Joran Peerage

The Joran Peerage is the system of categorizing the nobility of Joraje. 
The ranks of the Joran Peerage, in descending order, are Duke, Count/Margrave, Baron, and Ritter. Knights, while holding a hereditary, feudal title, are not considered members of the Peerage, rather as high-ranking commoners, and are thus excluded from many of the rights and privelages of the Peerage.
== Duke ==
In the Modern Peerage, the rank of Duke is traditionally the monarch of Stribrna Joraje. The duke is the autocrat of Joraje, and all the various nobles of the realm owe their alliegence to him, directly or indirectly. Both men and women may have the title of "Duke", though ot is inherited through the male line. 
==== Dukes in Grander Joraje ====
Dukes in Grander Joraje were the lords of large regions in the kingdom, and the commanders of vast armies. They would owe their alliegence to the King of the Jorans. Often, they would be more powerful than the individual kings themselves, and the House of Sabot would oft have to buy their support, with individual claimants appealing to the Dukes for their support in claiming their inheritance. 
== Count ==
In the Peerage, the Count is the inferior to the Duke at court. While the Duke manages the larger affairs of the Duchy, the Counts manage the intermediate and more local affairs, from the solving of disputes between minor nobility in their fief, or the putting down of rebellions. The rank of count descends from the Kings of the old tribes of Jorans, from before Jarotajep united the peoples into one kingdom.
== Margrave ==
Margraves are a rank similar to Counts in function and status, though they are placed on the frontiers and marches of the duchy, and rule with little interference by the Duke, often ruling as kings. 
==== Margraves in Grander Joraje ====
Margraves in Grander Joraje were more varied in their power and equivelant rank in the Kingdom than they are today, ranging from local lords to being dukes in their own right, based on the amount of land they had authority over.
== Baron ==
Baron is a lower rank, inferior to the Count but superior to the Ritter, the lowest rank of noble. They often have a single castle, and are relied upon to settle disputes and keep order in the locality of their fiefdoms. However, they are prone to conflict with each other, and often revolt against their respective leige. This rank is descended from the old Chieftans of Joran clans, who existed before the Kingdom.
== Ritter ==
Ritter are the lowest members of the Peerage. Often, they do not have a castle of their own, but instead live in the castles of other nobles, or in the manors over which they preside. If one is present, their castle is usually small, and they are relied upon by barond to provide small levees and experience in combat. Ritter are descended from the old Chosen of Joran tibes, warriors of great strength and renown.
== List of Joran Noblemen ==
=== Dukes ===
=== Counts ===
=== Margraves ===
Valenia an Ishtar-Mariae
=== Barons ===
Huost Toreloj
Jaohaj of Breckstejn
Strom of Kanberk
Vladislaf, Baron of Jerat
=== Ritter ===
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