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A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
Toggle Asia subsection ... 4.1.1 Aristocratic families. 4.1.2 ... and royal families as well as fictional families and thematic diagrams. This list is organized ...
This is a list of American citizens who have held titles of nobility from other countries. Nobility is not granted by the United States itself under the Title of Nobility Clause of the Constitution .
The American diaspora includes multiple instances in which United States citizens have emigrated after marrying members of international noble or royal families. American citizens born in the United States
Lee family, political family of Colonial Virginia and Maryland Roosevelt family , from the old stock Knickerbocker settlers [ 14 ] [ 17 ] Washington family , family of George Washington, commanding general of the Continental Army, first president of the United States, the man who would not be king [ 14 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ]
Alemannisch; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Brezhoneg
The Gondi family of Florence, financial partners of the Medici family in the 15th century. The Fugger family of mercantile bankers and venture capitalists, the richest family in the 16th century. [63] The Welser family, alongside the Fugger one of the most important families of merchant bankers in 16th-century Europe.
In Germany, the constitution of the Weimar Republic in 1919 ceased to accord privileges to members of dynastic and noble families. Their titles henceforth became legal parts of the family name, and traditional forms of address (e.g., "Hoheit" or "Durchlaucht") ceased to be accorded to them by