Royal Family Trees

Written by Trevor Dumbleton


If you are interested in genealogy or history, royal family trees are excellent illustrations ofrepparttar strange, convoluted, and always interesting tales of kings, queens and nobility. Take a look at a few them and you will be able to findrepparttar 110297 most remarkable tales with every line.

Thanks to bothrepparttar 110298 adequate resources andrepparttar 110299 bookkeeping available torepparttar 110300 nobility, royal family trees are amongrepparttar 110301 most complete, most accurate, and longest kept family trees inrepparttar 110302 world. The nobility is often very interested inrepparttar 110303 genealogy of its members, as it is important to figure out just who is noble and who is not. Once upon a time, it was assumed that those with royal blood were superior to those without, so a precise role of allrepparttar 110304 members ofrepparttar 110305 nobility was necessary to ensure that nothing was spoiled by mixing with those of inferior birth.

However, one ofrepparttar 110306 problems with that wasrepparttar 110307 fact that there was a very limited number of noble persons available. Thus, intermixing was a severe problem inrepparttar 110308 gene pool. So, when you look at a royal family tree, there will be lines that diverge, then suddenly meet up again a few generations downrepparttar 110309 road, when two distantly related, or sometimes not so distantly related people joined together and started creating new nobility. Thus,repparttar 110310 generations started having that many more congenital problems, simply because they were receiving several genes that weren't quite formed right and were being passed down with every generation, instead of being diluted by spreading them out amongstrepparttar 110311 general populace.

Coat of Arms

Written by Trevor Dumbleton


One ofrepparttar most enduring and beautiful pieces of family history isrepparttar 110296 coat of arms. These stunning pieces of artwork recallrepparttar 110297 days of chivalry and heraldry while they hearken back to ties torepparttar 110298 Old Country. For families who possess a coat of arms, it can take a place of pride inrepparttar 110299 home. Designed to be displayed for one and for all, these shield-shaped testaments to family history are often adorned with beasts ofrepparttar 110300 field and fanciful creatures about their perimeter. They are trulyrepparttar 110301 crowning touch to any family name.

The coat of arms was originally used inrepparttar 110302 days of knights, kings, and wars fought on horseback. Each knight would display a particular design, image, or pattern on his shield to identify himself amidstrepparttar 110303 anonymity of armor. Intended to inspire troops, strike fear inrepparttar 110304 hearts of foes, and furtherrepparttar 110305 name ofrepparttar 110306 bearer,repparttar 110307 coat of arms could tellrepparttar 110308 world which knight performed which feat of arms amidstrepparttar 110309 din of battle. Then, upon their return torepparttar 110310 halls of their lord, they could hang their shield byrepparttar 110311 door to inform all within which knights assembled at any given time.

However, as old forms of warfare gave way torepparttar 110312 musket, rifle, and cannon,repparttar 110313 coat of arms was not as necessary. Warfare became a method of regiments, not men. Thus,repparttar 110314 coat of arms had become obsolete in many ways. However, knighthood was still an honor conferred byrepparttar 110315 various crowns of Europe, just as it is in Britain today. Thus,repparttar 110316 coat of arms became simply a way of showing that a family was possessed of honored members.

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