Viscount / Viscountess

Viscounts and Viscountesses are above Barons and Baronesses. They are given lands to oversee, though less than Counts and Countesses.
    The title is hereditary, passed down to the firstborn male of the title holder.
Real-Life Equivalent
Departmental council (France)
Type
Nobility, Hereditary
Status
In use
Form of Address
Lord / Lady [surname or place]
Source of Authority
Reports directly to