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Burial sites of French noble families (19 C) Noble families of the First French Empire (5 C) A. House of Albert (1 C, 27 P) House of Albon (3 P) House of Albret (1 C ...
List of governors of Languedoc; List of consorts of Elbeuf; List of French marquesses; List of lords and counts of Hanau; List of lords of Bouillon; List of lords of Chantilly; List of nobles and magnates of France in the 13th century; List of rulers of Frisia; List of lords of Mailly
Royal family: extinct 1376: for Philip, son of King Philip VI: Count of Nevers: 1347: Royal family, Flanders: extinct 1383: for Marguerite, daughter of King Philip V: Reign of John II (22 August 1350 - 8 April 1364) Count of Mantes: 1353: Évreux (Royal family) exchanged 1404 Count of Beaumont-le-Roger: 1354: Évreux (Royal family) exchanged ...
Sources differ about the actual number of French families of noble origin, but agree that it was proportionally among the smallest noble classes in Europe. For the year 1789, French historian François Bluche gives a figure of 140,000 nobles (9,000 noble families) and states that about 5% of nobles could claim descent from feudal nobility ...
French nobleman [31] Samuel Odulana Odungade I: 1914–2016: 101: Nigerian royal, Olubadan of Ibadan [32] Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne: 1901–2002: 100: British peer [33] Mehrdad Pahlbod: 1917–2018: 101: Iranian royal and politician [34] Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn: 1865–1967: 101: British peer and Justice of ...
It includes noble, politically important, and royal families as well as fictional families and thematic diagrams. This list is organized according to alphabetical order. This list is organized according to alphabetical order.
Some families accumulated peerages, and in 1723, 38 families had 52 peerages. From the 17th century the peerage was conferred only to dukes. In 1789, there were 43 peers of which 6 were princes of the blood. Peerage was normally hereditary in the male line, though the king could extend it to the female line and even to the collateral lines.
Many noble houses (such as the Houses of York and Lancaster) have birthed dynasties and have historically been considered royal houses, but in a contemporary sense, these houses may lose this status when the dynasty ends and their familial relationship with the position of power is superseded. A royal house is a type of noble house, and they ...