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Briefadel (in German;
pronounced [ˈbʁiːfʔaːdl̩]) or
brevadel (in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) are
persons and
families who have been
ennobled by letters...
- be
traced to the 14th
century or earlier. The word
stands opposed to
Briefadel, a term used for
titles of
nobility created in the
early modern period...
- sovereign's realm.
Noble rank was
usually granted to men by
letters patent (see
Briefadel),
whereas women were
members of
nobility by
descent or by
marriage to...
- [ˈtuːɐ̯n ʔʊnt ˈtaksɪs]) is a
family of
German nobility that is part of the
Briefadel. It was a key
player in the
postal services in
Europe during the 16th...
-
intermarrying the newcomers, the
briefadel. At an extreme, in the 19th
century Austrian "old"
aristocracy did not
mingle with
briefadel at all, this was helped...
- coronet.
Families which had been
ennobled at a
definite point in time (
Briefadel or "nobility by patent") had
seven points on
their coronet.
These families...
-
acquired it
through such a
donation (cf. the
distinction between Uradel and
Briefadel in the Holy
Roman Empire and in its
feudal successor regimes). During...
- his suzerain, or the age of the
princely family (note the
terms Uradel,
Briefadel, altfürstliche, neufürstliche; and see
German nobility). The Fürst (Prince)...
- The Von Pohl is the name of the
briefadel family, part of the
recent German nobility. Hugo von Pohl (1855–1916),
German admiral Maximilian Ritter von...
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Olfers family or von
Olfers is a
German noble family,
belonging to the
briefadel,
originated from Prince-Bishopric of Münster. The
family was
first ennobled...
