Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary — The front page of the Tripartitum, the law book summarizing the privileges of the nobility in the kingdom The origin of the nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary can be traced to the Magyar conquest of Pannonia in the 9th century, and it developed… … Wikipedia
Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… … Wikipedia
Landed gentry — Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748 49) is a painting by British artist Thomas Gainsborough depicting members of the landed gentry. National Gallery, London. Landed gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live… … Wikipedia
Landed gentry — Als Landed Gentry (engl. „Landadel“) bezeichnet man seit dem 16. Jahrhundert in England eine nicht genau abgegrenzte Schicht des gehobenen Bürgertums und niederen Adels im Gegensatz zum höheren Adel (Peers oder Nobility), zu der vor allem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
landed — [[t]læ̱ndɪd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Landed means owning or including a large amount of land, especially land that has belonged to the same family for several generations. Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry. ...the erosion of the… … English dictionary
landed — land|ed [ˈlændıd] adj [only before noun] 1.) landed gentry/family/nobility a family or group that has owned a lot of land for a long time 2.) including a lot of land ▪ landed estates … Dictionary of contemporary English
landed — adjective (only before noun) 1 landed gentry/family/nobility a family or group that has owned a lot of land for a long time 2 including a lot of land: landed estates … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Upper nobility (Kingdom of Hungary) — NOTOC The upper nobility ( hu. főnemesség, la. barones) was the highest stratum of the temporal society in the Kingdom of Hungary until the 20th century. In the course of the 11 15th centuries, only people who held specific high offices in the… … Wikipedia
Sicilian nobility — The Sicilian nobility was a privileged hereditary class in the Kingdom of Sicily, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Kingdom of Italy, whose origins may be traced to the 11th century CE. Contents 1 History 2 Modern history 3 See also … Wikipedia
British nobility — refers to the noble families of the United Kingdom. Contents 1 General History of British Nobility 2 Titles of Peerage 2.1 Dukes 2.2 Marquesses … Wikipedia
