Nobility

The following pages deal with various aspects of nobility.

Although nobility is not my primary interest, I now have a number of pages touching upon the subject. This is not intended to be an exhaustive overview of nobility-related matters, however.

Contents

• FAQ on titles of nobility in Europe (by Mark Odegard)
• A glossary of of titles in 35 languages (by Alexander Kirschnig)
• Styles and precedence
• Specific countries
• France
• England
  (mainly a discussion of heraldic regulation, but discusses at length the legal nature of nobility and gentry in England)
• precedence and forms of address

Elsewhere on the Web

• Russian nobility by Timothy Boettger
  Timothy Boettger also provides genealogical services to research families of titled nobility
• Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung: veryt extensive site on German nobility
• The Polish Aristocracy by Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
• Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana - Circolo Giovanile: Italian nobility
• Corpo della Nobiltà Sammarinese: nobility of San Marino