noble family
Hereditary ruling clan
A noble family is a lineage belonging to the aristocracy—those with hereditary titles, land, and social rank above commoners.
Noble families traditionally held political power, military obligations, and privileges passed through generations: The noble families of Europe intermarried for centuries.
The phrase often evokes wealth, ancestral estates, and coat of arms.
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- baronLow-ranking peer
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
aristocracy · duke · monarchy · primogeniture · hereditary rule · coronet · peerage · duchess · chivalry · aristocratic lineage · heraldry · inheritance · dynastic marriage · great house · estate · count · regent · royal court
- Roman elitepatrician, senator, consul, patrician class, gens
- lineageancestry, royal dynasties, bloodline, dynasty, genealogy
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- Javanese Royaltyraja, sultan, crown prince, heir apparent, sultanate
- Nordic RoyaltyCrown Prince, monarch, sovereign, Queen Mary, royal consort
- Russian Royaltytsar, tsarina, tsarevna, czar, czarina
social hierarchy/class status
noble familycommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasantry · lowborn · the masses · the common people · rabble