THE LARGEST
CONCENTRATION OF KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD
Congo:
RECURRENT SCOOP AND HISTORICAL
ABSURDITY: BELGIAN KING LEOPOLD II'S "GENOCIDE" IN
CONGO
Elite:
THE OLDEST ELITE CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN THE WORLD
QUOTATIONS OF
THE ELITE
THE BEST VIVID DESCRIPTION OF
BRITISH UPPER-CLASS NOBILITY, ACCORDING TO JULIAN FELLOWES' SNOBS
Ethiopia:
ETHIOPIAN NOBILITY TITLES
Etiquette:
E-MAIL
ETIQUETTE
ETIQUETTE, HOW TO ADDRESS
AND WRITE TO ROYALS
ETIQUETTE AND PRECEDENCE
MULTICULTURAL ETIQUETTE: HOW TO ADDRESS A MARRIED
WIFE IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES
ETIQUETTE: HOW TO
ADDRESS MARRIED WOMEN IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES/Comment s'adresser aux femmes mariées dans plusieurs pays
ETIQUETTE:
A FEW TIPS TO BE SURE YOU DO NOT MISS ONE STEP IN THE SOCIAL AND
PROFESSIONAL LADDER/Savoir-vivre:
Quelques petits conseils afin que vous ne ratiez pas un
échelon de l'échelle sociale et professionnelle
RELIGIOUS ETIQUETTE:
HOW TO BEHAVE IN CHURCHES, TEMPLES, SYNAGOGUES AND MOSQUES
WESTERN ETIQUETTE: INTRODUCTION,
THE MOST CRUCIAL MOMENT TO GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY
A
FEW ANECDOTICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF WESTERN
ETIQUETTE
A FEW
UNRESOLVED ISSUES IN ETIQUETTE
Europe:
THE
EUROPEAN UNION AND THE HOLY
ROMAN EMPIRE: SIMILITUDES, DIFFERENCES AND FUTURE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: NOBILITY AND TRADITIONAL FAMILIES
France:
WHO WILL
BE THE NEXT KING OF FRANCE
?
THE TITLE OF PRINCE IN
FRANCE
NOBILITY TITLES IN FRANCE/LES TITRES DE NOBLESSE EN FRANCE
THE SOVEREIGN
POLITIES CREATED BY FRENCH
EMPEROR NAPOLEON FOR HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
ROYAL PRESIDENTS OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC/La
royauté des présidents de la République française
THE EXTENDED FAMILY OF THE
FRENCH PRESIDENT, NICOLAS SARKOZY (DE NAGY-BOCSA):
UPDATE/LA
FAMILLE ET LES LIENS DIRECTS ET INDIRECTS DE PARENTE DU PRESIDENT DE
LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, NICOLAS
SARKOZY (DE NAGY-BOCSA)
NOBILITY AND TRADITIONAL
FAMILIES IN
FRENCH ELECTIONS
FRENCH
NOBILITY AND TRADITIONAL FAMILIES IN ALL
FRENCH
WINES
THE OLD
HISTORICAL NAMES OF
FRANCE
THE
200-YEAR ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF FRANCE IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO MEMORIZE by Schoolchildren, Visitors
and Most of Us, LET US RENAME MOST
OF THE 100
DEPARTEMENTS and Some of the Regions ACCORDING TO FRANCE'S HISTORY
India:
INDIAN
NOBILITY TITLES
THE GOLD
COINS OF INDIA
BEFORE AND DURING THE BRITISH RULE
Japan:
THE FORMER
JAPANESE
TITLED NOBILITY, AN INDEX OF SURNAMES AND BIOGRAPHIES 1880-1947
Luxembourg:
FIVE GENERATIONS OF ANCESTORS
OF H.R.H. THE LATE GRAND DUCHESS JOSEPHINE-CHARLOTTE OF
LUXEMBOURG
THE 118 DESCENDANTS OF
H.R.H. GRAND-DUCHESS CHARLOTTE OF LUXEMBOURG (in French)/Les 118 descendants de S.A.R. la Grande-Duchesse
Charlotte de Luxembourg
IS THERE A NOBILITY
IN THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG?
LA NOBLESSE EXISTE-T-ELLE AU
GRAND-DUCHE DE LUXEMBOURG?
Malaysia:
NOBILITY IN MALAYSIA
Mauritius:
THE MORE THAN 110 ARISTOCRATIC FRENCH FAMILIES
WHO SETTLED IN MAURITIUS AND REUNION/LES 110 FAMILLES ARISTOCRATIQUES
FRANCAISES QUI SE
SONT ETABLIES A L'ILE MAURICE ET LA REUNION
Monaco:
THE SOVEREIGN PRINCE OF
MONACO, THE MOST TITLED
RULER IN THE WORLD
Monarchy:
MONARCHY IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
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WHY MONARCHIES ARE
THE MOST STABLE AND FREE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD/Les monarchies sont les
pays les plus stables et
les plus libres dans le monde
THE ECONOMICS OF MONARCHIES: HOW DID
MONARCHIES COPE WITH THE 2008
DEPRESSION ?
DO
KINGS DESCEND FROM GODS AND, IF SO, DO WE ALL DESCEND
FROM GODS ?
EAST MEETS WEST, HOW TO
LINK WESTERN ROYALS TO THE EAST.
Les liens entre les dynasties
européennes et l'Orient
THE SUCCESSION RULES IN
MONARCHIES
THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KINGS TO OUR VOCABULARY
Montenegro:
THE
NOBLE ACTION OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF MONTENEGRO IN THE
RESTORATION OF THE KINGDOM'S HISTORICAL PAST,
ENVIRONMENT AND
URBANISM
Muslims:
TITLES IN
THE MUSLIM
WORLD
THE
BEAUTIFUL NAMES OF THE MUSLIM
WOMEN AND THEIR MEANING
Nobility:
WHAT IS NOBILITY
TODAY ? A NEW DEFINITION
COUNTRIES AND DYNASTIES GRANTING OR RECOGNIZING
NOBILITY TODAY/Les pays et dynasties qui
concèdent ou reconnaissent la noblesse aujourd’hui
THE STATUS OF
NOBILITY IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES
THE BEST VIVID DESCRIPTION OF
BRITISH UPPER-CLASS NOBILITY,
ACCORDING TO JULIAN FELLOWES' SNOBS
THE CONTRIBUTION OF
ROYALTY
AND NOBILITY
TO INVENTIONS
THE BEST MODERN SOURCES ON ROYALTY AND
NOBILITY
Numismatics:
ROYAL PRETENDERS AND
NUMISMATICS
FANTASY ROYALTY AND
NUMISMATICS
Olympics:
THE PRESIDENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE
Orders & Decorations:
WHAT ARE THE LEGITIMATE HONORIFIC
ORDERS ?
HOW
TO WEAR DECORATIONS
MOST IMPORTANT REFERENCE
BOOK: The WORLD ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD & MERIT, edited by
Guy STAIR SAINTY and Rafal HEYDEL-MANKOO at Burke's Peerage & Gentry/UN LIVRE DE
REFERENCE TRES
IMPORTANT: Le WORLD ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD & MERIT,
publié par Guy STAIR SAINTY et Rafal HEYDEL-MANKOO chez Burke's Peerage
& Gentry
Pakistan:
THE ELITE IN PAKISTAN STAMPS
Poland:
THE
NOBILITY IN POLAND,
MONARCHIST OR REPUBLICAN ?
Portugal:
NOBILITY IN PORTUGAL
Religion:
RELIGION:
THE WORLD'S
TOP SPIRITUAL LEADERS LIST
RELIGION: THE LARGEST EVER INTERNATIONAL
INTERRELIGIOUS GATHERING, THE FUNERALS OF POPE JOHN PAUL
II
RELIGIOUS ETIQUETTE: HOW
TO BEHAVE IN CHURCHES, TEMPLES, SYNAGOGUES AND MOSQUES
WAS JESUS A ROYAL PRETENDER ?
Réunion:
THE MORE THAN 110 ARISTOCRATIC FRENCH FAMILIES
WHO SETTLED IN MAURITIUS AND REUNION/LES 110 FAMILLES ARISTOCRATIQUES
FRANCAISES QUI SE
SONT ETABLIES A L'ILE MAURICE ET LA REUNION
Royals:
CELEBRITY MEETS
ROYALTY
EAST MEETS WEST, HOW TO
LINK WESTERN ROYALS TO THE EAST/Les liens entre les dynasties
européennes et l'Orient
DOES ROYALTY MARRY
ROYALTY ANYMORE?
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DOES ROYALTY
QUALIFY TO GET IN FORBES' RICHEST
PEOPLE?
FORBES 2006 WORLD RICHEST PEOPLE IN
ROYALTY AND NOBILITY/Les milliardaires de
Forbes appartenant à la
noblesse en 2006
ROYAL PRETENDERS AND
NUMISMATICS
FANTASY ROYALTY AND
NUMISMATICS
ROMAN NUMERALS
AFTER THE NAME: DOES IT MEAN DEALING WITH
ROYALS?
Des chiffres
romains après un nom, s'agit-il de membres du Gotha ?
ROYAL STYLES
ETIQUETTE, HOW TO ADDRESS AND WRITE TO
ROYALS
THE CONTRIBUTION OF
ROYALTY AND
PRINCELY FAMILIES TO UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE CENTERS
THE
CONTRIBUTION OF ROYALTY
AND NOBILITY TO INVENTIONS
THE BEST MODERN SOURCES ON ROYALTY
AND NOBILITY
Thailand:
ROYAL AND NOBILITY TITLES IN
THAILAND
Turkey:
THE MAIN LEGACY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE : THE MILLET
WHY
TURKEY IS A EUROPEAN
COUNTRY
Ukraine:
HOW IS UKRAINE
A DIFFERENT COUNTRY FROM RUSSIA ?
USA:
ARE THE US
PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING REELECTED 43rd PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, A KIND OF
DYNASTY ?
NOBILITY IN THE
USA
Our History and Goals
- Our Aim
- Monarchy Today in Figures
- The Crown of the Andes, symbol of the Almanach de Bruxelles
- Dynasties
- Committee of the Almanach de Bruxelles (Honorary and Corresponding Members)
The first ALMANACH DE BRUXELLES was published in 1818 as
the Nouvel Almanach de Poche de
Bruxelles pour 1818, by M.E.
Rampelbergh, Imprimeur-Libraire in Brussels.
The ALMANACH DE
BRUXELLES was a considerable success expanding from 80
pages in 1818, to 540 pages in 1900, the last year of
publication. It was considered to be the most
comprehensive after the better known
Almanach
de Gotha.
It is worth noting that one of the branches of the Saxe Coburg Gotha family settled in Brussels in 1831 and is today Belgium’s ruling family.
The ALMANACH DE
BRUXELLES published also information on dynasties out of
Europe: in the 1849 edition, for instance, the Emperor of
China, the Emperor of Morocco and the Emperor of
Turkey
were included in the first section of the Almanach.
In 1918, the
ALMANACH DE BRUXELLES was published by Editions Mansi
& Co in Paris, presented by Jean de Bonnefon "to
take the place of the Almanach de Gotha, a German
publication":
this was just after the first World
War.
Our Aim
The aim of this website
is to publish the present situation of the dynasties out
of Europe, and not to rewrite history: it is therefore not an historical
nor a genealogical compilation but a
vulgarization of the many
monarchies out of Europe. Many popular symbols, images and
representations, such as coins, stamps, postcards, etc have been added
and are continuously added
to illustrate this vulgarization approach.
Between 1789 (the
French Revolution) and 1989 (the end of the Communist
era), many countries have changed their form of
government and their national boundaries: during these
200
years, the most represented form of government has
been monarchical.
Collection Almanach de Bruxelles
Present and former monarchies are an indissociable part of any country’s history and traditions: that is why we are undertaking this unique compilation of dynasties out of Europe.
Since 1970, some
countries reverted to their former monarchical status
along with the resumption of democracy (Cambodia, Spain,
Uganda) while others on gaining full independance
maintained their Crowns. These monarchs may have become
the Head of the State (such as the Commonwealth States of
Lesotho, Swaziland, Tonga, Samoa and others) or been
granted
constitutional representation in the State’s
representative assemblies (as in Botswana, Gambia, Ghana,
Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe).
Most modern countries acknowledge the historical status of their former ruling families, at least informally, as an indissociable part of their identity.
The princely
hereditary status of the members of the former sovereign
families is an essential individual right, like the
surnames or the first names, that can not be removed,
even by the
national law.
Monarchy Today in Figures
Monarchy as a form
of direct or indirect government concerns today 742
million people or more than 10% of the world's
population: 151 million people in Europe, 371 million
direct rule and
220 million people indirect rule in other
continents.
Indirect rule
refers to countries registered as republics but
recognizing some form of hereditary rule in the country
(the House of Chiefs of Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi,
the Council of
Traditional Leaders of Namibia, the Houses
of Chiefs of Nigeria, the Council and the Houses of
Traditional Leaders of South Africa, the 4 federated
kingdoms of Uganda, the 10 traditional
chiefs in the
House of Assembly of Zimbabwe...).
The Crown of the Andes, Symbol of the Almanach de Bruxelles
The ALMANACH DE BRUXELLES has selected the Crown of The Andes as a symbol.
The Crown of The Andes has been made of 450 emeralds, set into two kilos of gold and is one of the nicest reminiscence of the Inca Empire.
The Crown was made
from the ransom requested by Pizzarro from the young Inca
Emperor Atahualpa with emeralds extracted from Chivor, in
present Columbia. In spite of the ransom,
Pizzarro killed
Emperor Atahualpa in 1533 and this treason did not bring
him peace since he was himself assassinated in 1543.
The Crown was then
held in trust by a noble brotherhood and hidden six times
until 1915 when Pope Pius X authorized the Church to sell
it to finance the construction of hospitals and
orphanates. Czar Nicolas II of Russia contemplated the
acquisition of the Crown but the 1917 Revolution did not
leave him the time to achieve this project. In 1936, a
consortium of US
businessmen bought it and, from time to
time, the Crown was exposed in exhibitions such as in
Toronto in 1959. In November 1997, Christie's New York
sold it, after a world tour in London,
Madrid, Hong Kong,
Tokyo, Singapore, Mexico, Miami, Washington DC, Toronto,
Boston and Dallas.
Jane Charlton, attractive model, holds
and examines the famous gold and emerald crown which will be displayed
in the Temple of Religion at the 1939 New York World's Fair: the crown
is said to be worth
$4,500,000 and is known to the art and jewelry world
as the Crown of the Andes .
Collection Almanach de Bruxelles
Is there a more beautiful symbol of past suffering and present world enlightenment of the idea of monarchy?
Dynasties
The ALMANACH DE BRUXELLES is publishing for the first
time here details of all present and former dynasties out
of Europe i.e.:
- present dynasties: the existing monarchies.
- former dynasties: monarchies who have enjoyed at least a princely sovereign status.
- out of
Europe: all
countries that have enjoyed at least a princely
sovereign status in the African,
American, Asian and Pacific continents, and Turkey as the
Ottoman Empire. For European
countries, it is needless to
duplicate the compilation of registers such as the Genealogisches
Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser edited
since 1951 by C.A. Starke, Limburg a.d.Lahn, Germany
and
the London Almanach de Gotha
since 1998.
- princely sovereign status: hereditary or ecclesiastic, between the end of the 18th century and today.
It is not easy to define this notion. In 1996, a sovereign state is a member of the United Nations (UN) even if part of the sovereignty is shared with another country (f.ex. Monaco and France).
The difficulty
lies in the distinction between states enjoying full
sovereignty and countries with a limited sovereignty: the
Ancien Régime consisted
of numerous states with partial sovereignty
or vassal
states.
If it is
relatively easy to know where to start (with empires,
kingdoms and the like), it is very difficult to know
where to end: India, with her 700+ pre-independence
states, is a very good
example. These States had rulers
titled Maharajadhiraj
(King of Kings), Maharaja
(Great King), Raja
(King), etc. and
were often full sovereign states that later became
vassals of the (British)
Empress of India.
We have adopted
the following method: starting from today’s
sovereign countries (i.e. the members of the UN with the
official name of today, f.ex. Myanmar instead of Burma),
we have
included every sovereign state and subsidiary or
vassal state who have enjoyed at least a princely
sovereign status back to the 18th century. There are thus
two type of entries: under the
present name of the
country, region or city, and under the former names.
This method allows
to identify the present state’s or subsidiary
state’s pretender(s). National, regional and city
names are given in English as per the Times Atlas of the
World, published by
Times Books in London and as per
Microsoft Encarta World Atlas.
This register does not pretend to be exhaustive: it is impossible to include all members of concerned dynasties for many reasons such as population registration, family membership, etc.
This work has required the cooperation of the concerned dynasties, especially from the Heads of these Families, and we are very thankful for this.
This register is therefore both an interactive and evolutive work and the Editor would be grateful for any additional information or correction.
| Committee of the ALMANACH DE BRUXELLES |
HONORARY
MEMBERS:
- HH The Sewai
Maharaja of Ajaigarh
- Emir Wael Chehab
- +HH The
Valiya Thampuran of The Cochin Royal Family
- Prince
Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar, President of the
Kadjar Family Association http://home1.gte.net/eskandar/KFAwelcome.html
- Prince Ramin Etezad Mozaffar
- Princess
Viveka Kumari Idar
- Yuvaraj
Ijyaraj Singh of Kotah
- The Raja of
Kurundwad Senior
- Prince
Rupendra Pal ji Bahadur of Kutlehar
- +HRH The
Sultan of Maguindanao
- HH Prince
Kayvon Pahlavi Hillyer
- HH The Sultan
of the Quaiti State in Hadhramaut
- HH The Nawab
of Rampur
- HIH Prince
Nguyen Phuc Buu Chanh of Vietnam, Prince of Kien
Hoa, General Secretary of the Vietnamese Imperial
Family Overseas Central Council, President of the
Vietnamese
Constitutional Monarchist League, President of the Southeast Asia Imperial & Royal League and Vice Chairman of The British Committee for Free Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia & Burma
- HRH Prince
Hso Khan Pha (Tiger) Yawnghwe
- Prince Cyrus Zand
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS:
- Mr. N.G.
Suresh BABU, teacher (History, English), Mary
Immaculate Matriculation School, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Mr. Timothy
F. BOETTGER, Master of Library Science (MLS),
Genealogist and
Author of La descendance d'Alexandre Andreievitch 1er prince
Bariatinski (1996), My Reminiscences 1862-1917 (translation of the
memoirs of Sofia Nikolaevna Butorova née Davydova, granddaughter of the
poet-partisan D.V. Davydov), and the online List of Titled Persons
and Families of the Russian Empire.
http://www.geocities.com/tfboettger/
- Mr. Christian
CANNUYER, Professor at the University of Lille,
France, author of Les Maisons
Royales et Souveraines d’Europe,
Brepols, Belgium 1989 (a book on European
dynasties,
prefaced by HRH The Count of Paris, translated into Romanian with a preface by HM The King of Romania), author of Belgique est leur nom. 160 ans d’histoire de notre dynastie
nationale 1831-1991, Illustra, Izegem, Belgium 1991 (a book on the Belgian dynasty, prefaced by HM The King of the Bulgars), Ath, Belgium
- Dr. Tibor M.
CELLER, physician and historian, author of two
books published in Hungary: The
Royal Families of the World-The Present
Monarchies (2002) and Ruling
Dynasties with No
Thrones (2003 )
- Mr. Parvin
CHAYYAM oglu MIRZAZADE, Head of the State
Protocol Department , Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of The Republic of Azerbaijan
- Mr. Gregory
R. COPLEY, Author and Historian, Editor in Chief
of the Defense & Foreign Affairs Group of
Publications, London, President of the
International Strategic Studies
Association (ISSA), Washington DC
- Mr. Charles
A. COULOMBE, Western US Delegate to the Grand
Council of the Monarchist League in London,
Member of the Royal Stuart Society, Member of the
Monarchist League of
Canada, Contributor to the Bourbons Magazine in Paris, to Tradition und Leben in Lüneburg, Germany and to Monarchy Canada in Toronto
- Prof. Dr.
Robert von DASSANOWSKY, Chair, Languages and
Cultures, University of Colorado, Colorado
Springs USA, Vice President Austrian American
Film Association, Co-Producer,
Belvedere Film, Los Angeles/Vienna, Member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Heraldry, Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA),
Decoration of Honor in Silver Decoration of Honour for Merit to the Republic of Austria (Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich)
- Mr. Rafael Henri ESTRAMANT, Hon. Assistant to HI&RH Archduke Felix of Austria
- Mr. Juan
FANDOS RIUS, Author of La
Republica Centroafricana (a
book written in 1997)
- Dr. Hans HÄGERDAL, PhD,
Senior Lecturer in History, Departement of Humanities, University of Växjö,
Sweden hans.hagerdal@vxu.se
- Mr. Protais
HAJE, Principal Adviser, Assistant and Aide de
Camp to HM The King of Rwanda
- Dr. Edward S.
HAYNES, Associate Professor of History at
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina,
USA
- Countess Marina von KAMAROWSKY, Managing Director of MvK FineArt in Luxembourg mvkfineart@telup.lu
- Mr. Hassan S. KAMEL KELISLI MORALI
- Vijay KERALA
VARMA, Webmaster of the Cochin Royal Family
Website http://royalfamily.hypermart.net/
- Krzysztof
Pawel KURZEJA, Prince of the Sultanate of Tugis
in The Philippines; Prince Kurzeja de Fatua in
the Kingdom of Sigave in Wallis & Futuna; Nkosuohene (Chief of Nkosuo), a
title granted by The Omanhene (King of Assin Atandaso) and the Traditional Council of the Kingdom of Assin Atandaso in Ghana; Distinguished Member of the Circle of Friends of the
Republic of Palau; Knight of the Imperial & Royal Order of Saint Stanislas (Imperial House of Russia); member of the Ordo Militiae Christi Templi Hierosolymitani (OMCTH); Knight
Grand Cross of Justice (Gra Cruz de Justica) of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio, member of the Priory of Pennsylvania, 1st member of the Confraternity in Poland
- Mr. Jan-Olof
LARSSON (Sweden)
- Prof. Dr.
C.E. Magnus LINDGREN, Director, The Institute for
Historical Research (Oxford, MS), Professor at
American Military University, Royal Historical
Society, Fellow, Royal Asiatic
Society, Society of Antiquaries (Scot), Central Institute London, International Napoleonic Society, Historical-Genealogical Society in Moscow, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and
Society of Catholic Social Scientists
- John Duncan
McMEEKIN, Esq., author of several books on arms,
flags and orders of the Indian Princely States
(Belgium 1990), Indonesian States, Aden
Protectorate, Hawaii and the
Kingdom of Madagascar
- Rev. Father
Lawrence M. OBER, SJ
- Mr. David
Ashley PRITCHARD, Grand Officer of the Order of
the Star of Ethiopia, President of the
International Association of Amateur Heralds
www.amateurheralds.org,
Fellow of the
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Fellow of the Historical and Genealogical Society in Moscow, Member of the Royal African Society
- Prof. Jorge
F. SAENZ, Professor at the University of Costa
Rica and the Costa Rican Diplomatic Institute
- Mr. Henry Edward SOSZYNSKI, B.Pharm.
- Guy STAIR SAINTY, Esq., Almoner and Historiographer of the
Priory in the US of the Most Venerable Order of
St John, Vice-Grand Chancellor of the
Constantinian Order of St George,
Member of The Real Academia Matritense de Heraldica y Genealogia, Madrid, Acting Chancellor of The National Association of Papal Honorees in the United States, Editor of The
Almanach de la Cour on Internet, co-author with Rafal HEYDEL-MANKOO of The World Order of Knighthood & Merit, at Burke's Peerage & Gentry 2006
- Dr. Jeffrey
W. TALIAFERRO, Assistant Professor at Tufts
University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
-
Dr Prof. Pier Felice degli UBERTI, Doctor in “Lettere” and Doctor in “Materie Letterarie (History)”, Master in Derecho Nobiliario Y Premial, Genealogía Y Heráldica (UNED Universidad
Nacional de Educación a Distancia) - Madrid; Diploma in Genealogía, Heráldica y Nobiliaria (Escuela de Genealogia, Heraldica y Nobiliaria, dell’Instituto Salazar y Castro (Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) – Madrid.President/Chairman of International Commission for Orders of Chivalry, Director of Institut International d’Etudes Généalogiques et d’Histoire des Familles, President of Federazione
delle Associazioni Italiane di Genealogia, Storia di Famiglia, Araldica e Scienze Documentarie, President of Istituto Araldico Genealogico Italiano, Past president of Istituto Italiano
per la Storia di Famiglia; General Secretary of Académie Internationale de Généalogie, Honorary Member of Accademia di Marina del Sacro Militare Ordine dei Cavalieri di S.Stefano
P. & M. (Ente morale della Repubblica Italiana), Secretary of International Federation of Schools of Family History, Secretary of Scuola di Genealogia e Scienze Documentarie,
Associate Member of Académie Internationale de Heraldique.Consultant of telecast Sportello Italia of RAI International for genealogical researches.
Editor of Nobiltà, Rivista di Araldica, Genealogia, Ordini Cavallereschi, Editor of Il Mondo del Cavaliere, Member of Consejo de redacion of Hidalguía, Member of Consejo Asesor
and General Secretary of Junta de Italia of la Asociación de Hidalgos a Fuero de España CILANE. Italian representative near the Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d’
Héraldique, Past member of Scientific Committee of Ministero per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali for the XXIII Congresso di Genealogia e Araldica of Turin.http://www.icocregister.org
http://www.iagi.info
http://www.iagiforum.info - Prof. Dr.
Zdzislaw P. WESOLOWSKI, USAF Captain (retired),
Colonel (Reserve) in the South Carolina State
Guard, President of the Florida Polish Chamber of
Commerce, Honorary
President of the Polish American Congress of Florida, Professor at Florida Memorial University in Miami, Member of the Virtuti Military Bicentenial Committee, author of The Order of
the Virtuti Militari and its Cavaliers 1792-1992 and other books and articles on Polish military history
http://www.wwdir.com/polishbk.html
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