AH Royal/Imperial/Noble Titles Game

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Samurai-Shogun of Simferopol

Country: Empire of Russia / Japan
Usage: 1853-1890 / 1853-1860

When the Russian Imperial Navy unceremoniously opened up Japan to trade, Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu was forced to concede the presence of a Russian Resident, who had control over Japan's foreign and trade policy, and a slight veto over internal politics.

The title stems from the birthplace of the Resident, who would go on to use it until his death, despite an anti-Russian uprising kicking them out a few years later.

Bodhiraja of Bengal

 

[Viking25]

Bodhiraja of Bengal

A Title used by the Buddhists Kings of the Pala dynasty in Bengal to denote their protection of the sacred Bodhi Tree located unders branches it was said the Buddha had attained Englightnment. The Title was first claimed by Ramapala who reasserted Pala power after a long period of decline and brought Bihar and by extension the town of Bodh Gaya where the tree was located into the Pala empire.
King of the Romans, Avars, Goths and Franks

 

[Kevin C. Smith]

A Title used by the Buddhists Kings of the Pala dynasty in Bengal to denote their protection of the sacred Bodhi Tree located unders branches it was said the Buddha had attained Englightnment. The Title was first claimed by Ramapala who reasserted Pala power after a long period of decline and brought Bihar and by extension the town of Bodh Gaya where the tree was located into the Pala empire.
King of the Romans, Avars, Goths and Franks

Country: Same Name
Usage: 497-520AD

The title adopted by Sentonius I, after he (nominally) reunited the Western Roman Empire for a brief period. To quote Gibbon, "It was neither united, nor Roman, nor an empire". Having (however temporarily) quelled the civil factions in what remained of Roman control in present day Italy, he successively helped establish the four kingdoms listed, in return for a nominal vassalage and an annual tribute from each. The former was both real enough to allow him to get away with proclaiming himself the royal title (with the Royal Proconsuls of each land exercising the real authority) and the latter was enough to keep his Roman troops loyal-for a time. Though a powerless title in and of itself, he had hoped to use it (and his troops) to establish peaceful relations between the former Roman provinces, with an eye toward further integration and a re-established Imperial authority. Sadly, that same Pax Sentonium meant that his Legions were no longer needed as allies to defend against hostile moves upsetting the balance of power within the "empire", leaving it never anything more than a loose confederation of kingdoms with a (to quote the definitive historian of the period) "gentleman's non aggression pact". Without a need for Sentonius' legions, the tribute monies waned and the Roman armies eventually revolted again. Sentonius' pleas for help from his (supposed) viceroys were met with silence, and the Roman core of the reconstituted Empire collapsed once again, and finally, in the Revolt of the Praetorians. Sentonius was killed in the fighting and his body never found.

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Farmer-General

 

[The Ranger]

Country-Britian
Usage-1642-1660

When the English Civil War broke out and many foods had to be rationed, Parlament appointed a Farmer-General to be in control of the crops and other food thjat were not in Royalist hands. It was unpopular with the people and was abolished in 1660 when Charles II became King.

Fairy Queen

 

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Farmer-General

Country: Roman Republic
Usage: 458 BC onwards

A appellation given to Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, when he returned to save the Republic after his retirement.

President-General of the United States

 

[The Ranger]

Country-USA
Usage-1861 to 1865, 1941 to 1945

When the American Civil War broke out, the title was given by Congress to President Lincoin as it was thought he needed such a rank, and it had five stars on the eppuleets. It was brought back in WW2 for Rosevelt but has not been used since then.

Fairy Queen.

 

[material_boy]

Fairy Queen

Country: Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland
Usage: 1789-1807

A slur used by British Protestants and Hanoverian exiles to describe Cardinal-King Henry IX of England, I of Scotland and II of Ireland, who was known to have had homosexual relations with various Italian men during his exile in Rome before the Jacobite Restoration of 1745. Suspected to have continued carrying on such relations after entering the church, Henry's sexuality become a major part of Hanoverian propaganda following his succession to the throne after the unexpected death of his nephew, King Charles IV, without legitimate issue in 1789. Highly derogatory, Protestant pamphlets attacking Henry as the "Fairy Queen" were heavily suppressed. Though such aggressive censorship provoked small riots in parts of the kingdoms, Henry's succession to the throne coincided with his Protestant rival, George III, Elector of Hanover, collapsing into madness. This was seen by Catholics as divine intervention against a Protestant invasion.

Unholy Roman Emperor

 

[The Ranger]

Country-Papal States
Usage-1027-1039

Conrad II and the Pope of the time did not get on well and the Pope declared him to be the Unholy Roman Emperor as a result. The next Emperor got on much better with the Pope so he stopped calling the Emperor that epiphet.

Lord High Admiral of Switzerland

 

[psteinx]

Lord High Admiral of Switzerland

Usage: 1809-1811

Honorary title given to local fisherman Wilhelm Guntergras, after he led a flotilla of local fishing boats (armed with riflemen/musketeers) to repel an Austrian crossing of Lake Constance.

King of Missouri-Kansas

 

[The Ranger]

Usage-1855-1859
Country-USA
Unoffical title given to the abolitionist John Brown by his many friends and supporters.

Changeling Queen

 

[psteinx]

Changeling Queen

Usage: mid-1800s until 2004

Title given by conspiracy theorists to "Marie Antoinette". The conspiracists said that the figure guillotined in 1793 was not the real queen, but a naive sister from a convent bearing a strong resemblance to the queen (and then made up further to increase the resemblance).

("Changeling Queen" was supposedly mockingly inspired by the executed woman being 2-4 inches taller and ~5-10 years younger than the real queen, in the memory of some witnesses.)

The theory was barely known until written about (or invented?) in a short story by Edgar Allen Poe, but thereafter increased in popularity. Finally, in 2004, public pressure built to the point where a major research project located the remains of her headless body and verified it was her via DNA.

Next: Governor-General of Antarctica

 

[ML8991]

Next: Governor-General of Antarctica

Usage: 1908-1981
Country: United Kingdoms of Great Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1947)

History: established after the beginning of British settlement in Antarctica, the position was created to unify governing over Britain's South Atlantic holdings, namely: The Falklands, The South Sandwich Islands, Ascension, St. Helena, and the British Antarctic Territory.

The nominal rule lasted through both World Wars, where the title was held by the Admiral of the South Atlantic fleets, which proved critical in the interception of fleeing Nazi War Criminals, as well as maintained strong connections to South Africa, and the string of isolated territories, to mainland Britain.

After the British Nationalisation Act, the island territories became far flung British Dependant Territories, and the Antarctic Territory became headed by a Council of Scientists, operating under an arm of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, each holding the title of Councillor for the Antarctic Territory for the duration of their term of office.

Next title: Maharaja of Kilwa.

 

[The Ranger]

Country-Kilwa Island
Usage-900-1883

The title was held from when the islanders of Kilwa converted to Islam to when the German Army occupied the island in 1883, and was held by the leading islander. It was not brought back either when the British took the island in 1918 or when it got it's independence in the same year as mainland Tanzania.

Royal Straitjacketer

 

[Apple3169]

Chief Rabbi of The Third Reich

 

[psteinx]

(Apple - you broke the chain - I'm gonna fix it by doubling up...)

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Royal Straitjacketer

Usage: 1955-1979

Self-bestowed title of magician (and fan of Harry Houdini) Bartholomew Jones (always Bartholomew, **NEVER** Bart). Copying much of Houdini's act, including the straitjacket escapes, he also claimed to be descended from an offshoot of the House of Windsor, and would sometimes wear an elaborate costume of 19th century royal pomp.

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Chief Rabbi of The Third Reich

Usage 1936-1936

As part of an attempt by Goebbels to make Germany more normal and appealing to the rest of the world during the '36 Berlin Olympics, Chaim Wetzel, a local, relatively cooperative (to the Nazis) rabbi was promoted to this title. The German government stopped referring to him by that title almost immediately after the Olympics were over. Wetzel himself disappeared in 1939 and is a presumed Holocaust victim.

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6 Star General of the Armed Forces of the United States of America

 

[The Ranger]

Country-USA
Time period-1941-1945
Used once in US history when it was awarded to President Rosevelt until WW2 was over.

Grifter-General

 

[ML8991]

Grifter-General

Usage: UK
Time Period: 19/11/1916-10/04/1920

After the bloodbath that was the Somme (OOC: lest we forget those who gave their lives so valiantly, may their souls rest peacefully), The Manchester Guardian ran the article dubbing Field Marshall Haig as the "Grifter-General of the War", in a slanderous headline in light of his perceived wasting of British lives in the Battle of the Somme, with his exchange of their lives for more glory and medals to his name, inch by bloody inch.

The newspaper would continue to run the headline throughout the remainder, and after the end of, the war, and it would take a long court case, lasting over a year, before the case was settled out of court, shortly after Haig's raising to the Earldom of Haig.

The title would continue to circulate however in minor leftist media, and has proved a long talking point in Military Propaganda and Media in Wartime forums in universities to the modern day.

Next title: Lord-Paramount of the Isles Beyond the Seas.

 

[The Ranger]

Usage-China
Time period-221BC to 210BC

One of the titles of the Chinese Emperor Quin Shi Haung (sorry about my bad spelling) that was not really one he could excersise in practise, as he was in effect claiming to rule the whole world.

Knight of the Pen.

 

[psteinx]

Knight of the Pen.

Usage: Proposed, 2014, but not implemented

After the success of the 2012 London Olympics, British leadership began talking up its soft power. Sure, the UK was not the might empire it once was, and was fast falling towards or below the level of secondary/tertiary European powers like France, Spain and Italy (let alone what the bright lights of Asia were doing).

But Britain was still culturally punching far above its weight. Music, Film, and Literature were all British strengths. The proposed "Knight of the Pen" would be a new honorary for writers such as JK Rowling.

Things were going smashingly in David Cameron's office until somebody bothered to ask the Queen, who shot down the idea rather quickly.

Next: Governor (Eastern) for Water Fowl & Fisheries

 

[Aichi72]

Next: Governor (Eastern) for Water Fowl & Fisheries

Usage: Kingdom of Borealia; 1894-Present

Title of the office in charge of regulating fisheries and water fouls in Eastern Borealia, including the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Ireland, St. John's Island, Ontario, and Newfoundland, but excluding the Principaliry of Québec.

Next: Emperor of the Romans, and Sovereign of Sol