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Recognition of Norwegian noble titles was gradually abolished by the Nobility Law of 1821. Persons who in 1821 possessed such titles were allowed to keep them for their lifetimes. There exists no law that prohibits private use of noble titles. Such privately adopted titles lack official recognition. Noble names enjoy no particular legal protection.
Mepe, მეფე, Georgian word for king and queen regnant. Eze, the Igbo word for the King or Ruler of a kingdom or city-state. It is cognate with Obi and Igwe. Oba, the Yoruba word for King or Ruler of a kingdom or city-state. It is used across all the traditional Yoruba lands, as well as by the Edo, throughout Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.
Different organisations are responsible for awarding the individual prizes; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics; the Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature; the Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace. [3]
Ennoblement is the conferring of nobility—the induction of an individual into the noble class. Currently only a few kingdoms still grant nobility to people; among them Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Vatican. Depending on time and region, various laws have governed who could be ennobled and how.
A hidalgo (Spanish noble) who wants to become a knight-errant and renames himself Don Quixote. Samwell Tarly: A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones: A son of Lord Randyll Tarly and Lady Melessa Florent. Vega: Street Fighter: A fighter who was born into a noble Spanish family. Onufry Zagłoba: The Trilogy: A lesser Polish noble.
New Slains Castle [2] Earl of Caithness: London: Ravenscraig Castle: Earl of Morton: Old Mansion House, Dalmahoy near Edinburgh: Aberdour Castle, Dalkeith House, Dalmahoy, Loch Leven Castle and Morton Castle: Earl of Rothes: Dorset: Ballinbreich Castle: Earl of Buchan: Newnham House, Hampshire: Almondell House, Midlothian and Lochindorb Castle ...
The rank of nobile had existed for centuries, used to denote either titled nobles (e.g., baron, count) or their cadets.In this connection, however, by 1800 many signori (lords of the manor) in Sicily and vassals in Piedmont were recognised as barons, whereas formerly they would have been simple nobili.
A noblewoman is a female member of the nobility.Noblewomen form a disparate group, which has evolved over time. Ennoblement of women has traditionally been a rare occurrence; the majority of noblewomen were linked to the nobility by either their father or their husband.