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The Dutch nobility was a small elite social class consisting of individuals or families recognized as noble, and with or without a title of nobility in...

west of the Vlie) was not considered to be a part of Frisia anymore, and came to be known as Holland (present day provinces North and South Holland and...

House of Holland may refer to: The House of Holland (nobility), rulers of the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century...

area as it exists today (forming the modern provinces of North Holland and South Holland). Most of the territory was boggy and subject to constant flooding...

count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061. Floris was born in Vlaardingen. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis of Nordmark...

The Belgian nobility comprises Belgian individuals or families recognized as noble with or without a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Belgium. The Belgian...

The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry. The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping...

The German nobility (German: deutscher Adel) and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges...

recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies, but nobility also existed in such regimes as the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the Republic of Genoa...

(1266) and considered capable of administering Holland himself. Floris's mother, Elisabeth, continued to reside in Holland after her husband's death in...

Dutch nobility is regulated by act of law in the Wet op de adeldom (Law Regarding Nobility, passed into law on May 10, 1994) and is overseen by the Hoge...

Traditional rank amongst European imperiality, royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time...

of Venice's urban nobility, who elected the Doge of Venice, held political and military offices, and directly participated in the daily governing of the...

regent of Holland, in 1133 and was thereafter under the protection of the countesses of Holland. The abbey only accepted female members of the nobility as...

in the defeat of the French François de Créquy in 1675. He settled in Antwerp as a professed Jew. See list of British Jewish nobility and gentry Jacob...

Annunciation, situated in Egmond-Binnen, in the municipality of Bergen, in the Dutch province of North Holland. Founded in 920-925, and destroyed during the Reformation...

Antwerp) "the guardian"[citation needed] of Holland, son of Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210–1234) and Matilda of Brabant (ca. 1202-1267).[citation needed]...

The nobility of China represented the upper strata of aristocracy in premodern China, acting as the ruling class until c. 1000 CE, and remaining a significant...

: 287  The nobility was not very numerous in Holland, as Holland had never been very heavily feudalised. However, it still had a certain measure of prestige...

of the Dutch royal family, and since 1996 incorporated into the Dutch nobility (based upon the Dutch Nobility Act of 1994) with the style of "His Royal...