List of European Jewish nobility

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Austrian
Coat of arms of the Rothschild family, granted in 1822 by the Habsburg College of Heralds. It contains a clenched fist with five arrows, symbolizing the branches established by the five sons of Mayer Rothschild. The family motto appears below the shield: Concordia, Integritas, Industria (Harmony, Integrity, Industry).
Coat of arms of Leopold von Seligmann, 1874

Belgian
  • Baron Henich Apfelbaum
  • Baron Lambert
  • Baron Jacques Brotchi
  • Baron Julien Klener
  • Francisco de Silva y Solis (Marquis de Montfort): Military commander under Emperor Leopold I; greatly aided in the defeat of the French François de Créquy in 1675. He settled in Antwerp as a professed Jew.

British

Czech

Dutch

French

Various Jewish families with foreign noble titles live in France, but there were no Jewish families formally ennobled by a French monarch.

German
Coat of arms of the Hirsch auf Gereuth family.

Between 1819 and 1900, a number of titles were conferred on Jews. Of a sample of 700 German nobles created during this period, 62 were Jewish.[1]

Hungarian
Coat of arms of the Königswarter family.

Italian

Portuguese
Arms of the d'Aguilar Barons

Russian
Coat of arms of the Babanin family

Spanish
Coat of arms of the Abravanel family.

See also

References
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  2. https://druidikal.wordpress.com/european-jewish-nobility/
  3. The Nobilites edited by the Marquis de Ruvigny, auteur of « the blood Royal of Britain », “The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage”, “The Plant Agener Roll”, etc.
  4.  Goodman Lipkind, Joseph Jacobs (1901–1906). "Stern, David, Viscount de". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  5.  Goodman Lipkind, Joseph Jacobs (1901–1906). "Stern, Hermann, Baron de". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  6. "Joseph, Baron Gunzburg (Russian philanthropist and banker) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  7. "Horace, Baron Gunzburg (Russian philanthropist and civil-rights activist) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. 1909-03-02. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
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