The Council of Nobility (French: Conseil de noblesse, Dutch: Raad van Adel) offers counsel to the King of the Belgians regarding all matters pertaining...

often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial...

. The nobility are currently regulated by the Nobility Act, passed into law on 1 August 1994, and is overseen by the High Council of Nobility [nl], an...

nobility ranked immediately after royalty and was itself subdivided into a number of subcategories which included the titled nobility and nobility of...

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...

Council of Nobility), an official state institution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Before 1814, the history of nobility was separate for each of the...

The Lithuanian nobility or szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: bajorija, šlėkta, Polish: szlachta Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego) was...

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

consisted of the Russian nobility and gentry. United Nobility was one of several landowners' organisations which were established in the wake of the Russian...

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

exercise of one's office, in the councils and in the entire area of Saint Mark's Square. Alongside this political aspect, however, the Venetian nobility had...

privileged class of families eligible to Great Council membership. Since 1731 the Sovereign prohibits the use of titles of nobility conferred by foreign...

associated with the nobility and the highest-ranking officials were known as barons of the realm. Only those who owned allods – lands free of obligations –...

The black nobility or black aristocracy (Italian: nobiltà nera, aristocrazia nera) are Roman aristocratic families who sided with the Papacy under Pope...

Austria's system of nobility was very similar to that of Germany (see German nobility), as both countries were previously part of the Holy Roman Empire...

bestowed titles that were recognized as a new nobility by the Charter of 4 June 1814 granted by King Louis XVIII of France. From 1814 to 1848 (Bourbon Restoration...

purpose in the Flemish Community and the Council of Nobility (est. 1844) grants arms to the nobility in all of Belgium. Armoiries de personnes physiques...

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

The papal nobility are the aristocracy of the Holy See, composed of persons holding titles bestowed by the Pope. From the Middle Ages into the nineteenth...

is heritable) a higher class of untitled nobility, which was formed for descendants of members of the Royal Council of Sweden and in 1778 came to include...

The Armenian nobility (Armenian: Հայ ազնվականություն, romanized: hay aznvakanutyun) was a class of persons which enjoyed certain privileges relative to...

Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is...

the heraldry of the nobility is regulated by the private High Council of Nobility. However, two kings of arms and two or four heralds of arms have figured...

nobility is managed by the Council of Nobility which maintains a register of arms. Dutch civic heraldry is regulated by the High Council of Nobility (Dutch:...

legal power as members of the Council of the Realm, made the nobility remarkably independent from the king. At its height, the council had the power to recognise...

The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes...

Samogitian nobility was nobility originating in the Lithuanian region of Samogitia. The Samogitian nobility was an integral part of Lithuanian nobility. Historically...

the Assembly of Nobility, Marshals of Nobility also chaired several local boards including the council of Justices of the peace, local education boards...

əˈbliːʒ/; French: [la nɔblɛs ɔbliʒ] ; literally "nobility obliges") is a French expression that means that nobility extends beyond mere entitlement, requiring...

than titles of nobility, by the State. The Constitution is also silent as to untitled nobility. The Government acknowledges titles of nobility that have...