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The German nobility (deutscher Adel) ... Graf Kasimir von der Recke), the legal usage moves the former title to the surname (i.e., Kasimir Graf von der Recke ...
Graf (German pronunciation: ⓘ; feminine: Gräfin [ˈɡʁɛːfɪn] ⓘ) is a historical title of the German nobility and later also of the Russian nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks , the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of " earl " (whose female version is "countess").
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.
Hans Erwin Karl Ernst Martin Graf von Spreti-Weilbach (24 September 1908 – 30 June 1934) was a member of a German noble family who joined the Nazi Party.He rose to become an SA-Standartenführer in its paramilitary branch, the Sturmabteilung (SA).
Pages in category "20th-century German nobility" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. ... Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg;
The jurisdiction of a landgrave was a landgraviate (German: Landgrafschaft), and the wife of a landgrave or a female landgrave was known as a landgravine (from the German Landgräfin, Gräfin being the feminine form of Graf) The term was also used in the Carolinas (what is now North and South Carolina in the United States) during British rule ...
Counts of Luxburg (German Graf von Luxburg) in the 18th century also the family Girtanner of Luxburg, is originally the name of a St. Galler Council member that immigrated from Girtannerhof in the canton of Appenzell. The family became a Bavarian noble family in 1813.
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 .