Titles of Honor (Nobility)
Introduction
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically hereditary and patrilineal.
Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and the acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownership, or royal favor has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility.
There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies. However, nobility also existed in such regimes as the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the Republic of Genoa (1005–1815), the Republic of Venice (697–1797), and the Old Swiss Confederacy (1300–1798), and remains part of the legal social structure of some small non-hereditary regimes, e.g., San Marino, and the Vatican City in Europe. In Classical Antiquity, the nobiles (nobles) of the Roman Republic were families descended from persons who had achieved the consulship. Those who belonged to the hereditary patrician families were nobles, but plebeians whose ancestors were consuls were also considered nobiles. In the Roman Empire, the nobility were descendants of this Republican aristocracy. While ancestry of contemporary noble families from ancient Roman nobility might technically be possible, no well-researched, historically documented generation-by-generation genealogical descents from ancient Roman times are well documented to exist in Europe.
Hereditary titles and styles added to names (such as "Prince,” "Lord,” or "Lady"), as well as honorifics, often distinguish nobles from non-nobles in conversation and written speech. Most nobility have been untitled in many nations, and some hereditary titles do not indicate nobility (e.g., vidame). Some countries have had non-hereditary nobility, such as the Empire of Brazil, or life peers in the United Kingdom. In the Byzantine (Roman Empire in the East) and Arabic traditions, titles were usually related to the military and office of governance. They were not directly inheritable, as they had become a tradition in the former Roman Empire of the West.
Following the monarchical tradition, the Royal House of Ghassan rewards worthy individuals with titles of honor on very special and rare occasions. To be worthy of such high honor, the individual must possess a distinguished biography and have extraordinarily served the Royal House.
The Following Registry is by name, followed by titular honors.
His Highness Christian Dominic Boyd, the Duke and Lord of Qatana, the Count and Lord of Tartus; المستشار الأكبر للبيت الملكي والأمير الملكي (almustashar al'akbar lilbayt almalakii wal'amir almalakii), حارس الأختام الملكية (haris al'akhtam almalakia), الأول بين نبلاء غسان (al'awal bayn nubala' ghasaan), الأخ بقسم الدم للأمير الملكي (al'akh biqism aldam lil'amir almalakii), and bestowed the titiual honor of Nobel Prince of Ghassan
Her Grace Karen Christine Selbert, the Duchess and Lady of Qatana, in her own right, and by courtesy Countess of Tartus, as legal spouse to His Grace Christian Dominic Boyd.
His Grace Oleg Khlkevich, the Duke of Jenjol
Her Grace Ruslana Khikevich, the Duchess of Jenjol, in her own right
His Grace John Domonkos, the Duke and Lord of Ferhet
His Grace Luk Lewis Tei, the Duke and Lord of Homs, the Count and Lord of Qinnasrin
Her Grace Ng Suk Ting, the Duchess of Homs, the Countess and Lady of Qinnasrin, in her own right
His Excellency Kelvin Tak On Chan, the Count and Lord of Aniam
His Excellency Revd Dcn Mark Arbeen, the Count and Lord of Al-Rastan
His Excellency Leonardo Norberto Scherer, the Count and Lord of Murak
His Excellency Jason Caudill, the Count and Lord of Kadesh
Her Excellency Tam Siu Yuet, the Viscountess and Lady of Tamar, in her own right
Her Excellency Yeung Woon Bing Coco, the Viscountess and Lady of Hamraa, in her own right
His Excellency Chang Benson Sun Bun, the Viscount and Lord of Tamer
His Excellency Chiu Chi Shing Cook, the Viscount and Lord of Hamraa
Her Excellency Lee Yuet Oing Silvia, the Baroness and Lady of Suluk, in her own right
Her Excellency Ng Siu Chui Annie, the Baroness and Lady of Hamis, in her own right
Her Excellency Tsang Wai Chun Marianna, the Baroness and Lady of Ayn Issa
His Excellency Yau Pak Man, the Baron and Lord of Suluk
His Excellency So Albert Man Kit, the Baron and Lord of Hamis
His Excellency Libra Sai Chong Yeung, the Baron and Lord of Jabbin
His Excellency Alessio Tommasi Baldi, the Baron and Lord of Mahin
His Excellency Jerome Pradier, the Baron and Lord of Toula
As of 11 March 2026