If you marry into aristocracy, will you get the title of your spouse?

Question

Lets say you are a woman, and you marry a Count, but you do not come from an aristocratic background, will you become a Countess? Or you will just be married to him with no title?

Answer 1

If you are a woman who marries into aristocracy you will become titled. However, it doesn't work the other way round, usually a man will not inherit a title if his wife is titled.

The exception is if somebody untitled marries the heiress presumptive to the throne. For example Prince Philip was untitled when he became engaged to the then Princess Elizabeth, although he'd been born a Prince of Greece and Denmark he gave up those titles on becoming a naturalised British Citizen and was untitled until the day before his wedding when he was created HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Although the then Princess Elizabeth was only heiress presumptive her parents were highly unlikely to have a son as the Queen (later Queen Mother) was 47 and King George VI was even older.

Answer 2

You would definitely be honored with a "courtsey title" upon marriage. Your title and style will be the feminie equivalent of your husband.  A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used by children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles may mislead those unacquainted with the system into thinking that they have substantive titles.

A substantive title (or substantive peerage) is a title of nobility or royalty held by someone (normally by one person alone), which they gained through either grant or inheritance, as opposed to one given or loaned to them either as a courtesy title, or gained through marriage.

Duke - Duchess

Earl - Countess

Marquess - Marchioness

Viscount - Viscountess

Baron - Baroness

If your husband was styled as "Lord", you will be styled as "Lady" upon marriage.

If your husband was styled as" "His Royal Highness", you will be styled as "Her Royal Highness" upon marriage.

If your husband was a "Prince", you will be become his "Princess." However, you would not be a Princess in your own right. A common mistake was made about Diana when the media referred her as "Princess Diana", which is incorrect. Her "courtsey title" was Diana, Princess of Wales and was fully titled and styled as "Her Royal Highness, Princess Charles Philip Arthur George" upon marriage.

You will certaintly be given a title but not of your own! Thats why its called "courtsey title"! Talk about discrimination against different "social classes."

Answer 3

Yes..

Answer 4

Yes.  If a woman marries an Earl she will become a Countess.  There is no title of Count in England.  The title of Count is European.

Answer 5

you will recive the title of your husband!

Answer 6

yes, of course. you have to get your spouse's title.

Answer 7

A woman assumes the title of her aristocratic husband,while a man does not.

Answer 8

You take the title for yourself, ie if a woman marries a count she becomes the countess.