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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 2980616" data-attributes="member: 6957">Actually Baron is incredibly variable - a Count always owed fealty to a Duke, but a Baron owed fealty to the crown. However, the Count usually had much greater land and wealth.... It gets confusing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Add to this that a Barony was sometimes held in addition to another title and it could be a real mess. George Sandhill, 12th Baron Underwood, 6th Count Redcastle might be addressed as Baron-Count Underwood-Redcastle if being introduced to a mixed gathering, George Lord Sandhill, 12th Baron Underwood, 6th Count Redcastle under more formal rules, as Baron Underwood while in performance of those duties pertaining to the Barony or when dealing with the Crown, or as Count Redcastle when dealing with the County or Duchy. the king or a fellow Baron might call him Underwood, while the Duke would address him as Redcastle. His family might just call him George. Lord might be added in odd places, depending on who was addressing him, and under what duties. (My Lord Baron when being addressed by an underling, Baron Lord Underhill when being introduced to an equal, etc....)The Auld Grump, having fun yet?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 2980616, member: 6957"] Actually Baron is incredibly variable - a Count always owed fealty to a Duke, but a Baron owed fealty to the crown. However, the Count usually had much greater land and wealth.... It gets confusing. :) Add to this that a Barony was sometimes held in addition to another title and it could be a real mess. George Sandhill, 12th Baron Underwood, 6th Count Redcastle might be addressed as Baron-Count Underwood-Redcastle if being introduced to a mixed gathering, George Lord Sandhill, 12th Baron Underwood, 6th Count Redcastle under more formal rules, as Baron Underwood while in performance of those duties pertaining to the Barony or when dealing with the Crown, or as Count Redcastle when dealing with the County or Duchy. the king or a fellow Baron might call him Underwood, while the Duke would address him as Redcastle. His family might just call him George. Lord might be added in odd places, depending on who was addressing him, and under what duties. (My Lord Baron when being addressed by an underling, Baron Lord Underhill when being introduced to an equal, etc....) The Auld Grump, having fun yet? [/QUOTE]

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