The Council of Nobility^[1] (French: Conseil de noblesse, Dutch: Raad van Adel) offers counsel to the King of the Belgians regarding all matters pertaining to the Kingdom's nobility.

History

It was created by Royal Decree on 27 February 1996^[2] as a replacement of the Conseil héraldique de Belgique (Heraldry Council of Belgium) which itself was created on 6 February 1844.

Heraldic authority

It also serves as the heraldic authority for the Belgian nobility.^[3] It does so alongside the two other heraldic authorities of Belgium: the Council of Heraldry and Vexillology for the French community and the Flemish Heraldic Council for the Flemish community.^[3]

See also

• Belgian heraldry

References

Further reading

• Leon ARENDT & Alphonse DE RIDDER, Législation héraldique de la Belgique 1595-1895. Jurisprudence du Conseil héraldique 1844-1895, Brussels, 1896.
• A. BRAAS, La législation nobiliaire en Belgique, Brussels, 1960
• M. VAN DAMME, De juridische grondslagen van de nobiliteitsregeling in België, in: Rechtskundig Weekblad, 1979-80, col. 1317-1326.
• Christiane HOOGSTOEL-FABRI (dir.), Le droit nobiliaire et le Conseil héraldique, Brussels, Larcier, 1994.
• Henri D'UDEKEM D'ACOZ, Le Raad van Adel - Conseil de Noblesse remplace le Conseil Héraldique, in: Bulletin trimestriel de l'Association de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique, n° 207, July 1996, n° 207, July 1996, p. 17-24.
• Eric CUSAS, Le statut de la noblesse en France et en Belgique, Brussels, Bruylant, 2002.
• Henri D'UDEKEM D'ACOZ, La législation nobiliaire, dans: Bulletin trimestriel de l'Association de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique, n° 236, October 2003, p. 21-29.

External links

• Website