Ennoblement is the conferring of nobility—the induction of an individual into the noble class. Currently only a few kingdoms still grant nobility to people;...

their father's titles. It was a custom in China for the new dynasty to ennoble and enfeoff a member of the dynasty which they overthrew with a title of...

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised...

nobility documented the legal act of ennoblement (granting rights of a nobleman to a "new man" and his family). The ennoblement was an event of ultimate importance...

final years of the late 18th century). Types of ennoblement: Adopcja herbowa – The "old way" of ennoblement, popular in the 14th century, connected with...

Coat of arms of Ludwig von Mises's great-grandfather, Mayer Rachmiel Mises, awarded upon his 1881 ennoblement by Franz Joseph I of Austria....

pagan Polish. Lot of families were later legally adopted into the clan or ennobled with this coat of arms, some misattributed to the clan by similarity of...

from cavalry officer Lieutenant Nils Gunnarsson Haal (died 1680 or 1681), ennobled in 1652 with a change of name to "Gyllenhaal". The name "Gyllenhaal" originated...

on jurisdiction and circumstances it can be seen as either an act of ennoblement or a confirmation of nobility. Thus, along with Belgium and Spain, the...

Count Peder Griffenfeld (before ennoblement Peder Schumacher) (24 August 1635 – 12 March 1699) was a Danish statesman and royal favourite. He became the...

granted to Juźwikiewicz brothers in 1777 Lesieniewicz – variation from an ennoblement in 1739, mentioned in Małorossijskim Gierbovniku. Ryks - variation from...

Janina (the eponyms of the clan) or legally adopted into the clan upon ennoblement. Janina is the only coat of arms represented on the sky as constellation...

of its members still live there today. Two members of this family were ennobled in the 20th century by the king of Belgium. in 1930: Concession of nobility...

during colonial times. In 1738 Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, later ennobled as 1st Marquis of Pombal, began a career as the Portuguese Ambassador in...

Belgian and received in 1845 in Belgium a confirmation of nobility and an ennoblement as needed. The surviving branch received the title of knight in 1845...

8 June 1737, King Frederick William I of Prussia ennobled Thellusson and his wife. The ennoblement was recognized in France, by letters patent given...

were occasionally ennobled until the country's defeat in the Second World War in 1945 (新華族, shin kazoku, lit. "the newly ennobled"). The system was abolished...

Supporters: a bear to the dexter and a wolf to the sinister. Before the ennoblement, Joachim Gyldenkrantz used the Geelmuyden arms, which display on a green...

'Saszor' [Szaszor], later 'Orla', and subsequently conferred on the ennoblement of several individuals. Orla is one of the oldest Polish coats of arms...

The Weber family is the name of a| Catholic German noble family from Bavaria. Originating in Upper Franconia, the male line originates with Friedrich Weber...

Emperor Gong of Song (2 November 1271 – 1323), personal name Zhao Xian, was the 16th emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the seventh emperor of the...

Class of the Royal Order of the Crown, 18 January 1880 (Prussia) 1885 Ennoblement by Kaiser Wilhelm I, King of Prussia Commander's Cross and Star of the...

Gryfita-Świebodzic family as well as families connected with the Clan by adoption at ennoblement or even by error. Leszek III, legendary Prince of Poland, 805?, had 14...

in 1910, also known as Prince George of Wales from birth in 1865 to ennoblement as Duke of York in 1892 Prince George of Wales may refer to: Prince George...

Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC, KC (born 19 November 1951) is a British Labour politician, peer and barrister who served as Lord...

The House of Lichnowsky or House of Lichnovský is the name of an influential Czech aristocratic family of Silesian and Moravian origin, documented since...

democrat—an enemy of artificial hierarchy, a friend to trade and business as ennobling and enabling, and an American counterpart to Mill, Cobden, and Bright"...

1988 when he began to host Start the Week on BBC Radio 4. After his ennoblement in 1998, he switched to presenting the new In Our Time, an academic discussion...

Hohenheim, received personal ennoblement from the King of Württemberg. Werner's nephew Georg, co-founder of Deutsche Bank, was ennobled by Wilhelm II, German...

Norwegian noble family dating from the ennoblement of Lauritz Galtung in 1648. However, when he was ennobled, documents indicated the family descended...