Prince

A prince is member of the nobility. It is a title used to indicate varying levels of rank. Many presently take it to mean that a prince is a male member of the royal family. However, that was not always so. It was not originally exclusively used for males. Queen Elizabeth I was refered to as "a prince admirable above her sex" by William Camden, her historian.

Princes in the SCA

There are two types of Princes in the SCA, Crown Princes and "Princes Regnant" (or "landed Princes" or "ruling Princes." See Crown Prince for more details about Crown Princes. The following addresses Princes regnant.

The Prince is the person currently ruling a principality, and achieved this position through victory in a Coronet tournament. They are permitted to display the principality arms and coronet, and are referred to as Your Highness or Your Royal Highness.

When a Prince steps down he becomes a Viscount, regardless of how many times he has ruled, unless he is already a Count or a Duke.

(SCA humor: Someone who has been Prince once is a Viscount, twice is a Biscuit and three times is a Triscuit)

The SCA recognises the following alternate titles in other languages as the equivalent to Prince:

Language	Alternate Form
Albanian	Princ / Bir Mbreti
Arabic	Amir
Catalan	Princep
Czech	Knize / Princ
Danish	Prins
Dutch	Prins
Finnish	Ruhtinas / Prinssi
French	Prince
German	Prinz
Greek	Pringkepas
Hebrew	Nasi
Hungarian	Fejedelem
Icelandic	Prinz
Irish Gaelic	Prionsa / Flaith
Italian	Principe
Latin	Princeps
Middle Norwegian	Prinz
Old English	�theling
Polish	Ksiaze
Portuguese	Principe
Romanian	Principe
Russian	Tsarevich
Scots Gaelic	Prionnsa
Spanish	Principe
Swedish	Prins
Turkish	Prens / Emir
Welsh	Tywysog / Teyrn / Edling / Gwrthrychiad

See Also:

Honorific