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

Coat of arms Style Title Holder Established Status Region Comment
Our Lord the Radiant Sun The Kaiser Kaiser Ayreon VI 79 Extant Shirekeep
Serenity Imperial Mother Anastasia 1650 Extant Shirekeep
Our Lord the Radiant Sun Imperial Prince of Shireroth
Emir of Sathrati		 Kaiser Ayreon VI 1662 Extant Sathrati Title-holder holds higher rank
Our Lord the Radiant Sun Duke of Brookshire Kaiser Ayreon VI 11 Extant Brookshire Title-holder holds higher rank
Illustriousness Duchess of Goldshire Samira Avon-El Myksos 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 (until 174, thereafter by Matthaios 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.
Our Lord the Radiant Sun Duke of Zijinlin Kaiser Ayreon VI 1741 Extant Title-holder holds higher rank
Illustriousness Duke of Novi Nigrad Li Suyi 1741 Extant
Illustriousness Duke of Vidarstadt Rafi Hakimi bin Alsalam 1747 Extant Batavia (Vidarstadt) Chosen from and by House Octavius. Extinct in 1748 upon the death of Salome
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
Our Lord the Radiant Sun Marquess of Zy-Rodun Kaiser Ayreon VI 1620 Extant Sathrati Title-holder holds higher rank
His Imperial Highness Marquess of Sentratera Utas Enrique Naian 1661 Extant Sathrati/Yardistan
Imperial Highness Marchioness of Malexander Mina  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 Extinct 1744 1661 Extinct Shirekeep
Illustriousness Count of Erudition Ozymandias Peet Humboolt Niit n Taag 1661 Extant Sathrati
The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Machinaria Tinker Sprocket 1661 Extant Brookshire
The Admirable and Illustrious Count of Fieldburg Stephen Lewis Jr 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 Countess Pasdaran Samira Avon-El Myksos 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 Matthaios 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 Viscountess Sadri of Pasdaran Samira Avon-El Myksos 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 Vincent Thalva 1674 Extant Grandson of Łudo Thalva, the original titleholder.
The Admirable Viscount 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 Rosamund 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
Illustriousness 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
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