Peerage
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A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks. Peerages include:
A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks. Peerages include: ==Australia== Australian peers ==Belgium== Belgian nobility ==Canada== British peerage titles granted to Canadian subjects of the Crown Canadian nobility in the aristocracy of France ==China== Chinese nobility ==France== Peerage of France List of French peerages Peerage of Jerusalem ==Malta== Maltese nobility ==Japan== Peerage of the Empire of Japan House of Peers (Japan) ==Portugal== Chamber of Most Worthy Peers ==Spain== Chamber of Peers (Spain) List of dukes in the peerage of Spain List of viscounts in the peerage of Spain List of barons in the peerage of Spain List of lords in the peerage of Spain ==United Kingdom== ===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 Barons: see List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Female peerages: see List of peerages created for women and List of peerages inherited by women ==See also== Baronage , French equivalent of the English word "peerage" ==Further reading== Burke's Peerage The Scots Peerage Roll of the Peerage
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