Hughes. Smith was a serious man in his thirties, covered in scars and with a large muscular body that looked very powerful. He had long gray-silver hair, and his light blue eyes were shining under thick brows. The weather-beaten cheeks are even more handsome in the cold wind, a proper middle-aged handsome guy.

Edward followed Elizabeth out of the Palazzo Escherly, and the two little maids beside him hurried to the stables, leading Edward's beloved foal. The foal belongs to the warm-blooded cabal horse, which was a popular horse breed in England in the 16th century. Suitable for long-distance running, it is a late-blooming horse that originated from the Caucasian horse breed in northern Eurasia, and the adult horse weighs a full 950 pounds. In size, it is a small horse, of course, compared to Europe. It is a mountain horse bred in the North Caucasus, with a docile temperament, a steady gait, and the ability to find direction and find its way through dense fog and darkness. They are very hardworking and hard-working and are known for their long-range endurance.

The foal was named Arthur by Edward, huh! That's his bad taste. Arthur had snow-white hair, which was combed white by the maids, and he was very beautiful. Arthur, who was more than a year old, was very happy to be able to go out for a walk, and ran to Edward's side with his pony head held high, and bit at his sleeve. "Alright, alright! Knowing that you are in a panic, didn't this bring you out? "The foal seemed to understand, and the bite was much weaker, but it still rubbed with its small teeth." Well, I'll take you around three times a week, outside the palace! Edward made a promise in reluctance.

Only then did Edward escape, and Princess Elizabeth stopped to watch Edward's embarrassment with interest.

Princess Elizabeth was born at Présench Palace in London, England, the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his second queen, Anne Boleyn. Since her parents were married under Protestant canonical law, the Catholic Church considers her to be an illegitimate daughter. She was named heir to the throne at birth, and her half-sister Mary became her servant. When Elizabeth was three years old, her mother was convicted of treason and executed, and a year later Henry VIII and his third queen, Jane Seymour, gave birth to a boy: Edward. Elizabeth and Mary both became Edward's servants. Elizabeth was born in 1537, four years older than Edward, and was very close to Edward.

The two of them came to the school grounds of the palace in a fight, and at this time, Baron Smith was training dozens of young boys in their teens. The baron stared at them with a serious face, and the young men tensed their faces under the baron's strict training, and did not say a word.

In view of Baron Smith's prowesss, Henry VIII appointed him chief of the palace guard, commanding five hundred court guards. This is also all the armed forces of the entire royal family, the standing armed army. They consisted of the second sons of the nobles, in addition to the eldest son, who came to swear allegiance to His Majesty with their own horses and armor, hoping to gain merit in war and win fiefs.

According to the rules of the Middle Ages, the aristocracy was loyal to the nobles who canonized it, and the iron law that the vassals of the vassals were not my vassals. And the vassals must lead the army to fight in war, so the king does not have a long army, and the king can't afford to raise it!

In the Middle Ages, kings and nobles jointly governed the country. The king divided the great nobles into various places, and the nobles had to be loyal to the king, and the great nobles were divided into small nobles, layer after layer, thus forming the basis of the entire state in the Middle Ages.

Nobles in order: knight - baron - viscount - count - duke - king. This is the dominant power in the whole of England, and theoretically the knight is the same as the king, and the king is just a great nobleman, of course, this is also theoretical.

If you don't, why isn't there a marquis?

Earl: County, Duchy: Duchy and Margravate. These feudal feudal systems began in the time of Charles, the court minister of the Frankish kingdom. Originally, the Frankish titles were not hereditary, but after the fall of the Carolingian dynasty, the self-respecting local lords took the opportunity to develop a hereditary system, forming what became the state within a state (the centralization of the early German states was maintained, and their principalities were hereditary much later). The most common in the Middle Ages is the earl, count count/earl originally refers to the right and left hands of the Germanic kings, the local governors who are divided into local towns and guards, these local governors set judicial, military, and tax powers, and gradually formed the feudal class of the earl, which gave a lot of power when it was divided, and also became the high-level in the feudal system.

After the dissolution of the kingdom, they supported themselves and established an independent kingdom. Duke Dux originally referred to the military commander who guarded the frontier during the Roman Empire, but after the collapse of the Roman Empire, this title was retained and became the title of the emperor's feudal lord: in the major feudal states: the duke of Germany came from the leaders of the Germanic tribes, who led their own armies to defend one side in order to resist the invasion of the Magyars in the early days of the fall of East Francia, for which the monarch gave him the title of general in the Roman era to show his honor. In France, dukes were also mainly given to the leaders of a particular tribal area, sometimes with multiple counts, while other regions were dominated by counties. In England, the title of duke, which was created after Edward III, was given to princes, which was actually the same as that of the Earl, but signified a slightly higher status. In addition, the countries of Eastern and Southern Europe were heavily influenced by the Holy Roman Empire, and many of their local leaders were dukes given by the emperor. The Duke Duke is second only to the Prince, and the territory under the Duke's rule is called the Duchy. The duke had greater power, and the duke exercised judicial arbitration and taxation powers in his own land, while maintaining his own army, and the duke could continue to divide smaller lords such as viscounts, barons, etc.

Duchies, Bo States, and Hou States were all directly divided by the king, and in fact, sovereignty changed with the power of the Son of Heaven just like the vassal states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Later, the territory of Viscount and Baron was too small to be a state. If you open the map of medieval Europe, you will see many counties and principalities. These states, which can be marked on the map, are generally sovereign states, and they are often detached from the authority of the king for historical reasons, and are governed by the local feudal nobles with various sovereignty, but obviously do not reach the level of "the state of a certain people", and they call them dukes or counties according to their titles. These warlord-like magnates were a nation of their own and exerted no small influence in medieval history. In addition, because of the duke's high-ranking title and military nature, many warlord-like states that were not feudal were called duchies.

The concept of a marquis, which is generally found in Germany, refers to the frontier of frequent wars, for which a military district of a vassal state was set up, headed by the Marquis Marquis, and the two most famous marquis states were Brandenburg (later Prussia) and Austria (the German word for the eastern border, which later became the base of the Habsburgs). Later in other feudal states, the title of marquis was occasionally used, but it was generally used as a supplement and was rarely divided.

To put it simply, in fact, a marquis generally refers to a border count. Because of the tension in the border area, they had an unusual status, so they were promoted to marquis. Because it is a border area, it is naturally less than the usual number of counts. Of course, there are other reasons, but this is an important one.