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
History
Historically, up and to the end of the 16th century, the earliest form of the Imperial Peerage had 4 ranks,
- Kaiser or Kaiseress
- Duke or Duchess (Dutch or Dutchess in the case of Kildare)
- Baron or Baroness
- 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 | Title | Holder | Established | |
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1.00 | The Kaiseress | Kaiseress Salome | 79 | |
1.20 | Imperial Mother | Isidora IV of Octavius-Teleni | 1650 | |
1.50 | Imperial Consort Dowager | Nathan II | 1588 | Dignity of emperor in his own right |
2.01 | Imperial Princess of Shireroth Emira of Sathrati |
Salome Ylva Octavia | 1662 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
2.02 | Prince of Shireroth | Ari Kaukainen | 1504 | |
2.03 | Prince of Shireroth | Raynor Jacobus Loki | 1633 | |
2.04 | Prince of Shireroth | Zahir al Din | 1648 | |
2.05 | Prince of Shireroth | Lord David | 1657 | |
2.06 | Princess of Shireroth | Lady Abigail | 1662 | |
2.07 | Prince of Shireroth | Kir Azariah Vidar | 1667 | |
2.08 | Princess of Shireroth | Kian Aiomide Shahnaz | 1667 | |
2.09 | Prince of Shireroth | Rubin Leonid Orientalis | 1672 | |
2.10 | Prince of Shireroth | Utas Enrique Naian | 1683 | |
2.11 | Prophet of Cedrism | Brrapa Lu'Eraro | 1465 | princely rank (service) |
3.01 | Duchess of Brookshire | Salome Ylva Octavia | 1451 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
3.02 | Duchess of Goldshire | Anna Nur Pinito Caprici | 1451 | |
3.03 | Duke of Calezi | Extinct 1667 | 1661 | Last held by Hartmut Aldric |
3.04 | Duke of Modan and Malarboria | Nathan Aharsi | 1668 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
3.05 | Duke of Demonsfall | Nathan III | 1670 | |
3.06 | Duke of Brandenburg | Suppressed 1678 | 1671 | Last held by Arkadius IV of Batavia Suppressed 1678 due to waging war against Shireroth |
4.00 | Marquess of Shirekeep | Vacant | 1557 | created by Duke of Brookshire for Steward of Brookshire, transferred by Kaiser to Steward, fallen out of use |
4.01 | Marchioness of Zy-Rodun | Kaiseress Salome | 1620 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
4.02 | Marquise of Musica | Gošenei Uarpxu | 1661 | First created for Altea Lomax (suppressed 1663), restored in 1688 for Gošenei Uarpxu |
4.03 | Marquess of Sentratera | Zahir al Din | 1661 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
4.04 | Marchioness of Sentratera | Li Naomiai Avon-El | 1661 | |
4.05 | Marquis of Overmark | Ahim Dźasbatyqu | 1688 | |
4.06 | Maquis of the Eldars | Idar Daġededqu | 1688 | |
5.01 | Count Palatine of Kezan | Soraya II Octavius-Parini | 1606 | chosen from and by House Octavius highest rank among the counts |
5.02 | Count of Yardistan | Kir Azariah Vidar | 1451 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
5.03 | King-Count of Hawshire-Dura | Extinct | 1559 | comital rank |
5.04 | Steward-Count of Hawshire | Extinct | 1592 | |
5.05 | Count of Furniture | Ari Kaukainen | 1594 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
5.05 | Countess of the Skyla Isles | Extinct 1661 | 1608 | Last held by Margana Win'Eth |
5.06 | Count Bukolos | Shyriath Bukolos's eldest child | 1622 | Last held by Shyriath Bukolos, succession unconfirmed by Imperial Government due to lack of documentation of Shyriath's heirs. |
5.07 | Countess of Cimmeria and Illumination | Suppressed 1672 | 1633 | Title originally created by King Noah in Elwynn Imperialized in 1668 Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections. Last held by Eki Verion |
5.08 | 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. |
5.09 | Count of Kaltor | Extinct 1671 | 1645 | Last held by Kaiser Ayreon IV |
5.10 | Countess of Shirekeep | Mira (III) Octavius-Aryani | 1661 | |
5.11 | Count of Erudition | Daniyal ibn Daniyal | 1661 | |
5.12 | Count of Machinaria | Tinker Sprocket | 1661 | |
5.13 | Count of Fieldburg | Suppressed 1672 | 1669 | Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture, last held by Stephen Lewis |
5.14 | Countess of Elsenar | Suppressed 1672 | 1669 | Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture, last held by Regina Verion |
5.15 | Count Pasdaran | Mahmood Sadri | 1670 | |
5.16 | Countess of Iserdia | Suppressed 1672 | 1671 | Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections over the title. Last held by Vadoma Rowena Waffel-Paine |
5.17 | Countess of Amity | Renounced 1687 | 1673 | Last held by Kian Aiomide Shahnaz |
5.17 | Count of Mirioth | Renounced 1687 | 1673 | Renounced 1687, last held by Rubin Leonid Orientalis |
5.18 | Count Palatine of Mirioth and Amity | Aurangzeb Tokaraizadeh al-Osman | 1687 | |
5.19 | Count of Woodshire | Chrysostom Wythe | 1688 | |
5.20 | Countess of Schwinn | Evgeniya Sotnikova | 1688 | |
5.21 | Count of the Isen Hills | Matti Pshevunin | 1688 | |
5.22 | Count of Lowbrook | Lyn Ityqu | 1688 | |
5.23 | Count of Sentris | Selmen Dengiqu | 1688 | |
5.24 | Count of the Evensong | Cathal Nellisco | 1688 | |
5.25 | Count of Eth Lune | Kyt Tḥak'ušynin | 1688 | |
5.26 | Count of Riß and the Isles | Wadzym Gireiqu | 1688 | |
6.00 | Viscount Verion | Extinct | 1622 | Life peerage, last held by Jacob Verion |
6.00 | Viscount Redquill | Suppressed 1672 | 1639 | Last held by Ryker Everstone. Suppressed for title-holder's secessionism |
6.02 | Viscount Myn | Tanilo Nakita Nur Pinito | 1645 | |
6.03 | Viscount Kern | Benjamin Kern | 1649 | |
6.04 | Viscount Vigeland | Suppressed 1689 | 1654 | Last held by Marcus Myksos, caste-shamed. |
6.05 | Viscountess Dragonmoor | Extinct 1661 | 1655 | Last held by Juana Beazcoetxea |
6.06 | Viscount Sprocket of Machina | Tinker Sprocket | 1659 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
6.07 | Viscountess Montrano | Soraya Octavius-Parini | 1661 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
6.08 | Viscount Belledin | Suppressed 1663 | 1661 | Last held by Heath Belledin |
6.09 | Viscount Verion of Cherokee | Suppressed 1672 | 1661 | Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture, last held by Michael Verion |
6.10 | Viscount of Saint Zor | Suppressed 1672 | 1664 | Suppressed during the Kalirion Fracture, last held by Titus Morvayne |
6.11 | Viscount Cherokee | Marcus Marenai-Eqlarion | 1664 | Suppressed 1665-1669. |
6.12 | Viscount Drakland | Nathan II | 1670 | Baron Drakland (1670) automatically raised to Viscount Drakland 1675 Title-holder holds higher rank |
6.13 | Viscount Sadri of Pasdaran | Mahmood Sadri | 1665 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
6.14 | Viscount of Thracistan | Renounced 1678 | 1670 | Last held by: Alperen Gazi |
6.15 | Viscountess Frieden | Suppressed 1672 | 1671 | Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections over the title. Last held by Leonora Noor Waffel-Paine |
6.16 | Viscount Glenfiddich | Suppressed 1672 | 1671 | Suppressed in 1672 due to Elwynnese objections over the title. Last held by John Hilding Waffel-Paine |
6.17 | Viscount Holly-Wythe | Chrysostom Wythe | 1671 | |
6.18 | Viscount Thalva | Łudo Thalva | 1674 | |
6.19 | Viscountess of Hope | Evgeniya Sotnikova | 1674 | |
6.20 | Viscount Pshevunin | Matti Pshevunin | 1674 | |
6.21 | Viscountess Morgenstern | Sara bi Rathak | 1674 | |
6.22 | Viscount Zelteġwebze | Selmen Dengiqu | 1674 | |
6.23 | Viscountess of Irenaea | Liese Aethonia | 1688 | |
6.24 | Viscount of Gaton | Admir bi Łestkin | 1688 | |
6.25 | Viscount of Ankh | Daute Idarqu | 1688 | |
6.26 | Viscount of Mesior | Aloys Serratus | 1688 | |
6.27 | Viscountess of Lumenetra | Esmeralda al-Osman Primo de Aguilar | 1688 | |
6.28 | Viscountess of Novosorensk | Ariane Ischyria Teleniis | 1688 | |
6.22 | Viscountess of Kelb | Mila Tupschina | 1688 | |
6.22 | Viscount of Solaris | Cassian Holly-Wythe | 1688 | |
7.00 | Lord in Shirekeep | Jeremy Archer | 1646 | |
7.01 | Lord in Shirekeep | Benjamin Kern | 1646 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
7.02 | Lady in Shirekeep | Evgeniya Sotnikova | 1666 | Title-holder holds higher rank |
7.03 | Lady in Shirekeep | Leila Mehraban | 1669 | |
8.01 | Baron Froyalan | Suppressed 1651 | 1621 | Last held by Harald of Ettlingar Freyu Suppressed during the Auspicious Occasion |
8.02 | Baron Mahamantotarebadum | Suppressed 1645 | 1621 | Suppressed due to rebellion Last holder Trajan Myksos |
8.03 | Baron Vigeland | Marcus Myksos | 1621 | Suppressed 1645–1651 raised to Viscount Vigeland in 1654 |
8.04 | Baron Mirkdale | Presumed extinct | 1621 | Last held by Lord Erion |
8.05 | Baron San Juan | Francis Joseph Carillo | 1646 | |
8.06 | Baron Blakeslee of Barrowfield | George Blakeslee | 1661 | |
8.07 | Baron Skuryov of Highbloom | P. N. Skuryov | 1661 | |
8.08 | Baron Mondo of Lichport | Mondo Etzeterra | 1661 | |
8.09 | Baron Belledin | Heath Belledin | 1663 | |
8.10 | Baroness Tarkyr | Altea Lomax | 1663 | |
8.11 | Baron of Inner Benacia | Pśymyd Tyiim Teźśecaqwhemće | 1667 | |
8.12 | Baroness Milharna | Áþamé Issèla Mari Vāstra | 1670 | |
8.13 | Baroness Kessei | Kessei Aþame Mitēuřamae Anykylin Imar | 1670 | |
8.14 | Baron Nerrolar | Mors Nerrolar | 1670 | |
8.15 | Baron Ashura of Zy-Rodun | Ašúra Ilāþriái Danīel Maìaqa | 1670 | |
8.16 | Baroness Drakland | Raised | 1670 | Automatically raised to Viscount Drakland in 1675 |
9.01 | Untitled Nobles |