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Austrian

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* von Fould-Springer * Frydman, Ritter von Prawy (cf. Marcel Prawy">Fould family">Fould-Springer * Frydman, Ritter von Prawy (cf. Marcel Prawy) * von Goldschmidt * von Goldberg * Armand von Goldberg * von Gomperz * von Wilhelm Isak, Ritter von Gutmann, Gutmann (cf. Elisabeth von Gutmann) * Haber von Lindsberg * von Heine-Geldern, Heine von Geldern (Freiherr & Baron, Gustav Heine von Geldern, Gustav,
Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
) * von Henikstein (''Hönigstein'') *
Hofmann von Hofmannsthal Hofmannsthal may refer to: * Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1759–1849), Austrian merchant * Augustin Emil Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1815–1881), industrialist * Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), Austrian prodigy, writer, and libr ...
* Joel von
Joelson Joelson is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name * Joelson Santos Silva or Joelson (born 1980), Brazilian footballer * Joelson José Inácio (born 1983), Brazilian footballer People with ...
* von Lieben * von
Löwenthal Löwenthal is a surname of Germanic language origin. Notable people with this name include: * Gerhard Löwenthal (1922–2002), a German journalist * Johann Löwenthal (1810–1876), a Hungarian Jewish chess player * Leo Löwenthal (1900–1993), ...
* von Katzellenbourg * von
Mises Mises or von Mises may refer to: * Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian-American economist of the Austrian School, older brother of Richard von Mises ** Mises Institute, or the Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, named after Ludwig von ...
**
Ludwig von Mises Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; 29 September 1881 – 10 October 1973) was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and Sociology, sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberali ...
, economist **
Richard von Mises Richard Edler von Mises (; 19 April 1883 – 14 July 1953) was an Austrian scientist and mathematician who worked on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability theory. He held the position of Gordon ...
* von Motesiczky * de
Morpurgo Morpurgo ( he, מורפורגו) is an Italian surname of Jewish origin. Originally ''Marpurg'', from the Austrian city Marburg an der Drau (today Maribor in Slovenia). Key ancestor was Moises Jacob, father of Petachia, in Bad Radkersburg, Austria ...
* von
Oppenheim Oppenheim () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is a well-known wine center, being the home of the German Winegrowing Museum, and is particularly known for the wines from the Oppenheimer Krötenbru ...
*
Parente Parente is a surname in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese and may refer to: *Pietro Parente (1891–1986), Italian theologian and cardinal *Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racecar driver * Carol-Lynn Parente, executive producer of Sesame Street * Willi ...
*
Porges Porges ( he, פורגס) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Gabriel Porges **Moses Porges, (since 1841) Moses Porges, (Edler) von Portheim (1781, Prague - 1870, Prague), Czech-Austrian industrialist, vice-burgomaster of Smicho ...
- von Portheim * Reinach * von Rosenberg-Redé * Rothschild banking family of Austria * von Seligmann * von Sonnenfels (Christian) * von Todesco * Wartenegg * von Wertheimstein * Weil von Weilen * von
Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrians, Austrian-British people, British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy o ...
of Vienna (Christian) **
Paul Wittgenstein Paul Wittgenstein (November 5, 1887March 3, 1961) was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, following the amputation of his right arm during the First World War. He devised nove ...
**
Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is considere ...
* von
Zemlinsky Alexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky (14 October 1871 – 15 March 1942) was an Austrian composer, conducting, conductor, and teacher. Biography Early life Zemlinsky was born in Vienna to a highly diverse family. Zemlinsky's grandfath ...


Belgian

* Baron Henich Apfelbaum * Baron
Lambert Lambert may refer to People *Lambert (name), a given name and surname * Lambert, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1036–1130), became Pope Honorius II *Lambert, Margrave of Tuscany ( fl. 929–931), also count and duke of Lucca *Lambert (pianist), stage-name ...
* Baron Jacques Brotchi * Baron Julien Klener * Francisco de Silva y Solis (Marquis de Montfort): Military commander under Emperor Leopold I; greatly aided in the defeat of the French
François de Créquy François de Blanchefort de Créquy, later Marquis de Marines, 2 October 1629 to 3 February 1687, was a 17th-century French noble and soldier, who served in the wars of Louis XIV of France. He came from a powerful and well-connected family, hi ...
in 1675. He settled in Antwerp as a professed Jew.


British

* See
list of British Jewish nobility and gentry The British nobility consists of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage and the Landed gentry, gentry. The peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles, granted by the British sovereign. Under this system, only the senior family mem ...


Czech

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Jacob Bassevi Jacob Batsheba Bassevi von Treuenberg (born Schmieles; 1570, Verona – 2 May 1634, Mladá Boleslav, Kingdom of Bohemia, Bohemia) was a Bohemian Court Jew and financier. Bassevi, sometimes also written Baschevi, was a son of Avraham Basch who orig ...
* Bloch von Blochhaimb


Dutch

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Lopes Suasso Lopes Suasso (also: Lopes Suasso Diaz da Fonseca an: Lopis de Suasso) is the name of an important aristocratic Portuguese Jewish family that played an important role in banking. History {{seealso, Francisco Lopes Suasso The family history begins w ...
: family whose nobility was confirmed between 1818 and 1831, extinct in 1970 (notable member:
Francisco Lopes Suasso Francisco Lopes Suasso, second Baron d'Avernas le Gras (''c.'' 1657 – 22 April 1710) was a banker and financier of the Dutch Republic. He was also known within the Sephardic Jewish community as Abraham Israel Suasso. Background and early life ...
, Baron d'Avernas le Gras (1657–1710), one of the leading
shareholder A shareholder (in the United States often referred to as stockholder) of a corporation is an individual or legal entity (such as another corporation, a body politic, a trust or partnership) that is registered by the corporation as the legal own ...
s of the West India Company, one of the most ardent supporters of the
House of Orange The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Huis van Oranje-Nassau'', ) is the current dynasty, reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the Politics and governm ...
, he supported William of Orange in 1688, in his invasion of England) * Salvador: family members ennobled in 1821, extinct 1975 * Teixeira de Mattos: family members ennobled between 1817 and 1892 (to which family belongs the non noble translator
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos Alexander Louis Teixeira de Mattos (April 9, 1865 – December 5, 1921), known as Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, was a Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, who gained his greatest fame as a translator. Early life The Teix ...
) * Goldman, Jonkheer.


French

Various Jewish families with foreign noble titles live in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, but there were no Jewish families formally ennobled by a French monarch.


German

Between 1819 and 1900, a number of titles were conferred on Jews. Of a sample of 700 German nobles created during this period, 62 were Jewish. *
Auerbach Auerbach, German for "meadow-brook", may refer to the following: Places In Austria *Auerbach, Upper Austria, Braunau am Inn district In Germany Places: *Auerbach (Albtal), a village of Karlsbad, administrative area in Baden-Württemberg * Auerb ...
* Bleichröder *
Diane von Fürstenberg Diane von Fürstenberg (born Diane Simone Michele Halfin, 31 December 1946) is a Belgian fashion designer best known for her wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence in 1969 when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as ...
(''née'' Halfin) **
Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born Alexandre Egon Prinz von Fürstenberg; January 25, 1970) is an American businessman and socialite and the son of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg (née Halfin) and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. Ea ...
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Talita von Fürstenberg Princess Talita Natasha von Fürstenberg (born May 7, 1999), known professionally as Talita von Furstenberg, is an American socialite, fashion designer and model. She is the granddaughter of fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince E ...
** Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg * Hirsch auf Gereuth * Kaulla *
Oppenheim Oppenheim () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is a well-known wine center, being the home of the German Winegrowing Museum, and is particularly known for the wines from the Oppenheimer Krötenbru ...
** Baroness Karin von Ullmann (''née'' Oppenheim) *** Baron Georg von Ullmann *** Countess Ilona von Krockow * Baroness
Gertrud von Puttkamer Baroness Gertrud von Puttkamer (''Gertrud Freifrau von Puttkamer'' in German; born Gertrud Günther, 4 April 1881 – 27 or 30 September 1944), also known by her pen name Marie-Madeleine, was a German writer of lesbian-themed erotic literatu ...
(''née'' Günther) * Reinach * Reuter * Rotbert *
Rothschild Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...
* von Schwarzau (originally de Suasso) * von Gil * Von Collen/von Cölln * Hecht *Aviel Justice Stein (commonly known as Avi Stein)


Hungarian

* Biedermann * Baron Adolf Kohner de Szaszberek * Fischer * Goldberger de Buda * Hatvany-Deutsch * Hevesy von Bischitz * Hollitscher * Jüllich *
Königswarter Koenigswarter is a surname, derived from the Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the histo ...
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Zsigmond Kornfeld Zsigmond Kornfeld (1902) Zsigmond Kornfeld (27 March 1852 – 24 March 1909) was a Bohemian-born Jewish Hungarian banker, economist, and baron. Life Kornfeld was born on 27 March 1852 in Golčův Jeníkov, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. His uncle was ...
* von Lieben * von Neumann * Ronai (Baron Herman Weinberger von Rόna) * von Rosenberg-Redé *
Schey von Koromla Philipp Schey Freiherr von Koromla ( hu, koromlai Schey Fülöp; 20 September 1798 – 26 June 1881) was an Austro-Hungarian merchant and philanthropist. He was the first Hungarian Jew elevated into the Austrian nobility.. His daughter, Charlot ...
* Szitányi Ullmann * von Wertheimstein *
Zuckerkandl Zuckerkandl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Berta Zuckerkandl (1864–1945), journalist, author, leader of an influential salon * Emil Zuckerkandl (1849–1910), anatomist * Emile Zuckerkandl (1922-2013), biologist, physiol ...


Italian

* Baron
Lumbroso Lombroso, Lumbroso, or Lumbrozo is a surname, derived from a Sephardi family, members of which lived in Tunis, Marseilles, and Italy. The surname may refer to: * Isaac Lumbroso (1680–1752), rabbi and talmudist * Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), Ita ...
, said to be from Egyptian-Jewish origin * Baron Mazza, Naples * del Castelo * Paradiso *
Camondo The Camondo family was a prominent European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists. History Part of the Sephardic community in Spain, the Camondo family settled in Venice after the 1492 Spanish decree that ordered the expulsion of al ...
*
Rothschild banking family of Naples The Rothschild banking family of Naples ( it, Famiglia di banchieri Rothschild) was founded by Calmann (Carl) Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855) who was sent to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1821. Endogamy ...
* Tedesco * Mendola, Palermo * Montini * The Franchetti Barons * Reinach * Senigaglia family *
Vigil A vigil, from the Latin ''vigilia'' meaning ''wakefulness'' (Greek: ''pannychis'', or ''agrypnia'' ), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word ''vigilia'' has become genera ...
* Conte
Cahen d'Anvers Cahen is a surname and/or a first name that may refer to: * Cahen's constant, an infinite series of unit fractions, with alternating signs, derived from Sylvester's sequence * Cahen–Mellin integral, an integral transform People * Albert Cahe ...
and Cahen di Torre Alfina (marchese)


Portuguese

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Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar Baron Diego Lopes Pereira d'Aguilar (born 1699 Portugal; died 10 August 1759, London) was a Portuguese-born London-based Jewish businessman, community leader and philanthropist, originally a Portuguese converso, who lived in the 18th century. He w ...
, Portuguese-born London-based Jewish businessman, created a baron of the Holy Roman Empire by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. * Baron Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, second Baron d'Aguilar, a Barony of the Holy Roman Empire. * Baron Harry Emanuel de Almeda * David de Stern, German-born British holder of a Portuguese viscountcy *
Hermann de Stern Hermann de Stern, Baron de Stern (1815–1887) was a German-born British banker and senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers. Early life and career Stern was born in 1815 in Frankfurt am Main, Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, to the prominent St ...
, German-born British holder of a Portuguese barony


Russian

*Baron
Peter Shafirov Baron Peter Pavlovich Shafirov (russian: Пётр Павлович Шафиров; 1670–1739) was a Russian statesman and a prominent coadjutor of Peter the Great. Early life and career Shafirov was born into a Polish Jewish family. His fa ...
(1670–1739), vice-chancellor of Russia under Peter the Great * Babanin family, a noble family that originated in the Tsardom of Russia *
Günzburg Günzburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Genzburg'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is a ''Große Kreisstadt'' and the capital of the Swabian Günzburg (district), district Günzburg. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city ...
, also Gunzbourg ** Baron
Joseph Günzburg Joseph Günzburg (Osip Gavrilovich Gintsburg, Осип Гаврилович Гинцбург (or ''Iosif-Evzel'', ''Иосиф-Евзель''); 1812 in Vitebsk – 12 January 1878 in Paris) was a Russian financier and philanthropist who became a b ...
, '' Osip Gintsburg'', or ''Iosif-Evzel Gabrielovich Gintsburg'' (1812, Vitebsk - 1878,
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
), Industrialist *** Baron
Horace Günzburg Horace Günzburg (Goratsii Evzelevich Gintsburg, Гораций Евзелевич Гинцбург, (''Naftali-Gerts Evzelevich Gintsburg'') 8 February 1833 in Zvenigorodka, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire – 2 March 1909 in Saint Petersburg), ...
, ''Goratsiy Evzelevich Gintsburg'', ''Naftali-Gerts Evzelevich Ginstsburg'' (1833,
Zvenigorodka Zvenyhorodka ( uk, Звенигородка ; pl, Zwinogródka; russian: Звенигородка) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the Hnylyi Tikych river. The town is the administrative center of the Z ...
,
Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
- 1909, St. Petersburg), Financier, Industrialist **** Baron Alexander Günzburg, ''Aleksandr Goratsievich Gintsburg'' (1863, Paris - 1948, Switzerland) ****Baron David Goratsiyevich Günzburg (Барон Давид Горациевич Гинцбург ''David Goratsievich Gintsburg'', July 5, 1857,
Kamenetz-Podolsk Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...
- December 22, 1910, St. Petersburg) was a Russian orientalist and Jewish communal leader. ***** Baron
Nicolas de Gunzburg Nicolas Louis Alexandre de Gunzburg (; 12 December 1904 – 20 February 1981), also known as Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, was a French-born magazine editor and socialite. He became an editor at several American publications, including '' Town & Cou ...
, (1904–1981) socialite, editor, actor, producer. * Grinkrugi * Ephron * Ephrussi * Kanegissery * Krupa/Kruppa * Polyakova *
Dobrowolski Dobrowolski ( ; feminine: Dobrowolska; plural: Dobrowolscy) is a Polish-language surname. People * Andrzej Dobrowolski (1921–1990), Polish composer * Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski (1872–1954), Polish scientist ** Dobrowolski Island, named a ...
Counts (later Dobrow), Russian and Polish family * Gantsmakher * Khaykin * Ransohov * Wertheim (Poland) * Nasonov * *
Ulyanov Ulyanov (russian: Улья́нов), or Ulyanova (feminine; Улья́нова) is a common Russian last name and may refer to several people: *Alexander Ulyanov (1866–1887), Russian revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin's brother * Anatoliy Ulyanov (b. ...


Spanish

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Aboab The Aboab family (Hebrew: אבוהב, ''Abuhav''; Arabic: ابوآب, ''Abuwab''; Turkish: Abuaf; Slavic: Abuyav) is an old and distinguished Western Sephardic family, originally from Aragon, Spain. The family has produced several notable rabbis, ...
*
Abravanel The Abravanel family ( he, ''ʾAbravanʾēl'' or ''ʾAbarbənəʾēl''), also spelled as ''Abarbanel'', ''Abrabanel'', ''Avravanel'', ''Barbernell'', or ''Barbanel'' – literally meaning ''Ab'' ("father") ''rabban'' ("priest") ''el'' ("of God" ...
* Arditti - of the Aragonese court * Bargallo * Benveniste * Maluenda * De la Cavalleria * Marmol * Cabrera * Carvajal *
Camondo The Camondo family was a prominent European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists. History Part of the Sephardic community in Spain, the Camondo family settled in Venice after the 1492 Spanish decree that ordered the expulsion of al ...
* Cohen * Curiel * Flores * Nahon * Paredes * Roditi * Safira * Saltiel (Shaltiel) * Senior Coronel * Surel * Verdugo (Berdugo) * Vázquez *
Vigil A vigil, from the Latin ''vigilia'' meaning ''wakefulness'' (Greek: ''pannychis'', or ''agrypnia'' ), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word ''vigilia'' has become genera ...


See also

* Court Jew *
Jewish heraldry Jewish heraldry is the tradition and style of heraldic achievements amongst Jewish communities throughout Europe and (in modern history) abroad. Included are the national and civic arms of the State of Israel, noble and burgher arms, synagogal he ...


References


External links


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