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3 unusual facts about Dutch nobility


Dutch nobility

Duke (This title has become extinct in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.)

Marquise (This title has become extinct in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.)

Viscount (This title only exists in the Kingdom of Belgium.)



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Dutch Belted

These "Gurtenvieh" were evidently moved by Dutch nobility from the mountain farms of canton Appenzell and County of Tyrol Mountains during or soon after the feudal period.

Marquess of Heusden

For his service as ambassador to The Hague, he was raised into the Dutch nobility with the creation of the hereditary title Markies van Heusden (Marquess of Heusden) by King William I of the Netherlands (royal decree 8 July 1815 no. 14).