Society Titles and Regalia
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Many of the awards given out in the society come with titles and specific forms of address appropriate for addressing the recipients. The awards may allow the receiver to wear or display certain reserved regalia. For the latest approved list, including variations for many different cultures and representations, please see https://heraldry.sca.org/titles.html
Title or Award | Mode of Address | How Earned | Reserved Regalia |
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King/Queen | Your Majesty/Your Royal Majesty | Victory in a Crown Tournament and currently ruling a Kingdom. | The use of the arms of the Kingdom, the royal Crown, as well as other kingdom regalia only for as long as they are reigning. The regalia of each Kingdom is distinct. Many Kingdoms actually have a variety of Crowns |
Crown Prince/Princess | Your Highness/Your Royal Highness | Victory in a Crown Tournament, but not yet ruling a Kingdom | The use of the Heirs version of the Kingdom arms, the coronets, and other kingdom heir regalia only for as long as they are reigning |
Prince/Princess | Your Highness | Victory in a Coronet tournament and ruling a principality | The Principality arms, coronets, other principality regalia only for as long as they are reigning |
Duke/Duchess | Your Grace | Have completed the reign over a Kingdom twice or more | Coronets with strawberry leaves |
Count/Countess | Your Excellency | Have completed the reign over a Kingdom one time | Coronets with embattlements |
Viscount/Viscountess | Your Excellency | Have completed the reign over a Principality one time or more | Varies. Most commonly, a coronet with a large number of pearls (more than 6) but can also be with a single exaggerated point |
Laurel | Master/Mistress | Elevated by Royalty to the Order of the Laurel | Laurel Wreath. Personal decoration with a Laurel Wreath. This may include a coronet with a wreath or a plain wreath. In the East, often elevation includes a cloak with a Laurel Wreath. |
Pelican | Master/Mistress | Elevated by Royalty to the Order of the Pelican | A cap of maintenance. Decorations with a Pelican (generally in its piety). (This may include decorations on a coronet, although this is rare.) In the East, elevation often includes a cloak with a Pelican in its Piety.) |
Knight/Master | Sir | Elevated by Royalty to the Order of the Chivalry | A plain white belt (for Knights)
A plain white baldric (for Masters) (Some Kingdoms reserve spurs for Chivalry as well.) |
Defense | Master/Mistress | Elevated by Royalty to the Order of the Defense | A white livery collar |
Territorial Baron/Baroness | Your Excellency | Appointed by the Crown for a temporary term (after local input or voting). Comes with a Grant of Arms in the East. | The rights to the arms of the Barony. Any coronet, most commonly a coronet with 6 "pearls" where a pearl is any round bauble. A few coronets emphasize the 6 more than the pearls. (In some Kingdoms landed Baronial coronets must be gold) |
Baron/Baroness of the Court | Your Excellency | Elevated by the Crown | Any coronet, most commonly a coronet with 6 "pearls" where a pearl is any round bauble. A few coronets emphasize the 6 more than the pearls. (In some Kingdoms Court Baronial coronets must be silver.) |
Grant of Arms | Lord or Lady (in some kingdoms: The Honorable Lord/Lady) | Grant of Arms Awarded by the Crown | none |
Award of Arms | Lord or Lady | Awarded by the Crown | Personal Arms (as opposed to a personal device) |
No title or you are unsure of someone's title | m'lord or m'lady | None | None |
Originally From: http://www.schuldy.org/fieldguide.html