noble lineage
Aristocratic family tree
Noble lineage is ancestry that includes members of the nobility—kings, queens, dukes, earls, and other titled aristocrats.
The phrase emphasizes bloodline as a source of status or legitimacy: She could trace her noble lineage back to the Norman Conquest.
In historical contexts, noble lineage determined access to power, property, and privilege.
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- ruling classDominant governing stratum
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- patrilinealTraced through fathers
ancestry · pedigree · blue blood · born into · bloodline · genealogy · monarchy · heraldry · family crest · family tree · primogeniture · dynasties · house of · hereditary titles · countess · baroness · viscount · titled
- medieval societyserfs, peasants, serf, heir, lords
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- family historygenealogy, ancestry, ancestor, ancestors, descendant
- medieval courtkings, lord, queens, lady, queen
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- aristocracylord, titles, lady, heraldry, coats of arms