royal families
Crowned bloodline clans
Royal families are the extended kinship networks of monarchs—kings, queens, and their relatives by blood or marriage.
The term encompasses both reigning dynasties and those who have lost political power but retain titles and social prominence.
Members of royal families often appear in tabloid coverage of weddings, scandals, and succession drama: The British royal family gathered for the coronation.
- kingshipRoyal dominion status
- king and queenPaired royal rulers
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- ruling classDominant governing stratum
- dynastiesSuccessive rulers from one family
nobility · emperors · monarchy · throne · palace · dynastic wealth · princes · family tree · heirs · bloodline · primogeniture · line of succession · kingdoms · succession · hereditary rule · heir apparent · crown · crown jewels
- Pacific RoyaltyKing Kamehameha, Queen Liliuokalani, crown prince, crown princess, noble titles
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- notablesleaders, celebrities, dignitary, rulers, VIPs
- Gulf RegionPersian Gulf, Gulf states, Gulf of Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait
- Low CountriesNetherlands, Belgium, Holland, Amsterdam, Brussels
royal familieselected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
elected representatives · presidents · revolutionary leaders · prime ministers · congresspeople
royal familiescommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasants · common people · plebeians · the common people · the masses
royal familiesrepublics
States with elected governance
democracies · Jacobins · Bolsheviks · anti-monarchists · revolutionaries
royal, royalty, coronation, regalia, royally, royals, royalties, regally, regality