nobility

According to the Wikipedia entry for nobiliary particles, they are often not reliable indicators of noble rank, because in countries such as Germany ("von") and England ("de" and "of"), they were also used by non/nobles or 'commoners'. Can they even be called nobiliary particles in such cases...

So I'm writing an story revolving around a man who lived in Russia in 1916. I have done a few research, but I still feel like I need some clarity in a few areas: - When one is a member of State Duma, how do others address his occupation? Will simply calling him a 'politician' suffice? - Do...

How did the German army do so well relative to its citizen army opponents despite being led by an inherited aristocracy class where the primary qualification was to whom you are born to? Aren't armies led by an inherited aristocracy like the Junkers supposed to perform a lot worse than citizen...

How did the aristocracy continue to support themselves after the rise of the daimyos? They sort of fade out of the picture and they seem to be living in the same ole splendor but how did they maintain that lifestyle?

While reading a book on Prussian history, I recently came across the fact that nearly 55% of cultivable land in 18th century England was owned by landed nobility. This is much in contrast to the mere 20% and 15% in case of France and Russia respectively. What led the nobility in England to...

Last week I was asked by a work colleague about peasants killing their noble betters in British medieval times. This isn't my area of expertise, but my subsequent investigation reveals increasing legal action against the nobility, especially toward the latter end of the period, in order to...

I found it very weird, since Sweden is still a monarchy. We all know that UK and Spain grant titles for its extraordinary citizens that are very good in their fields of work like arts, sport, charity work, medicine, writers etc. Even my country which is a republic, grants medals for its...

There was a general in the Continental Army from New York and New Jersey named William Alexander, Lord Stirling. His father James Alexander had fled to America after participating in the Jacobite rebellion of Bonny Prince Charles. James Alexander did not attempt to claim his Scottish title Earl...

Hi everyone, I am currently researching the role of the nobility and fiefdom throughout medieval Europe. I have been using English and German sources, both books and articles. My professor has now asked me to do a presentation regarding the concept of nobility in medieval Europe...was it a...

what was Ethnic composition of Army of Maratha Empire and it's Nobility ? we all know that Muslim kingdoms of india invited large number of Turks, Arabs, Afghans and Iranians in india to form parts of it's Armies and Nobility. but this time i want to know about Hindu/Native Empire who Liberated...

I'd like to write a story set in high middle ages, approx. in 1220. during the Northern Crusades (mostly in Estonia). But after doing some research and thinking I encountered this difficulty... when I went to school (and it was long time ago), I read in our text-book that nobility looked down...

The question is already started on a French forum and I have to say a quite competent discussion: [MOD EDIT: Link removed] I started already a similar question on the small forum Res Historica but hadn't that much response because I think this matter is propably more for "insiders" in this...

Hello, guys! I had a rather open-ended question about life in Mongol high society during the mid-late 13th-century, after the death of Gengish Khan but before the (already split) Empire's effective collapse in the mid 14th century. While historic literature on the Mongol Empire has focused...

Just a thought I had in mind. How could the small Duchy of Normandy have enough manpower of nobles to populate all the lands in England and Wales, to control Sicily and southern Italy, as well as Cyprus, and to have large presence in the First Crusade. Not to mention owning lands in Aquitaine...

By both the Hindu and Muslim nobility. I heard hindus hated Akbar more than aurangzeb is this true?

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Louis XIV, the Sun King, certainly was the expoent of absolute monarchy in Europe, taking the throne after the civil war called The Fronde, during Cardinal Mazarin government. Louis, the Grand Condé, was one of the leaders in this rebellion, together with Gaston, Duke of Orléans. Condé was a...

It is certainly extremely interesting that most of the nobility in the territories which now make up Latvia and Estonia consisted of ethnic Germans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_nobility "The Baltic nobility was the privileged social class in the territories of today's Estonia and...

I'm working on a piece of fiction set in the Roman Empire. What would be an honorary title used when referring to a Roman noble? For example, in medieval England, a noble might be referred to as "my lord" or "sir" or "Your Grace." Did Ancient Rome have a noble class similar to Medieval Europe...

Mughal nobility was dominated by Iranis, Turanis, Rajputs, Afghans, Marathas, Deccani muslims, Sadaat-e-bara, Habshis etc. I went through the list of Mughal nobles in the book "Masir Ul Umara and to my surprise i didnt find any Punjabi muslims except for few Ghakkars. Note that Pakistanis...