The ''Carnet Mondain'' (
French for Social Notebook) of
Belgium
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is a directory
featuring
high society
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(
nobility
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and upper
bourgeoisie), Belgian or foreign, established in Belgium, as well as members of
Belgian
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* Something of, or related to, Belgium
* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
* Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German
*Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...
families established abroad.
It is equivalent to the ''
Social Register
The ''Social Register'' is a semi-annual publication in the United States that indexes the members of American high society. First published in the 1880s by newspaper columnist Louis Keller, it was later acquired by Malcolm Forbes. Since 2014, ...
'' in the United States. Its
tagline
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is "the Familial and Social Belgium" (
French: la Belgique Familiale et Mondaine).
It also publishes the
coats of arms of these families, when
armigerous
In heraldry, an armiger is a person entitled to use a heraldic achievement (e.g., bear arms, an "armour-bearer") either by hereditary right, grant, matriculation, or assumption of arms. Such a person is said to be armigerous. A family or a cl ...
.
History
This work, which was an initiative of
Prince Charles-Louis of Merode, has the advantage of clearly showing the ties of descent between people (up to two degrees). This directory coexists with the
High Life de Belgique
The ''High Life de Belgique'' (French for High Life of Belgium) is a Belgian publishing house that was founded in 1880.
History
It publishes annually a directory containing the contact details of more than twelve thousand families of the high s ...
, which pursues similar objectives.
Admission
Persons wishing to be registered, must submit a written candidacy request supported by three unrelated persons included in previous editions. These new applications are then submitted to the Carnet Mondain admissions committee, which rules in full independence.
See also
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High Life de Belgique
The ''High Life de Belgique'' (French for High Life of Belgium) is a Belgian publishing house that was founded in 1880.
History
It publishes annually a directory containing the contact details of more than twelve thousand families of the high s ...
*
Social Register
The ''Social Register'' is a semi-annual publication in the United States that indexes the members of American high society. First published in the 1880s by newspaper columnist Louis Keller, it was later acquired by Malcolm Forbes. Since 2014, ...
*
Burke's peerage
Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher founded in 1826, when the Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage, baronetage, knightage and landed gentry of Great ...
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Almanach de Bruxelles (defunct)
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Almanach de Gotha
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' (german: Gothaischer Hofkalender) is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First publish ...
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Libro d'Oro
The ''Libro d'Oro'' (English: ''The Golden Book''), originally published between 1315 and 1797, is the formal directory of nobles in the Republic of Venice (including the Ionian Islands). It has been resurrected as the ''Libro d'Oro della Nobil ...
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Belgian nobility
The Belgian nobility comprises Belgian individuals or families recognized as noble with or without a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Belgium. The Belgian constitution states that no specific privileges are attached to the nobility.
History
...
*
Bourgeois of Brussels
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Seven Noble Houses of Brussels
The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (also called the Seven Lineages or Seven Patrician families of Brussels; french: Sept lignages de Bruxelles, nl, Zeven geslachten van Brussel, Latin: ''Septem nobiles familiae Bruxellarum'') were the seven ...
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Belgian heraldry
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Kulavruttanta
A Kulavruttanta or a Kul-vrttant ( mr, कुलवृत्तांत; IAST: Kula-vr̥ttānta; ), is a genealogical almanac and biographical dictionary, a format of genealogical record keeping predominantly found in the Indian state of Mahar ...
References
Social institutions
Upper class culture in Europe
Genealogy publications
Family history
Series of books
Publishing companies of Belgium
Directories
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