Imperial civilian ranks

The King has absolute power in the Kingdom. All lords swear fealty to him.
In the west, the Prince of Krondor has absolute power, but his decision can be overridden by the king. The Prince of Krondor is the King's Lord-Marshall in the West and the only ruler besides the King who may muster the Knight-Generals).
Only nobility may rule. There are exceptions, such as that of Pug ConDoin (adopted) and Duke James of Krondor (given squireship for saving Arutha's life, son-in-law to Pug). Important merchants can sometimes be as powerful as barons, however, have no the same power as them. Guilds can challenge the nobility, which often causes irritation between the two groups.
The ranks of nobility work as such:
Duke (Controls a Duchy) Earl (Controls an Earldom) Baron (Controls a Barony)
If the word "Knight" is used in a rank, it indicates the King's army, not the local Duke's, Barons, etc.
Now, Borric was Duke of Crydee, and also Kinght-Marshal of the West. Two ranks.
In a Duchy, you have Earls (and Countesses) reporting to their Dukes, and Barons reporting to their Earls and Dukes. Then you've got landed Squires.
In court you've got the King, Princes, Dukes, Counts/Earls (I may be misremembering the Counts), Barons, Baronnets, and Siegures (proncounced "senior" and literally meaning "Sir,") the lowest noble court rank.
In the military you have soldiers, corporals, sergeants, sergeant-majors, lieutenants, captains, generals, and marshals.
In a garrison, you probably don't have sergeant-majors, and no officer above Captain. You'll have HorseMaster (who runs the noble's cavalry), and Swordmaster (who is basically the nobel's military executive officer, and is in charge of training). A Huntmaster may work with archers, but he's not part of the military command).
Also, titles can be mixed, so you can have a Knight-lieutenant who's also a Barron. He runs his own garrison, but in the King's army he's just in the 1st rank of officers. (If that's not too confusing).
Then there are offices, like Warden of the West, Knight-Marshal of the Armies of the East, Warden of the Southern Marches, etc.
Outside of this are the Border Barons who report directly to the King. They're neither regular army or landed nobles, but rather they are garrisons on permanent assignment.