From both his parents he was descended from Holstein-Gottorp, a house with a number of medieval Scandinavian royal dynasties among its ancestors.

By the medieval Chinese dynasties, the use of the dagger-axe was almost nonexistent.

By the medieval Chinese dynasties, with the decline of chariot warfare, the use of the dagger-axe was almost nonexistent.

The Paramara dynasty was an early medieval Indian dynasty who ruled over Malwa region in central India.

Thus this otherwise obscure kindred is central in the mythologies of most of the great medieval Irish dynasties.

He is said to have had thirty sons, but only ten of them had children; several medieval dynasties of Leinster traced their ancestors to them.

Van Amstel, a medieval dynasty which held the lordship of the Amstelland (the area around the Amstel river)

Despite their tributary origins, representatives of at least one Déisi population would eventually achieve spectacular success, founding a powerful medieval dynasty which is still in existence.

For specific medieval Muslim dynasties, see:

The Luitpoldings were a medieval dynasty which ruled the German stem duchy of Bavaria from some time in the late ninth century off and on until 985.