The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ikai (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state...

Wohlgeboren List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles History of Russian military ranks In case of "His/Her Majesty's highest of all protégé"...

Hereditary titles, in a general sense, are nobility titles, positions or styles that are hereditary and thus tend or are bound to remain in particular...

common honorary titles include Knighthood, Damehood, and Companion of Honour. These titles are granted by the monarch and are not hereditary. The word monarch...

Cardinal Cushing – or clerical titles such as Archbishop). Some titles are hereditary. Titles include: Honorific titles or styles of address, a phrase used to...

system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles, composed of various ranks, and within the framework of the Constitution of the United Kingdom form...

will be addressed differently in their local languages, the names and titles in the list below have been styled using the common English equivalent. Roman...

titles, the highest ranks of the aristocracy, by being adopted into the Konoe family and formally becoming an aristocrat. He then passed the position...

prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan. The prime...

no definite noble titles (titles of hereditary rulers being distinct from those of hereditary intermediaries between monarchs and commoners). Persons...

The ranks of imperial consorts have varied over the course of Chinese history but remained important throughout owing to its prominence in the management...

Count of Merenberg branch of the House, which was descended from a morganatic marriage. An heir apparent may be granted the style 'hereditary grand duke'...

offices of their counts and viscounts from becoming hereditary, in order to consolidate their position and limit chance of rebellion. The title was in...

the court rank of grandee, which has precedence over all other noble titles. The last non-royal hereditary dukedom created was the title of Duke of Suárez...

both positive and negative ways [1]. Unlike noble titles in the European and Japanese aristocracies, which were conferred on a hereditary basis, the bureaucratic...

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh received numerous titles, decorations and honorary appointments, both before and during his time as consort to Queen...

daughters being known as dayang-dayang ("princess of the first degree"). All of these titles are strictly hereditary. Below the royal nobility are the provincial...

conferred non-hereditary courtly or civic roles. The noble titles that were in use on its territory were mostly of foreign provenance and usually subject...

Funai), and Daud Tanof of Taebenu.[citation needed] The present chief of the Helong nation is Soleman Bislissin. They are all hereditary positions. Leopold...

family's hereditary titles. While titles such as emperor, king, and elector could only be legally occupied by one dynast at a time, holders of such other...

succession of monarchs has mostly been hereditary, often building dynasties. However, elective and self-proclaimed monarchies (in the sense of monarchical...

because of the structure of society. In many countries, the term upper class was intimately associated with hereditary land ownership and titles. Political...

to the titles of "Knight" or "Baronet". The Royal House of Portugal historically bestowed hereditary knighthoods to holders of the highest ranks in the...

Horse, Cavallerizzo Maggiore, or Hereditary Superintendent of the Stables of the Palaces, was a hereditary position held by the Marquess Serlupi Crescenzi...

family of the deceased monarch. Eventually, however, most elected monarchies introduced hereditary succession, guaranteeing that the title and office...

beginning of the Heian period, which lasted until 1185. The Heian period is considered a golden age of classical Japanese culture. Japanese religious...

of affairs of state. As head of the House of Bernadotte, Carl Gustaf has also been able to make a number of decisions about the titles and positions of...

Peninsula, some members of the Jeonju Yi clan were incorporated into the Imperial House of Japan and the Japanese peerage by the Japanese government. This lasted...

bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. Originally warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century, they...

by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major...