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House of Names is a 2017 novel by Colm Tóibín, retelling the legend of the Oresteia, with divine elements largely removed and including a lengthy account of Orestes' absence after the death of Agamemnon. There are three narrators: Clytemnestra, Orestes, and Electra. The novel received mixed to positive reviews. [1] [2] [3] [4]
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
de Vesci (Vescy, Vecey, Vesey, Vasey, Vessey, Veasie, Veazey, Veasy and Veasey) is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Vassy, Calvados, [ 1 ] also known as the House of de Vesci. The first records are about Robert de Vesci, Norman conqueror and Ivo de Vesci, Lord of Alnwick. The de Vesci family held lands in England ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of September 23, 2024, the 118th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Clan Kincaid (16th century) Clan Lennox is a Lowland Scottish clan. [3] The clan chiefs were the original Earls of Lennox, although this title went via an heiress to other noble families in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The chiefship of the clan then went to the Lennox of Woodehead branch.
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets.
For ease of understanding the royal house names and dates have been put in at the appropriate places. The dynasties covered are the Carolingians , Conradines , Ottonians , Salians , Supplinburger , Hohenstaufen , Welf , Habsburg , Nassau , Luxemburg , Wittelsbach , Lorraine , Habsburg-Lorraine , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern .
S. Skancke. Skanke (noble family) Smør (noble family) Stockfleth family. Svanenhielm (noble family)