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  2. List of French peerages - Wikipedia

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    For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the extinction of the peerage is not necessarily the same as that of the extinction of the title. For more on noble titles and distinctions, see French nobility.

  3. Baron - Wikipedia

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    The rest ceased to exist as feudal baronies by tenure, becoming baronies in free socage, that is to say under a "free" (hereditable) contract requiring payment of monetary rents. [ 9 ] Alfred, Lord Tennyson was the first person to become a baron, which, for him, entailed being "granted a barony and a seat in the House of Lords by the crown ...

  4. Feudal baron - Wikipedia

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    A feudal baron is a vassal holding a heritable fief called a barony, comprising a specific portion of land, granted by an overlord in return for allegiance and service. . Following the end of European feudalism, feudal baronies have largely been superseded by baronies held as a rank of nobility, without any attachment to

  5. French nobility - Wikipedia

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    The French nobility (French: la noblesse française) was an aristocratic social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during the French Revolution. From 1808 [ 1 ] to 1815 during the First Empire the Emperor Napoléon bestowed titles [ 2 ] that were recognized as a new nobility by the Charter of 4 June 1814 ...

  6. Category:French baronesses - Wikipedia

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    French baronesses by marriage (2 P) Pages in category "French baronesses" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect ...

  7. Peerage of France - Wikipedia

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    The French word pairie is equivalent to the English "peerage".The individual title, pair in French and "peer" in English, derives from the Latin par, "equal". It signifies those noblemen and prelates considered to be equal to the monarch in honour (even though they were his vassals), and it considers the monarch thus to be primus inter pares, or "first among equals".

  8. Baron of Abergeldie - Wikipedia

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    This sale marked the end of the Gordon family's direct ownership of the castle, but Gordon retains the title of Baron of Abergeldie. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In January 2016, the castle was threatened by rising flood waters from the River Dee, which washed away much of the land behind the building, leaving it on a precipice over the river, thus ...

  9. Nobles of the Robe - Wikipedia

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    Charles-Alexandre de Calonne by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1784), London, Royal Collection.Calonne is shown in the costume of his rank, noblesse de robe. Under the Ancien Régime of France, the Nobles of the Robe or Nobles of the Gown (French: noblesse de robe) were French aristocrats whose rank came from holding certain judicial or administrative posts.