- A
peerage is a
legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and
sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a
number of countries, and composed...
- The
Peerage of
England comprises all
peerages created in the
Kingdom of
England before the Act of
Union in 1707. From that year, the
Peerages of England...
- A
Peerage is a form of
crown distinction, with
Peerages in the
United Kingdom comprising both
hereditary and
lifetime titled appointments of
various ranks...
- The
Jacobite peerage includes those peerages created by
James II and VII, and the
subsequent Jacobite pretenders,
after James's
deposition from the thrones...
- Look up
peerage,
peerages, or
peeress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
peerage is a
legal system comprising hereditary titles in
various European...
- The
Peerage of the
United Kingdom is one of the five
peerages in the
United Kingdom. It
comprises most
peerages created in the
United Kingdom of Great...
- In the
United Kingdom, life
peers are
appointed members of the
peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in
contrast to
hereditary peers. Life
peers are...
- The
Peerage of
France (French:
Pairie de France) was a
hereditary distinction within the
French nobility which appeared in 1180
during the
Middle Ages...
- The
peerage of
Ireland consists of
those titles of
nobility created by the
English monarchs in
their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or
later by...
- The
Peerage of
Scotland (Scottish Gaelic:
Moraireachd na h-Alba; Scots:
Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five
divisions of
peerages in the
United Kingdom...
