2007-08-09 05:07:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Don't know, your Highness...
2007-08-09 05:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by Alice in Wonderbra 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hierarchy of honours in the British system is:
1. Duke/Duchess
2. Marquess/Marchioness
3. Earl/Countess
4. Viscount/Viscountess
5. Baron/Baroness
2007-08-09 12:18:30 · answer #2 · answered by candib_66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duke, Earl and Baron in that order.
2007-08-09 12:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by autumn lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Wayne AKA The Duke
2007-08-09 12:11:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ranks are
Prince, Prinz in German; junior members of a sovereign or formerly sovereign family
Prince-elector, Kurfürst in German, electing the Holy Roman Emperor
Infante, title of the non-heir members of the royal families of Portugal and Spain
Archduke, ruling an archduchy; was generally only a sovereign rank when used by the rulers of Austria or Austria-Este; was also used by the Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire for princes of the imperial family
Duke, who rules¹ a duchy²
Marquess, Margrave, or Marquis was the ruler¹ of a marquessate, margraviate, or march
Landgrave, a German title, ruler of a landgraviate
Count, theoretically the ruler of a county; known as an Earl in Britain
Viscount (vice-count), theoretically the ruler of a viscounty or viscountcy
Freiherr, holder of an allodial barony -- these are "higher" level of barons
Baron, theoretically the ruler of a barony
2007-08-09 12:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by muffinman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't there a song called Duke of Earl?
2007-08-09 12:11:59 · answer #6 · answered by I'm Just A Girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Duke
2007-08-09 12:10:55 · answer #7 · answered by MacLeod_73 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say Earl.
2007-08-09 12:09:55 · answer #8 · answered by Von Kempelen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
duke.
2007-08-09 12:10:23 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋