Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5781280-20130319144658

I just wanted to start a discussion / talk about noble titles and their implications when such titles are used in conjuction with capital cities; i.e. Duke of Stromgarde, Baron of Stormwind, or Count of Lordaeron City.

I've seen titles such as these pop up from time to time and I just want to let people know that historically there were no noble titles for royal cities (seats of power for the King or Queen). So long as there was a King of England or France, no nobles, barring in some cases the son or daughter of the monarch, held any lesser titles pertaining to the royal capital city. The one major exception to this rule was when the Orleanist family, people who are pretenders to the non-existant Kingdom of France, claimed the title of Count of Paris. It should still be noted though, that this "Count of Paris" only exists in the absence of a King.

Kings and Queens directly rule over their seats of power and claiming a title of nobility over a place like Ironforge, Stromgarde, Stormwind, or any other capital city would essentially be a challenge to the authority of the monarch.

At any rate, this is how I see the matter. Anyone have any thoughts? 