Peerage
A peerage is a legal system historically comprising hereditary titles in various countries, comprising various noble ranks.
Peerages include:
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Contents
1 Canada
2 France
3 Japan
4 United Kingdom and the British Empire
4.1 Great Britain and Ireland
4.2 Lists of peers
5 See also
Canada
- Canadian peerages in the nobility of France
France
- Peerage of France and Peerage of Jerusalem
- List of French peerages
Japan
- Peerage of the Empire of Japan
United Kingdom and the British Empire
- Peerage of the United Kingdom and British Empire
- Peerages and baronetcies of the United Kingdom created for Canadian subjects of the Crown
Great Britain and Ireland
Peerages in the United Kingdom
Hereditary peer, holders of titles which can be inherited by an heir
Life peer, members of the peerage of the United Kingdom whose titles cannot be inherited
Peerage of England, holders of English titles created before 1707
Peerage of Great Britain, holders of titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between 1707 and 1800
Peerage of Ireland, holders of Irish titles created by the Crown before 1920, until 1801 carrying a seat in the Irish House of Lords, some of whom later sat in the House of Lords at Westminster
Peerage of Scotland, holders of Scottish titles created before 1707, some of whom later sat in the House of Lords, all of them having a seat there from 1964 to 1999
Representative peers, holders of Scottish and Irish peerages who represented their peer-groups in the House of Lords at Westminster
Welsh peers and baronets, holders of various titles with a Welsh territorial connection
- List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Jacobite Peerage, titles created following the deposition of King James II and VII from the thrones of England, Ireland, and Scotland
Lists of peers
- Dukes: see List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- Marquesses: see List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- Earls: see List of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- Viscounts: see List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
- Hereditary baronies: see List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Life peers: see List of living life peers
- Women: see List of peerages created for women and List of peerages inherited by women
See also
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Pairie, French equivalent of the English word peerage