Loveliest titles (and the worst)

[MrsLeonFarrell]

Apparently William and Catherine are called Lord and Lady of the Isles in Mull. What a beautiful title Lady of the Isles is, much nicer than Princess of Wales.

Anyway I thought I'd start a thread musing on titles in general, they don't have to be royal.

My favourite title Lady of the Isles (as of today)

Least favourite Princess of Bourbon Two Sicilies (what a mouthful)

Scots language is the best 👊

That's a long story.
The Greeks ousted King Otto back in the 19thC. They wanted to replace him with one of Victoria's sons, to get a bit of British Empire support, and control of the Ionian islands. Prince Alfred didn't take up the offer, but a relative, Prince William of Schleswig Holstein did, and became King George I of Greece.
That is why Prince Philip had German and Danish ancestry, but was Prince Philip of Greece. His house was Schleswig Holstein Sonderberg Glucksberg. Not Greek at all.

Earl of Sandwich was probably good to start with, but now I just think of, well, a sandwich. Maybe ham, maybe tuna...but a sandwich.

Is there a Lord Cupcake, I wonder?

And Lady Pot o'Tea?

Fascinating, thank you for typing all that out. I love the tangled webs Victoria's children wove.

No problem! That's the short version! Poor George got assassinated in the end.
I read that old Queen Mary approved of Philip marrying Elizabeth because she enjoyed the fact that "he's 9/10 German and 1/10 Danish, but is a prince of Greece"!

I think that's a marketing opportunity missed for the Earls of Sandwich.
Just think!

It's pretty funny.

I saw a Lord Wrigglesworth when I googled weird titles. That sounds like a character from CBBC

My favourite so far!!

Two countries quite far apart whose people are very different! I don't know it's always tickled me.

One of my very good friends went out with a Rt Hon chap - he was a complete wet blanket. To be fair to him though, at the time I worked in a shop and I only realised when he handed over his Coutt's card to pay. He kept it very quiet.

I agree with the person above who said Dame was a bit crap and Lady was nicer. I would accept Grande Dame however.

That was the name!!! Lady Muck. She's the same one as " all fur coats and nae knickers" 😂

She has net curtains but keeps the coal under the bed as well 😉

Not really the loveliest or worst, but I wouldn't have wanted to fill in a form with the late Duchess of Alba's titles. She was said to be the most titled noble in the world when she was alive.

Dukedoms
• 18th Duchess of Alba, Grandee of Spain
• 15th Duchess of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso
• 4th Duchess of Arjona, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Cayetano[15]
• 11th Duchess of Berwick, Grandee of Spain
• 17th Duchess of Híjar, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[16]
• 11th Duchess of Liria and Jérica, Grandee of Spain
• 11th Duchess of Montoro, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her daughter Doña Eugenia
Count-dukedoms
• 12th Countess-Duchess of Olivares, Grandee of Spain
Marquessates
• 17th Marchioness of Carpio, Grandee of Spain
• 10th Marchioness of San Vicente del Barco, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Fernando
• 16th Marchioness of La Algaba
• 16th Marchioness of Almenara -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[17]
• 18th Marchioness of Barcarrota
• 10th Marchioness of Castañeda
• 23rd Marchioness of Coria
• 14th Marchioness of Eliche
• 16th Marchioness of Mirallo
• 20th Marchioness of la Mota
• 20th Marchioness of Moya
• 17th Marchioness of Orani -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[18]
• 12th Marchioness of Osera
• 14th Marchioness of San Leonardo
• 19th Marchioness of Sarria
• 12th Marchioness of Tarazona
• 15th Marchioness of Valdunquillo
• 18th Marchioness of Villanueva del Fresno
• 17th Marchioness of Villanueva del Río
Countships
• 27th Countess of Aranda, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[19]
• 22nd Countess of Lemos, Grandee of Spain
• 20th Countess of Lerín, Grandee of Spain, Constabless of Navarre
• 20th Countess of Miranda del Castañar, Grandee of Spain
• 16th Countess of Monterrey, Grandee of Spain
• 20th Countess of Osorno, Grandee of Spain
• 18th Countess of Palma del Río, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[20]
• 12th Countess of Salvatierra, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Cayetano
• 22nd Countess of Siruela, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Jacobo
• 19th Countess of Andrade
• 14th Countess of Ayala
• 16th Countess of Casarrubios del Monte
• 16th Countess of Fuentes de Valdepero
• 11th Countess of Fuentidueña
• 17th Countess of Galve
• 18th Countess of Gelves
• 16th Countess of Guimerá -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[21]
• 21st Countess of Modica (Kingdom of Sicily)
• 24th Countess of Ribadeo -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso[22]
• 25th Countess of San Esteban de Gormaz
• 12th Countess of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
• 20th Countess of Villalba
Viscountcies
• 12th Viscountess of la Calzada
Lordships
• 29th Lady of Moguer

I love that not only was she able to pass her titles on, but she gave a few to different children.

You do understand that the Greek royal family sprang from one of the younger sons of King Christian IX of Dennark, don't you? He became King George I of Greece, but he also handed down his Danish title to his descendants. He was assassinated in 1913, after a reign of 50 years. One of his grandsons was Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (later HRH The Duke of Edinburgh).

Look at all the places one's ancestors fought!

Nope, didn't realise until someone told me! Makes a lot more sense now.

Not only was Queen Victoria the Mother of Europe, but Christian IX was known as the Father-in-law of Europe. Which is how Prince Philip was not only a Prince of Greece and Denmark, but his father was a cousin of both Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of England.

He was way more royal than The Queen. On his maternal side, he was descended from Queen Victoria, and both his mother and grandmother were born at Windsor Castle, in Queen Vic's actual presence.
Which is why he was pissed off when courtiers used to patronise him as a "nobody" in the early days of his marriage!

Ah yes (sorry Damien L)

Still is married to him. It was noticeable they were selling the castle prior to his dalliance, but not after, so a proper old aristo deal there

Had it not been for some unfortunate incidents in the 1700s, my elder brother would have been the Master of Duchal. Not sure what that would have made me!

Mistress?

Possibly. Women don’t feature in the very sparse history! It’s quite fun though. And there is a small pile of moss covered stones where there was once the smallest ever castle….

For anyone interested in ...ahem.. elevating their status:

https://prestigetitles.co.uk/

DS was bought a lordship by his friends a while back. Hours of fun when it comes to ordering stuff 😁

That's awesome. I see lots of presents for friends from there!

You can buy titles.

Sometimes a title comes with a property.

Has anyone watched 'The Change'? I'd quite like to be Queen of the Eels.

I also like Grand Duke / Duchess, the Russians used them but I think there is only Luxemburg that still uses it.