名譽頭銜是一種沒有法理上附屬領地的頭銜。遊戲使用名譽頭銜來代表那些在身份地位上高於伯爵，但是並沒有統治與地位相應的法理領地的角色。例如，在
867年，大部分斯拉夫和波羅的海的原始宗教部落是名譽公國，而大摩拉維亞是一個名譽王國。
名譽王國和名譽帝國分別可以同化法理公國或王國進入其領域，並且在同化法理領地的同時，會不再作為一個名譽頭銜。類似的，法理王國可能會因為法理變動而失去其所有法理公國，變成一個名譽王國。例如，在867年，阿斯圖里亞斯王國和萊昂王國分別擁有一個法理公國，但到了1066年，萊昂同化了阿斯圖里亞斯公國，而阿斯圖里亞斯王國便變成了一個名譽頭銜。
Generally, to create a titular kingdom or empire, you must control its de jure capital (since there is no de jure territory to control 51% or 80% of). You can determine the capital by searching for the title and hovering the "Create" button, or by checking the list of kingdoms or empires.
Certain titular kingdoms (and one titular empire, the Latin Empire) may be formed by a character who holds the required territories and/or meets certain, often religious, requirements. Other titular kingdoms exist in historical starts but cannot be created during the game.
Creating a titular title can be one way of advancing one's title tier, in order to unlock mechanics and allow higher-tier vassals. However, as titular titles have no de jure vassals, the amount of levies provided by vassals will be limited.
Related concepts
Tribal titles are similar to titular titles. The two differences are that they cannot assimilate any de jure titles, and they are destroyed when another title of the same rank is gained. Until the introduction of tribal government in patch 2.2, many Slavic, Finnish, and Baltic characters started out with duchy-tier tribal titles.
Landless titles can exist without the holder having any land, and are often titular. They include holy orders, mercenary companies, most religious head titles, and horde empires that arrive from off-map. The only way these titles can be destroyed is due to lack of heirs, which never happens for those that use Open Elective succession (like the Ecumenical Patriarchate). Without land, they are listed as "residing" in a county, e.g. a landless Pope is usually "Residing in Rome".
Temporary titles are always titular. There are several types of temporary titles:
- Rebellion titles are given to leaders of faction rebellions, so they can temporarily control other members. The title is destroyed when the rebellion ends.
- Landless temporary titles are given to generated revolt leaders and to ToG adventurers. The title is destroyed when the war ends.
- Adventurer titles are given to raiding adventurers and dynamic mercenaries. These titles can persist without land or war, but are not playable.
List of createable titular titles
| Title | Rank | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Territorial | ||
| 拉丁帝國 | Empire | Be Catholic or a Catholic heresy. Control Kaliopolis and Thrake. Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire do not exist. Exists May 5, 1204 – July 24, 1261. |
| 大蒙古國 | Empire | Can only be created by decision when Ruler is nomadic Mongol and has 30 Counties under his rule. Always exists once activated. Exists if you start between year 1206 and 1227. Almost certainly arrives in Mongolia between 1210 and 1218, if it doesn't already exist. |
| Genoa | Kingdom | Be a republic. Control Genoa. Is not titular. Exists 1066-July 26, 1318 and from 1334. |
| 比薩 | Kingdom | Be a republic. Control Pisa. Is not titular. Exists 1066-1284. |
| Naples | Kingdom | Control Napoli. Only if it has previously existed (i.e. after 30 August 1282). De jure Italian Empire. |
| 賽普勒斯 | Kingdom | Is not titular. De jure Byzantine Empire. Exists from May 3, 1192 |
| 馬扎爾 | Kingdom | Control Pest. Is player. Exists from start dates 769 to 867. |
| 阿馬爾菲 | Duchy | Be a republic. Control Amalfi. Exists until 1060. Titular from 1052. |
| Pechina | Duchy | Be a republic. Control Almeria. |
| Gotland/Visby | Duchy | Control Gotland. Is not titular. [is titular in some start dates and de jure in others] |
| Durham | Duchy | Control Durham. Has Theocracy government. Must be Catholic. [tooltip says that title can be held only by catholics but that is not true. + tooltip does not say you need to be catholic to create it.] Uses short name. |
| 法蘭克尼亞 | Kingdom | Impossible to create if Thankmar's rebellion has failed (936 start only); can currently be created outside of that start. |
| 施瓦本 | Kingdom | Control Schwaben. Impossible to create if Thankmar's rebellion has failed (936 start only); can currently be created outside of that start. |
| Thuringia | Kingdom | Impossible to create if Thankmar's rebellion has failed (936 start only); can currently be created outside of that start. |
| Religious heads | ||
| Fylkirate | Duchy | Given to the reformer of the Norse Pagan religion. Can be recreated if destroyed: requires 3 holy sites, 750 piety. |
| The Romuvan Church | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Romuva religion. |
| The Slavic Church | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Slavic religion. |
| The Tengri Church | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Tengri religion. |
| The Suomenusko Church | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Suomenusko religion. |
| The West African Church | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the reformer of the West African religion. |
| The Aztec Church | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Aztec religion. |
| Church of Zun | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the reformer of the Zunist religion. |
| The Zoroastrian Church | Duchy | Given to a vassal of the Zoroastrian restorer of the Persian Empire. Control Persian Empire, 300 piety. |
| The Sunni Caliphate | Duchy |
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| The Shia Caliphate | Duchy |
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| Fraticelli Papacy | Duchy | Fraticelli, County of Rome |
| The Hurufi Skeikhdom [sic] | Duchy |
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| The Ibadi Caliphate | Duchy |
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| Yazidi Sheikhdom | Duchy | Be Yazidi. Control Mosul. Have 1000 piety. |
| The Kharijite Caliphate | Duchy |
(Kharijites don't care about Sayyid and Mirza traits.) |
| The Iconoclast Patriarchate | Duchy | By decision. Requires  Sons of Abraham, 1000 piety and someone in the realm must own Constantinople. Granted to a randomly generated Iconoclast priest.
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| Jewish High Priesthood | Duchy | Jewish, County of Jerusalem |
List of uncreateable titular titles
| Title | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Religious heads | ||
| The Ecumenical Patriarchate | Kingdom | 東正教領袖。總是存在。 |
| The Miaphysite Papacy | Duchy | Holder is called Coptic Pope. Always exists |
| The Monophysite Papacy | Duchy | Always exists |
| The Monothelite Patriarchate | Duchy | Always exists |
| The Patriarchate in the East | Duchy | Nestorian. Always exists |
| 教廷 | Kingdom | 天主教領袖。總是存在。 |
| The Paulician Patriarchate | Duchy | Paulician. Always exists |
| Titular empires | ||
| 阿茲特克帝國 | Empire | If the  Sunset Invasion DLC is active, it will show up somewhere on the Atlantic Coast sometime around 1250.
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| 察合台汗國 | Empire | 從1227年開始作為一個蒙古汗國存在。 |
| 科爾多瓦哈里發國 | Empire | 存在於936劇本的伊比利亞半島。 (倭馬亞/伍麥葉哈里發國). |
| 伊兒汗國 | Empire | 從1227年開始作為一個蒙古汗國存在。 |
| 金帳汗國 | Empire | 從1227年開始作為一個蒙古汗國存在。 |
| 塞爾柱帝國 | Empire | Now obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Esfahan, Turkish culture, tribal. |
| 帖木兒帝國 | Empire | Can arrive in Khiva between 1360 and 1405. |
| Titular kingdoms | ||
| 阿爾摩西德（穆瓦希德） | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Al-Murabitids | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Avaria | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Esztergom, Avar culture. |
| Aydin | Kingdom | Exists from 1308 in Anatolia. |
| Beni Helal | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Bosnia | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Serbian culture. |
| Candar | Kingdom | Exists from 1307 in Anatolia. |
| Eretnid | Kingdom | Exists from 1335 in Anatolia. |
| Fatimids | Kingdom | Now obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Cairo, Egyptian culture. |
| Germiyan | Kingdom | Exists from 1300 in Anatolia. |
| Hammadid | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| 漢薩同盟 | Kingdom | Merchant republic. Created by event in late 1100s if HRE exists. Exists historically from 1227. |
| Kafsid | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Karaman | Kingdom | Exists from 1256 in Anatolia. |
| 倫巴第 | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Pavia, Lombard culture. |
| Marinid | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Mentese | Kingdom | Exists from 1280 in Anatolia |
| 奧斯曼（奧托曼） | Kingdom | Exists from 1299 in Anatolia. |
| 佩切涅格 | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Oleshye, Pecheneg culture, tribal. |
| 羅姆 | Kingdom | Never takes on the name of its ruling dynasty. Exists 1077-1306 in Anatolia. |
| Saruhan | Kingdom | Exists from 1308 in Anatolia. |
| Tekke | Kingdom | Exists from 1300 in Anatolia. |
| Trinacria | Kingdom | Exists from March 20, 1282, held by Aragon. Independent most dates after November 11, 1285. |
| Zenata | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Zirid | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Ziyanids | Kingdom | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Titular duchies | ||
| 阿巴斯/阿拔斯 | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Arabia Felix | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Arabs | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Culture set to Bedouin. |
| 阿薩辛 | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Balearic | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Belgrade | Duchy | Exists from 1248 to 1272. Held by Hungary. |
| Bergen | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Bordeaux | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Braganza | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Butrinto | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Campania | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Catalonia | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Chaldea | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Cumberland | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Curonians (Curonian) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Kurzeme, Lettigallian culture, tribal. |
| Denmark (Danes) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Sjaelland, Danish culture, tribal. |
| Don | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Dorostotum | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Dregovichi | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Pinsk, Russian culture, tribal. |
| El Rif | Duchy | Leftover from an earlier version. Can still be created with console command. |
| El-Arish | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Erzerum | Duchy | Exists from 1071 in Armenia. Held by the Seljuks, Rum (1077), the Ilkhanate (1243) and the Eretnids (1335). |
| Estonians (Estonia) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Kalevan (Reval), Estonian culture, tribal. |
| Galatia | Duchy | Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be held by Nikephoros Phokas in 1066, but does not appear in game. |
| Gauthiod (Geats) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Västergötland, Norse culture, tribal. |
| Georgia | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Gilan | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Glomacze | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Meissen, Pomeranian culture, tribal. |
| Hellas | Duchy | Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be a Byzantine duchy later held by Aragon, but does not appear in game. |
| Ikonion | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Ilmenians | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Novgorod, Russian culture, tribal. |
| Ingrians (Ingers) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal. |
| Kappadokia | Duchy | Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be a vassal of Rum in Anatolia, but does not appear in game. |
| Karnten | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Käkisalmians (Kexholm) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal. |
| Khazars | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Sarkel, Khazar culture, tribal. |
| Kirkuk | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Krakow | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Kryvians | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Polotsk, Russian culture, tribal. |
| Kvens (Kajaneborg) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal. |
| Laodikeia | Duchy | Not fully implemented. Was supposed to be a Byzantine duchy in Anatolia, but does not appear in game. |
| Lendians | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Krakow, Polish culture, tribal. |
| Lettigallians (Lettigalians) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Lettigallian culture, tribal. |
| Luristan | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Lut | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Lykia | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Mar | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Meryas | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Rostov, Mordvin culture, tribal. |
| Meshcheras | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Ryazan, Mordvin culture, tribal. |
| Milano | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| 明斯克 | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Muromians | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Murom, Mordvin culture, tribal. |
| Nikomedeia | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Obotrites | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Mecklenburg, Pomeranian culture, tribal. |
| Oxford | Duchy | Obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Oxford. |
| Pechenegs | Duchy | Obsolete, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Olvia, Pecheneg culture, tribal. |
| Pressburg | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Pronsk | Duchy | Exists from 1177 as a Rurikid Grand Principality. From 1237 vassal of the Golden Horde. |
| Pruthenians | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Marienburg, Prussian culture, tribal. |
| Qom | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Radimichi | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Mstislavl, Russian culture, tribal. |
| Romagna | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Saamod (Sames) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Samoyed culture, tribal. |
| Salamanca | Duchy | Exists from 1337 as a titular duchy of the king of Castille and León. |
| Sami | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Lappish culture, tribal. |
| Sandomiersk | Duchy | Exists from 1138 until 1306 as a vassal of Poland. |
| Satakuntans (Satakunta) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal. |
| Severians | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Novgorod Seversky, Russian culture, tribal. |
| Shiraz | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Sinope | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Slovakia | Duchy | Exists from 1066 as a vassal of Hungary. Held by the crown prince (heir to the King of Hungary). |
| Sorbs | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Luzycka, Pomeranian culture, tribal. |
| Swithjod (Sweden) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Uppland, Norse culture, tribal. |
| Switzerland (Swiss) | Duchy | Exists from 1291 as a republic vassal of the HRE. Unplayable. |
| Tavastians (Tavasts) | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal. |
| Ural | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Varna | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Veps | Duchy | Exists at 867 start as an independent Finnish high chiefdom. Mordvin culture, tribal. |
| Vlachs | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Volga | Duchy | Leftover from an earlier version. Can still be created with console command. |
| Votes | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Finnish culture, tribal. |
| Vyatichi | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. Capital set at Tver, Russian culture, tribal. |
| Wielkopolska | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Zara | Duchy | Not implemented, but can be created with console command. |
| Zaragoza | Duchy | Exists from 769 until 1115 as a Muslim emirate in Hispania. |
| Zemigallians (Zemigalians) | Duchy | Exists from 1066 until 1199 as an independent Lettigallian high chiefdom. Lettigallian culture, tribal. |
| Hamadan | Duchy | [placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated] |
| Kermanshah | Duchy | [placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated] |
| Esfahan | Duchy | [placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated] |
| Tigris | Duchy | [placeholder: exists in some starts but can't be recreated] |