Calling a duke ?

Question

How must we call a Duke (and he's also a Grand Prior) ? "Excellency" ? "Highness"...What ?

Answer 1

Call him "My Excellent Gayness".

Answer 2

How about Mr. Wayne?

Answer 3

It depends on if he is a Royal Duke, like the Duke of York, who would be addressed as "You're Royal Highness" and then "Sir." For a simple,non-royal Duke, he is addressed by title:His Grace, the Duke of-- when introduced,then "My Lord, Duke" or "Your Grace."

Answer 4

A duke is a nobleman, historically of highest rank below the King or Queen, and usually controls a duchy or a Dukedom.

The way a "Duke" is addressed and styled solely depends on his birth rights, his ancestry and his status.

Royal heirs through the male-line of a monarch are usually titled and styled as "His Royal Highness Prince X and Duke of X."

The following are a few styles that are used to address a duke:

- His/Her Royal Highness (abbreviation HRH, oral address Your Royal Highness) — other members of a Royal House, reigning grand dukes, members of some grand ducal houses, some princes consort.

- His/Her Grand Ducal Highness (abbreviation HGDH, oral address Your Grand Ducal Highness) — junior members of some grand ducal houses

- His/Her Highness (abbreviation HH, oral address, Your Highness) — reigning dukes and members of reigning ducal houses, members of some grand ducal houses, junior members of some royal houses, emirs and sheikhs

- His/Her Ducal Serene Highness (abbreviation HDSH, oral address, Your Ducal Serene Highness — members of some ducal houses

- His/Her Serene Highness (abbreviation HSH, oral address Your Serene Highness) — sovereign or mediatized German Dukes and Princes

- The Most Noble or His Grace (oral address Your Grace) — Dukes

Read more about "Styles" manner of address at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_(mann...

Answer 5

I would go with:

"Here Duke! Come on, boy! That's a boy! Come on Duke!"

Answer 6

If you are adressing a Duke who also happens to be a member of the Royal familt, such as the Queen's husband the Duke of Edinburgh, or her son the Duke of York then you mus call these men, Your Royal Higness.

If it is a non-royal Duke then such as the Duke of Argyll or the Duke of Westminster then you must adress these men as Your Grace.

Answer 7

Your Dukeness?

Answer 8

your Grace for non royal Dukes

you royal Highness for Royal ones

Answer 9

Hmmm, how about hey dude, hows the hammer hanging?