Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in administration and government]
7. rulers (people)
8. viceroys

Anotations

Scope note:

Term used in various parts of Europe at different times from the Roman Empire to the early modern era, and in some European colonies in America, to designate high-ranking officials or nobles who either directly served or represented their monarch in certain spheres, such as the military, the judiciary, or the royal household, or who exercised royal power in a division or dependency of the realm.