List of families descending from the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties
Here is a list of noble families who can trace their ancestry back to Charlemagne (747-814), and by this also to Charles Martel (686-741), Pepin of Herstal (635-714), Pepin of Landen (580-640), Clovis I (466-511), Childeric I (437-481), Merowig (411-458), and some older, mythical ancestors like Pharamond (370-430), Sunno (358-401 ?), Priarios of Toxandria (324-396 ?) or Malaric I of Toxandria (295-360 ?).
Only families in the first 20 generations of descendants of Charlemagne are listed.
Note that there are no more descendants in direct male line. From the 5th generation after Charlemagne already, only 3 direct male branches subsisted : the Count of Vermandois, the King of Lorraine, and the King of France (Louis IV 'd'Outremer'). The Counts of Vermandois remained the longest, in direct male line until Herbert IV (1028-1080). The line of Louis IV d'Outremer continued through his son, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, whose daughters married into the houses of Louvain (also descended from Charlemagne via the Counts of Hainault), and Namur (ditto, via the Counts of Luxembourg). The longest running male lines thus naturally remained in the Southern Netherlands, the homeland of the Merovingian and Carolingian sovereigns (=>see History of the Franks).
N.B. : Families with the prefix "of" and the title in brackets indicate the rulers of a major, sovereign or semi-sovereign state.
Given the numerous migrations and border changes in European history, the country classification follows the present-day borders.
Belgium & Luxembourg
van der Aa
van Aalst
d'Antoing
d'Arenberg
d'Argenteau
d'Arschot de Schoonhoven
de Barbancon
de Beaufort
of Brabant (Duke)
van Brugge
de Croÿ
de Dampierre
van Diest
de Dongelbergh
de Durbuy
van Egmont [d'Egmont]
of Flanders (Count)
de Gavre
de Ghistelles
de Glymes
de Grandpré
of Hainault (Count)
van Hamale
van Hoorne [de Hornes]
de Henin-Lietard
de Lalaing
de La Marck
de Ligne
of Limburg (Duke)
de Louvain [van Leuven]
of Luxembourg (Count, Duke)
de Merode
de Mons
of Namur (Count)
d'Orbais
d'Oultremont
de Roeulx
de Spontin
de Tournai
de Trazegnies
de Walcourt
de Wavrin
France
d'Albon
of Alençon (Count)
d'Alsace
d'Amboise
d'Anduze
of Anjou (Count)
of Angoulême (Count)
of Aquitaine (Duke)
d'Arles
d'Aspremont
of Aumale (Count)
of Auvergne (Count)
d'Avesnes
of Bar (Count)
de Bar-le-Duc
de Bar-sur-Seine
de Baux
de Beaugency
de Beaujeu
de Besalu
of Blois (Count)
of Boulogne (Count)
de Boulogne et de Lens
of Bourbon (Duke)
de Brienne
of Burgundy (Duke)
of Bretagne (Duke)
de Breteuil
of Champagne (Count)
de Champlitte
de Château-Landon
de Châtillon
de Chiny
de Clermont
of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (Count)
de Commercy
de Coucy
de Courtenay
Damas
de Dammartin
de Dinan
de Donzy
of Dreux (Count)
de Dreux, du Perche, de Braine-sur-Vesle
de la Flèche
of Foix (Count)
de Forcalquier
de Fougères
of France (King)
de Genève
of Gevaudan (Viscount)
de Grandpré
de Grandpré et de Porcien
de Grandson
de Grandson et de Belmont
of Guise (Count, Duke)
d'Hiérges
de Joinville
de L'Aigle
de Lens
of Limoges (Viscount)
of Lorraine (Duke)
of Lower-Lorraine (Duke)
of Upper-Lorraine (Duke)
de Lorraine-Vaudemont
von Lunéville
de Macon
of Maine (Count)
de Mareuil
de Marle
de Marolles
de Mayenne
de Melgueil
de Meschines
of Metz (Count)
of Meulan (Count)
de Montdidier
de Mousson
de Montfaucon
de Montmirail
de Montmorency
de Montreuil
de Montpellier
de Nangis
of Nevers (Count)
of Normandy (Duke)
d'Omelaz
of Orange (Count, Prince)
de Penthièvre
of Perche (Count)
of Poitiers (Count)
of Poitou (Count)
of Ponthieu (Count)
de Porhoët
of Provence (Count)
de Preuilly
du Puiset
of Rethel (Count)
de Roucy
of Roussillon and Cerdagne (Count)
de Rozoy
de Rumigny
de Saint Gilles
de Saint-Omer
of Saint-Pol (Count)
de Sancerre
of Savoy (Count)
de Sémur
de Sémur-en-Brionnais
de Sully
de Tingrie
de Thouars
of Toulouse (Count)
de Tréguier et de Guincamp
de Tréguier et de Lamballe
de Treguier, de Penthièvre, d'Avaugour
de Troyes
de Turenne
de Vaudémont
of Vendôme (Count, Duke)
de Ventadour
of Verdun & Ardennes (Count)
of Vermandois (Count)
de Vénisy
de Vienne
de Vignory
de Vitry-Rethel
Germany & Austria
von Ammensleben
von Andechs
von Andechs und von Plassenburg
von Arnsberg
von Assel
of Austria & Steiermark (Duke)
of Baden & Verona (Count)
von Ballenstedt
of Bavaria (Duke)
von Bentheim
von Berg-Schelklingen
von Blieskastel
von Bregenz
of Brandenburg (Marquess)
of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Duke)
von Calvelage
of Carinthia (Count)
von Dale
von Diessen
von Enham
von Esch
von Franconia
von Gleissberg
von Groitzsch
von Hachberg
von Hallermund
von Henneberg
von Hohenstaufen
von Kirburg
von Kirburg & Schmitburg
von Kleef
von Lechsgemünd
von Limburg
von Loccum
von Magdeburg
von Mainz
of Mecklenburg
von Mochental
von Mömpelgard
von Mörsperg
von Montfort
von Montfort in Bregenz
von Nassau
von Oenningen
von Österreich
von Orlamünde
von Ortenburg
von Pettendorf
von Pfirt
von Putelendorf
von Ravensberg
von Regensburg
am Rhein (Pfalzgraf)
von Rheineck
von Rheinfelden
von Saarwerden
von Salm
von Salm und Langenstein
of Saxony (Duke)
of Schlesien (Duke)
von Stade
of Schwaben (Duke)
von Sponheim
von Staufen
von Sulzbach
von Tangermunde
von Tecklenburg
von Tübingen-Giessen
of Tyrol (Count)
von Thüringen (Count)
von Valkenstein
von Veldenz
von Veltheim
von Vianden
von Vohburg
von Wassel
von Wassenberg
von Wettin
von Windberg
von Wolfratshausen
von Zähringen
Netherlands
van Breda
van Gelre
of Holland (Count)
UK & Ireland
d'Aubigny
d'Avranches
de Beaumont
de Brus
de Caen
de Camville
de Clare
de Conches
(de) Courtenay
de Dunstanville
of England (King)
d'Eu
FitzAkaris
FitzBardolph
FitzEdith
FitzHenry
FitzHerbert
FitzPatrick
FitzRobert
van Ghent [de Gant]
of Gloucester (Earl)
of Gwynedd
of Huntingdon (Earl)
de Lancaster
Longespee
de Marmion
de Meschines
de Monmouth
of Normandy (Duke)
of Northumberland
de Neufbourg [de Newburgh]
(de) Percy
de Pierrepont
de Quincy
de Roumare
de Reviers
de Ridelisford
de St.Liz [de Senlis]
of Scotland (King)
de Tosny
de Vere
de Warenne
Spain & Portugal
Alvarez de Tovar
of Aragón (King)
of Barcelona (Count)
of Castile (King)
of Castile and Léon (King)
of Léon (King)
of Navarre (King)
of Portugal (King)
de Urgel
Italy
of Apulia (Duke)
d'Este
de Monferrato
of Tuscany (Duke)
of Sicily
del Vasto
di Ventimiglia
Scandinavia
Brosa
of Denmark (King)
Eriksdatter
Folkason Snivel
Minnesköld
Snare
Ulfsson
Other countries
of Antioch (Prince)
of Armenia (King)
of Bohemia (King)
of Hungary
Jaroslawitsch
of Jerusalem (King)
of Kiev (Grand Duke)
Komnena
Krzywousty
of Poland (King)
of Polock
Rostislawitsch
of Tripolis (Count)
of Turow
of Wladimir-Wolhynsk
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