Geneological Tables
| abd. | for abdicated |
| Abp. | " Archbishop |
| Adm. | " Administrator |
| Archd. | " Archduke |
| Archdss. | " Archduchess |
| b. | " born |
| Bp. | " Bishop |
| C. Ctss. | " Count, Countess |
| Capt. | " Captain |
| Card. | " Cardinal |
| Col. | " Colonel |
| Cons. | " Consort |
| cr. | " created |
| D. Dss. | " Duke, Duchess |
| dau. | " daughter |
| dep. | " deposed |
| div. | " divorced |
| Dow. | " Dowager |
| E. Ctss. | " Earl, Countess |
| El. | " Elector |
| Emp. | " Emperor |
| Empss. | " Empress |
| ex. | " executed |
| G. D. | " Grand Duke |
| Gen. | " General |
| Gov. | " Governor |
| K. | " King |
| Lgr. | " Landgrave |
| Lieut. | " Lieutenant |
| Lt.-Gen. | " Lieutenant-Général |
| Lt.-Gov. | " Lieutenant-Go vernor |
| M. | " Marquis or Margrave |
| morg. | " morganatic |
| Mss. | " Marchioness |
| murd. | " murdered |
| P. Pss. | " Prince, Princess |
| Pal. | " Palatine |
| Près. | " President |
| Q. | " Queen |
| ren. | " renounced claim |
| rest. | " restored |
| s. | " for son |
| Sec. | " for Secretary |
| s†.p. | " sine prole (i.e. legitima), only inserted when some importance attaches to the fact |
| Visct. | " Viscount |
| wid. wdr.r | " widow, widower |
| (1)(2)(3) |
if placed next to the name of a
person, signifies the ordinal among his or her marriages of that
noted in the table (e.g. Henry VIII(6) = (3)Cath.Parr). If placed above a name, (1) (2) indicates child of first or second marriage, 1,9 (ital.) above name indicates order of birth (used where this is altered in the order of printing, for the sake of convenience) |
| = | for married |
| † | " died |
| - | "4 generations (and so with other numbers) |
| - | " lapse of several generations, not specified |
| ↓ | descendants not here shown |
| ???? | " illegitimate |
| ( ) | enclosing title, signifies, in the Tables, that this was acquired after marriage ; enclosing a lower title, it means that this is the title generally used ; in the Lists, that the date of its acquisition was after that of appointment to the office in question |