Noble Family facts for kids
A Noble family is a family who are related to the Royal family, but they are ranks below King. Nobles usually are less known than Royals but in some cases nobles were more well known. Some "Noble families" are not noble. Take the Medici family and the Borgias.Thoes to family's are known as Banking families and aristocrats. Those families are Rich but not a member of Nobility that is recognized by the King/Emperor.
History
Nobles were always recognized as lower families of the King/Queen. Nobles usually ruled Duchy's, Counties, and principalities. Nobles were usually given a "House" which was of course a noble house. Nobles usually worked as advisors to the King, and land owners. But some families did not work at all because they were really rich. But not all nobles were rich. Some Nobles were very poor. One of the richest claim to be noble families were the Medicis. The Medici's ruled Tuscany, Milan ect. The Medici's were pretty much common people, but they were richer than most monarchs at there time until there fall in the 1700's. One of the poorest family's were a period of time was the Bonaparte family. They were poor until Napoleon became Emperor of the French.
Power
Noble families had plenty of power depending on what land they ruled. The rich Duchy of Burgundy was a major power spot because of how big to Duchy was. Another power spot was the Duchy of Milan and the Duchy of Luxembourg. But some Nobles had little to no power. Mostly because most nobles are given an style like "Lady" that is non hereditary.
Famous Noble Families
- House of Boleyn
- House of Grey
- House of Bourbon
- House of Normandy
- House of Foix
- House of Hesse
- House of Nassu
Images for kids
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The House of Lords is the upper legislature of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is filled with members that are selected from the nobility (both hereditary titleholders and those ennobled only for their individual lives).
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Nobility offered protection in exchange for service
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French aristocrats, c. 1774
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A French political cartoon of the three orders of feudal society (1789). The rural third estate carries the clergy and the nobility.
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Opening of the Hungarian Diet (Országgyűlés) with the members of hungarian nobility in the Royal Palace, 1865
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Polish magnates 1576–1586
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Polish magnates 1697–1795
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Hungarian prince Ferenc József in the typical dress of the Hungarian nobility, 18th century
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Count Carl Robert Mannerheim (1835–1914), a Finnish aristocrat, businessman, and the father of Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim, the Marshal of Finland
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Russian boyars
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The Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. Large numbers of English nobility perished in the Wars of the Roses
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In Korea, royalty and yangban aristocrats were carried in litters called gama. A Korean gama, circa 1890.
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An aristocratic family in Lhasa, Tibet in 1936.
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Emperor Farrukhsiyar Bestows a Jewel on a Nobleman
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Maratha Peshwa Madhavrao II, surrounded by nobles in his court in 18th-century India.
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Japanese samurai, 1798
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Typical costume of a family belonging to the Principalía of the late 19th century Philippines. Exhibit in the Villa Escudero Museum, San Pablo, Laguna.
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A pre-colonial Tagalog couple belonging to the Datu class or nobility as depicted in the Boxer Codex of the 16th century.
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Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (center) and members of the imperial court
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King Radama I of Madagascar was from the Andriana stratum of the Merina people.
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The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on his throne in 2016.
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Angélica Larrea, Queen Consort of the Afro-Bolivians, in 2012. The queen is the wife of King Julio Pinedo.
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Portrait of Marquis of Paraná, Prime Minister of Brazil.
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Regent of Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, with his pajung bearer – 1863–1865
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A Siamese noble in a hammock, 1900
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Burmese nobles and servants
See also
In Spanish: Nobleza para niños
