Collage showing some of Westarctica's Hereditary Nobles
The Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica is an institution almost as old as Westarctica itself, although it has had several different names since nobles were first appointed in 2001.
As of 8 April 2018, no title in the Hereditary Nobility has ever been transferred to an heir as no member of the nobility has yet passed away.
Names of the peerage
During the era when Westarctica was known as the Achaean Territory of Westarctica, the collected nobles were simply known as "the Nobility." In 2002, when the Achaean Royal Charter was decreed, the name was formalized as the Baronage. This name was retained in the Grand Ducal Charter of 2004.
In September 2012, when the first Charter of Westarctica was decreed, the nobles were labeled simply "nobility," however, in the second revision of the Charter, only a month later, Grand Duke Travis first added the word "hereditary" to the article on nobility. From this time forward, the group of nobles became known as the "Hereditary Nobility."
The "Old Guard"
Starting in 2012, nobles who had received their titles prior to Grand Duke Travis' 2006 abdication from the throne became informally known as the "Old Guard" out of respect to their long service to Westarcica.
List of members of the Hereditary Nobility
Hereditary Princes and Princesses
Hereditary Dukes and Duchesses
Hereditary Marquis and Marquise
Hereditary Counts and Countesses
Name |
Date of creation |
Current holder |
Notes
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Count of Kohler |
15 November 2001 |
Joseph Day |
Created as Duke of Walgreen
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Countess Radlinski |
28 January 2002 |
Jeanne Yearsley |
|
Count of Ellsworth |
5 September 2003 |
Jeffery Truett |
Created as Earl of Truett
|
Count of Farwell |
11 March 2015 |
Michael Metelits |
|
Count of Westwinter |
16 April 2015 |
Jeremy Moore |
|
Count of Martin |
16 June 2015 |
Martino Bertoni |
|
Countess of Martin |
16 June 2015 |
Francesca Bertoni |
|
Count of Moore |
25 September 2015 |
Vicente Bicudo de Castro |
|
Count of Campbell |
14 October 2015 |
Neal Jagat Thapar |
|
Countess of Campbell |
14 October 2015 |
Aarti Thapar |
|
Count of Trabucco |
15 January 2016 |
Jeffery Rogers |
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Countess of Westwinter |
16 June 2016 |
Beth Moore |
|
Countess of Frakes |
19 August 2016 |
Kelly Schenkman |
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Count of Steere |
19 August 2016 |
Benjamin Schenkman |
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Count of Johansen |
22 September 2016 |
Matthew Whisman |
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Hereditary Viscounts
Name |
Date of creation |
Current holder |
Notes
|
Viscount of Whitmore |
15 November 2001 |
Neil Whitmoyer |
Created as Duke of Whitmore
|
Viscount of Siple |
1 October 2004 |
Emilio Garcia |
|
Viscount of Boyd |
2005 |
Shaun Herron |
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Viscount of Gardiner |
2005 |
Name unknown |
|
Viscount of Reynolds |
21 February 2015 |
Terry Perkins |
2nd holder of the title
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Hereditary Barons and Baronesses
Name |
Date of creation |
Current holder |
Notes
|
Baron of Havola |
15 November 2001 |
George Morin, Jr. |
Created as Duke of Ellsworth
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