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A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure. Hence, the word court may also be applied to the coterie of a senior member of the nobility. Royal courts may have their seat in a designated ...
Curia regis. The curia regis ([ˈkuː.ri.a ˈreː.gis]), Latin for "the royal council " or " king's court ", was the name given to councils of advisers and administrators in medieval Europe who served kings, including kings of France, Norman kings of England and Sicily, kings of Poland and the kings and queens of Scotland.
Dey, title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers and Tripoli under the Ottoman Empire from 1671 onwards. Sardar, also spelled as Sirdar, Sardaar or Serdar, is a title of nobility (sir-, sar/sair- means "head or authority" and -dār means "holder" in Sanskrit and Avestan). The feminine form is Sardarni.
Court ranks. The national system for ranking politicians and officials who served the Japanese dynasty began in 603 when Empress Suiko enacted the Twelve Level Cap and Rank System. Each rank was identified by the color of a crown the person with the rank wore. There were twelve ranks: Greater Virtue (大徳, dai-toku), Lesser Virtue (小徳 ...
This Court Titles category is designed to list Offices and other Titles that signify Service to a royal or aristocratic court: either which are held by serving courtiers in a royal, aristocratic, ecclesiastical, military or other household styled a Court
Byzantine court titles (13 C, 60 P) Pages in category "Court titles in the Middle Ages" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The title Justiciar was given by Henry II of England to the Seneschal of Normandy. [10] In the 12th century, a magister justitiarius appeared in the Norman kingdom of Sicily, presiding over the Royal Court (Magna Curia), empowered, with his assistants, to decide, inter alia, all cases reserved to the Crown. [10]
Hoplitarchēs or archēgētēs – Commander of all infantry in a large army. The title first appeared in the mid-10th century, when the infantry was reorganized and gained in importance. Prōtokentarchos and kentarchos – Commanders of a smaller division of the army in the field. The name was derived from the Latin centurion.