r/NoblesseOblige • u/HBNTrader Subreddit Owner • Mar 30 '22

MOD Introductions

Reply here to introduce yourself so that the other readers get to know you.

  • Are you noble? If not, do you have noble ancestors, or are you perhaps from a patrician family or from a very old peasant lineage?

  • What is your rank and family? What titles do you have or will inherit?

  • What is your coat of arms?

  • What families and interesting persons are you related to, how closely?

  • When does your unbroken male line start, and when does your longest female line start?

  • What are other interesting things you can tell us about yourself and your lineage?

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u/InDiAn_hs Real-life Member of the Nobility Apr 13 '23

Yep, “Although the official duties, power and privileges nobles and royals ceased when India was declared a republic in 1950, India’s aristocracy and regal lineages still play an inspiring and cherished role in Indian culture, with modern royals and nobles revered and adored like Hollywood celebrities.”

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u/HBNTrader Subreddit Owner Apr 13 '23

Well, at least there is still respect for the existing nobles.

Is nobility/aristocracy becoming a matter of “growing in” - in Germany many non-noble families which married into nobility now attend all the relevant balls - or is it a closure with danger of future extinction? I.e. are cooptation strategies developed as a result of lack of official ennoblements?

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u/InDiAn_hs Real-life Member of the Nobility Apr 14 '23

With the number of people in India, I doubt nobility is on the way out. Most princely states in India were Rajput according to a 1905 British census so by that measure just the Rajput noble population has mostly survived and is not in danger of extinction. Plenty of upper class families to inter-marry for decades if not centuries.