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 | Ætheling |
| Polish | Ksiaze |
| Portuguese | Principe |
| Romanian | Principe |
| Russian | Tsarevich |
| Scots Gaelic | Prionnsa/Flath |
| Spanish | Principe |
| Swedish | Prins |
| Turkish | Prens / Emir |
| Welsh | Tywysog / Teyrn / Edling / Gwrthrychiad |
