The Council of Nobility (
French: ''Conseil de noblesse'',
Dutch
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People E ...
: ''Raad van Adel'') offers counsel to the
King of the Belgians
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regarding all matters pertaining to the
Kingdom's nobility.
History
It was created by Royal Decree on 27 February 1996
[Created by Royal Decree of 27 February 1996 and published in the '' Belgian Official Journal'' of 9 March 1996. It was then modified by the Royal Decree of 16 December 1999 and published in the Belgian Official Journal of 14 February 2000.] as a replacement of the ''Conseil héraldique de Belgique'' (Heraldry Council of Belgium) which itself was created on 6 February 1844.
Heraldic authority
It also serves as the
heraldic authority
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for the
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
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It does so alongside the two other heraldic authorities of Belgium: the
Council of Heraldry and Vexillology
The Council of Heraldry and Vexillology (French: Conseil d’héraldique et de vexillologie) is the Heraldic authority for the French-speaking Community of Belgium. It is the institution that advises the Government of the French-speaking Communit ...
for the French community and the
Flemish Heraldic Council
The Flemish Heraldic Council (Dutch: ''Vlaamse Heraldische Raad'', French: ''Conseil héraldique flamand'') advises the Flemish Government on all matters relating to heraldry. The Council was created on 11 April 1984, as the successor to the Su ...
for the Flemish community.
See also
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Belgian heraldry
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References
Further reading
* Leon ARENDT & Alphonse DE RIDDER, ''Législation héraldique de la Belgique 1595-1895. Jurisprudence du Conseil héraldique 1844-1895'', Brussels, 1896.
* A. BRAAS, ''La législation nobiliaire en Belgique'', Brussels, 1960
* M. VAN DAMME, ''De juridische grondslagen van de nobiliteitsregeling in België'', in: Rechtskundig Weekblad, 1979-80, col. 1317-1326.
* Christiane HOOGSTOEL-FABRI (dir.), ''Le droit nobiliaire et le Conseil héraldique'', Brussels, Larcier, 1994.
* Henri D'UDEKEM D'ACOZ, ''Le Raad van Adel - Conseil de Noblesse remplace le Conseil Héraldique'', in: Bulletin trimestriel de l'Association de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique, n° 207, July 1996, n° 207, July 1996, p. 17-24.
* Eric CUSAS, ''Le statut de la noblesse en France et en Belgique'', Brussels, Bruylant, 2002.
* Henri D'UDEKEM D'ACOZ, ''La législation nobiliaire'', dans: Bulletin trimestriel de l'Association de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique, n° 236, October 2003, p. 21-29.
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