Imperial Peerage

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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

Rank Style Title Holder Established Region Comment
1.00 Magnificence The Kaiser Kaiser Ayreon V 79 Shirekeep
1.20 Serenity Imperial Mother Kaika bat Gyoku 1650 Shirekeep
2.01 Serenity Imperial Princess of Shireroth
Emira of Sathrati
Salome Ylva Octavia 1662 Sathrati Title-holder holds higher rank
3.01 Illustriousness Duke of Brookshire Kaiser Ayreon V 11 Brookshire Title-holder holds higher rank
3.02 Illustriousness Duke of Goldshire Mahmood Ali Caprici Maleki 1451 Goldshire (abroad)
3.03 Illustriousness Dutch of Kildare Unknown 1469 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 last held by Jin of San (1707–1716). Unclear if Jin of San have any living successors who can claim the title.
3.04 Illustriousness Dutch of Vigeland Marcus Avon-El Myksos 1642 (1707) 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.
3.05 Illustriousness Duke of Calezi Extinct 1667 1661 Last held by Hartmut Aldric
3.06 Illustriousness Duke of Modan and Malarboria Nathaniel Kalimatov Waffel-Paine 1668 Modan
3.07 Illustriousness Duke of Demonsfall 1670 Goldshire (abroad)
3.08 Illustriousness Duke of Brandenburg Aurangzeb Hakimi bin Alsalam 1671 Absentia/Amokolia (abroad) Suppressed 1678 due to the holder waging war against Shireroth. Suppression lifted in 1711.
3.09 Illustriousness Duchess of Jingdao Xinshi Heavenly Light 1707 Jingdao Title-holder holds higher rank
3.10 Illustriousness Duchess of Jinkeai Liu of Pei 1707 Jingdao
3.11 Illustriousness Duke of Raynor's Isles Faustus of Tullas 1707 Jingdao
3.12 Illustriousness Duke of Outer Antya Claudius of Nan 1707 Jingdao
3.13 Illustriousness Duke of Qyzylqaystan Suppressed in 1711 1707 Jingdao Suppressed due to Treaty of Raynor's Keep
3.14 Illustriousness Duke of 's Koningenwaarde Frederik Alfons des Vinandy 1711 Batavia
3.15 Illustriousness Duke of Gascony 1711 Batavia/Gascony Claimed also by Willem Antonius des Vinandy according to the so-called Secunda Divisio.
4.01 Illustriousness Count Palatine of Kezan Soraya II Octavius-Parini 1606 Kezan Chosen from and by House Octavius.
4.02 Illustriousness Count Palatine of Mirioth and Amity Roya al-Osman 1687  Sathrati Held in pretence since 1732 by her brother Ismail al-Osman
4.03 Illustriousness Count Palatine of Draconia John Hilding Waffel-Paine 1699 Draconia
4.04 Illustriousness Count Palatine of Highpass Ozymandias Peet Humboolt Niit n Taag 1715 Highpass
5.00 The Admirable and Illustrious Marquess of Shirekeep Vacant 1557 Shirekeep created by Duke of Brookshire for Steward of Brookshire,
transferred by Kaiser to Steward, fallen out of use
5.01 The Admirable and Illustrious Marchioness of Zy-Rodun Kaiseress Salome 1620 Sathrati Title-holder holds higher rank
5.02 The Admirable and Illustrious Marquise of Musica Gošenei Uarpxu 1661 Guttuli First created for Altea Lomax (suppressed 1663), restored in 1688 for Gošenei Uarpxu
5.03 The Admirable and Illustrious Marquess of Sentratera Utas Enrique Naian 1661 Sathrati/Yardistan
5.04 The Admirable and Illustrious Marquis of Overmark Ahim Dźasbatyqu 1688 Guttuli
5.05 The Admirable and Illustrious Marquis of the Eldars Idar Daġededqu 1688 Guttuli
6.03 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Yardistan Suppressed (1693) 1451 Sathrati/Yardistan Held by Prince Kir until 1693
6.04 The Admirable and Illustrious King-Count of Hawshire-Dura Extinct 1559 Kezan comital rank
6.05 The Admirable and Illustrious Steward-Count of Hawshire Extinct 1592 Kezan
6.05 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Furniture Ari Kaukainen 1594 Shirekeep Title-holder holds higher rank
6.06 The Admirable and Illustrious Countess of the Skyla Isles Extinct 1661 1608 Skyla Last held by Margana Win'Eth
6.07 The Admirable and Illustrious Count Bukolos Shyriath Bukolos's eldest child 1622 Shirekeep Last held by Shyriath Bukolos, succession unconfirmed by Imperial Government due to lack of documentation of Shyriath's heirs.
6.08 The Admirable and Illustrious Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination Suppressed 1672 1633 Cimmeria and Illumination (both abroad) Title originally created by King Noah in Elwynn
Imperialized in 1668
Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections.
Last held by Eki Verion
6.09 The Admirable and Illustrious Count Brassica Xantus Albedevich Zmeysyn Yastreb 1643 Estates sequestered by the Imperial Crown until Count Brassica tenders formal submission. Likely to be a very long wait.
6.10 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Kaltor Extinct 1671 1645 Skyla Last held by Kaiser Ayreon IV
6.11 The Admirable and Illustrious Countess of Shirekeep Mira (III) Octavius-Aryani 1661 Shirekeep
6.12 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Erudition Daniyal ibn Daniyal 1661 Sathrati
6.13 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Machinaria Tinker Sprocket 1661 Brookshire
6.14 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Fieldburg Suppressed 1672 1669 Elwynn (abroad) Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture,
last held by Stephen Lewis
6.15 The Admirable and Illustrious Countess of Elsenar Suppressed 1672 1669 Goldshire/Elsenar (abroad) Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture,
last held by Regina Verion
6.16 The Admirable and Illustrious Count Pasdaran Mahmood Ali Caprici Maleki 1670 Talenore
6.17 The Admirable and Illustrious Countess of Iserdia Suppressed 1672 1671 Elwynn/Iserdia (abroad) Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections over the title.
Last held by Vadoma Rowena Waffel-Paine
6.18 The Admirable and Illustrious Countess of Amity Renounced 1687 1673  Sathrati/Amity Last held by Kian Aiomide Shahnaz
6.19 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Mirioth Renounced 1687 1673  Sathrati/Mirioth Renounced 1687, last held by Rubin Leonid Orientalis
6.20 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Woodshire Cassian Wythe 1688  Brookshire
6.21 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Schwinn Mikhail Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy 1688  Brookshire
6.22 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of the Isen Hills Matti Pshevunin 1688  Guttuli
6.23 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Lowbrook Lyn Ityqu 1688  Guttuli
6.24 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Sentris Selmen Dengiqu 1688  Guttuli
6.25 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of the Evensong Cathal Nellisco 1688  Guttuli
6.26 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Eth Lune Kyt Tḥak'ušynin 1688  Guttuli
6.27 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Riß and the Isles Wadzym Gireiqu 1688  Guttuli
6.28 The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Camoleo Xuan of the Golden Tribe 1711  Jingdao/Camoleo
7.00 The Admirable Viscount Verion Extinct 1622 Shirekeep Life peerage,
last held by Jacob Verion
7.01 The Admirable Viscount Redquill Suppressed 1672 1639 Goldshire (abroad) Last held by Ryker Everstone.
Suppressed for title-holder's secessionism
7.02 The Admirable Viscount Myn Letifer Maliho Nur Pinito 1645 Skyla
7.03 The Admirable Viscount Kern Extinct 1649 Shirekeep
7.04 The Admirable Viscount Vigeland Theodosius Myksos 1654 Guttuli Suppressed 1689–1696
7.05 The Admirable Viscountess Dragonmoor Extinct 1661 1655 Floria (abroad) Last held by Juana Beazcoetxea
7.06 The Admirable Viscount Sprocket of Machina Tinker Sprocket 1659 Brookshire Title-holder holds higher rank
7.07 The Admirable Viscountess Montrano Soraya Octavius-Parini 1661 Brookshire Title-holder holds higher rank
7.08 The Admirable Viscount Belledin Suppressed 1663 1661 Absentia/Amokolia Last held by Heath Belledin
7.09 The Admirable Viscount Verion of Cherokee Suppressed 1672 1661 Absentia/Amokolia Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture,
last held by Michael Verion
7.10 The Admirable Viscount of Saint Zor Suppressed 1672 1664 Shirekeep Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture,
last held by Titus Morvayne
7.11 The Admirable Viscountess Cherokee Karmen Jovanović-Smičić 1664 Absentia/Amokolia Suppressed 1665–1669.
7.12 The Admirable Viscount Drakland Extinct 1717 1670 Baron Drakland (1670)
automatically raised to Viscount Drakland 1675; title last held by Nathan II.
7.13 The Admirable Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran Mahmood Ali Caprici Maleki 1665 Talenore Title-holder holds higher rank
7.14 The Admirable Viscount of Thracistan Renounced 1678 1670 Sathrati Last held by: Alperen Gazi
7.15 The Admirable Viscountess Frieden Suppressed 1672 1671 Elwynn (abroad) Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections over the title.
Last held by Leonora Noor Waffel-Paine
7.16 The Admirable Viscount Glenfiddich Suppressed 1672 1671 Elwynn (abroad) Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections over the title.
Last held by John Hilding Waffel-Paine
7.17 The Admirable Viscount Holly-Wythe Cassian Wythe 1671 Brookshire
7.18 The Admirable Viscount Thalva Łudo Thalva 1674
7.19 The Admirable Viscountess of Hope Mikhail Maksimilianov-Shvinnskiy 1674 Shirekeep
7.20 The Admirable Viscount Pshevunin Matti Pshevunin 1674
7.21 The Admirable Viscountess Morgenstern Sara bi Rathak 1674
7.22 The Admirable Viscount Zelteġwebze Selmen Dengiqu 1674
7.23 The Admirable Viscountess of Irenaea Liese Aethonia 1688 Guttuli
7.24 The Admirable Viscount of Gaton Admir bi Łestkin 1688 Guttuli
7.25 The Admirable Viscount of Ankh Daute Idarqu 1688 Guttuli
7.26 The Admirable Viscount of Mesior Aloys Serratus 1688 Guttuli
7.27 The Admirable Viscountess of Lumenetra Esmeralda al-Osman Primo de Aguilar 1688 Guttuli
7.28 The Admirable Viscountess of Novosorensk Ariane Ischyria Teleniis 1688 Guttuli
7.29 The Admirable Viscountess of Kelb Mila Tupschina 1688
7.30 The Admirable Viscount of Solaris Cassian Holly-Wythe 1688 Guttuli
7.31 The Admirable Viscount Spleazure Ozymandias Peet Humboolt Niit n Taag 1715 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).
8 The Admirable Lord in Shirekeep None Shirekeep No living lords or ladies in Shirekeep so far.
9.01 The Admirable Baron Froyalan Suppressed 1651 1621 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
9.02 The Admirable Baron Mahamantotarebadum Suppressed 1645 1621 Shirekeep Suppressed due to rebellion
Last holder Trajan Myksos
9.03 The Admirable Baron Mirkdale Presumed extinct 1621 Elwynn (abroad) Last held by Lord Erion
9.04 The Admirable Baron San Juan Edgard III 1646 Batavia
9.05 The Admirable Baron Blakeslee of Barrowfield George Blakeslee 1661 Brookshire
9.06 The Admirable Baron Skuryov of Highbloom Petra Skuryova-Spooner 1661 Highbloom (abroad)
9.07 The Admirable Baron Mondo of Lichport Mondo Etzeterra 1661 Brookshire
9.08 The Admirable Baron Belledin Unclaimed 1663 Absentia/Amokolia (abroad) Last held by Heath Belledin (d. 1684), heirs unknown
9.09 The Admirable Baroness Tarkyr Âmi Lomax 1663 Sathrati/Zy-Rodun
9.10 The Admirable Baron of Inner Benacia Pśymyd Tyiim Teźśecaqwhemće 1667 Inner Benacia (abroad)
9.11 The Admirable Baroness Milharna Áþamé Issèla Mari Vāstra 1670
9.12 The Admirable Baroness Kessei Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar 1670
9.13 The Admirable Baron Nerrolar Unclaimed 1670 Created for Mors Nerrolar, unknown if he or any of his descendants remain extant/alive;
9.14 The Admirable Baron Ashura of Zy-Rodun Ašúra Ilâþriái Danîel Maìaqa 1670 Sathrati/Zy-Rodun
9.15 The Admirable Baroness Drakland Raised 1670 Automatically raised to Viscount Drakland in 1675.
9.16 The Admirable Baron of Zijincheng Mondo Etzeterra 1707 Abroad
10 The Admirable Lord/Lady Untitled Nobles Seniority within this grade is determined by how long one has held the rank; for example, a boy who was born a noble two years ago ranks lower than a woman who was ennobled three years ago, but ranks higher than someone who was recently ennobled.