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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these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded.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 ...
von – "of", "from"; often a sign of nobility, but also just a geographical term of the name originated of a location. zu - "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu, meaning the noble family still owns the place of naming
A noble or noble-sounding surname does not convey nobility to those not born legitimately of a noble father, and these persons are not allowed to join a nobility association. Persons who bear a noble or noble-sounding surname without belonging to the historical nobility according to Salic law are classified as Nichtadelige Namensträger , 'non ...
A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares 1217–1314. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. Chaplais, Pierre (1994). Piers Gaveston: Edward II's Adoptive Brother. Oxford: Clarendon. ISBN 0-19-820449-3. Cokayne, George (1910–1959). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom (New ed.). London ...
Wodehouse (surname) Wolfson family This page was last edited on 23 June 2024, at 18:11 (UTC). Text is ... Category: Noble families of the United Kingdom.
Portuguese surnames do not indicate nobility, as usually the same surnames exist in noble and non-noble families. The restriction to nobility and the clergy of bearing arms at the beginning of the 16th century, when king Manuel I extinguished the previous bourgeoisie armorial, usually shows someone to be noble if he or she bears personal or ...
Primary Title Current Seat Former Seats Duke of Hamilton: Lennoxlove House, East Lothian: Hamilton Palace, Brodick Castle, Dungavel House, Kinneil House, Cadzow Castle: Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
This category is for English gentry families, namely historically prominent English families, generally connected with the local administration of a particular county. They are regarded as the families of the minor nobility, as opposed to families which held an hereditary peerage, often regarded as the major nobility