The House of Hornes was an important European noble family, which became extinct in the male line in 1826. The name refers to Horn, a small village in Limburg, located in the Netherlands.
Henri Charles Francis Joseph Marie, 8th Duke d'Ursel was a Belgian film director and writer. Henri d'Ursel was known for his surrealist style, directing the film La Perle early in his career.
Charles Theodore Otto, Prince of Salm, was Count of Salm-Salm since 1663 and Obersthofmeister at the Austrian Court.
Louis Otto, Prince of Salm was the Count of Salm-Salm from 1710, the only son of the Imperial chamberlain (Reichskämmerer) Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm (1645–1710) and Countess Palatine Luise Maria of Simmern (1647-1679).
Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille, 10th Duke of Thouars, 16th Count of Laval was a French nobleman and the son of Louis Charles de La Trémoille and his wife Marguerite Églé Jeanne Caroline Duchâtel
Leopold Philippe of Arenberg was the 4th Duke of Arenberg, 10th Duke of Aarschot and an Austrian Field Marshal.
Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowitz, was an Austrian Generalfeldmarschall. He was a member of the old Bohemian noble family of Lobkowicz, of which family he established a cadet branch, the Hořín-Mělník line.
D'Ursel Castle used to be the private summer residence of the Duke of Ursel in Hingene in the municipality of Bornem, province of Antwerp, Belgium. Today it is property of the State, and opened to the public.
d' Ursel is the name of an important old Belgian noble family of German origin. The Head of the House is styled the Duke of Ursel, others are Count d'Ursel.
Charles Joseph Marie, 6th Duke d'Ursel, was a Belgian politician.
Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel and of Hoboken, Prince of Arches and Charleville and Count of Grobbendoncq was a statesman and minister in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium.
The House Order of Albert the Bear was founded in 1836 as a joint House Order by three dukes of Anhalt from separate branches of the family: Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg.
Lord of Grobbendonk is a feudal Flemish title originating from Grobbendonk. This title belongs today to the Belgian nobility.
Schetz or Schetz de Grobbendonk, originally von Schetzenberg is a German Noble House. Most famous is the Flemish branch named Schetz, one of whose members became the first duke of Ursel.
Count Marie Hippolyte Adrien Ludovic d'Ursel was a Belgian politician and historian.
Charles Elisabeth Conrard, 2nd Duke d'Ursel and of Hoboken, Prince of Arches and Charleville and Count of Grobbendoncq (1717–1775) was a Belgian Duke. He succeeded his father and became the second Duke of Ursel in 1738.
Prince of Arches and Charleville is a noble title associated with Charleville-Mézières in France and now held by the Duke of Ursel in Belgium. The title originates with Charles Gonzaga (Gonzagues), Duke of Mantua, who was also Duke of Rethel, a title which included the lordship of Arches, named after a small hamlet. In 1608 Charles elevated this lordship to the sovereign Principality of Arches with himself as first Prince and his new town of Charleville as its capital. The third prince, Charles Ferdinand, died in 1708 without issue; the territory was annexed by the Kingdom of France, while the title Prince of Arches and Charleville continued in the French nobility. The title was inherited by the Duke of Ursel of the Belgian nobility, although the Kingdom of Belgium does not recognise it. Henri, 8th Duke d'Ursel used Henri d'Arches as a pseudonym when making films.
Lord Chamberlain of the Archduchess was a ceremonial function at the imperial court of Brussels.
Robert-Marie-Léon 7th Duke d'Ursel (1873–1955) was a Belgian politician.
Charles-Marie-Leon, Count d'Ursel (1848–1903) was a Belgian politician of the Catholic Party.