News, history articles, books, and links about kings and queens from around the world, past and present.

Lists all of the heads of state--emperors, kings, presidents, and prime ministers--dating back to 1700.

Short biographies, photographs, and background notes on twentieth century leaders whom the author considers heroes or killers.

Past and present rulers of the still existing states in the world.

Site about the last Mogul king of India and the Pakistani artist Abdul Rehman Chugtai, with biography and scanned images of paintings.

The official website of the Royal Family of Bourbon Two Sicilies describes the dynasty that reined over Southern Italy from 1734 to 1861.

The history of royal families worldwide, from . Royal History, Recent News, and Books. From Prince Charles and Princess Diana to China`s Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi.

News, Interviews and Pictorial Coverage on UK and Overseas Royals. The worlds biggest source for books/magazines on Princess Diana and Royal Families worldwide.

European royalty and how are people related. It also contains a special page for Maxima, and for Prince Laurent.

History and PDF genealogy of the Genoese family of the princes of Monaco.

Detailed site about Henri III of Navarre (1553-1610) who against the odds, became Henri IV of France, including profiles of contemporary figures and a bibliography.

Information on European monarchs through history with briefs on each consort, links and portraits.

Online catalog containing the names, reigns and genealogy of ruling families worldwide going back over 2500 years.

A directory of elected representatives from around the world.

Large collection of images of the works of the world`s best artists with biographies and historical comments. Sorted by alphabet, topic, movement, and nationality/country. Offers a newsletter, and archives are available.

Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.

A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1200-1700), currently containing over 6,500 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, and guided tours.

Information on 23,000 American artists including biographies, bodies of work, valuation and appraisal techniques, auction records, publications, and artists representatives as well as literature and museum information for American painters and sculptors.

Articles on women`s history, plus annotated links to some of the best resources on the Net on the subject, in more than 30 categories. From About.com.

Biographies and bibliographies of authors, searchable by alphabet or birthday.

Archived electronic texts indexed by author.

Authors freely post biographies, works, news, events and articles for readers to discover and read.