Having recently read two novels with nobles in them, I looked some stuff up.
Prince → Princess, Duke → Duchess, Viscount → Viscountess, Marquess → Marchioness, Baron → Baroness, Earl → Countess.
"Marchioness" is a bit iffy ("Marquess" should have been the female form, with the male shortened to "Marque" or "Marquer"), but someone really messed up with "Countess" being the female equivalent of "Earl". #nobility
#nobility : distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred
- French: noblesse
- Italian: nobiltà
- Portuguese: nobreza
- Spanish: nobleza
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Pericles, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 108ff (1.1.108-109) (1607) [with George Wilkins]
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Did you know Epstein's name & ancestors come from a town in #Germany?
It's even called Eppstein!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein
They even had "nobles" - the Lords of Eppstein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of_Eppstein
Wonder if they were also pedos? But I guess back then it was a common thing for nobles to be...
Just some of that #Epstein- #Etymology - #Trivia 🤷
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Armored samurai posing for a photo, Meiji-era Japan, ~1880
MERCENARY HOURS LET'S GOOOOOO
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1888524/mercenary-hours-let-s-goooooo
Bushido - the way of the horse and the bow
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1888491/bushido-the-way-of-the-horse-and-the-bow
Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
"Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."
"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4
#aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy
Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords. Late Tuesday the Lords dropped objections to a bill passed by the House of Commons that removes dozens of dukes, earls, and others who inherited seats in the unelected upper chamber. The chamber currently has more than 800 members. The vast majority are now “life peers” appointed by the government, but roughly 1 in 10 members are currently hereditary peers. A previous Labour government removed most hereditary peers in 1999 but left 92 in place. The rest will leave at the end of the current session of Parliament in the spring.
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