Nobility

The nobility represents, or has represented, the higher stratum of a society in which social classes can be distinguished. The most distinctive feature of nobilty is that once acquired, it is passed to descendants, possibly according to some rules. The word "noble" in "nobility" also means "doing an act worthy of respect" to people.

External links

• European Noble, Princely, Royal, and Imperial Titles
• Feudal Hierarchy (scroll down)
• A Glossary of Titles in 35 Languages
• The German nobility
• The Armenian nobility
• The Maltese Nobility and its ilks.
• Italian dynasties GENEALOGIE DELLE DINASTIE ITALIANE (in Italian, with an introduction in English)
• WW-Person, an on-line database of European noble genealogy
• Paul Theroff's An Online Gotha
• Genealogics, an extensive database of European nobles
• Worldroots, a selection of art and genealogy of European nobility