house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York"

Hanoverian line, House of Hanover, Hanover - the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)

Habsburg, Hapsburg - a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806

Hohenzollern - a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia

House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Lancaster - the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose

Plantagenet, Plantagenet line - the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485

Romanoff, Romanov - the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I

Stuart - the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1603 and ruled England and Scotland from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714

House of York, York - the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

Highness - (Your Highness or His Highness of Her Highness) title used to address a royal person

king, male monarch - a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

prince - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

princess - a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

female monarch, queen regnant, queen - a female sovereign ruler

queen - the wife or widow of a king