Replied: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 14:31:26 EDT Replied: "odegard@ptel.net " From news@cronkite.polaristel.net Sat Aug 31 01:14:42 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id BAA00503; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 01:14:40 -0400 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA10373; Sat, 31 Aug 96 01:12:32 EDT Received: from cronkite.polaristel.net by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP (peer crosschecked as: cronkite.polaristel.net [206.9.64.102]) id QQbfce11648; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 01:12:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: by cronkite.polaristel.net; id AA15244; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 00:14:45 -0500 To: alt-answers@uunet.uu.net Path: odegard From: odegard@ptel.net (Mark Odegard) Newsgroups: alt.talk.royalty,alt.answers,news.answers Subject: FAQ for , Titles and Equivalencies [47KB]. Followup-To: alt.talk.royalty Date: Sat, 31 Aug 96 05:13:21 GMT Organization: none Lines: 1072 Expires: 09/29/96 Message-Id: <508hlh$1ek_002@news.polaristel.net> Reply-To: odegard@ptel.net Nntp-Posting-Host: ossian-1.dialup.polaristel.net Summary: Discussion of imperial, royal and noble titles. Keywords: titles imperial royal noble nobility royalty styles X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Archive-name: royalty/titles-faq URL: http://128.220.1.164/heraldry/faqs/titles.faq A FAQ for Titles and Equivalencies Mark Odegard 29 August 1996 [ 47KB posted to , and Concurrently available at http://128.220.1.164/heraldry/faqs/titles.faq ] Outline. 1. Introduction. 2. Sovereigns and Sovereignty. 3. Nobles and Nobility. 4. Imperial Titles. 5. Ruling Titles. 5.1 Kings and Queens. 5.2 Other Ruling Titles. 5.3 The Pope. 6. The Holy Roman Empire and the German System. 7. Imperial, Royal and Noble Offspring. 8. Prince and Fuerst, Grand Duke, Margrave, and Landgrave. 8.1. Prince and Fuerst. 8.2. Grand Duke. 8.3. Margrave. 8.4. Landgrave. 9. Noble Titles. 9.1. Duke. 9.2. Marquess. 9.3. Earl and Count. 9.4. Viscount. 9.5. Baron. 9.6. Baronet. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Description. This is *a* FAQ for . It neither purports nor desires to be the *the* FAQ (though, at the [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]