A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various
hereditary title
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 families.
Though both monarchs and nobles usually inherit their titles, the mechanisms often d ...
s (and sometimes
non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted
noble ranks.
Peerages include:
Australia
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Australian peers
Belgium
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Belgian nobility
Canada
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British peerage titles granted to Canadian subjects of the Crown
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Canadian nobility in the aristocracy of France
China
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Chinese nobility
France
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Peerage of France
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List of French peerages
For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the extinction of the peerage is not necessarily the same as that of the extinction of the title. Fo ...
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Peerage of Jerusalem
Japan
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Peerage of the Empire of Japan
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House of Peers (Japan)
The was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (in effect from 11 February 1889 to 3 May 1947).
Background
In 1869, under the new Meiji government, a Japanese peerage was created by a ...
Portugal
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Chamber of Most Worthy Peers
Spain
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Chamber of Peers (Spain)
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List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
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List of viscounts in the peerage of Spain
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