Hereditary Princes

[Olav Ståle Søvik of Camster]

Could "Hereditary Princes" have been "Crown Princes" or is that
impossible?

[Dag Trygsland Hoelseth]

In article <5ib7hr$q...@news1.sol.no>, oso...@sn.no says...

>
>Could "Hereditary Princes" have been "Crown Princes" or is that
>impossible?
>

It depends on which country you are talking about or what kind of
monarchy. A hereditary prince in a principality is usually the
sovereign's first heir/eldest son - in Germany called "Erbprinz".

In a kingdom a hereditary prince is the son of the Crown Prince.
HRH the Crown Prince of Norway was Hereditary Prince until 1991
(but usually the papers wrote only Prince Haakon Magnus).

In Denmark King Frederik IX's younger brother Knud was Hereditary prince
until the constitutional change in 1953 - but he still kept the title,
although Margrethe now became the first heir (I am not sure if she
was called Crown Princess in the period 1953-72 or not, but I think
so).

Dag T. Hoelseth

[Olav Ståle Søvik of Camster]

-Yes, I know that. I just wanted to know if heirs to the sovereign of
a principality can call himself "Crown Prince" instead of "Hereditary
Prince" like most principalities.

[Anton Sherwood]

Olav Ståle Søvik of Camster <oso...@sn.no> writes

: [...] I just wanted to know if heirs to the sovereign of

: a principality can call himself "Crown Prince" instead of
: "Hereditary Prince" like most principalities.

I'd say no, because "Crown" implies a kingdom (a Prince has a coronet)
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