Prussian nobility

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Prussian nobility was the hereditary aristocratic class of the Kingdom of Prussia, long dominant in its military, political, and landowning elites, especially through the Junker landowners.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary aristocracy
nobility
social class
associatedWith Prussian bureaucracy
Prussian landed estates
Prussian monarchy
Prussian officer corps
basedOn hereditary privilege
landownership
centerOfPower Brandenburg
East Prussia
country Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
declinePeriod Weimar Republic
declineTriggeredBy abolition of monarchy in Germany
dominantIn Prussian landowning elite
Prussian military elite
Prussian political elite
economicBase agricultural estates
latifundia
governedBy feudal traditions
noble privileges
historicalPeriod 19th century
Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

early 20th century
historicalState Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
includedRank barons
counts
princes
influenced German conservative politics
Prussian militarism
Prussian political culture
language German
legalStatusChangedIn 1919
militaryRole supplied officers to Prussian army
notableGroup Junkers
partOf German nobility
linked to: Holy Roman nobility

Prussian society
politicalRole dominated Prussian Landtag
supplied ministers to Prussian government
region Prussia
relatedConcept Junker class
Prussian landed aristocracy
religion Protestantism
socialFunction administrative leadership
landed gentry
military leadership
successorContext German Federal Republic social elite
titleSystem Prussian noble titles

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von Hindenburg associatedWith Prussian nobility
Paul von Hindenburg memberOf Prussian nobility
subject linked to: von Hindenburg
Prussian House of Lords memberClass Prussian nobility
Duke of Lauenburg partOf Prussian nobility
Prince Albrecht of Prussia partOf Prussian nobility
Free Conservative Party hasPoliticalBase Prussian aristocracy
linked to: Prussian nobility
Christianization of Prussia hasParticipant Old Prussian nobility
linked to: Prussian nobility
Sophie von Dönhoff memberOf Prussian nobility
von Osten usedBy Prussian nobility
von Below hasTraditionalSocialClass Prussian aristocracy
linked to: Prussian nobility
Erwin von Witzleben partOf Prussian nobility
Revolution of 1848 in Prussia opposedBy Prussian conservative aristocracy (Junkers)
linked to: Prussian nobility
President of the Prussian House of Lords usedBy hereditary peers of Prussia
linked to: Prussian nobility
Amalia of Brandenburg partOf Brandenburg-Prussian nobility
linked to: Prussian nobility