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==Princes consort and princes of the blood==
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The husband of a [[queen regnant]] is usually titled "[[prince consort]]" or simply "prince", whereas the wives of male monarchs take the female equivalent (e.g., empress, queen) of their husband's title. In Brazil, Portugal and Spain, however, the husband of a female monarch is accorded the masculine equivalent of her title (e.g., emperor, king), at least after he fathered her heir. In previous epochs, husbands of queens regnant were often deemed entitled to the [[crown matrimonial]], sharing their consorts' regnal title and rank {{Lang|la|[[jure uxoris]]}}.

However, in cultures which allow the ruler to have several wives (e.g., four in [[Islam]]) or official [[concubine]]s (e.g., [[Imperial China]], [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Thailand]], the [[King of the Zulu Nation|Zulu monarchy]]), these women, sometimes collectively referred to as a [[harem]], often have specific rules determining their relative hierarchy and a variety of titles, which may distinguish between those whose offspring can be in line for the succession or not, or specifically who is mother to the heir to the throne.

To complicate matters, the style ''His/Her (Imperial/Royal) Highness'', a [[prefix]] often accompanying the title of a dynastic prince, may be awarded/withheld separately (as a compromise or consolation prize, in some sense, e.g., [[Duke of Cádiz#List of holders|Duke of Cádiz]], [[Duke of Windsor|Duchess of Windsor]], [[Lilian, Princess of Réthy#Titles|Princesse de Réthy]], [[Orléans-Braganza|Prince d'Orléans-Braganza]]).

Although the arrangement set out above is the one that is most commonly understood, there are also different systems. Depending on country, epoch, and translation, other usages of "prince" are possible.

Foreign-language titles such as {{Langx|it|principe}}, {{Langx|fr|prince}}, {{Langx|de|[[Fürst]]}}, {{Langx|de|Prinz|links=no}} (non-reigning descendant of a reigning monarch),<ref name="DDNP1">[[Duden]]; Definition of the German title ''Fürst'' (in German). [http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Fuerst] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143650/http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Fuerst|date=2014-04-13}}</ref><ref name="DDNP2">[[Duden]]; Definition of the German title ''Prinz'' (in German). [http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Prinz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142107/http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Prinz|date=2014-04-13}}</ref> [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] and {{langx|ru|князь|[[knyaz]]}}, etc., are usually translated as "prince" in English.

Some princely titles are derived from those of national rulers, such as [[tsarevich]] from [[tsar]]. Other examples are {{lang|fa-Latn|(e)[[Mirza (noble)|mirza]](da), khanzada, [[nawabzada]], [[sahibzada]], [[shahzada (title)|shahzada]], [[sultanzada]]}} (all using the [[Persian language|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 or "[[archduke]]" in Habsburg Austria), claims dynastic succession to a lost monarchy (e.g. {{lang|fr|Prince de Tarente}} for the [[La Trémoille|La Trémoïlle heirs]] to the [[kingdom of Sicily|Neapolitan throne]]), or descends from a ruler whose princely title or sovereign status was not de jure hereditary, but attributed to descendants as an international courtesy, (e.g., [[Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba|Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan]], [[Poniatowski]], [[Ypsilantis|Ypsilanti]]).

===Specific titles===
[[File:D. José, Príncipe da Beira e do Brasil.jpg|thumb|275px|[[José, Prince of Brazil]], [[Duke of Braganza]], died before he could ascend to the throne of Portugal.]]
In some dynasties, a specific style other than prince has become customary for dynasts, such as {{Lang|fr|[[fils de France]]}} in the [[House of Capet]], and {{Lang|es|[[Infante]]}}. {{Lang|es|Infante}} was borne by children of the monarch other than the [[heir apparent]] in all of the [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] monarchies. Some monarchies used a specific princely title for their heirs, such as [[Prince of Asturias]] in Spain and [[Prince of Brazil]] in Portugal.

Sometimes a specific title is commonly used by various dynasties in a region, e.g. [[Mian (title)|Mian]] in various of the Punjabi princely [[Hill States]] (lower Himalayan region in British India).

European dynasties usually awarded [[appanage]]s to princes of the blood, typically attached to a feudal noble title, such as [[Prince of Orange]] in the Netherlands, Britain's [[royal duke]]s, the {{Lang|fr|[[Dauphin of France|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), {{Lang|fr|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 was the source of their pre-eminence.

For the often specific terminology concerning an heir apparent, see [[Crown prince]].