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  2. Royal and noble styles - Wikipedia

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    Only those classified within the social class of royalty and upper nobility have a style of "Highness" attached before their titles. Reigning bearers of forms of Highness included grand princes, grand dukes, reigning princes, reigning dukes, and princely counts, their families, and the agnatic (of the male bloodline) descendants of emperors and kings.

  3. Imperial, royal and noble ranks - Wikipedia

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    Traditional rank amongst European imperiality, royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time and among geographic regions (for example, one region's prince might be equal to another's grand duke ), the following is a reasonably comprehensive list that provides information on both ...

  4. Royal Highness - Wikipedia

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    By the 17th century, all local rulers in Italy adopted the style Highness, which was once used by kings and emperors only.According to Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, the style of Royal Highness was created on the insistence of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Cardinal-Infante of Spain, a younger son of King Philip III of Spain.

  5. Prince - Wikipedia

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    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. Prince de Tarente for the La Trémoïlle ...

  6. Category:Royal styles - Wikipedia

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  7. Style of the British sovereign - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the style of the present sovereign is "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith". Also in 1953, separate styles were adopted for each of the realms over which the sovereign reigned (the Commonwealth realms ...

  8. Grace (style) - Wikipedia

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    The style "His Grace" and "Your Grace" is used in England and some other English-speaking countries to address Catholic archbishops whose seats have come from an English diocesan background, which is not common in other countries (e.g. in France, the Philippines, and the United States Catholic bishops are addressed using the style "Excellency").

  9. Imperial and Royal Majesty - Wikipedia

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    Imperial and Royal Majesty (abbreviated as HI&RM) was the style used by Emperor-Kings and their consorts as heads of imperial dynasties that were simultaneously royal.The style was notably used by the Emperor of Austria (who was also the King of Hungary and Bohemia) and by the German Emperor (who was also the King of Prussia).