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href="/wiki/Age_of_the_Sturlungs" title="Age of the Sturlungs">Sturlung era</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 1180–1264 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/Sta%C3%B0am%C3%A1lin" title="Staðamálin">Staðamálin</a> <div style="float:right;"> 1178–1297 </div><hr /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Norway_(872%E2%80%931397)" title="Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)">Norwegian rule</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 1262–1380 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/Old_Covenant_(Iceland)" title="Old Covenant (Iceland)">Old Covenant</a> <div style="float:right;"> 1262 </div></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway" title="Denmark–Norway">Danish rule</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 1380–1918 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Reformation" title="Icelandic Reformation">Reformation</a> <div style="float:right;"> 1536–1627 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Trade_Monopoly" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly">Danish trade 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Iceland</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 1918–1944 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/Danish%E2%80%93Icelandic_Act_of_Union" title="Danish–Icelandic Act of Union">Act of Union</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_World_War_II" title="Iceland in World War II">World War II</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 1939–1944 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/British_invasion_of_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="British invasion of Iceland">British invasion of Iceland</a> <div style="float:right;"> 1940 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/Allied_occupation_of_Iceland" title="Allied occupation of Iceland">Allied occupation of Iceland</a> <div style="float:right;"> 1940–1945 </div></li> <li>          <a href="/wiki/%C3%81standi%C3%B0" title="Ástandið">Invader relationships</a><hr /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1944_Icelandic_constitutional_referendum" title="1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum">Founding of republic</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 1944 </div></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Iceland_in_the_Cold_War" title="Iceland in the Cold War">Iceland in the Cold War</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 1947–1991 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/Cod_Wars" title="Cod Wars">Cod Wars</a> <div style="float:right;"> 1948–1976 </div></li> <li>     <a href="/wiki/1949_anti-NATO_riot_in_Iceland" title="1949 anti-NATO riot in Iceland">Anti-NATO riot</a> <div style="float:right;"> 1949 </div></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Icelandic_financial_crisis" title="2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis">Financial crisis</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 2008–2011 </div></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Iceland" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland">COVID-19 pandemic</a></b> <div style="float:right;"> 2020–2022 </div><hr /></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; border:none;;color: var(--color-base)">Related 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Iceland">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Iceland" title="Portal:Iceland">Portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nobility in Iceland</b> (<a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a>: <i>aðall</i>; <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a>: <i>adel</i>) may refer to the following: </p> <ul><li>Icelanders who belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">aristocracy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Commonwealth" title="Icelandic Commonwealth">Icelandic Commonwealth</a>.</li> <li>Icelanders who belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_nobility" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian nobility">Norwegian nobility</a>.</li> <li>Icelanders who belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Danish_nobility" title="Danish nobility">Danish nobility</a>.</li></ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aristocracy_of_the_Icelandic_Commonwealth">Aristocracy of the Icelandic Commonwealth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobility_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Aristocracy of the Icelandic Commonwealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg/220px-Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg/330px-Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg/440px-Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1568" data-file-height="1244" /></a><figcaption>In this painting, painted in 1850 and depicting an imagined event, Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Ing%C3%B3lfr_Arnarson" title="Ingólfr Arnarson">Ingólfr Arnarson</a> is depicted taking possession of the site of <a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a>.<br /><small>Painter: Johan Peter Raadsig</small></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_King_of_Iceland_(13th_century).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Coat_of_arms_of_King_of_Iceland_%2813th_century%29.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_King_of_Iceland_%2813th_century%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Coat_of_arms_of_King_of_Iceland_%2813th_century%29.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_King_of_Iceland_%2813th_century%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Coat_of_arms_of_King_of_Iceland_%2813th_century%29.svg/440px-Coat_of_arms_of_King_of_Iceland_%2813th_century%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">Coat of arms of the Earldom of Iceland</a>; a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Norway" title="Coat of arms of Norway">Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Norway</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kongespeilet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Kongespeilet.jpg/220px-Kongespeilet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Kongespeilet.jpg/330px-Kongespeilet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Kongespeilet.jpg/440px-Kongespeilet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2456" data-file-height="3150" /></a><figcaption>Original page from the <a href="/wiki/Konungs_skuggsj%C3%A1" title="Konungs skuggsjá"><i>King’s Mirror</i></a> </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Henrik_hielmstjerne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Henrik_hielmstjerne.jpg/220px-Henrik_hielmstjerne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Henrik_hielmstjerne.jpg/330px-Henrik_hielmstjerne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Henrik_hielmstjerne.jpg/440px-Henrik_hielmstjerne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1228" data-file-height="1747" /></a><figcaption>Icelandic–Danish <a href="/wiki/Hielmstierne_(noble_family)" title="Hielmstierne (noble family)">Henrich Hielmstierne</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Danish_nobility" title="Danish nobility">Danish nobility</a> </figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Commonwealth" title="Icelandic Commonwealth">Icelandic Commonwealth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Age_of_the_Sturlungs" title="Age of the Sturlungs">Age of the Sturlungs</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Norsemen" title="Norsemen">Norse</a> <a href="/wiki/Settlement_of_Iceland" title="Settlement of Iceland">settlement of Iceland</a>, beginning in ca. 874 and lasting until ca. 930, <a href="/wiki/Chieftain" class="mw-redirect" title="Chieftain">chieftains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">aristocratic</a> families from <a href="/wiki/Western_Norway" title="Western Norway">Western</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Norway" title="Northern Norway">Northern</a> <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> arrived to the island. They had refused to accept <a href="/wiki/Harald_Fairhair" title="Harald Fairhair">Harald I Halfdanson</a> as their <a href="/wiki/High_king" title="High king">high king</a>, instead abandoning their chieftain seats and <a href="/wiki/Petty_kingdoms_of_Norway" title="Petty kingdoms of Norway">petty kingdoms</a> and heading west. One of these seats was <a href="/wiki/Borg,_Vestv%C3%A5g%C3%B8y" title="Borg, Vestvågøy">Borg</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lofoten" title="Lofoten">Lofoten</a>. </p><p>In the following centuries <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> was ruled by a handful of aristocratic families, each controlling their respective part of the island, mainly the <a href="/wiki/Sturlungar_family_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sturlungar family clan">Sturlungar</a>, the <a href="/wiki/%C3%81sbirningar_family_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ásbirningar family clan">Ásbirningar</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Oddaverjar_family_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Oddaverjar family clan">Oddaverjar</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Haukd%C3%A6lir_family_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Haukdælir family clan">Haukdælir</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Vatnsfir%C3%B0ingar_family_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatnsfirðingar family clan">Vatnsfirðingar</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Sv%C3%ADnfellingar_family_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Svínfellingar family clan">Svínfellingar</a>. </p><p>During this time a rich amount of poetry and literature was created, among others by poet <a href="/wiki/Sighvatr_Sturluson" title="Sighvatr Sturluson">Sighvatr Sturluson</a> and by poet and historian <a href="/wiki/Snorri_Sturluson" title="Snorri Sturluson">Snorri Sturluson</a>. The aforementioned families are extensively described in historical literature, for example in the <i><a href="/wiki/Sturlunga_saga" title="Sturlunga saga">Sturlunga saga</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_nobility">Norwegian nobility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobility_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Norwegian nobility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_nobility" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian nobility">Norwegian nobility</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hird" title="Hird">Hird</a></div> <p>Between 1262 and 1814, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Kingdom of Norway</a>. The process that turned Iceland into a province had begun already in the 12th century. In the 12th and the 13th centuries several Icelandic men travelled to and were included at the Royal Court in Norway. </p><p><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Loftsson" title="Jón Loftsson">Jón Loftsson</a>, Böðvar Þórðarson, Ormur Jónsson, Oddur Gissursson, and Gissur Hallsson are described as men ‘whom God has given the power over the people of Iceland’ in a letter of 1179 or 1180 by <a href="/wiki/Eysteinn_Erlendsson" title="Eysteinn Erlendsson">Eysteinn Erlendsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Nidaros" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Nidaros">Archbishop of Norway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Illustrating the growing connection between Iceland and Norway, Jón's mother was <a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3ra_Magn%C3%BAsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Þóra Magnúsdóttir">Þóra Magnúsdóttir</a>, a daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Barefoot" title="Magnus Barefoot">Magnus III Olafson of Norway</a>. </p><p>In 1220, <a href="/wiki/Snorri_Sturluson" title="Snorri Sturluson">Snorri Sturluson</a>, an adopted son of Jón and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Sturlungar_family_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sturlungar family clan">Sturlunga</a> family, became a <a href="/wiki/Vassal" title="Vassal">vassal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Haakon_IV_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Haakon IV of Norway">Haakon IV Haakonson of Norway</a>. In 1235 Snorri's nephew <a href="/wiki/Sturla_Sighvatsson" title="Sturla Sighvatsson">Sturla Sighvatsson</a> also accepted vassalage under the King of Norway. Unlike his uncle, Sturla worked actively for bringing Iceland under the Norwegian Crown, warring on chieftains who refused to accept the King's demands. However, Sturla and his father <a href="/wiki/Sighvatr_Sturluson" title="Sighvatr Sturluson">Sighvatr Sturluson</a> were defeated by <a href="/wiki/Gissur_%C3%9Eorvaldsson" title="Gissur Þorvaldsson">Gissur Þorvaldsson</a>, the chief of the <a href="/wiki/Haukd%C3%A6lir" title="Haukdælir">Haukdælir</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kolbeinn_the_young" class="mw-redirect" title="Kolbeinn the young">Kolbeinn the young</a>, chief of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%81sbirnings" class="mw-redirect" title="Ásbirnings">Ásbirnings</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_%C3%96rlygssta%C3%B0ir" title="Battle of Örlygsstaðir">Battle of Örlygsstaðir</a>, losing their position as the mightiest chieftains in Iceland. </p><p>In 1262, following the <a href="/wiki/Old_Covenant_(Iceland)" title="Old Covenant (Iceland)">Old Covenant</a>, the independent republic became an earldom under the Kingdom of Norway. Gissur Þorvaldsson of the Haukdælir was created <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Iceland">Earl of Iceland</a> in 1262, indicating and imposing that he should rule Iceland on behalf of Norway's king. </p><p>It is known that approximately 20–30 Icelandic men had the title of knight (<a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a>: <i lang="no">ridder</i>) in the following centuries, among others Eiríkur Sveinbjarnarson in <a href="/wiki/Vatnsfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur" title="Vatnsfjörður">Vatnsfjörður</a> († in 1342) and Arnfinnur Þorsteinsson († in 1433).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first noble titles are known since 1277.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These titles were normally not inherited, but rather expressed each person's function and rank as the King's servant.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The medieval aristocracy to which some Icelandics belonged was originally known as the <a href="/wiki/Hird" title="Hird">hird</a>. This was divided into three classes, of which the first had three ranks. The first class was <i>hirdmann</i> with <i>lendmann</i> as the 1st rank, <i>skutilsvein</i> as the 2nd rank, and ordinary <i>hirdmann</i> as the 3rd rank. Below them were the classes <i>gjest</i> and <i>kjertesvein</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SNL_hird_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SNL_hird-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SNL_skutilsvein_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SNL_skutilsvein-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hird's organisation is described in the <a href="/wiki/Konungs_skuggsj%C3%A1" title="Konungs skuggsjá"><i>King’s Mirror</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hirdskraa" title="Hirdskraa"><i>Codex of the Hird</i></a>. </p><p>During the second half of the 13th century continental European court culture began to gain influence in Norway. In 1277, King <a href="/wiki/Magnus_VI_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnus VI of Norway">Magnus VI Haakonson of Norway</a> introduced continental titles in the hird: lendmen were now called <a href="/wiki/Baron" title="Baron">barons</a>, and skutilsveins were called <i>ridder</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Both were then styled <i>Herr</i> (English: <span lang="en">Lord</span>). In 1308, King <a href="/wiki/Haakon_V_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Haakon V of Norway">Haakon V Magnusson of Norway</a> abolished the lendman/baron institution, and it was probably also during his reign that the aristocracy apparently was restructured into two classes: <i>ridder</i> (English: <span lang="en">knight</span>) and <i>væpner</i> (English: <span lang="en">squire</span>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It is difficult to determinate exactly how many knights and squires there were in the 14th and the early 15th century in Norway. When King Haakon V signed a peace treaty with the Danish king in 1309, it was sealed by 29 Norwegian knights and squires. King Haakon promised that 270 more knights and squires would give their written recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 July 1620 at the <a href="/wiki/Althing" title="Althing">Althing</a>, Jón Magnússon the older let a <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> of 1457 be read, given to his ancestor Björn ‘the Wealthy’ Þorleifsson from <a href="/wiki/Christopher_of_Bavaria" title="Christopher of Bavaria">Christopher of Bavaria</a> in his capacity as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Norwegian_monarchs" title="List of Norwegian monarchs">King of Norway</a>. Jón was the last Norwegian nobleman in Iceland. The era of the nobility in Iceland ended in 1660 with the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolutism</a> in Norway (and in <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>). </p><p>In addition to the secular aristocracy there was a clerical one. Positions within the church were occupied mainly by members of the mightiest families in Iceland and in Norway. Both bishops in Iceland after 1262 had ‘seat and vote’ in the Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Riksr%C3%A5d" title="Riksråd">Council of the Kingdom</a>. There were also non-noble bishops, for example Pétur Nikúlásson biskup á Hólum (1391–1411), originally a Danish <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a>. The Archbishop of Nidaros had <a href="/wiki/Setesvein" title="Setesvein">setesveins</a> in Iceland. Two are mentioned in a list from 1533, whereof ‘Oluff Lagmand’, i.e. Ólafur <a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%B6gma%C3%B0ur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lögmaður (page does not exist)">lögmaður</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This aristocracy ended with the <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Reformation" title="Icelandic Reformation">Icelandic Reformation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish_nobility">Danish nobility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobility_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Danish nobility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Danish_nobility" title="Danish nobility">Danish nobility</a></div> <p>A few <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Icelanders</a> (who formally were Norwegians until 1814) or Icelandic-rooted Danes have been ennobled or noble in <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>. Prominent are the families <a href="/wiki/Hielmstierne_(noble_family)" title="Hielmstierne (noble family)">Hielmstierne</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosencrone_(noble_family)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rosencrone (noble family) (page does not exist)">Rosencrone</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobility_in_Iceland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Regesta_Norvegica" title="Regesta Norvegica">Regesta Norvegica</a>, vol. 1, no. 163. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/regest_vise_tekst.prl?b=164&s=n&str=">Digital version.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ólason, Páll Eggert (1948): <i>Íslenzkar æviskrár Frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940</i>, vol. 1, p. 421.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Safn til sögu Íslands og Íslendzkra Bókmenta að fornu og nýju</i>, vol. 9, p. 103. Published in 1886.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">„Sauðlauksdalsannáll“ in <i>Annales Islandici posteriorum sæculorum. Annálar 1400–1800</i>, vol. 6, p. 388, 5. Reykjavík 1987.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Ìslenzka alfræði orðabókin</i>, p. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SNL_hird-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SNL_hird_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Store_norske_leksikon" class="mw-redirect" title="Store norske leksikon">Store norske leksikon</a></i>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.snl.no/hird">Hird</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SNL_skutilsvein-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SNL_skutilsvein_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Store_norske_leksikon" class="mw-redirect" title="Store norske leksikon">Store norske leksikon</a></i>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.snl.no/skutilsvein">Skutilsvein</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Natural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Iceland" title="Climate of Iceland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Iceland" title="List of earthquakes in Iceland">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Iceland" title="List of extreme points of Iceland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fjords_of_Iceland" title="List of fjords of Iceland">Fjords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_forests_in_Iceland" title="List of forests in Iceland">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Iceland" title="Geology of Iceland">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_in_Iceland" title="List of glaciers in Iceland">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlands_of_Iceland" title="Highlands of Iceland">Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Iceland" title="List of islands of Iceland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Iceland" title="List of lakes of Iceland">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Iceland" title="List of national parks of Iceland">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Iceland" title="List of rivers of Iceland">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_of_Iceland" title="List of valleys of Iceland">Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcanism_of_Iceland" title="Volcanism of Iceland">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of waterfalls of Iceland">Waterfalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Iceland" title="Wildlife of Iceland">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Political</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Iceland" title="Constituencies of Iceland">Constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Iceland" title="Counties of Iceland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farthings_of_Iceland" title="Farthings of Iceland">Farthings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Localities_of_Iceland" title="Localities of Iceland">Localities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Iceland" title="Municipalities of Iceland">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Iceland" title="Regions of Iceland">Regions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Iceland" title="Politics of Iceland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Iceland" title="Administrative divisions of Iceland">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Iceland" title="Cabinet of Iceland">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Iceland" title="Constitution of Iceland">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Iceland" title="Elections in Iceland">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Iceland" title="Foreign relations of Iceland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iceland" title="Human rights in Iceland">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Iceland" title="Law of Iceland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Police" title="Icelandic Police">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Iceland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Iceland">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Althing" title="Althing">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Iceland" title="List of political parties in Iceland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Iceland" title="President of Iceland">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iceland" title="Prime Minister of Iceland">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Iceland" title="Supreme Court of Iceland">Supreme Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Iceland" title="Economy of Iceland">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Iceland" title="Agriculture in Iceland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Iceland" title="Banking in Iceland">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Iceland" title="Telecommunications in Iceland">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_kr%C3%B3na" title="Icelandic króna">Króna <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Iceland" title="Energy in Iceland">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasdaq_Iceland" title="Nasdaq Iceland">Nasdaq Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_model" title="Nordic model">Nordic model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_outvasion" title="Icelandic outvasion">Outvasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Iceland" title="Taxation in Iceland">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Iceland" title="Tourism in Iceland">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Iceland" title="Transport in Iceland">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Iceland" title="Category:Society of Iceland">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Iceland" title="Abortion in Iceland">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Iceland" title="Demographics of Iceland">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Iceland" title="Education in Iceland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Iceland" title="Healthcare in Iceland">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelanders" title="Icelanders">Icelanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Icelandic Language">Icelandic Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Iceland" title="Languages of Iceland">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Iceland" title="Religion in Iceland">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iceland" title="Women in Iceland">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Iceland" title="Culture of Iceland">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lofs%C3%B6ngur" title="Lofsöngur">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Iceland" title="Architecture of Iceland">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_art" title="Icelandic art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Chess_in_Iceland" title="Category:Chess in Iceland">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Iceland" title="Cinema of Iceland">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland" title="Coat of arms of Iceland">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_cuisine" title="Icelandic cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Iceland" title="Flag of Iceland">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_literature" title="Icelandic literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Iceland" title="Mass media in Iceland">Mass media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Iceland" title="Music of Iceland">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Iceland" title="Names of Iceland">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_national_costume" title="Icelandic national costume">National costume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Iceland" title="Public holidays in Iceland">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Iceland" title="Sport in Iceland">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Iceland" title="Television in Iceland">Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Iceland" title="Outline of Iceland">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Iceland/Lists_of_pages/Articles" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Iceland/Lists of pages/Articles">Index</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Iceland" title="Category:Iceland">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Iceland" 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appellations">Mamluks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Eswatini" title="List of monarchs of Eswatini">Eswatini</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_aristocratic_and_court_titles" title="Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Chieftaincy" title="Nigerian Chieftaincy">Nigeria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_traditional_rulers" title="Nigerian traditional rulers">Rulers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andriana" title="Andriana">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_aristocratic_and_court_titles" title="Somali aristocratic and court titles">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulu_royal_family" title="Zulu royal family">South Africa (Zulu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharifism" title="Sharifism">Morocco</a>*</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Princely_Hat.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Princely_Hat.svg/70px-Princely_Hat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Princely_Hat.svg/105px-Princely_Hat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Princely_Hat.svg/140px-Princely_Hat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_peers_and_baronets" title="Canadian peers and baronets">Canada</a>*</li> <li>Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pipiltin" title="Pipiltin">pre-Columbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_nobility" title="Mexican nobility">post-Columbian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_nobility" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban nobility">Cuba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_nobility" title="Brazilian nobility">Brazil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_nobility" title="Lebanese nobility">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Ottoman_families" title="Template:Ottoman families">Turkey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_nobility" title="Chinese nobility">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_nobility" title="Mongolian nobility">Mongolia</a></li> <li>Japan* <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kuge" title="Kuge">Kuge</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daimy%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimyō">Daimyō</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazoku" title="Kazoku">Meiji</a></li></ul></li> <li>Korea <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_nobility" title="Korean nobility">Nobility</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yangban" title="Yangban">Yangban</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>India <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">Princes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_peers_and_baronets" title="Indian peers and baronets">Indo-European</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Indonesia* <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balinese_Kshatriya" title="Balinese Kshatriya">Balinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabang_Atas" title="Cabang Atas">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyayi" title="Priyayi">Javanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malay_styles_and_titles" title="Malay styles and titles">Malay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malay_styles_and_titles" title="Malay styles and titles">Malaysia</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malay_styles_and_titles" title="Malay styles and titles">Brunei</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmer_nobility" title="Khmer nobility">Cambodia</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal%C3%ADa" title="Principalía">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_nobility" title="Thai nobility">Thailand</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_nobility" title="Vietnamese nobility">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danish_nobility" title="Danish nobility">Denmark</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_nobility" title="Finnish nobility">Finland</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristocracy_of_Norway" title="Aristocracy of Norway">Norway</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_nobility" title="Swedish nobility">Sweden</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_nobility" title="Belgian nobility">Belgium</a>*</li> <li>France <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_nobility" title="French nobility">Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobility_of_the_First_French_Empire" title="Nobility of the First French 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papal_nobility" title="Papal nobility">Holy See</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobility_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobility of Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobility_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobility of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_nobility" title="Portuguese nobility">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_nobility" title="Spanish nobility">Spain</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central, Eastern<br />and Caucasus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nobility" title="Albanian nobility">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_nobility" title="Armenian 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title="Szlachta">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyars_of_Moldavia_and_Wallachia" title="Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_nobility" title="Russian nobility">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_nobility" title="Serbian nobility">Serbia</a></li> <li>Ukraine <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruthenian_nobility" title="Ruthenian nobility">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_nobility_of_Galicia" title="Ukrainian nobility of Galicia">Galicia</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australasia" 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