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The Council of Nobility (
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
: ''Conseil de noblesse'', Dutch: ''Raad van Adel'') offers counsel to the
King of the Belgians Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary, and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled king or queen of the Belgians ( nl, Koning(in) der Belgen, french: Roi / Reine des Belges}, german: König(in) der Belgier) and serves as the country's h ...
regarding all matters pertaining to the Kingdom's nobility.


History

It was created by Royal Decree on 27 February 1996Created 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 A heraldic authority is defined as an office or institution which has been established by a reigning monarch or a government to deal with heraldry in the country concerned. It does not include private societies or enterprises which design and/or r ...
for the Belgian nobility. It does so alongside the two other heraldic authorities of Belgium: the Council of Heraldry and Vexillology for the French community and the Flemish Heraldic Council for the Flemish community.


See also

*
Belgian heraldry Belgian heraldry is the form of coats of arms and other heraldic bearings and insignia used in the Kingdom of Belgium and the Belgian colonial empire but also in the historical territories that make up modern-day Belgium. Today, coats of arms i ...


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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