listofnoblefamilies in Modern Belgium with additions of former houses. Currently, the Belgian crown recognizes (in ascending order) thetitlesof jonkheer...
immediate families were recognised as noble. Apart from the hierarchy ofnobletitles, in England rising through baron, viscount, earl, and marquess to duke...
the recipient of a communication, or to recognize an attribute such as: Imperial, royal and noble ranks Academic degree Social titles, prevalent among...
the 9th century in which such titles came to be private possessions ofnoblefamilies. By virtue of their large estates, many counts could pass the title...
This is a listof contemporary (20th- or 21st-century) show business families. Adams-Beaver Actor Don Adams was the father of actress Cecily Adams. Cecily...
abdicate. The Duke of Yansheng nobletitle was granted to the descendants of Confucius. In 1935, the Nationalist Government changed thetitle to Sacrificial...
certain feudal families in the Empire and thetitle came to be borne by rulers of some Imperial principalities until the abolition ofthe Empire in 1806...
pontifical nobletitles are within the personal gift ofthe pontiff, and are not recorded in the Official Acts ofthe Holy See. The Roman heritage ofthe papacy...
Later, the role ofthe alcaide became an honorary title awarded by the King of Portugal to certain nobles. As the honorary holder ofthe office of alcaide...
of Polish król ("king"), and the Russian emperor assumed thetitle "tsar of Poland". Among the indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Muslims ofthe Volga...
it became the fashion from the 17th century for the heirs apparent ofthe leading ducal families to assume a princely title, associated with a seigneurie...
genterie, from gentil, "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. Gentry, in its widest...
ended, withthetitle 4th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland going to his third cousin, John Campbell, 1st Marquessof Breadalbane. The 1st Marquess went on...
of high birth (such as from a reigning, deposed or mediatised dynasty) and a woman of lesser status (such as a daughter of a low-ranked noblefamily or...
hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. In status, a grand duke traditionally ranks in order of precedence...
Princess Alice of Battenberg never used the Mountbatten surname nor did she assume the courtesy title as a daughter of a British marquess, since she had...
Viscountcy of Wellington (see below). He was later, in 1814, created Marquess Douro as the subsidiary title granted to him withthe Dukedom of Wellington...
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