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Latest comment: 16 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
An Edler would be the equivalent of an armigerous esquire not a baronet. In fact an Edler ranks below a Ritter (German Knight), so I have removed that sentence. The following equivalencies would be more approximate (not necessarily precisely so) in my opinion:
Von = (noble) Gentleman
Edler = (noble) Esquire
Ritter (non-hereditary) = Knight
Ritter (hereditary) = Baronet
Baron = no UK equivalent, except maybe a Scottish feudal baron
"Baronetcies have three European equivalents from a ranking perspective: the Italian title of nobility Nobile, the Austrian and South German title of Edler von and the extinct old-Polish panek ("lordling"), although hereditary knights, such as the German and Austrian Ritter and the Dutch Erfridder, may be held to be similar."
Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Most of the above is nonsense, and comes from trying to approximate the German (and Continental) systems of Nobility with the quite different British system. Edler is completely different from Edler Herr. Edler is not considered a title at all, but is an augmentation of the status of an untitled noble, albeit a hereditary one. The same pertains to a German hereditary Knight. Edlers are not just southern German and Austrian, but also Saxon. Edler Herr is a title equivalent to Freiherr, both equivalent to Baron. A Baronet is not a noble, but is a hereditary distinction invented by an English king to augment his treasury. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.143.49.235 (talk) 22:37, 5 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
