Imperial Peerage

The Imperial Peerage constitutes the highest form of nobility in Shireroth and comes with a unique title of nobility. The absolute majority, more than 99%, of all nobles in Shireroth have no title of nobility, only degree and dignity of nobility.

Rules

Unless otherwise specified in the imperial decree creating the title, or in subsequent imperial decrees, succession to an imperial title of nobility is done by basis of primogeniture, where:

• only a legitimate descendant (i.e. the birth child of a married couple, or having lived with the parent in question for at least 10 years if adopted or illegitimate at birth)
• older siblings (and their descendants) have preference over younger siblings (and their descendants)
• descendants of an equal marriage have preference over descendants of an unequal marriage
• upon succession to the title, one becomes a Shirerithian citizen with all its obligations and rights; if one does not accept those, the title will pass to the next eligible person on the line of succession to that title.

Some imperial decrees specify other requirements for succession, and in those cases, those rules shall govern the succession for that particular title.

Ranks

Peers have either imperial immediacy or mediacy.

Peerages with imperial immediacy are those who have princely or ducal rank. Other peerages may be given immediacy with the suffix Palatine. Palatine nobles thus rank higher than all other mediate nobles. For example, a count palatine ranks higher than a marquess, though a marquess ranks higher than a count.

History

Historically, up and to the end of the 16th century, the earliest form of the Imperial Peerage had 4 ranks,

1. Kaiser or Kaiseress
2. Duke or Duchess (Dutch or Dutchess in the case of Kildare)
3. Baron or Baroness
4. Count or Countess

Note the unique order where baron outranked the count. The legal spouse of a title-holder was allowed to use the corresponding title as consort, for example, the wife of a count was allowed to call herself countess, and the husband of a Duchess a Duke. Legally such titles were affixed "Consort", but rarely done so outside the most formal occasions.

Since the beginning of the 17th century, movements began toward the modern system.

Until 1664, when the imperial states were destroyed, there was a parallel system of peerage in many of the imperial states. Such titles of nobility were recognized and given the equivalent laud and honour as their imperial counterparts. So a count under the peerage of Goldshire was equal in rank to the count in the imperial peerage. Upon the destruction of the imperial states, the non-imperial titles ceased to be, with a few of these becoming "imperialized", that is, legitimized as part of the Imperial Peerage.

List of Imperial Peers

Coat of arms	Style	Title	Holder	Established	Status	Region	Comment
	Our Lord the Radiant Sun	The Kaiser	Kaiser Ayreon V	79	Extant	Shirekeep
	Serenity	Imperial Mother	Kaika bat Gyoku	1650	Extant	Shirekeep
	Imperial Highness	Imperial Princess of Shireroth Emira of Sathrati	Salome Ylva Octavia	1662	Extant	Sathrati	Title-holder holds higher rank
	Our Lord the Radiant Sun	Duke of Brookshire	Kaiser Ayreon V	11	Extant	Brookshire	Title-holder holds higher rank
	Illustriousness	Duke of Goldshire	Mahmood Ali Caprici Maleki	1451	Extant	Goldshire (abroad)
	Illustriousness	Dutch of Kildare	Ben San	1469	Extant	Kildare (Jingdao)	Held in pretence by Aurelia Myksos since 1707–1726 who held the title de jure 1642–1707 (and after 1726, held in pretence by Theodosius Myksos; de jure created for Jin of San (1707–1716).
	Illustriousness	Dutch of Vigeland	Marcus Avon-El Myksos	1642 (1707)	Extant	Shirekeep	Ducal dignity bestowed upon his mother in 1642 (Dutchess of Kildare), current title since 1707 which was given to his mother then as a consolation prize for losing Kildare, but she rejected the new title, and it was passed on to her son Marcus.
	–	Duke of Calezi		1661	Extinct 1667		Last held by Hartmut Aldric
	Illustriousness	Duke of Modan and Malarboria	Nathaniel Kalimatov Waffel-Paine	1668	Extant	Modan
	Illustriousness	Duke of Demonsfall		1670	Extant	Goldshire (abroad)
	Illustriousness	Duke of Brandenburg	Aurangzeb Hakimi bin Alsalam	1671	Extant	Absentia/Amokolia (abroad)	Suppressed 1678 due to the holder waging war against Shireroth. Suppression lifted in 1711.
	Illustriousness	Duchess of Jingdao	Xinshi Heavenly Light	1707	Extant	Jingdao	Title-holder holds higher rank
	Illustriousness	Duchess of Jinkeai	Liu of Pei	1707	Extant	Jingdao
	Illustriousness	Duke of Raynor's Isles	Faustus of Tullas	1707	Extant	Jingdao
	Illustriousness	Duke of Outer Antya	Claudius of Nan	1707	Extant	Jingdao
	–	Duke of Qyzylqaystan		1707	Suppressed in 1711	Jingdao	Suppressed due to Treaty of Raynor's Keep
	Illustriousness	Duke of 's Koningenwaarde	Frederik Alfons des Vinandy	1711	Disputed but extant	Batavia
	Illustriousness	Duke of Gascony		1711	Disputed but extant	Batavia/Gascony	Claimed also by Willem Antonius des Vinandy according to the so-called Secunda Divisio.
	Illustriousness	Duke of Zijinlin	Hon ben Gyoku	1741	Extant
	Illustriousness	Duke of Novi Nigrad	Li Suyi	1741	Extant
	Illustriousness	Count Palatine of Kezan	Soraya II Octavius-Parini	1606	Extant	Kezan	Chosen from and by House Octavius.
	Illustriousness	Count Palatine of Mirioth and Amity	Roya al-Osman	1687	Extant	Sathrati	Held in pretence since 1732 by her brother Ismail al-Osman
	Illustriousness	Count Palatine of Draconia	John Hilding Waffel-Paine	1699	Extant	Draconia
	Illustriousness	Count Palatine of Highpass	Ozymandias Peet Humboolt Niit n Taag	1715	Extant	Highpass
	–	Marquess of Shirekeep		1557	Dormant	Shirekeep	created by Duke of Brookshire for Steward of Brookshire, transferred by Kaiser to Steward, fallen out of use
	Imperial Highness	Marchioness of Zy-Rodun	Salome Ylva Octavia	1620	Extant	Sathrati	Title-holder holds higher rank
	His Imperial Highness	Marquess of Sentratera	Utas Enrique Naian	1661	Extant	Sathrati/Yardistan
	Imperial Highness	Marquess of Malexander	Audon Jirō	1741	Extant
	Imperial Highness	Marquess of Anun	Atreyu Maximilian Octavius	1741	Extant
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Marquise of Musica	Gošenei Uarpxu	1661	Extant	Guttuli	First created for Altea Lomax (suppressed 1663), restored in 1688 for Gošenei Uarpxu
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Marquis of Overmark	Ahim Dźasbatyqu	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Marquis of the Eldars	Idar Daġededqu	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	Illustriousness	Marquess of Machinaria	Tinker Sprocket	1741	Extant
	–	Count of Yardistan		1451	Suppressed 1693	Sathrati/Yardistan	Held by Prince Kir until 1693
	–	King-Count of Hawshire-Dura		1559	Extinct	Kezan	comital rank
	–	Steward-Count of Hawshire		1592	Extinct	Kezan	comital rank
	Imperial Highness	Count of Furniture	Ari Kaukainen	1594	Extant	Shirekeep	Title-holder holds higher rank
	–	Countess of the Skyla Isles		1608	Extinct 1661	Skyla	Last held by Margana Win'Eth
	–	Count Bukolos		1622	Dormant	Shirekeep	Last held by Shyriath Bukolos, succession unconfirmed by Imperial Government due to lack of documentation of Shyriath's heirs.
	Imperial Highness	Count of Cimmeria and Illumination	Claudius Verion	1633	Extant	Cimmeria and Illumination (both abroad)	Title originally created by King Noah in Elwynn Imperialized in 1668 Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections. Held by Eki Verion (died without issue). Reissued in 1741.
	–	Count Brassica		1643	Suppressed		Estates sequestered by the Imperial Crown until Count Brassica tenders formal submission. Likely to be a very long wait.
	–	Count of Kaltor		1645	Merged with the crown 1650	Skyla |Last held by Kaiser Ayreon IV
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Countess of Shirekeep	Mira (III) Octavius-Aryani	1661	Extant	Shirekeep
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Erudition	Daniyal ibn Daniyal	1661	Extant	Sathrati
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Machinaria	Tinker Sprocket	1661	Extant	Brookshire
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Fieldburg	Edelhard Lewis	1669	Extant	Elwynn	Suppressed 1672–1741
	–	Countess of Elsenar		1669	Suppressed 1672	Goldshire/Elsenar (abroad)	Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture, last held by Regina Verion
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count Pasdaran	Mahmood Ali Caprici Maleki	1670	Extant	Talenore
	Serenity	Countess of Iserdia	Vadoma Rowena Waffel-Paine	1671	Extant	Elwynn/Iserdia	Suppressed in 1672–1741
	–	Countess of Amity		1673	Renounced 1687	Sathrati/Amity	Last held by Kian Aiomide Shahnaz
	–	Count of Mirioth		1673	Renounced 1687	Sathrati/Mirioth	Renounced 1687, last held by Rubin Leonid Orientalis
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Woodshire	Cassian Wythe	1688	Extant	Brookshire
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Schwinn	Mikhail Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy	1688	Extant	Brookshire
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of the Isen Hills	Matti Pshevunin	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Lowbrook	Lyn Ityqu	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Sentris	Selmen Dengiqu	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of the Evensong	Cathal Nellisco	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Eth Lune	Kyt Tḥak'ušynin	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Riß and the Isles	Wadzym Gireiqu	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Camoleo	Xuan of the Golden Tribe	1711	Extant	Jingdao/Camoleo
	Imperial Highness	Count of Alashuizamen	Sechigu	1741	Extant
	Imperial Highness	Countess of Kitanus	Sehoshi	1741	Extant
	Imperial Highness	Count of Rastakhiz	Valdemar al-Aziz	1741	Extant
	Imperial Highness	Count of Dar ul Tazim	Noor Ad-Din ibn Salah Ad-Din Al-Lusirni	1741	Extant
	Imperial Highness	Count of Skyla	Hildebrand Verion	1741	Extant
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Caverden	Mondo Etzeterra	1741	Extant	Brookshire
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Karamola	Ytro	1741	Extant	Brookshire
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Beyssel	Pieter-Jan Hoogendijk	1741	Extant	Batavia
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count van Zinkgraven	Lodewijk van Zinkgraven	1741	Extant	Batavia
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Count of Sabatini	Karsten Koryandar	1741	Extant	Sabatini
	Imperial Highness	Viscount Verion	Hildebrand Verion	1622	Extant	Shirekeep
	The Admirable	Viscount Minge		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Karyl Asparajuun
	The Admirable	Viscount Snatch		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Egill Brynjarsson
	The Admirable	Viscount Kuder		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Dorian Oran
	The Admirable	Viscount Quim		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Aritin Lockhart
	The Admirable	Viscount Clunge		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Nic Clunge
	The Admirable	Viscount Clout		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Frederick Clout
	The Admirable	Viscount Potorro		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Clarence 2
	The Admirable	Viscount Punani		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Theodore Punani
	The Admirable	Viscount Conejo		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Thomas Conejo
	The Admirable	Viscount Redquill		1639	Suppressed 1672	Goldshire (abroad)	Last held by Ryker Everstone. Suppressed for title-holder's secessionism
	The Admirable	Viscount Myn	Letifer Maliho Nur Pinito	1645	Extant	Skyla
	The Admirable	Viscount Kern		1649	Extinct	Shirekeep
	The Admirable	Viscount Vigeland	Theodosius Myksos	1654	Extant	Guttuli	Suppressed 1689–1696
	The Admirable	Viscountess Dragonmoor		1655	Extinct 1661	Floria (abroad)	Last held by Juana Beazcoetxea
	The Admirable	Viscount Sprocket of Machinaria	Tinker Sprocket	1659	Extant	Brookshire	Title-holder holds higher rank
	The Admirable	Viscountess Montrano	Soraya Octavius-Parini	1661	Extant	Brookshire	Title-holder holds higher rank
	The Admirable	Viscount Belledin		1661	Suppressed 1663	Absentia/Amokolia	Last held by Heath Belledin
	The Admirable	Viscount Verion of Cherokee		1661	Suppressed 1672	Absentia/Amokolia	Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture, last held by Michael Verion
	The Admirable	Viscountess Cherokee	Karmen Jovanović-Smičić	1664	Extant	Absentia/Amokolia	Suppressed 1665–1669.
	The Admirable	Viscount of Saint Zor		1664	Suppressed 1672	Shirekeep	Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture, last held by Titus Morvayne
	The Admirable	Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran	Mahmood Ali Caprici Maleki	1665	Extant	Talenore	Title-holder holds higher rank
	The Admirable	Viscount Drakland		1670	Extinct 1717		Baron Drakland (1670) automatically raised to Viscount Drakland 1675; title last held by Nathan II.
	The Admirable	Viscount of Thracistan		1670	Renounced 1678	Sathrati	Last held by: Alperen Gazi
	The Admirable	Viscountess Frieden	Leonora Noor Waffel-Paine	1671	Extant	Elwynn	Suppressed in 1672–1741
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Viscount Glenfiddich	John Hilding Waffel-Paine	1671	Extant	Elwynn	Suppressed 1672–1741
	The Admirable	Viscount Holly-Wythe	Cassian Wythe	1671	Extant	Brookshire
	The Admirable	Viscount Thalva	Łudo Thalva	1674	Unclear
	The Admirable	Viscountess of Hope	Mikhail Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy	1674	Extant	Shirekeep
	The Admirable	Viscount Pshevunin	Matti Pshevunin	1674	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscountess Morgenstern	Sara bi Rathak	1674	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscount Zelteġwebze	Selmen Dengiqu	1674	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscountess of Irenaea	Liese Aethonia	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable	Viscount of Gaton	Admir bi Łestkin	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable	Viscount of Ankh	Daute Idarqu	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable	Viscount of Mesior	Aloys Serratus	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	Imperial Highness	Viscountess of Lumenetra	Esmeralda al-Osman Primo de Aguilar	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable	Viscountess of Novosorensk	Ariane Ischyria Teleniis	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable	Viscountess of Kelb	Mila Tupschina	1688	Extant
	Serene Highness	Viscount of Solaris	Cassian Holly-Wythe	1688	Extant	Guttuli
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Viscount Spleazure	Ozymandias Peet Humboolt Niit n Taag	1715	Extant	Highpass	Holder holds higher rank as Count Palatine of Highpass. Title used instead as courtesy title by holder's oldest son, Ozymandias Jaas Peet Niit n Taag (b. 1704).
	The Admirable and Illustrious	Viscount Mondo of Lichport	Mondo Etzeterra	1741	Extant
		Viscount of Zijincheng
	The Admirable	Viscountess Wythe of Fish	Catherine Wythe	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscountess von der Esch	Katharina Esch	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscountess Wythe of Stormborn	Eileen Wythe	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscount Katanta	Aabraham Jahanbani	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscount San	Cheng San	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscount van der Meer	Alexander van der Meer	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscount Szodarvs	Naïs Szodarvs	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscount Elytherius	Son Gyan	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscount van Zuyden	Willem van Zuyden	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscountess Boschkapelle	Nathalie Thuylemans	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Viscountess al-Darzi	Natasya al-Darzi	1741	Extant
	The Admirable	Baron Froyalan		1621	Suppressed 1651	Elwynn (abroad)	Last held by Harald of Ettlingar Freyu Suppressed during the Auspicious Occasion If not suppressed, would be held by Aurangzeb Hakimi bin Alsalam and then automatically raised to Viscount Froyalan
	The Admirable	Baron Mahamantotarebadum		1621	Suppressed 1645	Shirekeep	Suppressed due to rebellion Last holder Trajan Myksos
	The Admirable	Baron Mirkdale		1621	Presumed extinct	Elwynn (abroad)	Last held by Lord Erion
	The Admirable	Baron Waffle		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Kathiros
	The Admirable	Baron Jute		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Arne Baskerlund
	The Admirable	Baron Nookie		1629	Suppressed 1643		Last held by Yoshio Kawayama
	The Admirable	Baron San Juan	Edgard III	1646	Extant	Batavia
	The Admirable	Baron Blakeslee of Barrowfield	George Blakeslee	1661	Extant	Brookshire
	The Admirable	Baron Skuryov of Highbloom	Petra Skuryova-Spooner	1661	Extant	Highbloom (abroad)
	The Admirable	Baroness Tarkyr	Âmi Lomax	1663	Extant	Sathrati/Zy-Rodun
	The Admirable	Baron Belledin		1663	Dormant	Absentia/Amokolia (abroad)	Last held by Heath Belledin (d. 1684), heirs unknown
	The Admirable	Baron of Inner Benacia	Pśymyd Tyiim Teźśecaqwhemće	1667	Extant	Inner Benacia (abroad)
	The Admirable	Baroness Milharna	Áþamé Issèla Mari Vāstra	1670	Extant
	The Admirable	Baroness Kessei	Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar	1670	Extant
	The Admirable	Baron Ashura of Zy-Rodun	Ašúra Ilâþriái Danîel Maìaqa	1670	Extant	Sathrati/Zy-Rodun
	The Admirable	Baron Nerrolar		1670	Dormant		Created for Mors Nerrolar, unknown if he or any of his descendants remain extant/alive;
	The Admirable	Baron Hutchinson of Pentucky	Michael Hutchinson	1741	Extant	Floria