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658:, 'German Commission on Nobiliary Law' can decide matters such as lineage, legitimacy, and a person's right to bear a name of nobility, in accordance with codified nobiliary law as it existed prior to 1919. The Commission's rulings are generally non-binding for individuals and establish no rights or privileges that German authorities or courts would have to consider or observe. However, they are binding for all German nobility associations recognized by 87:
rapidly growing national and regional civil service bureaucracies, as well as in the officer corps of the military. They acquired not only the technical skills but the necessary education in high prestige German universities that facilitated their success. Many became political leaders of new reform organizations such as agrarian leagues, and pressure groups. The Roman Catholic nobility played a major role in forming the new
766:, 'Non-Objection' results in the factual ennoblement of the recipient (even though the term is not applied), making Germany one of the few republics where it is still possible for non-nobles to join the ranks of the nobility even though there is no monarch who can ennoble anymore. However, dispensations are granted only in the most exceptional cases, as they infringe on the rights of a theoretical future monarch. 839:), grand dukes (Baden, Hesse and by Rhine, Luxembourg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg and Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach), reigning dukes (Anhalt, Brunswick, Schleswig-Holstein, Nassau, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen), and reigning princes (Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Liechtenstein, Lippe, Reuss, Schaumburg-Lippe, Schwarzburg, and Waldeck-Pyrmont). 1014: 549: 181: 407:
emerged following industrialization, marriages with commoners were becoming more widespread. However, with few exceptions, this did not apply to higher nobility, who largely continued to marry among themselves. Upwardly mobile German families typically followed marriage strategies involving men of lower rank marrying women of higher status who brought a major dowry.
310:("hereditary prince"))—along with any heir to a title of nobility inherited via primogeniture, and their wives—were permitted to incorporate those titles into elements of the personal surname. However, these titles became extinct upon their deaths, not being heritable. With the demise of all persons styled "crown prince" before 1918, the term 259:, widespread until the 18th century and colloquially retained in some dialects, was abolished in Germany with the introduction of officially registered invariable surnames by the late 19th century, former noble titles transformed into parts of the surname in 1919 continue to appear in female and male forms. 709:
In special cases, for example when a family is about to die out or when a daughter inherits the family estate and marries a commoner, the Adelsrechtsausschuss can grant a dispensation from Salic law, allowing for a one-time transfer of a noble surname contrary to nobiliary law, to a person considered
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Some impoverished nobles offered adoptions for money in the 20th century, and the adoptees adopts extensively themselves, creating a "flood" of fake nobility. A noble or noble-sounding surname does not convey nobility to those not born legitimately of a noble father, and these persons are not allowed
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In 1919, nobiliary particles and titles became part of the surname. Therefore, they can be transmitted according to civil law, for example from wife to husband, to illegitimate children and by way of adoption. The only difference to normal surnames is that noble surnames are deflected according to
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of 1794 spoke of marriage (and children) "to the right hand". This excluded marriages with women of the lower social classes, but did not mean a woman had to come from nobility herself. Especially towards the end of the 19th century and beyond, when a new upper class of wealthy common people had
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When a person is granted a dispensation by the Adelsrechtsausschuss, he becomes the progenitor of a new noble family, which consists of all of his legitimate male-line descendants in accordance with nobiliary law. They are considered equal to nobles in all regards, and allowed to join nobility
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industrialists and businessmen who had no noble ancestors. The nobility flourished during the dramatic industrialization and urbanization of Germany after 1850. Landowners modernized their estates, and oriented their business to an international market. Many younger sons were positioned in the
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Altogether abolished were titles of sovereigns, such as emperor/empress, king/queen, grand duke/grand duchess, etc. However, former titles shared and inherited by all members of the family were retained but incorporated into the surname. For instance, members of the former royal families of
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During the unification of Germany, mainly from 1866 to 1871, the states of Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (in 1850), Schleswig-Holstein and Nassau were absorbed into Prussia. The former ruling houses of these states were still considered
686:, 'non-noble name-carriers'. The inflation of fake nobility is one of the major concerns of the Adelsrechtsausschuss, and it is up to the commission to determine whether a person should be considered noble or non-noble. For instance, the German-American businessman 525:"), are also overlooked. Nobiliary particles are not capitalised unless they begin a sentence, and then they are usually skipped, unless this creates confusion. In this, the German language practice differs from Dutch in the Netherlands, where the particle 391:
Various organisations perpetuate the historical legacy of the former nobility, documenting genealogy, chronicling the history of noble families and sometimes declining to acknowledge persons who acquired noble surnames in ways impossible before 1919.
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particle can also hint to the split of a dynasty, as providing information on the adopted new home of one split-off branch: For instance, a senior branch owning and maybe even still residing at the place of the dynasty's origin might have been called
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of the Royal House of Prussia after yielding sovereignty to their royal kinsmen. The exiled heirs to Hanover and Nassau eventually regained sovereignty by being allowed to inherit, respectively, the crowns of Brunswick (1914) and Luxembourg (1890).
168:(1919–1934) and, contrary to Germany, the subsequent use and legal recognition of hereditary titles and aristocratic particles and use as part of surnames was banned. Today, Austrian nobility is no longer conferred by the Republic of 645:
Although nobility as a class is no longer recognised in Germany and enjoys no legal privileges, institutions exist that carry on the legal tradition of pre-1919 nobiliary law, which in Germany today is subsumed under
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The Adelsrechtsausschuss does not recognize ennoblements made by heads of formerly ruling houses, but the associations of the formerly ruling and mediatized houses of Germany send representatives to the commission.
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or "ancient nobility") were usually eventually recognised by a sovereign, confirming their entitlement to whatever legal privileges nobles enjoyed in that sovereign's realm. Noble rank was usually granted to men by
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When sorting noble—as well as non-noble—names in alphabetic sequence, any prepositions or (former) title are ignored. Name elements which have developed from honorary functions, such as
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Kaudelka-Hanisch, Karin. "The Titled Businessman: Prussian Commercial Councillors in the Rhineland and Westphalia during the Nineteenth Century", in David Blackbourn and Richard J. Evans, eds.,
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Many German states, however, required a marriage to a woman of elevated social status in order for a nobleman to pass on his titles and privileges to his children. In this respect, the
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In Germany, nobility and titles pertaining to it were recognised or bestowed upon individuals by emperors, kings and lesser ruling royalty, and were then inherited by the legitimate,
1167:) were borne by noble, non-reigning families. The vast majority of the German nobility, however, inherited no titles, and were usually distinguishable only by the nobiliary particle 835:; the heads of these families were entitled to be addressed by some form of "Majesty" or "Highness". These were the families of kings (Bavaria, Hanover, Prussia, Saxony, and 1957:, that German law on names does not recognise hereditary surname variants for heads of families distinct from the legal surname borne by other family members. (cf., N.N. 384:
only concerned the individual who had violated nobility codes of conduct. Their kin, spouse, and living children were not affected, but children born to a man after an
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are now inherited as part of the surname, and remain protected as private names under the laws. Whereas the title previously prefixed the given and surname (e.g.,
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on 11 August 1919, all Germans were declared equal before the law. an exceptional practice regarding surnames borne by former members of the nobility: whereas the
172:(1945–present), and the public or official use of noble titles as title or part of the surname, is a minor offence under Austrian law for Austrian citizens. 2126:, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1997, (=simultaneously: Wilhelmshaven, Fachhochsch., Diploma thesis), p. 137. 2547: 2190:, vol. 1: §§ 1–240, compiled by Kurt Herbert Johannsen, 12th, newly revised edition, Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 1982, § 12 (p. 54). 402: 2150:("Act on the abolition of the privileges of rank of the nobility and the dissolution of dynastic estates") of 23 June 1920 stipulated this in § 22 (cf. 2402:
Augustine, Dolores L. "Arriving in the upper class: the wealthy business elite of Wilhelmine Germany." in David Blackbourn and Richard J. Evans, eds.,
218:), whereas women were members of nobility by descent or by marriage to a nobleman. Nobility was inherited equally by all legitimate descendants in the 2349: 1918: 1923: 1948: 275:
In the cases of the former kings/queens of Saxony and WĂĽrttemberg, the ducal title borne by non-ruling cadets of their dynasties before 1919, or
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to join a nobility association. Persons who bear a noble or noble-sounding surname without belonging to the historical nobility according to
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had strict laws concerning proper conduct, employment, or marriage of nobles. Violating these laws could result in temporary or permanent
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The German Bourgeoisie: Essays on the Social History of the German Middle Class from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century
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The German Bourgeoisie: Essays on the Social History of the German Middle Class from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century
2288: 960:("High-born"). There were also some German noble families, especially in Austria, Prussia and Bavaria, whose heads bore the titles of 352:
German nobility was not simply distinguished by noble ranks and titles, but was also seen as a distinctive ethos. Title 9, §1 of the
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is usually capitalised when mentioned without preceding given names or initials, or from Dutch in Belgium, where the name particle
494:" ("of the", "in the", "at the"). Particularly between the late 18th and early 20th century when an increasing number of unlanded 2812: 2759: 1031: 977: 699: 566: 345:). However, the pre-1919 style sometimes continues in colloquial usage. In Austria, by contrast, not only were the privileges of 2645: 2540: 1212: 891:
In addition, the ruling families of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen were accorded the dynastic rights of a
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was not without controversy, and the concept was seen by some as an arbitrary distinction invented by the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Any dynasty who did not reign prior to 1918 but had held a specific title as heir to one of Germany's former thrones (e.g.,
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Nobility that held legal privileges until 1918 greater than those enjoyed by commoners, but less than those enjoyed by the
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indicates a family which is both named for and continues to own their original feudal holding or residence. However, the
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descendants of the ennobled person. Families that had been considered noble as early as pre-1400s Germany (i.e., the
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no longer exists as a legal surname element. Traditional titles exclusively used for unmarried noblewomen, such as
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German titles of nobility were usually inherited by all male-line descendants, although some descended by male
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form indicates the family's continued possession of the estate from which the surname is drawn. Therefore,
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Transfer or inheritance of estates to the recipient of the name, for example to the son of the daughter
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Most, but not all, surnames of the German nobility were preceded by or contained the preposition
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and both ended in 1919 when they were abolished, and legal status and privileges were revoked.
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Nobles and Nation in Central Europe: Free Imperial Knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750–1850
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Namenserwerb, Namensführung und Namensänderung unter Berücksichtigung von Namensbestandteilen
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This practice was confirmed in a judgement by the Reichsgericht on 10 March 1926 (published:
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Membership in organizations traditionally considered noble, such as certain chivalric orders.
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The politics of the Prussian nobility: The development of a conservative ideology, 1770–1848
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Gesetz über die Aufhebung der Standesvorrechte des Adels und die Auflösung der Hausvermögen
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Adelsbezeichnungen gelten nur als Teil des Namens und dĂĽrfen nicht mehr verliehen werden.
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Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria Marco d'Aviano Pius von und zu Liechtenstein
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Adapting to Modernity: Family, Caste & Capitalism among the Baltic German Nobility
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Several heirs filed suits against this regulation, but on 11 March 1966 the supreme
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also included the Empire's formerly quasi-sovereign families whose domains had been
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ruled, based on Art. 109 of the Weimar Constitution and an earlier decision of the
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within the German Confederation by 1815, yet preserved the legal right to continue
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furthermore, while a new, junior branch could then have adopted the style of, say,
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in the German Empire had a policy of expanding his political base by ennobling
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mit besonderer BerĂĽcksichtigung der Rechtsprechung des Reichsgerichts und des
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A family whose nobility dates back to at least the 14th century may be called
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Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871–1990
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in 1919 when Austria abolished all indicators of nobility in family names
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Commission d'information et de liaison des associations nobles d'Europe
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are permitted as part of the surname (e.g., the aristocratic particles
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families, but included a few dukes also of Belgian and Dutch origin (
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were commoners and did not inherit the father's former nobility.
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Cecil, Lamar. "The creation of nobles in Prussia, 1871–1918."
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Lamar Cecil, "The creation of nobles in Prussia, 1871–1918."
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abolished, but their titles and nobiliary particles as well.
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for the six deposed grand dukes (i.e., the former rulers of
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American Heritage Dictionary's Index of Indo-European Roots
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relative to other people under the laws and customs in the
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The following criteria are most important in such cases:
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In April 1919, Austrian nobility was abolished under the
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in their surnames. Higher-ranking noble families of the
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form indicates the family's place of origin, while the
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Status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe
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Today, German nobility is no longer conferred by the
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Virtuous personality and sufficient social standing
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Noble ancestors (for example mother or grandmother)
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Biological relation with the family giving the name
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Index

Hochadel
German
royalty
status groups
medieval society in Central Europe
privileges
German-speaking area
nobility
Holy Roman Empire
German Confederation
German Empire
Otto von Bismarck
nouveau riche
Centre Party
anti-Catholic
Kulturkampf
Conservative Party
Weimar Republic
Federal Republic of Germany
Hereditary titles
von
zu
Austrian nobility
Austrian Empire
Austria-Hungary
nobility
nobility in the Austrian Empire
Holy Roman Empire
First Austrian Republic
Austria

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