Definitions

1. Nobility is a traditional hereditary status (see hereditary titles) that exists today in many countries (mainly present or former monarchies).
2. Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see hereditary titles) or for a lifetime.
3. Nobility is a category contained within aristocracy, which is a term of wider application.
4. The nobility was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
5. Nobility is a personal status which is usually transmitted through the family bloodline.

King

1. Finally, after much debate, they decided to let the entire nobility of Poland decide who the king was to be.
2. He also promised that during travels of the royal court, the king and the court would pay for all expenses, instead of using facilities of local nobility.

Nobilities

1. The Spanish nobility started taking shape around the ninth century in classic military fashion, occupying land as warriors on horseback.
2. In an effort to shore up support for the monarchy, Emperor Franz Joseph began negotiations for a compromise with the Magyar nobility to ensure their support.
3. By the late 13th century, royal power had waned, and the nobility forced the king to grant a charter, considered Denmark's first constitution.
4. In an era of Absolutism, the nobility residing in the cities slowly turned itself into the court-nobility ( Hofadel).
5. Any favorite of a king might hope that one day he would be included in once very limited circle of the European titled nobility.

System

1. Its quasi- democratic political system of Golden Liberty, albeit limited to nobility was mostly unprecedented in the history of Europe.
2. The nobility is always linked with the seigneurial system, although only a tiny minority of nobles were actually seigneurs.
3. Austria's system of nobility is very similar to Germany 's system, as both countries were previously part of the Holy Roman Empire.
4. The szlachta (nobility) of Poland, far more numerous than in Western European countries, took pride in their freedoms and parliamentary system.

Nobility

1. The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility.
2. This article was originally balkanized into Ranks of nobility and peerage Titles of nobility and noble.
3. A German title of nobility, or a so-called adelstitel, represents a distinctive mark of the German historical aristocracy.
4. The nobility, a term which in time became synonymous with citizenship in Poland, did not necessarily imply ownership of land.
5. The nobility of a person might be either inherited or earned.

Szlachta

1. Most importantly, Polish nobility ( szlachta) could not be granted nobility titles by the Polish kings in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
2. This article lists important members of the szlachta (nobility) class of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by century and date of birth.
3. This article mostly lists the magnate class of szlachta (higher nobility), as they were the most prominent, famous and notable.

Title

1. In some Islamic countries, there are no definite nobility titles, but the closest to that are given the title Syed or Sayyid.
2. See also French nobility and List of French peerages.
3. The mother of Cypselus belonged to the house of the Bacchiadae, that is, to the Doric nobility of Corinth.
4. It was divided into three arms which corresponded to the three classes of nobility, the church and the people.
5. This was the only gradation in the ranks of the nobility who guarded jealously against the rise in station of anyone by reason of hereditary title.

Family

1. The families of the secular territorial rulers constituted the High Nobility (Hochadel).
2. The Buonaparte family were from minor Italian nobility who held most of their property in the hill town of San Miniato near Florence, Italy.
3. His family originated from Burgundy, and pertained also to the nobility of Lorraine and Luxembourg.
4. Napoleon had quite a normal youth with his brothers and sisters, in a quite wealthy family of the Corsican nobility, although his relatives were quite poor.

Feudal

1. Initially nobility descended from chivalry (or warrior class) in the feudal stage of the development of a society.
2. Countries without a feudal tradition do not have a nobility as such; various republics, including and Italy have expressly abolished titles of nobility.

Austrian Nobility

1. The Austrian nobility was divided up into two categories, the higher nobility ( hoher Adel), and the lower nobility ( niederer Adel).
2. Historically, the Austrian nobility ( German: --sterreichischer Adel) was a privileged social class in Austria.
3. As opposed to nobility in Bohemia, Poland, Russia, or the former Prussian territories, the Austrian nobility never had its lands and riches confiscated.

Titles

1. Duque) The highest grade of nobility, and sometimes a sovereign title.
2. None of these titles were hereditary, just like every other title in the Brazilian nobility system.
3. In some Islamic countries, there are no definite nobility titles, but the closest to that are given the title Syed or Sayyid.
4. This was the only gradation in the ranks of the nobility who guarded jealously against the rise in station of anyone by reason of hereditary title.
5. As manorial lordships were also opened to burgesses of certain privileged cities, not all landed gentry had a hereditary title of nobility.

Polish

1. Polish attire was influenced by Ottoman Empire dress, which spread from nobility to city dwellers and even peasants.
2. At the head of the nobility are the grandees of Spain of the first and the second class.
3. Polish baroque coexisted with Sarmatism, a cultural trend which gained popularity among the nobility ( szlachta).
4. The Polish nobility differed in many respects from the nobility of other countries.
5. In comparison, the Polish nobility was a "power elite" caste, not a social class.

Polish Nobility

1. The Polish nobility differed in many respects from the nobility of other countries.
2. Coats of arms were very important to the Polish nobility.
3. Most importantly, Polish nobility ( szlachta) could not be granted nobility titles by the Polish kings in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
4. Szlachta is the proper term to use for Polish nobility from around 15th century onwards.

Class

1. The nobility represents, or has represented, the highest stratum of a society that is ordered by class.
2. At the lowest level of the noble class was the Drobna Szlachta or minor nobility who represented almost half of the noble class.
3. This placed much of the monarch's juridical power in the hands of the elected szlachta deputies, further strengthening the nobility class.
4. They had a strong nobility or upper class, but these nobles were jealous of each other, and as a result, the country was torn apart by many warring factions.

Court

1. Le Tellier and Louvois had an important role to play in government, curbing the independent spirit of much of the nobility at Court and in the army.
2. In France, influential high bourgeois, most particularly the members of the parlements (courts of justice), obtained nobility titles from the King.

Article

1. This is the "Nobility" reference article from the English Wikipedia.
2. Now let me repeat my point once more, The title of the article is "Nobility".

Different

1. And all of these are different from the roles of a genuinely feudal nobility in, say, 1400.
2. And, as Kpalion points out, noble titles are different from the status of nobility itself.

Associated

1. However all the above is not universal; quite often nobility was associated only with social respect and certain social privileges.
2. Titles of nobility exist today in many countries although it is usually associated with present or former monarchies.

Formal

1. Members of the higher nobility were able to absorb the formal abolition more easily.
2. The county head, appointed by the king from the oligarchs (supreme nobility), was only the formal representative of the county.

Term

1. Warlord is the exact equivalent of the Dark Ages usage from which the term evolved into an hereditary caste of nobility: "Dux Bellorum".
2. Samurai (--- or ---, samurai?) was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan.
3. It shouldn't redirect here; it's a slang term for nobility rather than a proper synonym.
4. This article ought to discuss nobility in general, a term which applies to numerous societies throughout the world.

Japan

1. The nobility of a person might be either inherited or earned.
2. In Japan, the title of prince (k--shaku ------) was used as the highest title of kazoku ( ------ Japanese modern nobility) before the present constitution.
3. The principal-a was larger and more influential than the preconquest nobility, and it created and perpetuated an oligarchic system of local control.
4. Nobility in Eastern countries Medieval Japan developed a feudal system similar to the European system, where land was held in exchange for military service.

Elevation

1. The elevation into nobility also hastened the process of assimilation of Jewish families into the higher society.
2. Ex: Other authors may change their names, for instance, by marriage or elevation to the nobility.

Act

1. The word "noble" in "nobility" also means "doing an act worthy of respect" to people.
2. However the Act of Mielno (Polish: Przywilej mielnicki) of 25 October did more to strengthen the magnate dominated Senate of Poland then the lesser nobility.

Goethe

1. Goethe is conferred a title of nobility ("von Goethe"!) by Emperor Joseph II.
2. Goethe is visited by many personalities from Europe's nobility, among them the princes Karl August und Konstantin von Sachsen-Weimar.

Power

1. The constitution restricted the power of the Spanish monarch and did away with the special representation of the nobility and the church in parliament.
2. Once again the nobility attemped to reduce the power of the magnates with a law that made them impeachable before the Senate for malfeasance.

Belonged

1. A noble from Galicia, for example, could call himself a Polish noble, but he also rightfully belonged to the Austrian nobility.
2. The right to purchase real estate was forbidden to Jews, even if they belonged to the nobility.

Warriors

1. The Spanish nobility started taking shape around the ninth century in classic military fashion, occupying land as warriors on horseback.
2. Initially nobility descended from chivalry (or warrior class) in the feudal stage of the development of a society.

Regardless

1. Regardless, the nobility today are sometimes still treated slightly differently than ordinary citizens.
2. About 5% of Hungarian citizens were eligible to vote regardless to ethnicity (aka the nobility) wich was still amongst the highest number in its era.

Respect

1. In this respect, nobility is distinguished from the peerage: the latter can be passed to only a single member of the family.
2. In this respect, nobility is distinguished from British peerage: the latter can be passed to only a single member of the family.
3. In this respect, ''nobility'' is distinguished from British are a less formal means to refer to persons belonging to this social milieu.

Royalty

1. Traditional ranks among European royalty, peers, and nobility are rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
2. This article deals with titles of the nobility and royalty in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Landed

1. The Monarchs needed to assert their authority over the nobility and the clergy.
2. Landed nobility is a category of nobility in various countries over the history, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges.
3. Landed gentry is the landed nobility in the United Kingdom.

Documents

1. Some con artists also sell fake titles of nobility, often with impressive-looking documents to back them up.
2. In official Latin documents the old Commonwealth hereditary szlachta is referred to as "nobilitas" and is equivalent to the English nobility.

Without

1. Countries without a feudal tradition, such as the United States, do not have a nobility as such.
2. In addition, the King's right to raise taxes was abolished; no new taxes could be raised without the agreement of the nobility.

Noblesse

1. The old nobility of military origin, the noblesse d'--p--e ("sword nobility") became increasingly irritated by this newer noblesse de robe ("gown nobility").
2. Nobility was roughly divided into two classes: Noblesse de epee (of the Sword) - Knights; and, Noblesse de robe (of the Robe) - administrators.

Ages

1. The Middle Ages were dominated by the two upper echelons of the social structure: the nobility and the clergy.
2. The nobility arose in the late Middle Ages and existed through the 18th century and into the 19th.
3. It is interesting that even the nobility, with all their wealth and access to contemporary medicine, usually died at the ages of 40-50 at this time.

Ranks

1. This title had no place in the ranks of the nobility, but was notably use for dukes' heir apparent.
2. There is much more to nobility than ranks and styles.

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