Von
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Von was a term in Germany that formed part of a surname to denote noble status.
Joachim von Ribbentrop was not born with the title, but would award himself it in the 1920s. (PROSE: Players [+]Loading...["Players (novel)"])
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Players does not elaborate how Ribbentrop awarded himself the nobiliary particle. In the real world, he persuaded his aunt, Gertrud von Ribbentrop, to adopt him in 1925.