WS:Irolon Titles
Noble and Clerical Titles in Irolo
Noble Ranks
| Rank | Irolon (male/female) |
English Equivalent (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, Worthy Sir, |
| 2 | Freiherr/Freifrau | Baron/Baroness | Holding land directly from the King (as apposed to other land holders), Peer. | Your Prominence |
| 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 |
| 5 | Margrave/Margravine (or Markgraf/Markgrafin) | Marquess/Marquessa | In charge of a border region (the Marches), Peer. | Your Nobleness |
| 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 |
| 7 | Prinz/Prinzessin | Prince/Princess | Sovereign of a small territory or the child of a King. The "principle" person. Peer. | Your Grace |
| 8 | Fürst/Fürstin | 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.
Clerical Ranks
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! Rank
! Irolon
(male/female)
! English Equivalent
(male/female)
! Description
! Forms of Address
|-
| 0
| Gemeindemitglied
| Parishioner
| A member of a parish
|
|-
| 1
| Mönch/Nonne
| Monk/Nun
| Male member of monastery (Mönchskloster)/Female member of nunnery (Nonnenkloster)
| Brother/Sister
|-
| 1
| Frater/Schwester
| Friar/Friar
| As Monk/Nun but not associated with a particular monastery. A freelance Monk/Nun.
| Brother/Sister
|-
| 2
| Abt/Äbtissin
| Abbot/Abbess
| Male leader of a monastery (Mönchskloster)/Female leader of a nunnery (Nonnenkloste)
| Father/Mother
|-
| 3
| Priester/Priesterin
| Priest/Priestess
| Leader of a church or parish
| Father/Mother
|-
| 4
| Patriarch/Matriarch
| High Priest/High Priestess
| Leader of a barony or fiefdom
| High Father/HIgh Mother
|-
| 5
| Bischof
| Bishop
| Leader of a county or march (known as a Bishopric)
| Reverend
|-
| 6
| Erzbischof
| Archbishop
| Leader of a duchy or earldom
| Your Eminence
|-
| 7
| Kurfürst/Kurfürstin
| Elector
| Church elected representative to the ruler of a nation or state. The spritual ambassador to the secular ruler.
| Your Excellency
|-
| 8
| Kardinal
| Cardinal
| Leader of a kingdom or nation (Cardinalship)
| Your Eminence
|-
| N/A
| Monsignore
| Mongsignor
| Member of the inquisition. May also be a Bishop or Archbishop
| Reverend
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