[ANSTHRLD] Heirs to Principalities--Title Question

ld_tadhg at sbcglobal.net ld_tadhg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Apr 4 06:21:02 PDT 2011


Greetings,

I'm not sure how they were styled at the time; however, Tanist and Tanista were the titles for the Heirs to the Principality of Drachenwald.

Regards,

Tadhg

...brick by brick

--- On Sun, 4/3/11, HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> wrote:

From: HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com>
Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Heirs to Principalities--Title Question
To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 3:58 PM

This is one that we don't mess with much here in Ansteorra, but for anyone
who travels out of kingdom...

What is the SCA custom for titles and styles for heirs to principalities?

To draw on mundane precedent: the heirs to the princpality of Liechtenstein
are titled "Hereditary Prince" and "Hereditary Princess" ("Erbprinz" and
"Erbprinzessin"), and they are styled "Serene Highness" in the same way that
the Prince and Princess are.

But if memory serves, I have heard of some principalities calling their
heirs "Tanist" and "Tanista," while some others call theirs "Lord" and
"Lady" of the principality in question. And I have no clue about style (for
that matter, I'm not sure if even the Princes and Princesses are styled
"Serene Highness").

I'm working on a chart of titles and styles that go with various ranks, and
I want to be accurate.

Yours in these Current Middle Ages,
Detlef von Marburg
Tir Medóin Pursuivant

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