Jonkheer

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Jonkheer is a Dutch hereditary honorific used for members of the untitled lower nobility in the Netherlands and Belgium.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
jonkheer 3
Jonkheer canonical 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary honorific
noble title
associatedWith patrician families in the Netherlands
country Belgium
Netherlands
culturalSphere Dutch-speaking world
distinguishedFrom baron
count
duke
titled nobility
etymologyOrigin Middle Dutch
femaleAbbreviation Jkvr.
femaleEquivalent Jonkvrouw
hasAbbreviation Jhr.
hasGenderForm male form
hasPluralForm jonkheren
historicalRegion Low Countries
isHereditary true
isInheritedThrough noble lineage
isTitleOf untitled nobility
language Dutch
literalMeaning young lord
nobilityRank lower nobility
nobilitySystem Belgian nobility
surface form: Belgian nobility system

Dutch nobility system
regulatesBy Council of Nobility (Belgium)
Council of Nobility (Netherlands)
relatedConcept honorific
nobility
title of nobility
socialStatus noble status
usedAs style of address
usedBefore family name
personal name
usedBy members of untitled lower nobility
usedIn Belgian nobility
Dutch nobility
usedInContext formal documents
genealogical records

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck nobleTitle Jonkheer
this entity surface form: jonkheer
Adriaen van der Donck (jonkheer) honorificTitle Jonkheer
subject surface form: Adriaen van der Donck
this entity surface form: jonkheer
Belgian nobility hasTitle Jonkheer
this entity surface form: jonkheer