| 11. | Newspapers reported his ennoblement the following morning.
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| 12. | In the entire 16th century, only a moderate number of ennoblements actually took place.
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| 13. | He died of the plague, the year after his ennoblement on December 13, 1565.
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| 14. | Any individual could attain ennoblement ( " " ) for special services to the state.
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| 15. | Like in many other countries, new baronial titles were often created by ennoblement of rich bourgeoisie.
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| 16. | Some of these families declined ennoblement because they did not keep a title in such high regard.
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| 17. | In 1592 Wackenfels converted to the Catholic faith and in 1594, he was in the Ennoblement.
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| 18. | The post-independence constitution of 1919 forbade ennoblement, and all tax privileges were abolished in 1920.
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| 19. | The last untitled ennoblement was made in 1904, and the last baronial rank was given in 1912.
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| 20. | In Austria-Hungary, he received the Order of the Iron Crown, which previously conferred automatic ennoblement.
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