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Aristocrat:
Aristocrat of time - Emily Dickinson "She sped as the Petals of a Rose"

Ageless aristocracy of a peerless soul - D.H. Lawrence "Hibiscus and Salvia Flowers"

The delicate aristocracies of bloom - Alfred Noyes "Linnaeus"

Baron:
Rome's legacy recalled by certain barons in their failing days - Charles Baudelaire "Spleen" transl. by Richard Howard

Caesar.

Calif/Caliph:
Gems that drop from off a Calif's crown - Adam Mickiewicz "Alushta By Day" transl. by Edna Worthley Underwood

Caste:
a caste of lies is built as cells - Ugonna-Ora Owoh "Syndrome"

Czar.

Dame:
Dame Night her tapestry's begun - Scharmel Iris "The Forest of the Sky" [The Little Review Nov. 1914 (v.1, no.8)]

Discovering many a glimpse of knights and dames - Samuel Rogers "Ginevra"

Duke:
Gorgeous terrible dukedom of desire - Rachel Annand Taylor "The Hours of Fiammetta XLIX: The Change"

Dynasty.

Emperor/Empress.

Free-Born:
To lift up their free-born eyes undaunted - Euripedes "Hercules Distracted" transl. by Michael Wodhull

Free-born bird with echo babbling after - Gretta "Lily Leslie" [Graham's Magazine v.XXXV no.3, Sept. 1849]

Helot:
One of the mart-made helots - W. Wilfred Campbell "Sebastian Cabot"

Imperial.

King.

Knight.

Lady.

Liege:
Shall disown Time's haughtiest lieges - Rachel Annand Taylor "The Hours of Fiammetta XLIV: The Conquest of Immortality"

Lord.

Majestic/Majesty.

Monarch.

Noble.

Peasant.

Pharaoh.

Prince/Princess.

Queen.

Regal.

Regent:
Regents of the spheres of light - Luís de Camões "The Lusiad; or, The Discovery of India: Book I. Argument" transl. by William Julius Mickle

Fair regent of the night - William Falconer "The Shipwreck: Canto I"

Retinue:
Like a retinue of assassins - Susan Rich "Shadowbox"

Royal.

Serf.

Slave.

Sovereign.

Squire.

Subject.

Succession/Successive.

Thane:
Of thanes and thieves and kin - Shivanee Ramlochan "Witch Hindu"

Thrall.

Throne.

Tzar.

Vassal.


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