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Pages in category "German noble families" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 238 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Deutscher Adelsrechtsausschuss, 'German Commission on Nobiliary Law' can decide matters such as lineage, legitimacy, and a person's right to bear a name of nobility, in accordance with codified nobiliary law as it existed prior to 1919. The Commission's rulings are generally non-binding for individuals and establish no rights or privileges ...
The list is an alphabetical overview of Bavarian nobility. It contains information about name variants, ancestry, extent and well-known personalities of the line. Where no coat of arms is available, the file position from Siebmacher's 1605 Book of Coats of Arms is given as follows: page number of the coat of arms plate and position of the coat ...
German nobility can be classified three ways: by noble rank of title (Graf, Ritter, Baron, etc.), by the region of titular domain or possession, or by family lineage (for example House of Wittelsbach). Categorization ideally reflects all three aspects. Since 1919 nobility is no longer legally recognized.
Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix ( von , zu , etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names ( Helmuth James Graf von ...
This rank may or may not be hereditary. Since 1919 nobility is no longer legally recognized. Noble titles and designations were not abolished in Germany, however, and have been commonly retained as part of the family name.
Directory of Nobility (German: Adelskalender) is a comprehensive directory of the nobility of a country or area. The best known such directory is the German Almanach de Gotha ("The Gotha") and its successor, the Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels .
A. Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen; Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein; Adolph I, Duke of Cleves; Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Agnes of Cleves