Kingdom

See also Gentry for more related content.

Kingdoms in the Realms are the only truly "owned" lands. It's basically a family or organisation that own and can defend an area against other organisations (sometimes related to the concept of Kingdom by Might).

Most kingdoms are ruled by a House and has a King or a Queen as a leader. By definition they are usually quite large and relativey prosperous to sustain its defence and/or warfare.

Many of these concepts are explaind more fully in Gentry, but below you can find a rundown of titles normally of a Kingdom.

A lost of Kingdoms can be found on the Royal Houses category.

Order of Precedence [e]
Title		Addressed	Description
Male	Female
King*	Queen*	Majesty	Leader of House & Kingdom
Prince	Princess	Highness	Possible heir to House & Kingdom
Archduke	Archduchess	Highness	Royal family
Duke	Duchess	Grace	Royal family (extended) or given
Marquess	Marchioness	Lord/Lady	Border houses (more important)
Count	Countess	Lord/Lady	Leader of a county
Viscount	Viscountess	Lord/Lady	Good province, small county and/or city
Baron	Baroness	Lord/Lady	Province/Majordomo/hold/city/town
Baronet	Baronetess	Sir/Dame	Majordomo/hold/town/village(s)
Castellan/Captain		Sir/Dame/Title	Captain of guard
Peer/Hereditary Knight**		Sir/Dame	Low nobility - Estate/village
Knight**		Sir/Dame	Firstknight***
Squire**		Mr/Mrs/Ms	Servants of Knights
Esquire		Esquire/Sir/Dame	Gentry person such as a third son or daughter
Freeman/Franklin/Citizen		Mr/Mrs/Ms	Land owner ranked below gentry
Villein		Given name	An unfree man working the land
Cotter		Given name	An unfree man with no land
Slave		First name/"slave"	An owned person with no rights
* Royal titles are lent to the spouse of the title's true owner, but their actual rank is that of "Spouse/Consort of King/Queen". ** These are required to fight (or assist), but can also perform heroic deeds to gain land and become true gentry. *** Other names include tyrospur, hedge knight and wandering knight.

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