Lord, Earls, Viscounts, etc

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How does one become a
Baron
Marquis
Duke
Earl
Lord
Viscount???

and what are the female versions of these? Can a woman only achieve this if she marries one of these guys? Is there a rank of which is more important? Why?
 
I don't think they give these titles at all, or at least most of them, today any longer. I know that some titles are still given like McCartney was Knighted and is called Sir but I haven't heard of any other titles given to anyone lately but then again I don't live in Europe so I wouldn't be told much about them. They are all titles given in most instances to people the King knew or were relatives of noble people.

Are you going to have a title bestowed upon your sponge? Are you now going to be known as "My Lady" sponge? :D
 
Answer: Titles are inherited, gained through marriage or purchased. Different countries have different rules about how titles are inherited. The Title of Baroness is the lowest noble rank.

Baron.........Baroness
Marquis.......Marquisa
Duke..........Dutchess
Earl...........Countess
Lord...........Lady
Viscount.....Countess
 
Thank you Joe!!

So if I was a Countess, how would anyone know which one I was?
And of course I picked the lowest one. :wallbang:
If I was a Dutchess and my husband died, would I still be a Duchess? Could I keep my Duchessness if I then married a Baron?
 
Orleander said:
How does one become a
Baron
Marquis
Duke
Earl
Lord
Viscount???

and what are the female versions of these? Can a woman only achieve this if she marries one of these guys? Is there a rank of which is more important? Why?
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It's simply a name.

Baron Munchhausen
Marquis de Sade
Duke Ellington
Earl Grey Tea
Lord of the Flies
Viscount Airplane.... before your time ?
 
In the instance you cited, you normally would keep both titles. But rules may vary by country.
 
sometimes these personalities turn up at half baked charity functions

I remember one "peace conference" (the highlight was when everyone was asked to join hands and sing "give peace a chance") that was opened by some marquis or earl (he rocked up in a 3 piece suit - shirt, pants and hopefully underwear). I got the impression that this guy kept abreast of contemporary issues just enough to enable subsisting off the platters at social functions.
 
Orleander said:
Maybe now, but not..say...150 yrs ago. There was power connected to a title.
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Not really, like I said , those were just titles given out to friends of the King or Queen. They were mostly just friends or relatives associated with the noble class. They could just as easy be land owners that grew stuff or had a hhorse ranch.
 
Orleander said:
Maybe now, but not..say...150 yrs ago. There was power connected to a title.
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Titles together with land, were given by the monarch to buy loyalty or reward it. It was a kind of insurance policy just like arranged marriages.

PS I forgot to mention Count Basie, he, he
 
In some cases the cousins of the royal families had titles. Although it was often a powerful warlord who had his own men at arms who paid a tax to the king during peacetime and ponied up some military units during war time who got the titles.
 
Today, I think anyone who becomes a member of the House of Lords gets a peerage.

e.g. Sayeeda Warsi whose peerage was confirmed as Baronness Warsi of Dewsbury in th ecounty of Yorkshire.

Not sure what the tangible benefits are though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayeeda_Warsi
 
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