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A [[Baron]] is a noble rank within the system of [[Imperial Nobility]] in the [[Third Imperium]].
* The [[Vilani (language)|Vilani]] term for Baron is ''[[Iishakku]]''. 

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
''Landed Barons'' are awarded their [[Barony|Baronial]] titles when their world attains the potential of an Agricultural asset or has become comfortably developed as a Rich world. 

''Ceremonial Barons'' have administrative duties that may encompass a world or system, or are lesser functionaries within bureaucracies overseen by higher level nobles, depending upon the nature and importance of the office.  
* The Vilani term for ''Baron'' is ''Iishakku''.
* The land grant of a ''Baron'' is known as a ''[[Barony]]''.

=== Entitlement Synopsis ===
The second level of noble rank is the [[baron]], the lowest level normally accorded membership in the peerage. [[Baron|Barons]] are referred to in several different styles including the use of prefixes to the surname (such as ap-, von-, haut-, or hault-) and or the title [[Baron]] (or [[Baron|Baroness]] for females). An individual accorded a [[barony]] for service may receive a fief of land on a single world, generally not more than 100 km<sup>2</sup>, or alternately may receive 4 terrain hexes on the fief-world with 4 associated terrain hexes on non-[[mainworld]]s in the same system if he has an appointment as a Landed Noble. Landed [[Baron]] fiefs are generally granted on Rich or Agricultural worlds.  When a [[barony]] includes a fief, then the title is generally followed by the fief's name (such as ''Baron Solvenos'').

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
=== The Ziru Sirka ===
Under the [[Ziru Sirka|Old Vilani Imperium]], an ''Iishakku'' (“governor”) was in origin a regional administrator on ancient [[Vland (world)|Vland]], with both executive and judicial powers over a large city or its equivalent. When the [[Vilani]] developed space travel, the duties of the ''Iishakku'' were expanded to the roughly modern equivalent of an Imperial [[Baron]], typically administering one or more worlds under a provincial governor. In some cases ''Iishakku'' served as roving troubleshooters and inspectors, and as such they wielded power and influence out of proportion to their official position.  

After the establishment of the [[Rule of Man]] over the defeated [[Ziru Sirka|Vilani Imperium]], most of the old [[Vilani]] titles were rendered into rough [[Anglic]] equivalents, and ''Iishakku'' was translated as [[Baron]], though its function within the Old Imperial social and political structure initially remained largely unchanged. 

=== The Third Imperium ===
In the early years of the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]], [[Baron|barons]] served in lesser positions throughout the majority of the [[Third Imperium|Imperial]] government, often assigned to act as couriers or personal representatives of higher ranked nobles on critical missions. Though all [[Baron|barons]] were landless in the founding years of the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]], they would eventually be awarded the oversight of worlds as they were added to the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]]. 

Though the title of [[baron]] had existed under the [[Sylean Federation|Sylean Federation's]] system of nobility, [[Cleon I]]  conceived of “the baronage” as a major link between the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]] and its member worlds, his intention being that local leaders on [[Third Imperium|Imperial]] worlds would be given a stake in the [[Third Imperium|Imperial]] system through the grant of landed [[barony|baronial]] (or lesser) titles.  Alongside the many [[baron|barons]] already present in the [[Third Imperium|Imperial]] government, [[baron|barons]] eventually came to vastly outnumber the rest of the [[Third Imperium|Imperial]] peerage as a result.

Today [[Baron|barons]] can be created and assigned by either the [[Iridium Throne]] or, in some parts of the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]], by the [[Archduke|Archdukes]] of [[Domain|Domains]] {{Page cite|name= Imperiallines 7 |citeName= IL7 |article= Nobility in the Third Imperium (Part One)|page= 4-7}}. Those created by an [[Archduke]] are officially ranked below those created by the [[Emperor]], but are usually recommended for Imperial appointment. They are not normally considered to be [[Peer]]s in the [[Imperial]] [[Moot]], though they may have voting rights in more regional [[Domain]] assemblies. Some [[Baron|barons]] have no associated land-grant at all, holding the title merely as an honorific. However, many have at least some territorial holdings, even if they are not representing a world to the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]].

Local planetary nobility who are world-rulers are sometimes granted a [[barony]] associated with their world if they do not possess a higher Imperial title of their own both as a courtesy and in order to give them a stake in the ruling of the [[Third Imperium|Imperium]]. 

Imperial admirals and generals are often granted the honor title of baron without a fief or duties if they achieve their rank without having acquired any other title.

== See Also ==
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Nobles |page= TBD}} 
|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia |page= TBD}}
|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Milieu 0 |page= TBD}}
|S5= {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page= TBD}}
|S6= {{Ludography cite|name= Agent of the Imperium |page= TBD}}
|S7= {{Ludography cite|name= Library Data |version= Mongoose Traveller| page= TBD}}
|S8= {{Ludography cite|name= Imperiallines 7 |article= Nobility in the Third Imperium (Part One)|page= 4-7}}
|S9= EXTERNAL LINK: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mRGZE7RZZJrchoaudEX9-wXeZTTJves6ohYiigK2STU/edit#gid=0 T5 Noble Patents List] [http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/ CotI]
|S11= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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