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

gentry/minor nobility Baronets Knights Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy Phanariotes Croatian nobility Czech nobility Danish nobility Dutch nobility Finnish...

The minor or petty nobility is the lower nobility classes. Petty nobility in Finland is dated at least back to the 13th century and was formed by nobles...

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...

"Brown" represent any surname, regardless of gender. In regards to the nobility, Mary Brown represents a woman who married John Brown, while Jane Smith...

as title or part of the surname, is a minor offence under Austrian law for Austrian citizens. In Germany, nobility and titles pertaining to it were recognised...

The Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania or the Szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: bajorija, šlėkta, Polish: szlachta Wielkiego...

nobility") and the gentry as the nobilitas minor (Latin for "minor nobility"). Eventually, the terms nobility and gentry came to refer to completely separate...

became a cause célèbre. Elizabeth was known for her beauty but came from minor nobility with no great estates, and the marriage took place in secret. Edward...

The Swedish nobility (Swedish: Adeln or Ridderskapet och Adeln, Knighthood and Nobility) has historically been a legally and/or socially privileged class...

The nobility of Italy (Italian: Nobiltà italiana) comprised individuals and their families of the Italian Peninsula, and the islands linked with it, recognized...

chronicler. He was born in Picardy, most likely into a family of the minor nobility. In 1436 and later he held the office of lieutenant of the gavenier...

to a mere 1–3%. Most of the szlachta were "minor nobles" or smallholders. In Lithuania the minor nobility made up to 3/4 of the total szlachta population...

Florence. One of five brothers of a well-established Roman family of the minor nobility; his brother Giacomo was appointed papal Podestà of Orvieto and Foligno...

pedes, dulcissima Virgo Maria". The de Sales family were members of the minor nobility and devout Catholics, but St. Francis de Sales fell victim to the religious...

rarely used. "The Most Excellent" is sometimes given to members of the minor nobility, i.e. Viscounts and/or Barons. The Most Illustrious With the exception...

around 30 km south of Nantes, capital of the duchy, and he came from the minor nobility. A squire of the ducal household under John VI, he was highly favoured...

St. Patrick's Day of a given year. During this period, the major and minor nobility left their country residences and lived in Georgian mansions in places...

The Armenian nobility (Armenian: Հայ ազնվականություն) was a class of persons which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other members of society under...

Christian Borberg. His father was a physician and his mother's family were minor nobility in North Jutland. He graduated from the Metropolitan School in Copenhagen...