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The title of prince was the only one that has been constantly used since ancient times in Rus'. Until the 18th century, this title was exclusively generic; it was received only “by inheritance” through the male line.

At the beginning of the reign of Peter I in Russia, there were only 47 princely families descended from Russian great and appanage princes. Four more families (Golitsyns, Kurakins, Trubetskoys and Khovanskys) were descendants of the great Lithuanian prince Gediminas. There were also a small number of princely families whose ancestors came to Rus' from European countries. There were no cases of awarding the princely title to people without roots, but it was practiced to confirm this title to representatives of the highest nobility (usually Murzas, Beks, etc.) of nomadic and mountain peoples who passed under the hand of the Russian monarch.

Such awards began under the great Moscow princes. Thus, in 1509, Vasily III granted Akchur-Murza Adashev the reign over the Konyal Mordovians. Since that time, the Akchurins have been leading their princely family. Since 1524, the princely family of the Chegodaevs has been led, since 1526 - the Mansyrevs.

The number of princes from nomadic and mountain peoples began to grow rapidly under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, soon significantly exceeding the number of native Russian princes. Expert in the history of the nobility E.P. Karpovich, in a book published at the end of the 19th century, noted that “among the Mordovians alone there were up to 80 Mordovian clans, more or less Russified and legally enjoying the hereditary princely title, although most of them live like simple peasants, engaged in among other things, and the carriage industry.”

A paradoxical situation arose when a significant number of holders of the highest title, by everyday standards, did not correspond to it in any way. It is worth adding that by this time, many Russian princely families had ceased to occupy high places at court and in the state, being content with insignificant positions, or even sliding down to the position of single-lords. Karpovich gives an example that in the 17th century, the Vyazemsky princes “served for several generations as priests and sextons in villages for middle-class landowners, and the Beloselsky princes were hangers-on with some Travins.”

It got to the point that the word “prince” in Russia began to be used to describe the Tatars who were engaged in peddling trade in the cities. It is curious that among such merchants there were actually people whose princely title was confirmed by documents. In the 17th century, calling someone simply “prince” without indicating his name was considered an insult (dishonor), which was even recorded in a decree of 1675. It was especially humiliating to call someone a “princeling.” Naturally, all this led to a noticeable decline in the prestige of the title of prince.

By the time Peter I began to create a single noble class in the country, the title of prince was valued significantly lower than the rank of boyar and even okolnichy. The first attempt to “rehabilitate” the princely title was carried out by Peter in 1707, when he awarded it to his comrade A.D. Menshikov. But before that, at the request of Peter, the Holy Roman Emperor had already elevated Menshikov first to count and then to prince. Actually, the title of His Serene Highness Prince, granted by Peter Menshikov, was just a confirmation of the foreign title that Alexander Danilovich already had. True, to the princely title the tsar also added the title of duke, which was never again assigned in Russia.

The next assignment of the title of prince in Russia occurred only 90 years later. This was not least due to the fact that the Russian nobility preferred to receive count titles from the monarch, which, although they were of a lower rank, were considered more honorable than princely ones, since they had not previously been used in the country and were not discredited.

The situation began to change only during the reign of Catherine II. By that time, some of the impoverished princely families had faded into oblivion, but some others had risen to the heights of power and wealth. But the empress did not assign the princely title to anyone, limiting herself to the fact that, according to the already established tradition, she elevated several of her close associates to counts and barons. And at this time princes by grant appeared in Russia (G.G. Orlov, G.A. Potemkin, P.A. Zubov), but they received a high title from the Holy Roman Emperor, as before A.D. Menshikov.

Paul I resumed the assignment of princely dignity. During his short reign, he elevated four people to it, including Field Marshal A.V. Suvorov, who by that time had the title of count, received from Catherine II. Subsequent Russian emperors began to elevate major military and government figures to princely dignity, and they were usually given the additional title (predicate) of “lordship.” This did not happen often, so it always became an event.

Alexander I bestowed the princely title on prominent military leaders M.I. Kutuzov and M.B. Barclay de Tolly, as well as Chairman of the State Council N.I. Saltykov and Ambassador to the Vienna Congress A.K. Razumovsky. Moreover, all those granted princes several years earlier received count titles. This approach (to princes from counts) was followed subsequently, except for rare exceptions.

Under Nicholas I, 8 people already received the princely title, including military leaders I.F. Paskevich, F.V. Osten-Sacken, A.I. Chernyshev, M.S. Vorontsov. In addition, the title of prince was assigned to Sultan-Sahib-Girey Chinggis, a descendant of the Kyrgyz khan, whose family had been Russian citizens for more than 100 years. Society believed that the new prince was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, but there was no documentary evidence of this.

Although there were not many personal awards with the princely title under Nicholas I, the total number of princes under this emperor increased by several hundred people.

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In addition to the additional title of “lordship,” the rarer predicate “lordship” was also used in relation to princes, which could be granted simultaneously with princely dignity or later, as an additional reward. The illustrious Russian princes were representatives of the Volkonsky, Dolgoruky, and Shakhovsky families.

It is curious that in Russia this predicate gave rise to the tradition of using the form “Your Excellency” when addressing all princes and then counts. Formally, this violated the provisions of the Table of Ranks, which provided for forms of addressing nobles only in accordance with their rank.

Thus, persons with the ranks of the 1st and 2nd classes were addressed as “Your Excellency”, those of the 3rd and 4th classes – “Your Excellency”, those of the 5th class – “Your Excellency”, the 6th – 8th grade - “Your Honor”, ​​9th – 14th grade, as well as to nobles who do not have ranks, and to honorary citizens - “Your Honor”. A prince who did not have a rank should be addressed as “Your Honor,” like an ordinary nobleman, and one in service should be addressed in accordance with his rank. The same rule applied to counts, barons and holders of other titles. Legally, only the most illustrious and illustrious princes should be addressed as “Your Grace” and “Your Excellency.”

Traditionally, the princely title was assigned to men and passed on to offspring only through the male line. The prince's wife automatically became a princess, and his daughters became princesses. When the princess got married, she received her husband's title, but could continue to use her family title, without the right to transfer it to her children. There was only one exception, when Nicholas I awarded the title of His Serene Highness to the teacher of his sisters, Countess Sh.K. Lieven, and she could pass it on to her children.

It is especially worth dwelling on foreign princes who accepted Russian citizenship and Russian nobles who received the title of prince from foreign monarchs. In order to use the title in Russia, they were required to obtain the highest permission. But even after this, they were recorded in the 2nd or 3rd sections of the noble genealogy book with the addition that they had the title of such and such a state, and not in the more honorable 5th section, where the names of Russian titled nobles were entered.

In order to be ranked among the Russian princes, and, accordingly, to obtain the right to include a surname in the 5th section of the noble genealogy book, a special highest permission was required, which was not given to everyone with the title of a foreign state.

It is worth noting that in Russia there have always been many applicants for the high princely title, presenting various documents, both genuine and fake, proving that their ancestors once had a similar title, but then lost it by chance. To finally resolve the situation, even under Emperor Paul, a decision was made “to commemorate those noble families that actually descend from princely families, although they do not have this title, to leave their crown and mantle in the coats of arms,” but not to restore the title. By the way, such families included not only foreign, but also famous Russian surnames, for example, the Rzhevskys.

The growing prestige of the princely title in the second half of the 19th century was once again noticeably shaken by the mass recognition of Georgian nobles as princes. The event was comparable in scale to what happened during the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich.

After Georgia became part of Russia, the question arose about Russian titles for Georgian nobles. The problem was that in Georgia there were several noble titles that claimed to be equal to princely titles - “moravi”, “eristavi”, “tavade”, and the latter was divided into three categories. There were no problems with the titles “Mouravi” and “Eristavi”; they were clearly equated with princely ones from the beginning of the 18th century, when Tsar Vakhtang moved to Russia with a large retinue of his entourage.

But because of the title “tavade”, which was borne by several hundred people in Georgia, a special commission was even created in the middle of the 19th century. At first, a proposal was made, depending on the categories of this title, to confirm its holders in princely, count or baronial dignity. But in 1850 it was decided to recognize 69 Georgian noble families as princes. This is in addition to several dozen families that were previously recognized as princely.

The situation was strikingly reminiscent of the one that developed in the 17th century, because many of the new princes had nothing in their souls other than a title and a small family plot of land somewhere in the mountains.

In the 19th century, quite a few old and famous Russian princely families died out in the male generation, including the Golenishchev-Kutuzovs, Barclay de Tollys, Razumovskys, Osten-Sackens, Lopukhins, Vorontsovs. To preserve the famous princely families, the emperor sometimes decided to transfer titles through the female line or close relatives. But this was done only personally. Thus, the title and surname of the Vorontsov princes were transferred to Count M.A. Shuvalov, Barclay de Tolly - A.P. Weimarn, Lopukhinykh - N.P. Demidov.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Russian genealogist S.V. Lyubimov compiled a directory in which he included more than 200 princely families that existed in Russia by that time or that were suppressed in the second half of the 19th century. Among them, only a few dozen families became famous in the field of serving the Fatherland or were truly rich and noble, that is, they were part of the Russian aristocracy. But many princely families served as confirmation of the saying: “From rags to riches,” which clearly was not born out of nowhere.

Olga Vandysheva

“She doesn’t want to be a peasant, she wants to be a noblewoman,” the old man lamented in Pushkin’s fairy tale about the goldfish.

In modern Russia, peasants are also not held in high esteem. Nowadays it is fashionable to be a prince, a count, or even a baron.

So it turns out: wherever you spit, there are nobles everywhere. And in the State Duma, and in the government, and even in the General Staff...

How Yeltsin was demoted

Whether the ancestors of the new Russian nobility were nobles is not important. It is also not necessary to have special services to the Fatherland, as in tsarist times. And you don’t even need to catch a goldfish. It is now much easier to obtain a title of nobility in Russia. The main thing is to have desire and connections, and without connections, there is enough money. After all, at the service of vain people are dozens of characters who have turned the distribution of titles into a profitable business.

The most enterprising ones noticed 15 years ago that the new Russian elite had an interest in the nobility, and immediately realized that this craving could be put on a commercial footing. And away we go.

One of the first to get involved in the fashion business was a certain Alexey Nikolaevich Brumel. He declared himself regent of the Russian Empire and began to distribute titles of nobility. With a generous royal gesture, he elevated both Ruslan Khasbulatov and Alexander Rutsky to princes, and named Boris Yeltsin the Grand Duke. But after some time, Brumel decided that Yeltsin had not lived up to the high honor, deprived him of the title of prince, and as compensation granted him the title of count.

However, no one took Brumel’s eccentricities seriously. Another thing is the awards of the famous healer, academician of 129 academies of the world Evgenia Davitashvili, known under the name Juna.

Ksenia Sobchak's breed can be seen from her ankle

At the end of the last century, Juna declared herself either an Assyrian queen, or the great-granddaughter of Nicholas II, or a direct descendant of Princess Olga. And at the same time, she was in favor with the most influential people in the country, to whom, on behalf of the Regency Council of the Russian Noble Society, the “New Elite of Russia” generously gave letters of nobility. And quite serious people, oddly enough, accepted them with gratitude. Thus, the former chairman of the USSR State Planning Committee Nikolai Baibakov became a prince, and senator Lyudmila Narusova became a princess.

“I won’t lie, it’s very nice to receive a letter from Juna’s hands,” Sobchak’s widow boasted about the acquired title and said that she really had noble roots. And the noble breed is especially felt in her daughter Ksenia, who has a narrow ankle.

State Duma deputy Alexei Mitrofanov, who became a count, is also proud of Juna’s gift. He hung the corresponding certificate on the wall at his dacha and now receives dividends.

“Girls come to me,” Mitrofanov explains, explaining the advantages of the title, “they see the diploma and are completely shocked. After all, they communicate not with just any LDPR deputy, but with the whole count.

Well, what should we call you now?

Your Excellency.

Are you kidding?

Well why not? I take Juna's title very seriously. Members of her society are Yuri Luzhkov and Zurab Tsereteli. And somewhere in 1989, Juna awarded Yeltsin himself the Maltese Cross. And he accepted it with gratitude...

However, lately Juna has been trying not to advertise her vigorous activity in distributing titles. She does not communicate with journalists, her office telephone numbers are suspiciously silent.

Meanwhile, interesting advertisements appeared on the Internet. An unknown company, on behalf of the Russian Noble Society established by Juna, offers everyone the registration of titles of nobility, citing permission from the Ministry of Justice.

"Blue Bloods" is not cheap

Of course, you have to pay for the service. So, for the title of prince you need to pay 12,000 euros, for a count - 8,000, for a baron - 5,700. It is also reported here that the package of documents includes an official charter with the Coat of Arms of Russia, the crown and cap of Monomakh, framed by portraits of 19 Russian tsars.

Among the advantages, the buyer of the title has the opportunity to communicate with people of the noble circle, including Boris Berezovsky, Pavel Bure, Zhores Alferov and Alla Pugacheva... And on top of everything else, the title holder has the right to demand that he be addressed as “Your Excellency”, and at airports "Lincoln" and an honorary escort: security and girls with good manners.

But the phone numbers of this wonderful company are not listed in the ad. Only the email address to which I sent the request: “I want to become Princess Olga.” And soon I received a response with a questionnaire and completely new prices. The cost of a count's title rose to 125 thousand dollars, and the price for a baron varied from 45 to 100 thousand. But they offered to buy me the title of British lord for only 15 - 25 thousand dollars, and for a knight they asked from 8 to 14 thousand.

Well, in the next paragraph, apparently so that I would not faint from the range of prices, it was reported: “Our titles are real! We don’t offer fake ones for a couple of hundred dollars!”

Knight's Order to Putin

And soon I had the opportunity to become a noblewoman completely free of charge.

If you bring some rich man to me, I will grant you the title of countess or even princess,” hinted His Serene Highness Prince Arkady Lvovich Bugaev-Poniatovsky, who is also the Grand Master of the International Order Chapter of the Monarchical Court, which he himself founded.

The master scheduled an audience at his home - in a cramped two-room apartment, stuffed with orders, coats of arms and certificates. Before the meeting, he asked me to wait outside. The prince needed to change clothes. About 10 minutes later, the head of the Monarchist Court was already at the parade: in a tailcoat, with a bow tie and a sword. There is a chain on the neck, medals on the chest, and a hat with red and white feathers on the head.

It was hard not to laugh. But I restrained myself. And the prince took out his main relic - the Knightly Order of Unity, which he also invented himself.

“I have prepared this award and the princely title for Putin,” Poniatovsky said and assured me that he had already held negotiations with the president’s entourage. - I was told that if the order is in diamonds, it will be sent to the treasury.

By the way, Poniatowski also has plans for the president’s family. It turns out that somewhere in Spain lives 17-year-old Nikolai from the Romanov-Dolgoruky family - one of the contenders for the Russian throne. Poniatowski dreams that this boy will marry Putin’s daughter...

And the Terminator who joined them

I personally immediately thought that Poniatowski would not be allowed into the Kremlin. But he apparently guessed my doubts and took out a photo album with evidence of his victories.

Here is Luzhkov. I granted him the knightly order of honor and the title of prince. Ayatskov received the title of count... He gave two orders to cosmonaut Leonov. Chess player Karpov - a count. And Pugacheva transferred the title of count through Kirkorov.

Free or for money?

It's not the same for everybody. They paid a little for the former mayor of Vladivostok Kopylov. Although Chernomyrdin asked, I haven’t given him anything yet. And he gave Nikita Mikhalkov a prince for his 50th birthday.

Why does he need it? Does everyone already know that he is from the nobility?

Have mercy, girl! His ancestors were not titled nobles. They were bed keepers. Nikita Sergeevich was embarrassed by this. And now he is a prince! By the way, I also awarded Schwarzenegger.

And who is he now?

“Count,” the Most Serene Prince broke into a smile.

Are you aware that in the Assembly of Nobility you are called an adventurer? - I finally asked the prince.

They're just jealous of me. They can’t give out titles, but I can. All that was needed was to write this clause in the charter.

Order from the director of the cemetery

We are already accustomed to these eccentricities,” sighs the vice-leader of the Russian Assembly of Nobility, Alexander Korolev-Pereleshin. - The former caretaker of the Gnessin School, Nikolai Dalsky, declared himself Prince Romanov and even straightened his passport. And the director of the Magadan cemetery, Lezhepekov, became a count and general-in-chief. Now he heads the League for the Revival of the Russian Monarchy and distributes orders. Another thing is surprising: many important people take these impostors seriously. We sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice asking that their activities be shut down. After all, true titles of nobility are the property of the country, as are works of art. But we were told that these public organizations are registered and have the right.

However, in the Assembly of Nobility itself there was also a scandal. Recently, a luxurious building in the center of Moscow was taken away from him, and the nobles themselves quarreled and split into two camps. The hereditary nobleman Dmitry Zhukov (by the way, the father of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Alexander Zhukov) broke off all relations with the Assembly of the Nobility. The old leader - Prince Andrei Golitsyn - created the International Union of Nobles, and Prince Andrei Obolensky headed the new Russian Assembly of Nobility (RDS), which is huddled in the office of State Duma deputy Chuev on Varvarka. Nobles can be found here twice a week: on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the evening.

But we don’t initiate anyone into the nobility. “Everything is strict here,” Sergei Sapozhnikov, vice-leader of the RDS, told me. - Our noble origin must be documented.

Generals are also in the nobility

However, there is another way to obtain nobility, which is accepted by the Russian Assembly of Nobility without objection. To do this, you need to come to the attention of the head of the Russian Imperial House, Maria Vladimirovna. She lives in Madrid, but often visits Russia and bestows royal orders here.

Several years ago, the princess revived the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker specifically for military officials. The first degree of the order gives the right to hereditary nobility, the second and third - to personal nobility. Thus, dozens of generals are now among the nobles. Including former and current heads of the General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin and Yuri Baluevsky, ex-senator Valery Manilov, governor of the Moscow region Boris Gromov and former governor of the Ulyanovsk region Vladimir Shamanov, ex-commander of the North Caucasus military district Gennady Troshev and former Yeltsin security guard, now a deputy State Duma Alexander Korzhakov.

However, these gifts also have opponents. Among them is the Chairman of the All-Russian Monarchist Center Nikolai Lukyanov (surprisingly, not a nobleman):

Maria Vladimirovna is not an empress; no monarchy recognizes her. He has no right to distribute royal orders. And the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker can generally be bought for $500. It was distributed to the generals for advertising, in order to extract money from the colonels. The assembly of the nobility also long ago understood that they could charge money for searching for documents, and correct the documents in the interests of the customer. Moreover, many archives have been lost. So today's supposed nobles are often far-fetched. This is pure amateur activity and business.

However, be that as it may, this business is thriving in Russia. And nothing foreshadows its collapse. There are plenty of vain gentlemen among the cream of our society. And not all of them have yet acquired the coveted rattle - the title of nobleman.

We select title names from France. Why from there? Because people use French names most often. With the exception of some used in Russia. And on this page we will tell you who is doing what.

As a rule, they are presented in order: from the highest to the simplest. Titles going from Emperors to Chevaliers (Knights) are usually called noble titles. For reference: A nobleman is one of the highest classes of feudal society (along with the clergy), which served the monarch and performed government activities. In other words, a nobleman is a person in the service of the court, usually a prince or king.

Emperor– the title of a monarch or several monarchs at once, the head of an empire. An emperor is usually the owner of several countries or peoples at once. As a rule, he takes land of his own free will. The highest title currently in existence. Feminine - Empress.

Caesar (Russian – Tsar) - a sovereign sovereign, the owner of a kingdom or a large state. A king is a person chosen by God, the people, etc. Usually associated with the highest dignity of the emperor. In Russia, by the way, the current “tsar” is currently called the president, but in reality this is not so. The king, as a rule, takes charge of the entire country, and the president leads the country through others. Feminine - Queen.

King- the title of a monarch, usually hereditary, but sometimes elective, the head of a kingdom or a small state. Feminine - Queen.

Prince- who it? It seems that everyone knows, but I’ll tell you anyway: this is the son of a monarch (king, czar or emperor). And when the king dies, the prince takes his place, being the new king. Feminine - Princess.

Duke (Russian – Prince) - leader of the army and ruler of the region. The head of a feudal monarchical state or a separate political entity, a representative of the feudal aristocracy. Highest noble title. Feminine – Duchess or Princess.

Marquis (Russian – Zemsky Boyar) - a noble title higher than a count, but lower than a duke. Marquises usually became counts who had served the king well and received permission to rule a border mark (administrative unit). Hence, by the way, the name of the title. Feminine - Marquise or Boyarina.

Graph (Russian – Princely Boyar) – a title of nobility in Western Europe and pre-revolutionary Russia. It originally denoted a senior official, but since the time of the Norman kings it has become an honorary title. Generally higher than baron and viscount, but lower than marquis and duke. Feminine - Countess.

Viscount- a member of the European nobility, intermediate between a baron and a count. As a rule, the eldest son of an earl (during his father's lifetime) bears the title of viscount. In the Russian nobility the title of Viscount is absent. Feminine - Viscountess.

Baron (Russian – Master or Boyarin) is a noble title, lower than count and viscount. A noble person, in the narrow sense, the highest stratum of feudal society. In medieval feudal Western Europe - a major ruling nobleman and feudal lord, later - an honorary title of nobility. Feminine - Baroness or Boyaryna.

Chevalier (Russian – Knight) – he is also a Knight as well. The youngest title of nobility who owned land. Formally, they were not considered nobility and were not included in high society, but at the same time they were persons of blue blood and were still nobles.

Gentleman– initially the word “gentleman” meant a man of noble birth, this was the basic definition of an aristocrat, the next title was Esquire. But then they began to call an educated and well-mannered man, respectable and balanced. Gentleman, as a rule, does not apply to the title of nobility. And there is no female equivalent to the word “Gentleman”. They are called Ladies.

Lord- this is not a title, but a general name for representatives of the upper class. Lord from English means "lord". It can be called any ruler, regardless of rank. Although, if we talk about Great Britain, then Lord is still a title, but in other nations dukes, marquises, counts, etc. are also called lord.

Many people dream of a noble title. Persons who have this privilege can sit in the presence of the British Queen, demand to be addressed as “Your Lordship” and other pleasant things. How can you get the coveted title of nobility? There are 7 popular methods.

1. By inheritance. If you have suspicions that your ancestors were real aristocrats, start searching for your roots. In Russia, this issue is dealt with by the Russian Genealogical Federation, in Italy by the International Commission for the Study of Orders of Knighthood, in France by the International Genealogical Academy. First, find old photographs of your grandparents and great-grandparents. Maybe one of them will be in the photograph wearing the uniform of a general-in-chief? Or perhaps your great-grandmother graduated from the Smolny Institute? Who knows, what if your ancestors were the Yusupov princes or the Duke of Marlborough?

2. According to merit. In ancient times, monarchs awarded the title of nobility for military merit. In our time, members of the Beatles group received the Order of the British Empire in 1965 for their valuable contribution to culture. The British aristocrats were greatly outraged by this fact, who did not want to put up with this circumstance and returned their orders to the Crown. However, the scandal soon faded away, and the title of nobility was also awarded to Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elizabeth Taylor. British aristocrats accepted this news without complaints.

3. Buy. For a few hundred dollars you can purchase parchment on which your surname will be written, going back almost to the Rurikovichs. If you want a more powerful letter, for 5-10 thousand dollars you can buy a document almost identical to the documents of Art. 19. It, of course, will not be original, but you can hang it in the living room and show it to naive guests. In Scotland, the Glencarn estate is for sale, which is divided into small plots of 30 pounds each. Anyone can buy not only this plot, but also receive a noble title as a bonus. Many aristocrats claim that such sales of titles have no legal effect, but the estate is sold very quickly.

4. Thanks to good connections. For example, in Ukraine, Orest Fedorovich Karelin-Romanyshyn-Rusin, aka King Orest 1, Metropolitan of the Carpathian Roman, Master of the Orders of Knighthood. He was crowned himself, but despite this, they were given the titles Leonid Kuchma and Alexander Kuzmuk (prince and count, respectively). It is unlikely that you will receive a noble title from the hands of Juan Carlos of Spain, but having friends on Slavic soil, you have a chance to join the aristocrats.

5. By a happy irony of fate. If you get to the right place at the right time, you also have a chance to get the coveted title. For example, a doctor who provided proctological assistance to the emperor of the Habsburg dynasty in the 18th century received a noble title from the hands of a grateful ruler. Nowadays, you can try your luck in Africa, somewhere in Lesotho; there are rumors that the kings there are very responsive and are especially grateful.

6. Master it. For example, one Moscow supply manager became Nikol 3rd Romanov. He simply changed his name and declared himself a nobleman. And Charles Stopford, who is a US citizen, lived in Europe under the name of Lord Christopher Buckingham for more than 20 years, using false documents. In a word, if you are an aristocrat at heart, a diploma will not escape you!

7. Marry a nobleman. If, of course, he likes whores)))