archduchesses
Habsburg royal women
Archduchesses is the plural of archduchess, a title for a princess of the Austrian imperial family or the wife of an archduke.
The title ranked just below empress in the Habsburg hierarchy: The archduchesses were presented at court.
Feminine noble rank
- baronessFemale holder of barony
- viscountessNobleman's wife or widow
- marquiseFemale noble title
- peeressWoman of noble rank
dame · princess · empress · queen · tsarina · sultana · maharani · ranee
Successive family rulers
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
succession · birthright · entailment · bloodline · pedigree · heir · heiress · dowager
Rule by hereditary elite
- eliteSuperior select group
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
patrician · noblesse · grandeur · pomp · affluence · estate · manor · realm
Monarch's official residence
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
crown · scepter · majesty · ladies-in-waiting · courtier · chamberlain · retinue · etiquette
countess
Feminine noble rank
- baronessFemale holder of barony
- viscountessNobleman's wife or widow
- marquiseFemale noble title
peeress · dame · princess · empress · queen · tsarina · sultana · maharani · ranee · consort
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
primogeniture · succession · birthright · entailment · bloodline · pedigree · heir · heiress · dowager · regent
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
blueblood · patrician · noblesse · grandeur · pomp · affluence · estate · manor · realm · domain
palace
Monarch's official residence
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
tiara · crown · scepter · majesty · ladies-in-waiting · courtier · chamberlain · retinue · etiquette · ceremony
- HabsburgsHabsburgs, Habsburg, Franz Joseph I, imperial family, Marie Antoinette
- Royal Womenempress, queens, queen consort, princesses, queen mother