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| =Noble and Clerical Titles in Irolo= | | w7jB8e <a href="http://fsloatdtamww.com/">fsloatdtamww</a>, [url=http://opdxirczlakx.com/]opdxirczlakx[/url], [link=http://hdmmlssnkrua.com/]hdmmlssnkrua[/link], http://sthjugyemyxd.com/ |
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| ==Noble Ranks==
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| ! Rank
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| ! Irolon<BR>
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| (male/female)
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| ! English Equivalent<BR>
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| (male/female)
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| ! Description
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| ! Forms of Address
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| | 1
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| | adding "Ritter" to the surname (both male and female)
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| | Baronet (or baronetcy, baronetage)
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| | A hereditory knighthood. Not a peerage (ie no seat in government).
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| | Sir,<BR>
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| Worthy Sir,<BR>
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| Your Most Worthy Sir,<BR>
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| Right Honourable Sir,<BR>
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| Your Most Honourable Sir,
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| | 2
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| | Freiherr/Freifrau
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| | Baron/Baroness
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| | Holding land directly from the King (as apposed to other land holders), Peer.
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| | Your Preeminence, Lord/Lady
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| | 3
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| | Graf
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| | Sheriff, reeve or overseer
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| | A holder of public office. Not a peerage.
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| | Your Eminence
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| |-
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| | 4
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| | Landgrave/Landgravine (or Landgraf/Landgrafin)
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| | Count/Countess
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| | In charge of a county, Peer.
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| | Your Eminence, Lord/Lady
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| |-
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| | 5
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| | Margrave/Margravine (or Markgraf/Markgrafin)
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| | Marquess/Marquessa
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| | In charge of a border region (the Marches), Peer.
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| | Your Nobleness, Lord/Lady
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| |-
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| | 6
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| | Herzog/Herzogin
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| | Duke/Duchess
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| | In charge of a Duchy (the title is called a Dukedom). Equivalent of an heriditary Field Marshal. Peer.
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| | Your Highness, Lord/Lady
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| |-
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| | 7
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| | Prinz/Prinzessin
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| | Prince/Princess
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| | Sovereign of a small territory or the child of a King. The "principle" person. Peer.
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| | Your Grace
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| | 8
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| | Fürst/Fürstin
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| | First Prince/ss
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| | The head of the house or the heir of the king. Peer.
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| | Your Highness
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| |-
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| | 9
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| | Grossherzog/Grossherzogin
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| | Grand Duke/Grand Duchess
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| | Ruler or ex-Ruler. May outrank Prince/ss or Furst/in. Peer.
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| | Your Highness
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| | 10
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| | Konig/Konigin
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| | King/Queen
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| | Ruler and sovereign (sovereign = answers only to God). Peer.
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| | Your Majesty
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| |-
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| | 11
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| | Kaiser/Kaiserin
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| | Emperor/Empress
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| | Military ruler (comes from Imperator, or Commander). Peer.
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| | Your Imperial Majesty
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| |}
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| ===Inheritance===
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| 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.
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| ==Clerical Ranks==
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| ! Rank
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| ! Irolon<BR>
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| (male/female)
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| ! English Equivalent<BR>
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| (male/female)
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| ! Description
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| ! Forms of Address
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| | 0
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| | Gemeindemitglied
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| | Parishioner
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| | A member of a parish
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| |-
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| | 1
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| | Mönch/Nonne
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| | Monk/Nun
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| | Male member of monastery (Mönchskloster)/Female member of nunnery (Nonnenkloster)
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| | Brother/Sister
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| | 1
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| | Frater/Schwester
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| | Friar/Friar
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| | As Monk/Nun but not associated with a particular monastery. A freelance Monk/Nun.
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| | Brother/Sister
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| | 2
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| | Abt/Äbtissin
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| | Abbot/Abbess
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| | Male leader of a monastery (Mönchskloster)/Female leader of a nunnery (Nonnenkloste)
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| | Father/Mother
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| | 3
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| | Priester/Priesterin
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| | Priest/Priestess
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| | Leader of a church or parish
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| | Father/Mother
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| |-
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| | 4
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| | Patriarch/Matriarch
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| | High Priest/High Priestess
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| | Leader of a barony or fiefdom
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| | High Father/HIgh Mother
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| | 5
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| | Bischof
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| | Bishop
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| | Leader of a county or march (known as a Bishopric)
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| | Reverend
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| |-
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| | 6
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| | Erzbischof
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| | Archbishop
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| | Leader of a duchy or earldom
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| | Your Eminence
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| | 7
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| | Kurfürst/Kurfürstin
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| | Elector
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| | Church elected representative to the ruler of a nation or state. The spritual ambassador to the secular ruler.
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| | Your Excellency
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| | 8
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| | Kardinal
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| | Cardinal
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| | Leader of a kingdom or nation (Cardinalship)
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| | Your Eminence
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| |-
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| | N/A
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| | Monsignore
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| | Mongsignor
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| | Member of the inquisition. May also be a Bishop or Archbishop
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| | Reverend
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