Prince (title)

See also: Prince

A prince (of the Latin princeps ) is a man resulting from a princely family - sometimes royal. Its female form is princess . Nevertheless, this definition is general, and there can be some differences according to the countries.

In Europe, particularly in the German system , a prince is somebody of noble, contrary to the system English, in which prince means royal blood systematically. In France, except for the titles of the Empire, the title of prince is reserved for the royal family. In Germany, the crown prince is the Kronprinz. In Russia, “knyaz” (translation of prince ), is more the high degree of the nobility, as in the imperial China, where there existed nevertheless five ranks of princes, of the time of the dynasty of the Zhou and the Qing.

In Belgium, the title of prince - distinct from that of prince of the royal family - is the highest title of nobility of the hierarchy peerage-book. Following the example title of marquis or duke, it is generally not granted by the King of the Belgians a commoner, but only aristocrats whose family carried such a title before the independence of Belgium (1830).

In an absolute way, the Prince designates the sovereign of a State, whatever its title, or even its mode in the expression “ the makes of the Prince ”. Thus Nicolas Machiavel named his treating work of art and the manner of controlling the Prince .

“Mr. the Prince” was the title given to the prince de Condé at the court of Louis XIV.

The prince or the princess became the hero many cartoons.

Princeps in Latin means " First ". This is why another meaning of the term makes that the title of Prince can be given to somebody who showed an exceptional competence in a particular field (this honorary and not-official title is located above that of Maître , which is already a top of the kind).

a Head of State (even in a republic), is often regarded as the Prince, i.e. the Premier of the Citizens .

See too

Simple: Prince Zh-min-nan: Thâu-lâng

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