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Ennoblement is the
conferring of nobility—the
induction of an
individual into the
noble class.
Currently only a few
kingdoms still grant nobility to people;...
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their father's titles. It was a
custom in
China for the new
dynasty to
ennoble and
enfeoff a
member of the
dynasty which they
overthrew with a
title of...
- were
occasionally ennobled until the country's
defeat in the
Second World War in 1945 (新華族, shin kazoku, lit. "the
newly ennobled"). The
system was abolished...
- from
cavalry officer Lieutenant Nils
Gunnarsson Haal (died 1680 or 1681),
ennobled in 1652 with a
change of name to "Gyllenhaal". The name "Gyllenhaal" originated...
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during colonial times. In 1738 Sebastião José de
Carvalho e Melo,
later ennobled as 1st
Marquis of Pombal,
began a
career as the
Portuguese Amb****ador in...
- The
House of
Lichnowsky or
House of Lichnovský is the name of an
influential Czech aristocratic family of
Silesian and
Moravian origin, do****ented since...
- Carl
Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10
January 1778), also
known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a
Swedish biologist and
physician who formalised...
- of its
members still live
there today. Two
members of this
family were
ennobled in the 20th
century by the king of Belgium. in 1930:
Concession of nobility...
- administration, the princes,
consorts of the
imperial princesses, and
ennobled relatives did
staff the
Imperial Clan Court,
which supervised the imperial...
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Janina (the
eponyms of the clan) or
legally adopted into the clan upon
ennoblement.
Janina is the only coat of arms
represented on the sky as constellation...
