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A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive This article is about royal thrones for the order of Angels by the same name see Thrones. A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or The wife of a Crown Prince is also titled Crown Princess.

In Europe, lineal succession conventions (see primogeniture) usually dictate that the eldest child (as in Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands) or the eldest son of the current monarch (Spain, United Kingdom, etc) fills this role, but in Arab monarchies, for example, succession rules may differ and a Crown Prince may gain the title on perceived 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. Primogeniture is the Common law right of the Firstborn son to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger siblings "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration an official position or a professional or academic qualification

Compare heir apparent and heir presumptive. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne peerage or other hereditary honor but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir apparent

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.

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Christian/western traditional titles

Many monarchies use or have used special titles:

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Current and past titles in this category include:

Other specific traditions

In Islamic cultures:

In the Hindu tradition (Indian subcontinent):

In Far Eastern traditions:

Equivalents in other cultures:

See also

Sources and references

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Dictionary

crown prince

-noun

  1. A person designated and raised to become the next king.
  2. A person designated and raised to become the next emperor.
  3. A person expected to inherit or take over an enterprise or undertaking once its current manager retires or dies.
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