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List of noble families in Belgium

A list of noble families in Modern Belgium with additions of former houses.

General

Currently, the Belgian crown recognizes (in ascending order) the titles of jonkheer, knight, baron, viscount, count, marquis, duke and prince. The persons who legally are member of the nobility have the legal right to protect their family name and coat of arms.

The houses bearing the titles of prince and duke are described more thoroughly on the Belgian nobility page.

Princes

Dukes

Marquesses

Counts

Viscounts

Barons

Knight

Only men can be knights, ladies can be styled the lower rank of Jonkvrouw.

Ecuyer (jonkheer/jonkvrouw)

References

  1. ^ Axel Klein (2014). O'Kelly: An Irish Musical Family in Nineteenth-Century France. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-7357-2310-9.
  2. ^ M. SIEGENBEEK, "Levensbericht van P.C.G. baron de Coninck", in: Handelingen van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1827