Letter of nobility from 1755 to the Munthe af Morgenstierne family of the Danish and Norwegian nobility.Patent from Emperor Joseph II awarding the title of Imperial Count to Anton Schenk von Stauffenberg, 1785.
Briefadel (in German; pronounced[ˈbʁiːfʔaːdl̩]) or brevadel (in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) are persons and families who have been ennobled by letters patent. The oldest known such letters patent were issued in the middle of the 14th century, during the Late Middle Ages.
Briefadel can be contrasted with Uradel, whose nobility predates issuance of letters patent. The term dates to the early nineteenth century.[1]
^"Bref-adel". Svenska Akademiens Ordbok. 1922. spalt B 4195 band 5. adel som uppstått genom utfärdande af adelsbref, pappersadel; motsatt: urgammal adel, bördsadel.
Briefadel (in German; pronounced [ˈbʁiːfʔaːdl̩]) or brevadel (in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) are persons and families who have been ennobled by letters...
be traced to the 14th century or earlier. The word stands opposed to Briefadel, a term used for titles of nobility created in the early modern period...
sovereign's realm. Noble rank was usually granted to men by letters patent (see Briefadel), whereas women were members of nobility by descent or by marriage to...
[ˈtuːɐ̯n ʔʊnt ˈtaksɪs]) is a family of German nobility that is part of the Briefadel. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th...
coronet. Families which had been ennobled at a definite point in time (Briefadel or "nobility by patent") had seven points on their coronet. These families...
acquired it through such a donation (cf. the distinction between Uradel and Briefadel in the Holy Roman Empire and in its feudal successor regimes). During...
(since 1848), the untitled Uradel houses (since 1900) and the untitled Briefadel houses (since 1907). The series continued until 1944, but in 1939 its...
P.183 Adelslexikon Vol. VI, Limburg an der Lahn 1987 Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adligen Häuser - Alter Adel und Briefadel, Gotha 1927...
held by the Freiherren of Varsberg from 1576 Thurn und Taxis Barons Briefadel without territory, Freiherren from 1608, Counts from 1624, raised to Princely...
Gritzner's son, Dr. Erich Gritzner, was also a herald and a publicist. Briefadel in Preußen 1873 BAYERISCHES ADELS-REPERTORIUM DER LETZTEN DREI JAHRHUNDERTE...
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser. Alter Adel und Briefadel. Dreiundzwanzigster Jahrgang. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1931. pp. 349, 350...
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, Alter Adel und Briefadel 1928, Seite 727, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1928 Lothar Selke: Zur Erinnerung...
burgher class would only receive skartabellat (similar to the German Briefadel, or Letters patent), a specific form of institution and ennoblement introduced...
Anton Indermauer von Freifeld zu Strelburg was granted noble status as a briefadel in the Kingdom of Bavaria through letters patent from Maximilian I Joseph...
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