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The Huxley family is a British family, with outstanding scientific, medical, artistic, and literary talent. The 'founder' (for the purpose of this article) was the zoologist and comparative anatomist Thomas Henry Huxley.
(1825–1895) English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Himself a self-educated man, he had an extraordinary influence on the British educated public. He successfully campaigned against the stifling of scientific...
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| Driscoll Lineage | Topic |
The Driscolls started out as a noble family sent on quests by the king to chart out new land and discover sunken treasure.
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| Guggenheim | Topic |
The Guggenheim family refers to a number of descendants of Meyer Guggenheim who were known for their successes in mining and smelting, and later for their philanthropy in diverse areas such as modern art and aviation. The Guggenheim family was Swiss emigrant family of Jew ancestry to United States. They sold off their global mining interests following World War I.
Members of the Meyer Guggenheim family include:
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| Rothschild family |
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The Rothschild family (often referred to simply as the Rothschilds), is an international banking and finance dynasty of German Jew origin that established operations across Europe, and was ennobled by the Austrian and British governments.
The family's rise to international prominence began with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812). Born in the ghetto (called "Judengasse" or Jew Alley) of Frankfurt-am-Main, he developed a finance house and spread his empire by installing each of his five sons...
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| House of Antelminelli |
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The House of Antelminelli was a noble family from Lucca. The family was involved in the struggle between the Guelph and the Ghibellini parties in Tuscany. The leader of the family was Castruccio Castracani a famous Ghibellini leader. He became the Duke of Lucca after taking power from the Quartigiani family.
Sources:Deutsch Wikipedia
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| House of Quartigiani | Topic |
The Quartigiani family was a noble family from Lucca, the family was mentioned in the Lucca statute of 1308 as noble and powerful. The family was united by means of marriage with the Simonetti and Antelminelli families. The Antelminelli and Quartigiani families united in 1317 in order to take power in Lucca. Castruccio Castracani, a member of the Antelminelli, did not share power with the Quartigiani as promised and agreed by the parties. The Quartigiani organized a plot to take power from...
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| Calderón Hinojosa family | Topic |
The Calderón Hinojosa is a Mexican family from the state of Michoacán. Many of the family's members are notable right-wing politicians.
Some members are:
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| House of Windsor |
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The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realm. The older part is a branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line of the House of Wettin, while the newer part is a branch of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg line of the House of Oldenburg.
By virtue of Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of Duke Ernst I of the small German duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, her descendants were members of...
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The Shah dynasty is the current ruling dynasty of Nepal.
In the sixteenth century Yashobramha Shah conquered the Principality of Kaski and for this he received the title Shah from Emperor Akbar. In 1599 the Kingdom of Gorkha was founded. It was one of many small independent states that today make up Nepal. The founder of the Kingdom was Dravya Shah the son of Yashobramha Shah, by the time of his death in 1570 Dravya Shah had managed to increase the size of the kingdom to include some of the...
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| Walton family | Topic |
The Walton Family is arguably the richest family in the world (the dispersed fortunes of the Rockefellers and the like being unknown to the public), their wealth inherited from Bud and Sam Walton, founders of the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart. The five most prominent members (Jim, John (d.2005), Rob, Alice, and Helen(d.2007)) have consistently been in the top ten of the Forbes 400 since 2001, although Helen dropped to #11 in 2006, probably due at least in part to her extensive philanthropy...
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The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of Europe bank, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families.
The first reference to the Fugger family in the Swabia Free City of Augsburg is the arrival of Hans Fugger recorded in the tax register of 1357. He married Klara Widolf and became an Augsburg citizen. After Klara's death, he married Elizabeth...
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| Dientzenhofer Family of Architects | Topic |
Dientzenhofer is the name of a family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in Bohemia and German Baroque.
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| The Cox Family | Musical Artist |
The Cox Family is an North American Bluegrass family group from Cotton Valley, Louisiana, United States.
The Cox Family first began performing regularly together at fairs and festivals in 1976, though an earlier performance can be heard in the 1974 version of Broken Engagement which appears on Beyond the City (1995).
Their profile was raised considerably when they met Alison Krauss in the early 90s, who subsequently produced and appeared on a number of their albums.
In July 2000, shortly...
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| Wettin | Topic |
The House of Wettin was a dynasty of German count, duke, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and king that ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of Great Britain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, and Belgium; of these, only the British and Belgian lines retain their thrones today. (See list...
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