Editing WS:Irolon Titles (section)

==Noble Ranks==
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! Rank
! Irolon<BR>
(male/female)
! English Equivalent<BR>
(male/female)
! Description
! Forms of Address
|-
| 1
| adding "Ritter" to the surname (both male and female)
| Baronet (or baronetcy, baronetage)
| A hereditory knighthood. Not a peerage (ie no seat in government).
| Sir,<BR>
Worthy Sir,<BR>
Your Most Worthy Sir,<BR>
Right Honourable Sir,<BR>
Your Most Honourable Sir,
|-
| 2
| Freiherr/Freifrau
| Baron/Baroness
| Holding land directly from the King (as apposed to other land holders), Peer.
| Your Preeminence, Lord/Lady
|-
| 3
| Graf
| Sheriff, reeve or overseer
| A holder of public office. Not a peerage.
| Your Eminence
|-
| 4
| Landgrave/Landgravine (or Landgraf/Landgrafin)
| Count/Countess
| In charge of a county, Peer.
| Your Eminence, Lord/Lady
|-
| 5
| Margrave/Margravine (or Markgraf/Markgrafin)
| Marquess/Marquessa
| In charge of a border region (the Marches), Peer.
| Your Nobleness, Lord/Lady
|-
| 6
| Herzog/Herzogin
| Duke/Duchess
| In charge of a Duchy (the title is called a Dukedom). Equivalent of an heriditary Field Marshal. Peer.
| Your Highness, Lord/Lady
|-
| 7
| Prinz/Prinzessin
| Prince/Princess
| Sovereign of a small territory or the child of a King. The "principle" person. Peer.
| Your Grace
|-
| 8
| F&uuml;rst/F&uuml;rstin
| First Prince/ss
| The head of the house or the heir of the king. Peer.
| Your Highness
|-
| 9
| Grossherzog/Grossherzogin
| Grand Duke/Grand Duchess
| Ruler or ex-Ruler. May outrank Prince/ss or Furst/in. Peer.
| Your Highness
|-
| 10
| Konig/Konigin
| King/Queen
| Ruler and sovereign (sovereign = answers only to God). Peer.
| Your Majesty
|-
| 11
| Kaiser/Kaiserin
| Emperor/Empress
| Military ruler (comes from Imperator, or Commander). Peer.
| Your Imperial Majesty
|}

===Inheritance===
The heir to a title has "Erb" attached to the title. ie Erbgraf, Erbherzog, Erbmarkgraf. Alternatively it can be spelt with an hyphen (Erb-herzog, etc.). Both male and female descendants may inherit, the eldest having the rights unless mentally deficient, traitorous, illegitimate or otherwise disqualified.