"new elite of russia" cost of titles. I'll get the money out of the closet, I'll buy, perhaps, the title of count How to get the title in our time

We select the title names from France. Why exactly from there? Because among the peoples, it is the French names that are used most often. Except for some used in Russia. And on this page we will tell you who is in what.

As a rule, they are presented in order: from the highest to the simplest. Titles from Emperors to Chevaliers (Knights) are generally referred to as noble titles. For reference: A nobleman is one of the upper classes of feudal society (along with the clergy) who served the monarch and carried out state activities. In other words, a noble is a person serving at court, usually with a prince or king.

The emperor- the title of a monarch or several monarchs at once, the head of the empire. The emperor is usually the owner of several countries or peoples at once. As a rule, he takes land for himself of his own free will. The highest title in existence. The feminine gender is the Empress.

Caesar (Russian – Tsar) - an autocratic sovereign, owner of a kingdom or a large state. A king is a person chosen by God, the people, etc. Usually associated with the highest dignity of the emperor. In Russia, by the way, the current "tsar" is now called the president, but in reality this is not the case. The king, as a rule, takes over the whole country, and the president leads the country through others. The feminine gender is the Queen.

King- the title of monarch, usually hereditary, but sometimes elected, head of a kingdom or a small state. The female gender is the Queen.

Prince- who it? It seems that everyone knows, but I will still let you know: this is the son of a monarch (king, king or emperor). And when the king dies, the prince takes his place, being the new king. Feminine - Princess.

Duke (Russian – Prince) - the leader of the army and the ruler of the region. The head of a feudal monarchical state or a separate political entity, a representative of the feudal aristocracy. Highest title of nobility. Feminine - Duchess or Princess.

Marquis (Russian – Zemsky Boyarin) - a title of nobility above the county, but below the ducal. Marquises were usually earned in the service of the king counts who received permission to rule the frontier mark (administrative unit). Hence, by the way, the title of the title. The feminine gender is the Marquis or Boyarynya.

Graph (Russian – Prince Boyarin) - title of nobility in Western Europe and pre-revolutionary Russia. Initially, it stood for the highest official, but since the time of the Norman kings, it has become an honorary title. As a rule, above the baron and viscount, but below the marquis and duke. The female gender is the Countess.

Viscount- a member of the European nobility, middle between a baron and a count. As a rule, the eldest son of a count (during his father's lifetime) bears the title of viscount. In the Russian nobility, the title of viscount is absent. The female gender is Viscountess.

Baron (Russian – Barin or Boyarin) - a title of nobility, below the county and viscountry. A noble person, in a narrow sense, the highest stratum of feudal society. In medieval feudal Western Europe - a large sovereign nobleman and feudal lord, later - an honorary title of nobility. The female gender is Baroness or Boyarynya.

Chevalier (Russian – Knight) - he is the Knight as well. The youngest title of nobility that had land. Formally, they were not considered noblemen and were not included in high society, but at the same time they were individuals of blue blood and still were nobles.

Gentleman- originally the word "gentleman" meant a man of noble birth, this was the basic definition of an aristocrat, the next title was - Esq. But then they began to call that an educated and well-mannered man, respectable and balanced. As a rule, the Gentleman does not belong to the title of nobility. And the female counterpart to the word "Gentleman" does not exist. They are called Lady.

Lord- this is not a title, but the general name of the representatives of the upper class. Lord from English means "overlord". Any ruler, regardless of rank, can be called him. Although, if we talk about Great Britain, the Lord is still a title, but in other nations dukes, marquises, earls, etc. are called lord.

At the present time, oddly enough, you can often meet people who dream of getting a title of nobility. What for? And all in order to have a number of privileges (for example, to sit at the same table with the kings), or just grow in the eyes of others (when they will be addressed through "Your Grace").

So how to get the title, and is it possible in the 21st century? Of course available. We bring to your attention several ways to get the title.

The first way

The most natural way is to inherit the title. To begin with, we recommend that you carefully study your family tree, because your ancestors may indeed be aristocrats. In the Russian Federation, the genealogical federation deals with similar issues, in France, for example, the international genealogical academy, and in Italy such issues are resolved by the international commission studying orders of knighthood.

Second way

Receive a title for specific merit. In ancient times, kings loved to reward titles of nobility for various military services. Nowadays this is also possible. For example, in 1965, the well-known Beatles group received the Order of the British Empire for their invaluable contribution to culture. I must say that this appropriation did not go smoothly, the local aristocrats, owners of blue blood, were extremely indignant at such an award. But soon everyone got used to it, and similar awards were given to Elton John, Elizabeth Taylor and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The third way

It is trivial to buy a title with money. It all depends on your capabilities, if there are only a couple of hundred bucks lying around in your pocket, then you can purchase parchment with your last name and any title, but everyone will understand that such a title is fake. If you want a stronger letter, then you will have to fork out for a couple of thousand dollars, and then your document, although it will also be fake, but it will look like the 19th century.

Fourth way

Get a title of nobility through connections. For example, in Ukraine, Orest Fedorovich Karelin Romanishin-Rusin crowned himself (King Orestes I) and, despite this, he also handed out titles himself: L. Kuchma - the title of prince, and A. Kuzmuk - count. So make connections on the Slavic land, and you will always have a chance to join the nobles.

Fifth way

Get the title through incredible success and fortune. You just need to get to the right place and at a certain time. For example, one doctor once helped the emperor of the great Habsburg dynasty in the 18th century and received a title of nobility for this. Nowadays such luck can be tried on African lands, they say that very sympathetic kings live in Lesotho.

Sixth way

Marriage to a nobleman. Now in monarchical Europe, it is quite common for local nobles, earls and even princes to marry commoners. So go for it, try it.

Which method is right for you, and do you need all this? It's up to you to decide.

It turns out, according to the assurances of Internet sites, almost every Russian can become a nobleman in our times. And for this you do not need to recreate your family tree, looking for a noble descendant in it, or leaf through old albums with images of gentlemen trampling corner fireplaces in spacious halls in order to find at least some portrait resemblance. Everything is much simpler: you just need to pay a monetary contribution to one of the noble societies or a person authorized to distribute titles.

Surprisingly, there are quite a few of them in Russia. At one time, thanks to them, our country was replenished with huge ranks of nobles. Among them, the most famous are: Alexander Malinin - the singer of the Russian stage, Bari Alibasov - the producer, Ayatskov - the governor, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger himself! There are also persons "simpler", for example, he received the title of nobleman and an ordinary stove-maker from Saratov, now any facing of fireplaces made by him has its own noble stamp.

How much will such an honorary title cost? In different organizations, the rates are different. So, for the graph you will have to pay from 18 thousand rubles, for the prince more - from 12 thousand euros. And no matter who you work, a doctor, a realtor, an accountant, or your main occupation is, for example, installing chimneys, if you have a certain number of banknotes - welcome to the nobility.

However, in fact, in most cases, such proposals are just a way to "go crazy". No matter how beautiful and loud the names of the organizations are: "New Elite of Russia" - the Russian noble society, "New Elite of the World" - the international order chapter, they have no right to donate, sell, offer a title of nobility. But the laws of the Russian Federation do not punish for this ...

In fact, there are only two legitimate noble organizations in Russia: the St. Petersburg Nobility Assembly and the Russian Noble Assembly. The first unites real hereditary nobles on the basis of the corresponding certificate, the second is a corporate public organization, the members of which are also actual (on the direct paternal) and associated nobles (descendants on the maternal line). There is also the Union of Russian Nobles, but it operates and is located in Europe.
But none of the aforementioned Assemblies favor titles of nobility! It does not issue any diplomas with the assignment of the title! Only the Head of the Imperial House has the right to grant the title. At the moment, the Head is the Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna. True, you can become a nobleman (not hereditary) if the princess rewards you with the Order of St. Anna, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order of Nicholas the Wonderworker for special services to the motherland and its citizens.

Therefore, you should not trust the scammers, especially now, when most of the "nobles" are dreaming of a wonderful summer vacation!

Whenever we watch historical English films or read books about the life of the English, we are constantly faced with all kinds of sirs, lords, princes, dukes and other titles. It is rather difficult to understand the purpose of all these appeals to certain segments of the population from books or films. We will try to consider what titles are in England, what is their hierarchy, how they are obtained and whether it is possible to transfer the title by inheritance, etc.

Peerage in England

Peerage is a system of nobility in England. All Englishmen who hold the title are called peers. All other people who do not have any rank are considered commoners. The main difference between peers and other people is that the title of nobility in England gives certain privileges, and these privileges differ among peers of different ranks.

There are also differences in privileges between different parts of the peerage system:

The peerage of England is all titled Englishmen, the title of which was created by the Queens and Kings of England before 1707 (signing of the Unification Act).

Peerage of Scotland are titles of nobility created by the monarchs of Scotland before 1707.

Peerage of Ireland - titles of the Kingdom of Ireland created before 1800 (signing of the Unification Act) and some of them created later.

Peerage of Great Britain - All titles created in the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800.

Peerage of the United Kingdom - Nearly all titles created after 1800.

Older ranks are considered higher in the hierarchy. In addition, title ownership is defining in the hierarchy:

English,

Scottish,

Irish.

For example, an Irish earl with a title created before 1707 is lower in the hierarchy than an English earl with the same title. But the same Irish earl will be higher in the hierarchy than the Earl of Great Britain, with a title conferred after 1707.

The emergence of peerage

The history of the creation of the peerage system among the British began with the conquest of England by the illegitimate son of the ruler of Normandy, William the Conqueror. He created a single English Kingdom and divided the entire territory into manors. Those Englishmen who owned manors were called barons; depending on the amount of land, they distinguished between “big barons” and “lesser barons”.

The king collected large barons for royal councils, and sheriffs collected smaller ones. Then they stopped calling the lesser barons. It was the assemblies of the great barons that were then transformed into the House of Lords, which still exists today. Most titles of nobility, like the Crown of England, are inherited.

Times changed and various ranks began to form among the nobility, the privileges of which were significantly different.

Title hierarchy

At the top of the hierarchy is, of course, the royal family, which has its own hierarchy. The British royal family includes the monarch himself and a group of his close relatives. Members of the royal family are: the monarch, the spouse of the monarch or the widowed spouse of the monarch, the children of the monarch, his male grandchildren, the spouses or widowed spouses of the male heirs of the monarch.

The next most important among the British are:

Duke and Duchess (began to confer this title in 1337). Duke (the word comes from the Latin "chieftain") is an English noble title of the highest rank after the King and Queen. Dukes usually rule the Duchy. Dukes are the second rank of princes after the princes of the royal family.

Marquis and Marquis (first assigned in 1385). Marquis is a title of nobility of the English, located between the duke and the earl. It comes from the designation of the boundaries of certain territories (from the French "mark" or border area). In addition to the marquises themselves, this title is awarded to the eldest son of the duke and the daughter of the duke.

Earl (Earl) and Countess (used from 800-1000). Earls - members of the English nobility, who previously owned and managed their own lands - counties, tried cases in provincial courts on behalf of the King, collected fines and taxes from the local population. Counties were also honored: the eldest son of the Marquis, the daughter of the Marquis and the youngest son of the Duke.

Viscount and Viscountess (the first such title was awarded in 1440). The word comes from the Latin "vice-count", "deputy count". During the father's lifetime, the earl's eldest son or the marquis's younger sons became viscounts as a title of courtesy.

Baron and Baroness (first appeared in 1066). The word comes from the Old Germanic "free lord". Baron is the lowest rank of nobility in England. If the title is historically related to feudal baronies, then the baron holds that barony. In addition to the barons themselves, the following persons were endowed with this title in the form of the title of courtesy: the eldest son of the viscount, the youngest son of the count, the eldest son of the baron, then the younger sons of the viscounts and the younger sons of the barons followed the hierarchy.

Another title, although inherited, but not belonging to the English titled aristocratic persons, is the baronet (there is no female equivalent). Baronets do not sit in the House of Lords and do not enjoy the privileges of the nobility. The elder children of the younger sons of peers of various ranks, the elder and younger sons of baronets became baronets.

All other Englishmen are non-titled persons.

Appeal to titled persons

Dealing with titled Englishmen is a rather difficult question. Everyone knows that addressing the King and Queen involves the combination "Your Majesty".

For dukes, the address "Your Grace" is used, as for the duchess, or the title of Duke-Duchess is used together with the use of the title (for example, Duke of Wellington). The surnames of the dukes are rarely used in circulation, among the duchesses they are never used.

Marquis, viscounts, earls, barons and their wives are addressed as Milord (My Lord) or Milady (My Lady), or simply Lord and Lady. You can also use the appeal directly in the form of rank and title (for example, Marquis of Queensbury).

Ex-wives of peers of any rank are addressed as follows: the woman's name, then rank and title, without using the definite article "the" before the rank (eg Diana, Princess of Wales).

Baronets and non-titled persons are addressed with the words "sir" and "lady."

Obtaining the title

The real title of Lord in England can be awarded by the Queen for special services to the country. But you can get it in a roundabout way, for example, to purchase a medieval estate for a huge price along with the title, for example, of baron. At the same time, they receive a certificate of belonging to a certain noble title.

Features of titles

Most often, the owner of any title is a man. Sometimes the title could also belong to a woman, if it was supposed to be inherited. In other cases, the woman was awarded the title of courtesy as the wife of her husband. At the same time, the woman did not have the privileges that her husband had.

The title of a woman was inherited in two cases:

If the woman was only the guardian of the title in order to transfer it to the male heir in the future;

When a woman rightfully received the title, but could not sit in the House of Lords and hold certain positions.

Moreover, if a titled woman got married, her husband did not receive her title.

If a woman who received the title thanks to her husband turned out to be a widow, she retained it, while the word "widowed" could be added to her before turning to her. If a woman remarried, then she acquired a new title corresponding to the title of her new husband, or even turned out to be an untitled person altogether, if the new husband did not belong to the nobility of England.

Another feature is that illegitimate sons did not receive titles under any circumstances. Therefore, often titled persons sought to marry pregnant women in order to ensure their son the right to inherit his title. Otherwise, only the youngest son had the right to receive the nobility if he was born already in marriage, and in the absence of other sons - a distant relative.

Privileges of titled persons

Previously, the privileges of peers were very wide, but now there are very few rights left for the titled English:

The right to sit in parliament,

Access to the Queen and the King, although this right has not been used for a long time,

The right not to be subject to civil arrest (it has only been used twice since 1945).

In addition, all peers have special crowns used for coronations and distinctive vestments for sitting in the House of Lords (if they are members) and coronations.

Yu. Pantyukhin "Prince Alexander Nevsky"

But first, let's deal with the very concept of "nobility". “What is nobility? - wrote A.S. Pushkin. - The hereditary class of the people is the highest, that is, awarded with great advantages in terms of property and private freedom. "

The rise of the nobility in Russia

The word "nobleman" literally means "a man from the princely court", or "courtier."

In Russia, the nobility arose in the XII century. as the lowest part of the military-service class, which made up the court of a prince or a large boyar.

The "Code of Laws of the Russian Empire" says that belonging to the nobility " there is a consequence that flows from the quality and virtue of the rulers in ancient times, men who distinguished themselves by merit, by which, turning the very service into merit, they acquired a noble denomination for their offspring. Noble means all those who were born from the ancestors of the noble, or who were granted this dignity by monarchs. "

Rise of the nobility

Since the XIV century. the nobles began to receive land for their diligent service. So there was a class of landowners - landowners. Later they were allowed to buy land.

The 1497 Code of Law limited the peasants' right to move and thereby strengthened the position of the nobles.

In February 1549, the first Zemsky Sobor was held in the Kremlin Palace. Ivan IV (the Terrible) made a speech there. The tsar took a course towards building a centralized monarchy (autocracy) based on the nobility, which meant fighting the old (boyar) aristocracy. He accused the boyars of abuses of power and called on everyone to work together to strengthen the unity of the Russian state.

G. Sedov "Ivan the Terrible and Malyuta Skuratov"

In 1550 chosen thousand Moscow noblemen (1071 people) was placed within 60-70 km around Moscow.

In the middle of the XVI century. the Kazan Khanate was annexed, and the patrimonials were evicted from the oprichnina area, which was declared the property of the king. The vacated lands were distributed to the nobles under the condition of service.

In the 80s of the XVI century. were introduced reserved summers(the period during which in some regions of the Russian state peasant going out on the autumn St. George's day was prohibited, provided for in the "Code of Laws of 1497."

The "Cathedral Code" of 1649 secured the right of the nobles to eternal possession and indefinite search for fugitive peasants.

But Peter I began a decisive struggle against the old boyar aristocracy, making the nobles his support. In 1722 he introduced Table of ranks.

Monument to Peter I in Voronezh

The table of ranks replaced the principle of gentility with the principle of personal length of service... The table of ranks influenced the official schedule and the historical fate of the nobility.

Personal length of service became the only regulator of the service; "Fatherly honor", the breed has lost all meaning in this respect. Under Peter I, the rank of the lower XIV class in military service gave the right to hereditary nobility. Civil service in the rank up to the VIII class gave only personal nobility, and the right to hereditary nobility began with the rank of the VIII class. "For that purpose, we do not allow anyone any rank," wrote Peter, "until they show us and the fatherland any services."

The table of ranks underwent numerous changes, but generally existed until 1917.

After Peter I, the nobles received one privilege after another. Catherine II actually freed the nobles from compulsory service while maintaining serfdom for the peasants, which created a real chasm between the nobles and the people. The pressure of the nobles on the peasantry and their anger was one of the reasons for the Pugachev uprising.

The apogee of the power of the Russian nobility was the receipt of "noble liberty" - a letter from Catherine II, which freed the nobles from compulsory service. But this was the beginning of the decline of the nobility, which gradually turned into an "idle class", and the slow ruin of the lower nobility. And after the peasant reform of 1861, the economic positions of the nobility weakened even more.

By the beginning of the XX century. hereditary nobility, "the first support of the throne" and "one of the most reliable instruments of government", is gradually losing its economic and administrative dominance.

Titles of nobility

In Muscovite Rus there was only one aristocratic title - "prince". It came from the word "reign" and meant that his ancestors once ruled any part of Russia. This title was possessed not only by Russians - grants to princes and foreigners who converted to Orthodoxy were allowed.

Foreign titles in Russia appeared under Peter I: "baron" and "count". There is the following explanation for this: in the territories annexed by Peter, there were already people with such titles, and these titles were also carried by foreigners whom Peter attracted to Russia. But the title "Count" was at first weighed down with the words "Holy Roman Empire", i.e. this title was assigned at the request of the Russian monarch by the German emperor. In January 1776, Catherine II petitioned the "Roman emperor" Grigory Orlov " to give the Roman Empire princely dignity, for which the mail is highly indebted to itself».

Golovin (1701) and Menshikov (1702) became the first counts of the Holy Roman Empire in Russia, and under Catherine II, four of her favorites received the titles of princes of the Holy Roman Empire: Orlov, Potemkin, Bezborodko and Zubov. But the assignment of such titles ceases in 1796.

The title "Count"

Earl's heraldic crown

Graph(it. Graf) Was a royal official in the Early Middle Ages in Western Europe. The title arose in the 4th century. in the Roman Empire and was originally assigned to the highest dignitaries.

During the period of feudal fragmentation graph- Feudal ruler of the county, then becomes the title of the highest nobility. Female - Countess... As a title, it still formally continues to be retained in most European countries with a monarchical form of government.

Sheremetyev became the first Russian count in 1706.

Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev (1652-1719)

Russian commander of the time of the Northern War, diplomat, one of the first Russian general-field marshals.

Born into the old boyar family of the Sheremetyevs.

In 1681 he commanded troops against the Tatars. He showed himself in the military and diplomatic fields. In 1686 he participated in the conclusion of the "Eternal Peace" with the Commonwealth, and then was sent to Warsaw to ratify the concluded peace.

Protected Russia from the Crimean raids. In 1695 he took part in the first Azov campaign of Peter I.

In the years 1697-1699. visited Poland, Austria, Italy, the island of Malta, carrying out diplomatic assignments of Peter I. During the Northern War of 1700-1721. proved himself to be a cautious and talented commander who earned the trust of Peter I. In 1701 he inflicted a defeat on the Swedes, from which they were "for a long time unreasonable and unjustified," for which he was awarded the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called and was awarded the rank of Field Marshal. Subsequently, he won several victories over the Swedes.

In 1705-1706. Sheremetyev suppressed the rebellion of the archers in Astrakhan, for which he was was the first in Russia to be awarded the title of count.

In recent years, he expressed a desire to take a haircut as a monk of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, but the tsar did not allow this, just as he did not allow the fulfillment of Sheremetyev's will to bury him in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra: Peter I ordered to bury Sheremetev in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, forcing even the dead to serve the state companion.

At the end of the XIX century. there were over 300 county families in Russia. The count's title in Soviet Russia was abolished by the Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of November 11, 1917.

Title "Baron"

English baronial crown

Baron(from late lat. baro with the original meaning "man, man"). In medieval feudal Western Europe, a major sovereign nobleman and feudal lord, later simply an honorary title of nobility. Female - baroness... The title of Baron in England is preserved to this day and is located in the hierarchical system below the title of Viscount. In Germany, this title was below the count.

In the Russian Empire, the title of baron was introduced by Peter I, and P.P.Shafirov was the first to receive it in 1710. Then A.I. Osterman (1721), A.G., N.G. and S.G. Stroganovs (1722), A.-E. Stambken (1726). The clans of the barons were subdivided into Russian, Baltic and foreign.

Peter Pavlovich Shafirov (1669-1739)

Peter's time diplomat, vice-chancellor. Commander of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (1719). In 1701-1722. in fact, he was in charge of the Russian mail. In 1723 he was sentenced to death on charges of abuse, but after Peter's death he was able to return to diplomatic activity.

Descended from a family of Polish Jews who settled in Smolensk and converted to Orthodoxy. He began his service as a translator in 1691 in the same ambassadorial order where his father also served. Accompanying Peter the Great during his travels and campaigns, he took part in the conclusion of a treaty with the Polish king Augustus II (1701) and with the ambassadors of the prince of Sedmigrad Rakoczi. In 1709 he became a privy councilor and was promoted to vice-chancellor. In 1711 he concluded the Prut Peace Treaty with the Turks and, together with Count M. B. Sheremetev, remained with them as a hostage. He entered into treaties with Denmark, Prussia, France to preserve peace in Europe.

In 1723, Shafirov fell out with the powerful prince A. D. Menshikov and the chief prosecutor Skornyakov-Pisarev, having caught them in embezzlement. In response, he himself was accused of embezzlement and was sentenced to death, which Peter I replaced by exile to Siberia, but on the way there he allowed him to stay "for a residence" in Nizhny Novgorod "under a strong guard."

Empress Catherine I, upon her accession to the throne, returned Shafirov from exile, returned him the baronial title, conferred the rank of actual councilor of state, made him president of the commercial college and commissioned the compilation of the history of Peter the Great.

The barons enjoyed the right to appeal "Your honor"(like untitled nobles) or "Mister baron".

At the end of the XIX century. in Russia there were about 240 baronial families (including extinct ones), mainly representatives of the Ostsee (Baltic) nobility. The title was abolished by the Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of November 11, 1917.

Baron P.N. Wrangel

The title "prince"

Prince- the head of a feudal monarchical state or a separate political entity (appanage prince) in the 9th-16th centuries. among the Slavs and some other peoples; representative of the feudal aristocracy. Later it became the highest title of nobility, equated to a prince or a duke in Western and Southern Europe, in Central Europe (the former Holy Roman Empire), this title is called Fürst, and in the North - konung.

In Russia Grand Duke(or princess) - title of nobility for members of the royal family. Princess also called the wife of the prince, prince(among the Slavs) - the son of a prince, princess- the daughter of a prince.

Yuri Pantyukhin "Prince Alexander Nevsky" ("For the Russian Land!")

The princely power, at first most often elective, gradually becomes hereditary (Rurikovich in Russia, Gediminovichs and Jagiellons in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Piast in Poland, etc.). With the formation of a centralized state, appanage princes gradually became part of the grand ducal (from 1547 - royal) court in the Moscow principality. In Russia until the 18th century. the title of prince was only generic. Since the beginning of the XVIII century. The tsar also began to complain of the title of prince to higher dignitaries for special merits (the first prince was granted - A.D. Menshikov).

Russian princes

Before Peter I, there were 47 princely families in Russia, some of which originated from Rurik. Princely titles were divided into "His lordship" and "His lordship" which was considered taller.

Until 1797 new princely families did not appear, with the exception of Menshikov, who was bestowed in 1707 with the title of Prince of Izhora.

Under Paul I, the granting of this title began, and the annexation of Georgia literally "blew up" the Russian nobility - 86 clans recognized the princely title.

By the end of the XIX century. in the Russian Empire there were 250 princely families, 40 of which were descended from Rurik or Gedimin. 56% of the princely families in the empire were Georgian.

In addition, there were about 30 Tatar, Kalmyk and Mordovian princes; the status of these princes was considered lower than that of the baronial.

Did you know?

Portrait of A.V. Suvorov. Unknown artist of the 19th century

Did you know that Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, the national hero of Russia, the great Russian commander, who did not suffer a single defeat in his military career (more than 60 battles), one of the founders of Russian military art, had several titles at the same time: prince Italic (1799), graph Rymniksky (1789), graph Holy Roman Empire, Generalissimo of the Russian land and naval forces, Field Marshal of the Austrian and Sardinian troops, the grand of the Sardinian kingdom and the prince of the royal blood (with the title "cousin of the king"), holder of all Russian orders of his time, awarded to men, as well as many foreign military orders.