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Basque surnames (2,164 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Basque surnames are surnames with Basque-language origins or a long, identifiable tradition in the Basque Country. They can be divided into two main types

Johann Heinrich Tischbein (500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

For his mythology paintings his models were mostly members of the upper nobility. His father was Johann Tischbein (1682-1764), a baker; five of whose

Lord of the manor (4,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(for example, as a landlord). The title is not a peerage or title of upper nobility (although the holder of could also be peer) but was a relationship to

Jørgen Friis (1,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of administrative offices. Friis was a member of that small class of upper nobility whose had access to the highest positions in Denmark-Norway, including

Tripartitum (282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

equality of all nobles as against the claims of superiority of the upper nobility (magnates) and the onerous duties of serfs. A peasant revolt led by

Erlach family (2,164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cities in western Switzerland. Several family members received the upper nobility title "Reichsgraf". The Erlach family is first mentioned as a ministerialis

Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra (1,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

nobility or hidalgos and his appointment was resented by the grandees, the upper nobility who dominated government appointments. In 1677, he was removed from

List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (3,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

personam), and some jurists did not consider them to be part of the upper nobility (e.g., Pütter 1795, 143). Possession of a large immediate territory

Adelantado (1,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

implementing royal orders in his assigned area. Most appointees were from the upper nobility or the royal family. After its success in Andalusia, the institution

Fief (1,757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

separate sources. The first was land carved out of the estates of the upper nobility. The second source was allodial land transformed into dependent tenures

Anne of Foix-Candale (866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

His sights were set on a powerful alliance, and Anne, a member of the upper nobility of France related to several royal families, was a good choice. Anne

Economic reforms of Matthias Corvinus (1,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

influence on state governance. Even though the magnate class and the upper nobility retained their traditional power in Hungary, Matthias’s reforms allowed

Diogo, Duke of Viseu (500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

John's centralization policies. John II sought to limit the power of the upper nobility, which had increased greatly during the reign of John's father Afonso

Margraviate of Moravia (2,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Colloquium generale, or curia generalis. This was a meeting of the upper nobility, knights, the Bishop of Olomouc, abbots and ambassadors from royal cities

John II of Portugal (4,972 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

superior. The ceremony was perceived as humiliating by members of the upper nobility who were accustomed to the feudal tradition of acknowledging the king

History of Poland in the early modern period (1569–1795) (7,464 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

generated strong opposition from conservative circles in the Commonwealth's upper nobility and from Catherine II. The nobility's Targowica Confederation appealed

Graf (2,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shared vote in the Reichstag came to be considered a member of the "upper nobility" (Hochadel) in Germany, along with princes (Fürsten), dukes (Herzöge)

Hidalgo (nobility) (1,756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

kings. It was in the twelfth century that this class, along with the upper nobility, began to be referred to as hidalgos. Hidalgos de sangre (by virtue

Ardèche (3,194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

growth of the community of Annonay, increasing polarisation between the upper nobility families such as Rohan Soubise, and Vogue, Count of Aubenas, possessing

Blanche of Lancaster (1,414 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

London was preceded by a magnificent cortège attended by most of the upper nobility and clergy. John of Gaunt held annual commemorations of her death for

Foscari (816 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

senior offices of the Republic of Venice, this meant that henceforth the upper nobility monopolized control of the state. The first important member of the

Charles de Gontaut, 1st Duke of Biron (4,773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Paris Parlement on 27 July, and despite the protests of much of the upper nobility he would be executed at the Bastille on 31 July 1602. Charles de Gontaut

Royal and noble styles (1,889 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

[why?] Only those classified within the social class of royalty and upper nobility have a style of "Highness" attached before their titles. Reigning bearers

René de Birague (3,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

about the civil wars of the past decade as a way of destroying the upper nobility of France. The death of his wife in 1572 had pushed Birague into a new

Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Order of Charles III. After that, most of his clients came from the upper nobility; most notably, the Marqués de Salamanca, who later had one of Goya's

Edward IV (6,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Although Elizabeth's mother, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, came from the upper nobility, her father, Richard Woodville, Lord Rivers, was a middle-ranking provincial

Ferdinand II of Aragon (3,405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de Cisneros, the Chancellor of the Kingdom, was made regent, but the upper nobility reasserted itself. Ferdinand led an army against Pedro Fernández de

Almanach de Gotha (3,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

incumbent officers of state, members of the diplomatic corps, and Europe's upper nobility with their families. At its most extensive the Almanach had more than

Chinese knotting (2,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chamber, the Lào zi was developed and spread between the middle and upper nobility, who used Lào zi as a way to express love and luck between family members

Member of parliament (6,976 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

members of the Imperial family, 31 were hereditary members from the two upper nobility ranks, 104 were members elected in mutual elections from the three lower

Rau von Holzhausen (336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

title Graf (Count) Rau von Holzhausen. The family was connected to upper nobility and royalty through a variety of marriages and alliances, most notably

Miklós Wesselényi (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

minor positions at numerous County Diets, as was customary with the upper nobility his family belonged to. He went on a grand tour of Western Europe with

Peter Krešimir IV (1,823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mainardius in 1060, at Church sabor in Split in 1061, Krešimir and the upper nobility lent their support to the pope and the church of Rome. Church conclusions

Lipka Tatars (3,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

used the Arabic alphabet to write in Belarusian until the 1930s. The upper nobility of Lipka Tatars spoke Polish. Diplomatic correspondence between the

Andrey Bogolyubsky (1,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the expansion of his princely authority, and his conflicts with the upper nobility, the boyars, gave rise to a conspiracy that resulted in Bogolyubsky's

Battle of Aljubarrota (3,979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

even the ones that remained at Master de Avis' side — as most of the upper nobility supported John of Castile, were not able to afford the knightly harness

German nobility (3,833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

arbitrary distinction invented by the Kingdom of Prussia. Hochadel ("upper nobility", or "high nobility") were those noble houses which ruled sovereign

Ibadat Khana (807 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

masses. In fact, the only "converts" to this new religion were the upper nobility of Akbar's court. Historians have so far been able to identify only

Gillis Bildt (1,725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Riksdag in 1847. "Bildt was not a member of the wealthy or the upper nobility”, chronicles the writer Harald Wieselgren. "His personality alone gave

Basmyl (2,682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rule to a favorite, a lowly tarkhan, causing discontentment within the upper nobility. The Eastern Shad Pan-kül attacked the court, killed Tengri-khan, and

Valet de chambre (3,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Major courts had a higher layer of courtier attendants, always from the upper nobility, whose French version was the Gentleman of the bedchamber (four, rotating

Lithuanian nobility (5,096 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lithuanian language was just a morphed Latin language. By that time, the upper nobility and the ducal court already used Polish as their first language. The

European Documentation and Information Centre (811 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Catholic Christian heritage, the traditional connections of the European upper nobility, military contacts and common economic interests, it was above all a

Chesme Church (1,373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an experimentation reflecting "the increasing secularization of the upper nobility". The entrance to the church has a neo-Gothic Rose window and a round

Gesellschaft der Associierten (984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Empire. By recruiting a group of fellow music-lovers from the upper nobility, van Swieten was able to fund concert productions that would have been

Multi-family office (1,567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

affairs of the royal family and its wealth. Later in the 6th century, the upper nobility started to use these services of the majordomo as well. Hence, the concept

Multi-family office (1,567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

affairs of the royal family and its wealth. Later in the 6th century, the upper nobility started to use these services of the majordomo as well. Hence, the concept

History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–1795) (16,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

sympathies, soon generated strong opposition coming from the Commonwealth's upper nobility conservative circles and Catherine II, determined to prevent a rebirth

Sergei Witte (5,958 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was a converted Jew. That cost Witte many of his connections with the upper nobility, but the tsar protected him. In August 1892, Witte was appointed to

Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine (848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Funerary shrines have been built on top of the tombs of members of the upper nobility and feudal lords since the Warring States period (475–221 BC). Erecting

Illustrious Generation (1,849 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and common law. The Portuguese burghers applauded the move, while the upper nobility was appalled and turned to the half-brother Afonso for redress. Afonso's

Relations between the Catholic Church and the state (12,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

growing revolution. The upper clergy came from the same families as the upper nobility, and the Church was, in its own right, the largest landowner in France

History of Poland (28,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

strong opposition from the conservative circles of the Commonwealth's upper nobility and from Empress Catherine of Russia, who was determined to prevent

John I Garai (904 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

received large-scale land donations from the king, and elevated into the upper nobility. Contradicting earlier historiographical reviews, his biographer Tünde

History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty (10,238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

frequently ignored by the kings, beginning with Sigismund I, and the upper nobility or church interests. This situation became the basis for the formation

Gregor von Rezzori (2,198 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Gesellschaft. 1: Hochadel (An Idiot’s Guide through German Society. 1: Upper Nobility, 1962) Idiotenführer durch die deutsche Gesellschaft. 2: Adel (An Idiot’s

Early Netherlandish painting (15,848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

endure beyond his lifetime. Most portraits tended to show royalty, the upper nobility or princes of the church. The new affluence in the Burgundian Netherlands

Anne de Joyeuse (17,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

time opposition was growing to the king's two favourites among the upper nobility, among whom some saw Joyeuse as a man taken above his proper station

Adam of Perseigne (1,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

background, Adam developed a vast network within the Church and the upper nobility. His connections extended to cloisters in the West, Normandy, Anjou

The Legend of Haolan (837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

than his superiors and savvy at navigating the ridiculous whims of the upper nobility, the Prime Minister is a surprisingly practical and intelligent official

History of Portugal (1640–1777) (5,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

2003). His early economic measures, which were unpopular among the upper nobility (Mattoso Vol. IV 1993), became ineffective and public affairs were so

History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764) (21,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

supported by the royal and magnate courts, while many among the Polish upper nobility traveled to Italy to study, participate in pilgrimages or for sightseeing

Edict of Amboise (1560) (1,925 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and mopped up. With Coligny invited to Amboise alongside much of the upper nobility, his counsel was also sought as concerned France's religious policy

Family in early modern Scotland (4,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the dead, necessary to speed passage from Purgatory to Heaven. The upper nobility began to turn from patronage for monasteries to the establishing collegiate

Wonderful Parliament (7,265 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to prevent him from elevating his choice of men to the ranks of the upper nobility. The King did not approve of the commission or its advice that he listen

Andalusian independentist conspiracy (1641) (2,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

numerous nobles and received many messages. His impression was that the upper nobility were tranquil, but there was an inquietude among the lower nobility

Johann Maria Farina gegenüber dem Jülichs-Platz (2,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

39 addresses between 1730 and 1739. His perfume, which delighted the upper nobility, soon became a royal and imperial favourite. By 1740, eau de Cologne

Moguer (7,715 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hospital for the poor. The House of Portocarrero were Grandees, wealthy upper nobility, with close connections to the royal court. In 1375 the Señorío de Moguer

Charles de Montmorency, Duke of Damville (2,557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1560s, the crown became increasingly insecure about the loyalty of the upper nobility. To reinforce this demographic, it was decided to expand the conferring

Demographic history of the Vilnius region (4,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. By the middle of the 17th century, most Lithuanian upper nobility was Polonized. Over time, the nobility of the former Polish–Lithuanian

History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648) (14,994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Commonwealth as having no basis in reality. He sees an oligarchy of propertied upper nobility, who discriminated against and took advantage of everybody else, including

Claude, Duke of Aumale (6,582 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Amboise. Forewarned of the conspiracy, the Guise invited much of the upper nobility to the court, including Aumale and set about preparing a defence. When

Kreuzzeitung (9,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Particularly at the beginning of the post-1848 reactionary era, part of the upper nobility "categorically rejected such democratic means in the struggle to form

Nobility of Georgia (country) (985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Mtavari and Tavadi were equal to Eristavi, all three referring to the upper nobility, the princes. However, starting in the 15th century, the title with

Seyfried Rybisch (1,616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

passage through Bohemia, he and Griespek stayed in the castles of the upper nobility, including Roudnice nad Labem, and passed time hunting. In April, Rybisch

Guy II de Pontailler (2,275 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

administration of the duke. He therefore had to be dedicated and a member of the upper nobility, wealthy enough to meet the expenses of the position, and with good

René de Villequier (2,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his wife's infidelity also dampened outrage directed at him from the upper nobility. After O's death, Charlotte-Catherine remarried to Jacques d'Aumont

Abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains (4,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by the nuns. It was an aristocratic abbey, governed by nuns from the upper nobility. By the middle of the 14th century, novices had to prove at least four