[3][7] The Yearbook of the Danish Nobility was founded by archivist Anders Thiset and genealogist H.R.

He saw an opportunity to found an association that could be the voice of the nobility in turbulent times.

And the nobility in particular feared the consequences of the June Constitution's promissory clause to abolish the majorats, i.e. the ties that had held counties, baronies and entailed estates together since the establishment of absolute monarchy by law in 1665.

[8][9] Baron Zytphen-Adeler founded the "Association for the Publication of the Yearbook of the Danish Nobility" in 1901 with Tage lensbaron Reedtz-Thott as president.

The publisher of the present book is an amalgamation of these two associations, which in the 21st century have the dual function of protecting the interests of the nobility and publishing the Yearbook of the Danish Nobility.