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''Crown Princess redirects here, for the ship, see Crown Princess (ship).'' A '''Crown Prince''' or '''Crown Princess''' is the heir apparent heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. (Crown Princess is also the title of the wife of the Crown Prince.) In Europe, lineal succession conventions (see for example Salic Law) usually dictate that the eldest ''child'' (as in Sweden, Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands) or the eldest ''son'' of the current monarch (United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark etc) fills this role, but in Arab monarchies, for example, succession rules may differ and a Crown Prince may gain the title on merit, or because someone is not seen as a threat to the reign of the current monarch; in such cases a person granted the title may also lose it, with it being granted to another member of the Royal Family. Compare Heir Apparent and Heir Presumptive. It should however be noted that, although it is often used as a generic term for heir apparent, it is often not an official title in the European monarchies. Currently, only the heirs apparent to the Scandinavian monarchies officially bear the title, while the heir presumptive normally would be titled Hereditary Prince.

Christian/western traditional titles
Many monarchies use(d) special titles: *Dauphin (the kingdom of France), originally not unique but an alternative comital title in chief of the DauphinÃ© region *Diadochos in the kingdom of the Hellenes (post-Ottoman Greece; see also below) *Prince Imperial (Second French Empire Napoleon III's France), also in the (de facto French protectorate) Habsburg empire of Mexico *Tsesarevich (Russia) Many customarily (often not de iure) assign(ed) a primogeniture or award(ed) a hollow territorial title of princely rank; while often perceived as a crown princely title, these are not technically so, generally requiring a specific decision from the Sovereign, which may be withheld: *Prince of Asturias (used in the former kingdom of Castile, also maintained after the unification under one dynasty in the present kingdom Spain) *Prince of Gerona (Aragon, Spain) *Prince of Viana (Kingdom of Navarre) *Duke of Braganza, Prince of Beira and/or Prince of Brazil (titles of the Portugal Portuguese heir after 1640) *Prince of Orange (House of Orange-Nassau) (The Netherlands) *''Prinz von PreuÃŸen'' 'Prince of Prussia', the Heir of the Hohenzollern Emperor in his home realm, Prussia *''Prince de Venise'' 'Prince of Venice', see Prince EugÃ¨ne de Beauharnais- for the Heir Presumptive to Napoleon I in his kingdom of Italy. *Duke of Brabant (kingdom of Belgium) not a true primogeniture: the title is not reserved, so it may still be occupied causing the Heir to be given another title, as present king Albert II was Prince of LiÃ¨ge revert *Duke of Calabria (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) *Duke of Sparta (Kingdom of the Hellenes), the aforementioned ''Diadochos'' *Prince of Wales (England, Great Britain, United Kingdom) *Duke of Cornwall (England, Great Britain, United Kingdom) *Duke of Rothesay (Scotland, Great Britain, United Kingdom)

Other Specific traditions
In Islamic cultures: *''al-Amir as-Sa'id'' 'Blessed Prince' (Egypt annex the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) *In Persia, under the Qajar dynasty, the full style was ''Vala Hazrat-i-Humayun Vali Ahad, Shahzada'' (given name) ''Mirza'', i.e His August Imperial Highness the Heir Apparent, Prince ...; *the above component '''vali ahad''' meaning 'successor by virtue of a covenant' (or various forms and etymological derivations) was adopted by many oriental monarchies, even some non-Muslim, e.g. '''Walet''' as alternative title for the Nepali (Hindu!) royal Heir Apparent, first used Crown Prince Trailokya in the middle of the nineteenth century and taken from the Mughal title 'Vali Ahad' In the Hindu tradition (Indian subcontinent): *Yuvaraja was part of the fullin many princely states of India, e.g. **in Kashmir, the Heir Apparent was styled ''Maharaj Kumar Shri Yuvaraj'' (personal name) ''Singhji Bahadur'' *Tika *in Nepal, where the King has the rank of Maharajadhiraja: **the Heir Apparent: ''Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri'' '''Yuvarajadhiraj''' ('Young King of Kings', i.e. Crown Prince) (personal name) ''Bir Bikram Shah Deva''; **the eldest son of The Heir Apparent: ''Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri '''Nava Yuvaraj''''' ('Young Crown Prince') (personal name) ''Bir Bikram Shah Deva'' In Far Eastern traditions: *Huang Taizi (皇太子) (Imperial China) *Hwangtaeja (皇太子) (Imperial Korea) *KÅ?taishi (皇太子) (Japan), if a son; Japan also has a title kÅ?taison (皇太孫) if the heir is a grandson *ThÃ¡i tá» (太子) (Imperial Vietnam until 1945) was the term used by past dynasties for their Crown princes. Normally, a crown prince was also bestowed with other titles depending on the grace of the ruler. Equivalents in other cultures: *Jaguar Prince (Mesoamerica)

See also
*Caesar (since the tetrarchy) and Consors imperii *Princeps iuventutis *Prince of the blood *"Crown Prince Party" of the People's Republic of China

Sources and references

- RoyalArk- see each present country
- Heraldica.org- here napoleonic section Category:Monarchy Category:Noble titles Category:Princes * da:Kronprins de:Kronprinz ja:çš‡å¤ªå? nl:Kroonprins no:Kronprins pl:Kronprinz ru:ÐšÑ€Ð¾Ð½Ð¿Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ñ† sv:Tronarvinge vi:ThÃ¡i tá» zh:çš‡å¤ªå? see Crown Prince

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