North Carolina south of the Chowan River and east of the Great Dismal Swamp in 1655. By 1663, this northeastern area of the Province of Carolina, known as the Albemarle Settlements, was undergoing full-scale English settlement. During the same period, the English monarch Charles II gave the province to the Lords Proprietors, a group of noblemen who had helped restore Charles to the throne in 1660. The new province of "Carolina" was named in honor and memory of King Charles I (Latin: "Carolus"). In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. Except for the Earl Granville holdings, it became a royal colony
Monarch the peerage of France). The table below lists titles in approximate order of precedence. According to protocol any holder of a title indicating sovereignty took precedence over any non-sovereign titleholder. When a difference exists below, male titles are placed to the left and female titles are placed to the right of the slash. It is not uncommon that people who are not generally seen as monarchs nevertheless use monarchical titles. There are at least five cases of this: Monarch A monarch is a sovereign head of state in a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power in