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==Names of the peerage== | ==Names of the peerage== | ||
During the era when Westarctica was known as the [[Achaean Territory of Antarctica]], 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. | During the era when Westarctica was known as the [[Achaean Territory of Antarctica]], 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." | 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." | ||
==Ranks of royalty and nobility== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Rank | |||
! Title | |||
! Style of Address | |||
|- | |||
| 1 | |||
| Grand Duke | |||
| His Royal Highness | |||
|- | |||
| 2 | |||
| Prince of the Blood | |||
| His Royal Highness | |||
|- | |||
| 3 | |||
| Royal Prince<br>Royal Princess | |||
| His Highness<br>Her Highness | |||
|- | |||
| 4 | |||
| Noble Prince<br>Noble Princess | |||
| His Serene Highness<br>Her Serene Highness | |||
|- | |||
| 5 | |||
| Duke<br>Duchess | |||
| His Grace<br>Her Grace | |||
|- | |||
| 6 | |||
| Marquis<br>Marquise | |||
| His Lordship<br>Her Ladyship | |||
|- | |||
| 7 | |||
| Count<br>Countess | |||
| His Lordship<br>Her Ladyship | |||
|- | |||
| 8 | |||
| Viscount<br>Viscountess | |||
| His Lordship<br>Her Ladyship | |||
|- | |||
| 9 | |||
| Baron<br>Baroness | |||
| His Lordship<br>Her Ladyship | |||
|- | |||
| 10 | |||
| Baronet<br>Baronetness | |||
| Sir<br>Lady ''(Unofficial)'' | |||
|} | |||
===The "Old Guard"=== | ===The "Old Guard"=== |