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'''Prince''', from the [[Latin]] root ''[[princeps]]'', is a general term for a [[monarch]], for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a [[hereditary title]] in some members of Europe's highest [[nobility]]. The female equivalent is a [[princess]].
==Historical background==
[[Image:Maccari-Cicero.jpg|thumb|350px|Cicero attacks [[Catiline]] in the Senate of the Roman Republic.]]
The [[Latin]] word ''prīnceps'' (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, literally "first taker"), became the usual title of the informal leader of the [[Roman senate]] some centuries before [[Christ]], the ''[[princeps senatus]]''.
Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on the basis of ''[[principate]]'', not ''[[Dominate|dominion]]''. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in the country or attending religious rituals, and, for that task, granted them the title of ''princeps''.
The title has generic and substantive meanings:
* generically, ''prince'' refers to members of a family that [[monarchy|ruled by hereditary right]], the title being used to refer either to sovereigns or to cadets of a sovereign's family. The term may be broadly used of persons in various cultures, continents or eras. In Europe, it is the title legally borne by dynastic cadets in monarchies, and borne by courtesy by members of formerly reigning dynasties.
* as a [[substantive title]], a ''prince'' was a monarch of the lowest [[rank]] in post-[[Napoléon I of France|Napoleon]]ic Europe, e.g. Princes of, respectively, [[Andorra]], [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]], [[Mingrelia]], [[Monaco]], [[Waldeck and Pyrmont]], [[Wallachia]], etc.
* also substantively, the title was granted by [[pope]]s and secular monarchs to specific individuals and to the [[agnatic primogeniture|heads]] of some high-ranking European families who, however, never exercised dynastic sovereignty and whose cadets are not entitled to share the princely title, e.g. de [[Beauvau-Craon]], [[Colonna]], von [[Otto von Bismarck|Bismarck]], von [[Dohna-Schlobitten]], von [[Philip von Eulenburg|Eulenburg]], de [[Faucigny-Lucinge]], von [[Lichnowsky]], von [[Pless]], [[Ruffo di Calabria]], (de [[Talleyrand]]) von [[Sagan]], van [[Ursel]], etc.
* generically, cadets of some non-sovereign families whose head bears the non-dynastic title of prince (or, less commonly, [[duke]]) were sometimes also authorized to use the princely title, e.g. von [[Carolath-Beuthen]], de [[Broglie]], [[Demidoff di San Donato]], [[Lieven]], de [[Mérode]], [[Pignatelli]], [[Radziwill]], von [[Wrede]], [[Yussopov]], etc.
* substantively, the [[heir apparent|heirs apparent]] in some monarchies use a specific princely title associated with a territory within the monarch's [[realm]], e.g. the Princes of, respectively, Asturias (Spain), Grao Para (Brazil, formerly), Orange (Netherlands), Viana (Navarre, formerly), Wales (UK), etc.
* substantively, it became the fashion from the 17th century for the [[heir apparent|heirs apparent]] of the leading [[duke|ducal]] families to assume a princely title, associated with a ''[[fief|seigneurie]]'' in the family's possession. These titles were borne by courtesy and preserved by tradition, not law, e.g. the ''princes de'', respectively, Bidache (Gramont), Marcillac (La Rochefoucauld), Tonnay-Charente (Mortemart), Poix (Noailles), Léon (Rohan-Chabot),
In many other languages besides [[English language|English]], there are at least two separate words for these two distinct notions.
==Prince as [[generic]] for ruler==
The original, but now less common use of the word, originated in the application of the Latin word ''[[princeps]]'', from [[Roman law|Roman]], more precisely [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[law]], and the classical system of government that was the European [[feudalism|feudal]] society. In this sense, a prince is a ruler of a territory which is [[sovereign]], or [[quasi]]-sovereign, i.e., exercising substantial (though not all) prerogatives associated with monarchs of independent nations, as was common, for instance, within the historical boundaries of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. In [[medieval]] and [[Early Modern Europe]], there were as many as two hundred such territories, especially in [[Italy]] and [[Germany]]. In this sense, "prince" is used of any and all rulers, regardless of actual title or precise rank. This is the [[Renaissance]] use of the term found in [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] famous work, ''[[The Prince|Il Principe]]''.<ref name="furst"> "Fürst - Origins and cognates of the title", 2006, webpage: [http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Frst__Other_uses_in_German/id/5035795 EFest-Frst].</ref>
As a title, by the end of the medieval era, ''prince'' was borne by rulers of territories that were either substantially smaller than or exercised fewer of the rights of sovereignty than did emperors and kings. A [[lord]] of even a quite small territory might come to be referred to as a ''prince'' before the 13th century, either from translations of a native title into the Latin ''princeps'' (as for the hereditary ruler of [[Wales]]), or when the lord's territory was [[allodial title|allodial]]. The lord of an [[allodial title|allodium]] owned his lands and exercised prerogatives over the subjects in his territory absolutely, owing no feudal homage or duty as a vassal to a [[feudalism|liege lord]], nor being subject to any higher jurisdiction. Most small territories designated as principalities during feudal eras were allodial, e.g. the [[Dombes|Princedom of Dombes]].
Lords who exercised lawful authority over territories and people within a feudal hierarchy were also sometimes regarded as ''princes'' in the general sense, especially if they held the rank of [[count]] or higher. This is attested in some surviving [[style (manner of address)|styles]] for e.g., British earls, [[marquess]]es, and [[duke]]s are still addressed by the [[Crown]] on [[ceremony|ceremonial]] occasions as ''high and noble princes'' (cf. [[Royal and noble styles]]).
In parts of the Holy Roman Empire in which [[primogeniture]] did not prevail (i.e. Germany), all legitimate [[patrilineality|agnates]] had an equal right to the family's hereditary titles. While this meant that offices, such as [[emperor]], [[king]], and [[prince elector|elector]] could only be legally occupied by one dynast at a time, holders of such other titles as [[duke]], [[margrave]], [[landgrave]], [[count palatine]], and prince could only differentiate themselves by adding the name of their [[appanage]] to the family's original title. Not only did this tend to proliferate unwieldy titles (e.g. [[Catherine II of Russia|Princess Katherine of Anhalt-Zerbst]] ane [[Charles X of Sweden|Karl, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken-Neukastell-Kleeburg]]), but as [[agnatic primogeniture]] gradually became the norm in the Holy Roman Empire by the end of the eighteenth century, another means of distinguishing the monarch from other members of his dynasty became necessary. Gradual substitution of the title of ''Prinz'' for the monarch's title of ''Fürst'' occurred, and became customary in all German dynasties except in the grand duchies of [[Mecklenburg]] and [[Oldenburg]].<ref>''Almanach de Gotha'' (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1944), pages 14-131.</ref> Both ''Prinz'' and ''Fürst'' are translated into English as "prince", but they reflect not only different but mutually exclusive terms.
This distinction had evolved before the eighteenth century (in most families: Liechtenstein long remained an exception, cadets and females using ''Fürst/Fürstin'' into the 19th century) for dynasties headed by a ''Fürst'' in Germany. The custom spread through the [[Continental Europe|Continent]] to such an extent that a renowned imperial general who belonged to a [[cadet branch]] of a reigning ducal family, remains best known to history by the generic dynastic title, ''[[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]''. Note that the princely title was used as a prefix to his Christian name, which also became customary.
Cadets of France's ''[[Foreign Prince|princes étrangers]]'' began to affect similar usage but when, for example, the [[House of la Tour d'Auvergne|House of La Tour d'Auvergne]]'s ruling dukes of [[Bouillon]], attempted to use the same style, it was initially resisted by historians such as [[Père Anselme]] -- who, however, willingly recognized use of territorial titles, i.e. he accepts that the ducal heir apparent is known as ''prince de Bouillon'', but would record in 1728 only that the heir's cousin, the comte d'Oliergues was "''known as'' the Prince Frederick" ("''dit'' le prince Frédéric").<ref>{{cite book|author = Père Anselme|authorlink= Père Anselme|title= Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France|origdate = 1728|date=|year=|publisher= Compagnie des Libraires|location= Paris|language= French|pages= 543, 545|chapter= Ducs de Bouillon}}</ref>
The post-medieval rank of ''gefürsteter Graf'' (princely count) embraced but elevated the German equivalent of the intermediate French, English and Spanish nobles. In Germany, these nobles rose to dynastic status by preserving from the Imperial crown (''[[de jure]]'' after the [[Peace of Westphalia]] in 1648) the exercise of such sovereign prerogatives as the [[mint]]ing of money; the [[muster (military)|muster]] of military troops and the right to wage war and contract [[treaty|treaties]]; local judicial authority and [[constabulary|constabular]] enforcement; and the habit of inter-marrying with sovereign dynasties. Eventually, these titles came to be more highly valued than that of ''[[Fürst]]'' itself, and by the 19th century, their cadets would become known as ''Prinzen''.
==Prince of the blood==
{{Main|Prince du Sang}}
[[Image:Grandconde.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Louis II of Bourbon, Prince of Condé, was the ''premier prince du sang'' during his lifetime (painted by Joost van Egmont).]]
The husband of a [[queen regnant]] is usually nowadays titled prince or [[prince consort]], whereas the wives of male monarchs take the female equivalent of their husbands' title -- the same as is used when a female mounts the throne in her own right, such as [[empress]] or [[queen]]. In Brazil, Spain and Portugal, however, the husband of a female monarch was accorded the masculine equivalent of her title -- at least after she bore him a child. In previous epochs, husbands of [[queen regnant|queens regnant]] often shared their [[consort]]s' regnal title and rank.
But in cultures which allow the ruler to have several wives (e.g. four in [[Islam]]) and/or official [[concubine]]s, for these women sometimes collectively referred to as [[harem]] there are often specific rules determining their hierarchy and a variety of titles, which may distinguish between those whose offspring can be in line for the succeesion or not, or specifically who is mother to the heir to the throne.
To complicate matters, the style ''His Royal Highness'', a [[prefix]] normally accompanying the title of a dynastic prince, of royal or imperial rank, that is, can be awarded separately (as a compromise or consolation prize, in some sense).
Although the definition above is the one that is most commonly understood, there are also different systems. Depending on [[country]], [[calendar era|epoch]], and [[translation]], other meanings of prince are possible.
Over the centuries foreign-language titles such as [[Italian language|Italian]] ''principe'', [[French language|French]] ''prince'', [[German language|German]] ''Fürst'', [[Russian language|Russian]] ''[[kniaz]]'', etc., are usually translated as prince in [[English language|English]].
Some princely titles are derived from that of national rulers, such as [[tsarevich]] from [[tsar]]. Other examples are (e)[[mirza]](da), [[khanzada]], [[nawabzada]], [[sahibzada]], shahzada, [[sultanzada]] (all using the Persian patronymic suffix ''-zada'', meaning ''son, descendant''.
However, some princely titles develop in unusual ways, such as adoption of a style for dynasts which is not pegged to the ruler's title, but rather continues an old tradition (e.g. ''[[grand duke]]'' in [[Romanov]] Russia), claims dynastic succession to a lost monarchy (e.g. ''prince de Tarente'' for the [[Anne de Montfort-Laval|La Trémoïlle heirs]] to the [[kingdom of Sicily|Neapolitan throne]], or is simply assumed by [[fiat]] (e.g. ''prince Français'' by the [[House of Bonaparte]]).
=== Specific titles ===
[[Image:Carlos (VII.).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Carlos, Duke of Madrid|Carlos María de los Dolores de Borbón y Austria-Este]] was an Infante of the kingdom of Spain during his lifetime.]]
In some dynasties, a specific style other than prince has become customary for dynasts, such as ''[[fils de France]]'' in the [[House of Capet]], and ''[[infante]]'' in [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], and [[Brazil]] (''infante'' was borne by children of the monarch other than the [[heir apparent]], for whom each realm did use a unique princely title, viz, "Prince Imperial" in Brazil, "Prince of Brazil" in Portugal until 1822, and "Prince of Asturias" in Spain).
Sometimes a specific title is commonly used by various dynasties in a region, e.g. [[Mian]] in various of the Punjabi princely [[Hill States]] (lower Himalayan region in British India).
European dynasties usually awarded [[apanage]]s to princes of the blood, typically attached to a feudal noble title, such as Britain's [[royal duke]s , the ''[[Dauphin]]'' in France, the Count of Flanders in Belgium, and the Count of Syracuse in [[Two Sicilies|Sicily]]. Sometimes appanage titles were princely, e.g. [[Prince of Achaia]] (Courtenay), ''prince de Condé'' (Bourbon), [[Prince of Carignan]] (Savoy), but it was the fact that their owners were of princely ''rank'' rather than that they held a princely ''title'' which ensured their prominence.
:*''For the often specific terminology concerning a probable future successor, see [[Crown Prince]] and links there.''
==Prince as a substantive title==
Other princes derive their title not from dynastic membership as such, but from inheritance of a title named for a specific and historical territory, although the family's possession of prerogatives or properties in that territory may be long past. Such are most of the "princedoms" of France's ''[[ancien régime]]'' so resented for their pretentiousness by [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de St-Simon|St-Simon]]. These include the princedoms of [[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/frprince.htm#list Arches-Charleville, Boisbelle-Henrichemont, Chalais, Château-Regnault, Guéméné, Martigues, Mercoeur, Sedan, Talmond, Tingrey, and the "kingship'' of Yvetot]], among others.
===Prince as a reigning monarch===<!-- "reigning prince" redirects here, edit that redirect if editing this heading-->
A prince or princess who is the [[head of state]] of a territory that has a [[monarchy]] as a [[form of government]] is a [[reigning prince]].
====Nominal principalities====
The current princely monarchies, all small states in Europe, are:
* the [[principality]] of [[Liechtenstein]]: ruler = [[Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein|HSH Prince Hans-Adam II]]
* the principality of [[Monaco]]: ruler = [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|HSH Prince Albert II]]
* the [[co-principality]] of [[Principality of Andorra|Andorra]]: rulers = [[President of the French Republic|President]] [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] and [[Joan Enric Vives Sicília|HE Joan Enric Vives Sicília]]
<center><gallery>
Image:Coat of arms of Andorra.svg|Coat of arms of the principality of Andorra (1607).
Image:Liechtenstein coa.png|Coat of arms of the principality of Liechtenstein (1719).
Image:Coat of arms of Monaco.svg|Coat of arms of the principality of Monaco (1861).
Image:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Vatican.svg|Coat of arms of the prince-bishopric of Rome (1927).
</gallery></center>
==== Micronations ====
In the same tradition some self-proclaimed monarchs of so-called [[micronation]]s establish themselves as virtual princes:
* [[Roy Bates]] calls himself Prince Roy of the [[Principality of Sealand]]
* Leonard George Casley calls himself Prince Leonard I of the [[Principality of Hutt River]] (enclave in [[Australia]]) [http://www.hutt-river-province.com/PofHR_Naming.htm]
====Princes as representants of a reigning monarch====
Various monarchies provide for different modes in which princes of the dynasty can temporarily or permanently share in the style and / or office of the Monarch, e.g. as [[Regent]] or [[Viceroy]].
Though these offices must not be reserved for members of the ruling dynasty, in some traditions they are, possibly even reflected in the style of the office, e.g. [[prince-lieutenant]] in [[Luxembourg]] repeatedly filled by the [[Crown prince]] before the grand duke's abdication, or in form of [[consortium imperii]].
Some monarchies even have a practice in which the Monarch can formally abdicate in favor of his heir, and yet retain a kingly title with executive power, e.g. ''Maha Upayuvaraja'' ([[Sanskrit]] for ''Great Joint King'' in [[Cambodia]]), though sometimes also conferred on powerful regents who exercised executive powers.
===Titular princes===
====Titular Princes from within the royal family====
One type of prince belongs in both the genealogical royalty and the territorial princely styles. A number of nobiliary territories, carrying with them the formal style of prince, are not or no longer actual political, administrative, principalities, but are maintained as essentially honorary titles and are awarded traditionally (or occasionally) to princes of the blood, as an [[appanage]].
This is done in particular for the heir to the throne, creating a [[de facto]] [[primogeniture]], who is often awarded a particular principality in each generation, so that it becomes synonymous with the first in line for the throne, even if there is no automatic legal mechanism to do so.
Examples of such titles are:
* The [[Crown Prince]] of the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Northern Ireland]]: ''[[Prince of Wales]]'' ([[Prince Charles|Charles, Prince of Wales]])
* The [[Crown Prince]] of the kingdom of the [[Netherlands]]: ''[[Prince of Orange|Prins van Oranje]]'' ([[Willem Alexander, Prince of Orange]])
* The [[Crown Prince]] of the kingdom of [[Spain]]: ''[[Prince of Asturias|Principe de Asturias]]'' ([[Felipe, Prince of Asturias]])
* The [[Crown Prince]] of the kingdom of [[France]]: ''[[Dauphin de Viennois]]'', then ''[[Dauphin de France]]''
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Image:Prince of Asturias Crown.PNG|Crown of the Prince of Asturias.
Image:Crown of George, Prince of Wales.svg|Crown of the Prince of Wales.
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====Non-dynastic princes====
'''France and the Holy Roman Empire'''
[[Image:Bismarcks Wappen .gif|thumb|150px|Coat of arms of Otto, prince of Bismarck (Holy Roman Empire).]]
In several countries of the [[Continental Europe|European continent]], e.g. in [[France]], prince can be an aristocratic title of someone having a high rank of [[nobility]] in chief of a geographical place, but no actual territory and without any necessary link to the [[royal family]], which makes comparing it with e.g. the [[United Kingdom|British]] system of royal princes difficult.
The kings of France started to bestow the style of prince, as a title among the nobility, from the 16th century onwards. These titles were created by elevating a ''seigneurie'' to the nominal status of a principality -- although prerogatives of sovereignty were never conceded in the letters patent. These titles held no official place in the hierarchy of the nobility, but were often treated as ranking just below dukedoms, since they were often inherited (or assumed) by ducal heirs:
* Prince de Marcillac : heir of the duc de La Rochefoucauld
* Prince de Tingry : heir of the duc de Piney-Luxembourg
* Prince de Lamballe : heir of the duc de Penthièvre
This can even occur in a monarchy within which an identical but real and substantive feudal title exists, such as Fürst in German. An example of this is:
* [[Otto von Bismarck]] was called [[Prince of Bismarck]] in the empire of reunited Germany, under the Hohenzollern dynasty.
'''Spain and France'''
[[Image:Duke of Wellington Arms.svg|thumb|115px|Coat of arms of the princes of Waterloo (the Netherlands).]]
In other cases, such titular princedoms are created in chief of an event, such as a treaty of a victory. An example of this is:
* The Spanish minister [[Manuel Godoy]] was created ''Principe de la Paz'' or ''Prince of Peace'' by his king for negotiating the 1795 double peace-treaty of Basilea, by which the revolutionary French republic made peace with Prussia and with Spain.
* The triumphant generals who led their troops to victory often received a [[victory title]] from Napoleon, both princely and ducal.
* King [[William I of the Netherlands]] bestowed the [[victory title]] of [[prince of Waterloo]] upon [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington]] after his victory over [[Napoleon I Bonaparte]] at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]] in 1815.
'''Poland and Russia'''
[[Image:Herb Pogon Litewska.jpg|thumb|150px|Coat of arms of the princes Sanguszko-Lubartowicz (Poland).]]
In [[Poland]] specifically, the titles of prince dated either to the times before the [[Union of Lublin]] or were granted to Polish nobles by foreign kings, as the law in Poland forbade the king from dividing nobility by granting them hereditary titles. For more information, see [[The Princely Houses of Poland]].
In the [[Russia]]n system, ''[[knyaz]]'', translated as "prince", is the highest degree of official nobility. Members of older dynasties that were eventually subjected to the [[Imperial Russia|Russian imperial dynasty]] were also accorded the title of ''knyaz'' -- sometimes after first being allowed to use the higher title of [[tsarevich]] (e.g. the Princes [[Bagrationi|Gruzinsky]] and [[Sibirsky]]. [[Rurik]]id branches used the ''knyaz'' title also after they were succeeded by the [[Romanov]]s as the Russian imperial dynasty. An example of this is:
* [[Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin]] who was made [[Prince Potemkin]]
==The title of prince in various Western traditions and languages==
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In each case, the title is followed (when available) by the female form and then (not always available, and obviously rarely applicable to a prince of the blood without a principality) the name of the territorial associated with it, each separated by a slash. If a second title (or set) is also given, then that one is for a Prince of the blood, the first for a principality. Be aware that the absence of a separate title for a prince of the blood may not always mean no such title exists; alternatively, the existence of a word does not imply there is also a reality in the linguistic territory concerned; it may very well be used exclusively to render titles in other languages, regardless whether there is a historical link with any (which often means that linguistic tradition is adopted)
Etymologically, we can discern the following traditions (some languages followed a historical link, e.g. within the Holy Roman Empire, not their linguistic family; some even fail to follow the same logic for certain other aristocratic titles):
=== Romance languages ===
*Languages (mostly [[Romance languages|Romance]]) only using the [[Latin language|Latin]] root ''princeps'':
**Latin (post-Roman): Princeps/*Princeps/*
**French: Prince /Princesse - Prince /Princesse
**Catalan: Príncep /Princesa - Príncep /Princesa
**Italian: Principe /Principessa - Principe /Principessa
**Monegasque: Principu /Principessa - Principu /Principessa
**Portuguese: Príncipe /Princesa - Príncipe /Princesa
**Rhaeto-Romansh: Prinzi /Prinzessa - Prinzi /Prinzessa
**Friulian: Princip /Principesse - Princip /Principesse
**Romanian: Prinţ /Prinţesă - Principe /Principesă
**Spanish: Príncipe /Princesa - Príncipe /Princesa
=== Celtic languages ===
**Breton: Priñs /Priñsez
**Irish: Prionsa /Banphrionsa - Flaith /Banfhlaith
**Scottish Gaelic: Prionnsa /Bana-phrionnsa - Flath /Ban-fhlath
**Welsh: Twysog /Twysoges
=== Germanic languages ===
* Languages (mainly [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) that use (generally alongside a princeps-derivate for princes of the blood) an equivalent of the German ''Fürst'':
**Old English: Ǣðeling /Hlæfdiġe
**English:Prince /Princess - Prince /Princess
**Danish: Fyrste /Fyrstinde - Prins /Prinsesse
**Dutch: Vorst /Vorstin- Prins /Prinses
**Estonian [Finno-Ugric family]: Vürst /Vürstinna - Prints /Printsess
**German: Fürst /Fürstin - Prinz /Prinzessin
**Icelandic: Fursti /Furstynja - Prins /Prinsessa
**Luxembourgish: Fürst /Fürstin - Prënz /Prinzessin
**Norwegian: Fyrste /Fyrstinne - Prins /Prinsesse
**Swedish: Furste /Furstinna - Prins /Prinsessa
=== Slavic and Baltic languages ===
* [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] and [[Baltic languages]]:
**Belarusian: Tsarevich, Karalevich, Prynts /Tsarewna, Karalewna, Pryntsesa
**Bulgarian: Knyaz /Knaginya, Tsarevich, Kralevich, Prints /Printsesa
**Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: Кнез/Књегиња or Knez/Kneginja, Краљевић/Краљевна or Kraljević/Kraljevna, Принц/Принцеза or Princ/Princeza
**Czech: Kníže /Kněžna, Princ/Princezna
**Latvian: Firsts /Firstiene - Princis /Princese
**Lithuanian: Kunigaikštis /Kunigaikštiene - Princas /Princese
**Macedonian: Knez /Knezhina, Tsarevich, Kralevich, Prints /Tsarevna, Kralevna, Printsesa
**Polish: Książę /Księżna, Książę, Królewicz /Księżna, Królewna
**Russian: Knyaz /Knyagina Knyazhnya, Tsarevich, Korolyevich, Prints /Tsarevna, Korolyevna, Printsessa
**Slovak: Knieža /Kňažná, Kráľovič, Princ /Princezná
**Slovene: Knez /Kneginja, Kraljevič, Princ /Kraljična, Princesa
**Ukrainian: Knyaz /Knyazhnya, Tsarenko, Korolenko, Prints /Tsarivna, Korolivna, Printsizna
=== Other languages ===
*Albanian: Princ /Princeshë - Princ /Princeshë
*Danish: Prins / Prinsesse
*Estonian: Vürst /Vürstinna - Prints /Printsess
*Finnish: Ruhtinas /Ruhtinatar - Prinssi /Prinsessa
*Georgian: თავადი / ''[[Tavadi]]''
*Greek (Medieval, formal): Prigkips, ''Πρίγκηψ''/Prigkipissa, ''Πριγκήπισσα''
*Greek (Modern, colloquial): Prigkipas, ''Πρίγκηπας''/Prigkipissa, ''Πριγκήπισσα''
*Hindi: ''Rājkumār'' (राजकुमार), ''Kũwar'' (कुँवर), both from Sanskrit ''rāj'' (royal) + ''kumāra'' (a boy)
*Hungarian (Magyar): ''Herceg'' / ''Hercegnő''
*Maltese: Princep /Principessa - Princep /Principessa
*Turkish: Prens/Prenses
*Malaysian: Putera / Tuan Putera
==The title of prince in other traditions and languages==
The above is essentially the story of European, Christian dynasties and other nobility, also 'exported' to their colonial and other overseas territories and otherwise adopted by rather westernized societies elsewhere (e.g. Haiti).
Applying these essentially western concepts, and terminology, to other cultures even when they don't do so, is common but in many respects rather dubious. Different (historical, religious...) backgrounds have also begot significantly different dynastic and nobiliary systems, which are poorly represented by the 'closest' western analogy.
It therefore makes sense to treat these per civilization.
===Islamic traditions===
*Arabian tradition since the [[caliphate]] - in several monarchies it remains customary to use the title [[Sheikh]] (in itself below princely rank) for all members of the royal family. In families (often reigning dynasties) which claim descent from [[Muhammad]], this is expressed in either of a number of titles (supposing different exact relations): sayid, sharif; these are retained even when too remote from any line of succession to be a member of any dynasty.
*Malay countries
*In the Ottoman empire, the sovereign of imperial rank (incorrectly known in the west as ''(Great) sultan'') was styled [[padishah]] with a host of additional titles, reflecting his claim as political successor to the various conquered states. Princes of the blood, male and female, were given the style [[sultan]] (normally reserved for Muslim rulers)
*Persia (Iran) - Princes as members of a Royal family, are referred to by the title ''Shahzadeh'', meaning "descendant of the king". Since the word ''zadeh'' could refer to either a male or female descendant, ''Shahzadeh'' had the parallel meaning of "princess" as well. Princes can also be sons of provincial kings ([[Khan (title)|Khan]]) and the title referring to them would be the title of [[Khanzadeh]]. Princes as people who got a title from the King are called "Mirza", diminutive of "Amir Zadeh" (King's Son).
===Far Eastern traditions===
*China
In ancient [[China]], the title of prince developed from being the highest title of [[Chinese nobility|nobility]] (synonymous with [[duke]]) in the [[Zhou Dynasty]], to five grades of princes (not counting the sons and grandsons of the emperor) by the time of the fall of the [[Qing Dynasty]].The Chinese word for prince 'Wang' 王 literally means King as Chinese believe the emperor 'huangdi'皇帝 is the ruler of all kings. The most accurate translation of the English word 'prince' in Chinese is 皇子(son of the Emperor) or 王子 (son of the King).
*Japan
In [[Japan]], the title of prince (kôshaku {{lang|ja|公爵}}) was used as the highest title of [[kazoku]] ({{lang|ja|華族}} Japanese modern nobility) before the present constitution. The title kôshaku, however, is more commonly translated as duke to avoid confusion with the royal ranks in the imperial household, shinnô ({{lang|ja|親王}} literally king of the blood), female naishinnô ({{lang|ja|内親王}} literally queen (by herself) of the blood), and shinnôhi {{lang|ja|親王妃}} literally consort of king of the blood), or ô ({{lang|ja|王}} literally king); female, jyo-ôh ({{lang|ja|女王}} literally queen (by herself)) and ôhi ({{lang|ja|王妃}} literally consort of king). The former is the higher title of a male member of the Imperial family and the latter is the lower.
*Korea
*See [[princely states]] for the (often particular, mainly [[Hindu]]) title on the Indian subcontinent in (former British) [[India]] (including modern [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]]) as well as [[Burma]] and [[Nepal]].
*Indochina: Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos
*Thailand
*Philippines ([[Principalia]])
===African traditions===
A Western model was sometimes copied by emancipated colonial regimes (e.g. Bokassa I's short-lived [[Central-African Empire]] in Napoleonic fashion). Otherwise, most of the styles for members of ruling families do not lend themselves well to English translation. Nonetheless, in general the princely style has gradually replaced the [[colony|colonialist]] title of [[tribal chief|chief]], which does not particularly connote dynastic rank to Westerners, e.g. [[House of Dlamini|Swazi Royal Family]] and [[Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu#Children|Zulu Royal Family]].
==The title of prince in religion==
[[Image:Bellarmine 3.jpg|thumb|Saint Robert Cardinal Bellarmine was a prince of the Roman Catholic church during his lifetime.]]
In states with an element of [[theocracy]], this can affect princehood in several ways, such as the style of the ruler (e.g. with a secondary title meaning son or servant of a named divinity), but also the mode of succession (even reincarnation and recognition).
Furthermore, certain religious offices may be considered of princely rank, and/or imply comparable temporal rights.
See [[Prince of the Church]] for the main Christian versions. Also in [[Christianity]], [[Jesus Christ]] is sometimes referred to as the ''Prince of Peace''.<ref>This is a title for Jesus Christ (among others) given in Isaiah 9:6.</ref> Other likely titles for Jesus Christ are ''Prince of Princes''<ref>A title for [[Jesus]] given in Daniel 8:25.</ref> and ''Prince of the Covenant''.<ref>A title for [[Jesus]] given in Daniel 11:22.</ref> Further, [[Satan]] is often titled the ''Prince of Darkness''; and in the [[Christian]] faith he is also referred to as the ''Prince of this World''<ref>A title for [[Satan]] given in John 12:31.</ref><ref>A title for [[Satan]] given in John 14:30.</ref><ref>A title for [[Satan]] given in John 16:11.</ref> and the ''Prince of the Power of the Air''.<ref>A title for [[Satan]] given in Ephesians 2:2.</ref> Another title for Satan, not as common today but apparently so in approximately 30 A.D. by the [[Pharisees]] of the day, was the title ''Prince of the Devils''.<ref>A title for [[Satan]] given in Matthew 9:34.</ref><ref>A title for [[Satan]] given in Matthew 12:24.</ref><ref>A title for [[Satan]] given in Mark 3:22.</ref>
==See also==
* [[Prince du Sang]]
* [[Heir apparent]] and [[Heir presumptive]]
* [[Prince-elector]] and [[Prince Regent]]
* [[Prince consort]] and [[Princess consort]]
* [[King consort]] and [[Queen consort]]
* [[King regnant]] and [[Queen regnant]]
* [[Crown Prince]], [[Grand Prince]] and [[Infante]]
* [[First Prince of the Blood]]
* [[Fils de France]] and [[Petit-Fils de France]]
* [[Monsieur]] and [[Madame Royale]]
* [[Prince of the Church]] and [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]
* [[Prince-Archbishop]], [[Prince-Bishop]] and [[Prince-abbot]]
* [[Principality]] and [[Princely state]]
* [[Auctoritas]], [[Dominate]], [[Potestas]] and [[Imperium]]
* [[Fürst]]
* [[List of British princes]] and [[List of British princesses]]
* [[Grand Duchy]], [[Grand duke]] and [[Grand duchess]]
* [[Nobility]], [[Royalty]] and [[Royal and noble ranks]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Princely States in British India and talaqdars in Oudh].
*[http://4dw.net/royalark/ RoyalArk] thorough on a limited number of dynasties.
*[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/ World Statesmen] select the present state, often navigate within for a former polity.
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