Category
page 1Danish noble titles
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
dynasty of Dano-German dukes
list of dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg
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Principality of Rugia
former principality (1168–1325)
list of dukes of Schleswig
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Count of Monpezat
Danish noble title
Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein
German noble family
Count of Rosenborg
Danish noble title
Briefadel
thumb|Letter patent|Letter of nobility from 1755 to the Munthe af Morgenstierne family of the Danish and [[Norwegian nobility]]
thumb|Patent from Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Joseph II awarding the title of [[Imperial Count to Anton Schenk von Stauffenberg, 1785]]
Briefadel (in German; ) or brevadel (in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) is a medieval German term for persons or families ennobled by letters patent. The oldest known such letters patent were issued in the middle of the 14th century, during the Late Middle Ages.
Jarlsberg
150px|thumb|Vestfold county, in which former Jarlsberg in blue.
Jarlsberg was a former countship that forms a part of today's Vestfold county in Norway. The name translates as "Earl's Hill".
lensgreve
Danish noble title
Duke of Estonia
title given by the king of Denmark in 13th century