Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many
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 aristocracy (those ennobled only for their individual lives).
French aristocrats, c. 1774.
A French political cartoon of the three orders of feudal society (1789). The rural third estate carries the clergy and the nobility.
Opening of the Hungarian Diet (Országgyűlés) with the members of hungarian nobility in the Royal Palace, 1865.
A royal family is the immediate family of monarchs and sometimes their extended family.
Nobility
…Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may…
The Royal Family of France in classical costume during the reign of Louis XIV.
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and other members of the Brazilian imperial family in Rio de Janeiro, 1887