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Micronations

 

Micronations, sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects, are entities that claim to be independent nations or states but which are not recognized by world governments or major international organizations.

Micronations are also distinguished from imaginary countries and from other kinds of social groups (such as Eco-villages, campuses, tribes, clans, sects, and residential community associations) by expressing a formal and persistent, even if unrecognized, claim of sovereignty over some physical territory.
Several micro-nations have issued coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals, and other items, which are rarely accepted outside of their own community.

No micronation has any real, genuine or authentic right to bestow titles of nobility or bestow knighthoods. They are fantasy countries---"These nations usually exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators."  They have no recognized or actual authority.

 

Religious Organizations

A new approach to the traffic in titles is for a religious or secular organization to claim that it can “restore " ancient titles of nobility or royalty for a modern person who might be in the "family line"--and, of course, an exchange of money is part of the "restoration." However, a religious organization cannot "rehabilitate" a secular title. Indeed, a secular organization, even a royal house, cannot "restore" a title over which it had no original control.
 
Moreover, one must also be very wary of any religious organization claiming to be a "church" and which claims authority to grant titles of royalty or nobility.

The scholar of the subject are well aware of this deplorable phenomenon, however, these “pseudo-orders” often take place abroad, outside the territory of the legitimate orders, so be cautious before joining these orders. We appeal especially to the young and unaware people, who with the desire to wear an evening ensigna, perhaps for parties or even if only content themselves by seeking or accepting nor truly beneficial pseudo-type decorations.

To add a few more considerations about the so-called independent Knightly Orders, because the intimate history of equestrian institutions can only be considered by recalling the imprimatur of the Holy See, even if this aegis, being an independent Order, and therefore autonomous from States and Nations, has no value except psychological.

Official Statement of the Holy See on Self-Styled Orders

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/popebg.htm

Fraternity Organizations

Fraternities are by definition merely, "a group of people sharing a common profession or interests." It is an organization, which can be called an "order," like the" Knight of Columbus" but is not a true or authentic order of chivalry. Sovereignty does not and never did exist in these organizations.

 

Private Titles and Decorations

Private titles, knighthoods and decorations received in a club, fraternity, church or other organization are not to be used in public or on the internet unless qualified as private. Such titles, knighthoods and decorations are not genuine and authentic, outside of the organizations that made them, because they have nothing to do with the bona fide and real nobility or royalty.

Having an honorary degree is okay, but when it is from a fraternity, Martial Arts, club or confederation posing as a university, it is not right to use it publicly. Honorary degrees must come from a bona fide or genuine university, otherwise, they are private titles, not to be used publicly except among members of their fraternity, club, confederation or people who know that the title is just pretend for their group only. Otherwise, it is misleading.
 
Another analogy, is how some churches and some history and re-enactment groups, make princes, dukes, counts, knights, ladies and gentlemen out of their followers. Obviously, this only creates private organization honors, not real authentic secular ones. For such a person to use his title of count publicly would be deceitful. To use it privately only as involved with the club he is with would be proper. 

MARTIAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS DEGREES "These degrees are not to be confused with traditional academic degrees." Therefore, any titles from this group are not to be used publicly. To do otherwise, would be misleading people into thinking one had a true academic title, which is obviously not the case. These degrees are not academic degrees and are only used privately.

Traditional leaders

Traditional leaders are limited to a status of a recognized traditional leader of an indigenous people or a group of peoples.They still appear as Kings and Queens according to their traditions and as authorized by the said agreements. They are Honorary Kings so to speak and as such absolutely genuine.They still appear as Kings and Queens according to their traditions and as authorized by the said agreements.  

Although the authorities tend to cooperate with these traditional leaderships, they are, in most cases, not a formal part of the hosting government system nor are they authorized to exercise any real governmental powers and traditional leaders are not subject to international law.

Traditional leaders grants honorific titles to persons working within the leadership, corresponding to the ancient governmental, noble and royal titles used in the kingdom when it was a de facto or de jure sovereign entity. These titles are purely honorific and must not be understood or even used as titles of nobility or Royalty under international law.

Honorific Titles

 

Honorific titles are generally a sign of respect, and run the gamut from everyday life, clergy and the monarchy to military and academia. Such titles may or may not be tied to a person's achievements; some connote a rank the individual has reached in society or within his organization, while others recognize contributions a person has made to a particular field. 

All major Universities and Religions today bestow Honorary Degrees upon the Rich and Famous for huge sums of money they donate or bring through their association with that organization. Rarely will these major groups give equally deserving persons of lesser means such recognition.

An university may bestow the Distinguished Professor title to full professors to recognize exceptional academic achievement in a field. It may be based on teaching, reputation or scholarly work.
 
Anyone that has bestowed upon them the Degree of Doctorate whether it is accredited, or honorary, has the right to use the title of Doctor before their name. They have the right to be addressed as such. They have the right to place the title on letterheads, cards, and any form of written correspondence. They have the privilege of meritorious a Honorary Degrees are also bestowed on persons that, through Life experiences, deserve recognition. It is often not the title that matters so much as the individuals right to be recognized.
 
The military often bestows military titles to non personnel who have distinguished themselves either within or beyond the military.
 
Other titles, while honorific, reflect a status a person has achieved within a certain field of work. A judge is referred to as "your honor" as a sign of respect. "Captain" is another example of an honorary title that relates to respect, such as the captain of an airplane.
 

Fons Honorum 

In recent decades a degree of confusion seems to have developed over who may bestow honors; this is at least partly due to the emergence of hundreds of false orders.
 
Today the legitimate founts of honor who may bestow knighthood are the lawful heads of existing states, heads of non-reigning royal (sovereign) dynasties recognized at the time of the Congress of Vienna in 1814 (hence the numerous German dynasties but not the many soi-disant "pretenders" to the long-vacant Throne of Constantinople), the Holy See (the Papacy), certain de jure governments in exile, a few Orthodox Christian patriarchs and bishops, and the grand masters of a few historical military-religious orders of chivalry (the Order of Malta most notably).

We should also observe that these institutions, when they belonged to the dynastic wealth of previously reigning families, were able to reaffirm their position not only historically but also legally.

In fact, international law recognizes the institution of pretender to the throne, which arises if the debellatio is missing, i.e. the loss of sovereignty by waiving right to one’s functions and relative prerogatives involved with exercising power, because the sovereign, no matter how he is dethroned, maintains the right to certain manifestations of reigning power: thus sovereign titles are due to the sovereign as such and his descendents, and remain thus even when he has lost his sovereignty over land, because sovereignty belongs to the family wealth (even if it is deprived of the jus gladii, i.e. the right to obedience by the subjects; the jus majestatis, i.e. the right to respect and honors due his rank; and the jus imperii, i.e. the power of command).

This means that a sovereign could be dethroned and banished from the country, but he could never lose his native qualities: thus the pretender to the throne arises, who maintains intact all the sovereignty rights as long as their application does not obstacle the changed juridical-institutional position, while the others are suspended. Among the conserved rights is thejus honorum, i.e. the right to grant noble titles and ranks of knightly orders possessed or inherited that are part of the personal and dynastic wealth of the lineage.

When a knightly order conforms to international law, it has the legitimate right to grant honors on a par with any national State.

 

HOW TO BECOME A NOBLE

Perhaps you always have dreamed of putting "Sir" or "Lady" in front of your name. You may have dallied with the thought of accepting a knighthood, but perhaps you wanted a title that came with land or a seat in parliament. With the number of monarchies in the world dwindling, you will probably need to move and change your citizenship, if you are not already living under a monarchy.
 

The custom of granting noble titles began well before Medieval times when society had very definite lines separating poor commoners from richer landowners.  Many kings and queens believed that by bestowing a title upon certain subjects, this act would make them owe lifelong allegiance to the monarchy. Titles of nobility bestowed ranged from Lord and Lady, Count and Countess to Baron and Baroness, and Viscount and Viscountess. But in the 21st century, having a noble title may seem impressive, but in reality nobility does not guarantee an individual any tangible benefits.

King Felipe VI of Spain favors artists and politicians when he is granting titles of nobility, but you will have to become a citizen of Spain in order to qualify for the lofty recognition of being granted the titles of Baron or Duke.

 Learn Spanish and move to Madrid. King Juan Carlos of Spain still has the power to grant titles of nobility, and historically, he has chosen prominent politicians and artists. Become a citizen of Spain and excel in the arts or work your way up through regional parliaments to the federal senate. If you make it to Prime Minister and the king likes you, you are likely to get a title like baron or higher. Don Adolfo Suárez y González was granted the title of First Duke of Suarez in recognition of his service as prime minister.

 

Becoming a subject of the British Empire is the second route to nobility. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain made Margaret Thatcher a baroness when she served as prime minister, but Tony Blair was not offered a title. You might have a better chance of getting yourself adopted by a childless noble family, however noble titles distributed in the past quarter century have been very scarce.

 

What makes becoming a noble in the United Kingdom tricky is that Queen Elizabeth II is only in the habit of granting new knighthoods lately, and technically, that's not a title of nobility. The only British citizens to have been offered new titles of nobility in the past few decades were all prime ministers, and that's a longer, harder road with less likelihood of becoming a noble than in Spain.

Noble’s titles are given by King Philippe of Belgium on an annual basis, but only to Belgian citizens.  Albert is known for honoring people in a wide range of occupations who have distinguished themselves, including statesmen, businessmen, athletes, scientists and entertainers.

You will need to move to Brussels and learn French. You may eventually have to learn Dutch/Flemish as well because it is spoken by most Northern Belgians. Once you have the languages mastered, you will need to become a Belgian citizen.  

 If you are looking on a title of nobility in Norway, Sweden, Denmark or the Netherlands, you just have to fall in love with the right person, someone who already has a noble title because these countries are no longer granting new titles, whether you are a state citizen or not.

 

The internet is full with various companies purporting to offer noble titles for a price, which can run into the thousands of dollars, but not all of these enterprises are legitimate. Your vanity may get you a certificate along with a noble sounding title but not nothing else. Such titles are worthless and are not Internationally recognition.These titles are not legitimate or authentic title of nobility.

 
No International Body Exists

Although not recognized by any international treaty, some independent organization exists that seeks to provide criteria against which to judge Orders of Chivalry or Nobility, though neither their decisions nor the criteria they employs to reach those decisions are universally accepted. These Organizations have no standing in international law and may not be acknowledged by any present government.

Since no qualified international body exists to lay down guidelines by which to judge the legitimacy of orders of knighthood, and so long as these render worthwhile and measurable service there is no reason why they should not be socially tolerated. So long, of course, as they do not make false claims about their origins, do not pretend to be what they are not, and do not violate the laws of the countries in which they operate.

Certain other organizations (such as the Augustan Society or Noble Dynasty, which state publicly that it is not a chivalric order) that may appear to have a chivalric character, nevertheless carefully distinguish themselves from legitimate orders of chivalry, thus differentiating themselves from self-styled orders.

For example, the highest Order of Chivalry in the power of the Vatican to confer is the most distinguished and rare Papal Order of Christ, yet the Order of Christ is not "recognized" within the boundaries of Great Britain, which is not a Roman Catholic country does not recognize this distinguished Papal Order. Great Britain "recognizes" the Vatican as a City-State and has exchanged ambassadors.

The Prince of Monaco confers, from time to time, the Order of Grimaldi, a most coveted knighthood, yet the distinguished dynastic and rarely-conferred Order is not "recognized" by any government other than Monaco itself.  

There are a number of orders of knighthood, such as the Knights of Columbus, which have no background in chivalry, but are nonetheless worthwhile organizations. These are usually fraternal organizations. People in these organizations can be called knights, but it is not quite the same thing as being granted a title by monarch or historical order of chivalry. 

 

The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus. There are more than 1.8 million members in 15,000 councils, with nearly 200 councils on college campuses.  

The Constantinian Order is recognized as a non-profit charitableorganization in several nations (for example in Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland). Such recognition does not constitute a juridical position regarding its history or the headship of the royal family. Most nations do not take a strong official position regarding headship of a non-regnant dynasty after the exiled sovereign is deceased, especially if diplomatic relations exist with a successor state. Over the years, both Infante Carlos and Prince Ferdinando have bestowed the Order of Saint Januarius (San Gennaro) and the Collar of the Constantinian Order on various pretenders and exiled monarchs. King Umberto II of Italy accepted both distinguished orders from the Neapolitan (not the Spanish) grand master.

To discourse about Chivalry and Knightly Orders today could seem out of date and in contrast with current political, philosophical and social orientation – fed and developed in logic of demagogic egalitarianism – which wants to deny History and Traditions.

 
Knights are not just a thing of the past

There are a number of chivalric Orders that exist today. The British monarchy still grants knighthoods, as does the Papacy and the Knights of Malta (Order of St. John).

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta), also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic laity religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's oldest surviving order of chivalry. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is headquartered in Rome, Italy, and is widely considered a sovereign subject of international law.

 

It is evident in all the different clubs and societies that are formed to attempt to recreate knighthood. We also see the honor of knighthood being cheapened, by titles being bestowed on undeserving individuals. In the meantime the true knights go largely unobserved, and unappreciated.

The traditional role of the knight was to defend the defenseless, to be pious in worship and in dealings with others, and to maintain one’s personal honor above all costs. Such knightly values might seem out of place in the 21scentury, with so much emphasis on money and materialism but a few individuals still believe life is truly not worth living unless it serves a higher purpose. These are the groups of men and women that we are seeking to join Sovereign Royal House of David-Toulouse-Gavaudan .

For those men and women who wish to dedicate their lives to a higher purpose, who believe that knightly qualities are still relevant in this modern age, Sovereign Royal House of David-Toulouse-Gavaudan invites you to join our prestige Royal Dinasty.

 
RECOMMENDATION

We recommend that all members of our Association to pay attention to the alleged institutions that are nothing more than pseudo-chivalric orders, which also wish to qualify as: Order of Malta, S. Sepulchre, S. John, Kings, Ecumenical, etc.. Just to mention that most imitations rage, to mislead the unwary and adepts, by creating confusion in relation to the legitimate Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, etc.

Genuine Orders

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta 

(Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta), also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's oldest surviving order of chivalry. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is headquartered in Rome, Italy, and is widely considered a sovereign subject of international (Official Web site:http://www.orderofmalta.int/?lang=en).

Drawing Coat of Arms with special permit of the Author: Mathieu CHAINE.

 
 

 

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 

(lat.: Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri HierosolymitaniOESSH) is a Roman Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the pope. It traces its roots to Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade. In 1496, Pope Alexander VI created the office of Grand Master of the Order, and the office vested in the papacy. The office of Grand Master remained vested in the papacy until 1949. Since then a cardinal has been grand master. The Pope is sovereign of the Order, and it enjoys the protection of the Holy See and has its legal seat at Vatican City. (Official Vatican Web site:

 

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/oessh/index_en.htm).

Drawing Coat of Arms with special permit of the Author: Mathieu CHAINE.

 

 

The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George 

The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry. It was fictively established by Constantine the Great, though in reality it was founded between 1520 and 1545 by two brothers of the Angeli Comneni family. Members of the Angeli Comneni family remained grand masters throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In 1699 Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma was recognized as grand master. In 1731, his son and successor, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, died without male heirs. He was succeeded by the first Bourbon grand master Charles, Duke of Parma (later King Charles III of Spain). Since that time members of the House of Bourbon have been grand masters of the order. (Web site:http://www.borbone-due-sicilie.org/ and

http://www.realcasadiborbone.it/).

 

 

The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus 

The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus is an order of chivalry awarded by the House of Savoy, the heads of which were formerly Kings of Italy. The order was formed by a union of the original Order of St Lazarus and the Order of Saint Maurice in 1572. The generally-accepted Grand Master of the Order is Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, the current head of the House of Savoy. In 2006, Vittorio Emanuele's cousin, Amedeo of Aosta, declared himself Head of the Savoy dynasty and thus Grand Master de jure. For this reason the grand magistracy is now contested.

 
 

http://www.savoydelegation-usa.org/).

 

Nobiliary laws and Regulations

In some countries the nobility is a subject of public law (Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, and in Spain only regarding the titled nobility). In other countries this is not the case, and then the nobility may have organized itself in one or more associations in order to have an institution to handle nobiliary issues. It is therefore of the utmost importance for every noble family to define and clarify under which legislation, or under which set of rules or regulations whether codified or not, they are a subject.

Nobiliary law is a complex and multifaceted subject. It is often necessary to do extensive research in order to establish which rules apply to a specific noble family. A starting place can be to collect relevant literature from (or about) the country where the family is known (or believed) to have been ennobled (or first recognized as noble).

Maybe the most important thing to remember about nobiliary law is that it is not the same as public law. It may well be possible, according to national legislation, for a non-noble person to assume a noble surname, but this does not make him member of the nobility. A person can only be a member of the nobility if they are so according to nobiliary law, whether this is in harmony with public law or not.

The world is full of critics but we welcome you to write to us and make your comments. Additions and corrections will be gratefully accepted, information, addresses or photos are welcome.

 
 

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