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	Royal and noble ranks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Traditional ranks among European royalty, peers, and nobility are rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
		In Germany, the actual rank of the holder of a title is, however, dependent on not only the title as such, but on for instance the degree of sovereignty and on the rank of the lord of the title-holder.
		In Germany, the constitution of the Weimar Republic in 1919 abolished nobility and all nobility titles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_and_noble_ranks (813 words)

	Royal and noble styles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Austria, the members of the Imperial family, due to their status as also members of the royal family of Hungary, held the style of Imperial and Royal Highness (HIandRH).
		Members of royal families (Princes and Princesses) generally have the style of Royal Highness (HRH), although in some royal families (for instance, Denmark), more junior princes and princesses only bear the style of His or Her Highness (HH).
		Other non-mediatized German nobles of the rank of count or higher bear the style of High Born.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_and_noble_styles (754 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Prince (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Regardless of birth rank, marriage to a prince(ss) generally means accession to the ruling house (dynasty), but often the princely style is subject to an explicit conferral (by the Monarch or a political authority with in say in the succession, e.g.
		In the Ottoman empire, the sovereign of imperial rank (incorrectly known in the west as (Great) sultan) was styled padishah with a host of additional titles, reflecting his claim as political successor to the various conquered states.
		In ancient China, the title of prince developed from being the highest title of nobility (synonymous with duke) in the Zhou Dynasty, to five grades of princes (not counting the sons and grandsons of the emperor) by the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Prince (2646 words)

	Cambodia - The Khmer
		Noble families and royal families, some of which can trace their descent for several generations, are exceptions.
		The elite group was composed of high-ranking government, military, and religious leaders, characterized by high prestige, wealth, and education or by members one of the royal or noble families.
		The republican regime in the early 1970s invalidated all royal and noble titles, and the only titles of social significance legally in use in connection with the elite group were those gained through achievement.
	countrystudies.us /cambodia/42.htm (4427 words)

	THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE, ITS USE BY THE HEIRS TO FORMER THRONES, AND BY REPUBLICAN OR REVOLUTIONARY REGIMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Germany, all noble titles having become part of the name, these titles are recognized, but not as ranks of nobility; the extent to which the heads of the former German Royal Houses and their families are accorded their royal styles and titles largely depends on the attitude of their particular State.
		The French Revolution led to the abolition of the privileged nobility and the suppression of all noble titles, until the establishment of an entirely new structure by the Emperor Napoleon in 1808.
		He did make appointments to the Royal Orders, awarding three collars of the Saint Esprit, twelve of Saint Michel and five hundred and seventy-five crosses or promotions in the Order of Saint Louis, all of which were listed after the Restoration with the original date of appointment.
	www.chivalricorders.org /royalty/royal.htm (7462 words)

	Von
		However the presence of "von" by no means indicates the bearer to be of noble ancestry nor does its absence indicate non-nobility.
		There are a small number of noble houses, almost exclusively of the Uradel (ancient nobility), which have never used the "von" or any other noble predicate.
		Those persons who claim nobility through adoption or purchase, such as Claus von Bülow, the Nazi foreign minister von Ribbentrop, or Zsa-Zsa Gabor's husband or Erich von Stroheim (who christened himself Count Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim) are not recognized as part of the historical nobility.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Von (322 words)

	Nobility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nobles typically command resources, such as food, money, or labor, from common members of their societies, and may exercise religious or political power over them.
		The liege could be the monarch or another noble, forming a hierarchy, usually with a king at the top.
		Traditional ranks among royalty, peers, and nobles are rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
	usapedia.com /n/nobility.html (587 words)

	[No title]
		It is recognized that the certification of titles and ancestry is a complicated business, confusion exists and experts occasionally disagree on what actually constitutes a legal and lawful title of nobility or royalty, and who should be considered noble or of royal blood.
		Membership in the ranks of the nobility of the earth or the distinction of being a member of a royal family is highly exclusive.
		It is a recognized privilege that is inherited or officially conveyed by those who have legitimate royal or noble authority to do so.
	www.nobility-royalty.com /id27_m.htm (698 words)

	The Noble and Royal Title in American Culture Information
		There are today legitimate royal courts in exile, headed by monarchs who have fled uprisings, invasions, or referenda, but who have not relinquished their royal rights, as for example, the royal court of Albania under King Zog (1895-1961), who, in 1939, was forced to flee Albania to avoid capture by Mussolini's invading Fascist army.
		Concerning the royal houses in the United States, Americans are usually astonished to discover that one can be a solidly patriotic American and yet still belong to a royal house or hold a legitimate hereditary title from the fons of a royal house.
		The prestige and power attached to the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor are actually limited to the university community itself, since, in general, the public doesn't use the title "professor," probably because the patent medicine hucksters of 19th century America appropriated the title and brought it into disrepute.
	www.greeleynet.com /~maxalla/OKHSSub/ttls.html (6064 words)

	.:: Liverpool Derivatives ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Noble DraKoln currently serves as President of Liverpool Derivatives Group Inc. In this capacity, Noble's primary duties involve the development, management, and promotion of the company's core philosophy of "focusing on the trader not the trading".
		Noble is also the author of the books "Futures For Small Speculators" and "Forex for Small Speculators".
		Prior to this role, Noble served as a broker in the retail division of Royal Financial Inc., a futures brokerage firm.
	www.liverpoolgroup.com /founder-bio.htm (345 words)

	alt.talk.royalty FAQ
		A distinction is made between the royal house (head of state, the former head of state, the members of the royal family in line for the throne, and their spouses) and the royal family.
		Nobility is, historically, a legally defined status, largely inherited once acquired, and enjoying once extensive privileges which, in modern Europe, have been reduced (except see British sub-FAQ) to nominal membership in the noble class with or without a hereditary title in, e.g., BeNeLux, Denmark, Spain and Sweden.
		Below the rank of baron, in Germany there was the knight (Ritter), lord (Herr), nobleman (Edler) and untitled noble who usually took the predicate "von" or the higher one of "zu" which implied continued possession of the family seat.
	www.heraldica.org /faqs/atrfaq.htm (13898 words)

	Chapter 2: St. James's Catapult (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is noteworthy that the number of royal grants to Galician monasteries and cathedral churches dropped sharply during his reign.
		Alfonso VI, Urraca and Alfonso VII married into the royal or noble dynasties of other parts of Spain, of France, of Germany; they maintained a distance between themselves and their new aristocracy of service.
		The new monastery continued to be the recipient of royal patronage; charters were granted by Alfonso VI in 1077 and by Raymond and Urraca in 1099.
	libro.uca.edu /sjc/sjc2.htm (8253 words)

	The Crown Council of Ethiopia
		In many cases, some of the titles were bestowed as honorifics, in recognition of the rank and closeness of the individual to the Emperor, and in other cases they were bestowed with the specific meaning of the rank.
		As well, there were and are often separate and distinct meanings when the rank is given in a military context as opposed to a court context.
		As the son of a noble, Tafari was born with the honorific Lij
	www.ethiopiancrown.org /traditional.htm (3630 words)

	Glossary of Titles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Originally, Barons were the holders of Royal lands, castellans and companions of the King who assisted in maintaining order in the provinces.
		Usually it means "One of noble birth, a holder of a title of nobility".
		It is now the fourth grade of nobility, situated between Counts/Earls on the one hand, and Barons on the other.
	www.hostkingdom.net /glossary.html (2392 words)

	alt.talk.royalty FAQ: British royalty and nobility
		Since the spouse of a member of the royal family is instantly in a special position, as the possible parent or ancestor of a future sovereign, it is indeed perfectly relevant for the Crown to have a say in whom a member of the royal family marries.
		In the case of the royal family, Princess Margaret's decision not to marry Peter Townsend was not least because she was persuaded that as someone so close to the Throne she had a duty of obedience to royal tradition and to the teachings of the Church of England (as they then stood).
		While royal styles and titles have usually been conferred and withdrawn by way of letters patent or royal warrants, precedents show that such instruments are not necessary, and there is no reason to doubt that the press release correctly expresses the sovereign's will, which is all that matters.
	www.heraldica.org /faqs/britfaq.html (18602 words)

	KNIGHTHOOD
		Of the nobility, the peerage of Great Britain, or lords temporal, as forming (together with the bishops) one of the supreme branches of the legislature, I have before sufficiently spoken: we are here to consider them according to their several degrees, or titles of honour.
		If a woman, noble in her own right, marries a commoner, she still remains noble, and shall be tried by her peers: but if she be only noble by marriage, then by a second marriage, with a commoner, she loses her dignity; for as by marriage it is gained, by marriage it is also lost.
		The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees; and, as the lords, though different in rank, yet all of them are peers in respect of their nobility, so the commoners though some are greatly superior to others, yet all are in law peers in respect of their want of nobility.
	www.apfn.org /apfn/knighthood.htm (11272 words)

	Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts University - Royal Order of the Mole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		An initiation ceremony into the Royal Order of the Mole is an exciting way to end the school year.
		The hands are placed in front of the royal member with the backs of the hands touching and the thumbs down.
		This sign may be used when a Grand Imperial Erlenmeyer approaches a group of people and only other royal members will recognize his or her true identity.
	www.tufts.edu /as/wright_center/fellows/george/georgepage2.html (570 words)

	Monster Rancher 3 Walkthrough - IGN FAQs
		Entering in low ranking tournaments will ruin your popularity and screw any chances of you being able to train there.
		Sometimes your monster must be a certain rank in order to be inspired to find these new training methods.
		A Rank E monster should have around 150 HP and rising by 50-75 HP for every rank.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/571/571756p1.html (7242 words)

	Nobility Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In this respect, nobility is distinguished from British.
		The latter term is often used (abused) in an informal way, but in the strict sense it is a political term related to a form of government.
		In the modern age, the notion of inherited nobility with special rights has become, in the Western World, increasingly unpopular.
	www.articleshead.com /article/nobility (492 words)

	Religious, Traditional and Ceremonial
		The titles and ranks of state recognised by the Crown Council are listed below with the transliteration of the Amharic title shown.
		The almost literal interpretation of ras is a “field marshal”, although in general terms, unless specified by the Emperor, equates today — according to some sources — to a lieutenant-general in Western terms, except where the ras is a political or royal/imperial figure.
		As the son of a noble, Tafari was born with the honorific Lij (
	www.ethiopiancrown.org /religion.htm (3664 words)

	Ranks of nobility and peerage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The occurrence of fiefs has changed from time to time, and from country to country: for instance dukes in England rarely had a duchy to rule.
		In Holy Roman Empire the title was combined with the word for the jurisdiction or domain the nobleman was responsible for.
		See also: Titles of nobility (on some European languages), Royal and noble styles
	www.explainthis.info /ra/ranks-of-nobility-and-peerage.html (676 words)

	Jolof Genealogy Jolof Empire
		The royal and noble families were endogamous, with cousins marrying each other to keep the blood line intact.
		He asked the royal family members who joined his ranks to show humility by becoming manual laborers; a vocation unthinkable for royal families and nobles.
		Since the royal system was dismantled, Ahmad Bamba offered a spiritual and religious systems to fill the gap, rather than letting the French impose their wicked ways.
	www.jolofempire.com /JolofGenealogy.html (1011 words)

	Terra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A second company of clay soldiers, including farm animals, was found in 1990 in the vicinity of Xian.
		But archaeologists and art scholars say the new discovery suggests that the Chinese in the Qin and Han dynasties probably made a regular practice of burying their royal and noble dead with a symbolic military escort into the afterlife.
		At the forefront were cavalrymen followed by highly decorated chariots and their red horses, then the ranks of infantry.
	clta-gny.org /terracotta.htm (481 words)

	General Philosophy & Practices
		The promotion of the ideals of true nobility, royalty and monarchy.
		Is an actual member of the nobility or higher aristocracy, or
		Bears a true title of knighthood, and/or an authentic and genuine noble, royal or imperial title.
	www.nobility-royalty.com /id27.htm (765 words)

	Rome and Romania, Roman Emperors, Byzantine Emperors, etc.
		Nietzsche said, "The Romans were the strongest and most noble people who ever lived." But this is just the problem.
		The virtues of nobility reputed to Trajan, of culture to Hadrian, of piety to Antoninus, and of philosophy to Marcus Aurelius were all missing in Septimius Severus.
		Odaenath was murdered and succeeded by his wife Zenobia, who then joins Cleopatra and Boudicca (Boadicea), if not Dido, in the ranks of the conspicuous and romantic female enemies of Rome.
	www.friesian.com /romania.htm (14302 words)

	The Count de Saint-Germain and H.P.Blavatsky - Two Messengers of the White Lodge - by H.S. Olcott
		But it is conceded by all who have written about him that the real secret of his birth and nationality was never discovered; all the labours of the police authorities of different countries resulted only in failure.
		He was the intimate friend of Frederick the Great of Prussia, of Louis XV of France, of the Landgraf von Hessen, and of various princes and other great nobles.
		For many years he occupied a great place in the public thought of various courts and nations, but, of a sudden, in the year 1783, he disappeared from public view with the same mystery attending his exit from the scene as attended his appearance.
	www.theosophical.ca /SaintGermain.htm (3128 words)

	Welcome to the Financial Gazette Online! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		And he obliged me. Then I discovered that his sins were coming back to haunt him—the chickens were coming home to roost at the worst possible time.
		You see, my friend—a respected journalist who is a dab hand with the written word but has since left the noble profession for a dead-end job as a public relations manager for a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed concern—is now living a jet set life.
		From a life of little means, he is a millionaire who lives high on the hog at all the times.
	www.fingaz.co.zw /fingaz/2005/September/September8/9427.shtml (1743 words)

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