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The Feudal Society
The Feudal Hierarchy
Source
GameMastery Guide pg. 153
A sample feudal hierarchy, from top to bottom, is as follows. Note that the nobility holds the land in trust for the crown and does not own it outright. Certain exceptions, called allodial holdings, can be granted to anyone by the crown, but they usually quickly revert to the crown via trickery or conquest. As a feudal society doesn’t leave a lot ofleeway for travel, adventurers might be freemen out to improve their station through great deeds, or the youngest progeny of the nobility, eager to win their own titles through force of arms.
Title
Lands
Hereditary?
King/Queen
Kingdom
Y
Prince/Princess
Principality
Y
Duke/Duchess
Duchy
Y
Margrave/Margravine
Marquisate
Y
Count (or Earl)/Countess
County
Y
Viscount/Viscountess
Viscounty or Shire
Y
Baron/Baroness
Barony
Y
Knight/Dame/Lore
Manor
N
Merchant
—
—
Freeman
—
Y
Serf
—
Y