# Royalty Rank

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royalty-rank/12821 "2000-01-17T20:09:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royalty-rank/12821/1 "2000-01-17T20:09:00Z")

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Where do Dukes,Grand  
Dukes,Earls,Barons,Lords,etc. stand on the scale of royalty? the King (or Queen) is top dog, the hier apparent is next, then how are the others ranked?

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**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royalty-rank/12821/2 "2000-01-17T20:22:00Z")

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[A Glossary of European Noble, Princely, Royal, and Imperial Titles](http://www.heraldica.org/topics/odegard/titlefaq.htm) may tell you more than you wanted to know about the subject (it certainly did for _me_ :)).

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“Kings die, and leave their crowns to their sons. Shmuel HaKatan took all the treasures in the world, and went away.”