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(Encyclopedia)House of Commons: see Parliament. ...Commons, House of
(Encyclopedia)Commons, House of: see Parliament. ...Lancaster, house of
(Encyclopedia)Lancaster, house of lăngˈkəstər [key], royal family of England. The line was founded by the second son of Henry III, Edmund Crouchback, 1245–96, who was created earl of Lancaster in 1267. Earlie...Lords, House of
(Encyclopedia)Lords, House of: see Parliament. ...Hanover, house of
(Encyclopedia)Hanover, house of, ruling dynasty of Hanover (see Hanover, province), which was descended from the Guelphs and which in 1714 acceded to the British throne in the person of George I. George was the gra...House of Lords
(Encyclopedia)House of Lords: see Parliament.House of Representatives
(Encyclopedia)House of Representatives: see Congress of the United States. ...Aragón, house of
(Encyclopedia)Aragón, house of, family that ruled in Aragón, Catalonia, Majorca, Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, Athens, and other territories in the Middle Ages. It was descended from Ramiro I of Aragón (1035–63), ...Savoy, house of
(Encyclopedia)Savoy, house of, dynasty of Western Europe that ruled Savoy and Piedmont from the 11th cent., the kingdom of Sicily from 1714 to 1718, the kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the kingdom of Ita...Representatives, House of
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