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++ Notes | These are three principalities and their areas - Monaco: 0.78sq/m, Lichtenstein: | ++ Notes | These are three principalities and their areas - Monaco: 0.78sq/m, Lichtenstein: | ||
- | **Palatine** - Rules under a Sovereign but has some rights to impose their own laws, or may vote for election of a higher ruler. | + | ===== Lords Palatine |
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+ | Rules under a Sovereign but has some rights to impose their own laws, or may vote for election of a higher ruler. | ||
- Sub-King\\ | - Sub-King\\ | ||
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===== Nobles ===== | ===== Nobles ===== | ||
- | The great nobles | + | Nobles are seen as the peers of their ruler - on the same level as their sovereign |
- Royal Duke \\ | - Royal Duke \\ | ||
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A Royal Duke is a relation of the King or Queen (often a child or a sibling) and ranks below a sovereign or palatine Duke. it is generally seen as inappropriate for sovereigns to create nobles with an equal or higher level that themselves (although Sovereigns and Palatines always outrank a peer). Nobles are seen as the Sovereign' | A Royal Duke is a relation of the King or Queen (often a child or a sibling) and ranks below a sovereign or palatine Duke. it is generally seen as inappropriate for sovereigns to create nobles with an equal or higher level that themselves (although Sovereigns and Palatines always outrank a peer). Nobles are seen as the Sovereign' | ||
- | **Aristocrats** - The lowest ranking of the titled classes, although sensible people still call them 'My Lord' | + | ===== Aristocrats |
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+ | The lowest ranking of the titled classes, although sensible people still call them 'My Lord' | ||
- | - Lord - Perhaps a Lord Adviser, Lord Mayor, Lord Bishop or just a title awarded for some reason. | + | - Lord - Perhaps a Lord Mayor, Lord Adviser, Lord Bishop or just a title awarded for a similar |
- | - Lord-Dominus - Stolen from Latin and used to represent titles such as the British Baronet. | + | - Lord-Dominus - Stolen from Latin and used to represent titles such as the British Baronet. This is a hereditary title, but it is not associated with a particular area of land. This is the level where you find impoverished Aristocrats - where the family ' |
- | - Laird - This represents the Lord of the Manor or Village Squire level of aristocracy. | + | - Laird - This represents the Lord of the Manor or Village Squire level of aristocracy. It goes with the land, and belongs to whoever inherits (or purchases) the land holdings. Lord //'Surname'// |
- Master - Master of //' | - Master - Master of //' | ||
- Gentleman - Not really an Aristocratic Title, more a recognition that an individual has some minor status. | - Gentleman - Not really an Aristocratic Title, more a recognition that an individual has some minor status. |
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