About GOTHA

GOTHA Directory is an independent, bilingual (EN/FR) directory of royal and noble houses, inspired by the historical Gotha tradition. It is not the Almanach de Gotha and is not affiliated with the Almanach de Gotha or any of its publishers.

Where the data comes from

People, houses and relationships come from Wikidata (CC0). Every fact links to the Wikidata item it came from. When Wikidata has no value, GOTHA shows it as unknown; nothing is guessed or inferred. Last data pull: 2026-11-01 15:50:07 UTC.

How the ranking works

The ranking is GOTHA's own editorial order of precedence, not an official one: title tier, then living members of currently reigning houses, then house category (reigning; formerly reigning / mediatised; other princely and ducal), then the line of succession as published by the courts, then birth year, name and Wikidata ID. Unknown values sort last. The default view lists living people (no death date, born 1910 or later); "All eras" applies the same order to everyone. Documented descendants remain a secondary column. How the ranking works.

Which houses are included

European houses recorded on Wikidata as noble families where at least one member held a monarch position, plus mediatized and princely houses as they are added. "Living" means no death date is recorded and the person was born in 1920 or later.

Corrections

The fastest fix is to correct the item on Wikidata; GOTHA picks it up on the next pull.