False titles of nobility are supposed titles of nobility that have been fabricated and are not recognised by any government and were not so recognised in the past, even in countries in which titles of nobility once existed or still exist. They have received an increasing amount of press attention, as the number of schemes that attempt to sell these titles has increased. False titles are also sometimes connected to self-styled orders of chivalry.
Read more about False Titles Of Nobility: British Titles, Continental European Titles, Self-styled Titles, Principality of Sealand
Other articles related to "false titles of nobility, titles, nobility":
... The Principality of Sealand, a self-declared nation, sells titles of individual nobility ... The titles themselves are perfectly legal according to Sealandic law, as they are issued by the royal family itself, but may not carry the same historical prestige as accompanies older, more established ...
Famous quotes containing the words nobility, false and/or titles:
“There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.”
—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)
“The world has already learned that woman has other virtues than meekness, patience, humility and endurance. She possesses courage above all fear, and a will that knows no obstacles; and when these are called forth by some great emergency, false modesty is trampled in the dust, and spheres are scattered to the winds.”
—A. Holley, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Lily, p. 38 (May 1852)
“Lear. Dost thou call me fool, boy?
Fool. All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)