Prevalence

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The Prävalierung (force ceremony, approximation) is a term from the Austrian nobility law .

Definition

An Austrian prevalence was an approximation to the Austrian nobility . This means that the person was granted the right to use his foreign nobility titles and predicates in Austria or a “von”.

However, the prevalence did not mean that the foreign nobility was converted into an Austrian one, not even if they had or accepted Austrian citizenship. For example, Hugo von Koczian was only allowed to (officially) bear the title “ Edler von” (official) from 1912 after he was awarded the Herbländisch-Austrian nobility predicate , although he already had the Hungarian and Bohemian nobility.

Regulations in detail

  • The prevalence of a foreign nobility in Austria did not grant the Austrian the right to transform the foreign nobility into an Austrian one (June 12, 1838). The nobility remained foreign, despite leadership in Austria. This also applied to the granting of Austrian citizenship to a foreign nobleman (1850).
  • The Spanish title "Grand 'd'Espagne" ( Grande of Spain ) was valued as a knighthood , but could be used next to any title of nobility (duke, count) (1822).
  • Hungarian aristocrats were allowed to use the aristocratic particle “von” in Austria (March 10, 1825).
  • The possession of an Italian knightly order did not entitle the owner to use the knightly title. The Italian titles Duca , Principe , Marchese , Conte palatino etc. were not allowed to be translated into German. The Venetian title " Patrizio Veneto " was banned in Austria (November 20, 1829).
  • The papal " Comes Romanus " did not establish a title of nobility in Austria (1875). He was not allowed to be listed as a "Roman Count" by translation.
  • The Dalmatian Conte was kept equal to the simple degree of nobility with the word of honor "noble".
  • The application by Austrian citizens for foreign nobility degrees was prohibited without special permission (June 6, 1834, 1866, 1878).
  • Austrian citizens who acquired German citizenship and the right of aristocratic leadership in the German Reich before March 13, 1938, were able to lead their old Austrian nobility as German citizens in neighboring Austria (May 18, 1938).
  • In Czechoslovakia, the use of aristocratic denominations was forbidden by law on December 10, 1918, but the Supreme Administrative Court ruled in June 1929 that the word “von” in noble families (e.g. Lobkowitz) was not a nobility predicate, but a component of the name.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Graf Pace von Friedensberg: "Ernst Mayrhofer's Handbook for Political Administrative Service", Volume 5, Vienna 1901, pp. 114, 149f.
  2. ^ Rudolf von Granichstaedten-Czerva: "Old Austrian Adels- und Wappenrecht", in the magazine Adler, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp. 49–58, Vienna 1947