Who are the 'Black Nobility'? Found this link and thought it interesting in the 'family bloodlines' vein. http://themillenniumreport.com/2018/01/60993/   I'm not vouching for it's content or for the website. The “Black Nobility” are/were the oligarchic families of Venice and Genoa, Italy, who in the 12th century held the privileged trading rights (monopolies). The first of three crusades, from 1063 to 1123, established the power of the Venetian Black Nobility and solidified the power of the wealthy ruling class. The Black Nobility earned its title through dirty tricks, so when the population revolted against the monopolies in government, as anywhere else (aren’t we), the leaders of the uprising were quickly seized and brutally hanged. The Black Nobility uses secret assassinations, murder, blackmail, the bankrupting of opposing citizens or companies, kidnapping, rape and so on… hence their name. Who are these families today? Well, the most important ones are: •  House of Bernadotte, Sweden •  House of Bourbon, France •  House of Braganza, Portugal •  House of Grimaldi, Monaco •  House of Guelph, Britain (the most important one) •  House of Habsburg, Austria •  House of Hanover, Germany (the second most important one) •  House of Hohenzollern, Germany •  House of Karadjordjevic, Yugoslavia (former) •  House of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein •  House of Nassau, Luxembourg •  House of Oldenburg, Denmark •  House of Orange, Netherlands •  House of Savoy, Italy •  House of Wettin, Belgium •  House of Wittelsbach, Germany •  House of Württemberg, Germany •  House of Zogu, Albania •  all the families you will find on the Windsor family tree All the families listed are connected with the House of Guelph, one of the original Black Nobility families of Venice, from which the House of Windsor and thus the present Queen of England, Elizabeth II, descends. The Guelphs are so intertwined with the German aristocracy through the House of Hanover that it would take several pages to mention all their connections. All (almost) European royal houses originate from the House of Hanover and thus from the House of Guelph — the Black Nobility. An example: the Hanoverian British King George I came from the Duchy of Luneburg, a part of Northern Germany, which had been governed by the Guelph family since the 12th century. Today the Guelphs (the Windsors) rule by dominating the raw materials market, and for years they have fixed the price of gold (a commodity they neither produce nor own). The House of Windsor also controls the price of copper, zinc, lead and tin. It is no accident that the principle commodity exchanges are located in London, England. Companies run by Black Nobility families are British Petroleum, Oppenheimer, Lonrho, Philbro and many many more.  (more info in article) I was digging around info regarding Wallis Simpson aka Duchess of Windsor, and was on the topic of Royal bloodlines etc. Posted research https://voat.co/v/QRSP/3009721