On 19/09/2023 12:11, Alex Goodwin - alex.goodwin at multitel.com.au (via
tml list) wrote:
> Can you see any major reason for HIM _not_ to be the (at least
> nominal) Core subsector duke/duchess?
>
>     Can you see any major reason for HIM _not_ to be the sector
> duke/duchess of Core sector?
>
> If so, none of that precludes palming the lesser titles' duties off to
> someone else.  (eg in Ciencia's case, Casimir(?) might functionally be
> the Core subsector duke after a couple of decades).

I'd say those titles would be held by descendants.  It's pretty
traditional for lesser titles to be held this way, as King Charles was
Prince of Wales before assuming the throne.

There's also often (poor my poor knowdge of the topic) a yet lower
title(s) often held by a king-level figure like "Viscount of Pretty
Vale" that align with a territory or property ownership and inheritance
thereof from a birthright not directly aligned with the main throne.  In
the Imperium, that could be "Orbitholder of (planet) Glowing Gem".

Alan