Edited by | Editions Venture |
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Language | French |
Genre | Directory |
Published | since 1880 |
Media type | |
Website | highlife.be |
The High Life de Belgique (French for High Life of Belgium) is a Belgian publishing house that was founded in 1880. [1]
It publishes annually a directory containing the contact details of more than twelve thousand families [2] of the high society (nobility and upper bourgeoisie), [2] [3] Belgian or foreign, established in Belgium. [1] This directory coexists with the Carnet Mondain ; they are the Belgian equivalents of the American Social Register or the French Bottin Mondain and French High Life .
Albert II is a member of the Belgian royal family who reigned as King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013.
The Social Register is a semi-annual publication in the United States that indexes the members of American high society. First published in the 1880s by newspaper columnist Louis Keller, it was later acquired by Malcolm Forbes. Since 2014, it has been owned by Christopher Wolf.
The Almanach de Gotha is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First published in 1763 by C.W. Ettinger in Gotha in Thuringia, Germany at the ducal court of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, it came to be regarded as an authority in the classification of monarchies and their courts, reigning and former dynasties, princely and ducal families, and the genealogical, biographical and titulary details of Europe's highest level of aristocracy. It was published from 1785 annually by Justus Perthes Publishing House in Gotha, until 1944. The Soviets destroyed the Almanach de Gotha's archives in 1945.
The Libro d'Oro, originally published between 1315 and 1797, is the formal directory of nobles in the Republic of Venice. It has been resurrected as the Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana, a privately published directory of the nobility of Italy. The book lists some of Italy's noble families and their cadet branches.
The Belgian nobility comprises Belgian individuals or families recognized as noble with or without a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Belgium. The Belgian constitution states that no specific privileges are attached to the nobility.
Eugène François Charles Joseph Lamoral de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinoy, 8th Prince of Ligne and of the Holy Roman Empire was a Belgian diplomat and liberal politician.
Events in the year 1869 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1833 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1835 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1838 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1841 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1842 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1845 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1852 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1857 in Belgium.
Events in the year 1853 in Belgium.
The Council of Heraldry and Vexillology is the Heraldic authority for the French-speaking Community of Belgium. It is the institution that advises the Government of the French-speaking Community on all matters concerning civic, personal, and familial arms and flags. Grants of arms from the Council are published in the Belgian official journal.
The Carnet Mondain of Belgium is a directory featuring high society, Belgian or foreign, established in Belgium, as well as members of Belgian families established abroad. It is equivalent to the Social Register in the United States. Its tagline is "the Familial and Social Belgium". It also publishes the coats of arms of these families, when armigerous.
Belgian heraldry is the form of coats of arms and other heraldic bearings and insignia used in the Kingdom of Belgium and the Belgian colonial empire but also in the historical territories that make up modern-day Belgium. Today, coats of arms in Belgium are regulated and granted by different bodies depending on the nature, status, and location of the armiger.