following is a reasonably comprehensive list that provides information on both general ranks and specific differences. Distinction should be made between reigning (or formerly reigning) families and the nobility - the latter being a social class subject to and created by the former.

Sovereign

*The word monarch is derived from the Greek u???????, monárkhes, "sole ruler" (from u????, mónos, "single" or "sole", and ?????, árkhon, "archon",

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