My name is Hein Bruins and I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Genealogy is one of my many hobbies, along with travelling, practicing sports, going to the theatre or a museum and sozializing with my friends. I grew up on a cattle-farm in Groningen in the north of my country and I am working in the tourist industry and in the film and TV industry.
I started to be interested in royal genealogy at primary school when I saw a family-tree of the House of Orange, the Dutch royal family, in my history-book. Since those days I have collected quite a lot of information about European royalty and nobility. I am glad to finally be able to share my findings with other people. I don't claim that my genealogical charts are totally complete and up to date. Therefore I welcome critical notes, suggestions, adjustments, additions, questions and information about recent developments at my e-mail-address. I will regularly up-date my pages and add new ones.
My sources include:
Almanach de Gotha (old version)
Almanach de Gotha (new version)
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch
Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
Genealogisches Handbuch des in Bayern Immatrikulierten Adels
Le Gotha Français (by Hubert Cuny and Nicole Dreneau)
Les Ducs Français (by Ghislain Crassard)
Europäische Stammtafeln
Matrilineal Descents of the European Royalty (by William Addams Reitwiesner)
Bernadotte-ättlingar (by Ted Rosvall)
The Book of Kings - A Royal Genealogy (by Arnold McNaughton)
The Royal House of Stuart (by A.C.Addington)
The Descendants of Louis XIII (by Daniel Willis)
The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain (by Daniel Willis)
Une Dynastie Mythique: Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (by Georges Dufoux)
La Descendance de François-Joseph Ier Empereur d'Autriche (by Jacques and Nelly Parisot)
La Descendance de Louis Philippe Ier, Roi des Français (by Daniel Manach)
Werner Adolph Freiherr von Haxthausen (1744-1823) - Inspirator des Bökendorfer Romantikerkreises und seine Nachkommen
(by Wilderich Freiherr Droste zu Hülshoff and Sibren Verhelst)
Debrett's Peerage
Burke's Peerage
Burke's Guide to the Royal Family
Burke's Royal Families of the World
État Présent de la Noblesse Belge
Gotha News (by Jan-Willem Wilschut)
CEDRE (by Jean-Fred Tourtchine)
Royal Book News (by Marlene Eilers Koenig)
Connaught - A Royal Family Album (by Robert Golden)
Deutsches Adelsblatt
The website of Alt.Talk.Royalty
The website of Royauté
The websites of William Addams Reitwiesner, Paul Theroff, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra, Verena Denzer, Henri van Oene and others (see my links page)
The international press
The e-mails and letters of many nice people from across the world
I consider most of my sources extremely reliable, but once in a while little bits of (partial) misinformation appear on my site. I apologize for that! I do my best, but I am not a professional historian or journalist, just a simple hobbyist! Please correct me if necessary.
This site was started in March 1999.
My e-mail address: heinmail@telfort.nl
Last update on 12 December 2024.
Copyright Hein Bruins
Descendants of King Willem I of the Netherlands
Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark
Descendants of King Louis Philippe I of the French
Descendants of German Emperor Wilhelm I
Descendants of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
Descendants of Grand Duke Karl of Baden
Descendants of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden
Descendants of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Descendants of Archduke Karl of Austria, Duke of Teschen
Descendants of Archduke Johann of Austria
Descendants of Princess Julie von Battenberg
Descendants of Queen Victoria's siblings
Descendants of Prince Honore III of Monaco
Descendants of King Alfonso XII of Spain
Descendants of Duke Carlo III of Parma
Descendants of Count Karl of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Descendants of Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss of Greiz
Descendants of Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg
Descendants of King Maximilian I Josef of Bavaria
Descendants of Prince Christian Heinrich of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Charlotte of Leiningen-Westerburg
Descendants of Prince Karl of Auersperg
Descendants of August von Amsberg
Descendants of Baron Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Descendants of Ernst von Cramm
Descendants of Franz von Cramm
Descendants of Count Felice Rignon
Descendants of Théodore Mosselman du Chenoy
Descendants of Prince Ladislaw Sapieha-Kodenski
Descendants of Baron Jacques Albert d'Udekem d'Acoz
Descendants of Ridder Eugène van Outryve d'Ydewalle
Descendants of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Descendants of Wilhelm von Oswald and Emmy Spaeter
Descendants of Willem Bentinck and Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg
Descendants of August Thyssen and Hedwig Pelzer
Descendants of Giovanni Agnelli and Clara Boselli
Descendants of Franz Edler von Steinhart and Maria Martin
Descendants of Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum and Countess Marie Thйrиse de Thiennes, Leyenburg et de Rumbeke
Descendants of Otto von Bismarck and Johanna von Puttkamer
Descendants of Prince Clemens Wenzel of Metternich-Winneburg
Descendants of Joseph Fouché and Bonne-Jeanne Coiquaud
Descendants of Christian Ferdinand Siemens and Eleonore Deichmann
Descendants of Baron Raphael von Erlanger
Descendants of Pieter van Weezel and Agnetta Mijneschijn
Ancestors of Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
Ancestors of Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
Ancestors of Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel
Ancestors of Tjalling ten Cate
Ancestors of Anita van Eijk
Ancestors of Aimée Söhngen
Ancestors of Eva Valdez
Ancestors of Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart