His
Excellency, The Prince DOUGLAS
he Prince Douglas, St. Michel de
Clermont, was born
in 1944, and is of Noble and Royal ancestry.
He has spent his life in diplomacy, charitable work, as a museums officer and an antiques
and fine art dealer.
His Excellency divides his time between Canada, Britain and Italy, having various
interests in each locale.
He is directly descended (father to son) from Nechtan, King of the Picts (circa 720 A.D.)
the first in that lineage to convert to the Christian faith.
This lineage can itself be traced completely and directly to 320 A.D.
In 1991, the Patriarchate of Antioch (Jacobite Rite) of the Orthodox Church, custodian of
Byzantine Titles since the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453, raised the Barony
of Clermont to the status of a Principality, with the new name of St. Michel de Clermont,
in recognition of diplomatic services performed by The Prince Douglas.
Therefore, in addition to his position as The Prince, St. Michel de Clermont, and as
Prince Grand Master of three Orders of Chivalry (the Order of St. Victor, the Order of St.
Andrew of Jerusalem and the Order of the Commonwealth) His Excellency is related by blood
to many of the Thrones of modern Europe and to their previous occupants.
His Excellency, The Prince, also holds numerous other Noble Titles, which are shown below.
His Excellency, The Prince, also holds numerous other Noble Titles, which are shown below.
Prince, Saint Michel de
Clermont, Most Orthodox Prince and Defender of the Faith, Duque de La Vecilla de León,
Marqués de Vitoria, Baron de Clermont, Laird of Camster, Grand Master and Principal
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Commonwealth, the Order of Saint Andrew of
Jerusalem and of the Order of Saint Victor, Gran Cruz de Justicia Orden San Jorge y Santa
Bárbara en América, Gran Cruz Orden Imperial O Des Castro Leones Del Anahuac, Gran Cruz
de Justicia y Baili Par El Canadá, Ordinis Supremi Militaris I El Mérito, Grand Cross of
Justice of the Royal House of Cantabria, Knight Grand Cross with High Collar of the
Venerable Sovereign Religious Order of the Ambrosinis, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of
Saint Randolf the Bishop, Chevalier of the Royal Crown of Boheme, and Knight's Cross of
the Order of the Silver Crossbow and Consul General Delegado en Canadá de la
Confederación del Anahuac
Latin Greece, during the hegemony of the Latin Emperors of Constantinople in the first half of the 13th Century. Castle Tornese, the seat of the Barons of Clermont, is located on the western coast near the island of Zante.
The Latin Empire of Constantinople (1204-1261). It was during this dynasty that the Barony of Clermont was established.
This is the Holy Land as it existed during the Crusades - the world in which the Order of St. Andrew of Jerusalem was born in 1232.
