Imperial Decree 708

IMPERIAL DECREE Nº 708

ON THE TITLES OF THE STEWARD

BY

HIS MAJESTY THE KAISER

The Steward of the Imperial Republic shall hold the title, dignity and honour ex officio of Marquess (or Marchioness) of Shirekeep.

In the event that there is a named heir apparent to the Shirerithian throne and that he or she is not the Steward, then the heir apparent shall hold the title of Count of the Skyla Isles.

The provisions of Imperial Decrees Nº 655 and 681 on the "Duke of Skyla" and "Ducal privileges over the Skyla Isles" are nullified, given that they were never employed.

Done at the Keep the tenth day of Kuspor in the year sixteen-hundred and twenty-one.

Ayreon III