Differences Between Lord, Duchess, Baron and Other Royal Titles
by From Count, Marquess, Earl, to Dame, various Nobility titles had been used to define ranks in a monarchy system. But each of them actually have different meanings.
William and Kate, current Duke & Duchess of Cambridge.
When we watch a movie that’s centered in times where absolute monarchy still rules, sometimes it can be confusing when there a lot of Royal Titles mentioned. Even though they might sound all similar, each of them have actually different meanings and different ways to be acquired. Some can be acquired by anyone while some other can only be acquired if they have a Royal bloodline.
To help those who wish to understand the meaning rapidly, here’s a quick summary :
All of the titles above the red line are sorted by their nobility rank. Note that the titles below the red line are relative titles that don’t correspond with the main ranks of nobility.
Below you’ll find the detailed descriptions of the royal titles that might confuses you. Be aware that it won’t list the basic royal titles such as King or Prince.
Lord / Lady
Lord in the past.
During Feudalism, the title Lord can only be gained if someone has a rank in a monarchy system. They can be those who stay in Parliament and make a monarchy law, who lead an army to serve the king, or those who own a land and rules in it. In other word, any nobles may be addressed as Lord or Lady. Despite that, a serf may also call his master a Lord during feudalism even though his master is not a Lord in the monarchy system.
If a woman married to a Lord or have a rank in monarchy system, they would be addresed as Lady. However, it’s common that a woman will be addresed as Lady by men for a chivalry reason even though she doesn’t comes from Royal family.
In these days, Lord title is used in various modern countries to resembles the leadership over something. Mayor and Judges may be addresed as Lord in some places to resembles their authority.
Duke / Duchess
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Post Commentunown971
On October 16, 2009 at 12:18 am
Great article!
Avaxier
On October 16, 2009 at 12:24 am
Thank you! I’m glad you like it!
kingryanv
On October 16, 2009 at 12:54 am
Haha nice. Very interesting.
Huzaifa Kafeel
On October 16, 2009 at 2:11 am
Great article!
Francois Hagnere
On October 16, 2009 at 4:05 am
Thank you my friend for this very enjoyable article. In France there are still persons from the ancient nobility and Empire.
Very best wishes to you always,
François
martie
On October 16, 2009 at 8:32 am
interesting information.
Avaxier
On October 16, 2009 at 8:50 am
Great, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Yalonda
On October 18, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I didn’t know the definition of all of these. Very interesting!
Avaxier
On October 18, 2009 at 8:04 pm
That’s great! I’m glad it gives you some new knowledge. Thanks!
CBAcoltkid
On October 18, 2009 at 10:53 pm
im sure this will help in history..ill def come bak and check this out again
Avaxier
On October 19, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Yes, I’m sure it will. I will be glad if a lot of students find this useful for their studies. Thank you for commenting!
Rouge Weasel
On October 24, 2009 at 10:29 am
A few bits of information that may someday help me on Jeopardy.
Avaxier
On October 24, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Haha, yes. I’m sure it will help you gain the prizes, Rouge!
orlandoJP
On November 3, 2009 at 2:11 pm
this will help me!
Nicki
On November 3, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I love to watch British based sitcoms, soaps, and mysteries – this article helped to organize my newfound vocabulary!
Avaxier
On November 3, 2009 at 11:36 pm
I’m glad you found this helpful! This will definitely help when you’re watching British royal movies or opera.
Thank you for your comment!
faroull
On March 5, 2010 at 2:28 am
great, this has helped better understanding of the system.
just a unknown stranger
On June 27, 2010 at 10:42 am
The term royal titles is incorrect the correct name of the titles from duke to knight is nobility titles
Avaxier
On July 10, 2010 at 6:52 am
Stranger, you should read more from Wikipedia and other references before stating such fact. Although Nobility Title has same meaning as Royal Title, the term Royal Title is more commonly used. Therefore, Royal Title is more suitable to be put in this article. Thanks!
Avaxier
On April 29, 2011 at 1:38 pm
This article has just been updated to supply more information. I’ve also made a picture of a quick summary for all Royal Titles. The second page might still outdated due to a bug from this publishing platform that delayed the update.
For the best result, remove the ‘-2′ mark from address bar or simply visit this link instead : http://socyberty.com/history/differences-between-lord-duchess-baron-and-other-royal-titles
I apologize for the inconvenience.
Avaxier
On April 29, 2011 at 10:44 pm
The bug has been removed and this article should work properly.
Thanks!