Neues Allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon
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Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon or New General German Aristocracy Lexicon is the title of a series of historical reference books written by Professor Dr. Ernst Heinrich Kneschke about the German aristocracy, including royalty and nobility. This series is one of the most inclusive source of the German Aristocracy. The families are listed alphabetically by surname. Each listing includes the origin of the family, the master seat, sometimes family
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, fundamentals of
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and prominent members.
Wikisource: Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon: Volumes I - IX Google Books: Deutsches Adels-Lexicon German Nobility Lexicon
Verlag Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1859 - 1870 , Nobility in Europe * Social class in Germany {{Germany-hist-stub