Ritter

E887556

German title of nobility noble title

Ritter is a historical German noble title roughly equivalent to a knight, traditionally ranking below a baron in the aristocratic hierarchy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ritter von Stuck	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German title of nobility ⓘ noble title ⓘ
abolishedIn	Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	chivalry ⓘ feudal system ⓘ landed gentry ⓘ
cognateWith	Dutch ridder ⓘ English knight ⓘ Scandinavian ridder ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
domain	European nobility ⓘ
equivalentTo	knight ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo	Rittertum ⓘ ritterlich ⓘ
femaleEquivalent	Ritterin ⓘ
genderForm	masculine title ⓘ
grantedBy	monarch ⓘ sovereign prince ⓘ
hasPluralForm	Ritter NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTerm	German ⓘ
legalStatusAfterAbolition	part of surname only ⓘ
literalMeaning	horseman ⓘ rider ⓘ
mayBe	hereditary ⓘ personal ⓘ
nobilityClass	lower nobility ⓘ
partOf	German nobility system ⓘ
rankedAbove	Edler ⓘ untitled nobility ⓘ
rankedBelow	Freiherr ⓘ baron ⓘ
relatedTerm	Rittergut ⓘ Ritterschaft ⓘ
socialStatus	minor aristocracy ⓘ
titleStyle	Ritter von ⓘ
typicalBasisForGrant	civil merit GENERATED ⓘ military service GENERATED ⓘ
usedAs	predicate title ⓘ
usedIn	Austrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ other German states ⓘ

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

Halt → nobleTitle → Ritter ⓘ

subject surface form: Karl Ritter von Halt

Franz von Stuck → nobleTitle → Ritter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ritter von Stuck