French nobility
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The French nobility is an aristocratic social class in France dating from the Middle Ages.
Pierre d'Hozier (1592–1660), genealogist and juge d'armes of France, employed to verify the French nobility
The abolition of privileges, relief by Léopold Morice at the "Monument to the Republic", Paris
A signet ring with coat of arms
Baron
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Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristo
A lord of Parliament, also called a baron, illustrated in the manuscript "Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre avec leurs habits et ornemens divers, tant anciens que modernes, diligemment depeints au naturel". Painted by Lucas d'Heere in the second half of the 16th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library.
The robe worn by a baron during his creation ceremony in 17th-century Britain, engraved by Wenceslas Hollar.
Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, usually just referred to as Baron de Besenval (the suffix Brunstatt refers to the former barony), portrayed at the Hôtel de Besenval in 1791 by Henri-Pierre Danloux.
Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen (1720–1797), on the basis of which Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote the tales of Baron Munchausen.