List of Land Incomes

Economic studies of nobility in Lorraine reveal great differences in financial status. A well-off family could earn 100,000–150,000 thalers per year, although the most prestigious families could gain two or three times that much. For provincial nobility, yearly earnings of 10,000 thalers permitted a minimum of provincial luxury, but most earned far less.

The ethics of noble expenditure, nobles were discouraged from creating commercial enterprises for themselves, if they did, they risked the loss of nobility.