List of fictional nobility#Dukes and duchesses
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This is a list of fictional nobility that have appeared in various works of fiction. This list is organized by noble rank and limited to well-referenced, notable examples of fictional members of nobility.
Dukes and duchesses
These are fictional characters with the title of "duke" or "duchess".
Marquesses and marchionesses
These are fictional characters with the title of "marquess" or "marchioness".
Counts and countesses
These are fictional characters with the title of "count" or "countess".
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| Count Alucard
|The son of Count Dracula. |
| Athos
|The Count de la Fère, and one of the three Musketeers. |
| Josephine Balsamo
|The Countess of Cagliostro, an antagonist in Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin series of novels and subsequently adapted in numerous comics, films, TV, theater, and derivative works. |
| Count Baltar
|The leading antagonist in the series, who betrayed humanity by helping the Cylons. |
| Pierre Bezukhov
|A central character in the story. |
| Count Bleck
|The main antagonist of the game, who seeks to destroy the universe. |
| Count Bloodcount
|A vampire. |
| Count Bobby
|The Adventures of Count Bobby |A fictional Viennese comic figure in the anthologies of collected Graf Bobby jokes and films. |
| Tracy Bond
|On Her Majesty's Secret Service |The Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, and a Bond girl, featured in both the novel and the film. |
| Carnivore
|His real name is Andreas Zorba. He is a Greek count. |
| Count Chocula
|Advertising mascot for "Count Chocula" breakfast cereal. |
| Count von Count
|A friendly vampire-like character who is obsessed with counting everything. |
| Cora Crawley
| rowspan="2" |Downton Abbey | The Countess of Grantham. |
| Violet Crawley
| The Dowager Countess of Grantham. |
| Edmond Dantès
|The main character of the story. |
| Tony DiMera
|A member of the upper-class Italian DiMera family. |
| Count Dooku
|The Count of Serenno, a Separatist leader, and a Sith apprentice of Palpatine. |
| Count Dracula
|A vampire and the title character of the story. Later variations of this character include the following:
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| Count Duckula
|A vampire duck. |
| Count Fenring
|Dune |A friend, advisor, and agent of Emperor Shaddam IV. |
| Count Floyd
|Second City Television (SCTV) |A fictional horror host and vampire played by comic actor Joe Flaherty. Later reprised in The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley. |
| Count Fosco
|The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins |Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco – An Italian count who sets the whole story line in motion. |
| Count Fujiwara
|The sobriquet of a con man attempting to court the Lady Hideko Izumi in Japanese-occupied Korea. |
| Count Gauthier
|One of two counts in the poem, the other being the title character Count Gismond. |
| The Countess Gertrude
|The 76th Countess and Titus Groan's mother. |
| Count Gismond
|The title character in the poem. |
| Harpy
|Her real name is Countess Denise de Sevigne. She is an aviator, the sister of Andre de Sevigne, and an enemy of the Enemy Ace. |
| Count Iblis
|An alien. |
| Carmilla / Mircalla, Countess Karnstein
|A vampire. |
| Elisabeth von Lahnstein
|The Countess of Lahnstein. |
| Countess Palatine Ingrid von Marburg
|The last and oldest member of a line of Germanic witches. |
| Cordelia Naismith
|Also known as Countess Vorkosigan. She is a citizen of Beta Colony. |
| Count Nefaria
|A wealthy Italian aristocrat and supervillain. |
| Count Olaf
|A Series of Unfortunate Events |The main antagonist in the series. |
| Count Orlok
|A vampire based on Count Dracula. |
| Count Paris
|A suitor of Juliet. |
| Count Andreas Petofi
|A powerful warlock. |
| Comte de Rochefort
|An initial foe and later friend of d'Artagnan. |
| Countess Vera Rossakoff
|A Russian aristocrat. |
| Nikolai Rostov
| rowspan="3" |War and Peace | rowspan="3" |Characters in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace illustrating Napoleon's impact on Russian aristocratic society. |
| Petya Rostov |
| Natasha Rostova |
| Count Tyrone Rugen
|The "six-fingered man" in William Goldman's book. Portrayed in the film adaptation by Christopher Guest, who would later become the real life 5th Baron Haden-Guest.{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Richard |title=Nowt so queer as folk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jan/10/features.weekend |work=The Guardian |date=9 January 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219172254/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jan/10/features.weekend |archive-date=19 December 2016}} |
| Constance, Countess of Trentham
|The highest ranking guest at Sir William McCordle's dinner party as defined by seating order of the downstairs staff.{{cite web |last1=Vargas |first1=Amer |title=Letters to the Editor: Gosford Park |url=https://www.modernbutlers.com/tag/gosford-park/ |website=The Modern Butlers’ Journal |date=1 April 2018}} |
| Count Vertigo
|A supervillain and the last descendant of a royal family of a fictional Eastern European country. |
| Miles Vorkosigan
|A protagonist of the series. |
| Count Weirdly
|Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids |A mad scientist who lives in a castle and commits mischief. |
| Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
|A spy descended from the old Italian nobility. |
| Strahd von Zarovich
|A vampire and the ruler of the land of Barovia. |
| Count Rupert of Mountjoy
|A nobleman in the court of Duchess Gloriana XII. In the films, in which he is played first by Peter Sellers, and later by Ron Moody. |
Earls
These are fictional characters with the title of "earl".
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| The Earl of Burnstead
|The British nobleman and womanizer. |
| Robert Crawley
|The Earl of Grantham. |
| The Earl of Darlington
|The Lord of Darlington Hall and Mr Stevens' employer. His support of Nazi Germany in the 1930s results in public disgrace following WWII.{{cite news |last1=Callan |first1=Paul |title=Hitler's aristocratic admirers |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/126784/Hitler-s-aristocratic-admirers |work=Daily Express |date=12 September 2009}} |
| Lord Emsworth
|Blandings stories |The Earl of Emsworth and the head of the Threepwood family. |
| Robert Fitzooth
|Some "Robin Hood" stories |He is Robin Hood in some stories that depict him as a dispossessed Earl of Huntingdon. |
| Uncle Fred
|Blandings stories |The Earl of Ickenham. |
| Lord Glenallan
|The Earl of Glenallan. |
| Titus Groan
|The 77th Earl of Groan. |
| Earl Haraldson
|The Earl of Kattegat during season 1 of the series. |
| The Earl of Lemongrab
|An antagonist and the first being Princess Bubblegum created. |
| Thomas Lynley
|Inspector Lynley series, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries |The Earl of Asherton, and a detective. |
| Camber MacRorie
|The Earl of Culdi. |
| Robert Norramby
|The 5th Earl of Sodor. He inherited the title when he was only three after his father, Robert Charles, was killed in action in the Second World War, as described in Duke the Lost Engine. Although officially the Earl of Sodor, he sits on the council of the Duchy of Lancaster, and, because there is currently no Duke of Lancaster, he is therefore usually called the "Duke of Sodor" by the island's inhabitants.{{cite book|last=Awdry|first=Reverend W.|title=The Island of Sodor; Its People, History and Railways|date=1987|publisher=Kaye and Ward|page=103}} |
| Melrose Plant
|Richard Jury series of mystery novels |The Earl of Caverness. |
| Sepulchrave
|The 76th Earl of Groan and Titus Groan's father. |
| Cyril Sheldrake
|The second of three superheroes to go by the name "The Knight". He inherits the title Earl of Wordenshire after the death of his father Percival Sheldrake. |
| Percival "Percy" Sheldrake
|The Earl of Wordenshire and the first of three superheroes to go by the name "The Knight". |
| The Earl of Lessford
|A title passed through three generations in the course of the book. |
| Lord Snooty
|A comic strip character. |
| Roderick Spode
|Jeeves stories |The Earl of Sidcup. |
| John Arthur Molyneux Errol
|The Earl of Dorincourt. |
| Ciel Phantomhive
|The Earl Phantomhive. Also known as the Queen's Guard dog like previous Earls Phantomhive, tasked with eliminating criminals and solving cases in the underworld for Queen Victoria. |
Viscounts and viscountesses
These are fictional characters with the title of "viscount" or "viscountess".
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| Viscountess Adele von Ascham
|Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! |Daughter of Viscount Ascham, she was to inherit the title after the conspiracy around her parents' assassinations was debunked but fled from her home country before she was given the title. |
| Raoul de Bragelonne
|The Vicomte (Viscount) of Bragelonne. |
| Viscount Mabrey
|The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement |The antagonist who secretly plans to steal the crown. |
| Edmund, 8th Viscount Bridgerton
| rowspan="4" |Bridgerton (novel series) | rowspan="4" |Characters in Julia Quinn's Regency romance novels and its Netflix adaptation Bridgerton |
| Violet, Dowager Viscountess Bridgerton |
| Anthony, 9th Viscount Bridgerton |
| Kate, Viscountess Bridgerton |
| Viscount Raoul de Chagny
|A childhood friend and love interest of Christine Daaé. |
| John Clayton II
|Tarzan franchise |Viscount Greystoke. Raised by fictional ape species Mangani after the death of his birth parents, best known by his ape name "Tarzan." |
| Lady Dalrymple
|A viscountess and a cousin of Sir Walter Elliot. |
| Viscount Marlowe Dumar
|The ruler of the city-state of Kirkwall, in the Free Marches, beginning in the year 9:21 Dragon. |
| Griffith
|Was given the title by the King of Midland for his military prowess.Miura, K. {{Google books|id=TwQtDwAAQBAJ|title=Berserk Volume 5|page=119|text=GRIFFITH'S A VISCOUNT NOW}}, "A Wind of Swords."Miura, K. {{Google books|id=UvhsDwAAQBAJ|title=Berserk Official Guidebook|page=196|text=the king made him a knight and a ViscOunt}}. |
| Viscount Hundro Moritani
|Dune franchise, including Paul of Dune |The head of House Moritani. |
| Viscount Julian Alfred Pankratz
|The Witcher franchise |The Viscount de Lettenhove, an old friend of Geralt, aka 'Jaskier'. |
Barons and baronesses
These are fictional characters with the title of "baron" or "baroness".
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| Baron Bedlam
|His real name is Baron Frederick DeLamb. He is a supervillain from the fictional country of Markovia. |
| Baron and Baroness Bomburst
|The tyrants of the fictional country of Vulgaria and the main antagonists of the film. |
| Baroness von Bon Bon
|One of the bosses that inhabit Inkwell Isle 2 in the level Sugarland Shimmy. |
| Baroness Anastasia Cisarovna
|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero |Referred to as "the Baroness", she is a villainess in the employ of Cobra. |
| Baron of Hell
|Doom |High tier enemies, two are encountered at the end of Episode 1. |
| Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent
|The wicked stepmother of the film's heroine, Danielle de Barbarac. |
| Baroness Paula von Gunther
|A supervillain and an enemy of Wonder Woman. |
| Baron Leo von Halkein
|Baron in Andorra. The ex-husband of Alexandra Spaulding and father of India von Halkein. |
| Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
|Dune |The head of House Harkonnen and a main villain who is the arch-enemy of House Atreides. |
| Baron and Baroness Von Troken
|A Noble family who once rule the Kingdom of Genovia. |
| Baroness von Hellman
|The noble fashion designer in the "House of Baroness" and the widowed mother of Cruella de Vil. |
| Admiral Lord Hornblower
|Horatio Hornblower series |A Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars, made a knight of the Order of the Bath, and eventually created the Baron Hornblower of Smallbridge in the County of Kent. |
| Baron Matsunaga Tsuneyoshi
|Mameha's danna, a baron (男爵, danshaku) in the Japanese nobility. |
| Baron Mordo
|A Transylvanian nobleman and a supervillain. |
| Baron Munchausen
|First appeared in Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia |A fictional German nobleman loosely based on the real historical baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen. |
| Porthos
|Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds. He is one of the three Musketeers. |
| Baron von Redberry
|Advertising mascot for "Baron von Redberry" breakfast cereal. |
| Baron Strucker
|A supervillain and one of the leaders of Hydra. |
| Sir Roger, Baron de Tourneville
|A medieval English baron who captures an alien spacecraft and eventually gains a space empire. |
| Baron Klaus Wulfenbach
|A pan-European dictator and major antagonist of the comic.{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021209 |website=Girl Genius Online |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=December 9, 2002}} |
| Heinrich Zemo
|The 12th Baron Zemo and a supervillain. |
| Helmut Zemo
|The 13th Baron Zemo, the son of Heinrich Zemo, and a supervillain. |
Lords and ladies
These are fictional characters with the title of "lord" or "lady".
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| Angrod
|A lord of the Noldor. |
| The Seven Great Lords of Narnia
|The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |The Lords Argoz, Bern, Mavramorn, Octesian, Restimar, Revilian, & Rhoop, the seven Lords exiled by Prince Caspian's uncle Miraz, and whom he allies with to regain the throne. |
| Lord Asriel
|A member of the aristocracy in a parallel universe. |
| Elaine of Astolat
|A lady from the castle of Astolat. |
| Petyr Baelish
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |A Machiavellian lord serving as the "Master of Coin" in Westeros. |
| Lady Bane
|Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears |An evil witch and a recurring villain in the series. She is a love interest of Duke Igthorn. |
| Banquo
|A general and an initial ally of Macbeth. |
| Cutler Beckett
|Pirates of the Caribbean film series |A Lord and chairman of the East India Trading Company. |
| Midshipman Lord William Blakeney
|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |The son of Captain Jack Aubrey's former shipmate, Captain Lord Narborough. |
| Roose Bolton
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |The Lord of the Dreadfort whose family has served as bannerman to the Starks and has designs on Winterfell itself. |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh
|The widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh. |
| Bronn
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |A sellsword who allies with Tyrion to become the Lord of House Stokeworth. |
| Lord Buckethead
|Inspired by a character in Hyperspace |A British satirical political candidate. |
| Oliver B. Bumble
|Tom Puss, The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) |An anthropomorphic bear who is also a lord who lives in a castle. |
| Lord and Lady Byrne
|The parents of Joseph Byrne. |
| Grace Cavendish
|A detective and a maid of honour of Queen Elizabeth I. |
| Celeborn
|The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales |Lord Celeborn and his wife Lady Galadriel are the co-rulers of the realm of Lothlórien. |
| Lara Croft
|The daughter of Earl Richard Croft in the Tomb Raider video game and film franchise. Lord Croft was retconned from "Lord Henshingly Croft" to "Richard Croft, the Earl of Abingdon" in the 2001 film and 2006 video game.As an Earl's daughter, she is entitled to use the title of Lady, however the use of Countess is questionable based on the current practice of male-line primogeniture in England, as well as having only been used in Tomb Raider: Legend.{{cite book|author=Piggyback Interactive Ltd|title=Lara Croft Tomb Raider Legend: The Complete Guide|date=2006|publisher=Random House Information Group|isbn=076155324X|page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sMF0oGCCQhoC&lpg=PA3&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q&f=false|via=Google Books}}{{cite web |last1=Evennett |first1=Heather |title=Women, hereditary peerages and gender inequality in the line of succession |url=https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/women-hereditary-peerages-and-gender-inequality-in-the-line-of-succession/ |website=House of Lords Library |publisher=UK Parliament |date=3 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=Titles of Nobility |url=https://www.highlandtitles.com/blog/nobility/# |website=Highland Titles |date=5 September 2021}} |
| Lord Covington
|A member of the board of trustees for a Catholic boarding school and a widower whose wife Lady Marie-Gilberte Covington was terminally ill. |
| Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward
|The daughter of aristocrat Lord Hugh Creighton-Ward, a fashion model, and a secret agent. |
| Lord Darcy
|A detective in an alternate history world. |
| Denethor
|Lord and Steward of Gondor. |
| Lord Downey
|Head of the Assassins' Guild. |
| Lord Drinian
|The captain of the Dawn Treader and an advisor and friend of King Caspian X. |
| Lord Dundreary
|An idiotic English nobleman. |
| Elrond
|The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales |The Lord of Rivendell. |
| Lady Claire of Eltham
|Also known as Lady Claire d'Eltham. She is the widow of a knight and owns lands in both England and France during the Hundred Years' War. Lady Claire is portrayed differently in the 2003 film adaptation, in which she is French instead of English, and is the sister of French commander Arnaut de Cervole. |
| Erkenbrand
|The Lord of the Westfold. |
| Jacqueline Falsworth
|Jacqueline Falsworth, the daughter of Lord Falsworth, the first Union Jack. She is given a blood transfusion from the Human Torch and becomes Spitfire. Married Lord Crichton, entitling her to use the style Lady Crichton. |
| James Montgomery Falsworth
|A retired country squire, the first of three superheroes to go by the name "Union Jack". Incorrectly styled as "Lord" if his brother Baron Blood inherited the title, should only be known as "The Honorable"{{cite web |title=Courtesy Titles |url=https://debretts.com/peerage/the-peerage/courtesy-titles/ |website=Debrett's |access-date=28 December 2024}} |
| Lord Farquaad
|The ruler of Duloc and a main villain. |
| George Fox-Selwyn
|A wealthy British aristocrat, an undercover agent, and a friend of Montmorency. |
| Galadriel
|The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales |Lady Galadriel and her husband Lord Celeborn are the co-rulers of the realm of Lothlórien. |
| Lord Gast
|A vassal of King Smoit and a rival of Lord Goryon. |
| Girion
|Lord of Dale during Smaug's attack on the city, and an ancestor of Bard the Bowman. |
| Lord Glenarvan
|In Search of the Castaways, The Mysterious Island |A wealthy Scottish noble. |
| Lord Goryon
|A vassal of King Smoit and a rival of Lord Gast. |
| John Grey
|As the second son of the Duke of Pardloe, entitled to use the title of Lord. A character in the Outlander franchise whom Jamie spares the life of during the Jacobite rising, later becomes a friend as governor of Ardsmuir Prison. |
| Lord Halewijn
|An evil magical being from Dutch folklore who enchants women with song and kills them. |
| Helspont
|A High Lord of the Daemonites, and a supervillain. |
| Agatha Heterodyne
|The main protagonist of the comic, the Lady Heterodyne,{{cite web |last1=Foglio |title=Girl Genius |url=https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111128 |website=Girl Genius Online |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=November 28, 2011 }} and last of her family name. |
| Arthur Holmwood
|One of the protagonists hunting the vampire Count Dracula, who inherits his father's title of Lord Godalming halfway through the novel. |
| Lady Hideko Izumi
|A Japanese heiress being courted by a conman operating under the sobriquet of "Count Fujiwara" in Japanese-occupied Korea. |
| Thierry of Janville
|A young French lord who fights against the English occupation of France during the Hundred Years' War (a.k.a. "Thierry La Fronde"). |
| Oscar François de Jarjayes
|A woman who was raised as a male and is a French military commander before and during the French Revolution. |
| Lady Jessica
|Dune |A Bene Gesserit, the concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, and the mother of Paul Atreides. |
| Lord Juss
|The chief lord of Demonland and the main hero of the story. |
| Lady Constance Keeble
|Blandings stories |The sister of Lord Emsworth. |
| The Lady of the Lake
|An enchantress who gives King Arthur the sword Excalibur. |
| Tywin Lannister
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |The Lord of Casterly Rock. |
| Lady Cornelia Locke
|The daughter of Lord Locke, Cornelia is an aristocratic Englishwoman who comes to the 19th century American West to seek revenge on the man responsible for the death of her son.{{cite news |last1=Shacklock |first1=Emma |title=Is The English based on a true story and was Emily Blunt’s Lady Cornelia Locke a real person? |url=https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/is-the-english-based-on-a-true-story-and-was-emily-blunts-lady-cornelia-locke-a-real-person/ |work=Woman & Home |date=11 November 2022}} |
| Lynette and Lyonesse
|Noble sisters who travels to King Arthur's court to seek help. |
| Macduff
|Lord Macduff is the Thane of Fife and the main protagonist in Shakespeare's Macbeth. |
| Mr. Majestic
|Lord Majestros, one of four Kherubim lords trapped on Earth during the Kherubim/Daemonite war. He is also a superhero similar to Superman. |
| Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton
|An English noblewoman who secretly works as an assassin, bounty hunter, mercenary, and antagonist of Nightwing. Frequently goes by the sobriquet of "Lady Vic" or "Lady Victim". |
| Lady Marian
|The heroine of the Robin Hood legends, frequently portrayed as rebellious highborn women who supports Robin Hood. |
| Olivia
|A lady of noble birth who is at the center of the multiple plots of the play. |
| Jaina Proudmoore
|The Lord Admiral and ruler of Kul Tiras. |
| George Alexander Pyke
|Blandings stories |The Lord Tilbury of Tilbury House. |
| Lord John Roxton
|The Lost World, The Poison Belt, The Land of Mist |An adventurer. |
| Lord Ruthven
|A fictional character, the antagonist in John William Polidori's "The Vampyre", and not in any way related to the real life Barons Ruthven in the Peerage of Scotland. |
| Lord Ryot
|An 18th century lord and student at Oxford, whose unfortunate demise results in the founding of a private dining club known for debauchery and excess, and continues today, when the film is set. A fictionalised version of the real life Bullingdon Club. |
| Eddard "Ned" Stark
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |Lord of Winterfell. |
| Lady Tremaine
|The "Wicked Stepmother" of Cinderella in the Disney adaptation of the fairy tale. |
| Olenna Tyrell
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |Dowager Lady of Highgarden, and the matriarch of House Tyrell. |
| Darth Vader
|The Star Wars Franchise |A Jedi knight who becomes Lord of the Sith and the main antagonist for much of the Star Wars film franchise, commonly styled as Lord Vader. |
| Lord Oliver de Vannes
|Also known as Sir Oliver. He is an English lord and knight based in France during the Hundred Years' War. He controls the castles Castelgard and La Roque. |
Baronets and baronetesses
{{See also|List of fictional baronets}}
These are fictional characters with the title of "baronet" or "baronetess".
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| Sir Buckstone Abbott
|A baronet trying to sell his house. |
| Sir Anthony Absolute
|A wealthy baronet and the father of Captain Jack Absolute. |
| Sir Michael Audley
|A wealthy middle-aged widower. |
| Sir Charles Baskerville
|The Hound of the Baskervilles |A baronet who is found dead under mysterious circumstances. |
| Sir Henry Baskerville
|The Hound of the Baskervilles |The nephew and heir of Sir Charles Baskerville. |
| Sir Paul Berowne
|A former Minister of the Crown. |
| Sir Thomas Bertram
|The uncle of Fanny Price. |
| Sir Percy Blakeney
|A wealthy English baronet who is secretly a hero known as the Scarlet Pimpernel who rescues French aristocrats from being executed during the French Revolution. |
| Sir Hilary Bray
|On Her Majesty's Secret Service |A genealogist at the London College of Arms whom James Bond impersonates during a mission. |
| Sir Felix Carbury
|A young baronet and the son of Matilda, Lady Carbury. |
| Sir Clifford Chatterley
|The husband of Lady Constance Chatterley. |
| Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore
|An elderly baronet who sent a letter summoning Hercule Poirot to his house, where Poirot finds his dead body. |
| Sir Robert Chiltern
|A member of the House of Commons. |
| Sir Francis Clavering
|A member of Parliament and a gambler. |
| Sir Hugh Clavering
|An affluent and selfish baronet. |
| Sir Pitt Crawley
|A crude baronet whose oldest son is also called Pitt. |
| Sir George Crofts
|The business partner of Mrs. Kitty Warren. |
| Sir Leicester Dedlock
|A conservative baronet. |
| Sir Walter Elliot
|A vain baronet. |
| Sir Austin Feverel
|The Ordeal of Richard Feverel |The father of Richard Feverel. |
| Sir Charles Fraith
|A friend of Agatha Raisin. |
| Sir Gilbert Galbraith (a.k.a. "Gibbie")
|A poor mute boy and the title character of the story. |
| Sir Percival Glyde
|The fiancé and later husband of Laura Fairlie. |
| Sir Julius Hanbury
|"Ghost in the Machine" (an episode of Inspector Morse) |A baronet whose paintings have been stolen, and who is found dead. |
| Sir Topham Hatt ("The Fat Controller")
|The Railway Series, Thomas & Friends |The Controller of the North Western Railway. |
| Sir Alan Lewrie
|Alan Lewrie naval adventure series of novels |A captain in the Royal Navy during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. |
| Sir Hugo Mallinger
|A wealthy gentleman, and the guardian of Daniel Deronda. |
| Sir William McCordle
|a wealthy industrialist and baronet, who hosts a weekend shooting party at his country estate. |
| Sir Despard Murgatroyd
|Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd's younger brother, who took the title of baronet believing that Ruthven was dead, but later transfers it to Ruthven once he finds out that Ruthven is alive. |
| Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd
|He starts out disguised as a farmer under the name "Robin Oakapple", but later accepts his rightful identity as a baronet. |
| Sir Gregory Parsloe
|Blandings stories |The 7th Baronet, and a neighbor and rival of Lord Emsworth. |
| Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre
|An elderly baronet and the father of Alexis Pointdextre. |
| Sir Ross Poldark
|The Twisted Sword, a novel in the Poldark series |He becomes a baronet in this novel. |
| Sir Thomas Sharpe
|An English baronet who travels with his sister, Lucille Sharpe, to the United States on a business trip. |
| Sir Robert Smithson
|The French Lieutenant's Woman |The uncle of Charles Smithson. |
| Sir Anthony Strallan
|A suitor of Lady Edith Crawley. |
| Sir Archie Strume
|The Sixth Column: A Singular Tale of our Times |The tenth baronet of Antenor Hall, and Peter Fleming's chief protagonist in this spy novel. |
| Sir Perceval Stuyvesant
|A British baronet living in America, who is a close friend of Adam Trenton. |
| Sir Helmsley Thwarte
|The father of Guy Thwarte. |
| Sir Dudley Valance
|The younger brother of Cecil Valance. |
| Sir Arthur Wardour
|A Scottish baronet. |
| Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
|Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines |A British pilot who cheats in an air race. |
Knights and dames
These are fictional characters with the title of "knight" or "dame".
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| Accolon
|A knight who is tricked by Morgan le Fay into fighting against King Arthur. |
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek
|A foolish knight. |
| Volker von Alzey
|A knight and minstrel. |
| Humphrey Appleby
|Yes Minister, Yes, Prime Minister |The Permanent Secretary for the Department of Administrative Affairs. |
| Sir Arthur
|The primary protagonist in the video game series. |
| Solaire of Astora
|A knight |
| Sir Bagby
|A knight and the title character of the comic strip. |
| Sir Balin
|A knight of King Arthur's court before the Round Table existed. |
| Bedivere |
| Sir Toby Belch
|The uncle of Olivia. |
| Black Knight
|Monty Python and the Holy Grail |A knight whom King Arthur fights to cross a bridge. |
| Black Knight (Sir Percy)
|Sir Percy of Scandia is the original Black Knight who serves King Arthur. |
| Dane Whitman
| The Black Knight of the Modern Era. |
| Bradamante
|Orlando Innamorato, Orlando Furioso |A female knight, and the sister of Rinaldo. She marries Ruggiero. |
| Dame Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley
|Mrs Bradley series of novels, The Mrs Bradley Mysteries |A detective who eventually becomes a dame. |
| Sir Cawline
|A knight who has to do a great deed to marry a king's daughter. |
| Ser Gregor Clegane
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |An extremely large knight. |
| Dagonet
|A Knight of the Round Table, and a jester. |
| Dame Edna Everage
|The Dame Edna Experience and others |A comedy character played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries. She receives her damehood in the film Barry McKenzie Holds His Own. |
| Falstaff
|Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, The Merry Wives of Windsor |A fat knight who socializes with criminals, and a companion of Prince Hal. |
| Harry Flashman
|Tom Brown's School Days, The Flashman Papers |Originally a school bully, he becomes a Victorian soldier who pretends to be brave, but is really a lying coward. He receives his knighthood in Flashman in the Great Game. |
| Green Knight
|His real name is Bertilak de Hautdesert. He wears green clothing and tests other knights. |
| Griflet
|A Knight of the Round Table. |
| Sir Kay
|The foster brother of King Arthur, the son of Sir Ector, and a Knight of the Round Table. |
| Knights Who Say "Ni!"
|Monty Python and the Holy Grail |A group of knights who shout "Ni!" to force travelers to give them what they want. |
| Suzaku Kururugi
|A member of the Knights of the Round. |
| Ser Jaime Lannister
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |A knight of the Kingsguard. |
| Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
|Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is one of the founding commanders of UNIT and primarily worked with the Third Doctor during his exile on earth, but has been featured with the Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Doctors. He was knighted sometime between the Seventh and Tenth Doctors where his is referred to as Sir Alistair and confirmed during his appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures. |
| Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein
|The fictional name the squire William Thatcher uses to enter jousting contests after his master, Sir Ector dies, leaving his retinue unemployed. He is eventually knighted as Sir William in his own right by the Black Prince. |
| Magic Knight
|Finders Keepers, Spellbound, Knight Tyme, Stormbringer |A video game character. |
| Meta Knight
|A mysterious but honorable knight. |
| Renaud de Montauban
|A son of Duke Aymon. |
| Ser Jorah Mormont
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |A knight in exile. |
| Sir Les Patterson
|Numerous appearances, including in The Dame Edna Experience, The Dame Edna Treatment, and Les Patterson Saves the World |A rude comedy character who received a knighthood. He is played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries. |
| Harry Pearce
|Spooks, Spooks: The Greater Good |The head of the counter-terrorism department of MI5. |
| Pelleas
|A Knight of the Round Table. |
| Sir Hokus of Pokes
|First appears in The Royal Book of Oz, and goes on to appear in later Oz books. |An elderly knight. |
| Austin Powers
|A hippie-like British spy. He is knighted in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember. |
| Johan, De Rode Ridder (Johan, the Red Knight)
|A lonely travelling knight. |
| Floris van Roozemond
|A 16th-century Dutch knight. |
| Ser Davos Seaworth
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |A landed knight. |
| Shining Knight (Sir Justin)
|Sir Justin is the first of three superheroes to go by the name "Shining Knight". He was one of King Arthur's knights before being frozen and waking up in the modern world. |
| Shovel Knight
|A knight armed with a shovel. |
| Silent Knight
|His real name is Brian Kent. He is the son of Sir Edwin, who is a feudal lord. |
| Lord Soth
|A death knight and a former Knight of Solamnia. |
| Brienne of Tarth
|A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones |A female knight. |
| Capitán Trueno
|Capitán Trueno comic book series |A 12th-century knight-errant. |
| The White Knight
|A knight who helps Alice. |
| Link
|In Breath of the Wild, Link is a knight, like his father. |
Lairds
These are fictional characters with the title of "laird".
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| Destro
|His full name is Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV. He is a terrorist and weapons supplier for Cobra. |
| Jamie Fraser
|Laird of Broch Tuarach. |
| Archie MacDonald
|Laird of Glenbogle. |
| Hector MacDonald
|Laird of Glenbogle before his son Archie MacDonald receives the title. |
| Paul Bowman-MacDonald
|He becomes Laird of Glenbogle after his half-brother Archie MacDonald moves to New Zealand. |
| Jonathan Oldbuck
|The Laird of Monkbarns. |
| Fergus McDuck
|Laird of Castle McDuck, father of plutocrat Scrooge McDuck |
Esquires/squires
These are fictional characters with the title of "esquire" or "squire".
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| Squire Allworthy
|The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |A wealthy squire and the guardian of Tom Jones. |
| Mr. Bennet
|An esquire and the patriarch of the Bennet family. |
| Edmund Blackadder Esq.
|The respected butler of the Prince Regent. |
| The Squire
|The son and squire of the Knight. |
| Squire John Trelawney
|A landowner who participates in the expedition to find the treasure. |
| Squire Western
|The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |A wealthy squire and a huntsman. |
Gentry
These are fictional noble characters who do not have titles nor are they noble in the strict sense, but do have aristocratic descent.
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| Bruce Wayne
| A wealthy businessman descended from the medieval Scottish nobility |
| Captain Haddock
|A mariner descendent of a French privateer. |
| Desmond Miles
|An Assassin descended of Florencian noble house Auditore family. |
| Captain Ross Poldark
|A British Army veteran of the American Revolutionary War, who returns to his home in Cornwall to find that his father has died, leaving his estate in ruins. |
| Christopher Tietjens
|"The last Tory", a second son of a wealthy landowning family who serves in the British Army during the First World War. |
Other nobility
Other fictional aristocratic characters that do not have the above titles nor ennobled in the western tradition.
Samurai
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These are fictional characters with the title of "samurai", a Japanese title of warrior nobility similar to "knight".
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| John Blackthorne
|An English sailor who travels to Japan and is given the titles of samurai and hatamoto based on the real life story of William Adams. |
| Date masamune
|A fictional samurai loosely based on the real historical figure Date Masamune. |
| Jack Fletcher
|An English boy shipwrecked in Japan who eventually becomes a samurai. |
| Gintoki Sakata
|A samurai who works as a freelancer. |
| Haohmaru
|A fictional rōnin based on the real historical figure Miyamoto Musashi. |
| Miyamoto Usagi
|Usagi Yojimbo, as well as other media, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles related media |An anthropomorphic rabbit samurai who eventually becomes a rōnin after the death of his lord. |
| Kuroda Jubei
|The fish out of water protagonist foil to Charles Bronson's Link Stuart, both seeking Alain Delon's Gauche in the 1971 Spaghetti Western by Terence Young. |
| Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu
|The leader of a samurai rebellion who is based on the real historical figure Saigō Takamori. |
| Myōjin Yahiko
|An orphan from a samurai family who eventually becomes a samurai himself. |
| Nemuri Kyōshirō
|A rōnin. |
| Samurai Cat
|"Samurai Cat" book series, beginning with The Adventures of Samurai Cat |Also known as Miaowara Tomokato. He is an anthropomorphic cat warrior who formerly served Oda Nobunaga, and subsequently seeks to avenge his master's death. |
| Samurai Futaba
|A comedy sketch character. |
| Samurai Jack
|The Hero of the Cartoon Network series of the same name, wields a magic sword to defeat the demon Aku. Real name is unknown, uses "Jack" as a pseudonym. Son of an also unnamed Emperor of Japan. |
| Sanada Yukimura
|A fictional samurai loosely based on the real historical figure Sanada Yukimura. |
| Tōyama no Kin-san
|Various works |A fictional samurai based on the real historical figure Tōyama Kagemoto. |
| Toranaga Yoshi
|A fictional daimyō of Japan based on the real historical figure Tokugawa Ieyasu. |
| Yamada Asaemon
|A rōnin who works as a sword-tester and executioner. |
| Yasuke
|An alternate-reality anime series loosely based on the historical figure of the same name. |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/character-types-fiction/aristocrats-bluebloods-fiction/_/N-29Z8q8Z10x4 Fictional aristocracy books] on Barnes & Noble website
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