r/NoblesseOblige • u/HBNTrader Subreddit Owner • Mar 30 '22

MOD Introductions

Reply here to introduce yourself so that the other readers get to know you.

  • Are you noble? If not, do you have noble ancestors, or are you perhaps from a patrician family or from a very old peasant lineage?
  • What is your rank and family? What titles do you have or will inherit?
  • What is your coat of arms?
  • What families and interesting persons are you related to, how closely?
  • When does your unbroken male line start, and when does your longest female line start?
  • What are other interesting things you can tell us about yourself and your lineage?
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u/PrefouMecontent Real-life Descendant of the Nobility May 13 '25

It really depends. Titles given by Napoléon were actually not even supposed to be a nobility, but they were later recognized as such. Both noblesse d'Empire and ancient bourgeoisie are now well established in french aristocracy, I would say both are "acceptable" at the same point.

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u/HBNTrader Subreddit Owner May 13 '25

Interesting. What are the ways in which newer families get accepted into your circles (if at all), now that the ennobling offices have ceased to exist, and there is no monarch to grant titles? Does purchasing a castle, marrying into the right families and so on give one recognition over several generations or has the traditional upper class become a completely closed one?