About the Armenis name Origin of the name The surname Armenis has its origin in the ancient Greek patronym attested to by the last male heir apparent to the independent kingdom of ancient Sparta, Armenis son of the Lacedæmonian king Nabis (Grk. Αρμένη ). King Nabis [Reign: 207 BC – 192 BC] was the last ruler under whom the Spartans had been a major power in ancient Greece. Gennaro Grande's th...
The British Peers and Baronets Project seeks to bring together all persons in (or from) the United Kingdom with hereditary titles, excluding monarchs (who are already compiled under the " English and British Monarchs " Project). The term "British" in this context is understood to include all titled peers and baronets in the United Kingdom (this includes all of Great Britain -- England, Scotland...
Äldre svenska frälsesläkter "svenskaregenter" "svenskadel" "Livrustkammaren" "Historiska personer i Sverige och Norden" 124 av dem är gamla frälsesläkter. Flera finns nog, men man får ta tag i dom efter hand. "Introducerad adel" Rekommendationer Observera att adelssuffix med namnformen "af" endast används för personer som i medeltida handlingar kallas så, som tex Niclis Pät...
American Aristocracy Is there such a thing? Please do not add profiles to this project, but add profiles to the appropriate related project. From Wikipedia: Aristocracy (class) The aristocracy[1] is historically associated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class of people (aristocrats) with hereditary rank and titles.[2] ...
This project is dedicated to tracing Russian nobility ancestors and providing information on historical content in relation to genealogy. If you have Russian nobility ancestors, or if you study ancestral lines deriving from the Russian Empire, please follow and participate in this project. Do not add profiles to this project. This project is under construction. Information and reliable sourc...
This project is an umbrella project for all colonies in the New World that were part of the "Lords Proprietor" and "landgrave" system of establishing a noble ruling class. Please do not add profiles to this project, but add profiles to the appropriate sub-project. From Proprietary colonies were a type of colony in English America which existed during the early modern period. In English over...
The Brazilian nobility (Portuguese: nobreza do Brasil) refers to the titled aristocrats and fidalgo people and families recognized by the Kingdom of Brazil and later, by the Empire of Brazil, dating back to the early 19th century, when Brazil ceased to be a colony of the Kingdom of Portugal. It held official status until 1889, when a military coup d'état overthrew the monarchy and established t...
The Union of Horodło or Pact of Horodło was a set of three acts signed in the town of Horodło, on the river Bug, on 2 October 1413, during a solemn convention of the monarchs of Poland and Lithuania - Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło) and Vytautas (Witold). The first act was signed by Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło), King of Poland, and Vytautas (Witold), Grand Duke of Lithuania. The second and...
Posamezniki ali družina ( vir )==A==* Andeški grofje (nemško Grafen von Andechs) so bili bavarska plemiška rodbina, ki je sprva imela posestva okrog kraja Andechs ob jezeru Ammersee. Veja Andeških je od 12. stoletja prebivala tudi na današnjem slovenskem ozemlju in v Istri, imenovali so se Andechs-Meranski. Imeli so posestva v Kamniku, Višnji Gori, idr. in so bili do izumrtja sredi 13. stoletja...
This project is dedicated to tracing Lithuanian nobility ancestors and providing information of historical content in relation to genealogy. If you have Lithuanian nobility ancestors, or if you study ancestral lines deriving from Grand Duchy of Lithuania , please follow and participate in this project. Nobility titles in Lithuania There are the following titles of Lithuanian nobility: ...
Peruvian Nobility Titles ==These correspond to those created during the Pre-Colonial (before 1810) & Post-Independence (after 1824) periods, up until today; by the Spanish Royal Crown.These can be classified into Duchessess, Marquessess, Countessess and Viscountessess, to put it simply. Here are a list of the ones I could compile: 1). Duke of San Carlos - Carlos III. On October 10, 1768, Charle...
The American gentry were wealthy landowning members of the American upper class in the colonial South. Historians generally use the term "gentry" to refer to the moneyed planter class in the American South prior to the American Revolution. Typically, large scale landowners rented out farms to white tenant farmers. North of Maryland, there were few large comparable rural estates, except in the ...
The Order of the Dragon (Latin: Societas Draconistarum, literally "Society of the Dragonists") was a monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility, founded in 1408 by Sigismund von Luxembourg who was King of Hungary (from 1387 to 1437) at the time and later became Holy Roman Emperor (from 1433 to1437). It was fashioned after the military orders of the Crusades, requiring its initiates to de...
In a private collection In St. Petersburg, there are a few thousands of vintage postcards addressed to Russian Nobility, High Officials, and Generals. Some of them managed to survive due to emigration. Some still have relatives in Russia, which is unbelievable. Below there is a list. We add some every month. In case of questions please write to poscardhistory&mail.ru ЕЕ Превосходительство ...
List: Barons Magnus Lagabøte gav i 1277 lendmennene barontittel (barúnar). Håkon V Magnusson avskaffet tittelen sammen med lendmannsverdigheten allerede 1308, men de som da hadde tittelen, skulle beholde den til sin død. Alv Erlingsson Tornberg Baron Andres Gregoriusson Pott til Stårheim Baron Andres Nikolasson til Dønnes? Baron Andres Pålson Plytt til Edøy Aslak Gus Baron Au...
In order to collaborate with the preservation of the History of the Traditional Families of Northeast Brazil and their descendants, this project was created so that their final resting places can be known and remembered, both by their families and by those who are interested in becoming aware of their trajectory. A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although somet...
Current titleholders of royal and noble houses=The purpose of this project is to list the current titleholders of the royal and noble houses that are specified in the latest edition of the Almanach de Gotha . The official website of the Almanach will provide further guidance (but may not indicate the correct titleholders since its latest edition).We currently focus on Volumes I, II & III of the...
Máxima Zorreguieta, reina de los Países Bajos Javier Botana Conde, príncipe de Beauvau-Craon Elena Nash Virasoro, princesa de Rodzianko Inés de Luynes Unzué, princesa de Murat Carolina Martínez de Hoz, princesa de Mazirov Hans Otto Heidkamp, príncipe de Gonzaga Isolina Moreno Torres, princesa de Trubetzkoy
Goa Kshatriyas: Noble Chardos of Goa Gentiles: Nobre Chardós: Kshatriyas , Cxatriyas The Goan Kshatriyas (Nobre Chardós) descended from Monarchy, Kings, Rulers, Aristocracy and Warriors. They governed kingdoms, dynasties and are responsible for creating administered cities in the by-gone era. This is a project to compile the profiles for gentiles: Kshatriya ancestors and descendants of Goa...
Historic Buildings of Oxfordshire ==England Image right - Blenheim Palace >===== Image By Blenheim_Palace_2006_cropped.jpg: *Blenheim_Palace_2006.jpg: gailf548 from New York State, USAderivative work: Nev1 (talk)derivative work: Durova (talk) - Blenheim_Palace_2006_cropped.jpg, CC BY 2.0, Wiki =====See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page The object of this project is to provi...
Scope of project ==This project identifies members of the Royal House of Grimaldi.== Overview ==From Wiki - House of Grimaldi :The Grimaldi family descends from Grimaldo, a Genoese statesman at the time of the early Crusades. He might have been a son of Otto Canella, a Consul of the Republic of Genoa in 1133, and in turn Grimaldo became a Consul in 1160, 1170 and again in 1184. His numerous gra...
My Notable Ancestors=My ancestors immigrated to the Azores around mid to late 1400's, they came from Flanders and Portugal and I've been able to trace some of their roots deep into Central Europe royalty. This project is merely a fun spot for me to gather information from my family tree and organize it according to my genetic breakdown. If you are a 'cousin' and have had your DNA done, it would...
I'm creating this Project for all those of Armigerous decdants and those who have a tradition of being armigerous. Also for those in America who have been granted arms by an Athourity or who have created and Adopted there own Coats of Arms.