Belgian nobility

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Belgian nobility is the hereditary aristocratic class of Belgium, historically influential in the country’s politics, landownership, and social hierarchy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Belgian nobility canonical 5
Belgian nobility system 1
Walloon nobility 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary aristocracy
nobility
social class
associatedWith Roman Catholicism
canReceive honorary titles without hereditary transmission
new creations of noble titles
country Belgium
developedFrom medieval feudal nobility in the Low Countries
distinctFrom Belgian monarchy
surface form: Belgian royal family
governedBy Council of Nobility
grantedBy King of the Belgians
hasCharacteristic hereditary titles
historical privileges
landed estates
social prestige
hasLegalStatus recognized nobility
hasNotableFamily House of Arenberg
House of Ligne
House of Merode
House of d'Ursel
hasSubgroup Brussels nobility
Flemish nobility
Belgian nobility self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walloon nobility
hasTitle baron
count
duke
Jonkheer
surface form: jonkheer

jonkvrouw
knight
marquess
prince
viscount
historicallyInfluentialIn Belgian politics
Belgian social hierarchy
landownership in Belgium
historicalOrigin nobility of the Habsburg Netherlands
nobility of the Southern Netherlands
includes noble families of Belgium
languageOfTitles Dutch
French
German
locatedIn Belgium
overseenBy Council of Heraldry and Vexillology (French-speaking)
Flemish Heraldic Council
partOf Belgian society
playsRoleIn Belgian ceremonial life
cultural patronage in Belgium
philanthropy in Belgium
recognizedBy Belgian monarchy
Belgium
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium
regulatedBy Belgian heraldry
surface form: Belgian heraldic authorities
statusAfter retained recognition after Belgian independence in 1830
subjectTo Constitution of Belgium
surface form: Belgian constitution

modern democratic institutions of Belgium
uses coats of arms

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Henri de Baillet-Latour partOf Belgian nobility
Henrietta d’Oultremont associatedWith Belgian nobility
Dutch nobility distinctFrom Belgian nobility
Jonkheer usedIn Belgian nobility
Jonkheer nobilitySystem Belgian nobility
this entity surface form: Belgian nobility system
Belgian nobility hasSubgroup Belgian nobility self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Walloon nobility
House of Oultremont partOf Belgian nobility