The term magnate, from the late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus, "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs...

A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the creation or ownership of multiple...

The magnates of Poland and Lithuania (Polish: magnateria) were an aristocracy of Polish-Lithuanian nobility (szlachta) that existed in the Crown of the...

the German König. Also translated as Herzog (Duke). Daimyo title of powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords of medieval and early modern Japan. Duke (Herzog...

Sweden Education Stockholm University Occupation Business magnate Known for 36% owner of H&M Title Chairman, H&M Spouses Pamela Collett Carolyn Denise Florman...

(Korean: 정몽구; born March 19, 1938, in Kangwon Province) is a South Korean business magnate. He is the honorary chairman and former CEO of Hyundai Motor Group, Korea's...

Lenczewski, Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce, t. I, Warszawa 1997. List of szlachta List of Polish titled nobility Magnates of Poland and Lithuania...

better known as Robert Kuok, (born 6 October 1923) is a Malaysian business magnate, investor and philanthropist based in Hong Kong since 1973. According to...

list of Polish noble families with the title of Baron. List of szlachta List of Polish titled nobility Magnates of Poland and Lithuania Szymon Konarski...

Eastern Europe. Titles used by the higher nobility include vojvoda (general, duke), veliki župan, etc. Magnates with Byzantine court titles despot prince...

Serbian nobleman who served Emperor Stefan Uroš V (r. 1355–1371), with the title of čelnik. Musa married Dragana Lazarevic, the sister of Prince Lazar of...

was held by several of most powerful magnates (in Bosnia vlastelin) of the era, sometime along with an office title given to a person through service to...

the Lutheran faith. King Ferdinand I bestowed upon him the Hungarian magnate title, awarded him with the right of use of red sealing wax and donated him...

to be 'peers' of one another, and it became the norm to refer to these magnates as a 'peerage' during the reign of Edward II. Meanwhile the holders of...

Cyrillic: Младен; fl. 1323–26) was a Serbian magnate that served King Stefan Dečanski (r.  1322–1331), holding the titles of župan (count), and later vojvoda (general)...

similar to the peerage (e.g. Grandeeship, Imperial Diet, Hungarian House of Magnates) existed. During the 19th century, many of the smaller German and Italian...

Moldavian campaign may refer to: Moldavian Magnate Wars Moldavian campaign (1497–1499) Moldavian campaign of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky Moldavian campaign (1684–1691)...

was a title for the local magnate of the district around Paris in Carolingian times. After Hugh Capet was elected King of France in 987, the title merged...

Moldavian Magnate Wars, or Moldavian Ventures, refer to the period at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century when the magnates of...

or Vojvoda Vojin (Serbian: Војвода Војин; fl. 1322–1347) was a Serbian magnate (velikaš) and voivode (military commander equivalent to duke), who was...

fervent supporter of the Reformation. A staunchly anti-Habsburg, pro-Ottoman magnate who was a councilor and guardian of John Sigismund Zápolya (John II), he...

publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New...

April 1841, in Amsterdam – 17 May 1927, in Oslo) was a Norwegian shipping magnate, industrialist and philanthropist. He was the son of romantic painter Thomas...

see Kınalızâde Ali Çelebi Anton Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official Aşık Çelebi (1520–1572), Ottoman poet and...

August 1913, Cullinan, South Africa) was a Scottish-South African diamond magnate. He was the first General Manager of the Cullinan Premier Mine from 1903...

Mr. Rockefeller may refer to: John D. Rockefeller, American oil magnate "Mr. Rockefeller", a 1976 Bette Midler song from the Songs for the New Depression...

Chinese billionaire business magnate...

List of szlachta List of Polish titled nobility Magnates of Poland and Lithuania Karl Friedrich von Frank, Standeserhebungen und Gnadenakte für das Deutsche...

predstavnika (Festivities held in Buda in 1412 and the participation of Bosnian magnates)" (.pdf/.html). Spomenica Akademika Marka Šunjića (1927–1998), Filozofski...

Greek shipping magnate Alexander Onassis (1948–1973), son of Aristotle Onassis Christina Onassis (1950–1988), a Greek shipping magnate and daughter of...