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Elizabeth Beers-Curtis, by marriage (Second French Empire); Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston, by marriage (United Kingdom); Henry Hathaway, by birth as Henri Léopold, Marquis de Fiennes (Kingdom of Belgium)
Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they ...
The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically hereditary and patrilineal.
British noble [17] Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan: 1887–1990: 102: Japanese imperial prince [18] Induratana Paribatra: 1922– 102: Thai princess Princess Isabelle of Salm-Salm: 1903–2009: 105: German Princess [19] Kunihide, Count Higashifushimi of Japan: 1910–2014: 103: Japanese prince, head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya [20]
Real-life people who falsely claimed to be Polish nobles include: Christoph Bienenfeld (Baron Hönig von Bienenfeld) [32] Roger de la Burde [33] Marek and Andrew Kasperski [34] Casimir Markievicz, who married the Irish leader Constance Gore-Booth. She continued to be known as "Countess Markievicz" [35]
Noble titles by country (37 C) Noblewomen by country (17 C) Princes by country (70 C) * Nobility by country and century (15 C, 1 P) A. Albanian nobility (14 C, 27 P)
The importance of this social body was such that every aspect of the Venetian noble's life was carefully monitored and regulated by the State, which took care to carefully verify all family ties and deeds necessary to prove the registration of the nobles into the Golden Book (Libro d'Oro), the register of nobles strictly guarded in the Doge's ...
Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 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, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden ...