In ancient and medieval times noblemen occupied key positions in a king’s court and were an integral part of the administration. Here is a list of famous noblemen who made their mark in the history.
Guy FawkesBritish
Prince HarryBritish
Felix YusupovRussian
Alexander NevskyRussian
Henry Frederick, Prince of WalesBritish, Scottish
Ivan III of RussiaRussian
Jean, Grand Duke of LuxembourgLuxembourgian
Götz von BerlichingenGerman
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn British
Constantine II of Greece Greek
Otto von Habsburg Austrian, German, Hungarian
John of Gaunt Belgian, British
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell Scottish
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway Norwegian
Hephaestion Greek
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset British
Prince Joachim of Denmark Danish
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn British
Louis, Grand Dauphin French
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick British
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk British
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York British
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence British
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha Greek, Turkish
Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath British
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Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland Swedish
Sam Childers American
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham British
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth British
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey British
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough British
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York British
Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March British
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge British
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans French
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford British
Robert Guiscard French
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland British
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk British
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham British
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk British
Pedro Álvares Cabral Portuguese
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby British
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall British
Folke Bernadotte Swedish
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville British, Scottish
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk British
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge German
Ludovico Sforza Italian
Prince Maximilian of Baden German
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke British
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland Swedish
Godwin, Earl of Wessex British
Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia Russian
Antigonus I Monophthalmus Turkish
Hereward the Wake British
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose Scottish
Pyotr Bagration Russian
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers British
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen Austrian, Italian
Tostig Godwinson British
Gaius Caesar Italian
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset British
Edmund Crouchback British
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore British
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent British
Roger I of Sicily French
Gaston, Duke of Orléans French
Demetrius I of Macedon Greek
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland British
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine French
René of Anjou French
Harald II of Denmark Danish
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk British
Heshen Chinese
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March Irish, British
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham British
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester French
Infante Carlos, Count of Molina Spanish
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick Spanish, French, British
Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón Spanish
Richard of Cornwall British
Henry I, Duke of Guise French
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia Russian
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma Spanish
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester British
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers British
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony German
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba Spanish
Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien French
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford British
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