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Pages in category "German noble families" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 239 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Today, German nobility is no longer conferred by the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present), and constitutionally the descendants of German noble families do not enjoy legal privileges. Hereditary titles are permitted as part of the surname (e.g., the aristocratic particles von and zu ), and these surnames can then be inherited by a ...
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.
List of Bavarian noble families; List of Württembergish royal consorts; List of lords and counts of Hanau; List of lords of Bouillon; List of electresses of the Palatinate; List of princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein; List of princes of Lüneburg; Lordship of Diepholz; List of monarchs of Luxembourg
This List of Bavarian noble families contains all 338 Bavarian aristocratic families named in 1605 by Siebmacher as well as further additions. The list is an alphabetical overview of Bavarian nobility. It contains information about name variants, ancestry, extent and well-known personalities of the line.
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
German noble families (178 C, 239 P) Political families of Germany (9 C, 4 P) A. Adlon family (7 P) B. Bach family (1 C, 37 P) Bechstein family (6 P) Beethoven family ...
The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918. It shows how almost every single ruler of Germany was related to every other by marriages, and hence they can all be put into a single tree.