Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in Europe
Emperor, Empress
dowager
Tsar, Tsarina
High king, High queen
King
consort
dowager
Queen
regnant
consort
dowager
mother
Grand duke, Grand duchess
Archduke, Archduchess
Prince
consort
Princess
consort
Duke, Duchess
Crown prince, Crown princess
Jarl
Prince-elector, Princess-elector
Marquess, Marchioness
Margrave, Margravine
Marcher lord
Count palatine
Voivode
Count, Countess
Earl
Ealdorman
Viscount, Viscountess
Castellan
Burgrave, Burgravine
Landgrave
Advocatus
Vidame
Starosta
Baron, Baroness
Thane
Lendmann
Primor
Boyar
Ritter
Baronet, Baronetess
Fidalgo
Nobile
Knight, Chevalier
Imperial Knight
Druzhinnik
Esquire
Gentleman, Gentlewoman
Ministerialis
Lord of the Manor
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Archducal hat, the coronet of an archduke
Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: Erzherzog, feminine form: Erzherzogin) was the title born from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank within the former Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), which was below that of Emperor, and roughly equal to King, Prince-Archbishop, and Grand prince, but above that of a Grand Duke, Sovereign Prince, and Duke.[1]
The territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess was called an archduchy. All remaining archduchies ceased to exist in 1918. The current head of the House of Habsburg is Karl von Habsburg.
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